Grilled Chicken with Tomato Concasse - Recipe

The name sounds heavy, no?? But trust me, the recipe is very healthy and easy to prepare. This can be made without oil or just a bit of oil to grease the pan. The word "concasse" may be unknown to some people. Lemme, tell you, "tomato concasse" is when we boil or microwave a wet tomato for 2 mins and peel off the skin of it and throw away the seeds.

I cooked this one keeping in mind that now, in every family there are people who suffer from diabetes, thyroid, sugar, high blood pressure and what not!! Chicken is good for health if taken in proper quantity and without spice. So, this approach was made specially for those people, but surely even the fittest person will enjoy this equally. :-) Have a look to the dish, your mouth will start watering :-P :-P

Ingredients:

1) Chicken (medium sized) - 4 pcs
2) Lime juice -5 tbsp
3) Ginger juice - 5 tbsp
4) Salt
5) Olive oil(optional)
6) Garlic frills -1 tbsp
7) Green chilly frills/paste - 1tsp
8) 2 chopped onions
9) Sugar - 2 tbsp
10) 2 chopped Tomato concasse
11) Tomato Ketchup - 3 tbsp
12) 1/2 chopped capsicum
13) Fennel - 1 tsp
14) Parsley leaves/coriander leaves
15) Honey - 2 tsp
16) White sesame seeds(roasted) - 2 tsp

Method:

1) Marinate the chicken with salt, lime juice and ginger juice for 3 hours.
2) Grease a non-stick pan with olive oil, no excess oil is needed. If anyone wants to avoid the oil totally, one can.
3) Cook the chickens for 30- 45 mins in medium heat.

4) Serve them in a plate.

Now, for the tomato concasse sauce-

5) Add garlic frills, chopped onions in the non-stick pan.
6) Add salt, let it melt.
7) Add sugar, let it caramelize.
8) Add the tomato concasse and cook for 2 mins.
9) Add 1 cup hot water, tomato ketchup, chopped capsicum, green chilly paste,  fennel, parsley/coriander leaves, honey and cook for another 2 mins.
10) Add the sauce onto the grilled chicken, spread some roasted sesame seeds and serve.

I was not so sure about the sauce before cooking, but it turned out to be supppperrrbbbb!!! I am just waiting to cook it for my hubby when he comes to Kolkata next time.

Happy cooking!!

Non-veg Rabri Recipe

For those who don't know what is Rabri?? I shall tell, it's a sweet dish, famous in Kolkata. Well, it takes a lot of time as it is prepared with continuous slow heating. But now-a-days we all are very busy no? So, here is a short cut way to feel how Rabri tastes. Well, yah the real Rabri and this one dont taste xactly same, they taste similar. And if someone(like me) is allergic to too much thickened milk, then that person will just love my recipe. It's a very simple and easy recipe. I can guarantee anyone (except that person can't digest milk and egg together) will LOVE this.

One more secret, this is the first sweet dish I made for my hubby, and he loved it, and I was too satisfied when he just kept licking and licking the bowl even after it was finished. :P :P :P Anyway, now to the recipe-

Ingredients:

1) Milk( 1 ltr.)

2) Egg (5 pcs)

3) Sugar (5tbsp)

4) Salt (upto taste)

5) Cinnamon Stick (5 small pcs)

6) Cardamom (4 pcs)

7) Refined Oil( 5 tsp)

Method:

1) Make five omelets out of the five eggs (this is where the salt will be used only) using refined oil.

2) Shred them into pieces(evenly or unevenly)

3) Slightly smash the cardamoms so that the seed in them start peeping, this will add some more flavor to the milk.

4) Then add the cardamoms, cinnamon, sugar to the milk and boil it in slow heat until the milk becomes 3/4th of the actual quantity.

5) Add the shredded omelets to the milk and cook until the desired thickness is achieved. 

And that's it. So easy no? I know. 

Happy cooking. :-) :-)  

Coconut Papaya..........

After a loooooooooooooooooooooong time, no???? Today I am going to share a recipe, but it's my mom's invention,not mine.. But it was just superb. I am damn sure nobody in this world would dislike it. People who hate papaya for ant reason would definitely start loving it, it's a vegetarian recipe. So, here it is..

Ingredients:

1) Papaya (washed and grated) - a whole papaya..

