Chicken Shashlik

Ingredients

500 g boneless chicken breast 

2 capsicum
2 medium onions
2 medium tomatoes
1\4 cups lemon juice
1\2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tbsp. Soya sauce
1 tbsp. hot sauce
oil 4 to 6 tbsp

Ingredients for Sauce:

Chicken stock 1 cup
Chili garlic sauce 4 to 5 tbsp
Tomato ketchup 4 tbsp
Pinch of Orange food color
Garlic 2 tbsp (chopped)
Onions 1 (chopped)
Corn flour 1 tbsp
Oil 2 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method for Sauce:

Heat oil in a pan and fry the chopped onions for 1-2 minutes.
Add the chopped garlic and sauté for another minute.
Now add the salt, chicken stock and chili garlic sauce and cook until the mixture boils.
Mix the corn flour in water and stir the mixture into the stock and cook till it thickens.

Method:

Cut chicken into 1 inch pieces. Place in a bowl with the lemon juice, salt ,black pepper Soya sauce and hot sauce. Mix well,cover and leave to marinate for 2-3 hour.
Cut the onion, capsicum, and tomatoes into small cubes.
Thread, chicken and vegetables closely on bamboo skewers.
Heat oil in a  non-stick frying pan or grill pan Fry skewers for 8-10 minutes or until chicken begin to change its color and the vegetables are soft. Remove from oil and put it on absorbent paper. Alternatively, grill the chicken over hot charcoal.
Serve with plain rice/ Garlic Rice/Egg fried Rice and sauce

Fried Chicken Liver (Spicy)

Ingredients for marination
Chicken liver (Kaleji) half kg
Salt to taste
Yogurt 2 tbsp
Crushed black pepper ½ tsp
Ginger/Garlic paste 1 tsp
Red chilli flakes ½ tsp
Garam masala powder ¼ tsp
Ingredients for frying
Oil 4 tbsp
Crushed black pepper ¼ tsp
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Method
Marinate liver with the marination ingredients leave it aside for atleast 30 minutes.
Heat oil add marinated liver fry till its completely dry and nicely roasted,
Dish out sprinkle lemon juice and black pepper ; Serve immediately !

Mint Lemonade

Ingredients

Diet 7up/ 7up one can
Lots of ice.
I big juicy lemon
Lemon flavored tang or any other drink powder 3 tbsp
3 heaped teaspoon sugar ( more or less depending on taste)
A good handful of fresh mint....

Method

Blend it all up, pour it out, garnish it with a slice of lemon and mint leaves.... lastly SLURRRRRRP!

Mint Lemonade

Grilled Tandoori Fish

Ingredients

Fish Half kg
Salt to taste
Red chilli Powder 1tsp
Coriander Powder 1 tsp
Roasted & crushed Cumin 1 tsp
Lemon juice 4 tbsp
Ginger/Garlic paste 1 tsp
Curd 2 tbsp
Crushed black pepper 1/4 tsp
Shan Tandoori Masala 1 tbsp
Melted Butter 4 tbsp or 2 tbsp oil

Method

Take a bowl and add in all the ingredients and mix well.
Add in the fish pieces and mix well with the marination.
Leave this to marinate for atleast 30 mins.
now bake it or grill it on a non stick grill pan & serve :)

Grilled Tandoori Fish

Chicken Hareesa

Ingredients

Wheat (soaked overnight) ½ kg
Chicken boneless ½ kg
Turmeric ½ tsp
Ginger garlic 2 tbsp
Green chilies grinded 1 tbsp
Black pepper 1 tsp
Salt 1 tbsp
Tomatoes blended 3
For baghar
Oil ½ cup or 4 tbsp heaped ghee
1large onion sliced
Mint chopped 1 bunch
Ginger finely sliced 2 tbsp
Green chilies chopped 6
Brown onion ¼ cup
Garam Masala powder 1 tsp heaped

Method

soak ½ kg wheat over night, boiled in 12 cups of water and ½ tsp of turmeric till tender, cool and blend, boil ½ kg boneless chicken with 2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste, 1 tsp black pepper, blended tomatoes,1 tbsp salt, 1 tbsp grinded green chilies and 4 cups of water till chicken tender, then chopperize chicken, add the chopperize chicken in boiled & blended wheat and garam masala powder mix all well and cook for a while, lastly heat ½ cup oil, add onion,1 bunch chopped mint leaves, 2 tbsp ginger Julian, 6 chopped green chilies fry till golden then pour it in hareesa, mix well and serve hot.

