Coriander Squares

Snacks Recipes - Coriander Squares
Maharashtrian snack, good to relish with a cup of hot tea.


INGREDIENTS :

2 cup of coriander leaves, chopped
1¹/₂ besan (gram-flour)
1/2 cup atta (wheat flour)
2 tbsp sesame seeds
2 green chillies, finely chopped
1/2 cup peanuts - roasted and coarsely pounded
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
1/4 tsp sodium bi-carbonate (cooking soda)
1 tsp sugar
oil
salt to taste

METHOD

Mix besan and atta. Add sesame seeds, coriander leaves, green chillies, peanut powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala powder, soda bicarb, salt and sugar. Add water and make a thick batter (paste). Heat 2 tbsp of oil and add to the mixture.
Grease a tray and place the batter (paste) evenly. Steam cook fo 15 minutes. Let it cool. Then cut into small squares. Deep-fry the squares in hot oil. Best served with green coriander and chilli chutney.

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Sandwich Recipe

Sandwich Recipes and Fillings

Sandwich Fillings

1. Mash a hard-boiled egg and mix with finely cut, boiled vegetables, tomato sauce, onion and peper.

2. Core a firm cucumber, discard the seeds, stuff the inside with cheese and apple sticks (cut in fingers). Fill tightly and refrigerate. Cut in slices, and sprinkle with salt, pepper and lime juice.

3. Grind fresh peas to a fine paste. Fry onions, chillies and ginger, cut fine. Add pea paste and cook with as little water as possible.

4. Mix peanut butter with finely cut onions, coriander leaves, ginger and lime juice.

5. Cut cheese pear, tomatoes and onions finely. Mix with garlic, salt and blend well

6. Cut very finely, lettuce leaves and heart of cabbage. Mix with thick cream, salt, lime juice and a pinch of sugar.

7. Fry finely cut tomatoes, onion, ginger and green chillies in a little butter. Add cooked mince meat and blend. Sprinkle agino-moto.

8. Slice ripe tomatoes, pineapple and onion and marinate in salt and lime juice. Sprinkle pepper.

9.Mix boiled fish with ground mint, coriander leaves and tomato sauce. Arrange pickled onion on top.

10.Slice hard-boiled eggs and top with white sauce and tomato ketchup.

Rolled Sandwiches

Make thin slices of bread. remove crusts, spread butter and any of the following fillings, roll each separately in the swiss roll fashion and secure with tooth-pick, if necessary.

Pin Wheel

Cut the bread in length-wise slices and trim off the crusts. Spread with colourful fillings and roll-up like swiss roll.

Cream Cheese Sandwich Loaf

Trim off the crust of a loaf and cut into 4 or 5 length-wise slices. Sandwich these together with different coloured fillings. Decorate the top with slices of cucumber,etc., and chill. cut into slices.

Open Sandwiches

Open sandwiches are made with fairly thick slices of bread well buttered. Spread colourful fillings and top with delicious mixtures. Open sandwiches are usually eaten using a knife and fork.

Toasted Sandwiches

For toasted sandwiches, use pieces of toasts and butter, and fill them as usual. These could also be made in hand toasters, in which case the buttered sides should be kept out and the inside filled with scrambled eggs or mince meat. Close the toaster and toast directly on the gas.

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Keema Matar

Mince/Keema Recipes - Keema Matar


INGREDIENTS :

1/4 kg mince meat
1 cup shelled peas
2 nos onions - sliced
2 nos tomatoes - sliced
1 bunch coriander leaves
3 nos green chillies
5 cloves garlic
a little haldi powder
1/2 cup oil

METHOD

Heat oil in a deep pan. Fry onion and tomatoes. Pound the green masala and add all the rest of the ingredients. Add meat and peas and fry for a while. Cook on slow fire with as little water as possible.

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Rogan Josh

Non-Vegetarian Recipes - Rogan Josh


INGREDIENTS :

1/2 kg mutton
2-3 nos onion
2-3 tomatoes
2 tb.sp grated coconut
1 t.sp garm masala
2 t.sp. chilly powder
1/2 t.sp jeera
1/2 t.sp. haldi powder
2-3 nos green chillies
1/2" piece ginger
5 cloves garlic
a small bunch coriander leaves
1/2 cup curds
10-15 nos almonds
1/2 cup ghee
salt to taste

METHOD

Blanch and mash the tomatoes. Slice onions and keep aside Grind the rest of the ingredients to a fine paste. Fry the onion in the ghee until golden brown. Add the tomato pulp and later the masala and fry till oil separates. Add mutton and continue frying for a few minutes more. Add salt and enough water and cook till the gravy it thick.

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Spaghetti Bolognaise

Mince/Keema Recipes - Spaghetti Bolognaise


INGREDIENTS :

2 cups cooked spaghetti
1/2 cup grated cheese
2 cups cooked mince meat
2 nos onions - choppped
2 nos tomatoes - finely cut
1 bunch parsley - finely cut
1 tb.sp. corn flour
2 tb.sp butter
4 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste

METHOD

Blanch the tomatoes and mash. Fry onion in the butter. Add tomato, garlic and meat. Stir well. Blend the conflour in a little water and pour over it. Add spaghetti, cheese and mix well. Garnish with parsley.

