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Fish Curry

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Here's a traditional Indian Garhwali fish curry recipe within mustard seeds or any kind of milk, just plain and simple.                             Ingredients: 500 grams fish fillets (any firm white fish like cod, tilapia, or snapper) 2 medium-sized onions, finely chopped 2 tomatoes, pureed 3-4 green chilies, slit lengthwise 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste 1 teaspoon turmeric powder 1 teaspoon coriander powder 1/4 cup coconut milk 2 tablespoons oil (preferably mustard oil) Salt to taste Fresh coriander leaves, chopped (for garnishing) Method Clean the fish fillets, remove any scales, and cut them into medium-sized pieces. Marinate the fish pieces with 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Set aside for 15-20 minutes. Heat oil in a deep pan or kadai over medium heat. Add the fish pieces and cook until golden brown from both sides and keep aside. Add mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, and fennel seeds in th...

Crispy Shallow Fried Chicken

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Few simple steps to get very crispy shallow fried chicken. The recipe was created accidentally, but tastes perfect. Ingredients 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut its small pieces 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup cornstarch 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 1 tsp paprika 10 pods of chopped garlic 2 eggs 1/2 cup Vegetable oil for frying Method   In a bowl, mix the flour, salt, black pepper, paprika, and garlic. Beat the eggs and add to them. Cut the chicken breasts into small pieces and fold completely in the mixture. Let this marinate for 4 hours in fridge. Keep it out for half an hour before frying Heat the vegetable oil in a heavy frying pan over in medium-high heat. Add the chicken breasts to the pan and cook for 5-6 minutes each sides. Once cooked, remove the chicken breasts from the pan and place them on a grilled stand lined with paper towel to remove any excess oil. Serve fried chicken immediately with your favourite dipping sauce. Enjoy!

Chicken Meatballs

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The traditional meatball with spaghetti is swapped with a poultry version. The balls dipped in tomato sauce are absolutely perfect for dinner or lunch.  Ingredients For Chicken Balls 500gms- Minced Chicken 200gms- Bread Crumbs 100 gms-  Chopped Onions 10 cloves- Chopped Garlic 50gms- Chopped Parsley 1/2 tsp- Salt 1/2 cup oil- Any neutral Oil Tomato Base 500gms- Purred Tomatoes 100 gms- Tomato Puree 100 gms-  Chopped Onions 1/2 tsp- Oregano 10 cloves- Chopped Garlic 10-15- Chopped Basil leaves 2bspn- Olive Oil Method Mix all the chicken balls ingredients in a bowl and make small balls. Take a heavy bottom par, preferably an iron skillet and heat the oil. Place the balls around the pan, don't overcrowd and cook them for 5 minutes on both sides in medium flame or until there are no visible pink boundaries around the balls.  This is a shallow-fried method but the balls can be deep-fried too. Remove the balls and keep them aside. Now, in the same pan, heat 2 tbsp olive oi...

Chicken Curry | Spicy

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 A very simple chicken curry dish made with few ingredients and lots of love and  spices.   Nutritional Value Chicken curry has an expected 240 calories in 1 cup  This dish serves 5 people. Almost 50 percent in one cup of curry is protein combined with fat and carbs. Ingredients 500 gms of Chicken curry cut (washed) 3 sliced onions medium size 1 teaspoon Coriander powder 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon Garam Masala 2 teaspoon Chicken Masala  3 chilies green chopped 2 teaspoon Salt 20 cloves of garlic 2 inch ginger 2 tomatoes medium size 3 tablespoon of clarified butter/ghee or butter or oil 2 bay leaves 1 big cardamon 1/2 Cinnamon stick 1 bunch chopped coriander leaves Method    Heat the pressure cooker and pour 2 tablespoon of ghee. Drop the spices ( bay leaf, 1 big cardamon,cinnamon stick) in it. Add sliced onion and fry in low flame for nearly 15 minutes until onion are translucent and cooked completely. Add dr...

Chicken Manchurian

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The Indio-Chinese fusion food which is very popular and easy to make at home too. Serve it over rice or make it dry as a snack, it never dissapoints. Nutritional Value   The oil or butter we use to prepare makes a real difference in calories.  Calories*- 1500 (whole dish)    *calories are an estimation of my cooking.     Servings- 3     Ingredients     For chicken marination  500gms cubed chicken, boneless 1 egg Soya sauce 4 garlic pods (finely chopped) 1/2 inch ginger (finely chopped) 2 tbsp corn starch and all purpose flour Salt - 1tsp   For veggie induce sauce ( veggies are optional) optional   1 cup of fine chopped vegetables (cabbage, bell pepper, carrot, green onions) 1- Red onion finely chopped 4 garlic pods (finely chopped) 1/2 inch ginger (finely chopped) 1/2 cup low sodium Soya sauce 2 tbsp tomato ketchup ( if you want a little sweeter add more) 1/4 cup chilli sauce Salt as per taste  Oil- 1/4 cup around ...

Pomfret Fish | Coconut Curry

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Promfret Fish are small in size and serves one per person, it can be deep fried, baked or cooked in curry. Here I have cooked Promfret and dipped it in coconut milk curry.   Nutritional Value Pomfret fishes are good source of calcium, vitamins A and D, and vitamins like  B12. It contains fat too. A whole Fish contains around 270 Kcal and with the curry the calories goes around 350 Kcal per serving. Ingredients To marinate Turmeric and Salt 1 tsp for each fish. For gravy 2 - medium size onion 1- tsp mustard seeds 5 - garlic cloves 1/2 inch - ginger  2- medium size tomato Spices- coriander,  turmeric, chilli (1.2 tsp each) Salt- 2 tsp 1/2 cup- coconut milk 1/2 cup oil to fry and gravy. (mustard oil is preference) Chopped corainder leaves a bunc Method  First, we will marinate our clean fish in salt and turmeric and let them sit for half hour. In a heavy pan we will heat the oil and shallow fry them or 5 minutes from both the sides. In the same oil we will first pu...