Mix it up!! (Salad)

Ingredients:

2 strands of Romaine Lettuce

2 strands of Red top lettuce

Blanched Broccoli

Handful of tomatoes

1 carrot

Olives

Avocado

2 Celery sticks

2 Spring onion strands

1/2 cup Pomegranate 

Bread crumbs

Oregano to taste

Black Pepper to taste 

Method:

Wash all the veggies thoroughly and start chopping them...

Any shape and size you want...;)

Added the avocado, pom seeds, and I also added walnuts...

There you go, add oregano, salt (i didn't add any), and black pepper... Top it up with bread crumbs...

Enjoy!! :)

Sabudana aloo Tikki

I'm back with my delicious recipes and I promise I'll try to be regular...;)

Navratri Special Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

1 Cup Sabudana (Tapioca)

4 Medium size potatoes

Salt to taste

1 tbsp Aamchur (Mango powder)

1 Green chili chopped

1/4 cup roasted peanuts (grounded)

Cilantro

Oil to fry

METHOD:

Soak sabudana (tapioca) for 4-5 hours or more if required.

Boil the potatoes and mash them.

Add the crushed roasted peanuts...

Add the sabudana (Tapioca)...

Add cilantro, salt and Mango powder (Aamchur) and green chilies...

Mix it all together and start shaping them...

Tikki shape/round shape and flatten them a little with my palms....

I shallow fried them (although this is too much oil for me) but somehow I convinced myself... 

Cook them on medium low flame... (unlike me) but this way I get to make them crispier...:D

Take them out on a tissue paper to soak the extra oil... and they are good to be served with Green cilantro mint chutney..:D

If I haven't posted a recipe for that will do it soon..:D 

By the end of it, oil was wiped out... :P

 My end product... Made around 15-16 tikkis...

Amazing if served with Green Mint cilantro Chutney...

Methi Chicken

ALL YOU NEED:

2 cups Methi leaves

1 cup Spinach leaves (optional)

1 onion (medium)

2 tomatoes (medium)

1 tbsp garlic and ginger paste (each)

2 chicken breast washed and cut 

2 chicken drumsticks ( I love with bone pieces you can substitute it with boneless chicken)

1 chopped green chili

1 tbsp oil

1 tsp cumin seeds

Salt to taste

1 tsp Garam masala

METHOD:

Wash Methi and spinach (optinal) leaves thoroughly....

Heat oil in a skillet and add cumin seeds...soon add onions and cook them till brown/translucent...

Add green chillies and tomatoes and cover it with a lid let the tomatoes cook well...

Add ginger and garlic paste....

and finally add chicken and cover it again for 2 mins...

P.S. I cook with bone chicken in a pressure cooker and then add it to the masala...

After few mins add the methi and spinach leaves and cover it for a while...

Do remember to add salt and garam masala and a little red chili powder (optional)

Cover it with a lid and keep stirring it frequently...
I did add the drumstick at this time...

Once the chicken is cooked and the leaves are kind of soggy enough to eat your chicken's ready... I did keep some curry in it to eat with rice..:D

Watermelon Salsa

This one is really simple and an amazing snack/ breakfast
Serves 2

All you need:

1/2 watermelon (small)
1 small onion chopped (make sure onion is very small)
few cherry tomatoes
1/2 tomato chopped
handful of chopped cilantro
2 tbsp mint leaves chopped
sea salt to taste
chunky chaat masala/ black salt (for taste)
1-2 green chillies (optional)
1 mango chopped (optional)

METHOD:

Add all the ingredients one by one in a bowl... Yes right, it's that simple...;)

Then add salt very little amount and chaat masala/ black salt (for taste)

Mix it real good and it's ready to be served..:)

Best when served cold...

Cream Chicken

I used the cornish hen for this recipe but you may use whatever chicken you like...:D

ALL YOU NEED:

Pieces of Chicken

2 tbsp sour Cream

1 cup plain Yogurt

Salt & Pepper to taste

2 tsp Oil

METHOD:

Heat oil in a pan and add chicken... 

Let the chicken cook well...

Stir in the sour cream...

Cover the lid for 5 min...:D

Remove the lid sprinkle pepper...

All you need to do now is to let it dry a little...(about 1-2 min)

Add Yogurt and let it come to a boil then add in the salt...

Now let it dry completely...
Its a dry chicken not with gravy

Make sure you scratch the bottom as it'll start sticking to the bottom..

Once it's dry it's ready to be served...:D

Schezwan Chicken

To make this chicken we need to make schezwan Sauce first so I'll be including that in this recipe...

FOR SAUCE:
ALL YOU NEED:

2 tbsp each Ginger and garlic paste/chopped

2 tbsp Celery

2 large tbsp Red chili paste

1 tbsp Green chili chopped

1 tbsp chili sauce

1/2 sugar

Salt & Pepper to taste

Chili oil (optional)

2 tsp oil

FOR CHICKEN:
ALL YOU NEED:

2-3 chicken breast (bite size pieces)

Lots of veggies (anything or everything you want)

ex: Broccoli, carrots, onions, bell peppers,mushrooms etc

2 tbsp each Ginger and Garlic paste/ chopped

1 chopped green chili

2 tsp oil

METHOD:

Heat oil in a pan and add ginger and garlic, saute for few seconds...

Then add celery and green chili 

Add chili paste, red chili sauce with salt, pepper, sugar..

It's a thick sauce so add in water about 1/2 cup

It's a ver spicy sauce so please use it accordingly..:D

Now for the Chicken:
METHOD:

Heat oil in the pan, cook chicken until cooked properly...

Instead of taking the chicken out on another plate put it aside in the wok and add in ginger, garlic, green chili...:D

Start adding the veggies now...:D

More the veggies more colorful it looks..:D

Mix well and add chicken stock/ water (1/2 cup)

 Once it comes to a boil add in the schezwan sauce we made.. (3-4 Tbsp depending on how hot you want)

Mix well and let it boil... If you don't need too much gravy let the water dry (upto you how much gravy you want) because the sauce is already cooked we don't have to cook it for too long...

Ready to be Served..:D