Masala Omelette

MASALA OMELETTE!!

Masala omelette is a healthy egg recipe. The easiest dish to make on the go, you can fluff it up and add a variety of toppings like mushrooms, capsicum, cheese and boiled potatoes. Try this quick and easy-to-make recipe.

Ingredients:

·      Eggs                                - 2

·      Onions chopped                - 2 tbsp

·      Tomatoes chopped             - 2 tbsp

·      Green onions chopped        - 2 tbsp

·      Capsicum chopped            - 2 tbsp

·      Coriander leaves                - 2 tbsp

·      Turmeric powder                     - a pinch

·      Red chilly powder                   - ½ tsp

·      Pepper powder                       - ¼ tsp

·      Garam masala powder             - ½ tsp

·      Oil                                    - 1 to 2 tsp

·      Salt to taste

Procedure:

1.   Wash and chop onion, tomato, green ( spring ) onion,  capsicum and coriander leaves to fine pieces.

2.   In a small bowl , add turmeric powder, salt, red chilly powder, pepper powder and garam masala powder.

3.   Add little water and mix well to spicy paste.

4.   Break the eggs directly into a bowl and beat them till frothy.

5.   Add the spice paste to beaten eggs and stir well.

6.   Add all the chopped vegetables one by one.

7.   Mix well.

8.   Heat oil in a wide pan.

9.   Pour the egg mixture to the pan.

10.Simmer the flame and leave to cook for 2 minutes.

11.Check from the downside of the omelette, whether is cooked and able to flip.

12.Now flip it over to other side.

13.Gently press it down with a ladle.

14.Once both the sides are cooked to golden, remove from heat.

15.Your healthy Masala  Omelette is ready..!

Mash Potatoes Recipe

Perfect Mash Potatoes

Mashed potato is a dish prepared by mashing boiled potatoes. Recipes started appearing in 1747 with an entry in The Art of Cookery by Hannah Glasse. Dehydrated and frozen mashed potatoes are available in many supermarkets.

The use of "floury" types of potato is recommended, although "waxy" potatoes are sometimes used for a different texture. Butter, vegetable oil, milk and/or cream are usually added to improve flavor and texture, and the potatoes are seasoned with salt, pepper, and any other desired herbs and spices. Popular ingredients and seasonings include: garlic, cheese, bacon bits, sour cream, crisp onion or spring onion, caramelised onion, mustard, horseradish, spices such as nutmeg, and chopped herbs such as parsley.
One French variation adds egg yolk for pommes duchesse or Duchess potatoes; piped through a pastry tube into wavy ribbons and rosettes, brushed with butter and lightly browned. Pomme purée (potato puree) uses considerably more butter than normal mashed potato - up to two parts potato for one part butter. In low-calorie or non-dairy variation

s, milk, cream and butter may be replaced by soup stock or broth. Aloo Bharta, an Indian sub-continent variation, uses chopped onions, mustard (oil, paste or seeds), chili pepper, coriander leaves and other spices.

Ingredients

• 8 to 10 medium russet potatoes (about 3 lb.), peeled, cut into quarters
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• Dash of black pepper
• 1/4 cup hot milk

Steps

• Place potatoes in large saucepan; add enough water to cover. Add 3/4 teaspoon of the salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover loosely and boil gently for 15 to 20 minutes or until potatoes break apart easily when pierced with fork. Drain well.
• Return potatoes to saucepan; shake saucepan gently over low heat for 1 to 2 minutes to evaporate any excess moisture.
• Mash potatoes with potato masher until no lumps remain. Add butter, pepper and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt; continue mashing, gradually adding enough milk to make potatoes smooth and creamy.

Some Products that I use..

My other Vegetarian Recipes:

1. Baked Potato: https://perfectlycooked.blogspot.in/2017/03/baked-potato-recipe.html
2. Lemon Coriander Soup: https://perfectlycooked.blogspot.in/2017/02/lemon-coriander-soup.html
3. Paneer Nuggets: https://perfectlycooked.blogspot.in/2017/02/paneer-nuggets.html
4. All Veg Recipes: https://perfectlycooked.blogspot.in/search/label/Vegetarian

Saffron Milk Recipe

Saffron Milk/Zafrani Doodh

A drink in which milk is flavoured with almonds and saffron. Kesar badam milk is very healthy beverage that provides energy and rejuvenates your body. It can be enjoyed both Hot or Cold. In Summers..it tastes best when chilled and In winter/rains it tastes best when hot/warm. Whether hot or cold, it always tops the list as it is most liked drink by almost everyone. As milk, almonds and saffron are the main ingredients, this drink possesses immense health benefits.

