Paneer Sashlik

 What is sashlik?

Sashlik is a Russian style of kabab. It is actually a shik kakab made with strongly marinated, skewered lamb combined with vegetables and grilled to perfection to make the ultimate cook out food. In India vegetarians replace meat with paneer.

Here is the recipe of paneer sashlik :

Ingredients

•  Fresh Panner ( made from fullcream milk, cut into large cubes:1.5'"x1.5")
• Capsicum (washed and cut into square )
• Tomato ( washed and cut into square)
• Onion ( Cut into square)
• Fresh Curd 
• Amchur powder 
• Sattu ( Roasted and ground Chana, 2 tablespoonfull)
• Onion, Garlic, Green Chilly and Ginger paste ( 2 tablespoon full)
• Garam Masala Powder ( 1tsp)
• Kashmiri Red Chilly Powder (1tsp)
• Salt & Sugar to taste
• A little butter for brushing 

 Procedure

1. Take e large bowl and put all the ingredients together except the sattu, butter and the veggies.
2. Marinate the panner in fresh curd and other ingredients for at least 3-4 hours.
3. Refrigerate.
4. Take the marinated paneer out from fridge and sprinkle sattu on top.
5. Take a large shik/skewer or a knitting needle and arrange  the marinated paneer cubes. alternately with capsicum, onion and tomato cubes.
6. Brush with butter.
7. Put the skewers into preheated OTG rack at 200 degree celsius
8. Grill for half an hour till brownish tinge appears on the paneer cubes
9. Take out and serve hot as an weekend snacks

 Happy Cooking!

Fish Mould for your Valentine !!!

Ingredients 

• Fish ( Rui/ Katla or Becti) 100gms
• Finely chopped onion  2tbsp
• Ginger- Garlic-Green chilly paste 2tsp
• Finely Chopped Coriander 
• Grated Carrot 4tsp
• Greenpeas 1/2 cup ( perboiled )
• One Small Potato boiled & mashed
• One Egg ( well beaten)
• Refined oil 2tsp
• Mustard oil ( very little)
• Butter to grease the mould
• Salt, a little sugar and a very little turmeric powder
• Fresh Lemon Juice 1/2tsp
• Two Cheese cubes ( grated)
  

Procedure 

• Marinate the fish with little salt, turmeric powder and shallow fry in mustard oil  and de bone the fish 
• Heat refined oil in a pan and fry onion till brown. 
• Gradually add Ginger-garlic-green chilly paste followed by mashed potato, fish paste, carrot, green peas
• Add a little sugar
• Sprinkle finely chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice
• Then add the beaten egg and mix them well . Your FISH-CAKE MIX  is ready
• Grease a mould with  butter
• Add the FISH-CAKE MIX and add grated cheese from top. 
• Cook for 20 minutes under pressure cooker
• Keep aside for another 5 minutes outside the cooker.
• Turn the mould upside down and garnish with Capsicum ( specially cut for Valentine's Day)
  

Methi Paratha with Boiled Lentils

Ingredients

Fresh Methi leaves (finely chopped ) 2cups
Maida i cup
Atta or whole wheat flour 1 cup
Sattu or fried Chana Powder 1/2 cup
Green chilly paste 2 tbsp
Salt
Refined oil
A little fenugreek seeds ( methi seeds) coarsely ground

Procedure

Grease a wok ( do not add too much of oil ) and add the coarsely ground methi seeds along with the washed and dried methi leaves. Sprinkle salt and stir fry till the water evaporates. Let it be cooled. Add the green chilly paste and sieve together along with maida, atta, sattu and a little refined oil. Keep aside for two hours. Make parathas out of the dough in desired shape. Fry with a dash of refined oil till brown. Be paitent while frying the crispy parathas....
Serve hot with chutney / pickle and of course with the boiled lentils garnished with onion and coriander leaves.

For the boiled lentils soak matar, chana, chana dal, rajma and  whole mung (green) together  overnight Boil them in a pressure cooker till it becomes soft. Then add coriander powder, jeera powder, red mirchi powder, black salt,  tamarind chutney and bring it to boil. Now before serving with methi paratha garnish the boiled lentil with finely chopped onion, tomato, green chillies and fresh coriander leaves and a dash of lemon juice.
 

