TAWA PANEER MASALA

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Tawa roast paneer is a dry preparation of paneer with some spices and veggies. It is very easy to cook and mouthwatering. It can be served with nun, roti and parantha.

INGREDIENTS
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• Paneer  - 200 gm cut into your choice able pieces
• Green capsicum dice cut- 25 gm
• Red onion dice cut - 40 gm
• Ginger & garlic paste – 2 tbsp
• Yogurt – 4 tbsp
• Red chili powder – 1 tsp
• Tomatoes – round cut – 50 gm
• Chat masala – 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Butter – 2 or 3 tsp

PROCESS
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• Marinate paneer with ginger & garlic paste, chili powder, yogurt and salt for 10 minutes
• Melt butter on a pan and add paneer with veggies
• Simmer for 10 minutes
• Turn paneer  and add melted butter if requires
• When veggies are cooked and the dish will be dry remove from heat
• Sprinkle chat masala on the dish
• You can use chopped mint or coriander leaves to garnish

TAWA PANEER MASALA

PREPARATION TIME – 10 MINUTES

COOKING TIME – 10 MINUTES

SERVE FOR – 4 PERSONS   

MUTTON GHEE ROAST RECIPE

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There are lots of variations in mutton recipes and roast mutton recipe is one of them. Cooked mutton is required for preparing this dish. This little spicy and hot mutton dish should be liked by meat lovers.

INGREDIENTS
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• Mutton pieces – 500 gm
• Ginger & garlic paste – 4 tbsp
• Red chili powder – 2 tbsp
• Beaten sour curd – 1 cup
• Cumin powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
• Garam masala powder – 1 tbsp
• Desi ghee – 4 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Bay leaves – 2
• Green cardamom - 4

PROCESS
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• Put mutton pieces in presser cooker with 1 cup water, bay leaves and cardamoms
• Wait for 4 to 5 whistles, drain out the juice and keep aside, separate mutton pieces
• Melt ghee on a pan
• Add ginger & garlic paste with other spices and salt
• Put mutton pieces, cooking juice and curd, simmer for 20 minutes
• When oil starts to separates from pan, remove from heat
• Garnish with  coriander leaves

MUTTON GHEE ROAST RECIPE

PREPARATION TIME – 10 MINUTES

COOKING TIME – 30 MINUTES

SERVE FOR – 4 PERSONS   

CHICKEN GOLD COIN

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Gold coin is a popular Chinese dish as well as snack item. Boneless chicken pieces are used in this preparation. Shrimps are also used to make gold coins.

INGREDIENTS

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• Regular flour bread or brown bread – 8 pieces
• Chopped chicken pieces – 100 gm
• Chopped onion – 3 tbsp
• Chopped green chili – ½ tsp
• Ginger strips – ½ tsp
• Paprika powder – 1 tsp
• Corn flour – 1 or 1 and ½ cup
• Egg – 1 or 2
• Fruit vinegar – 1 tbsp 
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep fry  

PROCESS

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• In a pan heat oil and add chicken pieces with salt and vinegar
• Cook until chicken pieces turn white in colour
• Add ginger stripes, paprika and green chilies
• Add little hot water if required to cook the chicken
• Add onion, stir and make a dry mixture, remove from fire, let it cool
• Cut breads in round shape, put chicken mixture on the top of bread, cover with another round shaped bread pieces
• Mix eggs with corn flour, add little amount of water, thickness must adjust
• Use salt for seasoning
• Heat oil in pan, coat the bread pieces with cone flour mixture and deep fry
• Serve with any choice able dip

CHICKEN GOLD COIN

PREPARATION TIME – 10 MINUTES

COOKING TIME – 15 MINUTES

SERVE FOR – 4 PERSONS

FISH CURRY MASALA

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Indian style fish curry is tasty and mouthwatering. This recipe can be prepared with any kind of fish but king fish will be most suitable for this preparation. I am using tomato puree for the gravy, but you can use yogurt to enrich the gravy. 

