Grilled Herb Chicken

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken breast: 2 pieces (200gm each)

Soya sauce: 1tsp

Vinegar: 1/2 tsp

Butter: 2 tbsp

Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tbsp

Red Paprika Powder: 1 tsp

Salt: 1/2 tsp

Sugar: 1/4 tsp

Basil: 1/2 tsp

Thyme: 1/2 tsp

Dry Mint: 1/2 tsp

Red chilly flakes: 1 tsp

Method:

1.Clean the chicken pieces.

2.Make a smooth paste of all spices & coat the chicken pieces.

3.Keep it for 1 hour.

4.Take grill pan & heat the butter.

5.Add the marinated chicken pieces when butter starts melting.

6.Cook each side of the chicken for 10 mins or till it is done.

7.Serve with Mayonnaise & Finger chips.  

Chicken Chatpata

 

Ingredients:

Chicken: 250gm(cut into medium pieces)

Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tbsp.

Chopped onion: 1 cup

Chopped green chilli: 2 tsp

Cumin powder: 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder: 1tsp

Black paper powder: 1 tsp

Corn flour: 1 tbsp.

Soya sauce: 1 tsp

Tomato ketchup: 4 tbsp

Vinegar: 1 tsp

Sugar: 1 tbsp.

Salt: as per taste

Oil: 1 cup

Method:

Marinade chicken pieces with all ingredients for one hour.

Heat oil in kadai. Fry onion  till it turns golden.

Remove the fried onion from kadai.

Remove chicken pieces from the marinade & fry till they turn brown.

Add the marinade, onion & chopped chillies.

Cook till it becomes dry.

Serve it hot.

Baked fish with orange sauce

Betki (or,Bhetki) fish is rich in Omega 3 fatty acid,protein & iron.It's not only tasty,but also takes lesser time to be cooked.

Ingredients:
Betki filets: 4-6(2 inches each)
Ginger-garlic paste: 1/2 tsp
Chopped garlic: 1 tsp
Salt: as per taste
Lemon juice: 1/2 tsp
Orange pulp: 1/2 cup
Orange juice: 1 cup
Corn flour: 2 tbsp
Sugar: 2 tbsp
Black pepper powder: 1 tsp
Meyonise(optional): 1tbsp
Melted butter: 1/2 cup







Method of orange sauce preparation:

Heat a nonstick pan.
Add 1/2 tsp of butter.
Take the corn flour in a bowl & make a thin paste with water.
Add orange juice & pulp to pan.
Stir it well.
Mix it with 1 pinch of salt(or as per taste) & 2 tbsp of sugar.
When it starts boiling,add the cornflour paste.
When the it starts to thicken,remove the pan from flame.
Now,the orange sauce is ready.

Method to cook the dish:

Clean the filets & rub with salt,lemon juice,ginger-garlic paste,2 tsp of melted butter & keep for 10 mins.
Bake the filets at high mode in oven for 5 mins.
Remove them from oven.
Heat the remaining butter in a nonstick pan & add chopped garlic.
Fry till it turns golden.
Add the baked filets,black pepper powder & saute till they turn to golden brown.
Remove the filets.
Coat the filets with meyonise.
Pour the orange sauce over the filets.
Serve it hot.
 

Easy to cook Mixed vegetable fried rice with Chilly fish

Mixed vegetable fried rice with chilly fish is a very popular food for Bongs.I usually cook these in a very simple manner to save time!!...It's  very easy to cook as well as easy to digest!! That's why this combo food is very useful during travelling.

Mixed vegetable fried rice

Ingredients:

Cooked Basmati Rice(half done): 2 cups
Boiled chopped vegetables: 1/2 cup of each :
 Baby corn
 Mushroom
 Carrot
 French beans
 Green peas
Chopped onion: 1cup
Chopped spring onion: 1/2 cup
Chopped green chillies: 4
Cashew: 1/2 cup
Raisin: 1/2 cup
Garam masala: 1 tbsp
Crushed pepper: 2 tsps
Bay leaves: 2
Sugar: 4 tbsp
Salt: as per taste
Ghee: 1/2 cup

Method:
Heat ghee in a nonstick pan & add bay leaves,garam masala powder,pepper,chopped onion,spring onion,green chillies, 1 tsp of sugar and fry for 5 mins.
Add all boiled vegetables and cashew nuts,salt & fry for another 5 mins.
Add rice, crushed pepper & raisins.
Cook for few mins.
Serve it hot with chilly fish (or chicken).


