Showing posts with label Snack Non veg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snack Non veg. Show all posts

Friday 17 April 2020

Kolkata Style Egg Roll


It’s one of the most popular street food of Kolkata. Well when we visit any of the shops for an egg roll... you need to tell them double dim (egg) or single dimer egg roll... it’s made with flaky Egg Paratha assembled with some vegetable, sauce and seasoning. This makes a great snacks or an early evening meal on the days you are lazy to cook an elaborate meal, specially this recipe is appropriate for this lock down situation. We can make this easily at home. For the flaky Paratha, the dough is made with All Purpose Flour, salt, oil and water. The flour is kneaded into a semi hard dough. Normally when I make this at home, I make this with normal whole wheat dough. 

To make One Single Dimer Roll 
Ingredients 
1 Lemon size portion of the whole wheat dough 
1 Egg beaten with pinch of Salt 
3/4 tsp Oil 
Some slices of Onion
Some long strips of Cucumber 
Few chopped Green Chillies 
Few chopped Coriander leaves 
A big pinch of Chaat masala and Black salt Seasoning 
1 1/2 tsp Tomato Ketchup 
1 1/2 tsp Kasundi or Mustard Sauce



Method 
Roll out the dough, place the rolled dough on the hot skillet, cook the roti well from both the sides, put 1/4 of the oil on the roti and continue to cook till it’s cooked from both the sides. Remove the roti, pour the remaining oil, pour the beaten egg and cook the egg for few seconds, place the roti on the egg, continue to cook till the egg and the roti is done. Place the egg roti on the flat surface. Now to assemble, place the slices of onion, cucumber, chilli and coriander leaves on the egg roti. Sprinkle some Chaat masala and black salt seasoning, drizzle with tomato ketchup and Kasundi or mustard sauce. The roll is wrapped in a butter paper or a kitchen tissue paper. 




Wednesday 19 February 2020

Easy Grilled Chicken



An easy delicious chicken recipe... that can be enjoyed as starter... Grilled chicken can also be served with sautéed vegetables. Chicken can be substituted with fish, prawns or paneer. 


Ingredients
250 grams Boneless Chicken cut into big pieces 
Juice of 3/4 lime
1 tsp Garlic powder 
1 tsp Dried Mixed Herbs 
¼ - 1/2 tsp Chilli Flakes 
Salt or Pink Salt to taste 
2 tbsp Melted Butter 


Method 
Marinate the chicken with all the above ingredients for an hour. Take a grill pan, let it heat. Grill the chicken pieces on a low flame until cooked and golden brown on both the sides. Remove the chicken pieces from the grill and cut the chicken into smaller pieces. Drizzle the juice on the chicken that was left on the grill. Serve it hot. 

Wednesday 25 December 2019

Date and Walnut Cake


Merry Christmas to all... may peace and happiness fills your heart 🎅🏼
We all have some sweet and naughty stories to tell of our childhood..... This recipe takes me back to my teenage, almost 30 years back. I being a teenager, was learning to open up my wings... exploring new things. I was always found of cooking.. as my school always encouraged us for the extra curricular activities - we had cooking class in our school. I had got this recipe from one of my neighbour Aunty, since this recipe content rum... me and my friend became very excited about this recipe. We use to buy a quarter bottle rum... half went into the cake and the other half into our stomach... with Bryan Adams songs playing at the background....
and my mother screaming at another end.
Later there was a Savvy magazine contest about the dishes you can store for a longer period of time... I had posted this recipe to them and this recipe was selected...


This cake can be prepared for any occasions... 
This cake is moist and the taste is amazing. Please eat a day after you bake... this cake can be store for 2 months in the freezer. Wrap it in a foil and then in a sealed bag..



