MERI RASOI

When I heard that in Chennai, there is a theme restaurant...RAIN FOREST, I got curious to see it. I have seen Rain forest in Atlantic City and there ambiance and food both were very good. So This Sunday we tried our Indian Rain forest...It is in Adyar on the main road only. They open it at &pm only, we were there early, so strolled around for 20 minutes, but it was good, because then we got a table, later on there was a waiting period of 45 minutes. from the entrance onward, the ambiance is of Jungle..lighting, fountain, animals hanging here and there and even the waiters and waitresses all were dressed in animal prints Since whenever we go to dine out, we normally prefer to order north Indian fare. So we ordered...tomato cream soup, masala papad , palak paneer , masala kulcha and pudina parantha . Except for pudina parantha , none of the preparations were good, as they all were prepared with garlic flavour which we dont like at all. The quantity they served was too much...

Paneer is the most favourite dish for most of the north indians , rather mandatory for any festival or guest lunch or dinner. Paneer can be made with so many varieties , this is the speciality of my sister who stays in Lucknow. She makes it real yummy and this time I learned it, so friends here it is........ For Shahi Paneer , 4 medium sized onions 1/2 tsp ginger chopped 2 big tomatoes. 6-8 cashew nuts 1 cup fresh milk 2 tsp. kitchen king ( MDH ) 1/2 tsp. garam masala 1 tsp. coriander powder, 1tsp. turmeric powder salt to taste 1/2 tsp red chilli powder 2 tbsp oil. Cut the paneer in cubes and keep aside (here we have fried it because my nephew like it this way, but its very tasty without frying also) Grind the onions. & ginger together Put the oil in pan and add the onion paste and ginger and saute it. grind tomatoes and cashewnuts together. When onions become golden brown add tomato and cashewnuts paste and saute it then add all the spices and stir it for 1 min. then add ...