My Kitchen : Simple Chicken Curry

Friends,

Presenting herewith 2nd recipe in the category of CHUTNY..I think all of you would like it !!!

Things required : (for 4/5 persons)

1. Chicken jointed about 1 kg.
2. 3 Medium onions
3. 1/2 tsp ginger- garlic paste
4. 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
5. 1 tsp cummin powder
6. 2 tsp coriander powder1/2 tsp red chilly powder
7. 1 tsp ginger powder
8. 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
9. 1 tsp garam masala powder
10. 2 bay leaves
11. 10 cloves
12. 8 green cardamoms
13. 1 tsp salt

How to do?(preparation):

Wash the chicken pieces well, and drain, putting the liver aside chop the onions roughly.

Mix the ginger garlic paste and the spice powders in a small bowl with about 1/4 cup water to a thin paste.

Method:

Heat the oil, burning it if using mustered oil. Lower the heat throw in the whole spices and the bay leaves, and fry for for a minute or so till fragrant. Add the mixed spice paste put in the chicken pieces and toss over medium heat for a

couple minutes.

Put in the chicken pieces and toss over medium heat for a few minutes. Add the salt and 1/2 cup water bring slowly to the boil and cook till chicken is tender0-1 minutes without depending on the size of the chicken pieces. Reduce the gravy or thin it down with a little water until consistency you like.

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My Kitchen : Aloo Pizza

One of the master piece in the history of Cooking. Just try it and taste it!

Things Required:(For 2 Servings)

1 Pizza Base - white or brown as per your choice.

For the Topping:

1. 1 to 2 Cups of Aloo Mash
2. 10 to 12 French beans cut into one inch pieces - optional
3. 2 tsp of pizza spice
4. 2 to 3 tbsp of pizza topping
5. 1 cup of grated cheese
6. salt of taste

Method:

Place the aloo mash in a mixing bowl.Add the salt and the pizza spice.Mix with your fingers, Now mix in three fourths cup of water and mix with your fingers gently. At this stage also mix in 1 tsp of the pizza topping. If you are using the beans then saute the beans in a nonstick pan for 2/3 minutes and add aloo mixture. keep the mixture aside.

Spread the rest of the pizza topping on the pizza base. spread the prepared aloo mixtures on this Top with the grated cheese. Heat an oven to 180 degree c and bake the pizza in the oven for 10- 12 minutes or until the cheese has melted.

Serve piping hot. To give the pizza more variety.you can add one cup of vegetables with mash.

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Mixed Vegetable Soup

I would like to wish to offer a taste soup. Yeah! It is a Mixed Vegetable Soup.

Ingredients (For 5-6 Servings):

2 Medium onions

2 cloves garlic

2 large potatoes

1/2 kg vegetables - (capsicums, french beans tomatoes, mushrooms, celery, spinach, green peas, turnips.)

1 tbsp bland oil or butter

2 bay leaves

1/2 tsp black pepper powder

1 tsp salt

5 cups any stock or water

A small bunch fresh coriander leaves

Preparation:

Slice the onions. Chop or crush the garlic, if used. Peel wash and cut the potatoes in medium dice wash and prepare the other vegetables as given in the recipe for vegetables stock and chop roughly. Wash and chop the green herb.

Method:

Heat the oil over medium heat in a heavy-bottomed pan or pressure cooker, lower the heat, add the onions, cover and cook till soft and translucent.

Add the rest of ingredients except the stock or water and herb. Toss over medium heat for a few minutes.

Pour in the stock or water, bring up to the boil and cook till the vegetable are well softened. If using the pressure cooker, cook under pressure for 5 minutes, release the pressure and simmer for a further 15 minutes.

Stir the green herb, if used, and mash or blend the soup to a pure.

Reheat till piping hot and serve immediately.

Variations: Reduce the amount of stock by about 1 and half cups, and after blending the soup add the same quantity of milk.

• You can use any one vegetable along with the onions and potatoes, and the same basic recipe to make for example, Celery Soup, Green Pea Soup, Carrot Soup, or Spinach Soup. Spinach Soup is improved by the addition of a grated nutmeg.

