Author: Minal

Ingredients: 5 Chicken Sausages, 2 tsp ginger-garlic paste, 1/2 tsp green chilli-coriander paste, 2 tsp red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1/2 tsp chat masala, 4-5 tbsp Oil. Method: Cut the chicken sausages into thick slices or bits. Add ginger-garlic paste, red chilli powder, garam masala, chat masala and lemon… Continue reading Spicy Chicken Bits

Ingredients: 2 cups whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup fine rava (sooji or semolina), 1/2 cup ghee, Salt to taste, Ghee/Butter for frying. Method: Mix all the ingredients together and knead a tight dough using water. Make medium size balls, roll to a small round, apply ghee, fold into triangle / square / round and roll… Continue reading Karara Paratha (Crispy Indian Bread)

Ingredients: 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup maida (refined wheat flour) 1/4 cup fine rava or sooji (semolina), 1/2 tsp ajwain (carom seeds), 1/4 tsp crushed peppercorns, 1/4 tsp salt, 1 flat tsp baking powder, 3 tbsp melted ghee (butter), Cold water to knead dough, Oil for deep frying. Method: Sift flours, salt and… Continue reading Mathri (Flaky Crackers)

These crunchy biscuits are best tea-time snacks and to munch when you have nothing to do 🙂 Ingredients: 1 cup rava, 1 cup wheat flour, 40gms vanaspati ghee or butter, 2 tsp jeera (cumin seeds), 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking powder, Water as per requirement. Method: Preheat the oven at 150C for 5-7 minutes.… Continue reading Salted Biscuits

Ingredients: 6 bread slices, 1 cup boiled red kidney beans, (soak beans overnight and then pressure cook with a pinch of baking soda) Grated cheese or slices, 1/2 cup tomato Salsa, (Recipe available at: Butter, Salt and pepper to taste, Lettuce leaves, 2 tbsp Oil. Method: Heat oil in a pan, add boiled red beans,… Continue reading Beans Sandwich

Ingredients: 1 cup corn, 1 onion; very finely chopped, Grated cheese as per choice, Salt and sugar as per taste, 2 green chillies + a handful of coriander leaves + 2 cloves garlic; together ground to paste, 6 slices of bread (white or whole wheat). Method: Mix all the ingredients and spread on the bread.… Continue reading Corn and Cheese Toast

Ingredients 24 long shrimps or prawns, 1 cup flour, 3 tsp baking powder, 1 cup cornstarch, 1 tsp brown/white sugar, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 egg, beaten, 1 cup ice cold water, 2 tsp vegetable oil, Peanut or vegetable oil for deep frying. Directions Shell and devein the prawns, leaving the tails on. Sift flour, cornstarch,… Continue reading Fried Shrimps (Prawns)

Ingredients: 5 king prawns; peeled and deveined but with their tails on, 2 eggs, 6 cloves garlic; crushed, 1 tsp red chilli powder, Salt to taste, 2 tsp dark soy sauce, Bread crumbs, Dry dessicated coconut to coat. Method: Take the prawns, using a knife just slit on the curvature and flatten them to look… Continue reading Coconutty Prawns

Ingredients: 3 large boneless, chicken breasts, 1 small zuchinni, 1 small red pepper, 1 small green pepper, 5 mushrooms, 2 onions, 1 can baby corn, (optional) 1 small yellow squash(suran), For sauce- 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1/4 cup water, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp corn starch. Method: Cut all the vegetables and chicken breasts into… Continue reading Chicken Stir-Fry

Ingredients: 2 cups rice, 3 tbsp fresh coconut (grated), 2 1/2 cups coconut milk, 2 tbsp ghee (butter), 2 inch cinnamon (broken), 3 cloves, 1/4 tsp cardamom seeds, 2 bay leaves (optional), 3 green chillies finely chopped, 1 tbsp coconut jaggery (coarsely crumbed), 12 cashewnuts (cut in small pieces), 20 raisins, Salt to taste, 1… Continue reading Coconut Rice