Cooking had never been a part of my day till I got married and moved to Muscat.Newly married and as the saying goes 'A way to man's heart is through his stomach' -this saying is what developed an interest which in turn became a passion.I love cooking for my loved ones.Now after 4 years of marital bliss n a 3 year old I choose to turn my passion for cooking and baking professionally.
Friday 14 February 2014
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...
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!!! : 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...
Wednesday 12 February 2014
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.
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.
Spaghetti Bolongonese
Ingredients:
Spaghetti:500 gms
Tomato Puree:2cups
Onions: 1 large chopped very finely\
Garlic: 2 pods chopped finely
Bay leaves(Tez patta):1tsp powdered
Oregano:1tsp
Basil:1 tbsp
Butter:2 tbsp
Olive oil:1 tbsp
Cheese: grated 1 cup
Pepper:As per your taste
Salt: As per your taste
Water
Meat Balls:
Mutton Mince(Kheema): 250 gms
Cheese:grated 1 cup
Onions: 1 large chopped finely
Garlic:2 large pod chopped finely
Salt: As per your taste
Pepper: As per your taste
Basil: 1tsp
Bay leaves (Tez patta): 1tsp
Oil:to fry
Method:
Cook the spaghetti as per packet instructions.
In a bowl mix the ingredients to make meat balls one after the other.Mix it well into a dough like form and rolls them into balls.Now take a deep sauce pan,pour the oil to deep fry the meat balls.Once fried put them onto an absorbent paper.
In another saucepan.heat the butter and olive oil.Add the garlic, onions and saute them.Now add the tomato puree.once its half cooked add the basil,oregano,bay leaves,salt and pepper.Please check on salt as you have already added in the meat balls.Be a little careful while adding salt as it might make it very salty.Now add the fried meat balls and bring it to boil.You can add a little water if you think the sauce is very thick. Once cooked take it out in a serving bowl
Plate the spaghetti with a serving of the meat ball sauce and grated cheese garnished with basil leaf and a drizzle of olive oil.
Serve hot
Note:
Be a little careful while adding salt to the sauce as you would add it in the meat balls.Be a little cautious so that the sauce doesnt get too salty.Vegetarians can use soya granules as it has got the same texture as mutton mince.
Spaghetti:500 gms
Tomato Puree:2cups
Onions: 1 large chopped very finely\
Garlic: 2 pods chopped finely
Bay leaves(Tez patta):1tsp powdered
Oregano:1tsp
Basil:1 tbsp
Butter:2 tbsp
Olive oil:1 tbsp
Cheese: grated 1 cup
Pepper:As per your taste
Salt: As per your taste
Water
Meat Balls:
Mutton Mince(Kheema): 250 gms
Cheese:grated 1 cup
Onions: 1 large chopped finely
Garlic:2 large pod chopped finely
Salt: As per your taste
Pepper: As per your taste
Basil: 1tsp
Bay leaves (Tez patta): 1tsp
Oil:to fry
Method:
Cook the spaghetti as per packet instructions.
In a bowl mix the ingredients to make meat balls one after the other.Mix it well into a dough like form and rolls them into balls.Now take a deep sauce pan,pour the oil to deep fry the meat balls.Once fried put them onto an absorbent paper.
In another saucepan.heat the butter and olive oil.Add the garlic, onions and saute them.Now add the tomato puree.once its half cooked add the basil,oregano,bay leaves,salt and pepper.Please check on salt as you have already added in the meat balls.Be a little careful while adding salt as it might make it very salty.Now add the fried meat balls and bring it to boil.You can add a little water if you think the sauce is very thick. Once cooked take it out in a serving bowl
Plate the spaghetti with a serving of the meat ball sauce and grated cheese garnished with basil leaf and a drizzle of olive oil.
Serve hot
Note:
Be a little careful while adding salt to the sauce as you would add it in the meat balls.Be a little cautious so that the sauce doesnt get too salty.Vegetarians can use soya granules as it has got the same texture as mutton mince.
Baked Pasta with white sauce
Ingredients:
Pasta : 200 gms
Butter: 2 tbsps
Red Bell Pepper: 1 Big pepper chopped in juliennes
Green Bell Pepper: 1 Big pepper chopped in juliennes
Yellow Bell Pepper: 1 Big Pepper chopped in juliennes
Onion : 2 Medium chopped in juliennes
Mushrooms: 50 gms washed,cleaned and sliced
Salt : As per your taste
Pepper:As per your taste
Cheese:Grated 1cup
White Sauce:
Milk:1 cup
All Purpose Flour: 2tbsps
Butter:50 gms
Salt: 2 pinches
Pepper:1/2 tsp
Method:
Cook the pasta as per the packet instructions.In a saucepan heat the butter and the onions n saute them till they are glassy.No add the chopped veggies one after the other and saute them till they are slightly moist.Now add the pasta to the sauted vegetables.Add salt,pepper and give it a toss.Set it aside.
White Sauce:
In another sauce pan heat the butter.In a glass mix the flour n milk till the flour dissolves.Now pour the thick milk and flour mixture into the saucepan.Add a little milk if you think the sauce is very thick.Add 2 pinches of salt and pepper.
Now take a microwave dish and layer it .Start it with a little sauce in the dish,pasta ,sauce and cheese.Continue the layering in the same way till the top of the dish.On the top layer,cover it with grated cheese.Now place this dish in the microwave for 5-10 mins till the cheese melts.Take it out of the microwave after its standing time of 5 mins and garnish it with a fresh basil leaf.Serve hot.
Note:
If you dont want to bake the pasta ,you can omit the baking step.Non veg eaters can add shredded chicken or meat.
Pasta : 200 gms
Butter: 2 tbsps
Red Bell Pepper: 1 Big pepper chopped in juliennes
Green Bell Pepper: 1 Big pepper chopped in juliennes
Yellow Bell Pepper: 1 Big Pepper chopped in juliennes
Onion : 2 Medium chopped in juliennes
Mushrooms: 50 gms washed,cleaned and sliced
Salt : As per your taste
Pepper:As per your taste
Cheese:Grated 1cup
White Sauce:
Milk:1 cup
All Purpose Flour: 2tbsps
Butter:50 gms
Salt: 2 pinches
Pepper:1/2 tsp
Method:
Cook the pasta as per the packet instructions.In a saucepan heat the butter and the onions n saute them till they are glassy.No add the chopped veggies one after the other and saute them till they are slightly moist.Now add the pasta to the sauted vegetables.Add salt,pepper and give it a toss.Set it aside.
White Sauce:
In another sauce pan heat the butter.In a glass mix the flour n milk till the flour dissolves.Now pour the thick milk and flour mixture into the saucepan.Add a little milk if you think the sauce is very thick.Add 2 pinches of salt and pepper.
Now take a microwave dish and layer it .Start it with a little sauce in the dish,pasta ,sauce and cheese.Continue the layering in the same way till the top of the dish.On the top layer,cover it with grated cheese.Now place this dish in the microwave for 5-10 mins till the cheese melts.Take it out of the microwave after its standing time of 5 mins and garnish it with a fresh basil leaf.Serve hot.
Note:
If you dont want to bake the pasta ,you can omit the baking step.Non veg eaters can add shredded chicken or meat.
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