Ingredients
500 grams of Dates deseeded and chopped
200 grams of Walnuts chopped
50 grams of Black Raisins deseeded and chopped
50 grams of Truti Fruti
500 grams Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 to A cup of Rum
6 Eggs
4 tbsp Ghee
3 1/2 cups of Whole Wheat flour
3 tsp Soda Bicarbonate
3 cups of Water





Method
Soak the chopped walnuts in rum for a day or more. Boil 3 cups of water, switch off the flame. Add the dates, raisins, truti fruti, sugar, salt, ghee and the soda bicarbonate. Cover and keep it aside to cool. Beat the eggs. Add the eggs and the the flour gradually into the date mixture and beat it. Add the walnut soaked in rum and mix it again. Take 4 baking mould - 2 of 1/2 kg and 2 of 250 grams each. Grease the baking moulds. Pour the batter up to 1/2 the baking mould. Bake the cake at 180 degrees for an hour approximately in an pre heated oven. Check the cake by inserting a tooth pick after 50 minutes, as different oven has different temperature levels. Once done, remove the cake. Cool the cake and remove from the mould. Cool it further on a cooling rack. Enjoy the cake the next day... this cake can be stored in a freezer for 2 months. Wrap the cake in a foil paper and then keep it in a sealed bag.




Monday 23 September 2019

Goan Fish Cutlet


These fish cutlets are delicious and can be served with evening tea as snacks or appetiser. These fish cutlets takes me back to Bandra where I had lived for many years. I had few good friends who stayed near my building. One of the friend had a Maharastrian cook. Very frequently, we use to visit my friend’s place for the afternoon adda and cha. This was one the dish that was commonly made and served with tea at my friend’s place, or some time we use to get these cutlets from a local Goan Food Outlet near Bandra Market. 
Now only memories remains of our good old days. 






Ingredients 
2 big Mackerels washed, cleaned and boiled with salt and turmeric. Deboned and shredded
1 Medium size Onion chopped finely 
4 to 5 Garlic Cloves chopped 
2 to 3 Green Chillies Chopped
1 small piece of Ginger chopped 
1 tbsp Coriander Leaves chopped 
Salt to taste 
1 tsp Vinegar or Juice of 1/2 Lime 
1 tsp Goan Garam Masala powder 
1 Egg
2 Bread pieces soaked in water and squeezed 
1/2 cup Fine Semolina 
1/2 cup Oil for Shallow Fry



Method 
Take a mixing bowl, add the shredded fish, Onion, ginger, garlic, green chillies, coriander leaves, bread, salt, vinegar or lime juice and garam masala powder. Mix all the ingredients together. Add the egg and mix the ingredients together until it binds well. Take the semolina in a plate. Take a lemon size ball and flatten it. Coat the semolina on all the sides of the  cutlets. Take oil in a pan. Let the oil heat. Fry the cutlets on low medium heat until golden brown on both the sides. Remove the fish cutlets on a paper towel. Serve the hot fish cutlets with tomato sauce. 

Friday 27 July 2018

Mie Goreng (Indonesian Fried Noodles)



Mie Goreng or Bakmi Goreng is a very popular dish of Indonesia. This is very commonly found in Malaysia and Singapore at roadside food stalls or in restaurants. It means fried noodles which is spicy and flavourful.
Mie goreng are traditionally stirred fried made with yellow wheat noodles, shallots, onions, garlic, vegetables, eggs, meat, seafood, soy sauce and sambal oekel. However,there are many variations. Authentic mie goreng uses fresh ingredients and spices. Garnish the dish with tomato, chillies, cucumber or fried shallots. Server it hot. 
This dish was introduced by Chinese immigrants in Indonesia, and then got influenced by Indian immigrants from Malaysia and Singapore. I got this recipe from one Malay Aunty at my friend’s during my trip to Singapore last year. 

Ingredients
* 1 pack of Egg Noodles ready to use or cook the dry noodles following the packet instructions....
* 1 Onion cut into cubes
* 2 Garlic chopped
* 1 Carrot cut into half and sliced
* 6 to 8 French Beans cut into long strips
* 1 small bowl of 3 coloured Capsicum cut into cubes
* 1/2 cup Cabbage shredded
* 1 bowl of chopped Bok choy or Spinach
* 1 Tomato deseeded and cut into half and sliced for garnishing
* Few Cucumber sliced for garnishing
* 2 Birds Eye Chillies sliced for Garnishing
* 1/2 cup of boneless chicken cut into pieces
* 8 to 10 Prawns cut and cleaned
* 2 Eggs beaten with a pinch of salt
* 1/2 cup Sambal Oelek paste
* 4 tbsp Indonesian Asian Sweet Soy Sauce — kecap manis or Soy Sauce with 2 tbsp of palm sugar added to the sauce
* Salt to taste
* 1 cup Vegetable stock water
* 5 tbsp Oil


