…Add diced onions and sauté till soft and translucent. Then add slit green chillies, turmeric pwd., red chilli pwd., jeera pwd., coriander pwd. and stir for a few seconds. Add the tomato paste or puree and cook for about 2 mins. Add whisked curds and cook till you see slight oil separation. Add enough water depending on the desired thickness of gravy and cook on medium heat until it comes to a boil. Reduce heat, gently place the fish slices in the…
…tbsps. oil in the same cooking pot and sauté ginger-garlic paste and green chilli paste on low heat for about 3 mins. Add turmeric pwd., red chilli pwd., cumin pwd., and coriander pwd. Stir well to combine. Next add tomato puree and cook for 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 m…
…ion paste and sauté for a few seconds. Stir in the ginger-garlic paste and chilli powder. Sauté again till you see slight oil separation. Mix in the cashew nut paste if using and stir for a few seconds. Add the tomato puree, sugar, garam masala, cinnamon, clove and green cardamom powder.. Stir and cook till you again see a slight oil separation. Add 1 ½ cups of water and bring to a boil or as per required consistency of gravy. Reduce heat and cook…
…ade : 1 tsp. fresh Garlic paste 1 tsp. fresh Ginger paste ½ tbsp. Kashmiri Chilli pwd. 1 tsp. Coriander pwd. 1 tbsp. fresh Lime/Lemon Juice Salt to taste Second Marinade : 1 ½ tbsps. Chickpea Flour (Besan) 1 tsp. All Purpose Flour (Maida) ½ tbsp. Kashmiri Chilli pwd. 1 tsp. Curds/Yoghurt (thick) ½ tbsp. Lime/Lemon Juice 1 tsp. Refined Oil Oil for deep frying 1 tsp. Chaat Masala for sprinkling Procedure : Peel and devein the prawns; wash wel…
…pers (diced) ¼ tsp. fresh Garlic (minced) 3 tbsps. Olive Oil A dash of Red Chilli Flakes (optional) ½ tsp. Oregano Salt to taste Procedure: Heat olive oil in a wok until hot. Reduce heat and sauté minced garlic. Add diced assorted bell peppers and toss for a minute. Add red chilli flakes if using and the chilled cooked rice. Toss the rice for a few minutes. Add oregano and salt to taste. Toss again for another few minutes. Serve hot with Zucchini…
…h Tomatoes (blanched, peeled & pureed) ½ cup Tomato Ketchup ½ tsp. Red Chilli paste ½ tsp. Tandoori Color (optional) 20 gms. Kasuri Methi pwd. Aromatic spices – A pinch each of freshly powdered green cardamom, cloves & cinnamon Salt to taste 100 gms. fresh Cream Procedure for the Butter Chicken Gravy : Heat butter in a sufficiently large pot/wok/kadhai/pan on low heat. Add cashewnut paste & fry till rawness disappears & turns…
…n powder ¼ tsp fresh Clove powder ¼ tsp fresh Cinnamon powder ¼ tsp Yellow Chilli powder (optional) or Red Chilli powder 1 tsp Sugar (optional) Grind the above mentioned ingredients for Green Masala to a fine thick paste with water. Rinse the grinder and reserve the liquid in cooking. Preparation of Galmo / Baby Shrimp Masala: First, rinse the baby shrimp in running water. Drain them through a colander. Put them in a bowl and then add ginger-garli…
…, coriander powder and turmeric powder and fry for a minute. Add the green chilli paste and fry again for a minute. Add slightly mashed peas and freshly scraped or dessicated coconut to it and mix well. Fry for 7-8 mins on low heat until it is almost dry. It may take a little longer if you are using fresh coconut. Add garam masala pwd., amchur pwd.,chaat masala pwd., red chilli pwd., salt to taste and fry for another 2 mins. Take it off the heat a…
…same Oil/Cooking Oil (or enough oil as desired) Method : Remove the soaked chillies from the water & discard the water. Grind the chillies to a fine, thick & smooth paste using very little fresh water. In a sufficiently deep pan heat oil; add ginger, garlic, onions & saute well till onions are soft & rawness disappears. Next add the chilli paste & continue to saute till the oil starts separating. Then add the soya sauce &#…
…. Vegetable Oil/Olive Oil or any cooking oil of preference. To prepare Red Chilli Paste : Destalk & deseed 5 red dry Kashmiri Chillies. Soak it in warm water for about 10 mins. Prepare a smooth thick paste & use as desired. To prepare Mixed Spice Powder : Mix together 1 tsp. each of clove, cinnamon & pepper pwd. & use ½ tsp. of this powder to the stir fry masala. Pre-preparation of the Tiger Prawns : Wash the tiger prawns witho…