Baked Potatoes Fries

Ingredients

• 2- big potatoes
• ½-curry powder
• ¼-red chilly powder
• 1-tbs vegetable oil
• Fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
• salt to taste

Instructions

• Peel the potatoes and cut into a small chunks.
• In a big bowl mix all ingredients with cut potatoes.
• Now arrange them in oven safe dish and bake at 350 F for 30 minutes.
• Stir them occasionally. Check the potatoe by inserting a fork. If fork comes out easily, it's cooked
• Serve it like snacks or side dish.

Egg Puff

Ingredients:

1-pack of puff pastry sheet
3-boiled eggs
½-tsp roasted cumin powder
½-tsp chilly flakes
salt to taste
½- tsp coriander leaves (cilantro)

Instruction

• First boil the eggs and cut them into four parts, sprinkle cumin powder, chilly flakes,salt and coriander leaves.
• Cut into square shape .
• Take the puff pastry sheet put the egg on top and close the edge with water.
• Bake for 10 min at 450f.
• Serve hot with green chutney or ketchup.

Tip: Instead of eggs you can make your own stuffings.

Chicken Tikka Masala:

Ingredients:

For marinade:

• 1 cup fresh yogurt (should not be sour)
• 1 cup finely chopped fresh coriander leaves
• 1-inch ginger
• 1-medium size garlic
• 3-4 tbs garam masala
• 2-green chillies
• 3 tbsps lime/ lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp orange food coloring (optional)

Other Ingredients:

• 1 kg chicken (breast or thigh) skinless and cut into 2" chunks
• 1-green bell pepper cut into chunks
• 1-medium size onion cut into chunks
• 1-medium size peach cut into chunks

Instruction:

• First soak the skewers in water to avoid burn.
• Grind the chopped coriander (keep some aside for garnishing) and all other marinade ingredients (except yogurt) to a smooth paste in a food processor.
• Pour the above mix into a large bowl and add yogurt. Mix well. Add the chicken pieces, pepper and onion mix well. Cover the bowl and refrigerate. Allow to marinate overnight.
• Thread the chicken, pepper, onion and peach onto skewers and keep ready.
• Preheat your oven or grill to medium high 350f.  Place the skewers on the grill racks in your oven with a tray underneath to catch drippings. Roast the chicken till, it gets ibrown on all sides and tender.
• Now chicken tikka is ready. 

linked to Taking A Timeout Thursday {No.27}

Sweet corn Halwa

Ingredients:

• 1- cup sweet corn
• 1- condensed milk
• 2tbs-Ghee
• 1tbs-Cashew nuts 
• 1tbs-shredded coconut
• 1tbs-sliced almonds

Instruction:

• Grind sweetcorn.
• Heat ghee, add ground sweet corn paste to the ghee and fry till it turns brown.
• Now add condensed milk, stir continuously till the milk gets properly mixed with the sweetcorn paste.
• mix well and fry till ghee gets separated from halwa .
• Halwa is ready now, garnished with nuts.

I'm linking to  Tastetastic Thursday 4/19

Hot N Spicy Potato

Ingredients:

• 4-medium size boiled potato
• 1-tbs chat masala
• 1-tbs lemon juice
• 1-tbs roasted jeera
• 2-pinch red chilly powder
• 1-tbs green chutney
• 1-fresh cut coriander (cilantro) leaves

Instruction: 

• Cut potato into round slice.
• Take medium size bowl put all ingredients and mix it well.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

Share this with Tastetastic Thursday 4/5 , Summer Spirits at Tomato Blues

Fried Baingan ( Fried Eggplant )

. The Fried Baingan is a delicious and easy-to make. It can be use for side dish or appetizer. Check it out.

Ingredients:

• 2- long size egg plant
• 1-medium size potato (optional)
• 1-tsp roasted cumin powder
• 1/2-tsp red chilly powder
• 1-tsp finely chopped cilantro
• oil for frying
• salt to taste

Instructions:

• Clean and cut egg plants vertically. Always keep the cut egg plants in water otherwise it will turn black.

• Heat the pan with the oil.

• Then add cut eggplant (wipe off the water before adding it to the frying pan).

• Fry the eggplant in the medium heat.

• Once it is cooked well, sprinkle salt, red chili powder, roasted cumin powder and cilantro.

Linking this to Taking A Timeout Thursday {No.18}, Tastetastic Thursday 2/23.

Lauki chana daal curry / Bottle guard chickpeas curry

Ingredients:

• 1 small lauki / bottle guard(cut into small pieces)
• ½- cup chana daal / split chickpeas
• 1-medium size potato(cut into small pieces)
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1-cup nutrela (soya chunks)
• 1-tsp cumin seeds
• 1 medium onion
• 1- medium size garlic
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 tbs curry powder 
• 1- tsp coriander powder
• salt to taste

Instruction 

• Soak chana dalal and nutrela in hot water for 3-4 hours.
• Make the paste of onion, garlic and tomato.
• First fry the nutrela in the pan and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and let it crackles, add onion and garlic. cook until the paste starts leaving the pan and oil comes up.
  
• Add lauki, chana daal, potato, nutrela and all the dry powder in it and add 1/2 cup of water and pressure cook for 2 minutes. 
• Now lauki chana daal curry is ready, Serve hot with chapatis.

Linking this to Any One Can Cook: Series 38, Taking a timeout on Thursday # 13 , Tastetastic Thursday #18,  Priya's  "Veggie/Fruit" event  and hosting by Raji .

Strawberry Vermicelli

Ingredients:

• 1cup Seviya (Vermicelli) broken into 4 cm bits
• 5 cups milk
• 1/2 cup sugar or as per taste
• 5-tbs of strawberry syrup
• 1-tsp clarified butter or ghee  

Instruction:

• Heat the ghee in a heavy bottomed non-stick pan over medium heat and add seviya and fry till golden brown, stirring constantly.

