Microwave Bhindi Masala

Microwave Bhindi Masala

Making Bhindi masala has never been so easy!!Yummy Bhindi  

Masala ready in minutes…

Ingredients:

250 gms  chopped Bhindi (okra)

2 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp red chilly powder

½ tsp amchoor (raw mango powder)

½ tsp turmeric powder

Salt

3-4 tbsp oil

1 onion sliced

Method:

Take a Micro proof bowl (I used a borosil bowl).Add all 

the above mentioned ingredients and mix well. Place 

the bowl in the microwaveand cook on simple heating 

mode ,cook it for 9 minutes. In betweenstir it well after

 every 3 minutes and put it back in.After 9 minutes are 

over,taste and check the bhindi if cooked well.Do not 

over heat. Enjoy it hot with rice or chapattis.

Important note: Since each Microwave is different, 

the time can slightly vary. So it is best to taste the bhindi

 after 6 minutes are over so that one as an idea of how 

much more to cook. Over heating shall make it rubbery….

Spicy Hara Bhara Chicken

Spicy Hara Bhara Chicken 

Ingredients:

1 kg Chicken

4 -5 onions

4 tomatoes pureed

Grinded paste of 1 ½ cup each of coriander leaves + mint leaves

Grinded paste of 8 green chillies+10 cloves garlic+2 inch piece of 

ginger

½ cup curd

7-8 cashewnuts soaked in water n grinded to a paste

1 bay leaf

3 green cardamoms

1 cinnamon stick

½ tsp garam masala powder

Salt

Juice of half lemon

Method:

Heat oil in a pan,sauté the grinded paste of ginger,garlic n chillies.

Add the sliced onions n cook for 15 min on slow flame till the onions 

turn soft n turn golden brown.Add the chicken n cook on high flame

 for 5 minutes.Lower flame n add the salt and garam masala .Cover n

 allow the chicken to cook well,add a lil water if required,once 80% 

done add the tomatoes. Let the pureed tomatoes cook well n leave

 oil , post that add the green paste of coriander n mint leaves.Mix n 

cook well for 5-7 minutes.Now the final stage, mix the paste of

 cashewnuts to the curd n pour over the chicken.Cook on slow flame

 for 2 minutes ,take off heat n garnish with mint leaves,chilles n

 lemon juice. Your yummy green chicken is ready, goes very well 

with tandoori roti n rice .Enjoy!!

Note: No requirement for turmeric or red chilly powder.

Soupy Steamed Peppery Chicken!

Soupy Steamed Peppery Chicken!

A very very light dish which can be enjoyed almost everyday. 

This can be had as a soup in itself.

Recipe courtesy: Pooja khanna

Ingredients:

1/2 kg Chicken
3 tomatoes chopped in big chunks
1/4 tsp pepper powder
1/2 tsp coarsely ground pepper
2tsp butter + 2tsp olive oil
2 flakes of chopped garlic
1slit green chilly
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Pinch of red chilly powder (just for color)
Salt

Method:

Heat the butter n olive oil together in a pressure cooker, put in the chicken.

 Cover slightly n cook on medium flame for 7-10mins till chicken leaves its 

juices n is 70% done.Add the salt, pepper powder, garlic, chilly powder,

 green chilly n chunks of tomato.Stir in n cook for another 2-3 minutes.

Pour in some water n close lid n pressurize it, turn of the gas just before

 the 2nd whistle.Once the steam is out open n garnish with coarsely

 ground pepper n lemon juice.
Enjoy wit steamed rice or just by itself!

Cucumber-Mint Lemon Twister

Cucumber-Mint Lemon Twister !

In the  Summers,what can be more refreshing than a Cucumber-Mint 

Lemon Drink that helps u Detox,Digest n Rehydrate ur body!!

Ingredients:(serves 2)

Half cucumber
3-4 mint leaves
1tbsp sugar
Juice of 2lemons
A pinch of roasted jeera powder or jal jeera mix
Salt
Ice cubes
Water

Method:
Blend all the above ingredients in a mixer n ur yummy summer drink 

is ready!

Pan Roasted Chicken wit Grilled Veggies !

Pan Roasted Chicken wit Grilled Veggies !

A beautiful dish with juicy and succulent chicken.
Recipe inspired by : Montaut henderson

Marinate the chicken with the  ingredients

mentioned below for appx 3-4 hours

4 chicken drumsticks (appx ½ kg)

2 tbsp barbeque sauce

½ tsp oregano

½ tsp mixed herbs

Lemon juice

½ tsp coarsely ground black pepper

½ tsp red chilly flakes

1tbsp olive oil

¼ tsp salt (as the sauce is salty)

For Grilled veggies:

I used  zucchini cut in long strips ,beetroot cut in thin

slices n mushrooms in big chunks.Marinate the zuchhini

& mushrooms together  wit salt,pepper,lemon juice,olive

 oil n dry parsley.Use the same marinate for beetroot but

put it in a separate bowl as it tends to leave its color.Keep

 the veggies aside for 15 minutes.

(The beetroot adds in a beautiful flavour n texture)

Method:

Grill the veggies for a few minutes n keep aside.

Retain the leftover marinate/juice left by the veggies.

Mashed potatoes:

Boil the potatoes really well and then mashed them. Add a little

butter in a non stick pan and add the mashed potatoes blending it

 well with the butter, then add half a cup of milk.Mix really well and 

add salt, fresh ground pepper, a little oregano and finally a little

 grated parmesan cheese. Mix and keep aside.

