Buttered String Beans

Ingredients
String beans cut into halves-1 bunch
Salt & Pepper to taste
Morjaram or Basil-1tsp
Crushed garlic-1(optional)
Butter-1tsp
Method
Steam the beans with salt & keep it aside.Heat butter in a pan saute the beans,salt & pepper.
Sprinkle morjaram & serve it with Chicken Kheema Spaghetti.

Chicken Kheema Spaghetti

Ingredients for the chicken
Ground Chicken-1 cup
Chopped Onion-3tbsp
Chopped Ginger & Garlic-1tsp
Chopped Green chillies-1
Salt & Pepper to taste
Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
Garam masala-1/4tsp
Curry & Coriander leaves-little
Oil-1/2tsp

Other Ingredients

Cooked whole wheat spaghetti-2 cups

Spaghetti sauce-1 cup

Shredded cheese-little

Salt & Pepper to taste

Olive oil-3tsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan add onion,ginger,garlic,green chillies,garam masala,salt & pepper fry till light brown.Add the chicken & fry it in high flame till its cooked(3 minutes).Add curry & coriander leaves & keep it aside.Heat oil in a pan fry the cooked spaghetti for 1 minute.Add the chicken & sauce,check for salt & pepper.Fry for 2 minutes add the grated cheese & serve it hot with Buttered String Beans.

Cucumber Buttermilk

Ingredients

Cucumber puree-1/2 cup

Curd-1 cup

Water to dilute

Salt to taste

Jeera powder-1/4tsp

Ginger -1/4''

Lime juice-1tsp

Curry leaves chopped- little

Method

Beat all above ingredients together in the blender.Before serving garnish it with curry leaves & jeera.Serve it cold.

Magic Eggs

Ingredients for Stuffing

Ground Chicken-1 cup

Chopped Onion-3tbsp

Chopped Ginger & Garlic-1tsp

Chopped Green chillies-1

Salt & Pepper to taste

Turmeric powder-1/4tsp

Garam masala-1/4tsp

Curry & Coriander leaves-little

Oil-1/2tsp

Ingredients

Eggs-4

Chapathi dough for sealing the eggs- little

Method

Heat oil in a pan add onion,ginger,garlic,green chillies,garam masala,salt & pepper fry till light brown.Add the chicken & fry it in high flame till its cooked(3 minutes).Add curry & coriander leaves & keep it aside.Take the eggs break it open on top with a knife making a very small hole (just for the filling to enter inside the eggs).Remove little white portion & with a back of the spoon beat the remaining mixture inside the egg.Take a spoon of the filling mixture fill it inside the eggs & seal it with chapathi dough(so that the filling doesn't comes out).Steam these eggs (keeping it straight) for at least 10 minutes.Cool it & peel off the shell & serve it.

Tips

Don't fill it till the brim,otherwise while cooking all the filling will come out slowly.Try steaming it by keep it straight.Cook it in medium heat.You can also cover the whole egg with the dough & then steam it.To do this dish you really need patience.

Coriander Leaf Pulao

Ingredients

Basmati rice-1 & 1/2 cup

Coriander leaf chopped -1 bunch

Salt to taste

Garlic sliced-3

Onion sliced-1/4

Peas little(optional)

( I used it only to give nice colour to the dish)

Oil-2tsp

Ghee-1tsp

Whole pepper-10,Cloves-2,Cardamom-2,Cinnamon stick-1/4'',Jeera-1/4tsp

(Whole spices)

Method

Heat oil & ghee in a pan,add the whole spices & fry it.Add the above ingredients one by one till the leaves reduces.Add rice fry a bit ,add salt & water(use 1 : 1 & 1/2 water) .Close & cook it till done.

Aloo Gobi

I thought of giving a break for my kitchen as Iam going to be out of town for 3 days....but couldn't resist .....I made a simple menu Aloo Gobi & Coriander Pulao today.Enjoy!!!!!






Ingredients
Potato cubed-2
Cauliflower florets-1 cup
Green chillies-slit-2
Salt to taste
Coriander powder-1tsp
Chilly powder-1tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
Ginger grated-1/2''
Hing-1/2tsp
Lime juice-1tsp
Tempering
Oil-4tsp
Jeera-1tsp
Method
Heat oil in a pan temper it.Add the potato ,salt & turmeric powder,close & cook till its 3/4 done.Now add other ingredients,fry a bit .Close & cook till done.Switch off the fire & add the lime juice.

Omelet in Coconut Gravy

Ingredients for Omelet

Eggs-4

Salt & Pepper to taste

Ingredients for the gravy

Oil-1tsp

Chopped onion-1

Chopped tomato-1

Ginger & Garlic chopped-1tsp

Green chillies chopped-2

Turmeric powder-1/4tsp

Red chilly powder-1/2tsp

Coconut milk diluted-1 cup

Garam masala-1/4tsp
Curry & coriander leaves-little

Method

Beat eggs with salt & pepper.Heat 1tsp of oil in a pan pour the egg mixture.Cook it both sides.Cut the omelets into big bits,keep it aside.Heat oil in a pan fry above ingredients one by one.Pour coconut milk ,close & cook till the gravy is done.Switch off the stove & add the omelets.Garnish it with coriander & curry leaves.

Variation

If you don't want to use coconut milk replace it with fresh beaten curd.You can steam the eggs if you don't want to fry in pan.

Green Apple & Radish Leaf Chutney

Ingredients

Chopped green apples-2

Chopped radish leaf-1/2 cup

Salt to taste-

Ginger-1/2''

Green chillies-4

Curry leaf little

Hing-1tsp

Peanuts-1tbsp

Uraddhal-1tsp

Jeera-1tsp

Channadhal-1tsp

Tempering

Oil-3tsp

Mustard-1/2tsp

Uraddhal-1/2tsp

Jeera-1/4tsp

Method

Heat 1 tsp of oil & fry the radish leaf till its cooked(3minutes).Keep it aside.Heat oil add the urad,channa dhal,jeera,peanuts,hing,ginger,apple & green chillies.Fry till light brown.Cool it .First grind the greens then add the remaining ingredients to a coarse mixture.Temper it.Serve it with rice or tiffin.