Method
Take a wok, heat a tbsp of oil, add the eggs and stir fry the eggs. Once done remove it. Add another tbsp of oil, on high flame stir fry the prawns. Remove and keep the prawns aside. Add another tbsp of oil. Now add the chicken pieces and stir fry the chicken, once done remove and keep it aside. Add the remaining oil in the wok. Add the chopped garlic and stir fry it for few seconds. Add the carrots, onion, beans and capsicum, stir for few minutes, add the cabbage and spinach. Continue to stir the vegetables on high flame for a minute. Add the prawns, chicken and eggs. Stir for a minute. Add the noddles, Sambal oelek paste, soy sauce, salt and stock water. Toss the noddles and the other ingredients well for a minute.
To serve the noodles, garnish it with tomato, cucumber and chopped red chillies. Serve hot.

Saturday 30 June 2018

Macher Kochuri


Since it is rainy season .... normally we feel like having fried stuff... and we associate fried dishes with this season... it was long in my bucket list to make Macher Kochuri... In Bengal since fish is the staple food.. we make various types of dishes with fish. My Ma use to make this... but since she is no more... I am making this after many years.. Here I have just rolled the dough and made simple kachoris, but my mother use to make 2 small disc out of the dough balls, then place the stuffing in the center of one disc. Then take the other rolled disc and place it over the other rolled disc. Then curl the edges of the disc, sealing both the disc together and then deep fry it. You can use prawns for stuffing too .... 


For the Stuffing
Ingredients 
  • 250 grams of Rohu / Bhetki Fish -  Boil the fish with little salt, debone the fish and mash the  fish....
  • 2 medium size Onion chopped 
  • 5 Garlic Cloves minced 
  • 1 inch Ginger minced
  • 2 Green Chillies minced 
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
  • 1/2 tsp Bengali Garam Masala powder 
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder
  • Salt to taste 
  • 1/4 tsp Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Mustard Oil

Method 
Take oil in a pan, heat the oil. Add the cumin seeds and bay leaf. Let the cumin seeds crackle. Add the onions, garlic, ginger and green chillies. Stir and cook for a minute. Add the sugar and continue to cook till the onions have become light brown in colour. Add the fish, salt, turmeric powder and chilli powder. Stir and cook for 2 minutes. Add the garam masala powder and stir for few more seconds. Switch off the flame. Let the stuffing cool down. 

For the Kochuri
Ingredients 
  • 3 cups All Purpose Flour / Maida
  • Salt to taste 
  • 3 tbps Ghee
  • Stuffing 
  • Oil for deep Frying 

Method 
To make the dough for the Kochuri, take all purpose flour in a bowl. Add salt and ghee. Rub and mix the flour together. Add little water at a time and make a semi hard dough. Knead it well. Cover and let it rest for 15 minutes. Divide the dough into big lime sized balls. With the help of your palms flatten the dough and create a cavity in between the center of the dough. Add 1 tbsp of the stuffing in between the cavity.  Seal the sides of the dough together, make a ball and roll the ball into a medium size round disc. Heat oil in a wok, deep fry the kachoris one at a time. Once done remove the Kochuris on a paper towel. Serve it hot with aloor tarkari or enjoy it just like that... 




Thursday 21 June 2018

Goan Chorizo Pizza...


Every time I land up making either Sausage Palau or cooking the chorizo with potatoes and eating it with pav. So this time thought of using Goan Chorizos for making the Pizza. The Chorizos in the pizza gives a lovely smoky flavour to the dish. 

