Chilli Paneer
Recently, I’ve become very fond of paneer. I am either making lot of paneer dishes or I am trying to clean up my refrigerator by cooking all the paneer bags sitting in my fridge 🙂 Chilli Paneer is one of the popular Indian dish you will find in most of the Indo-chinese restaurants. In my college days whenver we go out for dinner I used to order this. It’s one of my favorite dish. Surprisingly, it is also one of the easy-and-quick dishes to whip up when you are short of time. Ingredients: Paneer cubes : 2 cups Oil : 2tbsp Garlic : 2 tbsp (finely chopped) Ginger : 1 tbsp (finely chopped) Green Chilies : 4 (finely chopped) Lime juice : 1 tbsp Coriander Powder : 2 tsp (optional) Onion : 1 (Medium and finely chopped) Corn flour...
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Cheese Quesadilla and an award
Mexican cuisine is known for its variety of flavours. They have simple and traditional dishes. The first time I had Mexican food, I really didn’t think it will grow so much on me. Whenever I browse for a new recipe, Mexican cuisine is always in my choice. For the past few days, I have been drooling on Mexican food. I am so addicted that I am planning on trying different dishes. I am here starting with the Cheese Quesadilla. Cheese Quesadilla is so simple and yummy that I can have a bite of it anytime. One can eat healthy using less cheese and loads of vegetables. I tried it both ways and believe me it was mouth watering nonetheless. I served it with a scoop of Guacamole and Sour Cream (totally optional) and it made my day. Here you...
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Rigatoni Spinach Pasta
I adapted this recipe from food channel. My husband and myself recently become very addicted to Italian food. We’ve had a party at our home and I planned to prepare totally different kind of dishes on that day. I used to watch Food TV whenever I get time. I found this recipe and most likely the combination of spinach and pasta is very interesting, so I made this spinach rigatoni pasta for the party and it was a sooper dooper hit. Everyone loved it. It is easy to make too. Ingredients: Rigatoni Pasta : 1 lb Olive oil : 1 tbsp Unsalted Butter : 1/2 stick Shallot : 1 (large) minced Mozarella cheese : 1/2 lb Garlic : 2 cloves (Pressed) All purpose flour : 1/4 cup Milk : 1 1/2 cups Ground Nutmeg powder : 1/4 tsp Ricotto...
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Chicken Quesadilla
It’s been a very long time I’ve posted any recipes. I am really sorry about my sparse posting. My new year resolution is to be more active here and bring you lot more recipes from my kitchen. When I first came to U.S one of my first favorite Mexican dish was Quesadilla. We just bought this quesadilla maker in the Thanksgiving shopping. Before that I used to bake this in a conventional oven but Quesadilla maker has made my life easier. Try this easy Quesadilla recipe and let me know how it turned out. Ingredients: Vegetable Oil : 2 tbsp Onion: 1 Red Bell Pepper : 1 Green Bell Pepper: 1 Mushroom : 1 cup (Optional) Chicken : 1 cup (Grilled or Cooked) Salsa: 1 cup Sour Cream : 3 tbsp (optional) Cheddar or Mozarella Cheese : 2 cups...
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Garlic Bread
Italian Cuisine is one of my favourite cuisine. Specially those refreshing garlic bread that is served in the Italian restaurants are simply inviting. I always have a craving for those breads. I happened to see the ready made frozen garlic bread in one of the grocery shop here. So I bought and tried it. The taste was awesome but it was filled with butter. So we thought of trying it at home and gave it a shot. It came out so good and yummy and also with less butter on it. Now it has become a regular snack for us with tea. Here you go… Ingredients: Frech or Italian bread – 1 large loaf Butter – 1/2 stick Garlic powder – 1 tbsp (or garlic cloves – 3) Chopped Parsley – 3 tbsp (or dried parsley flakes – 1...
