Kitchen Belch!!! : Khatta Meetha Baingan Aloo

Kitchen Belch!!! : Khatta Meetha Baingan Aloo: This recipe is one of the hot favourites in my house.My husband loves this with his ghee paranthas and so does my little princess who is 1...

Khatta Meetha Baingan Aloo

This recipe is one of the hot favourites in my house.My husband loves this with his ghee paranthas and so does my little princess who is 18 months old.She loves to pick the potatoes and eat them.Hope you all would enjoy making ,cooking and eating this curry.

Ingredients:
Brinjals: 1/2 kg chopped lengthwise
Onions:2 Medium chopped into juliennes
Potatoes:2 Medium diced
Fenugreek Seeds(Methi/Menthulu):1tsp
Urad dal(Minnapa Pappu):1 tsp
Mustard Seeds:1 tsp
Red Chilli Powder:1.5 tsp
Garam Masala:1/2 tsp
Dhania Powder:1 tsp
Zeera: 1 tsp
Turmeric:1 tsp
Green Chillies: 2 slit
Salt: As per your taste
Oil: To cook
Amchur: 2 tsp
Jaggery(Gud/Bellam):2 or 3 small cubes
Coriander: To garnish

Method:
In a kadhai heat some oil.Put in mustard seeds.Let it splutter.Add urad dal, methi seeds,zeera,urad dal,green chillies and onions.Saute them till they are glassy.Add in the potatoes and then the brinjals.Add the turmeric,red chillie powder,garam masala,dhania powder.Let it cook for sometime till the potatoes are cooked.Now add salt and mix the curry.Let it cook on medium flame.Add the amchur and jaggery.Cook it for another 3 mins and take it off the flame.Garnish it with coriander and serve it hot with dal chawal or rotis.

Kitchen Belch!!! : Baked Pasta with white sauce

Kitchen Belch!!! : Baked Pasta with white sauce:
This is a recipie which I am dedicating to my mom and my brother .I had learnt this recipie from them and then modified it in my own way ..Hope you all would enjoy relishing the yummy pasta..

Ingredients: Pasta : 200 gms Butter: 2 tbsps Red Bell Pepper: 1 Big pepper chopped in juliennes Green Bell Pepper: 1 Big pepper chopped...

Kitchen Belch!!! : Baked Pasta with white sauce

Kitchen Belch!!! : Baked Pasta with white sauce:
This is a recipie which I am dedicating to my mom and my brother .I had learnt this recipie from them and then modified it in my own way ..Hope you all would enjoy relishing the yummy pasta..

Ingredients: Pasta : 200 gms Butter: 2 tbsps Red Bell Pepper: 1 Big pepper chopped in juliennes Green Bell Pepper: 1 Big pepper chopped...

Kitchen Belch!!! : Spaghetti Bolongonese

This recipe is my favourite.I enjoy making this as much as I love eating it.This was on my menu for Valentines Day .Though this is made with meat balls and mince meat.I had modified it a little by using chicken sausages cut in small circles.You can choose chicken or pork sausages whichever you prefer.
Kitchen Belch!!! : Spaghetti Bolongonese: Ingredients: Spaghetti:500 gms Tomato Puree:2cups Onions: 1 large chopped very finely\ Garlic: 2 pods chopped finely Bay leaves(Tez pa...

Kitchen Belch!!! : Palak,Methi Chicken Curry

Kitchen Belch!!! : Palak,Methi Chicken Curry: Ingrdients: Chicken: 1 kg Onions: 2 large chopped into juliennes or fine Green chillies: 5 slit Garlic ginger paste: 1 tbsp Turmeric:1...

Palak,Methi Chicken Curry

Ingrdients:
Chicken: 1 kg
Onions: 2 large chopped into juliennes or fine
Green chillies: 5 slit
Garlic ginger paste: 1 tbsp
Turmeric:1.5 tsp
Red Chilli Powder: 2 to 2.5 tsps'
Pepper corns:4-5
Salt:As per your taste
Palak(Spinach) : 1 bunch washed 
Methi: 1 bunch washed
Tomato:1 large chopped  finely
Garam Masala:1 tsp
Dhania powder: 1.5 tsp
Bay leaf : 1
Cloves:4
Cardamom:4
Cinnamon: 1/2 inch stick
Coriander:1bunch
Lime:1
Curd:2 tbsp
Oil:to cook

Method:
Wash the chicken properly.Marinate the chicken with salt,turmeric,red chilli powder,garam masala,dhaniya powder,garlic ginger paste,lime and curd.Set it aside for 30 mins to 1 hour.

In a kadhai heat 2 tbsps oil and saute the onions,tomatoes and green chillies.Cool it under the fan after you take it off from fire.
In a blender or a mixie jar put the sauted onions ,tomatoes and green chillies along with palak,methi,coriander.Make it into a fine paste.

In the same kadhai add a little oil.Now add the bay,leaf,cinnamon,cloves,peppercorns,cardamom.To this add the ground paste.Cook till the oil separates.Now add the marinated chicken.Fry the chicken till it browns.Now add some water and cook  it till the chicken is cooked completly from inside.To check if the chicken has cooked completly from inside- use a knife/toothpick or a fork and pierce it into a piece of chicken and it should come out clean - nothing should stick on the knife/toothpick /fork.
Take it out in a serving bowl and garnish it with a dollop of fresh cream.

Serve hot with rotis or zeera pulao.

Note:
You can add potatoes cut in quarters.I add them as I have a 18 month old daughter who loves them that way.Same recipie can be made substituting chicken with mutton.