Archive for August, 2010

• Vegetable biryani

  Date: 2010.08.14 | Category: Indian Recipes, Vegetable Recipes | Response: 0

  

  Ingredients: – 2 cups cooked basmati rice(long grain), 100 grams, cauliflower, 100 grams potato, 100 grams carrot, 100 grams French beans, 100 grams peas, 1 big onion, 1 green chilly, ½ teaspoon red chilly powder, 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, ½ inch cinnamon, 2 cloves,1 pinch black pepper powder, 2 tomatoes, ¼ cup curd(yoghurt), 1 pinch mustard seeds, 2 tablespoons dry fruits, 2 tablespoons oil and salt to taste.

  Preparation time : – 20 minutes Serves : – 2

  HOW TO PREPARE: – Finely chop the onions, tomatoes and green chilly and set it aside. Wash the vegetables, drain them completely and then cut into thin long slices. Take a frying pan and keep pour some oil. Bring to heat and put in one vegetable at a time. Sauté each vegetable on full flame till it gets cooked. You can sprinkle a little water. Sauté continuously to avoid the vegetables from getting burned. Ensure that the vegetables retain their colour. If you pour too much water the colour will become lighter and so sauté and try to avoid water as much as you can. Then sauté the green peas. Now take another frying pan and pour 1 tablespoon oil. Now when the oil is hot add the mustard seeds, green chilly, cumin seeds and cinnamon. Let them all crackle first and then sauté briefly till they become golden brown in colour. Then add the cloves and black pepper powder and let it crackle too. Follow this by adding the onions and sauté them till they are soft and cooked. Add the red chilly powder, salt to taste and sauté well. Put the finely chopped tomatoes and cook it till the oil begins to leave the edges of the pan. Whip the curd in a blender just for 5 seconds so that is nice and fine. Pour this curd into the pan and stir well. Cook briefly and add all the sautéed vegetables. Put in the cooked rice and mix it very gently. Ensure you don’t break the grains or mash them up. Cook for five minutes on a low flame. Turn of the flame. Garnish the biryani with dry fruits and coriander leaves. Serve it hot with some onion and curd raita.

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• Salli chicken

  Date: 2010.08.13 | Category: Chicken Recipes | Response: 0

  Salli chicken

  Chicken Recipie

  Ingredients: – 500 grams chicken, 1 onion, 2 tomatoes, 1 cup salli( deep fried potato straws),1 teaspoon red chilly paste, 1 teaspoon coriander powder, ½ teaspoon cumin seeds, ½ teaspoon red chilly powder, ½ teaspoon garam masala, ½ teaspoon ginger paste, 1 teaspoon garlic paste, 1 bay leaf, ¼ teaspoon turmeric, 2 tablespoons oil, salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.

  Preparation time : – 25 minutes Serves : – 2

  HOW TO PREPARE: -Cut the into the chicken medium sized pieces. Put it in a big bowl and add pepper, red chilly powder, turmeric, half the garam masala, ginger, garlic, salt and mix it well. With the help of a fork make holes on all sides of the chicken pieces and let it marinate for three hours. Finely chop the onion and tomato separately and set it aside. Now take a pan and pour the oil. Bring to heat and when the oil is very hot add the bay leaf, cumin seeds. Let it crackle and turn golden brown then add the onions and fry till they are golden brown. Add the red chilly paste and sauté briefly. Next put in the garam masala, coriander powder and fry till the raw smell of the masala leaves. Now add the tomatoes and sauté till the tomatoes blend and becomes a thick gravy. Add the chicken with the marinade and sprinkle salt to taste. Mix it well, cover, simmer and cook for 15 minutes or till the chicken is nice and soft. Add the potato straws and mix once and remove from flame. Garnish with coriander leaves and fried cashew nuts and serve.

• Fish roll

  Date: 2010.08.12 | Category: Fish Recipes | Response: 0

  
  Ingredients: – 500 grams lemon sole fish fillets, 2 small onions, 2 green chillies, ½ cup chopped coriander leaves, ½ teaspoon garam masala, 1 teaspoon red chilly powder, 1 cup milk, 3 eggs, 8 tablespoons bread crumbs, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, oil for frying and salt to taste

  Preparation time : – 20 minutes Serves : – 2

  Fish roll . HOW TO PREPARE: – wash the fish fillets and apply a little salt on it and set it aside. Beat the eggs in a bowl. Finely chop the onions, green chillies and keep it aside too. Take another bowl and 5 tablespoons bread crumbs, milk, red chilly powder, garam masala(hot spice mix), 1 tablespoon lemon juice, onions, green chillies, coriander, 2tablespoons beaten egg and salt to taste. Mix all these ingredients together nicely. Now take the fish fillet and pour a little lemon juice on it. Keep a little stuffing on one side and roll the fish fillet. Then dip it into the beaten egg and then roll it on the bread crumbs so that it is evenly coated with bread crumbs on all sides. Now take a frying pan and pour oil enough for shallow frying and fry the fillets till they are crisp and golden brown. Serve hot with plain white rice and any curry.