Coconut & Coriander Chicken Masala
January 5th, 2006
Ingredients
4 cardamoms
2 tsp cumin seeds
2 onions chopped
4 chicken breast fillets, cut into strips or use 8 chicken thighs
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp ginger & garlic paste each
1 cans coconut cream
125ml chicken stock
2 tsp oil to cook
Fresh coriander
Salt to taste
Method
Heat the oil in a pan and add cardamom and cumin seeds, fry till seeds pop. Add the onions and cook for 10 minutes until soft, now add chicken and stir fry until chicken is brown in colour. Add garam masala and turmeric powder & cook, after few minutes add ginger, garlic, coconut, stock and salt to taste and let it cook gently for further 10 minutes until the chicken is thoroughly ...
Vegetable chicken
January 5th, 2006
Ingredients
4 boneless chicken breasts
1 tsp ginger pate
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp garlic paste
Salt and black pepper fresh
3 tsp olive oil
2 courgettes, sliced
1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced
1 yellow pepper deseeded and sliced
1 tsp honey
2 tbsp lemon juice
Method
Cut the chicken into strips & add the ginger, turmeric, garlic & garam masala. Mix well, cover it and allow marinating it for 1 hour in fridge. Heat 2 tsp of oil and cook the courgettes over a high heat until they are well colour. Place the courgettes in a heated serving dish, keep warm. Add the peppers to the same pan and cook for 2-3 minutes until they are slightly softened. Add the ...
Crab cakes with chilli sauce
January 3rd, 2006
Ingredients
Chilli sauce
3 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp sunflower oil
2 tsp hot chilli sauce
I tsp garlic paste
2 tsp tamarind paste
2 tsp sugar
3 spring onions, finely chopped
Crab cakes
250g
Fresh crabmeat or you can use any meat you like
2 spring onions chopped
1 tsp ginger paste
Freshly cut coriander
Red chilli powder
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp mayonnaise
40g white breadcrumbs
Flour, for dusting 2 tsp oil
Method
To make chilli sauce mix together all the ingredients and set aside.
To make crab cakes, mix together the crabmeat, spring onions, ginger, red chilli powder, fish sauce & mayonnaise. Put bread crumbs to hold the mixture tighter. Now make as many as patties as ...
Roast Potatoes With Garlic Sauce
January 3rd, 2006
Very crispy & mouth watering
Ingredients
6- 7 big potatoes cut into medium pieces
4 tsp olive oil
1 tsp garlic paste
Can of chopped tomatoes
1 tsp tomato puree
1 tsp paprika
Salt & freshly ground black pepper
Garlic Sauce
150ml mayonnaise
2 tsp garlic paste
Method
Preheat the oven to 180 c. steam the cut potatoes over boiling water & spread them in the roasting tin. Raost the potatoes for about 25-30 minutes, turning them until they are crisp & golden. Make the tomato sauce by frying the onion in olive oil until soft, add garlic and after few minutes add canned tomatoes, puree & paprika, stir well & add salt to taste.
Method for garlic sauce
Mix ...
Winter Pea & Lettuce Soup
January 3rd, 2006
I have tried this soup & it is really delicious, want to share it with everybody. Try it…
Ingredients
100g butter
1 onion, finely chopped
1 big lettuce, finely shredded
800g frozen peas or u can use fresh peas also
1 tsp garlic
900ml vegetable stock
1 tsp lemon juice
150ml cream
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Melt the butter in a large pan. Add the onions & cook gently for 10 minutes, until soft. Add the lettuce & peas, mix them well with butter. Now add garlic, stock, lemon zest & lemon juice, bring it to boil and let it simmer the peas are soft. Now pour the mixture or soup into a blender and blend until smooth. Again reheat the soup ...
Thai Fish Soup
January 3rd, 2006
Ingredients
1 can coconut milk
500ml fish stock
2 tsp green Thai curry paste
4 spring onions, sliced
2 tsp fish sauce
Few dried lemon grass
2 tsp lime juice
1 bag of mixed frozen seafood, defrost or use any fish u like such as fish fillets, prawns & mussels.
Coriander
Lime zest
Lime segments to garnish
Method
Take a pan put coconut milk, stock, curry paste, lemon grass, spring onions, fish sauce and lime juice in it and bring it to boil then reduce the heat and let it simmer for another 5 minutes. Remove the lime leaves. Add the defrost seafood and coriander and cook it for more 5 minutes till the seafood is soft and ready to eat. Serve hot garnished with lime ...
Red kidney beans or Rajma
January 2nd, 2006
Ingredients
Red kidney beans soaked overnight
1 big onion (grated)
1 big tomato (grated)
1 tsp of ginger paste
1 tsp of garlic paste
½ tsp cumin seeds
Red chilli powder as you wishes
1 spoon turmeric powder
1 tsp garam masala
Fresh bunch of coriander leaves
Salt as per taste
Method to cook
First wash the kidney beans and put them into pressure cooker to boil them with enough water and add some salt to it, pressure cook for atleast 20 minutes and then you can open the cooker and check if the beans are soft or not, if not pressure cook them again. Once kidney beans are boiled, start making your paste for gravy. Take a pan put 3 tsp of cooking oil in ...
Skin care in winter
January 2nd, 2006
Lemon as a beauty aid
Start your morning with a combination of half a lemon of juice and an orange, squeezed in hot water, sweetened with honey.
For weight watchers & those on a reducing programme, lemon is excellent. Since it helps in depigmentation of the skin, it is useful for those suffering from blemishing and blotchy skin.
Lemon as a hand lotion: Mix lemon juice to rose water and rub on hands to get smooth hands. Rub granulated sugar and the juice of a lemon together till the sugar is dissolved. Then rinse it off. Do this regularly for a month and see the difference.
Lemon ...
Chola & Batura Or Chick peas & Naan
December 30th, 2005
Ingredients for Chick Peas (Chola)
1 boil canned Chick Peas or u can soak chick peas in water overnight.
Salt to taste
1 Tea bag
1/2 tsp Zeera
4 piece Kadi Patta
2 big Onions
1/8 piece of Ginger, 3 cloves of Garlic grated
1 tsp Garam Masala
1 Tomato or 2 tbsp Tomato Puree
1/4 tsp each turmeric, red chilli powder, Dhaniya powder
Method for chick peas
If u are using chick peas soaked in water overnight, then next day pressure cook chick peas adding salt to taste and 1 tea bag. This will change the color of chola to black. Pressure cook it for 30 minutes till they are ...
Spicy Mixed Vegetable
December 30th, 2005
1 large Aubergine cut into lengthwise pieces
1 large green peper cut lenghtwise
10 - 12 Green Beans cut lenghtwise
1 Carrots cut into thin & long pieces
2 Potatoes medium size cut as you wish
Spring Onions 1 bunch cut lenghtwise
Ginger paste 1 tbsp
Green Chilies 2-3 slit
Turmeric 1tsp
Red Chili Powder 1 tsp
Jeera powder 1-1/2 tsp
Dhania powder 1 tsp
Tomato puree (canned tomato sauce) 4tbsp
Salt to taste
Cooking oil 4-5 tbsp
Method for cooking
Heat oil in a large saucepan or skillet. Add whole mustard seeds until ...