Chicken Hareesa

Gajar ki kalakand

Ingredients

Carrot 1 kg
Sugar 1/2 cup
Reduced milk (Khoya) 500 gm 1/2 kg
Almonds and pistachio sliced 1 tbsp each
Orange food color (powder) 1/4 tsp
green Cardamom powder 1tsp
Ghee 4 to 5 tbsp

Method

Peel Carrots and grate it.
Fill a pan with water and add food color and grated carrot to it and boil for 2 minutes.
Drain, cool,
heat ghee add cardamom,fry for few second then add carrots and fry till water dries up compeltly,
then sugar,cook till sugar melts then add KHOYA and cook till this mixture thickens and starts leaving sides.
then pour the mixture in a greased tray and level it.
Sprinkle almonds and pistachio on top and keep it aside for atleast 5 hours or Refrigerate for 2 hours Cut into pieces and serve.

Gajar ki kalakand 

Crunchy Date n Nut Squares (no bake)

Ingredients

Tea biscuits 200 gms (Crushed)
Dates 250 gms remove seeds
Cream 1/2 cup
Chopped nuts 1 cup (+ 2 tbsp for garnishing) (Almonds,Pistachios,Grated Coconut)
Butter 1 tbsp

Method

Add dates and cream in a blender and make a paste,
Take out this in a mixing bowl and add all the remaining ingredients,Mix really well and spread this mixture on a greased tray and sprinkle 2 tbsp of nuts, refrigerate for a few hours, then cut into squares and store in air tight jar.

Crunchy Date n Nut Squares (no bake)

Chicken Shorba

Ingredients

Wheat ½ kg (soaked overnight)
Turmeric ½ tsp
Chicken ½ kg (boneless)
Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp
Black pepper 1 tsp
Salt 1 tbsp
Green chilies 1 tbsp (grinded)
Tomatoes 3 (blended and sieved)

For Baghar

Oil ½ cup
Mint leaves 1 bunch (chopped)
All spice 1 tsp heaped
Brown onion ¼ cup
Ginger 2 tbsp (julian)
Green chilies 6 (chopped)
Salt to taste

Method

Soak wheat over night and boiled in ½ cups of water and turmeric till tender.
Cool and blend.
Boil chicken with ginger garlic paste,tomato,salt, black pepper, salt, green chilies and 4 cups of water till chicken tender.
Then chopperize chicken and add in blended wheat.
Mix all well and cook till boiling.
Lastly heat oil and add all the ingredients for baghar fry till golden
add to the shorba,
Mix well and serve hot.

Chicken Shorba

Creamy Fruit Chaat

Ingredients

Grapes 1 cup
Chickpeas 1 cup (boiled)
Fruit cocktail 1 can
Potato 1 (boiled)
Apples 2 (sliced)
Mangoes 2 (cubed)
Peaches 2 (sliced)
Bananas 4 (sliced)
Guava 4 (sliced)
Cream 2 packets (chilled)
Salt ½ tsp
Black pepper ¼ tsp
Caster sugar 4 tbsp
Chaat Masala 1, ½ tsp

Method

In a bowl mix together grapes, chickpeas, fruit cocktail, potato, apples, mangoes, peaches, bananas, guava, cream, caster sugar, black pepper, salt and chaat spice.
Mix well and serve chilled.

Creamy Fruit Chaat

(Bottle Gourd /Lauki aur sago dana ki kheer

Ingredients

Milk 5 cups
Sago dana 3 tbsp Soaked in 1/4 cup water
Bottle Gourd/lauki 2 cups grated
Sugar ½ cup
Custard powder1 tbsp  dissolved in 2tbsp of milk
Rose essence ½ tsp
Green color few drops
Almond and pistachios as required (sliced)

Method

Heat milk add soaked sago dana and cook for 10 minutes
Add grated lauki cook for 10 minutes till tender
Add sugar and custard powder mixture
Cook till thick
Lastly add food color, essence, sliced almond and pistachios and remove.
Serve chilled.

