Filipino Style Chicken Curry

Filipino  Style Chicken Curry
Ingredients
500 grams Chicken cut into pieces
2 medium size Potatoes peeled and cut into 4 pieces
1 Big size Onion cut into cubes
1 Big size Carrot cut into medium size pieces
1 Green Capsicum cut into cubes
1 Red Capsicum cut into cubes
6 Garlic cloves chopped
1 small piece of Ginger chopped
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Pepper crushed
2 tbsp Curry powder
1 tbsp Fish sauce
2 cups of Water
1 cup Coconut milk
2 tbsp Oil

Method
Take a wok, add oil and heat it. Fry the potato pieces till light brown in colour. Remove it from the oil and keep it aside. Add the chicken and fry till brown in colour. Add garlic, ginger and onion together. Let it sauté for few minutes until soften.Add the fish sauce, salt, pepper and curry powder. Stir it until properly mixed. Add the water. Cover the pan and let it simmer for 5 minutes.  Lower the heat and  add the red and green cupsicum, potatoes and carrots. Simmer till the potato pieces are almost done.  Add coconut milk and stir occasionally and cook for 5 minutes. Serve it while still hot.

P.S. I did not have red capsicum so I added red chilli sliced

Dadpe Pohe

‘Dadpe Pohe’ is a Maharashtrian snack or breakfast, made with thin variety of beaten rice and fresh coconut. The beaten rice is not cooked in this recipe. Seasoning, coconut and spices are added to the uncooked beaten rice and mixed well.
Got this recipe from  Mousi / Aunt who works for me. Awesome recipe.
Ingredients
3 cups Thin Flat Beaten Rice
1 Onion chopped finely
1 Tomato chopped finely
2 Green Chillies chopped finely
1/2 cup Coconut grated
Few Curry Leaves
1/4 cup Peanuts
1/2 tsp Turmeric
1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
1 pinch Asafoetida
Salt to taste
1/2 tbsp Sugar
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
4 tbsp Coconut Water or Water
2 tbsp Oil
Few Coriander leaves chopped

Method
Take a mixing bowl,add the thin poha,onion,tomato and salt. Mix well and keep it aside for 15 minutes. In a wok, heat the oil. Add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds,let it crackle. Add the peanuts and fry till it brown in colour.Add the curry leaves, green chillies, turmeric, asafoetida, and sugar. Stir for about few seconds. Add 4 tbsp of coconut water or water.Take the wok off the flame. Add the beaten rice in the wok,add lime juice and coconut stir well. Sprinkle coriander leaves and a tbsp of coconut for garnishing.
P.S. I have used raw onion,it can be also sautéed and then mixed with beaten rice.

Egg and Vegetable Sandwich with Spicy Garlicky Cheese Sauce

Egg and Vegetable Sandwich with Spicy Garlicky Cheese Sauce

For the Spicy Garlicky Cheese Sauce
Ingredients
1 tbsp  Butter
3 tbsp Cream Cheese
4 tbsp Curd
6 Garlic cloves
2 Red Chillies
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Lime Juice

Method
Add all the above ingredients in the blender and blend it.

For the Sandwich
Ingredients
1 White Bread Loaf sliced
2 Boiled Potatoes sliced
2 Tomato sliced
1 Cucumber sliced
2 Onions sliced
Few Cabbage leaves cut into thin slice
4 Boiled Eggs sliced
Spicy Garlicky Cheese Sauce
Salt to taste
Pepper powder for sprinkle
Butter to apply on bread

Method
To make one sandwich, take 3 slices of bread. Apply butter on the bread slices. Place some slices of cucumber, onion and tomato on a slice of bread, sprinkle some salt and pepper powder on the vegetables, drizzle a tbsp of sauce. Cover the vegetables with a bread slice. Place few sliced egg , potato and cabbage leaves, sprinkle some salt and pepper powder,  drizzle a tbsp of sauce. Cover it with a bread slice and the sandwich is ready to be served.. To make it more creamy cheese spread can be added..

Crispy Paper Dosa with Tomato and Onion Chutney...

Dosa
Ingredients
500 grams  Idli Rice
250 grams Urid dal
Salt to taste
Ghee to drizzle

Method
Soak the dal and rice in water over night. Grind the soaked dal and rice into a thick batter. Ferment it for 8 hours. Add salt and mix it. Take a non stick dosa tawa. Add 2  ladle full of batter and sriwl the batter on the tawa. Drizzel some ghee. Cook on medium low flame cook the dosa till crisp.