Chilly fish:

Ingredients:

Fish cubes(Bhetki or Surmai): 1 cup
Ginger-garlic paste: 1/2 tsp
Dark soya sauce: 1/2 cup
Chilli sauce: 2 tbsp
Tomato sauce: 2 tbsp
Vinegar: 1tbsp
Cornflour: 2 tbsp
Chopped green chilly: 2
Chopped capsicum: 2 tbsp
Chopped onion: 2 tbsp
Chopped spring onion: 2 tbsp
Chopped garlic: 1 tsp
Crushed pepper: 1 tsp
Sugar: 1 tsp
Salt: as per taste
Oil: 4 tbsps

Method:
Marinate fish cubes with vinegar,1 tbsp soya sauce,salt,ginger-garlic paste and 1tbsp of cornflour for 1hour.
Heat 2 tbsps of oil & fry the fish cubes till they turn golden brown.
Remove them from oil.
Heat remaining oil & fry all vegetables for 5mins.
Take 1 cup of water & make a thin paste of cornflour,soya sauce,chilly sauce,tomato sauce,sugar & pepper.
Add this paste to the fried vegetables.
When the gravy starts boiling add fish cubes & cook 5 mins.
Serve it hot with fried rice (or noodles).





 

 

Dum Ka Murg

Ingredients:

Chicken: 1kg
Curd: 1/2cup
Ginger-garlic paste: 2tbsps
Crushed green cardamom: 1/2 tsp
Crushed black cardamom: 1/2 tsp
Crushed cinnamon: 1/2 tsp
Crushed pepper: 1 tbsp
Cumin powder: 1tsp
Corriender powder: 2 tsps
Finely chopped onion: 1 cup
Green chilly paste: 4
Ghee: 1/2cup(you can use oil also)
Bay leaves: 4
Sugar: 2tsps
Salt: as per taste
Fresh cream: 1/4 cup

Method:

Marinate  chicken with curd,ginger-garlic paste,salt and green chilly paste.
Heat 4 tsps ghee in a nonstick pan.
Fry chopped onion with one teaspoon of sugar till it turns to golden brown.
Remove it from ghee and make a smooth paste of fried onion.
Heat remaining ghee to the pan and add bay leaves.
Add marinated chicken,onion paste,cumin-corriender powder and cook till ghee removes from the side and gravy starts boiling.
Add all crushed spices and cover with a lid to cook it in "Dum".
Stir it intermittently.
Add fresh cream when the flesh starts to seperate from the bone & gravy becomes thickened.
Cook for another 5 mins.
Serve it hot with pulav or paratha.

Fish in Orange sauce

                                                      

Ingredients:
Orange juice(fresh): 1 cup
Corn flour:4 tsps
Sugar:1 tbsp
Fish(Betki/Salmon) cubes: 2 cups
Lemon juice: 2 tsp
Chopped onion: 1/2 cup
Chopped spring onion:1/2 cup
Chopped green chillies: 2 tsp
Garlic paste: 1 tsp
Oil: 1/2 cup
Salt: as per taste
Raisins: 2 tsps
Almond(deshelled): 6 pieces
Cashew: 6 pieces
Crushed pepper: 1 tsp

Method:
Orange sauce making:

1. Heat a nonstick pan.
2. Add orange juice.
3. Add sugar & 1 tsp of cornflour when orange juice starts boiling.
4. Stir it well for a minute.
5. Keep it aside.

Steps:

1. Rub the fish cubes with rest of the cornflour,lemon juice & salt.
2. Take another nonstick pan and heat oil.
3. Fry the fish cubes till they turn golden brown.
4. Remove the fish cubes from oil.
5. Add all the chopped vegetables and fry with 1 tsp of sugar for 5 mins..
6. Add the orange sauce when vegetables become cryspy.
7. Cook for 2-3 mins.
8. Add crushed pepper & salt as per taste when the gravy becomes thick.
9. Stir it well for another 2-3 mins.
10. Serve it hot with fried rice or pulav.

 

Begun Baahaar

Begun Baahar is a spicy dish...Mustard paste,poppy seed paste and coconut add the flavour to the dish...

Ingredients:
1.Begun (Brinjals): 2 large
2.Poppy seed paste: 2 tsps
3.Mustard paste: 1 tsps
4. Grated coconut: 8 tbsps
5.Tomato paste: 1 cup
6.Slitted green chillies: 4
7.Sugar: 1 tsp
8.Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
9.Salt: as per taste
10.Chopped corriender leaves: 2tsps

Method:
1.Cut each brinjal into 4 pieces through its long axis.
2.Rub with turmeric,salt and sugar.
3.Deep fry the pieces in a heavy bottomed kadai.
4.Remove the pieces when they turn light golden.
5.Add tomato paste,cook till it becomes dried.
6.Add mustard and poppy seed paste.
7.Add 6 tbsps grated coconut and slitted green chillies when oil remove from the gravy.
8.Add salt and 1 cup water.
9.Add brinjal pieces.
10.Cover with lid.
11.When gravy thickens,add 2 tbsps grated coconut and corriender leaves.
12.Serve with paratha or luchi.