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.

Fish cutlet.

Ingredients:

Mackreal fish or tilapia
Onions - 3
Ginger - 1 full tsp
Garlic 1 full tsp
Green Chillies 6
Turmeric Powder 2 tsp.
Jeera Powder 3 tsps.
Pepper Powder 2 tsps.
Corriander Leaves One handful
Lime (Small) - 2
Eggs - 2
Water - accordingly
Semolina/ breadcrumbs
Oil for frying
Salt to taste


Method :

Marinate fish with lime, salt, turmeric, jeera and pepper powder.

Chop the onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies very finely. Take little oil in a pan and fry onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies. When fried well, add 1 tsp. turmeric powder , 2 tsps, jeera powder and then 1 tsp of pepper.
Separate the flesh of the fish from bones and mash the mixture nicely. Then add the onion mixture,eggs and finely chopped coriander leaves and mix well.

Take a little portion of this mixture make a small ball and then flatten it with your palms and roll it in semolina (rava) and shallow fry on medium fire. Serve with ketchup or pudina (mint) chutney.

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 ....

Turkey meatballs

Ingredients :
1 small onion, grated
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 large egg
1/4 cup dried crumbs
1/4 cup chopped fresh coriander leaves
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 pound ground dark turkey meat
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tbsp - mix - red chilli powder, Dhaniya powder, Jeera powder

Method :

Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl. Make lemon size balls. Place it on an aluminum foil. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Keep it inside the oven for about 20 minutes or until done. Regularly keep turning each meatball so that they cook evenly.

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!!!

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.

Salmon cakes.

Ingredients :

Salmon - 1lb cooked
Potatoes - 1lb cooked and mashed
Coriander and garam masala powder - 1/2 tbsp each
Coriander - 1 tbsp finely chopped
Salt & white pepper powder
Juice of 1 lemon
All purpose flour - 1 tbsp
Egg - 1 beaten
Breadcrumbs
Oil.

Method :

Mix the first 6 ingredients in a bowl. Heat 1 cup of oil in a saucepan. Make round flat shaped size of the mix, dip it in the next 3 ingredients one after the other separately and shallow fry them on both sides untill golden brown.

Salmon in coconut curry.

Ingredients :

(Marinate and toast in oven for 5 minutes)
4 salmon steaks
Cumin powder - 2 tsp
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
White vinegar - 2 tbsp
Salt, oil.

Onion - 1 chopped
Green chillies - 5 chopped
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Dhaniya powder - 1 tsp
Coconut milk - 3/4 cup
Salt, oil.

Method :

Heat oil in pan, add the onions, chillies, ginger-garlic paste and dhaniya powder. Fry for sometime on medium heat. Add the coconut milk and let it cook for sometime. Add the fish and cook for 10 to 15 minutes. Garnish with coriander. Served with plain white rice.

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.

Sheek kabab (pork)

Ingredients :

Ground pork (any ground meat of your choice) - 1 lb
Onion - 1 small -minced
Green chillies - (minced)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Cumin powder - 1 tbsp
Garam masala - 1 tbsp
Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
Lime juice - 2 tbsp
Egg - 1
Butter - 1 cube
Salt
Olive oil - 2 tbsp

Method :

Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl. Make them into shapes like a hot dog. Mold the meat onto the skewers and place them in the oven - pre-heat oven at 450 degrees and then place them inside for about 45 minutes or till done. Brush it with oil at regular intervals. Serve hot with pudina chutney.

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.