Sunday, February 7, 2016

Chicken and Shrimp stir fry

Chicken and Shrimp stir fry




Chicken breast pieces - 1 cup sliced long ( cook in olive oil with pepper, salt and red chili flakes a pinch each and keep aside)
Shrimp - 1 cup ( cook in olive oil  with pepper, salt and red chili flakes a pinch each and keep a side)
stir fry veggies - 1 cup or 2 cups
mushroom - 1 cup
broccoli - 1 cup ( steam them and keep aside) ( cook in a boiling water for 1.5 min and take them out)
garlic - 6 chopped fine

mix these two sauces a keep aside
oyster sauce - 2 tbsp
soya sauce - 3 tbsp


Heat oil in a wok add olive oil
add chopped garlic and fry for a min
now add all veggies fry for 4 mins
now add mushroom fry for a min
now add broccoli, chicken shrimp and fry for 5 mins
now add sauce mix and toss for a min
check the salt.


Thursday, February 4, 2016

Tomato Methi Quinoa Rice

Tomato Methi Quinao / Rice

Ingredients
1 cup cooked quinoa / Rice
1 Onion chopped 
1 cup chopped tomatoes
½ or 1 cup chopped fenugreek (methi) leaves
1 bayleaf (tejpatta), 2 cloves (laung / lavang), 1 cinnamon stick (dalchini), 2 cardamoms
1/2 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tsp chilli powder
1tsp Sambar powder
Chana dal, urad dal, jeera, mustard – ½ tsp each
salt to taste
Method 
1. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan and add the bayleaf, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and sauté on a medium flame for 30 seconds.
2. Now add chana dal, urad dal, jeera, mustard n fry till dals turn light brown
3. Add onion and fry till it turns light brown 
4. Now add methi leaves n fry for 2 mins
5. Add the tomatoes and cook till oil oozes out
6. Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder and Sambar powder and mix well and cook for few seconds.
7. Add the Quinao and salt, mix gently and cook on a slow flame for another 3 to 4 minutes.
8. Serve hot with curds or raita of your choice.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Spicy Jeera Egg Fried Quinoa Rice

Spicy Jeera Egg Fried Quinoa Rice


Ingredients

1 cup of cooked quinoa
1 small chopped onion
1 tsp cumin seeds
¼ tsp mustard seed
3/4 tsp chili powder, hot
1/2 Tomato - deseeded and chopped
1 tsp ginger garlic paste.
1 Egg 
¼ tsp turmeric
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbs Oil
2 deseeded chopped green chili (optional)

Method:


1. Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds and let them splutter on medium heat. 
2. Then add cumin seeds and spring onions cook till golden brown.
3. Now add ginger garlic paste n fry nicely
4. Add turmeric and tomato and let it cook for 2 mins
5. crack an egg. Cook the egg by scrambling it.
6. Now add Red Chili Powder and Salt mix well.
7. Add quinoa and channa masala  n mix well
8. Keep it in a low flame for few mins

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Rice kheer

1/2 cup cooked rice (soft will work better)
1 cup milk
1/2 cup condensed milk or three tbsp of sugar
saffron - 1 pinch (rub saffron with 1/4 tsp of sugar)
1/4 tsp ghee
2 raisins
2  kaju big ones broken into small 4 pieces.
2 pinches of cardamom powder


Method:
1. In a deep pan take milk, rice n condensed milk n cook until it reduced to half like rabid consistency
2. Add Saffron
2. in little ghee add kisses n kaju n roast n add to kheer.
3. Add cardamom powder n mix well n switch of the flame.


Sunday, January 24, 2016

Dondakaya onion fry


Dondakaya - 2 lbs chopped into small chunks
onion - 1
mustard - 1/4 tsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Garlic - 6 cloves
Dry Red chili - 4
Red chili powder - 3/4 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
salt - 3/4 tsp
oil - 2tbsp
coconut powder ( optional)

1.Cook dondakaya in microwave with very little water for 10 mins
2. Heat oil in pan, add mustard, jeera, urad dal, garlic, Dry Red chili and fry nicely
3. Now add onion fry till light brown color.
4. Now add turmeric and salt
5. Now add cooked dondakaya, mix well and close the lid for 5 mins
6. Now add red chili powder and add salt if needed.
7. close the lid for 5 mins in slow flame.
8. Garnish with coconut powder ( optional)

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Mutton gravy with little methi leaves

Mutton - 2 lbs
Red Onion - 1 big (long sliced)
Tomato - 4 - sliced
ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
methi leaves - 1/2 cup or 1block frozen methi
Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp
Coriander Powder - 2 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp
haldi - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Meat Masala - 1 tsp
Dry masala - pata, lavanga, jeera,elachi.
water 1 big cup (it should little grave)


Method :

heat oil in cooker
add dry masalas, fry nicely
Add onion n fry till they r in brown color
Add ginger garlic paste mix well
Add Mutton mix well n leave till all the water dries out
Add red chili, haldi, coriander, cumin, salt
Add tomato , Methi n mix well n leave till 5 mins
Add water n cook till 3 whistles
when you open the lid leave it for 15 mins on slow flames



Sunday, January 3, 2016

My Choley curry

My Choley curry


choley - 2 cups (soaked and boiled) and ( 1/2 cup choley grind it to paste)

onion - 1 small
tomato - 2 
g.g paste - 1 tbsp
rcp - 1/2 tsp
haldi - 1/2 tsp
choley masala - 1 tsp
curry leaves
jeera
oil

Note : when you grinding 1/2 cup chole, you can add tomato with it and grind together and you can skip step 3 below.

1.Heat oil in a pan add jeera, onion n fry till they are light brown.
2.now add g.g paste 
3. now add tomato and mix well
4. now add haldi , rcp and salt and cook till oil oozes out.
5. now add boiled choley, grinned chilly paste and boiled choley water.
6. now add choley masala and cook in slow flames for 20 mins