Pizza Dough
Ingredients
250 grams All purpose flour
250 grams Whole Wheat Flour
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Dry Yeast
1 tbsp Sugar
1/4 cup Lukewarm Water
2 tbsp Olive oil


Take a mixing bowl. Mix both the flours and salt. Take lukewarm water. Add sugar and yeast. Let it rise. Add the yeast water and extra water little at a time to make a dough. Knead the dough for 10 minutes. Add 1 tbsp oil and stretch the dough while kneading. Apply oil on the dough and let it rise double in size. Punch the dough, knead the dough once more and let it rest for 30 minutes.

For Chorizo Pizza Sauce
Ingredients
Purée of 6 big Riped Tomatoes
2 Medium size Onions chopped
1 Big Green Capsium chopped
4 tbsp Garlic Minced
25 pieces of Chorizos removed from the casing
1/2 tsp Chilli Flakes
1/2 tsp Dried Oregano
1/2 tsp Dried Bazil
Salt to taste
2 tbsp Olive Oil

Method
Take a pan. Add oil, let it heat up. Add the garlic. Sauté it for a minute. Add the onions, continue to sauté till the onions turn pink in colour. Add the capsicum and continue to sauté for another minute. Add the Chorizo and continue to cook for another 2 to 3 minutes. Remove around 4 tbsp of the cooked Chorizo and keep it aside. Add the tomato purée and let it simmer on low flame till the sauce reduces a bit and becomes thick and all the ingredients has incorporated well. Add the chilli flakes, dried oregano, basil and salt. Stir and cook for another minute. Switch of the flame and keep it aside.

For the Pizza
Ingredients
Pizza dough
Chorizo Pizza Sauce
Cooked Chorizo
2 Cup or more grated Mozzarella and Cheddar..(Equal portion of Mozzarella and Cheddar to be taken)


Method
Grease a baking tray. Take the dough and with the help of the fingers, start spreading the dough on the baking tray. Cover the baking tray with the dough, the dough should be 1/2 inch or less in thickness. Sprinkle some cheese on top of the dough. Add and spread the Chorizo pizza sauce on the dough. Add the remaining cheese on top of the sauce. Then add the cooked Chorizo on top. Bake at 180 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes till the cheese has melted and the pizza bread has cooked in a preheated oven. Remove it from the oven, cut into pieces and serve hot.


Monday 5 February 2018

Chicken Mini Pancake




These mini pancakes can be enjoyed as snacks. It is easy to make and can be enjoyed by children and adults. The batter is made with chicken pieces and other ingredients, it is then shallow fried. It can be served hot with cheese dip or sauce of your choice.

Ingredients
200 grams boneless Chicken cut into small pieces
1 tsp Pickled Chillies or 1 Green Chilli chopped
1 cup chopped Spinach Leaves
1 tsp minced Garlic
4 tsp Mayonnaise
2 Eggs
150 ml Thin Butter milk
3/4 cup Wheat Flour
4 tbsp Rice Flour
2 cubes Cheddar Cheese grated
Salt to taste
1/2 to 1 tsp Pepper powder
1 tsp Dijon Mustard
Oil for shallow frying


Method
Take a mixing bowl. Add the wheat flour, rice flour, pepper powder and salt. Mix the flour. Now add the dijon mustard, mayonnaise,cheese and eggs. Mix it all together. Now gradually little at a time add the buttermilk and stir the batter, till it is a thick dropping consistency. Now add the garlic, pickled chilli, spinach and the chicken and mix it. Add the remaining buttermilk and mix it well. Cover the bowl and let it rest for at least an hour. Open the lid and stir the batter well. Heat a non-stick pan over medium low heat and add 2tbsp oil. Let the oil heat up. Add 2 tbsp of the batter. Slightly flatten the batter, cover and cook on medium low heat it,one side until it becomes golden brown, then flip and cook on the other side until golden brown in colour. Serve it hot with cheese dip or sauce of your choice. 
P. S. You can add 2 tbsp Oats to the flour to make it more healthier. You can all add vegetables like grated carrots, capsicum, grated zucchini
or bottle gourd.

