Paneer Tikka Masala

Ingredients:

2 tbsp butter

Onion - 1 finely minced
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp. minced ginger
2 green chili, chopped
Tomatoes (puree) - 4

1 tsp garam masala
2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 cup cream
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
3-4 tbsp. thick yogurt
salt to tase

5 tsp. lemon juice
250g paneer cut into cubes and fried.
cilantro - garnishing

Method:

Heat the butter in a pan. Add all the ingredients one by one as listed above and cook for an hour on very low flame.Stir for a few minutes till the sauce thickens.Add the paneer in the sauce and cook for 5 minutes on medium flame.
Serve hot garnished with fresh coriander with your choice of Indian bread or rice.

Gourmet jalepeno chicken burger

Butter chicken - boneless.

Coming up shortly...

Pakki or Kachi Chicken biryani recipe

Two ways of making chicken biryani - Pakki biryani, cook the meat separately and then layer it with the rice, then seal and cook on a very low heat. Kachi biryani, marinate the meat, place it at the bottom of the pot and cover it up with 3/4th cooked rice, again seal and cook on a very low heat.

recipe coming up shortly ....

Schezwan noodle soup

An easy, tasty and healthy recipe!

Cook a packet of chow mein noodles and keep it aside separately .
Next, slice, (thin and long), vegetables of your choice - I have used broccoli, red bell peppers, onions, finely chopped thai chillies and basil leaves.
Meats (Optional) - I used Chicken breast - cut into cubes and stir fried.
One small can of 'Singapore curry paste' -(can be found in Chinese or Thai stores)/ any broth based soup - Pour this into a saucepan, add some broth and let it boil for sometime.(the longer it cooks, the more flavorful).
Take a bowl, add the noodles, then add the vegetables, soya sauce and last, pour the hot soup over everything. Serve hot.
You use sambal or other asian chillie paste to make the soup spicier!

Thai red curry

Ingredients:

1 can coconut milk - (14-ounce)
1/2 tablespoon red curry paste
Onions - 1/2 , cut long
Bamboo - 1/4 cup
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon peanut butter
1/3 cup basil leaves - coarsely chopped
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 pound chicken breast halves - cut in 1" cubes (or any other meat -pork, beef)
1/2 medium bell pepper - cut long

Method :

In a medium saucepan, combine coconut milk/cream, peanut butter, bamboo and red curry paste. Bring to a low boil and let simmer for five minutes. Add soy sauce and a pinch of sugar. Stir, let simmer for 5 more minutes. Add basil leaves; remove from heat.
In a large nonstick skillet, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Season chicken cubes with salt and pepper. When oil is hot, add chicken. Cook until no longer pink in the middle (about 7 minutes). Add bell pepper, saute until the vegetables wilt. Add curry sauce to chicken mixture. Simmer for 5 minutes over low heat. Serve over rice.

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - Bring dead to life rice!

Warning - extremely hot, will give you the ultimate Halloween experience!

Ingredients :

Rice - 1 cup
Tomato paste - 3 tbsp
Sriraccha hot chilli sauce - 1/2 cup
Shredded boneless chicken - 1/2 cup, mix very little ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, red tandoori color, and salt in a bowl. Deep fry in oil.
Red Onions - thinly sliced, long. Deep fried in oil
Grated beetroot - fried and cooked with little salt.
Red chilli flakes or fried thai (or habenaro) chillies - 2tbsp
Butter - 2 tbsp
Salt

Method :

Heat the butter in a large skillet, add the tomato paste and salt. Add rice and fry for a few minutes on low heat. Pour 2 cups of water and cook. One the rice is cooked, add some oil in a wok, add the rice and mix it well with the chilli sauce. Transfer the rice to the bowl. Garnish it with the fried onions, chicken, beetroot and chillies. Make sure you have a bottle of cold water beside!!!

Chicken spring rolls.

Ingredients :

Cabbage - 1 cup, grated
Carrot - 1 cup, grated
Spinach - 1 cup, grated
Scrambled eggs - 1 cup
Cooked chicken - cut into very small pieces, 1 cup
Soy sauce -2 tbsp
Chilli garlic sauce - 1 tbsp
Salt - 2 pinch
Spring roll skins - found in any Chinese stores.

Method :

Spray some oil on a saucepan. Add all of the above and fry it for a few minutes on low heat. Take a spring roll skin, place a spoonful of the mix on it and wrap it tightly into a roll. Deep fry them in oil for a minute or two each.

Hearty Sunday Brunch!!!

Pesto-Mayo Garden Omlette & Pancakes

Omlette
Eggs - 3
Salt
Cheese - (grated, your choice)
Milk - 2 tbsp

Mix all the ingredients and pour the egg mixture on a to large saucepan on medium flame.