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Meat Souffle

Mince/Keema Recipes - Meat Souffle


INGREDIENTS :

1/4 kg cooked mince meat
2 nos eggs
11/2 cups milk
salt and pepper to taste

METHOD

Mix the mince meat with salt and pepper and spread in a greased baking dish. Beat the eggs and milk, add salt and pour over the meat. Bade till the soufle sets.

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Meat Loaf

Mince/Keema Recipes - Meat Loaf


INGREDIENTS :

1/2 kg cooked mince meat
4 slices bread
1 egg - white
1 t.sp. nutmeg powder
1 t.sp pepper powder
salt to taste

METHOD

Sock the bread and mash. Mix all the above ingredients into smooth
dough. Shape into a lof and bake.

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Seekh Kabab

Kabab Recipes - Seekh Kabab


INGREDIENTS :

1/2 kg raw mutton mince
1 onion
2-3 green chillies
juice of 1 lime
1 egg white
salt to taste
2-3 skewers

METHOD

Grind onion and chillies and mix with the meat. Add salt lime juice and beaten egg white and mix again. Take small portions of the paste and bind evenly on the greased sdewars. Brush with oil and rost on brisk fire or oven a grill. When cooked gently slide kababs off. Garnish with raw onions and tomatoes.

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Roast Mutton With Potato Straws

Non-Vegetarian Recipes - Roast Mutton With Potato Straws


INGREDIENTS :

1/2 kg mutton
2 nos large potatoes
2 nos onions - sliced
1 t.sp. chilly powder
1 piece ginger
4 pods garlic
1/2 t.sp mustard
3 t.sp. oil
salt to taste

METHOD

Peel, slice and cut potatoes in to thin long strips. Immerse them in ice water and salt for 1/2 and hour. Drain and dry on cloth. Deep fry in oil till golden brown. Drain and Keep aside.
Heat oil in a deep pan, fry onion and then the masala. Fry till oil separates. Now add the meat and fry again. Cook till meat is tender and dry. Serve with straws on top.

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Mutton Damplings

Non-Vegetarian Recipes - Mutton Damplings


INGREDIENTS :

1/4 kg mutton - cut into bits
100 gm bacon
2 nos onions - sliced
1 t.sp crushed pepper
1/2" piece ginger
1 cup maida
1 tb.sp. butter
1/2 cup milk
2 slices bread

METHOD

Make a dough of the flour, butter and salt, and keep aside. Boil the meat in water, with the rest of the ingredients and let it stew till the meet is cooked. Now make small balls of the dough and drop into the stew. let it simmer for a few minutes. Cut the bread into cubes, fry in the butter and add to the stew. lastly, add the milk and serve hot

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Chicken And Sweet Corn Soup

Non-Vegetarian Recipes - Chicken And Sweet Corn Soup


INGREDIENTS :

1 cup chicken pieces
1 cup sweet corn pulp
4 cups water
1-2 t.sp corn flour
1 no small egg
1-2 tb.sp.soya sauce
salt to taste

METHOD

Boil the chicken in the water for half an hour. Decant the stock into another pan. Seprate the meat from the bones and keep aside. Now boil the stock over the fire, add the chicken pieces and corn pulp. Mix the corn flour in a little water and add to the soup. Beat the egg and pour into it in a thin steam. Remove from fire and add soya sauce, salt and pepper and serve hot.

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Roast Chicken

Non-Vegetarian Recipes - Roast Chicken


INGREDIENTS :

1 no tender thicken
3 nos potatoes - cut into finger chips
2 nos onions - sliced
4 ponds garlic
1/2" piece ginger
1 t.sp pepper
1 t.sp. mustard
oil for deep frying
Salt to taste

METHOD

Grind the masala to a paste and let the meat marinate in it for a while. Boil the meat with salt and a little water and let it dry.
Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the finger chips and onion and drain. Now fry the meat pieces and arrange in a serving dish. Decorate with chips and onion slices.

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Stuffed Shami Kabab

Kabab Recipes - Stuffed Shami Kabab


INGREDIENTS :

1/2 cup gram dal
1/4 kg cooked mince meat
1 egg-white
salt to taste
For Stuffing
1 onion
1/2" ginger
3 green chillies

For Garnishing

a few onion rings
chopped coriander leaves
sliced lime

METHOD

Soak the dal and cook till dry. Grind this to a paste, and mix with the mince meat. Make balls of this paste and keep aside. Meanwhile, chop the onion, ginger and chillies finely and mix well. Flatten each ball, keep a little of the green masala in the center and close up well. Flatten slightly, dip each kabab in beaten egg white and deep fry in oil. Serve with the above garnishing.

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Nargisi Kabab

Kabab Recipes - Nargisi Kabab


INGREDIENTS :

4 nos small eggs
1/4 kg boiled mince meat
1/2 cup bengal gram dal
1 t.sp chilly powder
1/2 t.sp gram masala powder
salt to taste

METHOD

Soak the dal overnight, drain and grind to a paste, Mix with the meat and the rest of the ingredients and keep aside.
Hard boil the eggs, and shell them. coat the above paste on the eggs evenly, and smoothen neatly. Deep fry in oil. When completely cool, cut lengthwise with a well greased knife. This may be served as a snack or put in any gravy and served as a curry.