Tomato and Onion Chutney
Ingredients
6 Tomatoes roughly chopped
2 Onions sliced
2 Green chillies
6 Garlic cloves
2 tbsp Coriander leaves
Few Curry leaves
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Coriander seeds
1 Dry Red Chilli broken
1/2 tsp Tamarind paste
1 tbsp Jaggery grated
Salt to taste
Pinch of Asafoetida
1 tbsp Coconut oil

Method
Take a grinder, add tomatoes, garlic, green chillies and  coriander leaves.  Grind the ingredients coarsely. Take a pan. Add oil. Let it heat. Add mustard seeds, coriander seeds and dry red chilli. Let it crackle. Add Curry leaves and asafoetida. Add the onions. Saute it for 2 minutes. Add the coriander paste, tamarind paste, salt and jaggary . Stir and cook for 3 minutes. Add 1/4 cup of water. Cook for 10 minutes. Serve hot with dosa.
Tomato and Onion Chutney
Ingredients
6 Tomatoes roughly chopped
2 Onions sliced
2 Green chillies
6 Garlic cloves
2 tbsp Coriander leaves
Few Curry leaves
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Coriander seeds
1 Dry Red Chilli broken
1/2 tsp Tamarind paste
1 tbsp Jaggery grated
Salt to taste
Pinch of Asafoetida
1 tbsp Coconut oil

Method
Take a grinder, add tomatoes, garlic, green chillies and  coriander leaves.  Grind the ingredients coarsely. Take a pan. Add oil. Let it heat. Add mustard seeds, coriander seeds and dry red chilli. Let it crackle. Add Curry leaves and asafoetida. Add the onions. Saute it for 2 minutes. Add the coriander paste, tamarind paste, salt and jaggary . Stir and cook for 3 minutes. Add 1/4 cup of water. Cook for 10 minutes. Serve hot with dosa.

Vanilla Cake with Fresh Fruit Compote, Chocolate Ganache and Fresh Fruits

Vanilla Cake with Fresh Fruit Compote,  Chocolate Ganache and Fresh Fruits

Basic Egg less Vanilla Cakes   
Ingredients
1 cup All purpose Flour
1/2 cup Powder Sugar
1/4 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1/2 cup Oil
2 tsp Vanilla extract
1 cup Milk + 1 tbsp Vinegar ( Mix)
    OR
1/2 cup Curd + 1/2 cup Milk ( Mix )

Method
In a large bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Keep it aside. Take oil and sugar. Beat it well till the sugar in cooperates with the oil. Add vanilla essence and Milk vinegar OR Milk Curd. Beat it once more. Add the flour mix 1/2 cup  at a time and beat it until  you get a thick batter. If the batter is too thick then add 1 or 2 tbsp milk. The batter should be thick dropping concestency. Grease the baking tin. Fill in 2/3 rd of the baking tin. Bake at 180 degrees for 25 minutes or till done. Insert a toothpick and if it comes out clean it is done. Cool the cake completely and frost with  favorite frosting.

Fresh Fruit Compote
Ingredients
1/4 cup of Red Grapes chopped
1/4 cup of Strawberries chopped
1/4  of the Pineapple chopped
1 Kiwis chopped
2 tbsp of Sugar
1 tbsp  of Honey
Pinch of Salt

Method
Take a pot.. Add Sugar, Salt, Honey and all the fruits. On a low flame, stir and cook till the sugar has incorporated well with the fruits and the liquid have reduced...

Chocolate Ganache
Ingredients
2 cups  Chocolate chips
1 cup Heavy Cream

Method
In  the microwave bowl, melt the  chocolate chips for 30 seconds.  Keep melting again for 30 seconds till it melts completely. Heat the cream, combine the two and whip it together  until smooth. Let it stand for 2 hours before use.

For Assembling
Cake
Fresh Fruit Compote
Chocolate Ganache
Any Fresh Fruits for decorating the cake..

Method
Cut the cake from the centre horizontally. Keep the top cake slice aside.   Fill the cake with fresh fruit compote in the centre.  Cover it with the cake slice. Apply chocolate ganache all over the cake. Decorate with fresh fruits.