2) Coconut (grated) - half of a standard sized coconut

3) Cinnamon stick (3 small pieces) , cardamom (2 pieces)

4) Mustard oil
5) Ginger paste (1 + 1/2 tsp)
6) Garlic paste (1 tsp)
7) Green chilly paste ( 1 tsp)
8) Salt (up to taste)
9) Turmeric Powder( 1/2 tsp)
10) Sugar (1 tsp)
11) Ghee (1 tsp)

Method:

1) Heat the oil and fry the cinnamon and cardamom for the nice flavor.
2) Then give the grated Papaya and cook for 5 minutes.
3) Give Ginger paste, Garlic paste, Green Chilly paste, Salt, Turmeric powder.
4) Cook very well till the water that came out from the papaya dried a bit.
5) Now, give the grated Coconut and sugar and cook until done.
6) Spread the ghee, cook for 15 secs and serve.

Isn't it very easy?? Yes,it is. It can be served with rice as well as loaf. I guarantee every one will love it..

Happy cooking..

Moong Moorg Fry..

I have been silence since long time. This month has been busy for me. It was hectic in the beginning, boring in the middle, memorable in the end. I always find an opportunity to cook something new. My hubby was here last week and I just love to cook for him. And my mind always gets some new ideas itself and mostly they are appreciated. I named this preparation as "Moong Moorg Fry". It's kind of snacks, can be served in the evening with coffee, or it can be served with any main coarse item. I leave it up to you how you wanna have it. Now here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

1] Chicken-cut into small pieces (500 gm)
2] 3 eggs
3] Moong Dal (75 gm)
4] Arrowroot (150 gm)
5] Salt (According to taste)
6] Black Pepper (1/2 tsp)
7] Sugar (1 tbsp)
8] Chaat Masala (1+1/2 tsp)
9] Green chili paste (According to taste, I used 2tsp)
10] Refined Oil (to fry)
11] Vinegar

Method:


1] Marinate the Chicken with Vinegar and salt for 15 mins.
2] Wash the Moong Dal with water and dip in water for just 5 mins. Then grind it half in the mixer. The grains should not become full paste.
3] Make a batter with the eggs, half grinded Moong Dal, Arrowroot, Salt, Black Pepper, Sugar, Chaat masala, Green Chili Paste. The batter should be beaten well so that no clot of arrowroot is there.
4] Take the chickens out of the vinegar and let them dry.
5] Heat the oil, dip the chickens in the batter and fry.
6] Serve with sauce or simply with black pepper and salt.

Now,isn't it easy?? Try at home and lemme know how it tastes. My hubby loved it. :) :) :)

Sweet 'n' Sour Prawn Piyaaji >> was my recipe on mamma's birthday

I will share the recipe of || Sweet 'n' Sour Prawn Piyaaji || and the name is given by me indicating the taste and majority of onions. Everyone loved it except the fact that I used a bit much chilly powder :( :( :( and even I felt the same. I was actually in a hurry and gave chilly powder twice. :P :P :P... I won't chappar chappar too much and going straight to the recipe.

Ingredients needed (For 5 serving):

1) Prawn: 600gm (fully deshelled and marinated with salt for 15 mins)
2) Onions: 2 big sized (chopped)
3) Garlic: 1 tsp (finely chopped or paste) >> I used finely chopped ones
4) Ginger: 1 tbsp (paste)
5) Sugar: 2 tbsp
6) Red chilly powder: 1 tsp
7) Green chilly paste: 1+1/2 tsp
8) Garam masala powder: 1/2 tsp
9) Butter: 1 tbsp
10) Mustard oil: 4 tbsp
11) Tamarind pulp: 1 cup
12) salt: according to taste

Method:

1) Heat the oil, and stir fry the prawns (don't let them become brownish, only a pink tint will be there) and keep them aside.
2) Add the onions into the oil and fry for 1 minute.
3) Add the chopped garlic and sugar; fry until the onions become brown.
4) Add fried prawns, ginger paste, red chilly powder, green chilly paste,salt and fry well for 2-3 mins until the oil comes out of the spices(well fried).
5) Add the tamarind pulp and 1 cup water.
6) When the water starts boiling, add garam masala powder.

7) Cook for 5 mins in medium heat.
8) Keep it in a bowl and add butter( if you want to use small butter cubes, spread them and let them melt in the heat itself).

And you Sweet 'n' Sour Prawn Piyaaji is ready to serve.........

Chimney installed in our newly decorated kitchen

My mom is soooooooooooo happy.. After so many days,ultimately her fascination about her kitchen was accomplished. We bought the chimney back in last December but there was no point of installing it before painting the kitchen and do some other decorations. So,we waited until the right time came. Now, we have it installed and mamma is happy with it and she made an awesome chicken preparation today. And mamma was cooking chapattis for the dinner last night with only the chimney lights on in the kitchen, I just loved the way it looked, I loved the playing of the lights and darkness. And, as usually I don't miss any opportunity of capturing whatever I like, so didn't I even yesterday. So here's the picture I took-

Mamma is a person who doesn't express a lot about how she feels but I can read it from her eyes... And I saw she was happy... So, we all are happy..