Baked Aloo Tikki

Ingredients:

1. Potatoes 2
2. Green Peas 1/2 cup
3. Green Chillies 7-8 finely chopped
4. Green Coriander Leaves as per need
5. Garlic cloves 2-3 finely grated
6. Ginger 1/2 inch finely grated
7. Salt as per taste
8. Bread Crumbs as per need
9. Oil Spray

Method:

1. Boil and mash the potatoes
2. Add green peas, finely chopped green chillies, grated ginger, garlic, salt, green coriander leaves, to mashed potatoes and mix well
3. Make equal sized balls out of this mixture and press them to form a tikki.
4. Roll these tikkis into bread crumbs and arrange on a cookie sheet and spray oil on it
5. Bake the tikkis on 300 degree F for 15 minutes
6. After 15 minutes turn them and bake for another 10 minutes, and spray a little oil
7. If you want the tikkis to be crispy turn the oven on broil mode and cook untill the tikkis turn golden brown.
8. Serve hot with hot and sweet tomato sauce

Iftar Platter

Iftar: Basically the time when muslims all over the world break their fast during ramdan. Iftar is mainly heavy comprising of fruits, sweets and savoury treats, besides the staple Dates and Water.
The Iftar is often , but not necessarily, followed up by a regular dinner late during the night.

Here the platter consists of some fruits, dates and a variety of pakodas and chicken patties.

And the recipe is:

Chicken Patties Ingredients:

1. Chicken mince 3/4 cup

2. Potato 1 medium

3. Carrots 1 grated

4. Capsicum grated 1 small

5. Green chillies 4-4

6. Green Coriander leaves

7. Black pepper powder 1/4 tsp

8. Salt as per taste

9. Egg 1

10. Bread Crumbs as per need

11. Milk 1/4 cup

12. Oil for deep frying

Method:

1. In a vessel add finely chopped potatoes, chicken mince, milk, salt and black pepper.

2. Cover the vessel and let it cook on high heat for 5-8 mins, then lower the flame and cook till there is no moisture remaining and the potaotes are all mashed up.

3. Cool this mixture and add the grated carrots, capsicum, green coriander leaves, finely chopped green chillies and mix really well. (Before adding capsicum and carrots to the chicken mince sqqueeze out excess water from it.)

4. Add bread crumbs and mix well so that the mixture binds easily.

5. Make equal sized balls of this mixture and flatten them with your plam to give it a patties like hsape.

6. Dip it in whisked egg and deep fry till golden brown and serve hot with any sweet and sour chutney.

Pakodas Ingredients:

1. Spinach leaves as per ur need

2. Small Brinjals/eggplant as per ur need( sliced)

3. Jalapenoes as per ur need

4. Sliced Potatoes as per ur need

5. Tamarind and dates chutney

For the batter:

1. Gram flour 1/2 cup or as per ur requirement

2. Rice flour 4 tbsp

3. Ajwain seeds 1/4 tsp(crushed)

4. Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp(crushed)

5. Salt as per taste

6. Turmeric Powder 1/4 tsp

7. Red chilli Powder 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients for the batter with a little water, mix well and keep it aside. Let it rest for 1 hour before using

2. Now dip the spinach , brinjals, potatoes one at a time in the batter and fry till golden brown

3. For the jalapenoes u need to slit them in between and deseed them. Fill a little tamarind and dates chutney as a filling and dip them in the batter and deep fry till golden brown.

