Cabbage & Egg Cutlet gravy

Now a days market is full of cabbage. So wanted to give it a twist with egg which I learnt from a blogger friend. There are two ways of having this dish either dry or with little curry. Personally prefer little gravy.

Ingredients:

• Half cabbage
• 4 eggs
• 2 Dry red chilly
• One onion paste
• 2_3 tomatoes
• 2 tsp of cumin seed paste
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tsp each of turmeric and chilly powder

Procedure:

1)Cut the cabbage in Julian size and mix salt. Keep it aside for half an hour

2) Now mix 4 eggs so that all the cabbage pieces are coated with egg.

3)Coat the pan with 1 tbsp of oil.heat well.Now pour this mixed cabbage and egg and lower the flame

4)Cook it for 10 mins in low flame

5)After one side is done turn it over with a help of a plate and cook similarly the other side. Don't use too much oil as you will need oil in every step. 

6) Now let it cool down for a while and cut the whole thing into pieces. Medium or small totally depends upon you.

7) Now fry the Pieces again properly. At this point you can deep fry as it is and have it with snacks.

Or

You can shallow fry the Pieces in medium flame and put these in the gravy

8)Add little oil. Add 2 bay leaves.. then add the onion paste and ginger garlic paste. Cook it till the raw smell goes away.

9)Now add the tomatoes and cumin paste and cook well for another 7 mins

10) Add turmeric , chilly and salt according to your taste. I added 1 tsp of sugar at this point .Cook and blend the spices well then add a cup of water and let it boil.

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11)Then slowly add the fried cabbage pieces till the spices go inside. Cook till it gets little dry as we don't want a runny curry.

12) lastly add 1/2 tsp of garam masala and 1 tsp of ghee from top.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with Hot Rice

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Quick snack - Biscuit pizza

QUICK SNACKS

Preparation time 10 minutes

INGREDIENTS

•Creamcraker biscuit 

•Pizza sauce 

•Herbed amul butter

•Cheese slices or grated cheese

•Capsicum( cut in Julian pieces)

•Little tomato sauce

PROCEDURE

Apply little butter on top of the biscuits 

Then apply pizza sauce ( use Fun and food)

One top of it I have used 1/4 th cheese slice and six Julian strings of capsicum

Now put it in the microwave for 2 minutes.

Serve hot with a drop of tomato sauce on the top .

Yummy and easy snacks for the tea party is ready.

Chicken & Bell peppers Noodles

Chicken bell peppers sauce with Soft noodles is a delicious combination and really easy to make.

Chicken bell pepper sauce:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg Boneless chicken, cut into small pieces
• 2 Big red bell peppers
• 2 Green bell peppers
• 2 Yellow bell peppers
• 3 onions
• 1 pod Garlic, chopped
• 2 tsp of chilly vinegar 
• Red chilly sauce
• Soy Sauce
• Tomato sauce
• 1/2 tsp Black pepper 
• 1 Tsp Chilly flakes
• 1 Tsp Sugar
• 2 Tsp Cornflour
• 1 egg
• 2 Tsp of breadcrumbs
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

First cut all the veggies and keep it aside.

                        

Marinate the chicken with soy sauce, vinegar, black pepper,chilly flakes and sugar, mix one egg and a teaspoon of white oil for binding.

Marinate for 6 hours in the fridge.

Now take 4-5 tablespoons of oil in a wok or a Pan and let it come to the boiling point

In the mean time make a mixture of cornflour and breadcrumbs. And take out the chicken pieces and coat it with the mixture. Add salt according to your taste.just keep it in mind not to add too much salt as soy sauce is also salty.

Now fry the coated chicken pieces and keep it aside.

In the remaining oil first fry the garlic and onion slices.

When they are brown add the bell pepper s and fry only for 2 mins as we don't want the bell pepper store get very soft and soggy.

Now add the remaining marinated mixture and stir it for 1  min.

Lastly add 2 tsp of red chilly sauce, 4-5 tsp of tomato sauce and 2 tsp of soya sauce

Give it a final stir and it's ready.

If you want more spicy you can add green chilly sauce. I did not add as I prefer hot and sweet flavor.

Noodles 

I have used 2 packets of Hakka egg noodles.

8-9 flakes of garlic

4 tsp of Amul butter

Procedure 

Boiled 2 litres of water with salt

Then added the noodles. Let it boil till soft Then drain out the water.

Add 1 tsp to of oil so that these noodles don't get entangled.

Now take a wok and heat 4-5 tsp of butter.

Fry the garlic pieces for 30 seconds and add the boiled noodles and stir it well.

How to serve

In a plate first spread some spaghetti and on top of it serve the required amount of the Chinese chicken you have prepared.

You have enjoy this dish with sauces of your choice. 