Ingredients

2 tsp sugar
1 tsp almond paste.
1 cup milk
Saffron
Water as required

Method:

Almond Paste:

Soak the almonds in enough water overnight.
Peel them or you may leave the skin on if you like.
Add the almonds with water in a blender jar.
Blend it well to make a smooth paste. It should be absolutely smooth.

Zafrani Doodh/Saffron Milk:

Keep this aside and heat the milk in a pan.
Take some warm milk and add 2 strands of saffronto it.
Leave it to soak for 2 minutes.
Add this saffron milk to the hot milk just before it boils.
Reduce the flame and simmer for 5 minutes till it is reduced by a tablespoon or so.
Add the sugar and almond paste and boil for another 2 - 3 minutes.
Garnish with almond slivers or sliced almonds.
Serve hot in winters and chilled in Summers.

You may add 1/2 drop of yellow food color if you like but I have seen that a Good Quality Saffron gives a natural bright yellow color..

1. Baked Potato: https://perfectlycooked.blogspot.in/2017/03/baked-potato-recipe.html
2. Lemon Coriander Soup: https://perfectlycooked.blogspot.in/2017/02/lemon-coriander-soup.html
3. Paneer Nuggets: https://perfectlycooked.blogspot.in/2017/02/paneer-nuggets.html
4. All Veg Recipes: https://perfectlycooked.blogspot.in/search/label/Vegetarian

Cheese Omelette Recipe

Omelette

an omelette or omelet is a dish made from beaten eggs quickly fried with butter or oil in a frying pan (without stirring as in scrambled egg). It is quite common for the omelette to be folded around a filling such as cheese, chives, vegetables, meat (often ham or bacon), or some combination of the above. Whole eggs or sometimes only egg whites are beaten with a small amount of milk or cream, or even water.

Ingredients:

• 2 Large Eggs
• Salt to taste
• A pinch of Pepper
• 2 tsp Butter
• Cheese- As per liking

Method:

• Crack the eggs into a mixing bowl with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Beat well till the eggs appear fluffy
• Heat a small knob of butter in a frying pan on low heat, and once melted and bubbling, add the eggs and move the pan around to spread them out evenly.
• Cook the eggs over lowest heat till the egg is partially cooked.
• Add the Cheese. It will melt by the time the egg is cooked.
• Fold the cooked cheese omelette in half and Serve.

This is not the recipe for an Indian Masala Omelette. I will post the Indian style recipe soon....

Lemonade/Shikanji Recipe...

Lemonade/Shikanji

Shikanjvi is a type of traditional limeade or lemonade from North India.

While the base ingredients include lemon or lime juice, ginger juice, ice and water, shikanjvi often contains other ingredients such as salt, saffron and cumin.

It is also known by limun paani or nimbu pani.

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons lime juice

8 tablespoons sugar

1/4 cup fresh mint leaves(optional- if making mint lemonade)

1/2 tsp salt or as per taste

1 tsp black salt(optional)

1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper

1 liter/ 32 ounces of cold water

Few mint leaves - required for garnish

Ice cubes- as required

Method:

Mint Lemonade

Grind the 1/4 cup of mint leaves to a fine puree

Add 1 liter of water to a jug.

Add the lime juice, the sugar, the salt, the black salt and ground pepper to the jug.

mix it till all the sugar is dissolved.

Now add the mint puree just before serving and give it a quick mix..

Crush the ice cubes 

Fill the serving glass halfway with crushed ice.

Pour chilled lemonade over the ice and garnish with a mint sprig.

Lemonade

Add 1 liter of water to a jug.

Add the lime juice, the sugar, the salt, the black salt and ground pepper to the jug.

mix it till all the sugar is dissolved.

Crush the ice cubes.

Fill the serving glass halfway with crushed ice.

Pour chilled lemonade over the ice and garnish with a mint sprig.

You may add club soda instead of water for a unique taste....

Tandoori Chicken..... Punjabi Style Recipe

tandoori Chicken.....

Tandoori chicken is a dish originating in the Indian subcontinent. It is widely popular in India, other South Asian countries, and over the years it has also become popular in other parts of the world mainly United Kingdom and Southeast Asia. It consists of roasted chicken prepared with yogurt and spices. The name comes from the type of cylindrical clay oven, a tandoor, in which the dish is traditionally prepared.Tandoori chicken as a dish originated in the Punjab before the independence of India and Pakistan. Although tandoor cooked chicken dates back to as early as the Mughal era, the dish is believed to be invented by Kundan Lal Gujral, a man who ran a restaurant called Moti Mahal in Peshawar. Gujral moved to Delhi, India after the Independence of India and Pakistan and the subsequent partition of the Punjab Province.

In India, tandoori cooking was traditionally associated with the Punjab and became popular in the mainstream after the 1947 partition when West Punjabis resettled in places such as Delhi. In rural Punjab, it was common to have communal tandoors. Some villages still have a communal tandoor which was a common sight prior to 1947.

