Ginger Chicken

This is a quick chicken dish, very popular with my family.
( Courtesy : Sheerin Anwer)

Ingredients:

• 1lbs Boneless chicken 
• 2+1 Tbs julienne style Chopped ginger:
• 2-3 Tomato depending on size ( make paste in a blender)
• 2 tbs Youghurt/ dahi
• 2-3 Green chillifor garnishing
• 2 tbs Chopped Mint Leaves
• 1/4 cup Milk  I use 2% or (1-2 Tbs creme for a richer dish)
• 1 tsp Salt or to taste
• Red Chilli as per taste
• 3 TBS Oil( can add more if you want )
• 1/4 cup Water

   Heat Oil and add 2tbs chopped ginger, fry for 1 min till it starts to  give aroma just before changing color.

Add blended Tomatoes and keep frying  for 2- 3 mins.
Add Chiken, Salt, Chilli and keep frying till oil separates.

Add dahi and mix well.
Add  a little water and let it cook on low heat till the meat is tender.
Add milk, mint leaves, and green chilli let it simme for a few mins.
Garnish with remaining ginger and .

Serve with roti or naan and enjoy

CRISPY BHINDI (OKRA)

This is a new twist to the Masala Bhindi. I tried it a little while ago and everyone loves it in my family. The recipe uses a lot of oil but can also be made with less oil in a good non stick pan.

BHINDI THINLY SLICED	1 lbs
BESAN	2tbs
BHUNA ZEERA	2 tsp
BHUNI DHANIA	2 tsp
CHILLI POWDER	½ tsp
HALDI POWDER	½ tsp
SALT	1 tsp
OIL	¼ cup

Thinly slice the Bhindi as shown in picture.

Add all the ingredients: Besan, Salt, Zeera, Dhania, Haldi and Chilli powder to the sliced Bhindi.

Keep aside for 5 - 10 mins.

Heat oil in a pan and add the marinated Bhindi to this.

Keep frying it on high flame till the Bhindi's are crispy.

And they are ready to be served.

MINCE MEAT BUNS

These buns go really well as dinner rolls with western food. They can also serve as snack and go really well kids school lunch

Dough (Table 1)

Maida / All purpose flour	2 cups
Egg	1
Lukewarm Water	½ - 3/4 cup as required
Sugar	1 lbs
Salt	1 tsp
Yeast	1 ½ tsp
Oil	2 tbs

Mince Meat (Table 2)

Qeema ( beef / Chicken)	I lbs
Onion chopped	1 small
Spring Onion	I bunch
Green Coriander	½ bunch
Ginger garlic paste	1 tsp
Salt	1 tsp
Black pepper	½ tsp
Garam masala / all spices	½ tsp
Chilli powder	½ Tsp
Oil	3 tbs

Make dough using all the ingredients from table1.

Knead the dough till it become soft and then put it on a hard surface and hit it 10-12 time.

Now put it in a greased bowl and cover the dough with soaked kitchen towel, then cover the bowl with cling wrap and set aside for 1 hour.

(I used my bread machine to make the dough. I set it on Dough setting for dinner rolls. It took 1hr 30 min for this process.)

Prepare filling while the dough is rising.

Heat 3 tbs oil in a saucepan and chopped onion and sauté it till it soften.

Add mince meat, salt and ginger garlic paste and fry this for a while.

Then add black pepper, chili powder & garam masala add some water let it cook till tender.

Add green onion and green coriander and green chilli let it simmer for few

more minutes.The filling is ready.

Place the risen dough on lightly floured surface and divide in equal parts. I made 12

Make balls and then stretch each one out a little and add 1 tbs mince filling.

Now bring the edges together and make a ball again, repeat the process for all the balls.

Set aside for 30 mins

Preheat the oven to 350 F and place the dough balls on a greased baking pan.

Beat 1 egg and baste the buns with egg using a brush. (sesame can be added on this too)

Bake for 20 mins

Voila mince meat buns are ready.

QUICK GULAB JAMUN

I tried Gulab Jamun's on 01 feb 2011 turned out pretty good. So here is my first recipe:
Dough:Milk Powder(I used Nido) 1 cupAll purpose flour 1 tbs
Semolina(sooji) 1 tspEgg 1Baking powder 1 tspBaking soda 1 pinchOil as needed for deep frying

Sugar Solution
Water 4 cups
Sugar 2 cups

Method:
Mix all the ingredients for the Dough together and knead a little

Make small balls (size may vary per preference) I made 20.

Heat Oil and fry these balls on medium to low heat

Remove from oil and set aside

In a separate saucepan add water and sugar and bring to boil.

Let it boil till the solution becomes a little thick.

Now add the balls to this hot solution and let it stand for a while.

Yummy Gulab jamuns are ready to eat.