 Pan Roasted Chicken:

Heat some butter in a pan and roast the marinated chicken well

 on both sides.Pour a little of the marinade left in the bowl and

 retain the rest.Once the chicken is done ,plate it on a bed of

 mashed potatoes n Grilled veggies  n pour in the yummy sauce!!

For the sauce:

Heat a little butter in the same pan,pour in the left over

marinade of the  veggies & chicken.Mix in a tbsp of fresh

Cream n ur yummy sauce is ready!

Enjoy this with a glass of Wine or chilled Beer ;)

Mutton Kaali Mirch (with no onions/tomatoes)

Mutton Kaali Mirch 

A finger licking Mutton starter dish, without onions or tomatoes! Easy to make 

n has a burst of Flavors!

Ingredients:

½ kg mutton( only chaamps/chops n Nalli/bone marrow)

3tbsp Ghee

½ tsp red chilly powder

2 green cardamoms

1 cinnamon stick

2 cloves

1 ½ tbsp coarsely ground Black pepper

Juice of 2 lemons

1 cup water

salt

Method:

Heat Ghee in a pressure cooker. Add in the green cardamoms,cloves n 

cinnamon stick  followed by red chilly powder.Now  add the mutton 

chops n salt,sauté on high heat for 5-7 minutes to seal the juices.Cook

 the mutton for another 5 minutes and pour in 1 cup of water.Mix well 

n allow it to pressurize for 3 whistles only, on medium heat.Once done ,

open the lid post 10 minutes n place the cooker on the gas again.We now

 have to dry the gravy so tht it sticks to the mutton,to thicken it pour in

 the lemon juice n half of the black pepper.Mix it with the mutton well.

Once the gravy reduces to more than half,take it off gas and mix in the

 rest of the balck pepper.Finger licking mutton is ready!!

Baby Potatoes in Mustard Oil !

I simply like this dish as its really easy to make n I love having the baby

 potatoes with its skin…..Each time I visited my in-laws house in Lucknow,

this along with poori was packed for us on our way back to be had in the Train!!

Ingredients:
1/2kg Baby potatoes (wash n cut in 3- 4 pieces ,retain the skin)
2 tbsp Mustard oil
2 tsp coriander powder
1 1/2 tsp amchoor powder(raw mango powder0
1tsp jeera (cumin seeds)
1tsp rai (mustard seeds)
½ tsp red chilly powder (inc as per taste)
¼ tsp hing (asoefetida)
Salt
Method:
Heat the Mustard oil in a Kaali kadai ( iron kadai) till it reaches its

 smoking point,temper jeera,hing n rai.Add in the potatoes, cover and 

cook till well done. Add in the chilly,amchoor ,salt n coriander powder

 n Toss till all mixed well. Goes well with Dal chawal also…..Enjoy!!

Murgh Lal Mirch!

Murgh Lal Mirch!

No recipe that I followed, just cooked this dish by following my insticts 

totally...had some packed paste of Kohlapuri tetcha ( a paste made with

 lots of red chillies, garlic n lime)n it was Yummmm!! (made a very small

 quantity, as It was just for myself)

Ingredients:

1 chicken leg thigh(cut into 3)
1star anise
2 green cardamoms
5-6 basil leaves
1tbsp of kohlapuri tetcha (chilli garlic paste)
6-7 flakes of garlic (chopped)
1 onion sliced
oil
( no need for salt as the chilli paste has salt)

Method:

Marinated the chicken with the kohlapuri tetcha paste n a lil oil for 1/2 hour.

Heat oil in a kadai n temper the star anise n cardamom.Add in the sliced 

onions n saute till golden brown (do not allow it to turn tooo brown).Now 

add in the chicken and allow it to cook well, add a few tbspn of water in between

 so that the masala doesn't stick to the pan.Once the chicken is cooked well , just

 2minutes before u take it off the gas, add the chopped garlic n basil leaves.Give 

it a good stir n take it off the gas n cover it for 5minutes.And enjoy the lovely 

flavor of garlic, basil n chilli paste...

Utterly Butterly Paneer !

A simple dish ready in minutes,and tastes like the dhabe wala paneer!

This dish has no garam Masala's ,the only strong flavor being that of green 

cardamom.Its a simple dish and the kids just love it when made non-spicy .

But i made it spicy this time!

Ingredients :

250 gms Paneer (cottage cheese)
2 tomatoes chopped in fat chunks
2 medium sized sliced onions 
4 garlic flakes (do not chop)
2 inch piece of ginger
2 green cardamoms 
1 tsp red chilly powder
salt
1/2 cup milk
Butter

Method:
Cut the paneer in small pieces n soak it in milk n keep aside.Heat some butter 

+ 1 tsp of oil in a kadai  (pan).Add the onions n saute till translucent n pink

 (do not let it turn brown).Now add the ginger, whole garlic flakes n tomatoes.

Mix in the salt n red chilly powder n saute till the tomatoes are well done.

Take off heat n let this masala cool a bit. Now grind it to a paste along with the 

Green cardamoms .Saute this paste for two minutes n now add in the paneer 

along with milk n let it simmer for 5- minutes .Garnish with kasoori methi n 

enjoy!!U can add in cream as well if u wish to..