• Ingredients:
  
  
  Chicken - 1 whole chicken cut into 10 pieces
  Butter or Ghee for Brushing on top
  Chat Masala for Sprinkling on top
  
  

  For First Marination:

  Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
  Salt to taste
  Lemon Juice - 2 to 3 tblspn
  
  

  For Second Marination:

  Thick Curd / Yogurt - 1 cup
  Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
  Coriander Powder - 2 tblspn
  Cumin Powder - 2 tsp
  Chat Masala Powder - 1 tblspn
  Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
  Garam Masala Powder - 1 tblspn
  Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
  Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
  Kasuri Methi Leaves - 1 tblspn
• Kashmiri Red chili powder - 2 tbsp

Method:

• Take chicken in a bowl, make deep slits on them. Add salt, chilli powder and lemon juice to them and mix well. Leave this aside for 30 mins.

• Now take second marination ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Pour this over the marinated chicken and mix well.

• Leave this to marinate for 6 hours or over night.

• Next day, remove it and let it come to room temp.
• Preheat oven to 250 Degree C. 

• Now place the chicken over a foil lined baking tray and pop it in oven for 5 mins, remove it and flip over, apply leftover marination over it if you have any and bake it for 5 more mins.Remove the tray from oven, apply ghee all over it.
• Now reduce the oven temp to 160 degree C and bake it for 10 more mins. 
• Remove it and flip over and apply ghee all over it and bake it for 10 more mins.

• Now remove it and set aside. Mean time, increase the oven temp to 250 degree C and set the mode to grill.
• Place the tray near to the grill and cook it for 5 mins till you see some black spots over the chicken.

• Remove it from oven, give a final glaze with ghee and sprinkle some chat masala over it.
• Serve with coriander chutney, a lemon wedge, and onion rings!

Alternatively, you can use a hot pan brushed with olive oil to cook the chicken pieces. using a charcoal grill gives the best flavor. Gas grill can also be used. tandoori chicken can also be cooked on a grill pan. 

If you want to go an extra mile and add that traditional smoke flavor, follow the steps given below....

How to give that smoke flavor to your chicken:

1. To begin, first take a piece of coal (about 3 inches big) and hold it over a gas flame with the help of tongs. The coal will begin to turn red hot and grey in about 5 minutes. This indicates that the coal is ready to be used for smoking. 
2. At this point take a pan and put your chicken pieces in it.
3. Push the chicken to the sides and place a small glass or steel cup in the middle. Put your favorite spices like cardamom, clove, black pepper, etc. Now pour some oil on the red hot charcoal.
4. It will begin to smoke. Immediately cover the pan and allow it to rest for about a minute. Open the lid and remove the coal cup. You chicken will now have the smoked tandoori flavor.

Make this Recipe and do share your experiences with us.......

Fried Chicken

Fried Chicken...

Chicken is one of those foods which almost everyone relish eating. Fried chicken may not be a healthy choice but it can be eaten as a cheat meal like once or twice in a week. This recipe has more of an Indian touch to it in terms of flavor and believe me it's going to be delicious. You can use Panko breadcrumbs for the best flavor. They are not easily available in India, so if you don't find them, you may also use my recipe which I posted yesterday........

My breadcrumbs recipe...

Ingredients:

• 8 chicken pieces (any cut will do)

For the marinade:

• 4 tsp red chilli paste
• 3 Tbsp ginger and garlic paste
• 2 tsp chaat masala
• 1 Tbsp oil
• 3 Tbsp curd
• Salt, to taste
• Juice of 1/2 lemon

For the coating:

• Seasoned/ Plain breadcrumbs
• Oil- Sufficient for frying

Method:

1. Marinade:

• For the marinade:
• In a bowl add ginger and garlic paste, red chilli paste, chaat masala,  masala, oil, curd, salt and lemon juice. Mix it well.
• Rub the marinade on the chicken pieces, Marinate the chicken pieces for 30 minutes.

2. Coating:

Now, this step can be done in 2 ways, 

• Mix the required amount of breadcrumbs in the chicken after taking the pieces out of the marinade.
• or You can also roll the pieces in the breadcrumbs very well!

3. Frying:

• Add enough amount of oil in a pan (heavy bottom is preferred).
• Turn on the gas and heat the oil till it is medium hot.
• Make sure it is not too hot or else, the chicken would not cook through.
• Add the crumb coated chicken into the Medium hot oil and cook till it is cooked well.
• Take the pieces out on an absorbent paper to drain off excess fat.
• Heat the oil till it is very hot and add the chicken again.
• Fry it for 1 minute or till the chicken turns golden brown.

Serve hot with your favorite sauce or eat it as it is.

You may try using Pulsed oats, brown breadcrumbs or pulsed cornflakes for a healthier choice.......