Saturday 3 February 2018

Clams and Egg Sandwich


This sandwich can be eaten for breakfast or snacks. I added clams to my sandwich and here is how I made it... I have used home made mayonnaise, but you can use the store bought ones too. 
Ingredients 
1/4 cup  cleaned Clams
2 small Onions sliced 
1 tsp Garlic minced 
1/4 cup Cabbage sliced 
1 tomato cubes
1/2 tsp Pepper
Salt to taste 
1 tbsp Butter
1/2 cup Mayonnaise 
2 Egg whites
Sliced Breads 

Method 
Take a pan, add butter and let it melt. Add the onions and garlic. Sauté it till light brown in colour. Add the clams, salt and pepper. Continue and stir fry it for 2 minutes. Now add the beaten egg whites and stir it on low heat for 2 minutes. Switch of the flames. Add cabbage and tomato. Mix it. Take 2 slices of bread. You can toast the bread or use it as it is. Apply the mayonnaise. Add the stuffing and add some more mayonnaise on top. Cover it up with another slice of bread. Enjoy it...

Homemade Mayonnaise 
Ingredients 
2 remaining Egg yolks
1/4 cup Olive oil
2 tbsp Vinegar
Salt to taste 
1/4 tsp Pepper powder

Method 
Blend all the ingredients together till it thickens up.

Saturday 7 October 2017

Vavval Meen Varuval / Tamilnadu style Pomfret Fry


This spicy fish fry is good to be served as an appetizer or starter. The fish is marinated with the  ground paste. It is shallow fried and served hot. 

For the Ground Paste
Ingredients
10 Big Garlic cloves
4 Byadgi Chillies
4 Guntur Chillies
12 to 15 Curry Leaves 
2 tbsp Roasted Split Grams 
1 tsp Pepper Corn
1 tsp Coriander Seeds
3/4 tsp Cumin Seeds 
1 tsp Turmeric powder 
3 tbsp Lime Juice 
Salt to taste 


Method 
Grind all the above ingredients together. Add 1/2 cup water and further grind the ingredients into a smooth fine paste. 

To Fry the Fish 
Ingredients 
8 pieces of medium size whole Pomfret cleaned and give cuts on both the sides of the fish
Ground Paste 
Oil for shallow frying 

Method 
Apply the ground paste on both the sides of the fish. Let it marinate for 30 minutes. Heat oil in a pan. As the oil is hot, gently place the fish in the oil. Fry on both the sides till golden brown in colour on medium low flame. Remove the fried fish on an absorbent paper towel. Serve it hot with onion, tomato and lime.

Friday 22 September 2017

Putu Ayu Ketan Hitam (Black Glutinous Rice and Coconut Steamed Cake)


It's an Indonesian steamed cake recipe. It's can be served as snacks and believe me it is moist, healthy and super tasty.
I have followed Anna dina's blog for this recipe, but I have reduced the quantity of the ingredients to half and recreated the recipe as per my convenience.
The Black Rice was one of the ingredient that I had received as prize from Original Indian Table in collaboration with Commeat. I have plated it on a Tapas plate which again was one of the prizes I had received from Le Creuset...

I made the rice flour at home. I took 125 grams of rice and ground it. Then sieved it. I have used dried grated coconut, but the fresh coconut is more preferred.
Black Rice known as forbidden rice, it is less popular than the other rice varieties, it is also an ancient grain that has been eaten in Asia for thousands of year. It has a powerful disease-fighting antioxidants, and it also contains dietary fiber, anti-inflammatory properties, and has the ability to help stop the development of diabetes, cancer, heart disease and even weight gain.

For the Coconut Layer
Ingredients
50 grams grated Coconut
3 drops of Vanilla Essence
A Pinch of Salt
1 Pandan Leaf

Methods
Add the coconut, salt, vanilla essence and pandan leaf into the bowl. Mix the ingredients and steam it for 2 minutes. Let it cool. Discard the leaf and keep it aside.

