Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Buttery Garlic Shrimp and Zucchini
Tried out a new dish today which I saw somewhere but added some little tweaks. Pretty easy and quick to make for the non-vegetarians.
Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- Shrimp
- Zucchini
- Garlic
- Olive Oil
- Cooking Butter
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Turmeric Powder (Optional)
- Kashmiri Chilli Powder (can replace it with Paprika powder as well) (Optional)
Steps:
- Peel and de-tail the shrimps
- Marinate it with a little oil, Kashmiri Chilli Powder or Paprika powder, turmeric powder, black pepper and a little salt. You can skip this step as well. Keep it aside for few minutes
- In a heated pan add some cooking butter and olive oil
- Next add the shrimps to the pan and cook through and then transfer to a plate
- In the same pan add a little more oil and saute sliced zucchini
- Before the zucchini is done add the shrimp back to the pan, with fresh minced garlic, salt and pepper (as needed if you have marinated before) and then saute together for another minute or two.
Super Quick Homemade Pizza
If you kid is back from play hungry and pestering you for quick snacks and you feel that maggi is too boring everyday, then I have a quick recipe of a different variety. Trust me they would love it too and it would be ready in no more than 5 mins.
YES!!! It is Homemade PIZZA...
Ingredients:
1. Ready made Pizza Base
2. Onion
3. Capsicum
4. Tomato
5. Pinch of Oil
6. Cheese Slice
7. Butter or Cheese Spread
8. Oregano (Optional)
9. Chili Flakes (Optional)
Preparation:
1. Chop one onion and capsicum into pieces. Also slice tomato into small pieces.
2. Fry the chopped onions, capsicum and tomatoes in a little oil to make it crispy. Add salt for taste.
3. Take a non-stick pan and roast the side of the ready made Pizza base which you want to make upper crust.
4. Once that is roaster, spread the butter or cheese spread on the roasted upper crust.
6. Cut 1-2 cheese slices into small pieces and place it all over the pizza base. You can also replace this with grated mozzarella cheese.
7. Spread the fried veggie mix on top of the cheese crust and roast it for 2-3 minutes.
8. Your pizza is ready. You can garnish this with Oregano and chili flakes.
Of course, you can customize and add more varieties/flavour. Try this at home and provide your feedback or comments on how you feel.
YES!!! It is Homemade PIZZA...
Ingredients:
1. Ready made Pizza Base
2. Onion
3. Capsicum
4. Tomato
5. Pinch of Oil
6. Cheese Slice
7. Butter or Cheese Spread
8. Oregano (Optional)
9. Chili Flakes (Optional)
Preparation:
1. Chop one onion and capsicum into pieces. Also slice tomato into small pieces.
2. Fry the chopped onions, capsicum and tomatoes in a little oil to make it crispy. Add salt for taste.
3. Take a non-stick pan and roast the side of the ready made Pizza base which you want to make upper crust.
4. Once that is roaster, spread the butter or cheese spread on the roasted upper crust.
6. Cut 1-2 cheese slices into small pieces and place it all over the pizza base. You can also replace this with grated mozzarella cheese.
7. Spread the fried veggie mix on top of the cheese crust and roast it for 2-3 minutes.
8. Your pizza is ready. You can garnish this with Oregano and chili flakes.
Of course, you can customize and add more varieties/flavour. Try this at home and provide your feedback or comments on how you feel.
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Simple Homemade Chicken Clear Soup
Soups are a good way to start a meal. It's Sunday when we try to experiment new dishes at home and it turned out that preparation of Chicken Clear Soup had its turn this Sunday - a simple but healthy food.
Ingredients:
1. Bone less chicken 100 grams (cut into small pieces)
2. Onions (Use spring onion with stalk is available)
3. Garlic 4 cloves
4. Ground Pepper
6. Butter 2 tablespoons
7. Salt to taste
Preparation:
1. First of all, boil the boneless chicken pieces with 2 cloves of garlic and onion in a pressure cooker. If you have spring onions, you can give that as well.
2. Strain the chicken stock and keep it aside for using later.
4. Chop the remaining bulbs of the spring onions and garlic cloves. Chop the stalks of the spring onions separately.
5. Melt the butter in a deep pan. Add the chopped onion bulbs first. When they start melting and acquire an auburn color, add the chopped garlic and stalks. Stir fry it for about 3 minutes.
