Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Top Ramen Noodles

2 blocks top ramen
1. 5 big onions
1 very small tomato
lots of carrots peas

Heat oil. Add onion, carrots and tomatoes.
Once cooked add peas and the top ramen masale
I cook for nearly 40 mins till evrything is nicely cooked and the masala has blended well with the veggies
add the noodles and heat till cooked.

Chilli Chicken

My recipe is a mix of what my sister in law taught and what i saw the vahchef do in his chilli chicken recipe

Ingredients

Group 1
250 gms chicken thigh pieces - cut in to small pieces
Ginger garlic paste (grind around 20 small garlic fingers with around 2.5 inches long ginger)
chilli sauce - 1 spoon
soy sauce 2 spoons
tomato sauce 1.5 spoons
1 egg white
chilli powder 1/2 spoon
maida 1 spoon
pepper powder 1/4 spoon
salt

Mix all the above ingredients well and let it marinate overnight.Then fry the pieces and keep aside (The pieces should be soft and not overly brown)

Group 2
capsicum - 1/2
onion -1/2
red chillies - 2 (diagonally cut with scissors as how the vahchef does it)
finely chopped ginger and garlic - half a handful
soy sauce - 2 spoons
chilli garlic sauce - 1 spoon
corn flour mixture - 3-4 spoons
spring onion to garnish - 3
pepper powder 1/2 spoon
vinegar - dash

1.Heat sesame oil. Add red chillies and the gg mixture
2.Add soy sauce, vinegar, chilli garlic sauce ,capsicum and onion
3. Once the capsicum is cooked (still lil crispy though),add corn flour as thickening agent. Once the raw flour smell goes away, add chicken fried before.
5. mix well and add the finely chopped spring onions

Tandoori Paneer

Ingredients

200 gms paneer
Tanddori masala - 3 spoons
chilli powder
chaat masala 1/2 spoon
ginger garlic paste 1/2 spoon
curd 3 spoons
garam masala 1/2 spoon
jeera powder 1 1/2 spoons
lemon juice


Mix all the above ingredients and marinate.

Place in oven and heat for few minutes. Then toss the paneer and let it cook for 5 minutes.

Palak Tofu

Ingredients

1 box spinach
1/2 box medium firm tofu (get the tofu thats made from soy thats not genetically engineered)
Jeera - 1 spoon
garlic - 2 big fingers
onion -1/2
tomato -1/2
ginger garlic paste 1 spoon
garam masala 1 spoon
rasam powder - 1/2
chilli powder 1 spoon

Gobi Paratha

Ingredients

1 Onion
6 green chillies (Indian chillies finely chopped)
1 cauliflower
cilantro - 1 handful
aamchoor powder - 1spoon
kasuri methi 1 spoon
red chill powder 1/2 spoon
ginger garlic paste - 1spoon
lime juice
garam masala - 1/2 spoon
few mint leaves (around half a handful)

Steps
1. Grate the cauliflower in a food processor
2. Heat oil in a tawa, add onion ,gg paste and green chillies
3. Add grated cauliflower.
4. Once the onion is well cooked, add the masalas (except kasuri methi)
5. Open cook till cauliflower is well cooked. Add kasuri methi.
6. add lime juice
7. Roll a chapati.Place a big spoon of the filling in it and spread it on one half. Now folder over the chapti. Seal the edges.Cook