Mirchi Ka Salan

I am back after a long break due to my trip to India. Yes this is my second visit in this year. Sorry for inconvenience and thanks for your valuable comments.

Today i am going to write the special recipe of Hyderabad, Mirchi ka Salan.

Step 1

1 tsp Cumin powder

1 tsp Coriander powder

2 tbsp Chilly powder

2 tbsp Yogurt

1 Lemon

Salt

Oil

Step 2

2 tbsp white Sesame seeds

2 tbsp Peanuts

Dry roast peanuts, sesame seeds and make it powder, set aside.

Step 3

4 tbsp fresh Coconut

Grind it to a paste. keep aside.

Step 4

1 cup chopped Banana chilly

1 cup Tamarind juice (from 1/2 lemon size tamarind)

In bowl soak the chopped banana chilly along with tamarind water.

Step 5

1 cup chopped Tomato

1/2 cup chopped Onion

1/2 " Ginger

3 big cloves of Garlic

Heat 1 Sp oil, first fry the chopped onions. And add the chopped ginger, garlic and tomato fry until they become soft. Grind all the fried ingredients into a smooth paste.

How to make:

Heat oil in a kadai and fry the onion, tomato past( From step 5) until raw smell will go.

Now add the sesame and ground nut powder(From step2), stir fry for a while.

Then add chilly, cumin, coriander powders and salt according to taste and saute for a minutes.

Add coconut paste(From step3) and simmer.

Add curd and mix well. (If you like, you can add 1/2 Sp sugar in this stage)

Pour the tamarind juice along with soaked chilly(From step4)

Cook over a low fire till the oil starts floating on top. Switch of the stove and mix the lemon juice.

Bell pepper with Black pepper

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1 Bell peppers/Capsicum
1 Carrot
1 Onion
1/2 Tsp black pepper powder
2 Big Tomato puree
2 Tbs Ground Almonds
1/2 Tsp cinnamon powder
1.5 Tsp Ginger Garlic past
1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder
1 Tsp chilly powder ( depends on your taste)
1.5 Tbs Curd
1 Tsp Kasuri methi
1 Tbs Oil/Butter
Salt

Finely chop the capsicum and carrot.
Marinate the chopped capsicum with black pepper powder, salt and half spoon of curd for 10 mints.
And once, half boil the carrot and keep aside.
Now fry the capsicum and carrot in oil and keep aside.
Cut onions finely and fry them in butter/oil along with cinnamon powder. When onions becomes brown add ginger garlic past, turmeric and chilly powder fry a while and add powdered almond mix it well. Pour the tomato puree, kasuri methi, remaining curd and salt mix thoroughly. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Adjust the taste add fried capsicum and carrot and cover with the lid, cook 5 more minutes.

KADAI CHICKEN

kadai chicken is a restaurant staple. It is great recipe to eat with naan.
Kadai, is an Indian cooking pot that looks like a wok, with 2 handles Used for stir-frying dishes over high heat and also used as a serving dishKadai . Kadai dishes have Afghan and persian origins and are unique due to the cooking process in a heavy cast iron or copper pot.

Ingredients:

Chicken 1/2 Kg
chopped Onions 1 big
Tomatoes 4 numbers( make it past)
Capsicum 1 big (chopped slices)
Chopped Green Chilli 2
Garlic 3 big
Ginger 1/2"
Dry Red Chillies 5
Corriender seeds 1 tsp
Cloves 5
Cinnamon 2
Cardamon 1/2"
Star anise 1
Corriender powder 1 sp
Red Chilly Powder 1 tsp
Masala powder
Oil 2 tbspns
Salt to taste

Ccorriender seeds and red chillies are make it powder roughly.
Make the paste with ginger garlic.(should use more garlic then ginger)
Heat the oil in kadai, fry cloves, cardamon, cinnamon, star anise for a monute, add crushed corriender and red chilly fry for a while, add ginger garlic paste.after that add onions and fry till light brown.
Add red chilli powder, dhania powder stir it.
Then add tomato paste to this. Stir it till the oil separates. Add chicken pieces, capsicum and green chillies, mix it well.
Add salt and masala powder once stir well and cover with lid.cook on low medium heat till the chicken is tender.

Gobi Kebab

In Australia, kebabs are very popular due to immigration from Greece, Turkey, former Yugoslavia, and Lebanon. Meat and chicken kebabs can be easily found in Sydney. They are commonly served with cheese and a salad consisting of lettuce, tomato, onion etc.

I made this kebab like indain version with chapati and Indian adapted chines dish Gobi Manchurian.