For the Cake
Ingredients
120 grams of Black Glutinous Rice Flour
60 grams Caster Sugar as per the sweetness required
A Pinch of Salt
1 Large Egg
100 ml Coconut milk
1 Pandan Leaf
Oil for greasing

Method
Boil coconut milk with pandan leaf. Let it cool then remove the leaf from the coconut milk. Boil a liter of water in a pot. Grease the putu ayu moulds or mini bundt moulds with oil. Put 2 tsp of the coconut into the mould. Press the grated coconuts well until it sets. Keep the mould aside.
Remove the pot of hot water from the flame. Take another bowl which can fit onto the pot. Add the egg, sugar and salt into the bowl. Beat on low speed until the sugar dissolves. Increase the speed of the beater and  beat until the batter becomes thick and pale. Add the flour in the batter in batches. Beat it further till the flour has mixed well. Now gradually add the coconut milk little at a time and continue to beat the batter until the ingredients are well incorporated.
Fill the moulds with the batter until full till the edge, steam it for 15 minutes or till the cake is done. Let the cake cool down before remove it from the moulds.

Monday 18 September 2017

Ratafia Biscuits



This are small light textured, round, almond flavored biscuits similar to Italian Amaretti biscuits.
Traditionally Ratafias were made from the kernels of apricot, almond or peach instead of a flour. 
They are light and crispy but chewy. They are served after dinner with coffee or as snacks. They are also used making cakes, puddings and trifles. They can be stored for a month in an air tight container. 
I have adapted this recipe from epicurus.com. 

Ingredients
2 Egg Whites
1/2 tsp Almond Essence
30 grams Butter 
1 tsp Butter for Greasing 
120 grams Almond meal
1 tbsp Rice Flour
175 grams Caster Sugar


Method
Place a baking paper on the baking sheet, grease the sheet with butter and keep it aside.
Beat the egg whites until it begins to form peaks. In a different bowl add in sugar and butter, beat it till the sugar forms soft crumbs. Add the essence, beat it until its softens further. Gradually add the rice flour and almond meal,continue to beat till the all the ingredients incorporates well. Add the egg whites and beat it again till it forms a sticky dough. Take a normal round nozzle. Use a piping bag for piping out the biscuits into small balls. Another alternative is that you can wet your palms and take small portions of the dough and form round balls. Keep a distance between the 2 balls. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 180 degrees celsius in an pre heated oven till it becomes light brown in colour. Cool it completely before removing the biscuits from the sheet.

Saturday 5 August 2017

Chicken Kachori....




Kachoris are very popular as snacks and can be enjoyed with hot tea. The stuffing can be anything of your choice and the outer cover is made with All Purpose Flour. It is deep fried and it is served with sauce or green chutney. 
Here I have stuffed the Kachoris with chicken mince.

For the stuffing
Ingredients
150 grams of fine Chicken mince
1 Onion finely chopped
1 Green Chilli chopped
1 tbsp Coriander Leaves chopped
1 tbsp Mint Leaves chopped
1 tbsp Ginger - Garlic - Chilli paste
Salt to taste
1 tsp Garm Masala powder
(1/2 tsp of Cumin seeds, 1/4 tsp Coriander seeds, 1 small Cinnamon stick, 2 Green Cardamom, 2 Cloves and 6 Peppercorns - ground together )
2 tbsp Oil



Method
Take oil in a wok, let it heat. Add the onion. Let it sauté till translucent. Add the ginger - garlic - chilli paste. Stir and sauté for 2 minutes. Add the chicken mince. Mix it and cook for 2 minutes. Add the salt, garam masala powder, chopped chilli, mint leaves and coriander leaves. Stir and cook till the liquid from the chicken mince has dried up. Keep it aside.


For the Dough
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 tsp Baking powder
Salt to taste
1 Egg
2 tbsp Oil

Method
In a mixing bowl - add the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix it. Add the egg and little water at a time and knead it. Add 1 1/2 tbsp oil and further knead it into a medium hard dough. Apply oil on the dough, cover and keep it for 15 minutes. Knead it once more.


To make the Kachori
Ingredients
Stuffing
Dough
Oil to fry

Method
Heat the oil in a fry pan. Take a big lime size portion of the dough. Apply oil on the rolling board and pin. Roll it into a small 
disc. Add a tbsp of the stuffing. Bring the edges to the middle over the filling and pinch them together and seal the edges together, roll it once more into a small disc. Fry the Kachoris on a low flame till golden brown on both the sides. Serve it hot with tomato sauce or chutney.