Christmas

Can do the muffins, Rich Plum Cake., chicken roast etc

Grilled Chicken with red onions

 

chicken chunks
Half cup yoghurt well beaten
1 teaspoon(s) each of garam masala or Bedekar Malvani Masala or Bedekar Sunday Masala
cumin Powder
crushed Pepper
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
ginger and garlic pastes
2 tablespoon(s) lemon juice
2 tablespoon(s) olive oil to moisten
salt to taste
finely cut red onions
lemon wedges and finely chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

Marinate the chicken chunks by applying a mixture of red chilli powder,malvani masala, half of the lemon juice and salt to them and keep aside for about an hour. Whisk the yoghurt in a bowl and combine the rest of the ingredients. Mix well. Rub this marinade well into the chicken chunks and refrigerate for at least few hours.

Grill the chicken for about 12-15 minutes or till the chicken is almost done.

Serve hot with: Green pudina(Mint) Chutney

Spicy Chicken Biryani

Chicken Briyani

Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time : 15 mins
Cuisine : Andhra

Ingredients Needed:

For Marinade:

Chicken – 250 gms
Curd – 1/2 cup
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder a pinch
Ginger Garlic paste – 1 tsp
Mint Leaves – 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves – 1/2 cup

For Rice

Basmati Rice – 1 1/2 cup (
Onions – 2
Green chillies – 2
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Coriander powder – 1 tsp
Ginger Garlic paste – 1 tsp
Cinnamon – 2″
Bay leaf – 1
Cloves – 3
Cardamom – 2
Salt to taste
Oil – 2 tbsp
Butter – 1 tbsp

Method to prepare:

Clean and soak Basmati for 10 to 15 mins.

Clean and chop chicken to required size. Mix curd, chilli pw, coriander turmeric, Mint and coriander leaves to the chicken. Let it marinate for 10 to 15 mins.

Meanwhile chop Onions as julienne, chillies. Heat oil and butter. Add all the whole spices. Then sauté in Onions till they are brown in colour, add ginger garlic paste. Fry well.

Then add the chicken marinade. Cook on high flame for 5 mins and simmer till the oil comes out.

Add the rice, salt, 3 cups of water and pressure cook for 2 whistle.

Since this is quite spicy, Onion Raita would be nice but I prepare Gravy which turned out to be quite heavy.

Adjust the spiciness by reducing the chilli powder and green chillies.

Dates Milk Shake

Chill sweeten Milk in fridge. Make a paste of fresh Dates. Then run the dates puree with chilled Milk and finally add Vanilla ice cream and run it again in juicer.

Top it with pieces of chopped dates and another scoop of ice cream.

orange caramel custard

For orange custard

Orange juice 2 cups
Orange marmalade 1 tablespoon
Milk 1 litre
Eggs 6
Sugar 5 tablespoons
For caramel
Sugar ½ cup

Heat milk but take care that it does not become too hot. Break eggs into a bowl. Add sugar and whisk together lightly.
Take orange juice in a pan and boil till it reduces to half its volume. Add orange marmalade mix well and set aside to cool.
To make caramel take sugar in a heavy bottom pan and cook till it melts and turns golden brown. Remove from heat immediately to avoid burning.
Pour this caramel into a custard mold and keep warm.
Mix the orange juice mixture with the eggs. Add warm milk to it and mix.
Pour the mixture into the caramelized mould.
Cover the bowl with butter paper. Heat some water in a pressure cooker and place this mould in it. Cover the cooker with a lid. Do not place the whistle.
Steam for forty-five minutes. Cool and serve.

Chef’s Tip: It can be served hot too.

Mint Chutney

Mint Chutney

Ingredients:

• 1 small bunch fresh mint – picked and washed
• 2 medium onions – chopped coarsely
• 10-12 green chillies – stemmed
• 1 green mango (optional) – skinned, seeded and chopped or 1 tbsp. Pomegranate seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp salt

Method:

1. Pound together all the ingredients till coarsely mashed. Serve fresh.

Garam Masala

Garam Masala

Ingredients:

• 15 gm Cinnamon
• 10 gm Cardamom
• 10 gm Cloves
• 50 gm Cummin Seed
• 10 gm bay leaf
• 5 gm Pepper Black

Method:

1. Roast cumminseed till it becomes brown. Heat all other ingredients slightly so that they do not have any moisture.
2. Grind together all the ingredients to a fine powder.

Makes 100 gm

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