Chicken Liver Keema Masala

About this Recipe...

My husband loves chicken liver and very often he craves for it, though I personally don't like chicken liver so much. So whenever he brings it, it's a challenge for me that how differently I can make it that suits my taste buds also. So this time I cooked the liver like chicken keema Matar curry by trying to give the liver a texture like minced chicken and believe me the dish turned out to be very delicious and tastes very unique. As not so a fan of this ingredient, I also love the dish and my hubby loves it a lot. So this simple recipe is for all the chicken liver lovers.

Ingredients

For Marinaring the liver

• 1 Cup Chicken liver cut into small pieces
• 1 tsp Ginger-garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

For the Curry

• 2 Tbsp Oil
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1/2 Cup Chopped Onion
• 1 tsp Ginger paste
• 1 tsp Garlic paste
• 1 tsp Green chilli paste
• 1/2 Cup Chopped Tomato
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Cumin powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1/4 Cup Frozen green peas
• 1 Medium size potato cut into cubes(optional)
• Salt as per taste
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
• Finely chopped cilantro for garnishing

Directions

1. First of all take the chicken liver pieces, cut into small pieces and marinate it with ginger-garlic paste, salt, pepper powder, turmeric powder and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes.
2. Now fry the potato cubes and set aside. (this step is completely optional, if you don't want to add potato in your curry then skip this step)
3. Heat up some oil in a pan and lightly fry the marinated liver, when it will change its texture and the water of the liver will evaporates that time try to lightly break the pieces with the help of your spatula, so that all the pieces turns to very small and looked like minced liver, cook it and take it out from the pan.
4. Now add some more oil in the pan, when oil gets hot add cumin seeds to it. Now add chopped onion and fry it till it gets translucent. Now add ginger-garlic-green chili paste and all the other dry spices and fry it till oil gets separated from the spices.
5. Now add chopped tomato to it and mix it with all the spices very well so that everything gets well cooked.
6. Now add the minced liver, fried potato cubes, green peas and salt mix it with the spices so that everything will incorporated with each other. Cook it for 2-3 minutes and then add little water to it so the mixture won't get dry.
7. After some time, add garam masala powder and cilantro leaves to it, give it a gentle mix and switch off the flame.
8. Enjoy it hot with roti, Paratha or naan.

Coconut Milk Pulao

About this Recipe...

I bought a can of coconut milk to use for one of my fish recipes. I have used half of the milk in that recipe and was thinking what to do with the remaining milk. So thought to cook this delicious South Indian coconut milk Pulao for dinner. But I wanted to give some twist on the dish, so instead of making it as a plain Pulao, I added my favorite vegetables on the dish and it comes out really great and delicious.
I have used my pressure cooker to cook this simple and irresistible dish, however you can make it in open pot also. It has a very sweet, creamy and rich flavor of coconut milk and very mild flavor of spices. This pulao goes very well with any spicy vegetarian or non-vegetarian dish.

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp Ghee or clarified butter
• 1 tsp Black Cumin seeds or shah jeera
• 2 Green cardamom
• 1 One inch long cinnamon stick
• 3-4 cloves
• 5-6 Black pepper corn
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1 Medium onion sliced
• 1 Tbsp Ginger-garlic paste
• 2 Green chillies finely chopped
• 1 Medium size potato cut into small cubes
• 1/2 Bell pepper chopped
• 1/2 Cup Cauliflower florets
• 1/4 Cup Chopped carrots
• 1/4 Cup Green peas
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Cumin powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 Cup Basmati rice washed
• 2 Cups Coconut milk
• 1 Cup Water
• 1/8 Cup Fried cashew nuts and raisins 

Directions

1. Heat clarified butter in a pressure cooker and add shah jeera, bay leaf, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and black pepper corn for tempering.
2. Now add onions and green chillies and sauté it till it become translucent.
3. Next add ginger-garlic paste followed by cumin and coriander powder and fry it till the spices separates from the oil.
4. Now add all the chopped vegetables and salt to it, mix everything well and fry it for sometime.
5. Now add the washed basmati rice, fried cashew and raisins to it, mix it well with the vegetables and add coconut milk and water to it.
6. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook it until three whistles.
7. After three whistles switch off the flame and let the cooker cool down so all the pressure can go away.
8. Now open the lid of the cooker and serve this delicious Coconut Milk Pulao.
   

