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Monday, July 30, 2012

PRAWN CURRY

A refreshing combination of prawns with coconut milk with great taste.















Ingredients
500gms prawns
2 Onions
2 Tomatoes
1 tbsp crushed ginger
4-5 cloves of crushed garlic
2 tbsp chilly powder
1 tbsp pepper powder
1/2 tbsp cumin powder
1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
Thick coconut milk 1-2 cups
Curry leaves
Salt to taste

Method
Clean the prawns and keep them aside.
Make a paste of chilly powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, pepper powder.
Take a pan, heat oil, add curry leaves, ginger, garlic, onions and fry till onions turn translucent. Add the paste of all powders.
Now add tomatoes and cook for 5-10 minutes, now add the prawns and cook till are the prawns are done. Finally add the coconut milk and for 5 minutes and turn off the stove.

PRAWN FRY (chemmeen fry)

A simple recipe with combination of great flavors.


Ingredients
250gms Prawns
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tbsp chilly powder
1/4 tbsp turmeric powder
1/2 tbsp pepper powder
2tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp coconut oil
Finely chopped curry leaves
1/4 tbsp red chilly flakes


Method
Make a thick paste of above mentioned ingredients and marinate prawns with the paste for half an hour. Take a frying pan and shallow fry in medium flame for 10 minutes.
Do not over fry the prawns as they would become hard.



Thursday, July 26, 2012

LEMON HONEY CHICKEN

A unique combination of honey and lemon with chicken. A must try dish.





















Ingredients
2 Chicken leg pieces/Chicken breasts
2 tbsp cornflour
4 cloves of crushed garlic
1-2 tbsp of red chilly flakes
1 tbsp soya sauce
1 lemon
2 tbsp of honey
1 tbsp vegetable oil
salt to taste

Method
Make a paste of above mentioned ingredients and marinate the chicken leg pieces/breasts for half an hour to 1 hr.
Now take a frying pan, add 4-5 tbsp of oil and fry the marinated leg pieces till they turn golden brown evenly on all sides.

your delicious Lemon Honey Chicken is ready to serve.

CAULIFLOWER FRITTERS

A delicious and unique way to prepare cauliflower with great taste.
















Ingredients
Cauliflower steamed 2 cups
2 eggs
2-3 cloves of crushed garlic
1-2 tbsp of olive oil
Salt and pepper
2-3 tbsp of grated cheese
1 cup wheat flour
Required amount of hot water 


Method
Steam the cauliflower pieces and keep them aside
Now take a bowl make a thick batter with the above mentioned ingredients.
Now heat 1-2 tbsp of oil in a  pan, pour the batter to form the fritter and fry till it turns golden brown on both sides of fritter.

Your cauliflower fritters are ready to taste.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

PANEER BUTTER MASALA

One of the favourites of almost everyone of us. Easy and delicious dish to prepare readily at home.















Ingredients
100gm Paneer
2-3tbsp butter
3-4 cloves garlic
1 inch sized ginger
1 onion
2 tomatoes
1/2 tbsp chilly powder
1 tbsp corriander powder
1 tbsp garam masala powder
Salt to taste

Method
Cut the paneer into 1 inch cubes and fry them in oil for 2-3 minutes till they turn light brown in color.
Chop the onion thinly. Make toamto puree
Now take a pan, add butter, add sliced onion and fry, at this point add a pinch of salt. Once they become translucent, add crushed ginger and garlic and fry them.
Now add all the powders in the order mentioned above.
Fry for another 4-5 minutes and finally add the tomato puree. Add salt to taste.
Cook till it's raw smell and taste disappears, finally add some cream to it (optional) and turn of the stove.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

PALAK PANEER

This is a healthy and delicious dish which is rich in nutrients added to it's taste.















Ingredients
100gms Paneer
3-4 bunches of Spinach leaves
1-2 green chillies
a small piece of ginger
3-4 cloves of garlic
1-2 Onion thinly sliced
1-2 tomatoes 
1/4 tbsp chilly powder
1/4 tbsp cumin powder
1 tbsp garam masala powder
3-4 tbsp of butter



Method

Slice the paneer to 1 inch cubes, fry them in 2-3 tbsp of butter for 2 minutes. Keep it aside.
Boil the spinach leaves for about 10 minutes, then let it cool down.
Slice the onion very thinly, prepare tomato puree.
Now grind the spinach leaves along with ginger, garlic, green chillies.
Take a pan, add butter, onions and fry till they turn translucent,now add chilly powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, let it fry for 2-3 minutes. 
Then add the tomato puree, cook it till it's raw smell disappears.
Finally add the spinach leaves paste to it. Add paneer pieces to it.
Cook for 4-5 minutes. Turn off the stove.


Yummy Palak Paneer is ready to taste.