Friday, 19 June 2015

Chat Jaldi Chingri Malai Curry With Desiccated Coconut

Chat Jaldi Chingri Malai Curry With Desiccated Coconut

  Ingredients
Paste for the gravy
1 onion roughly chopped
1 tomato roughly chopped
5 garlic cloves
1/2 tsp grated ginger
1 green chilli
1/4 cup desiccated coconut
1/2 tsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/4 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 red whole Kashmiri chillies
2 cloves
1 green cardamom
1 small stick cinnamon
Salt to taste
Grind all the above ingredients to a fine paste

For the marination of the Prawns
Ingredients
1/2 kg Prawns cleaned and washed
Salt to taste
1/2 turmeric powder
Mix the Prawns with salt and turmeric powder and keep it aside...

For the gravy
Ingredients
2 tsp ghee
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
1 bay leaf
1 green chilli silted
1 small onion finely chopped
1/2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Method
Take a pan. Add 1/2 tsp ghee and heat it up. Add the prawns and sauté it till it changes it's colour. Take the prawns out and keep it aside. Add 1 and 1/4 tsp ghee and add cumi seeds, bay leaf, green chilli, chopped onions and 1/4 tsp garam masala powder. Sauté it till the onions changes it's colour. Add the paste and cook it for 5 minutes on low flame covering the pan. Add the prawns and add a cup and a 1/2 of water depending upon the consistency of the gravy required. Boil the gravy for 5 to 7 minutes or till the water has incorporated well with the paste. Switching of the gas add 1/4 tsp ghee, sprinkle of garam masala powder  and coriander leaves for garnishing.... Serve it with hot steaming rice....

Tomato and Guava Cheese Chutney

Tomato and Guava Cheese Chutney
Ingredients
1/2 kg Tomatoes chopped
1 packet of Guava Cheese cubed
A handful of Raisins
1 pinch of Salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 turmeri powder
1 tsp mustard oil
1/4 tsp panch phoran
1 bay leaf
1 dry red chilli
1 tsp roasted panch phoran powder
Method
Take a kadai. Add oil and heat it up. Add red chilli, panch phoran and bay leaf. Once the panch phoran crackles then add the tomatoes, turmeric power, salt and sugar. Sauté for few minutes and then let it boil on low flame for 5 minutes. Add the raisins and cubed guava cheese. Let it cook until all the ingredients has incorporated well. Take off the gas. Add roasted panch phoran powder. Mix it well. This chutney can be kept for 15 days in the fridge.

A classic Omelette with Strawberries, Tuna Fish flakes and Cheese

A classic Omelette with Strawberries, Tuna Fish flakes and Cheese ..........
Ingredients
2 Eggs
2 tbsp Strawberry chopped
1 green chilli chopped
1 tbsp of chopped onion
6 to 7 pieces of sliced olives
1 tbsp of tinned Tuna flakes
1 tbsp milk
1 tsp coriander leaves or Parsley leaves chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/2 tsp Butter / Olive oil
1 slice cheese
Method
Beat the eggs with salt and pepper. Add all the above ingredients in the eggs except butter and cheese. Fold in the ingredients in the eggs. Take a pan, add the eggs.... Cover the eggs and cook for 2 minutes... Cut the slice cheese in 3 to 4 pieces and add it on the omelette... Cover and cook for 2 minutes more or the top is cooked. Turn the omelette and cook for another minute or so....and serve it with Toast...

Instant Pizza Uthappa Wraffle Sandwich

Instant Pizza Uthappa Wraffle Sandwich 
It is oil less..
 Ingredients 
2 cups Rice flour
1/2 cup fine Samolina
Butter milk to Make Batter
Salt to taste 
1 sachet Eno 
1 Onion Chopped 
1 Tomato Chopped 
2 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped 
2 Green Chillies Chopped 
1 cup Pizza Sauce 
1/2 Cup Cheese grated
Dry Thyme or any seasoning for seasoning 
Method 
Take a mixing bowl. Add Rice flour, Samolina, Salt and butter milk to make a semi thick batter. Whisk it well. Add eno, mix it and keep it aside for 15 minutes. Add the chopped onion, tomato, chillies and coriander leaves to the batter. Take a Wraffle maker. Add the batter in the Wraffle maker. Once the Wraffle is done, spread the pizza sauce on one Wraffle, spread the grated cheese and put the other Wraffle on the top. To garnish add more cheese on top. Sprinkle Thyme and more sauce... Serve it hot. 



Home Made Spaghetti With Strawberry-Tomato Sauce and Chicken in Tangy Strawberry Sauce

Home made Spaghetti
Ingredients
2 cups Simolina
2 cups Flour
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup or more Hot water
Salt to taste
Method
Mix the dry ingredients. Add water to make a dough. Add oil and knead the dough well. Keep it covered for 20 minutes. Take the dough a cut one portion of the dough. Take some flour and dust on the dough. Use the pasta machine and roll it. Take the sheet and dust some more flour. Roll it again  2 to 3 times adjusting the number for the thinness required. Now roll the dough through the pasta cutter... Dust it with some more flour and dry the spaghetti for 30 minutes before use. To make the spaghetti boil water add salt and a tsp of oil, boil  till the spaghetti are cooked. Drain the water and add cold water and strain the spaghetti.

Spaghetti With Strawberry-Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
¼ cup olive oil, plus more for drizzling
4 tomatoes blanched and chopped
1/2 tsp crushed red chilli flakes
Salt to taste
4 to 5 fresh strawberries hulled and quartered
2 tsp honey
1 tsp Balsamic vinegar
4 cups Home made fresh spaghetti or packet spaghetti
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
Freshly ground black pepper
Method
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add tomatoes and red chilli flakes and salt. Cook the tomatoes till the juice has reduced slightly. Add strawberries, Balsamic vinegar and sugar and cook stirring it often, until strawberries are soft and sauce is slightly thickened.  let cool slightly, then blend it in a blender to make a purée. Meanwhile, cook spaghetti. Drain the spaghetti, reserving 1 cup liquid.
Add spaghetti to tomato sauce along with ½ cup spaghetti cooking liquid and cook, tossing and adding more spaghetti cooking liquid as needed, until sauce coats the spaghetti.Remove from heat, drizzle with more oil, and toss to combine. Serve spaghetti topped with Parmesan cheese and black pepper.

Chicken cooked in Tangy Strawberry sauce..
Ingredients
1 kg chicken
1/2 tsp garlic paste
1 cup strawberry pulp
1 tsp honey
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp pepper powder
1/2 tsp curry powder
2 tbsp yellow capsicum paste
1 tsp crushed chilly flakes
1 tbsp olive oil
1 strawberry sliced for garnishing
Method
Mix all the above ingredients  except for the oil and strawberry sliced. Marinate the chicken for a hour. Take a pan and add oil. Heat the oil up and add the chicken and cook it on low flame till tender. Garnish it with strawberry slice and serve it with pasta.