Egg Fried Rice

Ingredients: 

• 1 1/2 cup basmati rice
• 3 eggs - scrambled 
• 1/2 cup finely chopped carrot 
• 1 cup chopped spring onion 
• 1/2 cup capsicum - cut into thin strips (I have used red and yellow bell peppers) 
• 1/4 cup onion - cut into thin strips 
• 1 tbsp minced ginger 
• 1 tbsp minced garlic 
• 2 tsp pepper powder - according to your need 
• 2 tsp soya sauce 
• 2-3 tsp tomato-chili sauce 
• salt to taste 
• 2 tbsp cooking oil

Method:

• Soak basmati rice in water for 15 minutes.
• Bring 5-6 cups water to boils in a pot. 
• Take the soaked rice and drain the water completely. Add rice to the boiling water. 
• Add salt and 2 tsp oil. Mix well and cook it uncovered on medium flame for 10-15 minutes till the rice is 90% cooked. 
• Remove from the heat and drain the water completely. 
• Spread rice on a plate and keep aside. 
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a heavy bottomed kadai or wok. 
• Add minced ginger and garlic. Saute a while. 
• Add chopped onions and fry for few seconds. 
• Add chopped carrot, capsicum and spring onion. Cook for 2 mins. 
• Add scrambled egg and saute a while. 
• Add soya sauce and tomato-chili sauce. Cook for few seconds. 
• Add pepper and salt to taste. 
• Adjust the salt since soya sauce has salt in it. Add cooked rice and stir well. 
• Cook for 2 mins on medium flame. Check the salt and adjust it. 
• Sprinkle chopped spring onion and serve hot with any manchurian sauce.

Bhelpuri

Ingredients:-

* 2 cups Puffed rice
* 1 Onion, peeled and finely chopped
* 1 Tomato finely chopped
* Coriander leaves, finely chopped
* 2-3 tbsp Peanuts, roasted
* Raw Mango – small piece, finely chopped (optional)
* 4-6 tbsp Sev
* 1/2 cup Crispy Puris
* 1 tsp Red chilli Powder
* 2-3 green chillies chopped (Optional)
* Salt to taste
* Tamarind Chutney to taste
* Green Chutney to taste


Method:-

1) In a medium bowl, mix together Puffed Rice, Onions, Tomatoes, Raw Mango, Cilantro red Chilli Powder,salt,green chillies and peanuts.
2) Add Tamarind Chutney and Green Chutney according to your taste. Remember that Tamarind Chutney is sweet and Green Chutney is hot and sour.
3) Lightly crush and add the nimkis / puris.
4) Mix well and serve immediately by garnishing with chopped coriander leaves and sev.

Source: http://momrecipies.blogspot.co.uk

Aloo Tikki Chaat

Ingredients:
For Aloo Tikki:

Potatoes 5 large
Bread Slices 2 -3
Garam Masala pwd ½ tsp
Roasted Jeera/Cumin Pwd 1 tsp
Coriander Powder ½ tsp
Corn Flour 1 tbsp+
Oil, for shallow frying
Salt to taste

For Date and Tamarind Chutney:

8 10 deseeded dates
2 tbsp tamarind pulp
1/4 cup jaggery
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp cumin powder
Salt to taste

Chole
Green chutney

Curd, beaten till smooth
Cumin powder
1 tbsp sugar
Finely chopped Onions
Fine sev to garnish
Red chilli powder
Chopped coriander leaves.


Method:

1. Prepare green coriander chutney

2. Prepare tamarind chutney.(better make both chutney's one day in advance)

Bring tamarind pulp to a boil. Add date paste and jaggery.
Then add red chilli powder , cumin powder and salt to taste. Adjust the spices and consistency, switch off the gas and let it cool. This can be stored in the air tight jar in the fridge for later use.

Alternatively, grind all the ingredients, along with little water, to make a thick chutney.

3. Make spicy Chole.

4. Yogurt Filling:
Beat the curd till its smooth without any lumps(add a bit water ,if too thick). Now mix in roasted cumin powder, sugar and salt to taste.

5. Aloo Tikki:

Boil potato till tender, peel and mash well(or better grate them for even consistency).
Remove the edges of bread slices. Dip the slices in water and squeeze them between your palms to remove the water. Crumble them with hands and add to the mashed potatoes. Also, bread crumbs can be directly added to mashed potatoes.
Mix in all the spices ; garam masala, roasted cumin powder, coriander powder, salt to taste and corn flour and mix well. Adjust the corn flour as required, it helps in binding and hence proper shape of tikki's.
Take a small lump and make a small ball. Press it down to shape it into round shape (about 1 cm thick ) to amke a tikki.
Heat tawa/griddle , put about 1 tsp oil, and shallow fry all the tikki's on medium to low heat on both the sides till they turn golden brown in color.
Repeat with all the tikkies and place them in a paper napkin to remove excess oil.