Stuffing-
Mushrooms, red and yellow bell peppers, broccoli, jalapeno & spinach - chopped - 1 cup
Salt and pepper
Butter - 1Tbsp
Pesto mayonnaise

Stir fry the vegetables in butter for 2 minutes and add salt and pepper to taste. Take it off the flame and add the pesto mayonnaise.

Red chicken gravy, spicy.

Ingredients :

Chicken thighs - 6
Onion - chopped - 2 medium
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 cup
Yogurt - 1/2 cup
Green chillies - cut long
Lime juice - 4 tbsp
Mix - 1/2 spoon each of dhainya powder, chilli powder, and garam masala.
Red tandoori color
Salt & oil

Method :

Marinate chicken in ginger-garlic paste, lime juice and yogurt for few hours. In a large skillet, heat oil, remove each piece from the marinade and fry in oil until the chicken turns brown on both sides. Keep them aside. In the skillet, add one chopped onion and chillies. Now add the remaining marinade and the masala mix, and cook on medium heat till oil separates from
the paste.Now add the chicken pieces and cook it. Add the remaining chopped onions towards the end and sprinkle some lime juice when done. Serve hot with rotis or butter naan.

Egg in chicken liver curry

Ingredients :

Chicken liver - 1.5lbs
Eggs - 4 (boiled)
Onion - 1 big, 3/4th sliced strands
Curry leaves - 2 strands
Dhaniya powder -1/2 tbsp
Pepper powder - 1 tbsp
oil and salt
Grind-
Onion - 1/4
Pudina - 1 tbsp
Coriander - 2 tbspy
Red chillies - 6

Method :

Heat oil, fry the onions and curry leaves. add the paste and fry till the oil separates from masala.
Pour water and cook for sometime. Add the liver and egg and cook for15 minutes . Serve hot with rice or chapaatis.

Chicken reshmi kababs.

Ingredients :

Boneless chicken - cut into cubes - 1lb
Herb vinaigrette - 3/4 cup [can be bought from 'whole foods store or made at home]
(¼ cup of olive oil, 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar,1 tablespoon of finely chopped fresh oregano, 2 teaspoons of finely chopped fresh rosemary, 1 teaspoon of whole grain Dijon mustard, Salt, Freshly ground black pepper)
1/2 cup butter
Lemon juice - 3 tbsp
Garlic paste - 2 tsp
white pepper powder - 1 tsp
Yellow or green food color - a pinch.

Method :

Mix all the ingredients and let it marinade for atleast 12 hours . Pre-heat oven at 400 degrees and then cook the chicken for about 20 minutes or until done, brushing it with olive oil at regular intervals. Serve with pudina chutney.

Spicy Chicken kababs

Ingredients :

Boneless chicken - 1 lb (cut into small cubes)
Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
Dhainya powder - 2 tbsp
Jeera powder - 2 tbsp
Chilli powder - 2 tbsp
Garam masala - 2 tbsp
Salt
Fresh cream - 1/4 cup
Red tandoori color - a pinch

Method :

Mix all the above ingredients with the chicken in a bowl, expect the cream. Let it marinate for at least 24 hours in the refrigerator. Pre heat the oven at 400 degrees. Mix the chicken with the cream sometime before grilling it. Keep in oven for 20 minutes while brushing oil or butter at regular intervals. Serve hot with pudina chutney.

Chicken keema with potatoes and peas.

Ingredients :

Ground Chicken - 1 lb
Peas - one cup
Potato - half cooked and cut into cubes - 3 small
Onion - 1 small- chopped
Onion - 1 small - paste
Ginger and garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Tomato paste - 1 tbsp
Bay leaf - 3
Blend together : (quantity depends on how much gravy you want in the keema)
Coriander seeds, cumin seeds, black pepper corns, red or green chillies, 1 cinnamon stick.
Turmeric
Lime juice - 1 tbsp
Salt
Oil

Method :

Take a large saucepan. Heat oil, add the bay leaf. Then add the chopped onions and fry. Add the rest of the ingredients except the chicken and lime juice and fry till the oil separates from the masala. Now add the chicken and fry for sometime. Then add the potato and peas and cook everything till its done. Garnish with lime juice and chopped coriander.

Divesh's 5 minute tacos! yummmmm.....

Ingredients:

If non-veg- use ground chicken/pork/beek/shrimp (cooked in a skillet with 2 tbsp of oil, season it with salt and chilli powder)
If veg - Use mushrooms or your choice of vegetables( cook in skillet with oil and season it)
Small flour or corn tortillas (fried on a pan till both sides are hot)
Fresh tomato -cut into small fine cubes
Fresh cilantro - finely chopped
Onions - finely chopped
Fresh jalapenos - Finely chopped
Lime juice
Salt

Method:

For every taco, mix 1/2 tbsp of lime juice and sprinkle salt to the cut vegetables. Fill the tortillas starting with the seasoned and cooked ground chicken or vegetables. Then add the lime juice and vegetable mix. Use sour if you like.