6. Now add the shredded chicken and stir fry for a minute.
7. Pour the chicken stock into the pan and mix well. Add about 2 cups of water to this and simmer it for 15 minutes.
8. Just before you remove the soup from the flame sprinkle ground pepper and salt on it as per your taste. You can garnish it with parsley stalks and leaves and your Chicken Clear Soup is ready.
After preparation, I realized that I had put more pieces of chicken than needed. But the taste was really yummy and my kid liked it very much.
You can try this too and experiment with little variations according to your taste. Good Luck!!!
Ingredients:
1. Bone less chicken 100 grams (cut into small pieces)
2. Onions (Use spring onion with stalk is available)
3. Garlic 4 cloves
4. Ground Pepper
6. Butter 2 tablespoons
7. Salt to taste
Preparation:
1. First of all, boil the boneless chicken pieces with 2 cloves of garlic and onion in a pressure cooker. If you have spring onions, you can give that as well.
2. Strain the chicken stock and keep it aside for using later.
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| Chicken Stock |
3. Shred the boiled chicken with your fingers. It will come of easily.
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| Shredded Chicken |
4. Chop the remaining bulbs of the spring onions and garlic cloves. Chop the stalks of the spring onions separately.
5. Melt the butter in a deep pan. Add the chopped onion bulbs first. When they start melting and acquire an auburn color, add the chopped garlic and stalks. Stir fry it for about 3 minutes.
6. Now add the shredded chicken and stir fry for a minute.
7. Pour the chicken stock into the pan and mix well. Add about 2 cups of water to this and simmer it for 15 minutes.
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| Ready Chicken Clear Soup |
After preparation, I realized that I had put more pieces of chicken than needed. But the taste was really yummy and my kid liked it very much.
You can try this too and experiment with little variations according to your taste. Good Luck!!!
Idly Chaat
Monday mornings are always lazy and we woke up late. With Maggi others being banned, needed a quick and tasty snack to fill our stomach. Ideas started coming to my mind on what to make.
Ingredients:
Idly (2 pieces)
Sev (Fine and course)
Chanachur
1 small onion finely chopped (optional)
1 small tomato finely chopped (optional)
Chat Masala
Tomato sauce
Chilly sauce
2 to 3 tsp oil for frying the idlis
Preparation:
Cut the idly into small pieces and light fry in 2 to 3 tsp of oil in a non-sticky pan. You might also want to add butter instead of oil.
Add Sev, chanachur, chat masala to the fried idly chunks. You might also want to add chopped onions and tomatoes.
Add tomato and chilly sauces if you want. You might also want to add Coriander chutney or Tamarind chutney. I like sukha and hence do not prefer to add sauces. Rest I will leave it upto your imagination and taste.
Ideal replacement for 2 minutes Maggi. Chala Bagunda...
Ingredients:
Idly (2 pieces)
Sev (Fine and course)
Chanachur
1 small onion finely chopped (optional)
1 small tomato finely chopped (optional)
Chat Masala
Tomato sauce
Chilly sauce
2 to 3 tsp oil for frying the idlis
Preparation:
Cut the idly into small pieces and light fry in 2 to 3 tsp of oil in a non-sticky pan. You might also want to add butter instead of oil.
Add Sev, chanachur, chat masala to the fried idly chunks. You might also want to add chopped onions and tomatoes.
Add tomato and chilly sauces if you want. You might also want to add Coriander chutney or Tamarind chutney. I like sukha and hence do not prefer to add sauces. Rest I will leave it upto your imagination and taste.
Ideal replacement for 2 minutes Maggi. Chala Bagunda...
Bengali Lunch on a Fine Sunday
Bengallis are often coined as 'Bhojan Rasik', which would ideally mean that they love to eat and eat anything which is tasty - no matter whether they are higenic or not. The variety of food in a Bengalli household would be something which is admired all over the world.
It would be difficult to find a Bengali house where you will not see an item of fish in the daily menu. I am an exception though; Lately after finding a shop in the market besides JNTU crossing, fish became an item in our meals too - at least 2-3 times a week now. The specialty of this shop is you can buy live Rohu fish and that is the only shop in the entire market.
One such fine Sunday morning, we had a wonderful 'fishy' lunch with Fried fish, fish curry and Alur Khosha Bhaja (Potato Skin Fry).