Assemble and Serve:

Place 2-3 hot Aloo Tikkies on serving plate.
Pour about 2 ladles full of Chole. Then add about 2 tablespoons of spiced yogurt.Then drizzle about a spoon each of Sweet Date-Tamarind Chutney and Green Chutney.
Finally garnish with chopped onion, sev and chopped coriander leaves.
Sprinkle a bit of red chilli powder and cumin power on top of it and serve immediately.

Paneer Tikka

You will Need

• 200gms of Paneer
• One Onion,Tomato,Capsicum
• Sour cream or Hung Curd
• A pinch of Turmeric powder
• Half a tsp of Chilli Powder
• Half a tsp of Garam Masala Powder
• Half a tsp of Chat Masala Powder
• Half a tsp of Ginger garlic paste
• Salt to taste
• One tbs of Lime juice
• Few Skewers

How to
1.Soak the skewer sticks in water to protect it from burning or turning black.Cut the paneer in to medium sized blocks.dice the onions,capsicum,tomato(remove the pulpy part ) into same size as the Paneer.

2.For preparing the hung curd hand half a cup of curd in a muslin cloth for an hour.Mix the sour cream or hung curd with salt,turmeric,chilli,both masalas,lime juice and mix well.

3.Marinate the paneer blocks with the above mixture and leave it in the refrigerator for half an hour. If you want, you can marinate the vegetables too.

4.Arrange the paneer and the vegetables in the skewer as shown in the picture.

5.Preheat the oven at 230 degrees and bake it for 12 minutes or until the edges of the Paneer becomes brown. We do not like the smoky taste too much, so mine has not turned black at the edges (like the ones in restaurants).We all like it this way so I stopped baking further. If you like it smoky, bake it further for few more minutes.
If you are making on the tawa heat the tawa spread few tbs of oil and shallow fry the tikkas with vegetables in the skewers.Turn on all sides and fry uniformly until required.
After baking sprinkle chat masala powder and lime juice on top and serve with green chutney and some onions.
Source: umakitchen.com

Cauliflower Curry

Ingredients:

1 medium cauliflower

60ml cooking oil

1 medium onion, finely chopped

5 ml jeera (cumin) seeds

2 potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks

5ml chillli powder

2.5 ml borriee(turmeric)

1 ml ground koljander (coriander)

10 ml garam masala

30 ml fresh lemon juice

Method:

Break the cauliflower into florets and slice the remaining stem. Wash and soak in cold water for about 15 minutes, then drain well. Heat the oil in a deep saucepan and fry the onion until golden brown. Add the jeera seeds and the potatoes and fry for about 30 minutes. Stir in the cauliflower and fry for about 5 minutes, or until potatoes and cauliflower are tender and the mixture is dry. Add a little water during cooking to prevent the mixture sticking. Serve with rotis or white rice.

Variation:

Five minutes before removing the curry from the heat, add 125 ml green peas.

Tandoori Naan

Ingredients:
2 cups bread flour/ cake
2 cups self raising flour
1 tsp instant dry yeast
50ml yoghurt/ maas
1 tsp salt
1 tsp whole fennel (saumf)

Method:
Mixed all ingredients together and use sufficient warm water to make a soft dough.
Place dough in a covered dish and allow to rise until doubled in volume.
Divide the dough into 4-5 parts.
Roll out and mould them into oval shapes.
Prick with a fork and bake at 240 degrees until done.

Bombay Potato Curry

 

Ingredients

• 500g Halved new potatoes
• 1 tbsp Olive Oil
• 1 Large sliced onion
• 1 tbsp Medium Curry Powder
• 400g Tinned Chopped Tomatoes
• 2 tbsp Mango Chutney

Preparation

Add the potatoes to a saucepan and cover with cold water.
Bring to the boil and then simmer for 15-20 minutes or until tender.
Heat the oil in a pan and add the onion, add the curry powder and fry for a further 2 minutes.
Stir in the halved potatoes, chopped tomatoes and mango chutney and potatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes.

Raita - Yogurt Salad

This yogurt salad goes well with biryani and any other rice or meat dish.

Ingredients:

2 cups low fat yogurt
1 cucumber, chopped small
1 large tomato, chopped small
2 green onion sprigs, chopped fine (or 1 small onion chopped fine)
1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
salt and pepper to taste

Method:
Combine all ingredients in large bowl.
Mix thoroughly. If too thick add a small amount at a time of milk or water until desired consistency is reached.