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Mousaka Recipe

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INGREDIENTS :

2 nos big,fat brinjals
1 no egg
2 tb.sp. cream
1 cup cooked mince meat
pepper and salt to taste

METHOD

Cut the brinjals into 1" thick round slices. Apply salt and keep aside for an hour. Mix the mince meat with cream, pepper and beaten egg. Top each brinjal piece with the mixture and bake in the oven till the brinjal is cooked.

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Chicken In Green Gravy

Non-Vegetarian Recipes - Chicken In Green Gravy


INGREDIENTS :

500 gm chicken, cut into medium-sized pieces
2 cup of coriander leaves
1 tsp kohinoor ginger-garlic paste
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 onion
2-3 green chillies
2-3 pods of garlic
2 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp poppy seeds
10-12 cashewnuts
1 stick cinnamon6-8 cloves
6-8 black peppercorns
1tbsp worstershire sauce
1 tbsp tomato puree
4 tbsp oil
1 tsp sugar
salt to taste

METHOD

Marinate the chicken pieces in Kohinoor ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, salt. Keep aside.
Grind coriander leaves, onion,green chillies, garlic, cumin seeds, poppy seeds, cashewnuts, cinnamon, cloves and peppercorn, into a fine paste.

Heat oil in a pan. Add the chicken. Fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the ground paste, worstershire sauce, tomato puree, sugar, salt,and 1/2 cup water.

Cook for about 7-8 minutes till the chicken is done and the gravy thickens.

Serve hot with steamed rice or bread.

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Mutton Pickle

Non-Vegetarian Recipes - Mutton Pickle


INGREDIENTS :

1/2 kg mutton cubed
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric
2-3 dried red chillies
1 tbsp poppy seeds
4-5 cloves
3 cardamom
1 tsp aniseeds(saunf)
1 stick cinnamon
1 tsp sesame seeds
1 tsp whole coriander seeds
1 tsp sugar
salt to taste

METHOD

Marinate the mutton in ginger garlic paste, salt and sugar, for about 1 hour.
Dry-roast the poppy seeds, cloves, cardamom, aniseeds and cinnamon. Grind these to a paste. Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add the whole red-chilli.

Thereafter, add the meat and the ground spices, turmeric powder, red-chilli powder.

Pressure cook the meat in 1 cup of water (for about 6-7 whistles)

Open the lid of the pressure cooker and simmer till the liquid evaporates, and the dish is dry.

Keep stirring to prevent burning Sprinkle with sesame seeds and whole coriander seeds.

Serve hot with paranthas or rotis.

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Fish Prepared In Yoghurt Gravy

Fish Recipes - Fish In Yoghurt Gravy

INGREDIENTS :

250 gm rohu or hilsa fish (substitute: any other fish)
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 cup yoghurt
1 tbsp mustard paste
2-3 green chillies, slit
1 tsp nigela seeds (kalounji)
3 tbsp mustard oil
1 tbsp coriander leaves
salt to taste

METHOD

Wash and apply salt and turmeric powder on the fish.
Heat 2 tbsp mustard oil. Add kalounji. Then add the fish.

Fry on both sides. Take out and keep aside.

In the remaining oil, add mustard paste, green chillies, yoghurt, salt and turmeric powder.

Stir fry for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup water.

Cook till the gravy thickens. Add the fish back in the pan.

Pour 1 tbsp mustard oil on the fish. sprinkle coriander leaves.
Served best with steamed rice.

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Fish In Banana Leaves

Fish Recipes - Fish In Banana Leaves

INGREDIENTS :

6 slices Pomfrets
6 pieces banana leaves
1/4 coconut - grated
1 bunch coriander leaves
4 green chillies
1 onion
1" piece ginger
1/2 tsp sugar
3 tbsp oil
juice of 1 lime
table salt to taste

METHOD

Grind coconut, coriander leaves, green chillies, onion and ginger to a paste.
Sprinkle salt on fish and leave aside for 10 minutes. Mix the ground paste with lime juice, sugar and oil and apply on the fish.Cut the leaves into squares and dip in hot water to make them pliable. Grease one side of the leaf and wrap each slice seperately and secure with a string. Heat 1 tb.spoon oil in a frying pan and arrange the slices in it. Cover and cook over gentle heat for 10 minutes. Turn over and cook again for 10 minutes more. This could also be steamed or baked.
Served best with steamed rice.

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Fish In Mayonnaise

Fish Recipes - Fish In Mayonnaise


INGREDIENTS :

1 Cup boiled and flaked fish
1 bunch salad leaves
1 beet-root boiled
1 tomato
a few mint leaves
mayonnaise

METHOD

In a flat serving dish, arrange the salad leaves all round in a circle. Slice the beet root in fancy shapes and arrange in another raw. Place fish flakes in the center and pour mayonnaise over it. Keep a tomato flower in the center.
Served best with steamed rice.

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