Alur Khosha Bhaja is not an item which you would be hearing often. This is prepared from the peeled skin of potato. Believe it or not, potato skin is not only nutritious but tasty. Peel the potato and keep the skin a little thick than usual. Peel onions as well. Add salt as per your taste. Mix poppy seeds and fry till it mixes well with the peeled potato skin and onions. Fry till this is red and crispy.
And that's a WOW lunch. Simple yet mouth watery. Isn't it, what's your opinion?
It would be difficult to find a Bengali house where you will not see an item of fish in the daily menu. I am an exception though; Lately after finding a shop in the market besides JNTU crossing, fish became an item in our meals too - at least 2-3 times a week now. The specialty of this shop is you can buy live Rohu fish and that is the only shop in the entire market.
One such fine Sunday morning, we had a wonderful 'fishy' lunch with Fried fish, fish curry and Alur Khosha Bhaja (Potato Skin Fry).
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| Fish Fried |
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| Fish Curry |
Alur Khosha Bhaja is not an item which you would be hearing often. This is prepared from the peeled skin of potato. Believe it or not, potato skin is not only nutritious but tasty. Peel the potato and keep the skin a little thick than usual. Peel onions as well. Add salt as per your taste. Mix poppy seeds and fry till it mixes well with the peeled potato skin and onions. Fry till this is red and crispy.
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| Alur Khosha Bhaja |
And that's a WOW lunch. Simple yet mouth watery. Isn't it, what's your opinion?
India Unexplored - Explore the less travelled Indian destinations
Lonely Planet have started a contest called India Unexplored, which is mainly to promote avid travelers to share their offbeat travel experiences. The entries are categorized into 4 themes - See, Do, Eat and Shop. Entries would be visible upon approval from the moderation team. The campaign is running from 4 October to 17 November, 2014 and the voting has begun.
I have the privilege of sharing 4 entries in the contest as below:
Shop:
Nirmal: http://unexplored.lonelyplanet.in/discovery/entry/629.html
Pochampally: http://unexplored.lonelyplanet.in/discovery/entry/632.html
Eat:
Absolute Barbeque: http://unexplored.lonelyplanet.in/discovery/entry/737.html
Rhinchen Cafeteria: http://unexplored.lonelyplanet.in/discovery/entry/747.html
For more details on the places, you can visit the link of the names.
Please vote for my entries as below in Lonely Plannet - India Unexplored if you find it interesting.
I have the privilege of sharing 4 entries in the contest as below:
Shop:
Nirmal: http://unexplored.lonelyplanet.in/discovery/entry/629.html
Pochampally: http://unexplored.lonelyplanet.in/discovery/entry/632.html
Eat:
Absolute Barbeque: http://unexplored.lonelyplanet.in/discovery/entry/737.html
Rhinchen Cafeteria: http://unexplored.lonelyplanet.in/discovery/entry/747.html
For more details on the places, you can visit the link of the names.
Please vote for my entries as below in Lonely Plannet - India Unexplored if you find it interesting.
Egg Paneer
Thanks to my wife for this recipe. One day morning she woke up with an idea in mind to prepare something new and ultimately came up with the one below. Believe me or not this tasted wonderful, though the preparation is not very common.
Ingredients:
- Paneer - 1 Packet
- Onion - 1 Big
- Tomato Ketchup
- Corn Flour - 3-4 tb Spoon
- Egg 2 pc.
- Black Pepper
- Jeera Dust
- Ginger Garlic paste
- Turmeric
- Salt
- Sugar
- Sunflower Oil
- Finely chop the Onion.
- Pour small amount of oil and fry with chopped onions with a spoon of sugar.
- Add Tomato Ketchup once the onions are fried.
- Add small portion of Ginger Garlic paste, Turmeric and Jeera Dust.
- Stir and fry for some time in low heat till it becomes sticky.
- Pour the Gravy in another vessel.
- Cut the Paneer into small pieces.
- Crack 2 eggs on top.
- Add 3-4 Tablespoon Corn flour to the mix.
- Add Black pepper and Salt according to your taste.
- Stir it and mix it thoroughly.
- Pour Sunflower Oil in a Non-Sticky Pan and add the Paneer mix.
- Fry it for around 5 mins. Constantly stir to avoid sticking.