(Bottle Gourd /Lauki aur sago dana ki kheer

Yakitori Chicken

Ingredients

Boneless Chicken 1/2 kg
Spring onins 10 stalks
Salt to taste

Ingredients for yakitori sauce

Soya sauce 1cup
powdered jaggery 1/2 cup
white vinegar 5 tbsp
lemon juice 3 tbsp
Refined flour dissolved in water 1 ibsp

Method for sauce

put all the ingredients of sauce (except flour,in a sauce pan and cook with little water,
when it comes to boil add flour and cook till thick.

for chicken

Dice chicken.cut green part of spring onions inti small pieces.
Immerse chicken pieces and onions into sauce;skewer then on bar b q sticks and keep in a tray.
Bake for 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 200c
During baking process brush sticks atleast twice with yakitori sauce.
Serve with plain rice and yakitori sauce.

Yakitori Chicken

Chicken with Garlic and Vegetables

Ingredients

Boneless chicken 300gms
Capsicum 1
Carrot 1
Cauli flower 1 small
Green chillies 4
Garlic 12 cloves
Corriander leaves 1/4 bunch
Spring onoins 2
Crushed black pepper 1 tbsp
Chilli garlic sauce 1 tbsp
Worcestershire sauce 2 tbsp
Corn flour 2 tbsp (dissolved in 4tbsp water)
water 1 cup
salt to taste
oil 4 tbsp

Method

Cut Chicken,Garlic and all vegetables into small pieces.
Heat oil in a pan ;fry garlic till golden and add chicken.
Add vegetables when chicken changes the colour. Cook for few minutes,then add all spices and sauce.
Cook for 5 minutes;add water.When water boils add corn flour and cook on high flam for 5 minutes.
When done Serve hot with plain white rice or Garlic bread.

Chicken with Garlic and Vegetables

Chi Tan T'ang (Egg Drop Soup)

Ingredients

3 (500g) containers chicken stock, such as Joubere
2 tablespoons cornflour
2 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 spring onion, minced
3 eggs, beaten

Method

In a large saucepan, heat chicken stock. Mix cornflour with a small amount of water, and stir into stock. Add soy sauce, vinegar and spring onion. Bring to a boil, then simmer, stirring occasionally. Gradually pour the beaten eggs into the saucepan while stirring vigorously. Serve immediately.

Chi Tan T'ang (Egg Drop Soup)

Lemony Chicken Noodle Soup with Ginger, Chilli & Cilantro

Ingredients

1 lemon
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 tsp. finely grated fresh ginger
2 serrano chiles, stemmed, halved, and seeded
6 cups homemade or canned low-salt chicken broth
4 oz. fresh Chinese egg noodles
2 Tbs. fish sauce (preferably Thai Kitchen brand); more to taste
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast half, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices (this is easier if the chicken is partially frozen)

Method

Finely grate 1 tsp. of zest from the lemon and put in a small dish. Add the cilantro and ginger, and mix together. Cut the zested lemon in half and squeeze it to obtain 3 Tbs. of juice.
Thinly slice two of the chile halves crosswise.
In a large saucepan, bring the broth to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the lemon juice, noodles, fish sauce, and the 2 remaining chile halves to the boiling stock. Reduce the heat, cover, and simmer the soup until the noodles are almost cooked, about 3 min.

Remove the chile halves. Stir in the chicken and chile slices and return to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat, making sure the chicken slices are just cooked through. Taste and add a touch more fish sauce, if you like. Divide the soup evenly among four serving bowls. Divide the cilantro mixture among the bowls, stir, and serve.

