Sunday, November 16, 2014

Ground Chicken Stuffed Bell-Peppers

Ingredients (Serves 4)
- Garlic: 5-6 psc
- Large Bell-Peppers: 4
- Ground Chicken: 1/2 pound
- Spices: Cinnamon and Cardamon
- Tomato puree: 1/2 cup
- Salt to taste and Cooking Oil

Preparation: (25 mins)
In a hot pan, saute chopped garlic, once brown add the whole peppers, Cinnamon and Cardamon. Then add ground chicken and mix well. Add salt to taste and tomato puree. Simmer, cover and let it cook for 10 minutes.
Wash and cut the bell-peppers into half horizontally to open them up as cup shaped halves. Stuff the ground chicken into the bell peppers, smear some oil around the peppers. Pre-heat oven for 5 minutes to 375 C, place the stuffed bell-peppers and let it broil for 10 minutes. Serve with some creamy sauce!

Monday, November 3, 2014

Makke ki Roti Aur Sarson ka Saag!



Ingredients for 'Saag': (Serves 4)
Sarson ka Saag (Mustard leaf bunch): 1
Spinach bunch: 1
Butter: 10 gms
Chopped Onions: 1 cup
Tomatoes: 2
Garlic - 8 psc
Salt to taste
Cooking Oil
Turmeric + Chili powder: 1/2 spoon
Coriander + Cumin powder: 1 spoon
Whole Cumin and Coriander seeds: 1/2 tea spoon

'Saag' Preparation (20 minutes)
Wash the spinach and mustard leafs in cold water.
In a pan, sauté the chopped onions, add garlic. When garlic gets toasted, add the spinach and mustard leafs. Once the greens wilt and lose water, add spices, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Then add the chopped tomatoes and simmer for another 5 minutes. Turn off the flame and let it cool off a bit (let's work on the 'Makke ki Roti' now).
Coarse-puree the leafy mix in a blender. Add butter to pan, add whole cumin and coriander seeds, let it crackle before adding the puree and then simmer for 5 minutes.


Ingredients for Makke ki Roti: (Serves 4)
Flour of Sweet Corn: 1 and 1/2 Cup
Salt to taste
Cooking Oil

Makke-Roti Preparation (10 minutes)
Mix 1/2 tea spoon salt to flour, 2 table spoon oil mix well. Add 1/4 cup water and knead the flour to a firm dough. Divide the dough into 8 equal portions. Roll out each mini dough into a roti and toast it on a hot flat pan. smear some butter on the rotis before serving it with the Saag!