                         

Monsoon pakora

With the Rains and the cool breeze, Monsoon is here! it's the time for hot tea and garam garam pakoda (fritters), Makes us all want to sip hot tea while looking at the rain from the window or sitting in the balcony with garam chai pakodi ;) It is one of the most popular , loved and commonly found indian street snack. 

This a Quick & super Easy vegetarian Pakoras/ Pakodas (Indian fritters) method ! :) There are many different kinds of pakoras which are really easy to make.

It goes best with steaming hot tea or coffee.

Ingredients:

• Besan (Chickpea Flour): 1 cup
• khuskhus(poppy seeds): 1 Tsp
• Breadcrumbs: 1 Tbsp
• Red Onion: 1 big
• Green chillies: 3-4 
• Kasuri methi (fenugreek leaves): 2 tsp
• Baking powder: 1 pinch
• Salt and chaat masala: according to your taste
• Oil for frying: 1/4th of frying pan

Procedure:

• Heat oil (around 1/4th the volume of kadai) in a wok / kadai).
• While the oil heats up, Mix all the ingredients well with water so as to make it into a nice & smooth batter and not too runny.
• When the oil is hot reduce the flame and fry these fritters on medium heat by making the fritters by taking 1 spoon of the batter into a round shape or using your hands and drop it into the pan.
• Fry it on both sides till it turns dark golden brown.

SERVE HOT with chutney and hot chai tea.

Video Recipe Link Here:

Bell Peppers Mushroom Sauté

Hello Everyone! It's a late update, Sorry about that :(  

There are so many easy and healthy recipes that I want to share with all of you. We all need to be conscious of our health, No matter how old or young you are! There are so many diet foods in the market and and so many different types of diet plans available these days to lose weight become healthy. But everything doesn't work for everybody. It's not easy to follow such plans But this recipe today is really healthy and mushrooms lower bad cholesterol and cut down fat. Please do try this simple dish out.

Ingredients:

• 1 packet of button mushroom (approx: 250gms)
• 2 medium: sized green bell peppers 
• 2 medium: sized yellow bell peppers
• 50 gms: boiled green peas
• 1 big red onion
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 tsp of Apple cider vinegar.
• 1 tsp of oregano
• 1tsp of rosemary
• 2 tsp of chilly flakes
• 1 tsp of basil 
• 1-2 tbsp of olive oil
• Salt according to your taste. 

Procedure:

• Dice all the vegetables and add salt and apple cider vinegar and mix it together and keep it aside. 
• In a wok or skillet heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add the mushrooms and toss it for 2-3 minutes on medium flame.

                            

• Add all the herbs (oregano, chilly flakes, rosemary and basil). You an use dried or fresh herbs, as per your choice. Stir it for a minute

• Then add the marinated vegetables and toss it for 3-5 minutes.

• Now, Add salt and mix it and then turn off the gas.

Don't add the salt before while marinating or cooking as it will release a lot of water from the veggies and it won't taste nice & crispy. No one likes soggy veggies. 

Hope you enjoy this crispy fresh and tasty veggie recipe :)

PS: You can eat this with some melted cheese or butter and some bread (For those who aren't on a diet )

Butter Chicken

My friends and followers have been asking me the recipe of  Indian "Butter chicken" since a very long time. Sorry it took awhile, As I keep experimenting with different cuisines and techniques all the time and other unavoidable reasons

This is an indian delicacy! 

You can make it using the microwave or using the good old stove (or) even both. But for lack of time To make it quick and easy and shorten  the prep time I made it in both in a few simple steps.

I am giving both the procedures separately, You can choose as per your convenience. Enjoy :)

Ingredients:

• Chicken breast:  800 grams
• Lemon juice: 1 tbsp
• Kashmiri Lal mirch powder: 1 tsp (Red pepper powder)
• Salt according to your taste

Marination  Ingredients: 

• Yogurt: 1 cup
• Ginger paste: 2 tbsp
• Garlic paste: 2 tbsp
• Garam masala powder: 1 tsp
• Lemon juice: 2 Tbsp 
• Mustard oil: 2 tbsp
• Butter: 2 Tbsp

Gravy Ingredients:

• Dried fenugreek leaves: 2 Tbsp (kasuri methi)
• Bay leaves: 2
• Melted Butter: 2/3rd cup
• Peppercorns: 10
• Cinnamon sticks: 2 inches
• Green Cardamom: 5  pods
• Cloves: 10
• Ginger paste: 1 tbsp
• Garlic paste 1 tbsp
• Tomato purée: 2 cups (240ml)
• Red chilly powder: 1 tbsp
• Garam masala power: 1/2 tsp
• Honey: 3 tbsp
• Fresh cream: 1 cup
• Salt

Procedure: 

• Clean, skin it and wash the chicken. Cut into medium sized pieces. Make incisions on the pieces and apply the mixture of Kashmiri red chili powder, lemon juice and salt. Leave it for half an hour. 

