Red Lentils and Peas Salad

Chicken Hash Brown (that looks more like chicken pot pie)

A slight variation of the recipe from Weightwatchers book that I have.

Baati pan fried in ghee (For daal baati)

Daal (for daal baati)

Chicken Curry

Mushroom chicken onion pizza

Egg Bhaaji (Egg Curry redefined)

Corn rice black bean salad with green bell peppers

Shrikhand

Ragda Pattice

Paneer Makhani

Jeera Rice

Misal

Gulabjamun

Gajar Halwa (Carrot Pudding)

Dal Fry

Bharli Bhendi (Stuffed Okra) and Veg Pulao (Veg Rice)

Bharli Vaangi (Stuffed Eggplants)

Egg Fried Rice

Egg Dosai

Ingredients:
4 ladles dosa batter
4 eggs
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Oil

Method:
Heat griddle. Spread a ladleful of dosa batter on the griddle. Pour a few drops of oil on the sides of the dosa. Meanwhile beat the eggs and add salt and pepper to it. Spread egg on dosa and turn over. Let it cook for around 30-45 seconds and serve hot.

Note: You can make variations by adding chopped tomatoes and onion to the egg to make it a dosai omlette or by adding ground spices or by just using egg whites.

Chicken Makhani

And I am back after a long sabbatical.


Ingredients:
1 pound chicken tenders
1/4th cup all purpose whipping cream
1 small tomato coarsely chopped
1/2 onion finely chopped
Oil
Salt to taste
Red chili powder to taste
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1/4 tsp chicken tikka masala
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
3 cloves garlic
1 red hot pepper

Method:
Clean the chicken and cut it into pieces (approximately 3 pieces per tender). Apply ginger garlic paste, salt, 1/2 tsp coriander powder, 1/2 tsp cumin powder, red chili powder and let it marinate for 1/2 an hour. Heat oil in a pan and add the tomatoes, onions, garlic cloves, red hot pepper and saute well. Remove from pan and grind well. Let it cool. Add oil to the pan and then add the ground paste. Stir fry till the oil separates. Then add the chicken pieces and stir fry for 5 minutes. Add salt, red chili powder (if required), chicken tikka masala, and mix well. Whip the cream well and add it to the chicken. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.

Chole Pulao (Chick Peas Pulao)

Recently I had made Pav Bhaji Pulao and that got me thinking. What if I tried something else like it? And that's when I thought of trying out Chole Pulao. Hope you like it.

Ingredients
3/4th Cup rice
1/4th Can garbanzo chick peas
1 Big Tomato finely chopped
1 Big Onion finely chopped
2 Tbsp Oil
Salt to taste
Red Chili Powder to taste
1/2 Tsp Coriander Powder
1/4 Tsp Cumin Powder
1 Tbsp Chole Masala
1/2 Tbsp Ginger Paste
1/2 Tbsp Garlic Paste
1/4 Cup Water

Method
Boil rice separately.

In a pan, heat oil. Add onion and fry till it turns pink. Then add tomatoes, ginger paste and garlic paste. Mix well, cover it and let it cook for 5 minutes. Then add red chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, 3/4 tbsp chole masala and salt and let it simmer. Add chick peas and water and mix well. Cover it and let it simmer till it form a thick gravy.

Add the boiled rice to this chick peas gravy and mix. Add the remaining chole masala, mix it well and cover and cook for 5 minutes.

Serve it and garnish it with chopped cilantro.

Note: If you do not want to use canned chick peas, you can soak raw chick peas for around 8 hours. Instead of making the rice separately, you can then cook the rice and chick peas together in a pressure cooker.

Potato Puff Pastry

This is a recipe which one of my friends shared with me. My husband liked it so much that I had to put it up here.

Ingredients
1 sheet pepperidge farm puff pastry sheet
2 potatoes (boiled)
coriander powder
cumin powder
green chili paste
salt
amchur powder
all purpose flour
water

Method
Thaw the pastry puff sheet using the refrigeration thaw method by wrapping the sheet in an aluminum foil(takes around 4-5 hours and evenly thaws the sheet as compared to any other method of thawing). Preheat oven to 400 deg F. Cut the sheet into 9 squares. Mash potatoes and add the other ingredients except all purpose flour and water. Mix well. Spread some flour on aluminum foil and using a rolling pin, make diamond shape out of the cut squares. Place the potatoe mixture on one half and fold the other half onto it. Stick them using water. Once all the pastries are ready, place them on an ungreased baking sheet and put it in the oven. Bake it for around 10-15 minutes or till the desired bown color is achieved. Serve hot with kethup.

Note: You can make variations like adding peas, or making a sweet stuffing.

Mango Pudding

This is a slight variation of a recipe given to me by my friend. Easy to make and tastes delicious.

Ingredients
Mango Pulp - 1/2 Can
Water - 1 Cup
Unflavored Gelatin - 1 packet
Nestle Condensed Sweetened Milk - Around 1/2 Cup
Whipped Cream - Around 2 Tablespoons
Almonds & Cashews - Slices or cut into pieces
Saffron - A pinch

Method
Boil water and add the gelatin to it. While stirring, add condensed milk, whipped cream and pulp. Mix well. Empty contents into a bowl and set it in the refrigator for 1/2 an hour. Garnish it with almond and cashew pieces and saffron.

Note: Alternatively you can mix the saffron, cashew and almond pieces while stirring. Depending on your liking, you can change the amount of whipped cream and condensed milk.