4. Serve hot and crispy with any sauce of your liking

Cheese Sausages

Ingredients:

1. Boiled Potatoes 2 nos

2. Peanuts crushed coarsely 1 cup

3. Grated carrots 1/2 cup

4. Grated capsicum 1/2 cup

5. Onion 1 small

6. Egg 1 nos

7. Black Pepper 3-4 pinches

8. Salt as per required

9. Bread crumbs as per required

10. Green chillies 2-3 finely chopped

11. Oil for frying

12. Mixed Cheese as per need

Method:

1. Mash the boil potaotes and add black pepper and salt to it.

2. In a pan add 2 tbsp oil and add the finely sliced onions and saute until transparent

3. Now add grated carrots, capsicum and sauteed onions to the mashed potaotes and check the salt at this stage.

4. Make equal sized balls

5. Take a ball, faltten it a little bit and add the cheese. Close the edges and press them with your palms to give it a sausage shape. Similarly make all the sausages

6. Whisk an egg and dip these sausages into the egg mixture, and roll them on the bread crumbs.

7. Repeat the same procedure for all the sausages

8. Now Again dip these sausages in the whisked eggs and roll them onto roughly crushed peanuts

9. Repeat the same for all the sausages.

10. Once all the sauges are done refrigerate it for atleast 5-6 hours, so that the sausages becomes firm and it doesnt break while frying

11. Heat oil in a vessel on medium flame and fry these sausages untill golden brown.

12. Serve hot with any sauce of your choice

Barbeque Chicken

Ingredients:

1. Boneless chicken 1/2 kg
2. Lemon juice 2 tbsp or according to your taste
3. Butter 4-5 tbsp for basting
4. Salt
5. Red chilli Powder 1 tsp
6. Orange Food Colour a pinch
7. Ginger and garlic paste 1 tbsp
8. Garam masala powder 1/2 tsp
9. Readymade chicken tikka masala 1 tsp
(If u dont want to get into hassles, the alternative is to buy a readymade tikka masala powder and just follow the simple instructions on the pack. My personal favourite is Shan ChickenTikka Mix)
10. Skewers as per ur need

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients except butter into a mixing bowl, and marinade the chicken for atleast 3-4 hours
2. Put chicken pieces on the skewer and place it on low heat of coal fire


3. Grill evenly on each each side until very light brown.


4. Apply butter and grill untill meat is tender

Sev Puri

Ingredients
1. Ready made puris as per requirement
2. Potato 1 (boiled and mashed)
3. Onion 1 small(finely chopped)
4. Tomato 1(finely chopped)
5. Chat masala according to taste
6. Date tamarind chutney as per requirement
7. Thin sev for garnishing
8. Green coriander leaves for garnishing
9. Finely chopped green chillies 2-3
10 Salt as per requirement

Method:
1. Boil the potato and mash it, allow it to cool and add a little salt, chat masala, and finely chopped onions. Mix well
2. Arrange puris in a plate and place the potato mixture on top of it, similarly do it for all the puris in a plate
3. Now add chopped tomatoes on top of potato mixture
4. Add the tamarind date chutney on top as per your taste
5. Garnish with thin sev, green coriander and finely chopped green chillies and serve immediately

Egg Frankie

Ingredients:

1. Tortillas (4 Nos) (u can use plain chapati as well)
2. Eggs (4 Nos)
3. Cabbage shredded (2 cups)
4. Capsicum chopped (1 cup)
5. Carrot 1 chopped (1 cup)
6. Onion medium (1 No)
7. Garlic cloves (3-4 finely chopped)
8. Green chillies (4 finely sliced)
9. Salt as per requirement
10. Black Pepper according to need
11. Soy sauce (2-3 tsp)
12. Oil as per requirement


Method:

1: Add oil in a pan, once hot add chopped garlic followed by all he chopped veggies
2. Saute it on high flame for 2-3 minutes
3. Add salt, black pepper and soy sauce, mix really well and saute it for another 2-3mintues. Keep aside
4. Beat the eggs and make 4 omlettes out of it(just mix salt and pepper in it and fry)
5. If using tortillas just heat it on a tawa for a few minutes(if u r using fresh chapatis no need to heat it again)place one omlette on the tortilla and add the sauteed veggies on top of it


6. Roll the tortillas and serve hot


Bon Appetit..