Lemony Chicken Noodle Soup with Ginger, Chilli & Cilantro

Lauki Raita

Ingredients

Bottle gourd grated250 gm
Yogurt1 cup
Sugar1 tsp
Red chili powder½ tsp
Salt to taste
Green coriander chopped¼ cup
Cumin seeds, roasted ground 1 tsp

Method

In a deep pan, heat 2 cups of water to boiling. Add the grated bottle gourd to this boiling water and stir. Cook for 1 minute and strain. Allow the bottle gourd to cool. When cool, press down in the colander to squeeze out all excess liquid.
Put the yogurt, sugar, red chili powder, salt to taste and chopped coriander in a mixing bowl and blend till smooth.
Add the cooled bottle gourd, cumin powder and stir to blend.
Chill in the refrigerator and serve.

Lauki Raita

Hawaiian Chicken Salad

Ingredients

Chicken boiled and cubed 2 cups
Sweet corn 1 cup
Pineapple tidbits 1 cup
Capsicum 1 cut into cubes
Apple 1 cut in cubes
Salt ½ tsp
Black pepper ½ tsp
Bread 2 slices fried into croutons
Mayonnaise 4 tbsp

Ingredients for French dressing

Oil ¼ cup
Vinegar 2 tbsp
Garlic paste ½ tsp
Salt ¼ tsp
Pepper ¼ tsp
Mustard ½ tsp

Method for French dressing

Put all together in a jar and shake well, use immediately.
Method
Combine all the ingredients together, mix well, serve over a bed of salad leaves, garnish with croutons.

Hawaiian Chicken Salad

Masala Milk

Ingredients:

· Almonds - 6 to 8
· Cashews - 5
· Pistachios - 5
· Milk - 2 to 3 cups
· Cinnamom - 1
· Cloves - 2
· Cardamom - 2
· Saffron strands - a few
· Sugar - 1 to 2 tbsp
· Pepper pwd - a pinch
· Turmeric pwd - a pinch

Method

Soak almonds in hot water for about 10 to 15 mins along with cashews and pistachios.
 Peel the skin of almonds and drain the other nuts.
 Grind the almonds along with other nuts in little milk to smooth paste.
 Heat milk in a thick bottomed vessel.
Allow it to boil and add cinnamon, cloves and cardamom.
Simmer for about 10 mins.
Discard the spices by filtering the milk.
Now add ground almond and other nuts paste.
Take care to stir continuously while boiling, so that it does not burn at the bottom of the vessel.
Add few saffron strands and simmer for 6 to 8 mins.
Add turmeric pwd, sugar and pepper pwd (optional )
Mix well.
Allow to boil in low flame for few minutes.
Pour it in a glass and garnish with chopped nuts and saffron & Serve.
It is best served as hot in winter and cold in summer.

Masala Milk

Garlic Cheese Chicken Rollups

Ingredients

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 cup dried bread crumbs, seasoned
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 (7 ounce) package garlic cheese spread

Method

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).Pound chicken breasts until thinned out. In a shallow dish or bowl mix together bread crumbs and cheese. Dip one side of each breast into melted butter or margarine, then into crumb/cheese mixture. Place a dollop of cheese spread at one end of each chicken breast, on the side of the breast not dipped in the mixture. Roll up each breast and secure with toothpicks.Place rollups in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish and drizzle any remaining butter or margarine over all. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until cooked through and juices run clear.

Garlic Cheese Chicken Rollups

Strawberry colada

Strawberry colada

Ingredients

Strawberry 1 cup
Coconut milk powder 3 tbsp
Pineapple juice 1 cup
Sugar 2 tbsp
Ice cubes 1 cup
Desiccated coconut 1 tbsp
Vanilla ice cream 2 scoops
Strawberry essence 2 to 3 drops

Method

Blend altogether serves immediately.

Melt in Your Mouth Chicken Breasts

Ingredients

• 4 boneless chicken breast halves
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• 1 1/2 teaspoons seasoning salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder

Method

1. Mix mayonnaise, cheese and seasonings.
2. Spread mixture over chicken breast and place in baking dish.
3. Bake at 375°F for 45 minutes.
4. Serve hot with Garlic Sauce ,Garlic Bread & Steamed Vegetables.

Melt in Your Mouth Chicken Breasts