Khatti Arbi

I am penning down the recipe after a very very long time. Though I have been experimenting and cooking food, i have not been blogging. So here you go with the Khati Arbi recipe. I have cooked Arabi many different ways like with onion tomato gravy, ajwain arbi, chaat masala arbi but this time i wanted to cook it in a different way to give my taste buds a twist.

Ingredients:

• Arbi (Taro root) - 250 gms boiled in salted water and cut into half


• Tomato - 1/2 cup chopped


• Onion - 1 small chopped


• Garlic - 4 clove paste


• Ginger - 1 inch piece grated


• Green Chilli - 2 -3 cut into slices 

• Curry Leaves - 5 - 6

• Tamarind pulp - 3 tbsp (soak tamarind for 15 mins in luke warm water and use that water/pulp)

• Red Chilli powder -1 tsp


• Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp


• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp


• Salt - to taste


• Oil- 1 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Heat oil in the pan and add the cumin seeds.
2. Add the onions, curry leaves, garlic and ginger paste, green chillies and sauté them for 5 mins.
3. Add turmeric and chilli powder and sauté for 2 -3 mins.
4. Add boiled arbi and cook for 2 mins before adding 1/2 cup of water and salt. Cook for 2 mins.
5. Add the tomatoes and sauté for another 5 mins till they are completely mashed.
6. Add tamarind paste and simmer for 15 mins. Remove from the heat and when it is a bit cool, blend the mixture in the blender.

Garnish with the coriander leaves/cilantro.
You can always change the amount of spices in a dish as per your taste.

Pudina Chicken

Pudina Chicken is very minty and very simple to make. With few ingredients, wala you have a tasty chicken.

• Chicken Breast Tenders - 250 gms
• Onion - 1 medium chopped
• Coriander Powder - 2 to 3 tsp
• Green Chillies - 3 to 4
• Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 3 to 4 tsp / per taste
• Lemon juice - one lemon
• Salt - to taste
• Pref Mustard Oil or Any refined oil - 2 tbsp
• Mint Leaves - a bunch. Because it is pudina chicken, pudina needs to be more but make sure that its not a lot as it might become bitter and overwhelming.
• Ginger little piece
• Garlic - 2 to 3 cloves

Procedure:

1.  Chop the chicken into medium pieces. Prick the pieces with the fork.
2. Marinade the chicken pieces with salt, lemon juice, red pepper and turmeric for an hour.
3. Blend the onion, mint leaves, garam masala, coriander, green chillies,garlic, ginger to make a paste
4. Heat the oil in the kadai. Add chicken pieces and cook till the chicken becomes white in color and half cooked.
5. Add onion pudina paste to the chicken.
6. Cover and cook till the chicken is completely cooked.
7. Garnish with mint leaves and serve hot.

Black Pepper Chicken (Kali Mirch Chicken)

I have heard from chicken eaters about this dish especially when eaten in the restaurants. Cream is used by many, in this recipe but i want to make it heart healthy, so no cream. Enjoy ! Ingredients:

• Chicken Breast Tenders - 250 gms


• Onion - 1 medium chopped


• Garlic cloves - 5 finely chopped


• Tomato paste - 1 tbsp


• Cloves -2


• Coriander Powder - 2 tsp


• Black pepper corns crushed - 2 tsp


• Curry Leaves - 4 to 5


• Salt - to taste


• Oil - 2 tbsp


• Mint Leaves - for garnish

Procedure:

1. Chop the chicken into medium pieces. Prick the pieces with the fork.


2. Marinade the chicken pieces with salt, black pepper, turmeric for an hour.


3. Heat the oil in the kadai. Add onions and cloves.


4. Once the onions are pink, add garlic and curry leaves. Saute the garlic for a minute.


5. Add tomato paste and saute for another 2 mins.


6. Now add the coriander and saute till the oil gets separated from the paste.


7. Add the chicken pieces and water. Let the water boil and then cover the kadai till chicken is cooked.


8. Garnish with mint leaves and serve hot.

Cheese Tomato

Cheese Tomato in a creamy tomato gravy always make my mouth watery. I have eaten many versions of Cheese Tomato but today I cooked my version and it came out to be pretty well. It has more of a tangy taste which we loved.

Ingredients:

• Indian Cottage Cheese ( Paneer) - 250 gms cut into rectangular size cubes


• Tomato puree - 1/2 cup


• Onions - 1 small


• Yoghurt - 1 cup whipped


• Garlic - 1 clove chopped


• Ginger - 1 inch piece grated


• Coriander powder - 2 tsp


• Red Chilli powder -1 tsp


• Garam Masala powder - 1/4 tsp


• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp


• Salt - to taste


• Oil/Butter - 1 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Heat oil in the pan and add the cumin seeds.


2. Add the onions, garlic and ginger and saute them for 5 mins.


3. Add the tomato puree and saute for another 5 mins.


4. Add all the spices except garam masala and saute till the oil separates from the mixture.


5. Remove from the heat and when it is a bit cool, blend the mixture in the blender.


6. Add the yoghurt in the mixture. Mix well and then place it on the stove again on a low heat.


7. Add the cubed paneer, garam masala and mix well.


8. Let the gravy simmer for another 10 mins.

Garnish with the coriander leaves/cilantro.
Cheese Tomato is ready and we enjoyed it throughly in dinner.
You can always change the amount of spices in a dish as per your taste.

Lemony Chicken

I decided to make Schezwan Noodles for a Sunday lunch but what to make along with it as a side was a question. Tarun wanted to have some chicken dish and thus tried my hands at Lemony Chicken.



Ingredients:

• Chicken Breast tenders - 4 pcs
  
• Thyme - 1 tbsp


• Garlic - 4 cloves chopped finely


• Ginger - 1 tbsp chopped finely


• Tomato Puree - 1 tbsp


• Green Bell Peppers - 1 medium size


• Black Pepper - 1 tsp


• Salt - to taste


• Oil - 1 tbsp
  
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp
• Spring Onion - to garnish
  

Procedure:

1. Cut the chicken breast tenders into medium size pieces and pierce them with the fork


2. Marinate the chicken with the salt and the thyme and place it in the refrigerator for 30 mins.


3. Heat the pan and put the oil.


4. Once the oil is warm, add the garlic and ginger and saute for 3 mins.


5. Add the chicken in the pan and cook till it is almost cooked.


6. Add the tomato puree and the green bell peppers and mix well.


7. Cook till the chicken is fully cooked.


8. Add the Lemon juice and the Lemony Chicken is ready to serve.

Granish it with some lemon pieces and spring onion.