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Tandoori Chicken

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A very simple OTG cooked tandoori chicken. Marinated in Indian spices and its our kind of special dish for the thanksgiving always.   Nutrition Value Around 200 calories is in per 100gms of tandoori chicken, it basically the size of chicken which varies calories each time. Ingredients Whole Chicken For marination Garlic- 2 whole (chopped) Ginger- 1 inch (chopped) Curd- 1/4 cup hung curd for per 1 kg of chicken Spices 1 tbsp each- turmeric, garam masala, coriander masala, tandoori masala, salt Oil Mustard- 1tbsp Method Mix the marination ingredient and massage on inside and outside of chicken thoroughly and let it marinate for minimum 2 hours and maximum overnight. Pull out of the fridge half hour before cooking. Fix the chicken by tying it with thread so that it doesn't fall over.   Set the OTG or oven for 200 C (380 F) and fix it in the rotisserie section and let it cook for 60 to 80 minutes. In between brush the chicken with butter or ghee in every 15 minutes.  If you a...

Coconut Khova Barfi

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A very simple and three step coconut Barfi for Diwali. This three ingredient barfi is delicious and easy to make.   Nutritional Value This is a a pure coconut and khova dish , the calories in coconut are less but khova is full fat. So this is a festivity recipe. I am not mentioning calorie per piece wise but this whole recipe has approx 2192 kcal in it. So eat wisely. Ingredients Khova- 400 gms Coconut- 2 and 1/2 cups Sugar- 1/12 cup Cardamon Powder- 1/2 tsp Method First Shred the coconut and  dry roast it in a wok, don't turn it brown. Melt the khova in a heavy bottom pan until it starts to ooze some ghee from sides, add sugar and cardamon powder and mix it well. Add the roasted coconut and mix it thoroughly Grease a bowl or dish of your choice and fill it with the barfi mixture and press it down from all sides. Mark the design as per your choice and refrigerate for at least two hours before serving, so that it can retain its shape. Enjoy! Happy Deepawali!

Scones

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A very light snack for you evening tea, or an easy go to breakfast, scones plays all roles of the food horizons.     Nutritional Value Scones are basically flour and butter combination so, it has carbohydrates, fat and fiber in it. A homemade scones is roughly 280 K cal per piece and it can fluctuate according to the ingredients we add. Ingredients ( Wet) Butter- 1/2 cup cold Milk- 1/2 cup cold (Dry) Flour (half whole wheat and half all purpose)- 1 cup each Chocolate chips - 1/2 cup Sugar- 1/2 cup Salt- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon Powder- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder -1 tsp Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp Instant Coffee - 1/2 tsp Method First mix the dry ingredients together and then mix butter cubes in it. Mix it thoroughly either in a mixer or with pastry cutter until butter is seen as equally distributed chunks in it. Now knead it by combining all flour together and adding milk slowly, the texture should be like a rough dough. Try to give it a disc shape of  one cm in thickness. Cut it in triangl...

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...

Paneer Pakoda

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Snacking on Paneer aka Cheese cottage is very common in Indian families get together, party is big or small Paneer Pakoda will always glorify the menu.   Nutritional Value Since it is a deep fried version of Paneer Pakoda, it contains loads of calories, and only suggested for occasional munching. Though, Paneer is full fat with protein in it but still not advisable to eat in large amount. Around 270 calories in every 50 gms of homemade Paneer Pakoda.  Ingredients  For Marination Paneer (Cottage Cheese) - 350 gms Hung Curd- 3 tbsp Five spices- 1 tbsp (mix of coriander, chili, turmeric, garam masala and cumin powder) Salt Batter Gram Flour- 3 tbsp Rice Flour- 3 tbsp Coriander leaves- 1/2 cup chopped Mint leaves- 1/2 cup chopped Chili green- 2-3 chopped Cumin powder- 1 tsp Salt to taste Oil- 1 cup to deep fry Method The paneer need to cut in desired shape and dip in marination of curd, five spices for at least two hour before cooking. In a bowl take rest of the ingredient ...