Whole Foods Market Grand Opening in Uptown Dallas Texas August 12, 2015

 

Hi

As a Dallas Food Blogger, I wanted to share with you a very exciting news, that there is a Whole Foods Market opened today in Uptown, McKinney Ave, Dallas Texas. Its so nice to see newly open store in your area. Everything is so well decorated and fresh paint smell. All the things were so well organized.

 

Something about the  green building, which is good to know about:-      

There were tons of food samples available today. There are so many specials going on this week, make sure you checkout the coupons and specials when you enter you can grab the booklet for it..

  

Hot Kitchen Menus :-

If you haven't checked out yet, make sure you stop by this week. It is so much accessible for all downtown and uptown residents and even if you are working in this area, you can always grab a quick bite or do your grocery on the way to your home. They have parking available in basement level of store.

 

 

Chitra

 

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Shahi Mattar Paneer

Ingredients

· 2 finely chopped Onion
· 1 tsp. minced ginger and 1 green chili minced along with ginger
· 1 can of tomato puree
· Salt to taste
· 1 tsp. red chili powder
· 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
· 250 gm. Indian cottage cheese / Paneer
· 3 cups of green peas (mattar)
· ½ cup of curd
· 2 cardamoms/eliachi
· 1 teaspoon of sugar
Directions· Cut cottage cheese/ paneer in 1 inch cubes and keep it aside.
· Now take a non stick pan and add onion and ginger mixture to it.
· When onions turn golden brown add tomato puree.
· Add Cardamoms and cook the mixture till 5 minutes.
· Now add Green Peas/ Mattar
· Add Salt, Red chili powder, Sugar and Turmeric.
· Add curd and let it simmer for 5-8 minutes.
· After cooking whole mixture / masala now add Paneer to this and let it simmer for 5

more minutes.
· Garnish with green chilies.
· Serve hot with Naan / Chapatti or Parantha.

-Chitra

Pakore

Ingredients
1. 1 ½ cup of Besan / Chick pea flour
2. 1tsp. of Salt
3. ½ tsp of Red Chili powder
4. ½ tsp. of Ajwain / Carom seeds / Bishop's weed
5. ½ tsp of Corriander / Dhaniya powder
6. ½ tsp of Zeera / Cumin powder
7. 3 cups of water
8. Salt to taste
9. 1 cup each of Potato / Onions /Eggplant ( Baingan) sliced in circles thinly
10. 2 Jalapenos / green chili with 1 cup of chopped palak / spinach
11. 2 wheat bread cut diagonally
12. Oil for frying

Directions
1. Add Besan and rest of the spices into a bowl and mix well.
2. Now add Water slowly to the mixture till it turns to smooth paste.
3. Heat Oil in frying pan
4. Now dip Potatoes, Onions, Eggplant, Spinach, Jalapenos into the mixture and start dropping them in Oil one by one.
5. When they start turning golden brown take them out on kitchen towel.
6. Serve hot with Tomato Sauce.
- Chitra

Daal Makhni

A very popular Indian Dish, well known in wedding food or restaurant food. Here is a home made recipe.
Ingredients
1. 1 ½ cups of black whole urad daal soaked and boiled (until soft)
2. 1 ½ tsp of Ginger and Garlic paste
3. Salt to Taste
4. 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
5. ½ tsp of Kasuri Methi
6. ½ tsp. of cream
7. 1 cup of tomato puree
8. Oil and Water

Directions
1. In a non stick pan heat 2 tsp of oil on medium heat.
2. Now add Ginger and Garlic paste and kasuri methi
3. When the mixture is well mixed add tomato puree and salt and red chili powder
4. Cook it for 3 minutes and now add daal.
5. Mix well and add 2 cups of water, let it cook for 10 minutes
6. When daal is cooked, garnish with cream and serve hot with naan or chapatti.
-Chitra