…izers/starters to go with your cocktails & mocktails… ButterflyPrawns, Chicken Chilli, Chicken pate with Crackers, Chicken Satay, Chilli CheesePakoras, Corn & Oregano Cheese Balls, Creamy Chicken Kabab, Fish Chilli Dry, Fish Cutlets, Goan Stir Fry Prawns, Grilled Fish with Bell Peppers, Mini Savory Baskets. Here is a Christmas Special menu that you could consider for Lunch & Dinner… Goan Mackerel Croquetas Prawn Pulao Goan Pork Vindalo…
…3 tbsps. Corn Flour A pinch of Sugar (optional) Salt to taste 3 cups Water/Chicken Stock 4 tbsps. Vegetable Oil/Sesame Oil Method : Wash boneless chicken breasts & cut into sufficiently thick strips. Marinate it with ginger garlic paste & 1/3 tsp. salt. To prepare onion flakes, peel & quarter the onion & then gently peel off flakes. Deseed & separate the membrane of the capsicum & dice it into thick pieces. In a cup m…
…or 3-4 mins. Add the onion-curd paste and cook for another 3 mins. Add the chicken pieces and combine well. Reduce heat , place the lid and let the chicken cook till just tender. Add the cashew nut paste, garam masala pwd. and sautéed methi leaves. Stir to combine. Add water to achieve desired consistency of gravy. Cook the chicken for another 5 mins. on med. heat. The gravy should be thick and creamy. Serve hot with your favorite Indian flatbread…
…hich are in your fridge and bring it to good use. Today’s recipe is simple Chicken Fried rice which is equally loved by children, young and old. It is a great meal to cook for family or friends. This Chicken Fried rice is equally delicious served piping hot, warm or cold. If you have any leftovers, then pack into your kids’ lunch boxes and they will be so excited about it. It is also great for working people and bachelors. How about making this wo…
…lk. Adjust salt to taste. For the Tempering : 2 tbsps. Butter/Desi Ghee (Clarified Butter) 1 tsp. Vegetable Oil ½ tsp. Garam Masala pwd. For the Garnishing : 1 tbsp. Ginger (julienned) 2 tbsps. freshly chopped Coriander Procedure : Sprinkle garam masala powder on the prepared hot chicken/murg handi. Then heat butter and oil in a tempering pan till hot. Pour this on the prepared hot chicken handi. Top with some julienned ginger, coriander and place…
…(covered) for 15-20 mins. Ingredients for the Filling: 1 cup boiled tender chicken breasts (shredded or roughly ground in a processor) 5 large mushrooms (thinly sliced) 1 capsicum (thinly sliced) 1 onion (thinly sliced) 1 tbsp oil 3 eggs 1 small teacup fresh cream 2 to 3 cubes of Amul cheese or any processed cheese (grated) A pinch of nutmeg (optional) 2 cloves garlic 2 tbsps chilli sauce or stir fry sauce Salt & pepper to taste Chopped corian…
…le Oil for deep frying To extract Fresh Coconut Milk : Grind one cup fresh grated coconut & cardamom (if you decide to use it instead of vanilla essence) in a grinder using about ½ cup water to a fine paste. Transfer the contents onto a muslin/cheese cloth/fine strainer or mesh spread over a sufficiently deep vessel. Rinse the grinder with some warm water about 1/3 cup & add to the contents in the cloth/mesh. If using cloth then bundle up…
…for you to bake at Christmas & relish the freshness & goodness of Coconut!! 😀 Ingredients : 1 cup (170 gms) Rawa (Semolina) 2 cups (160 gms) fresh Coconut (scraped) ½ cup (210 gms) Icing Sugar 3 tbsps. Maida (Refined Flour) 1 tbsp. Corn Flour 2 Eggs 2 tsp. Baking pwd. 3 tbsps. Butter/Ghee ½ tsp. Salt 1 tbsp. Vanilla Essence Few Dry fruits ½ cup Water Method : Blend fresh scraped coconut with ½ cup water in a blender/grinder to a paste. Be…
…our sufficient egg-milk mixture to moisten the bread. Arrange the prepared chicken mince evenly. It should be quite a thick layer. Place two slices of cheese so as to cover the chicken mince. You may tear out pieces of cheese & arrange if you like. Arrange another layer of torn bread pieces & pour the egg-milk mixture to moisten the bread. Arrange cheese on top & sprinkle pepper. Steam the bread & mince pie for about 25 mins. or in…
…tarch or if the rice fluffs well & retains separate grain. Instead of chicken cubes, you may use chicken stock if you have it handy. You may use a bouquet garni in your pulao/biryani if you wish to eliminate the tedious task of taking out whole spices from the dish individually. The Bouquet Garni : The bouquet garni is a bundle of herbs/ whole spices (masala) usually bound together in a muslin cloth & tied with a string & dropped in…