Lamb Karahi

Ingredients:

1kg Lamb cut into small pieces 1 tsp crushed Jeeru
1 tbls Oil 1 tsp red chilli powder, fine
1 tblsp freshly grated garlic 1 tsp crushed chillies
1 tblsp freshly grated ginger 2 tsps crushed coriander seeds
2/3 green chillies sliced ½ tsp turmeric
1 tsp salt or to taste 2 medium onion chopped
4/5 tblsps ghee 1 tblsp tomato paste/puree
Coriander leaves, spring onion to garnish A few cardamom pods, cloves, cinnamon sticks


Method:

1. Marinate the lamb with oil, garlic, ginger, green chillies and salt for about two hours.
2. Sauté onions, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and cumin seeds in ghee until brown.
3. Stir in chillie powder, crushed chillies, coriander seeds and turmeric and braise for 1 minute.
4. Add meat and braise well, lower the heat and cook till the meat is tender.
5. stir in tomatoes and tomato paste/puree. Simmer for about 10 minutes.
6. Adjust salt to taste.
7. Garnish and serve with rice or Butter Naan

Source: Radio Islam

Samosa Chaat

Ingredients
For Samosa:
All purpose flour 2 cups
Carom seeds ½ tsp
Salt ½ tsp
Ghee 2 tbsp
Water to knead

For Samosa Fillings:
Potatoes 2 (boiled)
Green chilies 2 (chopped)
Coriander leaves 1 tbsp (chopped)
Red chili ½ tsp (crushed)
Chaat spice (chaat masala) ½ tsp
Salt ¼ tsp

For Chaat:
Samosas 2
Chickpeas ½ cup (boiled)
Yogurt ½ cup (beaten)
Chili powder ½ tsp
Chat spice ½ tsp
Onion 2 tbsp (chopped)
Mint chutney 2 tbsp
Tamarind chutney 4 tbsp
Sev 2 – 3 tbsp (chopped)

Method:

For Filling: Mash potatoes and mix with all the ingredients of samosa filling.

For Samsosa: In a bowl mix together all purpose flour, salt, carom seeds and ghee, knead with required water.

Cover and leave to rest for 30 minutes, make into balls, roll into a oblong. Cut from centre into two fill with potato stuffing, seal as shown.

Deep fry samosa on low flame till golden brown and crisp.

Remove and keep aside.

To Serve: In a plate put 2 samosas, press the samosas so that they break slightly, add the chickpeas and yogurt, sprinkle with chili powder and chaat spice.

Drizzle tamarind chutney, onion, mint chutney and garnish with sev.

Chapli Kebab

Ingredients:
1 kg mutton or beef mince
3 green chillies finely chopped
1 bunch chopped coriander
2 table spoon original corn flour
2 spoon coriander seed (half crushed)
salt to taste
1 tea spoon dried pomegranate seed (Anar dana)
1 table spoon of ginger and garlic paste
1 tea spoon red chilli powder
3 diced tomatoes
2 diced onions
1 slightly beaten egg

Method:
Combine all the spices and ingredients along with mince.
Mix them well, make palm size cutlet.
Then take 5 table spoon of oil, pour it on frying pan.
Fry the kebabs on medium or low flame.
Each side of kebab should be cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
Serve the hot kebab with raita or green chutney.

Butter Chicken

Ingredients:
Chicken 800 gms
Red Chilli Powder 1 tsp
Lemon Juice 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Marinate:
Curd (Yogurt) 1 cup
Ginger paste 2 tbsps
Garlic paste 2 tbsps
Garam Masala powder ½
Red chilli powder 1 tsp
Lemon Juice 2 tbsps
Butter 2 tbsps
Mustard oil 2 tsps
Salt to taste

Butter sauce:

Whole garam masala coarsely 1 tbsp
Tomato puree 400 gms
Sugar / Honey 2 tbsps
Ginger paste 1 tbsp
Garlic paste 1 tbsp
Red chili powder 1 tbsp
Garam masala powder ½ tsp
Fresh cream 1 cup
Chopped green chillies 1 tsp
Butter 50 gms
Salt to taste

Method:

Skin and clean the chicken.
Make incisions with sharp knife on breast and leg pieces.
Apply a mixture of red chilli powder, lemon juice and salt to the chicken and leave aside for half an hour.
Put yogurt in a dish. Add red chilli powder, salt, ginger – garlic paste, lemon juice, garam masala powder and mustard oil. Apply this marinade to the chicken pieces and refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours.
Put the chicken onto a skewer and cook in a preheated oven (200 degrees Celsius) for 10- 12 minutes or until almost done.
Baste it with butter and cook for another 2 minutes.
Remove and keep aside.

