Saturday, December 7, 2019

Goan Prawn Curry

This recipe is very simple and tasty. Simple because you don’t have to do much preparations because you will be using Lily Aunty’s Sunday Curry Masala

I have taken this recipe from Lily Aunty’s website and modified it.

Ingredients

  • Prawns 300-400 gms deveined and cleaned
  • Onion - 4-5 medium-sized - finely diced 
  • Green chillis - 3-4 sliced
  • Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  • Ginger paste - 1½ TSP
  • Turmeric powder - 1 TSP
  • Chilly Powder - 1tsp
  • Coriander leaves - diced
  • Lemon juice - 1tsp
  • Coconut Milk - 2 cups
  • Oil
  • Lily Aunty's Sunday Curry Masala


Marination
  • Take 2 tsp of garlic paste, 1 tsp of ginger paste, 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp lemon juice and salt
  • Mix all these with prawn and keep it aside for 10-15 mins
Marinated Prawns

Masala Being Prepared

Prawns Cooking

Final Product!

Preparation
  • Take 2 tbsp oil in a large frying pan and let it heat
  • Put the onion in the pan and fry it until it becomes translucent
  • Put 1 tbsp garlic paste and 1½ tsp ginger paste and fry for few more minutes
  • Put sliced chillies and Lily Aunty's Sunday Curry masala and let it cook
  • Adjust salt as necessary. Put a teaspoon of sugar
  • Once the oil starts leaving on the sides, put prawns in the pan
  • Stir and let the prawns cook for few minutes on high flame (5-8 mins)
  • Once prawns are cooked, add 2 cups of water and close the lid over the pan and let it cook for 5 mins
  • Remove the lid and stir. 
  • Add coconut milk and let it simmer for a while
  • Garnish with coriander leaves


Serve with Steamed Rice! 🍚

Monday, December 2, 2019

Chicken Kheema Patty - Minced Chicken Cutlets

This is the yummiest cutlet you will ever eat. Period!

Chicken kheema patty or the minced chicken cutlets.

Developed by my wife Sunita 😊❤️

Ingredients:

  • Chana dal 1 cup
  • Boiled potatoes - 3 medium 
  • Minced Chicken 250 gms.
  • Ginger 2 inches
  • Garlic 10-12 big cloves
  • Whole garam masala(cinnamon, cloves, cardomom)
  • Garam masala
  • Red chilly powder
  • Green chilies - 3-4
  • Coriander leaves - 1 fistful 
  • Pudina/Mint leaves - small bunch
  • Salt as required 
  • 2 eggs and bread crumbs (for patty) 

Mixture

  • Soak Chana dal for 2 hours. Boil with turmeric and salt. Mash in mixie after cools down.
  • Boil & mash potatoes, add red chilly powder and salt and keep aside.
  • In a pan - add little oil, add whole garam masala, add crushed ginger/garlic. After a minute or so add the minced chicken. Sauté for a few minutes.
OPTIONAL - You can add grated carrots into the chicken. OR You can also add boiled peas as well. 
  • Let the chicken Cook well. Let it cool.
  • Once cool grind the above chicken in a mixer mix.
  • Now mix  boiled Chana, boiled potatoes and ground chicken well.
  • Add garam masala, green chillies, coriander leaves, pudina, coriander powder and salt to taste.
Mixture ready!

Frying The patty
  • Heat 2 tbsp of oil on a nonstick pan.
  • Take a small bowl break couple of eggs and in another plate take bread crumbs
  • Now to make patty, take a round palmful of the mix and dip in egg and bread mix and fry!


 Patties frying

Well done patties!



Yummy!!