This combo ( Methi Paratha with Boiled Lentils ) is an ideal evening snacks..

Chicken Spring Roll

• Boneless chicken( finely chopped, 100gms)
• Carrot ( finely chopped)
• Cabbage( finely chopped)
• Spring onion (finely chopped)
• 2 tsp Garlic ( finely chopped)
• Green chillies ( finely chopped)
• One egg 
• Flour (200gms)
• Cornflour (2 tablespoon)
• Baking powder ( 1/2 tsp)
• Refined oil ( 2tsp)
• Salt
• Sugar( a pinch)

• Sift the flour with cornflour, egg, refined oil, baking soda. salt and a pinch of sugar, water and cover the dough with a bowl. The dough has to be tightly made. So be careful while adding water during the making of the dough.
• Meanwhile marinate the chicken with salt, black pepper and soyasauce for atleast one hour.
• Heat 2tsp refined oil in a wok. Add garlic and green chillies. Saute' for 2 minutes. Then add the marinated chicken. Stir fry the chicken for 3-4 minutes.
• Then add the chopped carrot, cabbage and spring onion and fry them together for 2 minutes ONLY! Make sure that the veggies are not over cooked and no water is left inside the wok!
• Cut the dough into small balls and roll each ball like a roti.
• Wrap each roti with the chicken filling you made in the previous step. Seal the 2 ends of the spring roll with a little cold water.
• Deep fry the spring roll each at a time.
• Garnish the spring roll with finely cut carrot and spring onion!
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Dhokla..an ideal low-calorie evening snack!

•  Gram flour ( Bengal Chana Dal Besan) 2 cups
•  Fresh Curd (Stirred) 1 cup
• Salt to taste
• 1tsp Soda bi-carb or Eno fruit salt
•  Juice of one Lemon
•  A pinch of turmeric powder
• A pinch of red chilly powder
• Refined Oil 2 tsp (1 tsp for batter and 1 tsp for tampering (chaunk/foron)
• Fresh Curry leaves
• 1tsp Mustard Seeds
• Freshly grated Coconut
• Green chilies (vertically slit)
• Tamarind-Jaggery Chutney

• In a bowl take gram flour (besan), Curd and luke warm water.
• Mix well and make a smooth batter. The batter should be of thick consistency.
• Add salt, haldi powder, red chilly powder cover with a lid and set aside for 4 hours
• Keep the steamer or cooker ready on gas.
• Grease a baking dish (it should fit in the steamer or cooker).
• Now in  a small bowl take 1 tsp. of soda bi-carb or eno fruit salt, 1tsp oil and lemon juice and mix well.
• Add this to the batter and mix well.
• Pour the batter into the greased pan and steam for 10-15 minutes or till done( ensure bu pricking with a toothpick or knife)
• Cool for sometime and cut into big cubes.
• Heat little oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves; allow to splatter. Remove and pour it over dhoklas.
• Garnish the besan dhokla with grated coconut and slited green chilies.
• Serve with Tamarind-Jaggery chutney.

Chicken Tawa Kabab

Boneless Chicken Chunks 300gms
Fresh Curd 4tbsp
Garlic Paste 4tsp
Onion Paste 2 tsp
Ginger Paste 2 tsp
Red Mirchi Powder 1tsp
Salt
Sugar (a little)
Sattu( dry fried Chana Powder) 2tbsp
Refined Oil 1tsp





Pat dry the chicken chunks and mix all the ingredients except the Sattu and oil. Marinate for at least 6 hours and refrigerate ( not in the deep fridge)

Mix the sattu and sprinkle oil on top of the marinated chicken.
Take a nonstick pan and put the chicken inside it. Cook under low flame. Cover the lid of the pan. Saute' until the marinade dries up and the chicken becomes tender. Cook under high flame ocassionally. Take out the hot chicken pieces and skewer them on a piece of stick and hold it over an open flame for a few seconds to get the classic kabab style  burnt effect on the chicken pieces.

Serve hot with onion and tomato rings and of course with Green Chillies and Lemon slices.