Heat butter in a pan. Add coarsely garam masala. Let it crackle. Then add ginger – garlic paste and chopped green chillies. Cook for 2 minutes.
Add tomato puree red chilli powder, garam masala powder, salt and one cup of water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add sugar or honey.
Add cooked tandoori chicken pieces. Simmer for 5 minutes and then add fresh cream.
Serve hot with naan or paratha.

Carrot Sojee

Ingredients:
2 cup grated carrots
2 cups milk
½ cup semolina
½ cup boiling water
½ - ¾ cup ghee
1 tin condensed milk
1 small tin Nestle cream
1 tsp crushed elachi
1 Tbsp sultanas

Method:
Place carrots and milk in a pot and put to boil until it thickens.

Do not allow it to dry out.

In a separate pot plce ghee, elechi, sultanas and semolina and braise until semolina changes colour to a light pink.

Add water and cook on low

Then add carrot mixture and cook well on low

If mixture is dry, add a little more milk

When almost done add Nestle cream and condensed milk.

Aloo Tikki

Ingredients:
3 large boiled aloo (potatoes)
1 tsp salt or as per taste
1/4th tsp ground black pepper
For Stuffing:
2/3rd cup matar (green peas) cooked or frozen peas defrosted
1/2 tbsp scrapped and minced ginger
1/4th tsp garam masala
1/4th tsp salt or to taste
Red chili powder to taste (optional)
1tsp coarsely ground dry-roasted cumin seeds
Oil for pan-frying.

Method:
Take the cooked or defrosted peas (matar) and mash them using a spoon or a fork. Add all the stuffing ingredients except oil and mash briefly.
Divide the mixture into 10 equal portions and keep aside.
Peel the potatoes and mash them very finely into smooth mashed potatoes. Add salt and pepper and knead until properly mixed.
Divide it into 10 equal portions.
Now wash and dry your hands and rub them with little oil.
Take each portion of potato mixture and make a ball.
Now taking one at a time, gently flatten each ball into a round patty of about 1/2-inch thick and place a portion of stuffing in the center and fold the edges together very finely so that mixture does not come out.
Now very gently flatten it into a 2-inch patty. Repeat the procedure for all pieces.
Heat 1 tsp. oil in a non-stick pan over a low heat. Slip in the patties, not too many at a time, and pan-fry on both sides till crisp golden brown, adding oil if required, on a very low heat.
Serve aloo tikki hot with chutney and stirred curd.
Note : Boil potatoes until fork-tender. Preferably, potatoes should be boiled well in advance before use. It would be better if they can be refrigerated for a short time.

Onion Bhajis

Ingredients:

• 1 large onion , sliced
• 200 g chickpea flour
• 1 tsp baking powder ,
• 2 tbsp rice flour
• ½ tsp chilli powder
• ½ tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp cumin powder
• ½ tsp coriander powder
• some salt
• 100 ml water
• 750 ml vegetable oil
• 1 saucepan
• 1 bowl
• 1 whisk
• 1 spoon
• 1 slotted spoon
• tray lined with paper towels

Method:

Put the oil into the pan and place it on a medium-high heat.

In a bowl, combine the chickpea flour, rice flour, baking powder, chilli, turmeric, cumin, coriander, salt and the water. Mix it together well and add the sliced onion.

Check the temperature of the oil by dropping a little batter into it. If it fries slowly, it is at the right temperature.

Carefully drop spoons of batter into the oil, making sure not to overcrowd the pan, which will make them stick together. Fry them for about 1-2 minutes or until the batter becomes a lovely golden brown. Remove them, place them to drain on the paper-lined tray, and repeat until all the bhaji are cooked.

Sprinkle over a little salt and your onion bhaji are ready to serve. They make a perfect appetiser and go well with coriander chutney or cucumber raita, both of which can be found on our website. Enjoy!

Chicken Shashlick

Ingredients:
1 Kg. boneless chicken
2 tsp Salt
1 tsp chili (Lal Mirch) powder
2 Green Bell peppers
3 Medium Onions
6 Small green chilies
½ Kg canned whole/diced tomatoes
½ Cup Ketchup
3 tbs. Soy Sauce
3 tbs. Oil

Method:
Cut the chicken into cubes and
fry it in oil on low-medium heat
until the chicken is white. (15 minutes)
Dice the tomatoes if you're using whole ones. Add this to the chicken. Deseed the bell peppers and cut them into 1 inch chunks. Cut the onions into chunks and add these in as well.
Throw in the rest of the ingredients and cook this on low-medium heat for about half an hour or until the bell peppers are slightly soft.
Serve with boiled rice.
Serving: 3 to 4 persons