sweetlime ( musambi) chicken

SWEET LIME CHICKEN

Yesterday my husband landed up with 2 dozens of mosambi ( sweet lime ) as Hyderabad is flooded with this fruit. as Hyderabad is the biggest producer of Mosambi in India. The sweet lime he got was neither too sweet nor too sou. So thought of using it wisely rather than eating it forcefully, just because it has good amount of vitamin C in it. So came up with an idea to infuse chicken with sweet lime juice and make a yummy starter.

Ingredients :  

750 gms of skinless chicken

10 sweet limes

1/2 cup honey 

1 lime 

2 Tsp of curd

20/25 pieces of garlic pods

3 tsp of sesame seeds

2 red chilly

salt according to taste

oil 

Procedure :

1. Marinate the chicken with lime juice,salt and half tsp of chilly powder for 1/2 an hour

2. Make juice out of 10 to 11 sweet limes  ( pl ensure that the seeds are taken out well else it will give a bitter taste ) 

3. Grind ( coarsely ) the red chilly and garlic.

4. Shallow fry the marinated chicken

5. Take a Pan, to it add 2 Tsp of oil and heat it and then add the grind chilly garlic paste. Stir it for minute, then lower the flame, add the bitten curd and salt to it . Ensure you stir it well in the pan and them slowly add the sweet lime juice which you have prepared earlier . Make sure you mix well with the spatula. slowly increase the flame and add the fried chicken. Boil it for around 10 min on medium flame .

6. When the gravy starts sticking to the chicken pieces and starts acquiring a thick consistency as shown in the picture. Now add honey & sesame seeds stir well and switch off the flame. 

PS : In case you want it more spicy or hot add chilly flakes from the top and serve.

Enjoy it with a glass of good wine.....

Sweet Mango Pickle (Aam ka chunda)

When you get hold of lots of raw mangoes...first thing which comes to my  mind is let's prepare sweet and sour mango pickle and preserve it for the whole year in the fridge. 

A bengali meal is never complete without chutney served at the end of the meal. Whenever I have this preserved pickle in the fridge it becomes so easy for me to just add some spices and date palm and add 3-4 tbsp of this pickle and just boil it make it a typical bengali Amm Khejurer Chutney.

Let's come to Ingredients:

3kg raw mangoes

Sugar 500 grams

Gur or jaggery 500 grams

2lemons 

2tsp of turmeric

1tsp of chilly powder

1tsp of salt

Spices to be grinded:

10-12 dry red chilli 

2tsp of cumin seeds

2tsp of corriender seeds

1/2 TSP of methi ( Fenugreek)seeds

1tsp of fennel seeds(sauf( big ones)

PROCEDURE

1)Grate the raw mangoes add sugar salt ,turmeric powder, chilly powder .Mix well and keep it for half an hour

2)Now grind all the spices( dry red chilly cumin , coriander, Fenugreek and fennel)

3) Grind your jaggery well so that it's easily dissolvable.

4) Switch on the gas and add the grated mangoes .you will see lot of water has come out from the mixture...don't worry.cook well for 15 minutes and then add the jaggery. Now lower the flame and cook it for another 30 minutes or till it gets sticky .

Keep continuous stirring so that it doesn't burn at the bottom.Thats why I always prefer nonstick vessel

5) when it's almost done add the grinded masala and lemon juice .Mix it very well and stir it for another 5 minutes so that the mangoes absorb the spices well.

Switch off and let it cool.

Fill the bottles only when the pickle is cold.

If you store it in the fridge you can enjoy throughout the year but if you prefer to keep it outside then you have to consume it within 2 months

3 kgs of Mangos

grated mango marinated with sugar,turmeric powder and salt

grinded jaggery 

massalas : cuminseeds, corriender seeds, dry red chilly, fennel seeds

cook in low flame for 30 minutes

Cook till its concentrated enough

 Many of us specially Gujaratis love to have this mango pickle along with parathas..,or puri.

Note@ Bengalis : Amer Chutney : Use 4 tea spoon of the above pickle, add 5 grated date palm, 1 tsp of tamarind  juice and boil in one cup of water and sprinkle bhaja massala from the top., your Bengali Chutney is ready.

chicken Haleem

Ramzan and haleem are two inseparable parts in Hyderabad . Generally its prepared with Mutton, being a chicken lover I always preferred chicken Haleem. So thought of giving a try at home. Though its a time consuming job but if prepared with patience seeing the end result one is bound to feel happy. Lets get on with the cooking with the ingredients.

