Archive for July, 2008

• Chicken Recipes

  Date: 2008.07.30 | Category: Chicken Recipes | Response: 0

  Chilli Chicken recipe

  Ingredients: Boneless chicken cut into small cubes(1 whole chicken), 1 tablespoon tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon chili sauce, 2 tablespoons Soya sauce, 2 tablespoons vinegar, Salt to taste, 6 green chilies, 4 big onions (chopped), 1 heaped tablespoon corn flour, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon ajinamoto, Refined cooking oil.

  Preparation: Wash the chicken pieces and dry them. Marinate the pieces with 1 tablespoon Soya sauce, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1/2 tablespoon tomato sauce, 1/2 table spoon chili sauce and enough salt.Beat the eggs and pour them on the chicken pieces. Add half a tablespoon corn flour and mix well the whole mixture. Allow it to stand for 2 hours.Drain excess liquid and store in a container. Heat oil in a pan and fry the chicken pieces. Keep the fried pieces in a separate container. In the left over oil fry the green chilies and chopped onion slightly. Pour the excess liquid stored earlier. Stir continuously. Add the chicken pieces. Pour the rest of the sauces and a pinch of salt. Mix the 1/2 tablespoon corn flour with a little of water and pour in the pan. Add the ajinamoto. Stir well and serve hot.

  Dry Chicken Roast

  Ingredients: Chicken 1 kg, Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp, Chillie powder 1 tsp, Coriander powder 1/4 tsp, Garam masala powder 1/2 tsp, Ginger 1″, Garlic 5 to 6 flakes, Salt as required, Oil 1 tbs, Butter 1 tsp.

  Preparation: Clean the chicken and to it add ginger—garlic paste and all the above said powders, salt and marinate it for an hour. Then steam cook it for 5 minutes in the pressure pan. In a non stick pan heat the oil and butter and then add the steam cooked chicken to it and keep roasting till it is dry. Garnish with coriander leaves, onion, carrot and lemon. Tastes good with fried rice and vegetable noodles.

  Chicken Curry

  Ingredients: 1 full: Chicken (skinned and jointed), 1 1/4 cup : Tomatoes (skinned, deseeded and chopped), 3/4 cup: Onions (ground), ½ tsp: Kashmiri mirch, 1 ½ tsp: Roasted, ground fennel seeds, 1 tsp: Ginger powder, 2-3: Cloves, 2-3: Cardamoms (large), 2 tsp: Oil/ butter, 350 ml: Water/ stock.

  Preparation: Fry the chicken in hot oil for 5 minutes to seal. Remove from pan. In the same oil, sauté onions until golden brown in color. Add chilli powder, fennel seeds and ginger powder. Stir well and season with salt. Add tomatoes to the pan. Stir in cloves and cardamoms. Cook for 5 minutes before adding water/ stock. Bring to a boil. Return chicken to the pan and simmer over a gentle flame until tender. Strain the juices and serve with the chicken.

• Vegetable Recipes

  Date: 2008.07.26 | Category: Vegetable Recipes | Response: 0

  Dum Aloo

  Ingredients : 500 GMS medium sized boiled potatoes, 250 GMS boiled peas, 250 GMS onions, 250 GMS grated paneer, 2 tsp. curds, 2 tbsp. cornflour, 250 GMS chopped tomatoes, 4 green chilies, garlic, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, Oil for cooking, 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves

  Preparation : Boil peas and grate the paneer. Mix them well and keep aside, Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a pan and add green chilies, coriander leaves, salt and garam masala, garlic, ginger, cloves and cinnamon. Add onion and cook until it turns pink. Now add curd mixed with chopped tomatoes and cook until it turns into a thick gravy. Cut potatoes in 2 halves. Remove the center, fill it with paneer masala. Deep fry potatoes dipped in corn flour and salt mixture. Add the fried potatoes to the gravy and keep it covered for 10 minutes. Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.
  
  Stir-Fried French Beans and Carrots

  Ingredients: 50g Carrot, 150g French Beans, 1 tsp Minced Garlic, 1 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce, Pinch of Salt, 100ml Chicken Stock or 1/2 Chicken Stock Cube dissolved in 100ml Water, 1 tsp Cornflour mixed with 1 Tbsp Water

  Preparation: Cut peeled carrot into think strips and slice the french beans diagonally. Heat a little cooking oil in a wok. Stir-fry garlic until fragrant. Add carrots and stir-fry for a minute before adding the french beans. When the french beans start looking a little translucent, add the remaining ingredients. Simmer for 3 minutes until the vegetables are cooked through but remain crunchy. (You may have to add a little water if the sauce has reduced excessively.). Serve.
  
  Cauliflower Cooked in Yoghurt and Tandoori Masala

  Ingredients: 4 cups cauliflower florets Oil, 1 tsp cumin (zeera) seed, 1 inch piece sliced ginger, 2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped 4 green chillies, sliced MARINADE, 1 cup yoghurt, 1/2 cup tomato past, 2 tsp tandoori masala powder, salt to taste

  Preparation: Mix together the ingredients of the marinade. Leave aside for 10 mins. Heat oil, splutter the cumin seed. Add the marinated cauliflower along with the marinade. Cook until the cauliflower is cooked, Dry out the liquid. Serve garnished with ginger, green chillies and chopped coriander. Serve hot with roti OR paratha.

• Egg Recipes

  Date: 2008.07.25 | Category: Egg Recipes | Response: 0

  Bread Rolls in Egg

  Ingredients : bread loafs – 4, boiled potatoes- 2 medium size, green chillies – 3, coriander leaves – a little salt to taste, turmeric pwder-� tsp, chilli powder – � tsp, lime juice -of 1 lime. or amchur powder – � tsp, egg – 2 if a vegetarian then can use maida, water – 1 bowl

  Preparation : Mash the boiled potatoes and mix all the ingredients except bread and egg, Now the beat the eggs in a bowl, Take one bread slice at a time, dip it in water and put the potato mixture in it and roll it well, Now dip this into the beaten eggs and deep fry. Those who are calorie careful, can shallow fry the roll, Eat it hot with tomato sauce.

  Egg curry

  Ingredients : Egg:5, Coconut:1/2(to grind), Drumstick:1(cut into long), Curry leave:few, Red chilli powder:1tsp, Cumim seed:1tsp, Turmeric powder:1/2tsp, Salt to taste, onion small:5(cut in long),
  Oil, Mustard;1/2tsp

  Preparation : Cook the Egg.Then gring the coconut,Red chilli powder,cumin seeds.Pour oil in a pan.Then put the mustard after it popped put the curry leave,onion,drumstick.Then pour some water.And cook the drumstick for five minutes.Then put the grounded coconut& boiled egg,salt.Cover it with lid and cook for five minutes