Friday, 27 September 2019

Drumstick Leaves Chicken Soup for Weight loss

Ingredients:
Virgin Coconut Oil 2 tsp
Bay leaf 1
cloves 2
cinnsmon stick small piece
1 small onion finely chopped
1 small tomato chopped
Chopped Drumstick leaves 2 cups packed
Ginger garlic paste 1tsp
Turmeric powder a pinch
Coriander powder 1tsp
Cumin powder 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder 1/2 tsp
Coconut milk made with 1/2 tbsp
1 Chicken breast cut into small pieces
Salt
Lemon juice 2tsp



Method:

1. Heat coconut oil in a pressure cooker, add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cloves.
2. Add onions, salt and saute till slighty brown.
3. Add ginger garlic paste, turmeric and cook for a min.
4. Add tomatoes and cook till mushy.
5. Add coriander powder, cumin powder, pepper powder and mix well.
6. Add drumstick leaves and cook for 2 min.
7. Add chicken pieces and mix.
8. Add coconut milk, salt if needed, lemon juice and mix.
9. Cook for 5-10 min on medium flame in pressure cooker.
10. Serve hot.

Friday, 20 September 2019

Spinach Besan Cheela



Ingredients (Makes around 4-5):
1cup Besan flower
1 tsp red chiili powder
Hing small pinch
Crushed pepper corns 1/2 tsp
Ajwain crushed 1/2 tsp
Crushed cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
4 shallots
1 small tomato
1/2 small carrot
finely chopped spinach 1/2 cup
salt
finely chopped green chilli 1
coriander leaves finely chopped
curry leaves finely chopped
Corn flour 2 tsp
coconut oil for greesing
Method:
1. Grind shallots, tomato and carrots coarsely.
2. Take besan, add all other ingredients, except oil, add water, mix and leave it for 2 min.
3. Greese a non stick pan with coconut oil, spread the batter thinly and cook both sides on medium flame.
4. Serve hot.

Egg Coconut Milk Gravy


1. heat coconut oil in a pan, add boiled eggs and fry by adding salt, turmeric and chilli powder and keep aside.
2. Now to the same pan, add some more coconut oil, fennel seeds, thinly sliced 10 shallots, green chillies, curry leaves and cook.
3. Now add 1 medium size tomato chopped and cook till mushy.
4. Now add coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder, biryani powder, salt and mix.
5. Now add 1 cup thick coconut milk and cook till boiling. Add some lemon juice.
6. Add eggs, garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Stuffed Chicken Wings



1. Prepare chicken wings in lollypop shape by pushing all the meat to one side of the bone.
2. Add 1tsp ginger garlic paste, red chili powder, turmeric, Red chilli garlic sauce 1 tsp, soya sauce 1 tsp,  1tsp chat masala, little salt if required and keep it for marination.
3. Crumble paneer, add finely chopped onions half of small size, finely chopped coriander leaves, grated mozarella cheese 1tbsp, left over meat keema if available or use chicken from one wing, red chilli powder, red chilli sauce for binding, turmeric, chat masala and salt if required and mix well and u should be able to hold it like a dumpling.
4. Beat 2 eggs for 12 lollypops and add red chilli powder, salt, turmeric, 2 tsp corn flour and beat well.
5. Stuff paneer in lollypops, dip each one in egg and roll in bread crumbs and deep fry in medium heat oil. Serve hot.

Spinach Kichidi with Brown Rice

Ingredients (Serves 2):

Brown Rice 3 tbsp
Toor Dal 3 tbsp
6 shallots chopped
1 small potato chopped small
1 small carrot chopped small
1/2 cup frozen green peas
1 small tomato
turmeric powder a pinch
coconut oil 2 tsp
Cinnamon stick 1 inch piece
cumin seeds
hing a pinch
3 cloves
small javetri piece
1 bay leaf
cardomom 3
Garlic cloves 3 crushed
Spinach leaves 1 full cup packed
green chilli 2
Pepper  corns 1 tsp crushed
biryani powder small pinch
lemon juice 2 tsp
salt
chilli powdee 1 tsp
coriander powder 1 tsp
cumin powder 1 tsp



Method:

1. Soak the brown rice for 2 hours preferably, along with toor dal.
2. Boil both in around 4 times of water by adding little salt, coconut oil until fully soft and mushy.
3. Make a paste of green chilli and spinach by adding little water.
4. Heat coconut oil in a non stick pan, add cumin seeds, all whole spices, hing, then shallots, garlic and fry.
5. Now add potatoes, carrot, green peas, tomtoes and cook till soft.
6. add Turmeric, salt, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, biryani powder, crushed pepper, and mix well.
7. Now add spinach paste and cook until fully cooked.
8. Now add lemon juice.
9. Add the brown rice n dal and simmer for 5 min.
10. Serve hot with Carrot cucumber raita. (Add finely grated carrot, finely chopped cucumber, salt to yogurt and mix)