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Baklawa – The Sweetheart Middle Eastern Dessert
Baklawa is a signature middle-eastern dessert and is a favorite favorie favorite sweet of mine. I used to pester my hubby often to get this from a middle-eastern restaurant in town. It is even our make-up dessert after our little fights. That’s how much I like it. Even though I have tried my hand at baking a little, Baklawa seemed very intimidating to make it in my kitchen. And just the other day, I was talking to an old time school friend of mine, Subash. He is now a chef and when we started talking about food, he mentioned he had a simple to make yet an authentic recipe for Baklawa from a Labanese chef. He was kind enough to share it with me and a huge THANKS to you, Subash. Ingredients: Phillo pastry : 1 pack Sugar :...
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Pasta Con Broccoli
Pasta Con Broccoli is one of my favourite Italian food. I first had it in one of the best Italian restaurant in Edwards ville, Illinois. From then, I desperately wanted to try this at home. From the taste of the pasta, I could guess the ingredients to an extent. It was rich and creamy with cheese, sauce, butter, garlic, mushroom, lots of broccoli in cooked shells and seasoned with pepper. It is simple to make and delicious to have. You will definitely like it. My version of pasta is with less cheese and no cream. So it may not look creamy. But believe me the taste will be really good. Ingredients: Pasta shells – 1lb (I used Rotini) Pasta sauce – 1/4 cup Butter – 2 tbsp Heavy whipping cream – 1 cup (optional) Parmesan cheese – 1/4 cup...
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Chinese Vegetable Noodles
If there is one International cuisine that’s the most popular, it has to be the Chinese food. Especially, the Indo-chinese dhabas and restaurants that are omnipresent. popular in India. And my favorite in an Indo-Chinese place is always the Chinese Vegetable Noodles (love the chicken noodles too). This is a recipe I have learnt over time and I made this for some of our friends and they loved it. I made this noodles for first time and it came out very good. The oyster sauce and the basil leaves gives such a rich flavor to this noodles. Hope you enjoy this recipe and don’t forget to participate in our first ever contest – Fortune Cooking. You stand to win a nice jewelry set or an Amazon gift card. Ingredients: Vegetable oil : 3tbsp Egg Noodles or plain noodles :...
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Chinese Veggie Fried Rice
My husband took me to a Chinese fast food in my place. There was very less options for vegetarians and I preferred vegetable fried rice. It tasted really good and I wanted to try it from then. Today I had to do something quick and easy for lunch and I tried this fried rice and it came out really well. My husband liked it and appreciated me. This is really good for health that it has a lot of vegetables in it. Ingredients: Cold cooked rice – 4 cups Any vegetables – 3 cups (options: carrot, frozen baby peas, Green onions, cabbage, bell pepper, broccoli, bean sprouts) minced garlic – 1 tsp Hot red pepper flakes – 1/2 tsp Hot sauce – 1 tbsp (adjust to taste) Soy sauce – 1 tbsp Sesame oil – 2 tsp Vegetable oil...
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Szechuan Fried Rice
Preparation time: 45 mins No. of Servings: 4-5 Spice level: 3.5 out of 5 Ingredients oil-3tbsp Butter-1tbsp Cloves-2nos Bay leaves-1 no Basmati Rice -2 cups Carrot -1(washed , peeled and long cut) French Beans – 1/4 cup(long cut) Green peas -1/3cup(Frozen or already soaked peas) Mushroom-1/3 cup(washed and chopped or tinned mushroom )(optional) onion-1(sliced) Green onions -3 (chopped) Bell Pepper-1(de-seeded,cut into cube size) Green chillies-2 nos(chopped or sliced lenghtwise) Ginger and garlic paste-1tbsp Garlic-3 nos(finely chopped ) Red chili powder-1/2 tbsp Szechuan stir fry sauce-1tbsp cooking soy sauce-2 tbsp Red chili sauce-1 tbsp(according to your spice level) Ajinomoto -1/2 tbsp(optional) Tomato sauce -1tbsp Vinegar-1 tbsp Salt to taste Method of Preparation Gravy Boil the vegetables (carrot ,beans,green peas) with a little salt . Heat oil in a pan and add the sliced onions fry for few minutes , then...
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