Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tandoori Prawns recipe
Ingredients
1 kg prawns
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
Salt to taste
1 tsp ajwain
1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
Apinch of turmeric powder
200 gm yoghurt.
Preparation
Shell the prawns. Devein them. Wash carefully and make sure there are no veins left over. Pat dry. Marinate with lemon juice, salt and ginger-garlic paste. Leave for 15 minutes. Make a mixture in yoghurt with ajwain, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala, red chilli powder and haldi. Arrange prawns on skewers, brush oil and cook it in the oven for 5 minutes in a preheated oven @ 180 degree C, turn it and apply oil again and grill it for another 5 minutes or you simply shallow fry them in a frying pan. Enjoy the hot sizzling yummy prawns.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Me and Adrian were busy last week cooking something or the other. Last Friday I cooked all the above - Chicken Malai Kabab, Veg Fried Rice, Fatoush, Paneer (cottage Cheese) Makhani, Tandoori Prawns. Recipe follows :
CHICKEN MALAI KABAB
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh ginger paste, 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic paste, 1 cup hung yogurt, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 1/2 tablespoons freshly squeezedlemon juice, 1 Kg boneless chicken cut into 2-inch pieces, 1 to 2 tablespoons heavy cream, 1 Tbsp crushed cardamom powder, 1 Tbsp Black Pepper Powder, 2 Tbsp oil , Metal or wooden skewers
Combine all ingredients in large bowl, add chicken, and cover with yogurt- spice mixture. Marinate, covered in refrigerator for 2 hours. If using wooden skewers, soak in water for 1 hour. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Skewer chicken, leaving space between pieces on each skewer. Place skewers on baking sheet, and bake 20 to 30 minutes. To serve, remove chicken pieces from skewers. Arrange on plate with lemon slices and serve.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Orange Muffins
1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1 egg
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 tspn baking soda
3/4 tspn baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup raisins
2 caramel chocolates cut into 4 pcs each.
In a separate bowl, stir dry ingredients together and then add to orange mixture and stir with an egg beater untill its combined. Stir in raisins and spoon into 12 greased muffin tins. Sprinkle 1 pc of caramel chocolate over the spooned batter. Bake @ 200 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.