INGREDIENTS

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• King fish pieces each 50 gm – 8
• Onion paste – 2 tsp
• Ginger paste – 1 tsp
• For dry roast –( cumin seeds – ½ tsp, coriander seeds -1/2 tsp, whole dry red chili – 4, fennel seeds – ½ tsp)
• Tomato puree or yogurt – ½ cup
• Turmeric powder – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Mustard oil – ½ cup
• Coriander leaves chopped for garnishing

PROCESS

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• Clean the fish pieces and rub salt and turmeric powder on the pieces
• Heat oil in a frying pan, fry fish pieces 
• Remove the pieces and add onion & ginger paste in the rest of the oil
• Stir and add other spices such as salt and turmeric
• Blend the dry roasted spices to get a fine powdered masala
• Combine with other spices in the pan
• When the spices cooked and oil starts to leave the pan, add tomato puree and stir
• Add 1 large cup water and bring to boil
• Add fish pieces, cover the pan, cook for 5 minutes
• Remove from fire, garnish with coriander leaves

FISH CURRY MASALA

PREPARATION TIME – 10 MINUTES

COOKING TIME – 20 MINUTES

SERVE FOR – 4

BLACK MAGIC CHOCOLATE CAKE

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Chocolate is very much popular in world. We use it in so many recipes. There are lots of variations of chocolate recipes. Today I am going to make chocolate cake with dark chocolates.

INGREDIENTS

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• All purpose flour –2 large cups ( 200gm)
• Eggs – 4
• Milk – 1 cup
• Baking powder – 1 tsp
• Dark chocolate – melted 1 cup
• Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
• Dark brown colour – 2 drops ( optional)
• Powdered sugar – 1 large cup
• Butter or oil – 5 to 10 tbsp 
• For garnishing you can use icing sugar with cream or melted chocolate

PROCESS

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• In a bowl add eggs and sugar blend until fluffy
• Slowly add flour, melted butter and baking powder
• Use milk and essence and colour
• Add dark chocolate, blend to get a smooth mixture
• Pre heat oven in 140 degree 
• Transfer in to oven and bake for 30 to 40 minutes
• Blend cream and chocolate with icing sugar
• Slowly the mixture will be thick
• Decorate cake with the chocolate cream, use piping bag for decoration

BLACK MAGIC CHOCOLATE CAKE

PREPARATION TIME – 15 MINUTES
COOKING TIME – 35 MINUTES
SERVE FOR – 4 

CHICKEN NOODLES SOUP

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It is a Chinese dish prepared with chicken strips, rice noodles, mix vegetables and sauces. It is a good dinner dish or a healthy appetizer for your family. Must use fresh vegetables to enrich its nutrient values.

INGREDIENTS

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• Bone less chicken strips – 100 gm
• Some vegetables chopped like- carrot, cabbage, French beans, mushrooms etc
• Rice noodles – 50 gm
• Ginger strips – 1 tbsp
• Chopped garlic – 1 tbsp
• Chicken stock – ½ lit
• Hoisin sauce – 2 tbsp
• Tomato sauce – 2 tsp
• Wheat pepper powder – 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 1 tsp

PROCESS

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• Make fresh chicken stock and remove chicken from it
• Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan and add ginger & garlic
• Add all vegetables, stir fry
• Add chicken stock and salt 
• Bring to boil 
• Add sauces and chicken strips
• Cook until vegetables are not done
• Add rice noodles and pepper
• Cook for 2 minutes
• Remove from fire
• You can garnish with very finely chopped spring onion

CHICKEN NOODLES SOUP

PREPARATION TIME – 10 MINUTES

COOKING TIME – 20 MINUTES

SERVE FOR – 2 

COCONUT RICE

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Tasty coconut creamy rice is very popular in southern states of India. Learn to make coconut rice in micro wave oven in 15 minutes.

INGREDIENTS

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• 80 % cooked Basmati rice – 3 large cups
• Grated coconut – 1 small cup
• Readymade coconut milk – 1 large cup
• Salt to taste

INGREDIENTS FOR TEMPERING

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• Curry leaves – few
• Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
• Fenugreek seeds – ½ tsp
• Green chili – 3 to 5
• Peanut – 3 tbsp
• Asparagus – 1 pinch
• Boiled chick pea – ½ cup
• Ghee or refine oil – 2 tbsp

PROCESS

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• Take an oven bowl, add ghee or oil and run the microwave oven for few seconds to warm it
• Add all ingredients of tempering
• Run oven for 10 seconds
• Add grated coconut and run the machine for 5 minutes
• Add rice and coconut milk, seasoning with salt
•  Run oven for 10 minutes in high
• Serve rice with curry

COCONUT RICE

PREPARATION TIME – 10 MINUTES

COOKING TIME – 15 MINUTES

SERVE FOR – 3 

MACHHI KA SALAN

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It is an Indian style fish curry recipe; you can use any of your favorite fishes in this recipe. This curry can be cooked with any fish. There is lots of variation in this recipe but I am presenting the easy way of cooking fish curry. 