Ingredients:

Wheat flour 1 cup

Cauliflower(cut into florets) - 2 cups

Plain flour/maida -2tbsp

Cornflour - 2tbsp

Thinly Chopped Ginger - 1 Tbsp

Thinly Chopped garlic - 2 Tbsp

Bell pepper(diced) - 1/2cup ( I used yellow and green)

Green chillies - 3 (chopped)

Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves 1/2 cup

Tomato sauce - 4tbsp

Soya sauce - 1tsp

Ajinomoto - 1 Tsp

Cooking soda

Chopped lettuce - 1.5 cups

Oil - to deep fry

1. Wash the cauliflower florets in water with a little salt.
2. Make a slightly thick batter with cornflour, plain flour and cooking soda.
3. Coat the florets with the batter and then deep fry until light brown. Drain and keep aside.
4. In a separate pan heat 1 tbsp of oil on stove.
5. Add chopped ginger,garlic, chilly and fry for 2 mints. Now add the chopped bell pepper for for another 5 mints
6. Mix the ajinomato,tomato sauce and soya sauce with this, add the fried cauliflower florets and mix well and switch of the stove. Garnish it with coriander leaves.



7. Next we have to prepare chapati with wheat flour.
8. Mix flour,salt and water, making a dough. Knead for five minutes and keep aside 30 mints.
   Heat a flat pan until smoking hot.
   Roll out 1/2 a handful of dough into a flat round shape and put into pan, cooking for 1 minute either side. chapathi is ready



9. Mix the cauliflower Manchurian and chopped lettuce f0r filling of chapati.




10. Now fold the chapati like round packet and fill with gobi manchurian and lettuce.
    

PIZZA WITH LEFTOVER CHICKEN CURRY

Yes the title is correct! I made this pizza with My leftover chicken curry.., I tried this for spicy. People either seem to love or hate this recipe. I personally, love it! I don't like pizzas anywhere except India, I feel Indian pizza is spicy then here ( Can we get any spicy pizza here...??? ch....:( :(...). Usually I prepare this with more cheese, but this time i don't have low fat cheese.

For Pizza base:

2 Cups Plain Flour

1 Spoon yeast

1 Spoon Salt

Luke warm Water

For Topping:

1/4 Cup Leftover Chicken Curry

1 Small Onion ( finely chopped )

2 Tbs Capsicum pieces

200 gms Cheddar Cheese

Tomato Sauce

pepper powder

• Mix the yeast in Water and keep aside for 15 mints.
• Mix the salt, flour, yeast water and kneed it until the flour is well mixed and soft. Form the dough into a ball and cover with a wet towel to prevent a skin forming on the dough. Leave for one hour to let the yeast work and the dough rise.
• Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
• Roll the dough into a pizza shape. Put the base into the oven for 10 minutes
• Meanwhile take your chicken curry and make the chicken like small pieces.
• Apply some tomato sauce on prebaked pizza base and add the chicken curry topping on it. spread the cheese, capsicum, onion and pepper powder on this.
• And put it back in the oven cooking until the cheese is cooked

COCONUT CAPSICUM

I love to cook more varieties with capsicum, unfortunately I know very few recipes with capsicum. I like to prepare spicy curries, this is one of my favorites vegetarian curry.

Anyway I will introduce one tasty spicy variety with this. In my ideas its great for parties as vegetarian variety. Yeah... Looks good... Colourful...

I have used only red and green, you can use yellow one as well.


Ingredients:

Capsicums - 3
Fresh Coconut - 1/4 cup
Onion - 2
Tomato - 2
Ginger & Garlic Past - 1 tsp
Green Chilies - 7
Puppy Seeds - 2 tsp
Sesame Seeds - 2 tsp
Coriander Leaves - 1 bunch
Oil - 2 tbls
Salt

• Chop the capsicum, onion, tomato,coriander leaves into small peaces. Crush coconut and slices the chillies.

• In a kadai or saute pan, heat oil and add chopped onion. Saute until onion become soft. then add ginger&garlic past later on add chopped tomato and chilly fry another 2 min. Now mix the capsicum in that and cover the lid and cook for 5 min.


• Meanwhile prepare the sesame & puppy seeds powder. In thick sauce pan once fry the sesame seeds and transfer to a blender, in the same pan fry the puppy seeds for 30sec and grind along with sesame seeds.


• Mix this sesame & puppy seeds powder into the curry and Cook until the capsicum become tender and add salt.


• At this stage we can add fresh coconut. (some of them don't like fresh coconut in this if so, u can grind dry coconut along with sesame seeds powder. i like this one) and cook two more minutes


• Take off from the heat and add chopped coriander.

Serve this capsicum coconut with chapati or steamed hot rice