- Pour the Gravy on top of the cooked Paneer.
- Pour 1 cup water and boil it for around 2 mins in medium heat.
And your Egg Paneer is ready. You can serve it with both Rice or Rooti.
Barbecuing in Hyderabad
Have been to several Barbecues in Hyderabad like Bar-B-Q Nation, 36 Chhattees, Sigree, Sizzling Grillz, The Great Indian Kabab factory etc, but after I visited AB's - Absolute Barbecues, I can definitely say that this is the best in the lot.
Thankfully I was on time to avoid the rush and got a direct entry with no waitlist. :) The staff provided me with a sofa near the corner of the floor and explained the different varieties. Observed that there were quite a few new items which was different from other places. There was a WISH GRILL which offered different varieties of meat like Quail, Rabbit, Emu, Octopus etc. You can have this cooked as per your wish and hence the term. We preferred to keep the Wish grill for our next visit and went ahead with the rest of the stuff.
Among the veg starters, I liked the Mexican Grilled Veg the most, followed by American Cheesy Potato. Singapuri Tangdi was good but a bit spicy. Hotel staff informed us that normally the food is medium spicy and if we wish we can order for less spicy ones as well. They were kind enough to offer my wife another less spicy piece. My favorite in Non-Veg was the Grilled Fish.
Had lots of Prawn and Hariyali Chicken as well, but frankly I did not like the Hariyali chicken that much compared to the other items. I would rather suggest the authorities to have a different variety of chicken instead, but that is again my personal opinion.
For Spice lovers, there is AWESOME TWOSOME - Spicy Chilli and Garlic sauce which you can spray over the baked prawns or chicken to spice up your taste with lots of ufff... and aaahs...
After the starters, we were so full that we did not head towards the main course. I took a little bit of soup while my wife choose to refrain from that too. There is a live ice-cream counter which serves with you custom mix. Among the sweets I love Firni the most. There was another item called Indrani which is uncommon in the lot. There were also a variety of truffles along with Gulab Jamun.
There is a bar counter at the corner though we restricted ourselves with the complimentary mocktails. We ordered for Aam Paana but the staff mentioned that this is not that good. They suggested to the other choices. We went ahead with Virgin Mojito and another drink (don't recollect the name). Pint Beer is also served as complimentary drink.
Loved the table decors too especially the quotes on the paper mats.
With the wish to taste the WISH GRILL signing off for now...
Thankfully I was on time to avoid the rush and got a direct entry with no waitlist. :) The staff provided me with a sofa near the corner of the floor and explained the different varieties. Observed that there were quite a few new items which was different from other places. There was a WISH GRILL which offered different varieties of meat like Quail, Rabbit, Emu, Octopus etc. You can have this cooked as per your wish and hence the term. We preferred to keep the Wish grill for our next visit and went ahead with the rest of the stuff.
Among the veg starters, I liked the Mexican Grilled Veg the most, followed by American Cheesy Potato. Singapuri Tangdi was good but a bit spicy. Hotel staff informed us that normally the food is medium spicy and if we wish we can order for less spicy ones as well. They were kind enough to offer my wife another less spicy piece. My favorite in Non-Veg was the Grilled Fish.
Had lots of Prawn and Hariyali Chicken as well, but frankly I did not like the Hariyali chicken that much compared to the other items. I would rather suggest the authorities to have a different variety of chicken instead, but that is again my personal opinion.
For Spice lovers, there is AWESOME TWOSOME - Spicy Chilli and Garlic sauce which you can spray over the baked prawns or chicken to spice up your taste with lots of ufff... and aaahs...
After the starters, we were so full that we did not head towards the main course. I took a little bit of soup while my wife choose to refrain from that too. There is a live ice-cream counter which serves with you custom mix. Among the sweets I love Firni the most. There was another item called Indrani which is uncommon in the lot. There were also a variety of truffles along with Gulab Jamun.
There is a bar counter at the corner though we restricted ourselves with the complimentary mocktails. We ordered for Aam Paana but the staff mentioned that this is not that good. They suggested to the other choices. We went ahead with Virgin Mojito and another drink (don't recollect the name). Pint Beer is also served as complimentary drink.
Loved the table decors too especially the quotes on the paper mats.
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With the wish to taste the WISH GRILL signing off for now...
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