Chicken Seekh Kabab

Ingredients:

1. Chicken minced (250 gms)

2. Ginger and Garlic paste (1 tbsp)

3. Salt according to taste

4. Turmeric powder (1/8 tsp)

5. Red Chilli Powder (1/2 tsp)

6. Green chillies finely chopped (4-5 Nos)

7. Black Pepper (1/2 tsp)

8. Mint leaves finely chopped (4 tbsp)

9. Green Coriander finely chopped (2 tbsp)

10. Garam masala powder (1/4 tsp)

11. Egg (1 No)

12. Bread crumbs according to need

13. Skewers (6 Nos)

Method:

1. Soak the skewers in water for atleast 1 hour so that it does not burn while baking.

2. Rinse the chicken mince thoroughly.

3. In a bowl add chicken, black pepper, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, green chillies, ginger garlic paste, chopped mint leaves, chopped coriander leaves, garam masala powder, 1/2 egg (beat the egg properly before adding in the bowl) and very little bread crumbs so that the mixture binds properly.

4. Mix all these properly with your hand

5. Let this mixture marinate for atleast 1 hour.

6. Now make equal proportions of meat balls.

7. Brush the skewers with a little oil and pierce one meat ball at a time on the skewer and try to flatten it with your palm and elongate. (As shown in the picture)

8. Do the same for all the remaining meat balls

9. Preheat the oven at 400 degree F and let these seekh bake for atleast 10-12 mins. Then check the seekh and brush a little oil on it and let it bake again till it turns light golden.

Instructions:

1. Ovens may vary so after 10 mins you can check it for yourself whether the seekh is ready or it will take some more time to bake

2. Add bread crumbs slowly it is only for binding the mixture,,do not over use it as it will ruin the taste of your kebabs.

Chickpea Patties

Ingredients:

1. Chickpeas soaked overnight and boiled 1/2 cup

2. Salt to taste

3. Egg 1

4. Black pepper 1/2 tsp

5. Lemon Juice 1tbsp

6. Plain Flour 2 tbsp or according to your need

7. White cumin seeds 1tsp

8. Green coriander chopped 2tbsp

9. Spring onions 1

10. Bread crumbs

Method:

1. In a blender add boiled chickpeas(kabuli chana), Cumin seeds, Black pepper, Plain flour and blend all of these

2.Then add green coriander, salt and egg and blend again

3. Now add spring onions, lemon juice, and blend all of these to a very fine paste.

4. Remove the paste from the blender into a bowl and with the help of a spoon roll it in the bread crumbs

5. Try to form a ball and then flatten it like a pattie, once all the patties are made refrigerate it for atleast 4 hours so that the pattie settles and becomes firm

6. Shallow fry the patties in a pan till golden brown

7. Serve hot with yougurt, date and tamarind chutney.

Tip: U can add plain flour according to your need, if the batter is hard enough to bind then use very little of plain flour.In this recipe the egg and plain flour(maida)is only used to bind the pattie,,so try blending the chickpea mixture without water

chicken tikka

Ingredients:

1. Chicken 1 kg
2. Bell peppers 2
3. Crushed cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
4. Ginger paste 3 tsp
5. Garlic paste 3 tsp
6. Besan 4 tbsp
7. Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp
8.Mace(javitri)powder 1/2 tsp
9. Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
10. Black pepper 1/4 tsp
11.Lemon juice 3 tbsp
12. Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
13. Yogurt 3 tbsp
14. Oil 4 tbsp
15. Skewers as per requirement

Method:
1:In a bowl add chicken ,ginger and garlic paste,lemon juice,red chilli pwdr,javitri pwdr ,black pepper ,crushed cardamom,cumin pwdr and salt,mix all the ingredients with chicken
2:Add 2 tbsp of besan ,oil and yogurt to the above mixture and mix it properly so tht the chicken gets well coated.
3:now cut the bell peppers according to the size of chicken
4:add the chicken and bell peppers on the skewers and put them in a 300 F preheated oven for 15 mins
5: after the first 15 mins baste the tikka skewers with oil and set the temp on 400 F for another 10 mins
6:serve hot