• Hang the yogurt in a muslin cloth till all water in it drains away. Transfer it in a bowl and add salt, ginger paste, garlic pastes, lemon juice, garam -masala powder, and mustard oil and mix well.
• Apply this marinade to the chicken pieces and mix well. Refrigerate it for 4-5 hours .

You can cook it in a microwave, By:

• Preheating your microwave in convection mode at  200 degree centigrade.
• Otherwise. Heat 2 tbsp of butter in a wok and cook the chicken till the chicken is done. It took almost 30 minutes for me.
• Place the chicken on a roasting (baking) tray / wire rack and cook in preheated oven for 15 minutes or till the chicken is tender. 
• Place kasuri methi on a flat microwave dish and roast on high (full) for 1 minute. Remove and crush with hand.
• Take butter in a deep microwave bowl (borosil or glass) , heat uncovered, for 30 seconds on high mode (100%). 
• Add bay leaves, peppercorns, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, ginger paste, garlic paste,
• Stir well and cook it uncovered for 4-5 minutes on high mode. I prefer doing this step using a gas stove since it gets cooked properly in comparison to the microwave.
• Add tomato purée, red chilli powder, Garam masala powder, salt and a cup of water. Cook it on high temp for 10 minutes.
• Add chicken pieces and cook, covered, for 5 minutes on Microwave High.

• Add honey, kasuri methi, fresh cream and cook it uncovered on low temperature (50% power) microwave for 4-5 minutes and serve Hot.

My Way cooking (Using the stove and microwave):

• First add 2 Tbsp of butter in the kadai (wok) then fry the Garam masala ie: (pepper corns, cinnamon. green cardamom, cloves, bay leaves) then add 2 Tbsp of  the ginger & garlic paste and cook in medium flame for about 10 mins.                                     

                                         

• Then add 2 cups of tomato pure, 1 Tbsp of red chilli powder and 1 tsp of garam masala powder and salt according to your taste. Stir it for a while and add a cup of water, cook it for another 10 minutes.

• Now add the marinated chicken and mix it well with the butter gravy. Cook it for another 10-12 minutes until the chicken becomes tender and the gravy thickens. 

• In a separate pan dry roast kasuri methi in a drop of oil and then grind it and keep it aside.

                           

• Transfer the cooked chicken into a deep microwave bowl or continue cooking in kadai (wok) Then add 3 Tbsp of honey, 1 cup of cream. and stir it well and add the kasuri methi from the top. Cook it with the lid on for another 10 minutes and turn off the stove. 

• Cook it on low heat (50% power) uncovered for 5 minutes if you are using the microwave. after adding the above.

        

~Serve hot~

Enjoy!

Strawberry Whipped Cream Chocolate Airfryer Cake

 

Chocolate Cake:

• 180 gm Fine Sugar
• 109 gm All-purpose Flour
• 60 gm Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 3/4  tsp Baking Powder
• 3/4 tsp Baking Soda
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 Large Egg
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1/2 cup Hot Water (I've added some instant coffee mix to make more flavorful)

Directions:

• Preheat the AirFryer at 180°C for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, stir together all the dry ingredients (sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt).
• Add in the egg, milk, oil and vanilla extract to the dry mixture. Gently stir the mixture to mix it evenly.
• Lastly, add the hot water (you can use plain hot water). Again, gently stir it to make sure the mixture are mix evenly. 
• Don't panic when you see the batter is thinning! It is normal and all good. 
• Pour the mixture into the baking pan and cover the baking with foil and randomly pokes holes on it.
• Place the baking tray in the basket. Adjust the temperature to 160°C and AirBake it for 35 minutes.
• Remove foil and continue baking for another 10 minutes until the skewer comes out clean. Be sure to let it cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before removing the cake from the pan. (If you remove the cake before cooling, the cake might fall apart as the cake is very moist and soft)

Cake Icing:

Whipped cream & Strawberries:

• 2 cups of cold heavy whipping cream, Amul heavy cream.
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla flavor.

• Place mixer bowl in freezer for at least 20 minutes to chill.
• Pour heavy whipping cream, ground or fine sugar (1/2 cup or 3 Tbsp) and 3 drops (or) 1/2 tsp of vanilla into the cold bowl.

• Using a hand whisk will take a really long time since this is not whipping cream but fresh Amul heavy cream (It is a low fat cream) Hence it takes more time to whisk until it becomes light and airy.

• Do not over whisk. It took me 20 minutes of whisking with an electric hand whisk. 

• Whisk until the texture is light and airy and you see soft peaks on your whisker. You can whisk until you get the consistency you want for the icing of the cake :)

• Prepare the strawberries before hand,  If the strawberries are sour you can sweeten them by placing the cut strawberries coated with sugar dust or sugar syrup in a bowl overnight, or for a few hours. (I have cleaned the berries, dried them and then coated them with fine sugar and left them in the freezer for a few days prior to baking the cake).

• Coat the entire cake with layers of whipped cream and decorate with the strawberries however you like :)

~ENJOY~