• Pour the milk and stirring constantly bring to boil.
• Cook for about 10 minutes or until the milk is slightly thickened.
• Add sugar and cook for 2 minutes and turn off the heat.b
• Cool to room temperature, add strawberry syrup and chill thoroughly.
• Serve it as you want to.

Linking to  Zesty Palette Series #3 , Make-It Yourself Monday, Healthy 2day Wednesdays, 

Any One Can Cook: Series 37

Pan Cake Sandwich

Over break, I thought of making a recipe called pancake sandwich. This is a delicous and a healthy fancy breakfast.These are better than regular pancakes.  You can add your favorite fruits.

Ingredients:

• 2-cups pancake mix
• 1-cup milk
• ½- cup orange juice(optional)
• 1-tbs orange zest(optional)
• 1-medium size cut banana
• ½-cup red berries jam
• ½-cup cream
• 4-tbs brown sugar

Instruction:

• In a medium bowl mix pancake mix, milk, orange juice, orange zest and brown sugar together and whisk until the lumps are gone.
• Heat the skillet over medium heat, and coat it with cooking spray. Then pour 1/4 cups of batter onto the skillet, and cook until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip the pancake with a spatula, and cook until the pancake browned on the other side.
• Spread evenly  jam on one pancake and whip cream on the other pancake, then lay the cut banana on the pancake.

• Top with the remaining slices of pancake.

• Cut the sandwich in half and arrange on a serving platter.

Linking this to A little Nosh,  Foodie Friday Comfy in the kitchen, Fusion Friday.

Egg less cake with pan cake mix

I had a great recipe that I wanted to try for Christmas. Finally the day came, on that day I gave it a try this and everyone loved it! The recipe is an egg less cake and it is very easy to bake. You can bake it with three main ingredients and three easy steps.Since it has no oil and butter and a little less sugar, so this cake is good for health conscious cake lovers.

Ingredients:

• 2- cups pancake mix
• 1-can condensed milk
• 1/2-cup milk
• 1/2- cup fresh orange juice(optional)
• 1-tbs orange zest (optional)

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven at 250F. Grease a baking tray.
• Now mix all ingredients together. Pour the batter into the prepared tray, tap on the counter to make sure the batter spreads evenly.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Cake is ready to serve it.
  
  
  

  Linking to A little Nosh , Taking A Timeout Thursday #10, Time travel Thursday #77, Friday special week #1 Srav's Culinary Concepts
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Oven Baked Chicken

 

This is my friend’s recipe and it is absolutely delicious! He taught me to bake chicken in three simple and easy steps.

Ingredients:

• ½-lb chicken (chicken wings optional)
• 2-tbs crushed garlic
• 1-tbs ginger paste
• 1-tsp red chili powder
• 1-tsp olive oil
• salt depending on taste

Instruction:

• Wash the chicken and mix it with all ingredients. Marinate the chicken for 3 hours or over night.
• Preheat the oven at 350°F and bake the chicken for 20 minutes.
• Now your chicken is ready and serve it with any dipping ! Enjoy!

I'm sharing this to Christmas Delicacy

Atta ki Pakodi / Flour Fritter

Atta  ki pakodi is very famous in North part in India, especially in UP. This is very health and filling recipe. When some time our kids get bored eating same kind of food, this is great snacks with full of fibers.

Ingredients:

• 2-cup wheat flour
• 11/2- finely chopped onion (medium size)
• 2-finely chopped green chillies
• 1-tbs finely chopped coriander leaf (cilantro)
• 1-tsp ajwain/ carom seeds
• salt to taste
• oil to fry

Instruction:

• Take  flour, onion, green chillies. coriander leaf and ajwain (carom seeds) in a medium size bowl, add water and make thick medium batter.
• Heat oil in  deep pan  and drop small-small amount of batter into the oil.
• Fry them till light golden brown.
• Serve it hot with green chutney or ketchup.

Linking to A little Nosh,  Full Plate Thursday, Wonka Wednesday, This Chick Cooks, Fusion Friday ,
Snack Mela

Pav bhaji

 Ingredients:

• 4-cup Potato medium size
• 2-tbs pav bhaji masala
• 1-cup fresh cubed paneer/ cottage cheese  
• 1-cup Cabbage chopped
• 1-cup Cauliflower flowerets
• ½- cup Green Peas
• ½- cup sweet corn
• ½-cup carrotes
• 1-cup small cubed paneer
• 2-cup Onions finely chopped
• 2- cup Tomato finely chopped

Method:

• Cut potato into small pieces. Wash the vegetables with water.
• Cook all the vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, potato, sweet corn, carrotes, peas) in a pressure cooker .Mash them coarsely. ( If you are using frozen peas, then no need to pressure cook the peas)
• Heat 2 tbsp. of butter in a frying pan or kadhai.
• Add green chili,chopped onions and fry it until it become light golden brown in color. Then add chopped tomato and cook till it becomes tender.
• Add pavbhaji masala, chili powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, salt, and cook again for 4-5 minutes. (Incase you are using the frozen peas then add now)
• Add the boiled vegetables, paneer, lemon juice and mix well. Simmer till it becomes thick, Stir and mash into pieces in between.
• Slit the pavs horizontally.
• Apply little butter on tava and roast the pavs till hot and soft.

• Garnish bhaji with chopped coriander leaves and onions. Serve hot with pav and tomato sauce/green chutney.

I'm linking to :

Tastetastic Thursday, Full Plate Thursday, Wonka Wednesday,This Chick Cooks , Potluck Party and Fusion Friday.