• You can hardly have a better Tomato Soup than one made as above using only 1-2 onions, 3-4 medium potatoes and 6-8 medium tomatoes. Tomatoes being so full of water, you may like to reduce the amount of water or stock. The inclusion of mint, dill or basil, coarsely chopped and added just before pureeing, lifts it int0 the gourmet class.

• The classic cold soup Vichyssoise is exactly this recipe, using only 3-4 potatoes and 1/2 kg leeks, if available, otherwise use spring onions or regular onions. Chill and stir in 1/2 cup cream just before serving. If served hot it is called Potage Bonne Femme and can be enriched with cream or 25 gms butter.

• You can invent your own variations: Mushroom and Green Peas; Celery and Turnip; Capsicum and Leeks; Spinach and Carrot - just endless possibilities.

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Kolhapur Special Misal Pav : Spicy Curry With Bread

This is a traditional Indian dish sold in the streets of Mumbai, Pune and parts of Maharashtra, India. It consists of spicy curry usually made of chick peas and chilly powder gravy.

The final dish is topped with Punjabi Mix or Sev (Indian noodles), onions, lemon and coriander (cilantro). It is usually served with bread toasted with butter. The dish is inexpensive and a poor man's meal.

The best Misal Pav available is at Thane outside Mamledar Office. Usually the Pav served is a Bun Pav, but in Kolhapur it is a Sandwich bread.

Puneri Misal, as name suggest from Pune is also tasty. Shree Datta Guru Snacks at Panvel have a delightful Misal Pav. We have experienced it some days back.

Misal Pav in Shree Datta Snacks Spot near Goregaon Station (East) is also very tasty.

Ingredients:

Sesame Seeds (Til) – ½ tsp
Poppy Seeds (Mohri) – ½ tsp
Grated Coconut (Naral)– 2 tablespoons
Coriander Seeds (Dhane) – ½ tsp
Salt (Meeth) – to taste
Potato (Batatae)– 2 nos
Curds (Ambat Dahi ) – 1 tablespoon
Garlic (Ale) – 10gms
Onion (Kanda) – 4 nos
Tomato – 2 nos
Sprouts (Moad aleli Matki)– 50 gms
Coriander leaves (Kothimbir) – 2 springs
Oil (Tel) – 4 tablespoon
Bread – 8 Slices
Garam Masala – 1tsp
Chilli Powder – to taste
Chiwada & Shev – 50 to 100 gms

Method:

Soak the sprouts 24 hr. before you make missal. Boil Peal & keep the potatoes aside. Grind together Ginger, Garlic, Popy Seed, Seasm seeds, Coconut Coriander Seeds, Coriander Leaves into fine paste.

Fine chop onion and tomato. Take vessel and heat oil, add chopped tomato, onion, garam masala powder, chilli powder & then add grinded masala. Fry well till it leaves oil. Leave water from sprouts & add to fry masala, add fresh water, add salt to taste & cook well.

To Serve:

1. Take bowl add small cubes of boil potato

2. Top with shev and chiwada add prepared sprout curry to it.

3. Garnish with chopped onion & curd.

4. Serve Hot with two bread slices.

Just have a fun with Kolhapuri Misal Pav!!!

You can get tasty Misal Pav at following locations:

०१. अण्णा बेडेकर, पुणे
०२. मनशक्ति केंद्र, लोणावळा
०३. मामलेदार, ठाणे
०४. मूनमून मिसळ, डोंबिवली
०५. संजीवनी – माडिवाले कॉलोनी, टिळक रोड
०६. रामनाथ – साहित्य परिषदेजवळ, टिळक रोड
०७. श्री – शनिपारजवळ
०८. नेवले – चिंचवड
०९. जयश्री – बजाज ऑटो आकुर्डी समोर
१०. दत्ता स्नँक्स – पलसपे फाटा
११. कुंजविहारी – ठाणे स्टेशन
१२. जुन्नर बस स्टैंड
१३. फडतरे, कलानागरी
१४. अनंताश्रम, जेल रोड, इंदोर
१५. गोखले उपहार गृह, ठाणे
१६. भगवानदास, नासिक
१७. गरवारे कॉलेज समोर – काटाकिर्र, पुणे
१८. प्रकाश, दादर
१९. दत्तात्रय, दादर
२०. वृन्दावन, दादर
२१. आस्वाद, दादर
२२. आनंदाश्रम, दादर
२३. मामा काने
२४. आदर्श, दादर
२५. समर्थ दादर (पूर्व)
२६. पणशीकर (गिरगांव)
२७. विनय (गिरगांव)
२८. बालाजी स्नँक्स सेंटर – चिंचवड
२९. शामसुंदर – सातपुर एम.आय.डि.सी. (खुप चांगली आणि टेस्टी मिसळ) नासिक
३०. अंबिका – पंचवटी कारंजा (काळ्या मसाल्याची मिसळ), नाशिक
३१. तुषार – कॉलेज रोड (गोड ब्राम्हण मिसळ)
३२. कमला विजय – दहिपुल (गोड ब्राम्हण मिसळ)
३३. गारवा – अंबड (लाल मिसळ) नासिक
३४. अलंकर – मेन रोड (मिसळीपेक्षा रस्सा मस्त), नासिक
३५. गुरुदत्त – शिंगाडा तलाव (कच्चा मसाला मिसळ), नासिक
३६. मिसळपाव सेंटर – नेहरू उद्यान (रिक्शावाल्यांचा फर्स्ट चाँईस), नासिक
३७. श्रीकृष्ण – तुळशीबाग, पुणे
३८. वैद्य उपहार गृह – फडके हौद चौकाजवळ, बुधवार/रविवार पेठ, पुणे
३९. खास बागची मिसळ, कोल्हापुर
४०. कोरगे मिसळ, कोल्हापुर
४१. भावड्याची मिसळ, कोल्हापुर
४२. टेंबे उपहार गृह – ठाकुरद्वार
४३. छत्रे उपहार गृह – मुगभट लेन च्या दारात
४४. प्रकाश (जोगळेकर), सिक्कानगर – फडकेवाडि मंदिरा समोर
४५. सर्वोदय लंच होम – करी रोड पुला खाली (दिलाइल रोडची बाजु)
४६. लोअर परेल स्टेशन (पश्चिम) च्या बाहेर पडल्यावर – नेताजी लंच होम
४७. बाजीराव रोड वर – भिकारदास मारोती जवळ तपकिर काकांचे हाँटेल
४८. जुन्नर मधे एक उम्ब्रज नावाचे गाव आहे तिथे.

फक्त मस्तपैकी एन्जॉय करा !!!

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Salad Wrap (26th Serv)

Ingredients:

Whole wheat tortillas - 4
Olive oil - 4 tbsp
Balsamic vinegar - 2 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Black pepper powder - to taste
Tom lollorosso, romaine and iceberg lettuce - 2 cups
Sweet corn niblets, boiled - 1/2 cup
medium, Cucumbers, cubed - 2 medium
Sour cream - 4 tbsp

Method:

Combine olive oil, vinegar, salt and black pepper powder to make the vinaigrette.

Heat the tortillas on a tawa or in a microwave oven for 20 seconds.

Evenly spread the salad on each warm tortillas, dribble sour cream and roll them up.

Serve immediately

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Omelette with Sprouts and sev (27th Serv)

Ingredients:

Eggs - 8
Mixed sprouts, blanched - 1 cup
Sev - 1/4 cup
Onions - 3 medium
Oil - 5 tbsp
Garlic cloves, chopped - 2
Green capsicum cut into thin strips - 1 small
Dried herbs - 1/4 tsp
Paprika flakes - 1/4 tsp
Black peppercorns, crushed - 3 to 4
Salt - to taste
Green chillies, finely chopped - 4

Method:

Slice an onion and finely chop the remaining two.

Heat one tbsp oil in a pan. Add garlic and sliced onion and saute till translucent. Add green capsicum and saute for a minute. Add sprouts, dried herbs, paprika flakes, crushed black peppercorns and salt and mix well. Set aside.

Break two eggs in a bowl, add salt and beat well.

Heat one tbsp of oil in a non-stick pan, add a portion of chopped onions and green chillies. Saute for a minute.

Add beaten eggs, mix and rotate the pan so that the eggs spread evenly. Let the underside cook for a minute. Flip over and cook again.

Place sprouts mixture on one side and top it with sev. Roll and serve hot immediately.

Similarly prepare the other rolls.

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