Archive for July, 2007

• Banana chicken curry

  Date: 2007.07.30 | Category: Indian Recipes | Response: 0

  Ingredients: – 4 chicken pieces, 2 tablespoons flour, 4 teaspoons curry powder, 2 bananas, 1 cup rice, 2 lemon slices, oil for frying and salt to taste.

  Preparation time : – 25 minutes Serves : – 2

  HOW TO PREPARE: – Take a bowl and put the chicken pieces in it and add the curry powder, flour and salt. Mix it all up and coat the chicken with it. Take a frying pan and pour oil enough to fry and fry the chicken pieces until golden brown. Reduce the flame and cover and cook for 15 minutes or till the chicken is tender. Now add the banana slices and cook for another six minutes. Remove form flame and set it aside. Boil rice in salted water with a small piece of lemon for 15 minutes or till the rice is done. Spread the rice on a big platter and with the help of a fork separate all the grains. Then put the chicken pieces and banana pieces over it. Garnish with lemon slices and serve.

• Chicken musaallam

  Date: 2007.07.27 | Category: Indian Recipes | Response: 0

  Ingredients: – 500 grams whole chicken, ½ cup curd(yoghurt), 1 green chilly made into a paste, 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste, 2 cloves, ½ inch cinnamon, 2 brown cardamoms peeled, 4 pepper corns, ½ teaspoon cumin seeds, ½ teaspoon turmeric powder, ½ teaspoon garam masala, ½ teaspoon red chilly powder, 5 almonds, 1 teaspoon coriander seeds, 1 big onion, ½ cup tomato puree, 1 tablespoon oil and salt to taste.

  Preparation time : – 30 minutes Serves : – 2

  HOW TO PREPARE: – Beat the curd and set it aside. Finely slice the onion and set it aside. Now take the chicken pieces and make cuts in them on all sides. Make a marinade with half the ginger garlic paste, curd, turmeric, red chilly powder, garam masala and salt to taste. Mix it up well and set it aside in the refrigerator for two hours to marinate. In a pan roast the coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon, cardamoms, almonds till a nice aroma begins to rice. Fry the sliced onion too. Then make a paste of the roasted spices, fried onions, ginger garlic paste and a little water. In a pan heat half the oil and add the chicken without the marinade and fry it for 2 minutes or till the chicken become brown in colour. Remove the chicken from the pan and set it aside. Pour in the remaining oil into the pan. Fry the paste in it for two minutes. Now add the chicken, the marinade, tomato puree, red chilly powder and ½ cup water. Bring to boil and add salt to taste. Mix it well, cover and cook on a low flame for 25 minutes or till the chicken is tender. Garnish with fresh cream and coriander and serve.

• Cauliflower And Potato

  Date: 2007.07.26 | Category: Vegetable Recipes | Response: 0

  Ingredients: – 1 medium sized potato, 1 small cauliflower, 1 small tomato, 1 table spoon oil, 1 teaspoon turmeric, 1 teaspoon red chilly powder, 1 pinch cumin seeds, Salt to taste.

  Preparation time : – 10 minutes  Serves : – 2

  HOW TO PREPARE: – Cut the potato into cubes and the cauliflower into small pieces. Take a frying pan and pour one table spoon oil. Add the cumin seeds once the oil is well heated. Fry till they are golden brown, and then add the potato cubes and cauliflower pieces. Add the turmeric, red chilly powder and salt. Stir well and cover with a lid. Cook on low flame stirring now and then. After five minutes beat the tomato in the mixer and add it. Cook till the oil starts coming out by itself. Turn off the flame. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.