Spinach Paratha

My eat healthy mission is still ON..
Not sure how long will i be able to stick to it:)
yesterday i made Spinach paratha..it was very good..I am improving every day ...lol

Ingredients:
1) 2 cups of wheat flour.
2) 3 tbsp of besan
3) 1/2 bunch of spinach
4) 1 bunch of coriander leaved.
5) curd
6) salt
7) ginger garlic paste
8) 1 tsp chopped chilli/ or 1/2 tsp chilli powder
9) salt
10) 2 tsp oil

Preparation:
Mix all the above ingredients and make a dough (like that for chappatti) using curd.
Do not add water, spinach will leave its water and use only curd as required to make the dough.
Leave it for 15 min., then make small chappattis out of it and cook just like roti using ghee or oil. Serve with tomato chuttney(will post the recipe)

corn pakora

This week end snak ..My first try and it came out well....very tasty!!!

Ingredients:

1)Half a packet of corn

2) half bunch of coriander leaves.

3) 2 chillies

4) ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp

5) 2 tbsp chopped onion

6) 1/4 cup of besan

7) 1/4 cup of all purpose flour

8) salt

9)oil

Preparation:

crush corn and chilli coarsly in a mixer/grinder. add rest of the ingredients (except oil), mix well. Heat oil in a pan and drop the mix in round shape and deep fry.

Meat Patties with Coconut

Meat patties is an indonesian dish similar to cutlet in india.Its is simple and easy to prepare.

Ingredients:

1) 2 cups of ground beef.

2) 4 tbsp grated coconut

3) 1 tbsp gigner garlich finely chopped

4)2 tbsp all purpose flour

5) 1/2 tsp coriander seeds fried crushed

6)1/2 tsp cumin seeds fried crushed

7)salt

8) oil

9) beaten egg

10)chopped chilli 2

Preparation:

Mix coconut with ground beef . Add the ground spices and garlic, ginger, chilli and salt (as needed) and sufficient beaten egg to bind. make balls of equal size . Dust with flour. Deep fry and remove in a kitchen towel.

Beef pepper fry

Ingredients:

1) beef cut into small cubes 1Kg

2) finely chopped onion 1

3) gigner garlic paste 1 tbsp

4) pepper powder 2 tbsp

5) chilli powder 1 tsp

6) roast whole garam masala

and powder it -1 tsp

7)cooking oil

8) curd 2 tbsp

9) salt

10) coriander leaves 1 bunch chopped

11) turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Preparation:

marinate beef with all masala powders, ginger garlic paste, salt and curd for 1 hr.

cook it in a pressure cooker by adding little amount of water.

heat oil in a non stick pan and add mustard seeds, when the seeds splutter add the cooked beef and fry for 10 min , then add chopped onion and keep frying till it gains a crisp brown colour.

garnish with coriander leaves.

Tamatar (tomato) ka salan.

It was last friday , i wanted to eat veg fried rice and some good curry with rich gravy..serached in many sites and found one very delicious looking rich curry on vahrevah site..Thought of giving it a try..and here you go..one great delicious and yummy salan..

Please please try it out at home..its really tasy.

Ingredients:

1) tomato 5

2) Green chilli 2

3) one chopped onion

4) grated coconut 1/2 cup

5) peanuts 2 tbsp

6) sesame seeds 2 tsp

7) whole garam masala

8) bay leaves

9) chopped cilantro

10)oil 2 tbsp

11) salt as per taste

12)coriander pwder 2 tsp

13) chilli pwdr 1/2 tsp

14) mustard seeds.

Preparation:

step1) roast peanuts and sesame seeds and grind to a paste.

step2) cut tomato into 2 halves and take out the pulp. grate coconut , tomato pulp and chiili to a fine paste

3) heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when

the seeds splutter add whole spices, bay leaves.

Add chopped onion and fry till its golden colour,

add coriander powder and chilli powder.

Now add coconut , green chilli and tomato pulp

paste and fry till all water is absorbed.

add roasted peanut and sesame paste.

add little water and salt and bring to boil.

please cut tomatos in the pan and fill it with gravy..some tomatos wont sit properly :D

cover and cook for another 5 - 7 min.

garnish with coriander leaves.

Thai Red Curry with chicken

I am a great fan of Thai food especially the curries, So here is one of my favourite curries "red curry" with chicken.
Ingredients:
1) Bone less chicken breast sliced 1 pound.
2) coconut milk 1 can
3) olive oil 2 tbsp
4) red curry paste 2 tbsp
5) banboo shoot 1 can
6) 1/2 cup sweet basil leaves.
7) 1 red bell pepper sliced.
8) salt and pepper as needed.
9) sliced green chilli (optional, use if you want it hot)

Preparation:
Heat olive oil in a pan, add chicken and fry for 5 min, add vegetables and saute them.
Then add coconut milk and bring it to boil, now add red curry paste, basil leaves, bamboo shoot and salt . cook for another 3 minutes.serve with jasmin rice.

chicken manchurian in hot sauce

A comination of indian and chinese recipe ..he he

I have heard many times people saying that i dont know cooking, i am bored of cooking etc etc..but let me tell you why i love cooking..it is because I love good food and the only way i can get tasty and healthy indian food here in US is by cooking myself.

The two things that i love the most is watching TV and eating eating eating...In every 2 minutes i think about one good dish and the pleasure of eating it..he he he...one food maddy!!!

lets begin with recipe

Ingredients:

(for chicken mnchurian balls)

1) 250 gms of minced chicken.

2) gigner paste 1 tsp

3) garlic paste 1 tsp

4) chilli finely chopped 1

5)corn flour 1/4 cup

6) all purpose flour 1/2 cup

7) salt

8)1/2 tsp garam masala pwdr

Mix all the ingredients above and make lemon sized balls and deep fry them in cooking oil.

For Gravy:

1) chicken stock 2 cup.

2) chilli sauce 1/2 tsp.

3)finely chopped garlic 1 tsp

4) finely chopped ginger 1 tsp

5)sugar 1tsp

6) aginamoto 1 pinch

7) soy sauce 1 tbsp

8)mix corn flour in water 3 tsp

9)2 tsp oil

10) half a oinion chopped.

11) tomato sauce 2 tsp

12) salt as per taste

Heat oil in a pan, add chopped onion, garlic , ginger (i added some veggies to optional). Fry over medium flame for 2 min. Add soy sauce, chilli sauce, tomato sauce, sugar, aginamoto, salt and chicken stock and bring to boil. Add fried chicken balls and cook for 2 min and add corn flour mixed in water (3 tsp) and stirr continuously and its done !!..serve with noodles