Dahi Papdi Chaat

About this Recipe...

Dahi Papdi Chaat is one of the popular street food of India and one of my favorite chaat. It is usually prepared with flat Papdis, boiled potato and chickpeas, green chutney, sweet chutney, some chatpata spices and as the name suggested so yogurt is one of the main ingredient of this chaat.
In India whenever I went to the chaat stall for eating Panipuri, this dahi Papdi chaat or dahi puri chaat is my second option of eating after having Panipuri. So those days are really beautiful and in India you will get street foods in every nukkad. There are some speciality of street food in every city, and the way of making it varies from place to place. In some place, you will find the street food extremely spicy and in other place you will get the same thing in sweet and tangy. So more or less it depends on people's taste how they want their food.
When I was in India, I never thought of making these street foods at home because I relishes the taste of those street food vendors. But here in USA you will not find these , so finally I decided that I gonna try it at my kitchen and here is the outcome. Now I love my homemade chaats a lot, so whenever I crave for it I make it my own and my husband tells that these are the best in taste, healthy and hygiene.

Ingredients

• 16 Papdis
• 1 Boiled and mashed potatoes
• 1/2 cup Boiled chickpeas
• Black salt
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 Cup Sweetened yogurt
• Green chutney
• Date and tamarind chutney
• Finely chopped onion
• Roasted cumin powder
• Red chilli powder
• Chaat masala powder
• Few chopped cilantro leaves
• Sev for garnishing
• 1 tsp Lime juice

Directions

1. First of all mix some salt and black salt to the mashed potato.
2. Now arrange the Papdis on a plate, usually one serving plate consists of 8 Papdis.
3. Place the mashed potatoes and chickpeas on each papdis.
4. Now add some yoghurt, green chutney and date-tamarind chutney on top of each Papdi.
5. Add the chopped onions and sprinkle cumin powder, red chili powder and chaat masala.
6. Again add some yoghurt and few drops of lime juice to it.
7. Finally garnish it with chopped cilantro leaves and sev.
   
8. Serve it immediately, otherwise it become soggy.

Notes:
There is no particular measurement for the chutneys and spices, use it according to your taste.

For sweetened yoghurt, I add some sugar in the yoghurt and mix it well.

For Papdis, I earlier made some puries for pani-puri and some of them came flat. So I used them here as Papdi. But you can get the same in Indian grocery stores.

Chicken Stuffed Ravioli

About this Recipe...

Ravioli is a Italian stuffed pasta dish with various kind of stuffing. You can really play with the stuffing on this dish to suit your taste buds. Here I made a simple yet very delicious stuffing for my ravioli with minced chicken. It has all the homemade goodness and gourmet taste which takes this dish to another level.
I love all kind of Italian dish especially pastas and homemade ravioli is one of them. Making the ravioli pasta at home without pasta maker is really easy, though it is little time consuming but the pleasure of eating homemade fresh ravioli is something different. Make this Italian dish at home and serve it with your choice of pasta sauce, either marinara, Béchamel or pesto sauce. Here I have served my ravioli with simple marinara sauce and it makes it a complete divine meal. All you need is this dish, a glass of wine and romantic music on the background to make a perfect dinner date with your loved one at your home.

Ingredients

For Stuffing

• 1 Cup Minced chicken
• 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
• 1/2 Cup Chopped Onion
• 1 Tbsp Chopped garlic
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper powder to taste
• 1 tsp Cajun spice mix
• 1 Tbsp Fresh parsley chopped

For Ravioli Pasta

• 1/2 Cups All purpose flour
• 1 Egg
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 Tbsp Olive Oil

Directions

Chicken Stuffing

1. Heat olive oil in a pan and add chopped onion to it.
2. Sauté the onion till it gets translucent and then add garlic to it.
3. Sauté the garlic for couple of minutes.
4. Now add the minced chicken to it and fry it.
5. Add salt, pepper, Cajun spice mix and mix everything well.
6. Fry the chicken nicely till it cooked fully. Finally add the chopped parsley to it, give a quick mix and switch off the flame.
   

