Lets unwrap a wrap!!
Take boneless chicken and cook it with the following ingredients,
Ginger garlic paste
Salt
Red chili powder
Paprika powder
lemon juice
Once cooked, saute it with little oil for 5 minutes
Take a tortilla wrap / roti , spread some cheese , arrange the chicken pieces and layer the below ingredients one by one.
Lettuce - roughly chopped
Tomato - de seeded and cut length wise
Onion Sliced
Jalapenos
Tomato ketchup
Chili sauce (optional)
Mayonnaise
Bell pepper - cut lengthwise
Pepper powder
Roll the wrap firmly and its ready to relish!
This is my quick version of our very own desi coconut ladoos.
Ingredients:
Desiccated coconut - 3 cups
sweetened condensed milk - 1 cup
Cardamom powder - half tsp
Almonds and cashews - 1 cup
Raisins - 2 tbsp
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Method:
Chop and roast the nuts in medium to low flame for 5 minutes.
In a heavy bottom pan add ghee and 2 n half cups of desiccated coconut and saute this on low flame for 5 minutes.
Add milkmaid,cardamom powder, roasted nuts, raisins and fold this mixture well using a spatula.
Keep stirring this on low flame until the mixture leaves the side of the pan.
Turn off the flame n keep stirring for another 2 minutes.
Once the mixture cools down, apply ghee on your hands scoop out the mixture with a spoon and give a nice round shape to it.
Roll these ladoos in the remaining desiccated coconut and serve.
Note:
The sweetness a be adjusted by adding more or less condensed milk.
Quesadilla is basically a Mexican dish to which i gave a little desi touch to suit our taste buds.
Ingredients:
Tortilla wraps / Rotis
Boneless chicken - 500gms (finely chopped or shredded)
Ginger and garlic paste - 1 tsp
Papkrika powder - 1 tsp
Red chili pwdr - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Oregano - 1 tbsp
Toamto paste - 1 tsp
Tomato ketchup - 2tbsp
Onions - finely chopped
Capsicum - finely chopped
Corn - half a cup
Cheddar/ Mozerella cheese
Mayonese - optional
Salt
Oil - 1 tbsp
Method:
In a cooking pot heat oil, add chicken and salt,mix well.Cover and cook this for 5 minutes on medium flame.
Add ginger garlic paste and the powders mentioned above, mix well.
After 5 minutes add oregano, tomato paste and ketchup. Cook this on high flame until the water has almost evaporated.
By now the chicken must be cooked, if not continue cooking until its done.
Lower the flame and add onion, capsicum, corn and cheese , give it a good mix.
Cover the pot and cook on simmer for 2 - 3 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
Heat tawa and just warm up the ready made wraps for a minute.
If you are using rotis , after rolling the rotis just half cook them on the tawa and keep it aside.
Lay the wrap on a flat surface, fill half the wrap/roti with the chicken filling and spread some mayonese on top of it and fold the wrap/roti.
On a hot tawa add butter and place the quesadilla and cook this on medium flame until you see the nice golden color.
while coking the quesadilla press the top with a spatula. Flip it carefully and repeat the same.
Cheesy hot quesadilla's are ready. You can also toast the tortillas in a sandwich maker.