INGREDIENTS

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• King fish pieces - each 50 gm (8 pieces)
• Onion paste- 3 tbsp
• Ginger paste – 1 tbsp
• Cumin powder – 1 tsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
• Red chili powder – 1 tsp
• Yogurt – 1 small cup
• Coriander leaves for garnishing
• Salt to taste
• Mustard oil – 5 tbsp  

PROCESS

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• Marinate fish pieces with salt and yogurt for at least 1 hour
• Mix all powdered seasoning with ½ cup water
• Now heat oil in a cooking pan and add onion paste
• Cook until oil separates, add ginger paste and powdered spices mixture
• Spices will take 5 minutes to cook
• Add 1 large cup water and marinated fish with marinating juice
• Cook 5 to 7 minutes, fish pieces will be tender
• Garnish with coriander leaves

MACHHI KA SALAN

PREPARATION TIME – 10 MINUTES
COOKING TIME – 15 MINUTES
SERVE FOR – 4 

PANEER CUTLET

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Homemade crispy paneer or Indian cottage cheese cutlet has wonderful taste. It can be prepared easily.

I use potatoes to give a fine binding but you can use only bread slices.

INGREDIENTS

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• Paneer ( Indian cottage cheese) – 150 gm
• Boiled potatoes – 1 large
• Gram flour – 1 cup
•  Bread slices – 2 or 3
• Chopped onion – 1 medium
• Chopped ginger – 1 tbsp
• Green chili – 3 chopped
• Nutmeg powder – 1 tsp
• Salt to tast
• Oil for deep fry
• Bread crumb – 1 cup

PROCESS

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• Grate paneer and combine with all ingredients except oil and bread crumbs
• Moist bread slices to mix with the combination
• Make heart shape cutlets
• Coat with bread crumbs and deep fry
• Serve with sauce

PANEER CUTLET

PREPARATION TIME - 10 MINUTES

COOKING TIME - 30 MINUTES

SERVE FOR - 4

CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA

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Juice chicken pieces coated with special spices are the secret of this dish. Make it at your home to have flavored, nice coloured and mouth watering chicken tikka masala.

INGREDIENTS

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• Chicken small size pieces ( each 25 to 30 gm) – 15 to 20 pieces
• Yogurt beaten – 1 cup
• Ginger & garlic paste – 3 tbsp
• Red chili powder – 1 tsp
• Cumin powder – 1 tsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
• Butter – 2 to 3 tbsp
• Garam masala powder – 1 tsp
• Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste

INGREDIENTS FOR CURRY

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• Red and fresh tomatoes – 3 large size
• Onion paste – 3 tbsp
• Red chili powder – 1 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
• Butter – 2 tsp
• Garam masala powder – 1 tsp
• Fresh cream – ½ cup
• Salt to taste
• Chopped coriander leaves – 1 tbsp full for garnishing

PROCESS

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• Marinate chicken pieces with all ingredients except butter, salt and lemon juice
• Keep in fridge for at least 2 to 3 hours, add salt just before grilling
• In a grill pan heat butter, penetrate chicken pieces with marinating juice in skewers
• Grill until chicken tender but careful so that chicken pieces should not burn
• Add butter and lemon juice intermittently and turn after few times
• Now keep aside the skewers
• Ingrill pan, again add butter, add onion paste, let to brown
• Add ginger & garlic paste, red chili powder
• Add chicken pieces and seasoning with salt
• Add chopped tomatoes, simmer and cover the pan
• The gravy will thick, add garam masala powder and keep the oven off
• Cover for 2 minutes, add cream and coriander
• Serve with nun or roti

CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA

PREPARATION TIME - 40 MINUTES
COOKING TIME - 1 HOURS 30 MINUTES
SERVE FOR - 6