Ingredients 1 :

Broken wheat ( Daliya ) : 75 gms

Tuar Dal : 1/4th cup

Channa Dal 1/4 th cup

Black Gram Dal : 1/4th Cup 

Masoor Dal : 1/4th Cup

Cashew ;1/8th Cup

Almond : 1/8th Cup

Kismis : 1/8th Cup

Cloves : 10 Nos 

Cardamom : 10 Nos 

Cinnamon stick : 4 Nos 

Black Pepper : 10 Nos 

Shah jeera : 1 tsp 

Cumin seeds : 1 tsp

Coriander seeds : 1/2 tsp

onion ( medium ) : 5 Nos 

Dry red chilli : 2 Nos 

Ingredients 2 :

Minced chicken : 500gm

Hung Curd :1/3 Cup

Cloves : 7 Nos 

Cardamom : 5 Nos 

Cinnamon stick : 2 Nos 

Black Pepper : 1 tsp

Ginger Garlic paste : 2 tsp

Chilly Powder : 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder : 1/2 tsp

Green chilly paste : 5 Nos

Ghee : 1 Cup

coriander leaves 

Procedure : 

1. Marinate the chicken with curd, salt turmeric and chilly powder and ginger garlic paste .

2. Boil the marinated chicken with all the spices of Ingredients 2 . add enough water and 3 tsp of ghee. Pressure cook upto 7/8 whistle. 

3. Dry roast shah jeera, cumin seeds, coriander seeds and 2 dry red chilly .

4. Grind all the above shown lentils along with the already roasted spices in step 3 along with cashew, raisins and almonds  .

5. Make Beresta ( deep fried onions ) of 2 onions and fry some Cashew . Keep it aside for garnishing.

6.  Take a pressure cooker and add all the grinded powders mentioned in step 4. Add 4 cups of water to it & cover it and cook upto 4/5 whistles. 

7.  Take a kadai ( deep cooking pot ) , pour half cup of ghee.fry 2 onions and 1tsp of gingergarlic paste, fry till the raw smell is gone then add the boiled chicken and the boiled lentils ( step 6) and mix very well . Add coriander leaves and keep stirring  continuously.Cook it low flame for 45 min. 

8. Use a Masher to make a smooth paste . Before finishing add 1/4th cup of ghee and stir well.

Take it out in small portions in a bowl for serving.  Spread 2 tsp of ghee in each bowl and top it up with fried onions and cashew from the top . You can use a little of lemon juice .It enhance the taste. 

Coffee choco chip egg less cake

COFFEE CHOC CHIP CAKE (in pressure cooker)

I DEDICATE THIS CAKE TO ALL COFFEE LOVERS

Ingredients :

Flour ( Maida) : 1 and ½ cup

Backing powder:  ½ tsp

Sugar: ½ cup ( granulated )

Cocoa powder: ½ cup

Milk:200 ml

Butter: 50 ml

Coffee Cream :

Coffee: 3 tsp

Chocochips: 4 tsp

Sugar powder 2 tsp

Hot water: 2-3 tsp

Procedure :

1.     Take a pressure cooker with 250 grams of salt at the bottom and put it on the stove on high flame  ( Make sure that you put the lead of the pressure cooker without the rubber gasket and the  whistle. )

2.     Let the pre heating go on for 10 minutes in high flame. Meanwhile lets blend the ingredients and get the batter ready.

3.       Mix the flour, baking powder, sugar and coco powder well .Then added the milk and butter.... .Now i have used an electric blender and blended all the ingredients.

4.       Grease the baking container and pour the batter....By this time the pressure cooker oven is ready.

5.       Put the container inside with a raised bottom plate and bake it for 25 minutes in low medium flame.

6.       Put a fork inside the cake and check whether its done or not...Mine took 22 minutes ..but it may differ depending on the flame of your  gas stove

7.       Now take the cake out and let it cool

8.       Meanwhile i prepared a fluffy cream with coffee, hot water, sugar and Chocó chips. Here also i have used electric beater. If you want dalgona coffee effect then please feel free to use your hand and beat the decoction for 30 minutes or may be more. (If you really like the bitter taste then omit sugar )
9.  After your cake has cooled down cut it horizontally in two half  ...apply a thin layer of butter followed by benevolent amount of coffee cream between the layers of cake.

Save some cream and apply on top of the cake and  decorate with 2 tsp of chocochips. You can also use some whipped cream on top.  but i prefer to sprinkle some  powdered  sugar as i prefer  to retain the taste of coffee as it is.

Once you take a bite you should have the feeling you are having a cup of strong coffee with a nice choco cake.

ENJOY

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 )