Divesh's mexican dish... *slurp*

Ingredients:

1 can of fried beans - bought from store
Fresh lettuce, tomato and jalapenos - finely chopped and mixed with 1/4 tbsp of lime juice and very little salt
Cheddar cheese - accordingly
Rice - 1 cup
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Tomato paste - 1tbsp
Onion paste - 1 tbsp
Butter - 1 cube
Salt

Boneless chicken - breast pieces thinly cut. [Can use only vegetables or other meat].
Onions, green and red peppers - thinly sliced, long
Tomato, mushrooms- chopped
Mexican sauce - 1/4 bottle
White pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil
Salt

Method:

Heat the beans in a saucepan, fry for about a minute and transfer to plate. Sprinkle cheese on top of it.
In the rice maker, add the butter, let it melt. Then add the tomato paste, onion paste, and cumin powder. Pour exactly 2 cups of water and add little salt. Cover and cook till done.

In a saucepan, heat it and add the oil. Add the onions and the chicken and fry for a few minutes. Now add the tomatoes, pepper powder, salt and the mexican sauce. Cover and cook it.

Transfer everything on the plate as shown in the photo above.

Baked Chicken nuggets - healthy!

Ingredients:

Chicken breasts - 1lb (Cut into cubes, fried in 2 tbsp of oil for a few minutes with little salt. Then ground)
All purpose flour - 1/4 cup
Onion , garlic and ginger powder - 1/4 tbsp each separately
1 large egg white
Bread crumbs - finely powdered
Fat free yogurt - 1/4 cup
Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
White pepper powder - 1tbsp
Salt

Method:

Take 3 separate bowls. In the first bowl-mix flour, onion-garlic-ginger powder, salt, chilli powder and the pepper powder. Take the 2nd bowl, mix the egg white and yogurt. The bread crumbs in the 3rd bowl.
Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees. Spray oil on an aluminum foil. Make small flat shaped sizes of the ground chicken. Dip these pieces into the 3 bowls - flour mix, then the egg-yogurt mix, and lasty the breadcrumbs. Place them on the foil and inside the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
Use ketchup for sauce.

Tandoori chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken drumsticks and thighs with bone - 4 pieces each
Dhaniya powder- 3 tbsp
Jeera powder - 3 tbsp
Chilli powder - 2 tbsp
Black pepper powder - 2 tbsp
Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
Yogurt - 1/2 cup
Lemon juice - 2 full lemons
Red tandoori color
Butter - half a block
Salt

Method:

Mix all the above ingredients and marinate the chicken for atleast 24 hrs. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and cook in oven for 45 minutes.
Serve hot with pudina or mint chutney.

Chicken lollypops

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken- 1lb (cut into cubes)
Self-rising flour - 1 small cup
White pepper powder- 1 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste- 1/2 tbsp
Oil- 2 tsp
Cornstarch- 2 tbsp
Soy sauce- 1 tbsp
Salt
Toothpicks - few

Dipping sauce:Ingredients:

1 cup Vegetable broth
6 tablespoons Tomato paste
2 teaspoons Red chili paste
1 tablespoon (fresh lemon) juice
1/2 teaspoon Ground cumin
1 tablespoon Fresh parsley -- minced
1 tablespoon Cilantro -- minced

Method:

Mix all the above ingredients into a paste. Add the cut chicken cubes and mix well. Golden fry in hot oil till its done. Use toothpicks like lollipop sticks to dip the fried chicken into the sauce and eat.

For the sauce - mix all the ingredients in a saucepan. Keep stirring on medium heat till it gets thickened like a gravy.

Chicken and veggie sushi!

Ingredients :
Chicken Breast - 4
Marinara sauce - 1 bottle or 2 cups
Oregano & herb seasoning - 1 tbsp for each chicken breast
Garlic & salt seasoning - 1 tsp for each chicken breast
White & black pepper mix
Red bell peppers - thinly sliced
Carrot - long thin slices
Green Beans - 12
Jalepaeno peppers - 4 (thinly sliced)
Butter - 1tbsp
Cheese - grated

Method :
Cut the chicken breast to make it thin and lay flat on the board. Now place a plastic wrap on it and hit it to flatten it. Remove the wrap and season with oregano & herb seasoning, garlic & salt seasoning and pepper mix. Place all thinly sliced vegetables and cheese in the center of the flattened chicken breast and roll it. Take a casserole and apply a thing coat or oil or butter and place all the rolled chicken breasts. Pour marinara sauce on top and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.