Ravioli Pasta

1. Take all purpose flour in a mixing bowl, add salt and olive oil to it and mix it.
2. Now make a well on the centre, break the egg and add on to it.
3. Slowly mix the egg and the flour mixture. Add some water to it and knead a dough until elastic and smooth.
4. Now drizzle some oil on the dough and wrap it with a plastic wrap.
5. Let rest the dough for 30 minutes.
6. After 30 minutes take the dough and divide it to equal portions.
7. Now dust some flour on your work counter and roll one divided ball with a rolling pin to a thin circle.
8. Now with the help of a round cutter cut it into small circles.
   
9. Now place the stuffing on the centre of it and apply some water on all the edges.
   
10. Now take another round circle and place it on top of it and seal it. Take a fork and mark impression on the sides of the ravioli.
    
11. Repeat the same step for rest of dough to make remaining ravioli.
12. Now boil water on a large pot and season the water with salt and 1 tsp oil.
13. When water start boiling, slowly add 3-4 ravioli pasta on boiling water.
    
14. When the pasta will start floating on water then take it out from water and serve the pasta with your favorite pasta sauce.
    

Chicken Keema Fried Rice

About this Recipe...

On this weekend I was not in a mood to cook any elaborate meal and want to spend some lazy time with myself. But I didn't wanted to go out for dinner also, so wanted to prepare some one dish meal which will be tasty and doesn't spoil the weekend good mood too.
So I opened my refrigerator and saw some minced chicken is lying there and thought to prepare chicken Keema fried rice. A easy and quick one pot satisfying meal. I can say that, this is an extended version of chicken keema Matar recipe. The way you make chicken keema Matar, the same way you need to cook the Keema, then add green peas and cooked basmati rice to it and the delicious meal is on your plate in no time.

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Minced chicken
• 1 1/2 Cups Cooked basmati rice
• 3 Tbsp Oil
• 1 One inch long cinnamon stick
• 2-3 green cardammom
• 4-5 black pepper corn
• 4-5 Cloves
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1 tsp Shah jeera or black cumin
• 1/2 Cup Chopped Onion
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Ginger-garlic-green chili paste
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Cumin powder
• 1 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• Salt as per taste
• 1/2 Cup Frozen green peas
• 2 Tbsp Finely chopped cilantro
• 1 tsp Garam masala powder

Directions

1. Heat oil in a pan and add cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf, cloves, pepper corn and black cumin seeds for tempering.
2. When it starts crackling, add chopped onion to it and sauté it till it becomes transparent.
3. Now add the ginger-garlic-green chili paste to it followed by turmeric, cumin, coriander and red chili powder to it.
4. Mix and sauté everything very well till oil starts leaving the sides of the pan.
5. Now add minced chicken to it and cook it with the other spices.
6. Cook the minced chicken till it gets nice golden color.
7. Now add green peas and salt as per taste and mix well.
8. Next add the cooked basmati rice to it and mix everything gently so all the spices, chicken and rice will incorporate with each other very well.
9. Finally add the chopped cilantro leaves and garam masala powder to it, give a quick mix and your chicken Keema fried rice is ready to serve.
   

Cheesy Corn Spinach Toast

About this Recipe...

Cheesy and creamy corn spinach toast is a perfect evening snacks with a cup of tea or coffee. I love spinach a lot and using this vitamin rich vegetable on the bread toast with sweet corn and creamy sauce is a added advantage for the spinach lover. The taste is so awesome, for that you need to give it a try.
Here I have used flour and milk for the creaminess of the toast combined with sweet corn and shredded spinach. I cooked all these together, then spread the mixture on the bread slices, topped it with some cheese and baked it in the oven. If you don't want to add cheese then you can skip this step, still the toast will be very creamy and delicious. A perfect snack for kids and adults.

Ingredients

• 4 Slices of whole wheat bread
• 2 Tbsp Salted butter
• 1/4 Cup Finely chopped onion
• 1 Tbsp Finely chopped garlic
• 1 Tbsp All purpose flour
• 1/2 Cup Milk
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Black pepper powder
• 1/2 tsp Dried basil
• 1 Cup Shredded spinach
• 1/4 Cup Frozen sweet corn
• 1/4 Cup Shredded Mozarella cheese

Directions

1. Place the bread slices in a baking tray.
2. Now heat butter in a pan and add chopped onion to it.
3. Sauté the onion, till it gets translucent.
4. Now add the chopped garlic to it and sauté it for 1-2 minutes.
5. Next add the flour to it and sauté it, till the nice aroma comes out from it.
6. Now slowly add milk to it and stir it continuously so no lumps can form.
7. Now add salt, pepper and dried basil to it and mix it well.
8. When the sauce will start simmering, add corn and spinach to it and mix everything well.
9. Cook it for couple of minutes, the consistency of the sauce will be like thick and spreading consistency.
10. Now switch off the flame and spread the mixture on each of the bread slices.
    