Raw JackFruit Cutlet ( এঁচোড়ের কাটলেট )

an ideal evening snack

 

• Raw Jackfruit ( 2 cups kernels, cut into small pieces, boiled in a pressure cooker)
• One large potato (boiled and mashed)
• Finely chopped green chilly
• Grated ginger -1 tbsp
• Garam Masala powder- 1 tsp
• Dry fried Cummin powder- 1 tsp
• Dry fried Coriander powder- 1tsp
• Roasted peanuts- coarsely ground
• Chopped coconut slices
• Salt & Sugar
• Mustard oil for frying
• Bread Crumb
• One egg or Cornflour

jackfruit tree in the backyard of our Kharagpur Bungalow

• Mash the boiled jackfruit and mix all the ingredinets with it except the last three.
• Use your clean hand to mix them lightly and thoroughly
• Make flat cutlets between your palms
• Coat the cutlets first with beaten egg or  cornflour mixed with water
• Then coat with breadcrumb
• Deep Fry the cutlets in hot mustard oil.
• Serve with raita or tomato ketchup

 

 

Mexican Egg dish

This is one of Rukmadakshi's recipe that I learnt from a popular program on Zee bangla, Ranna Ghar. I modified it slightly for the sake of calories, using only 4 eggs, instead of 6. This is an awesome snack and a complete in itself, when served with toasted bread and soup.

 
1. Egg - 4
2. Boiled chicken pieces - 1 cup
3. Stir-fried prawns - 1 small cup
4. Grated cheese cubes - 2
5. Chopped Onion - 1 cup
6. Chopped Tomato - blanched - 1 cup
7. Finely chopped ginger - 1 teaspoon
8. Finely chopped garlic - 2 teaspoons
9. Finely chopped parsley or oregano
10. Paprika powder and red chilli flakes
11. Refined oil and salt


Heat oil in a non-stick pan. fry the onion  and tomatoes. then add garlic and ginger and oregano. Add the chicken pieces along with prawn. Saute for two minutes. Cover the mixture with 4 eggs (beaten). Sprinkle grated cheese, paprika powder and red chilli flakes. Close the lid and simmer for 5 minutes, till the egg settles and cheese melts. Remove from heat. Cut into wedge-shaped slices, like a pizza and serve hot.

PANCAKE PIZZA (Valentine Day -Special)

(For the Pancake batter)

Flour: 1 Cup
Milk: 1 Cup
One beaten Egg
Baking Powder : 1/2 tsp
(For the Pizza filling)
Grated Cheese : 2 tbsp
Flour 1 tbsp
Milk 2 tbsp
Corn kernels (boiled)
Onion ( chopped, 2 tbsp)
Capsicum (chopped, 2 tbsp)
Carrot (chopped, 2 tbsp)
Black Pepeer Powder
Chilly Flakes
Grated Cheese and Tomato, Onion and Capsicum ( Cut into rings for topping)
Tomato Ketchup (2 tsp)
Salt & Sugar
Butter 2tsp


First take the flour, egg, milk and baking powder in a bowl and sift them together to have a smooth and pouring consistency. Refrigerate for 1/2 an hour.
 Now for the filling dry fry the flour in a nonstick pan and keep aside. Fry the onion , carrot and capsicum in butter for 2-3 minutes.  Add the boiled corn kernels. Mix the dry fried flour with milk and grated cheese and add the mixture into the corn and stir-fried vegetable mixture. add a little salt, sugar , black pepeer and red chilly flakes. Mix thoroughly and keep aside.

Now heat a small nonstick pan . Grease with a little refined oil or butter and pour 1/3 cup pancake batter . Spread it and turn it when one side is completelt cooked.Make 4 such pancakes.

Finally place a pancake and spread some filling. Then place another pancake followed by some filling and finally end up with the 4th one.
Garnish with tomato ketchup, capsicum, onoin and tomato rings and also with some grated cheese. Cut the wedges with a sharp pizza cutter, keeping the pieces joined in place.

 [This recipe has been dapted and simplified from a similar recipe found in Nita Mehta's Vegetarian Dishes.]
Heat in a microwave or in a pre heated  OTG for a few seconds till the cheese melts and serve hot.
If you can cut the capsicum and red tomatoes in the shape of a HEART then I am sure that your VALENTINE would be suitably impressed!!!