Monday 1 June 2015

Paneer Tikka

No one can eat just one...!!



Ingredients:



  • Paneer / Cottage cheese - 100gms
  • Yogurt- 4 tbsp
  • Ginger garlic paste - half tsp
  • turmeric powder - quarter tsp
  • Black pepper powder  -half tsp
  • Garam masala powder - half tsp
  • Coriander powder - half tsp
  • Roasted cumin powder - half tsp
  • Chat masala - half tsp
  • Salt as per taste
  • Oil for shallow frying- 4 tbsp



Method:



  1. Cut paneer in to rectangle shapes and prick them all over using toothpick.
  2. Mix rest of the ingredients and make a paste.
  3. Now add the paneer and marinate it well, make sure all the pieces are nicely coated.
  4. Allow this mixture to rest for minimum 2 hours in the refrigerator.
  5. Heat oil in a non stick pan and shallow fry the marinated paneer pieces on medium flame and its ready to relish.


Note: U can also add red chili powder to spice it up a little, i skipped it because i was making it for my 2 yr old son.

Friday 29 May 2015

Chicken Kabab #3

There are so many changes you can make to a single dish, here is one more such dish its called Chicken Kabab...i already have 2 types of it on my blog here is another one with just a little change.







Ingredients



  • Chicken  - 1 kg
  • Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
  • Red chili pwdr - 1 tbsp
  • Cornflour - 4 tbsp 
  • Lemon juice - 3 tbsp
  • Egg - 2
  • Red chili sauce - 3 tbsp
  • Red food colour - a generous pinch- optional
  • Salt
  • Oil for frying

Marinate chicken with all the above ingredients.

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the marinated chicken on medium flame for 10 - 15 mins. 
Chicken kabab is ready to eat.



Note: Marinate the chicken and keep it aside for minimum an hour, the longer the chicken is marinated the better the kababs are :)

Thursday 28 May 2015

Vegetable Cutlet

Made these yummy cutlets for my son ;) best way to make kids eat vegetables :)




Ingredients:



  • Grated beetroot - 1 cup
  • Boiled potatoes - 2 large
  • Grated carrot - 1 cup
  • Onion finely chopped - 1 big
  • Chopped Coriander - 3 tbsp
  • Roasted n crushed peanuts - 2 tbsp
  • Red chili powder - half tsp
  • Chat masala - 1 tsp
  • Lemon juice - 1tsp
  • Semolina (rava) for coating
  • Cornflour
  • Garam masala - half tsp
  • Salt as per taste
  • Oil for frying


Method:



  1. Boil grated beetroot and carrot in one glass of water, once it is cooked drain out all the water.
  2. In a wide bowl add all the ingredients (except cornflour and semolina) and make balls from the dough and shape them in to patties.
  3. in a small bowl add water and cornflour and mix well, the consistency should be watery.
  4. In a seperate plate spread semolina, now dip the patties in cornflour mixture and immediately coat them with semolina and fry them in oil.


Note:


  • You can either deep fry or shallow fry.
  • You can add any vegetables of your choice.
  • You can skip red chili powder if your kids don't want it spicy.
  • You can replace semolina with breadcrumbs and cornflour mixture with a beaten egg.