Friday, August 6, 2010

BREAD SAMOSA



INGREDIENTS:

BREAD -10 SLICES

POTATOES - 1/2 LB

ONION - 1/2 PIECE

CHILLIES - 6 SMALL

CURRY LEAVES - 1 STEM

URAD DAL - ½  TSP

CHANNA DAL - ½ TSP

MUSTARD  SEEDS - ¼  TSP

CUMIN SEEDS - ¼  TSP

GINGER - ¼  TSP(PASTE)

GARLIC - ¼ TSP(PASTE)


CORIANDER POWDER - 1 TBLSP

TURMERIC POWDER - ¼ TSP

OIL - 3 TBLSP (NEED MORE OIL FOR FRYING THE SAMOSAS)
        
SALT - TO TASTE

CORN FLORE - 2TBLSP

FOOD COLOR - ¼ TSP

Cut potato,onions, chillies into medium pieces


Place a pan on the stove. Add 3tblsp of oil, then add MUSTARD  SEEDS, CUMIN SEEDS, URAD DAL, CHANNA DAL, mix them while adding. Then add CURRY LEAVES.


Now add the onions and chillies and fry until golden brown. Add the potato pieces and mix well. Now add turmeric powder and salt to taste. Mix well and place a lid and cook for 7 min on medium flame. Now add coriander powder and ginger garlic paste, mix well and cook for 2 min.



Now remove into a bowl and  smash the potato pieces  and make it as a medium paste.


Take the bread slices and remove the edges and cut each slice into four pieces


Now take a square cut  bread slice and stuff  the potato curry and fold it like a triangle shape. Take a bowel  add some corn flour. Make batter adding water (optional: add food color for nice look). Heat a pan with oil for frying samosas. Now dip the stuffed bread into corn flour and fry them in oil.


































Bread Samosas are ready to serve -

Bread Snack



This is a simple Bread Snack, you can have it in the morning for breakfast or as a snack in the evening, very simple and quick process, lets see...


INGREDIENTS:


BREAD - 8 SLICES


MILK - 2 TBLSP


EGGS - 2


SUGAR - 2 TSP


HONEY - TO TASTE


CRANBERRIES - 4 TO 5 SLICED


BUTTER - 1TBLSP


Take the bread slices and cut them into triangle shape.






Take a bowel and add 2 eggs, sugar and milk, then mix well until the sugar dissolve






Take a flat pan and heat it then add little butter








Dip the bread slice in the egg mix, then slowly put it on the pan and fry on both sides.






Once all the pieces are fried, take them into a plate and decorate with cranberries and honey.






That's it. Now it is ready to serve -


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Tender Chicken Dry Curry



No matter what recipe you make with chicken, it has its own taste and satisfies ones taste buds. I am going to introduce here a unique recipe - Tender Chicken Dry Curry - adds spice to your buds, follow me..


INGREDIENTS  :

CHICKEN - 1 lb or 1/2kg

OIL - 4 TBLSP

MUSTARD - ¼ TSP

GINGER - ½ INCH

GARLIC - 3 SLICES

GREEN CHILLIES - 5

CURRY LEAF - 1 STEM

CASHEW NUTS - FEW

SALT - TO TASTE

CHILLI POWDER - TO TASTE

TURMERIC POWDER - ¼ TSP

ONION - 2 BIG

CARDAMOM - 3

CLOVES - 4

CINNAMOM STICK - ¼ INCH

CORIANDER POWDER - 3 TBLSP

CUMINSEED - ¼ TBLSP

CORIANDER - FOR GARNISHING

 






Preparation -


If you got the Ginger Garlic ready made paste, you don't need the Ginger/Garlic mentioned above. Otherwise, make the paste of above said ginger and garlic and keep a side.


Basic Masala Powder - Make dry powder of Cardmoms, Cloves and Cinnamon and keep a side.


Make onion paste (do NOT add water while making the paste) and keep a side.


Now take a pan, add 2 tblspn oil. After heating add green chilies (take care, its going to pop a bit) then add ginger garlic paste, then curry leaves.






Fry them a bit and then add the chicken pieces. Mix them well and then add salt, red chilli powder and turmeric powder.






After two minutes, add 1/4 tsp of Basic Masala Powder then keep the lid and let it cook on medium heat for 10 minutes.










On another stove, place another pan and add 2 tblspn of oil. After heating add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and cahew nuts. Fry them a bit and then add onion paste. Cook on a medium flame for 5 min and then add little bit of turmeric, salt and red chilli powder (this can be added based on taste and spice level). Cook for another 5 minutes until the water in the onion paste is evaporated and paste becomes golden/red color.








Now add the cooked onion pate to the cooked chicken, mix well.








Now add coriander powder, and 1/4tsp of Basic Masala Powder (optional : you can add little orange food color)








Now keep the lid and let it cook for another 5 min on medium flame. Add the last but not least - the tomato pieces and cook for 3 min on low flame.








The curry is almost ready - remove to a bowl, garnish with Coriander - start serving...






Tidbits - If the spice level is high in the curry, add fresh lemon juice little bit to have additional aroma and taste.