11. Top it with cheese and bake it on the 375F preheated oven for 6-8 minutes or until the cheese melts.
    
12. Serve it as it is or cut it as triangular shape and enjoy it with a cup of tea or coffee.
    

Bread Pizza

About this Recipe...

Bread pizza is a delicious pizza recipe which you can make very quickly at home with few ingredients. Making pizza at home is a long process and need to do planning beforehand and requires lots of time and hard work. But this delicious instant bread pizzas you can make quickly and enjoy the taste of pizza. Kids are also delighted to have this pizza. If you are hungry and want to eat something instant then make this recipe at home and enjoy it with family.
Here I have used whole wheat bread but you can use any bread as per your liking. You can make it as a appetizer for any party and can make it ahead and at the time of serving just reheat it in microwave and your party appetizer is ready to serve. I have kept my bread slices as it is but you can cut it as roundels or squares and it is ready to hit your party. Try this easy, crowd pleaser recipe, everyone will love it and appreciate you.

Ingredients

• 3 Slices of whole wheat bread
• 3 Tbsp Tomato ketchup
• 1 Tbsp Red chili sauce
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper powder to taste
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning
• 1/8 Cup Finely chopped onion
• 1/8 Cup Chopped bell pepper
• 1/8 Cup Chopped tomato
• 1/8 Cup Frozen sweet corn
• Few slices of mushroom
• 1/4 Cup Shredded Mozarella cheese

Directions

1. Place the bread slices in a baking tray.
2. Now take a bowl and add the tomato ketch up, red chili sauce, black pepper powder and italian seasoning. Mix everything well.
3. Now spread this prepared sauce on the bread slices.
   
4. Next arrange all the chopped vegetables on the bread and sprinkle some salt and pepper on it.
   
5. Now bake it on a 375F preheated oven for 5 minutes.
6. Take it out from the oven and spread the shredded mozzarella cheese on top of each bread slices.
   
7. Now again bake it in the oven for 6-8 minutes or until the cheese melts.
8. Bring it out from the oven, give it a rest for 5 minutes and enjoy the bread pizza.
   

Dahi Methi Murgh

About this Recipe...

Dahi Methi Murgh is a delicious chicken preparation, cooked with yogurt and fresh fenugreek leaves or Methi leaves. Yogurt and fenugreek leaves goes very well with each other. This lip smacking chicken recipe is ideal for your lunch and dinner and goes very well with rice, roti or naan. So if you got bored with regular chicken curry and want to try something different then give it a try. You will definitely love it.

Ingredients

• 1 lb Chicken cut into medium size pieces
• 1/4 Cup Yoghurt
• 1 Tbsp Ginger paste
• 1 Tbsp Garlic paste
• 1 Tbsp Green chili paste
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Cumin powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Black pepper powder
• 2 Tbsp Ghee or clarified butter
• 2 Tbsp Oil
• 2 Pieces green cardamom
• 3-4 cloves
• 4-5 black pepper corn
• 1/2 Cup Onion chopped
• 1/2 Bunch fresh fenugreek leaves chopped
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder

Directions

1. Marinate the chicken with yoghurt, ginger-garlic-green chili paste, salt, turmeric powder, cumin-coriander powder and black pepper powder. Mix everything well and keep it in refrigerator for at least one hour.
2. Now in a pan, heat up oil and clarified butter together and add cloves, cardamom and black pepper corn for tempering.
3. When you will get nice aroma from the spices, add chopped onion to it and sauté it till it become translucent.
4. Now add the chopped fenugreek leaves to the pan and fry it with onion for 2-3 minutes.
5. Next add the marinated chicken and mix nicely.
6. Cover the pan and cook it in slow flame.
7. Check the chicken in between and stir it, so it doesn't get stick to the bottom of the pan.
8. Cook in this way for about 20-30 minutes until the chicken get cooked nicely.
9. If the mixture is too dry then add some water to it and finally sprinkle some garam masala powder and your Dahi Methi Murgh is ready to serve.

