Pumpkin soup

Pumpkin n Onion Soup!

Ingredients:

400 gms yellow pumpkin (peeled n chopped in big chunks)
1 small onion sliced
1/4th tsp grated ginger
1 clove garlic
Mixed herbs
Salt
1 tsp butter+ 1 tsp oil
1 veg stock cube
Coriander leaves
Lemon juice
Water

Method:

Heat oil+ butter in a pressure cooker,Add in the onion, ginger,garlic pumpkin,salt n coriander leaves.Saute for a minute and Add enough water and allow it to pressure cook for 2 whistles.Once cool,blend the mixture and strain it well.Heat the soup and add in the veg stock cube,herbs n lemon juice.Enjoy it on a cold winter evening 

Chicken sukkha

An amazing recipe.....

Ingredients: 
Marination:
1 kg chicken
2tbsp thick curd
1tbsp garlic paste
1 tbsp ginger paste
1/2 tsp black pepper powder
Salt
A little oil
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4 onions sliced 
2 tomatoes pureed
3tbsp dry dessicated coconut
2-3cloves
1 small cinnamon stick
2-3 green cardamoms
3 dry red chillies
1star anise
Oil

Method: 
Marinate the chicken for 3-4 hours with the ingredients mentioned under marination.

Heat oil in a kadai and splutter the red chillies,cardamoms,cinnamom,star anise and cloves.Now add the onions and cook till golden brown, Add in the dry coconut and cook for 4-5 mins.Once done cool this mixture and grind it to a coarse paste and keep aside.Heat a little oil and add in the marinated chicken ,cook well and add few splashes of water till 80%done.Now add in the coarse brown onion paste and cook till mixed well.Adjust salt n/chillies/garam masala as per taste and add the tomato puree.Cook well till oil separates ,add few splashes of water if a lil thick gravy needed.Garnish with coriander leaves....Enjoyeee wit hot chapati's!