Chicken Fried Rice

About this Recipe...

Chicken fried rice is a quick and easy Indo-Chinese rice dish with sautéd chicken and lots of vegetables. We all love Indo-Chinese food and it is a very common menu item in most of the restaurants. You can easily make it at home and can get the same taste or even better taste. In this recipe, I have used eggs also, so if you want to make egg fried rice or vegetable fried rice then skip adding chicken and the rest of the method will be same.
Leftover rice will work great for this recipe, so if you have some leftover rice, chicken, vegetables and all the sauces then you can make it on no time. So do try this easy recipe at home and serve it with gobi Manchuria, chicken Manchurian or any other Indo-Chinese delicacy.

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Chicken thigh cut into thin strips
• Salt to taste
• 1 Tbsp Black pepper powder
• 2 Beaten Eggs
• 3 Tbsp Sesame Oil
• 2 Cups Cooked rice
• 1 Tbsp Finely chopped garlic
• 1/4 Cup Chopped Onion
• 3 Green chillies cut into length wise
• 2 Cups Chopped mixed vegetables like celery, carrots, green beans, bell pepper, green peas
• 1 tsp Vinegar
• 2 Tbsp Soya sauce
• 1 Tbsp Red chilli sauce
• Green onions for garnishing

Directions

1. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan and fry the chicken pieces. Season it with salt and pepper.
2. When the chicken pieces turns light brown color then remove them from the pan and keep aside.
3. On the same pan add the beaten eggs, salt and pepper to taste. Scrambled it with the help of a spatula. Cook it till the rawness goes away.
4. When done transfer it to a plate and set it aside for later use.
5. On the same pan, heat the remaining oil and add chopped garlic to it.
6. Sauté it till it gets nice golden color. Next add the chopped onion and green chillies to it.
7. Fry it till it becomes translucent.
8. Next add all the chopped vegetables, followed by salt and pepper to taste.
9. Fry all the vegetables till it gets cooked.
10. Now add the soy sauce, red chili sauce and vinegar to it.
11. Mix it nicely and cook it for few seconds.
12. Now add the cooked rice, scrambled eggs and fried chicken to it.
13. Mix and toss nicely until everything gets incorporated with each other.
14. Now switch off the flame and garnish it with green onions. Serve it hot.
    

Bread Uthappam

About this Recipe...

Uthappam is a very popular and tasty South Indian dish. Traditionally it is made with rice and urad dal batter, which is a long process but this instant bread Uthappam is easy to make and not required much time.
If you have leftover bread lying in your pantry and you are thinking what to do with those bread slices then don't worry, make this healthy recipe of bread Uthappam with lots of veggies and very few drops of oil.
You can use any kind of bread for this preparation, here I have used whole wheat bread. You can use white bread also. Make this bread uthappam for your breakfast, branch or evening snack and serve it with chutney, pickle or tomato ketch up. It tastes extremely good.

Ingredients

• 3 Slices of bread
• 1/4 Cup Plain yogurt
• 4 Tbsp Semolina
• 3 Tbsp All purpose flour
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 Cup Chopped Onion
• 1/4 Cup Chopped bell pepper
• 1/8 Cup Chopped tomato
• 3 Green chilles finely chopped
• 2 Tbsp Cilantro finely chopped
• 2 Tbsp Oil for shallow frying

Directions

1. Remove the crust from the bread slices and cut it into small pieces.
2. Now transfer the bread pieces to a blender and add semolina, all purpose flour, yoghurt and water.
3. Blend it to a thick and smooth batter.
4. Now pour the batter in a mixing bowl and add salt to taste, chopped onion, bell pepper, tomato, green chili and cilantro.
5. Mix everything well. The consistency of the batter should not be too thick or too runny. It should be little thick and pouring consistency.
6. Now heat a griddle and grease it with little oil.
7. Pour 2 tbsp of batter and the size of Uthappam should be like pancakes.
8. Now pour little oil around the Uthappam and cook it for 2 minutes.
9. Turn the Uthappam and cook the other side. It should be golden brown color from both the sides.
   
10. Remove the bread uthappam from the griddle and serve it hot with your favorite chutney or ketch up.