International recipes
Falafel rocks(Chickpea roll)
Falafel made using chickpeas is a popular Middle Eastern chick pea patty. Falafel is stuffed in pita bread with salad and sauce. Falafel is quite popular as a replacement to meat and its high in protein.This is the based snacks across the world and my husband most favorite dish.
He was missing falafel quite a long time and hence I decided to try this recipe at home.I had no idea how this patty taste likes but with all the inputs from internet and from my husband , I could manage to prepare it at home. And I guess what it turned out to be good and my husband was quite impressed and amused.
Trust me try this recipe at home and you never know you might get the full marks and a pat on your back as well:) Its very very simple and healthier too.
To make it more healthier option these can be baked instead of deep frying.You can also prepared all purpose flour(maida) and wheat (atta) ki roti if you fail to arrange any Pita bread.
You can serve this with tahini sauce or hummus whatever you can arrange. I prepared hummus at home. please check my recipe to prepare hummus.
So lets get set go.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4.
Ingredients:
1 cup dried chick peas (kabuli chana)
2 tablespoon chopped parsley(optional)
2 tablespoon chopped coriander
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon garlic chopped.
2 small onions finely chopped.
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1/4 cup all purpose flour (plain flour, maida)
Also need oil to fry
Salt to taste
For serving
2 cups of thinly sliced lettuce
2 medium size chopped tomatoes
4 pocket pita bread
Direction || How to prepare Falafel
Soak the chickpeas in 3 cups of water for 8 hours or overnight After soaking chickpeas will be about 2 and half time in volume.
Transfer the soaked chick peas into the pressure cooker and start steaming turn the heat down to medium and cook for about 4 minutes.
Chickpeas should be just tender not very soft.Now remove it from the pressure cooker and rinse them well and drain them completely .
Add chickpea to a blender along with chopped onion, garlic, cumin seeds, red chilli powder and parsley(if you cannot arrange parsley replace it with coriander as I did).
Do not add any water ,Process it until it reaches a coarse texture. The mixture should bind well otherwise it may fall apart while frying. If needed add few spoons of water.
Add 2 tbsp of all purpose flour which helps it to bind well.
Refrigerate for an hour. Take small portions and make oval balls. If using flour, you may flatten them a bit otherwise they tend to break while frying.
Heat oil in a fry pan on a medium flame. Drop a small portion of the mixture to check if the oil is hot. It must float and not sink, this means the oil is hot enough. Do not over heat the oil, as they may brown the balls without frying them inside.
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When they are golden fried, drain them on a kitchen towel.
Serve them with a tahini sauce or hummus or any favourite dip.
Serving suggestion
Take pita bread or naans or roti and heat over the skillet on medium high heat both sides lightly.
Place the falafel in the center of the bread and add hummus over with it and then fill chopped lettuce so it 1/3 full and now fold the flat bread.
It’s best to serve the rolls with hot falafels. Falafels can be easily re-heated before serving using an oven or toaster oven.
Chicken Vegetables Manchurian
Chicken manchurian balls is the Indian Chinese cuisine ,its a combination of Chinese seasoning and Indian cooking techniques.
Manchurian is a fried meat balls cooked in chinese manchurian sauce ,these fried balls can be made of any vegetables or chicken
or any other ingredient of your choice.It can be served as a side dish with fried rice or noodles.
I have given it a little twist , prepared the balls with both chicken and vegetables together to make it more healthier.
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Ingredients
For Manchurian balls
250 grams minced chicken/qeema
1/2 cup carrots finely chopped
1/2 cup cabbage finely chopped
1/4 cup capsicum finely chopped
1/2 cup spring onions
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 egg
1 tsp black pepper powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tbsp corn flour
2 tsp salt little
oil for frying
for Manchurian sauce
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped ginger
1 medium onion
2 tbsp soya sauce
1 tbsp chilli garlic paste
2 tbsp vinegar
1 cup water
2 tsp corn flour (3 for gravy)
little salt
2 tsp sugar
few spring onions whites
few spring onion greens
Oil for cooking
Direction || How to make the manchurian balls
Mix chicken with all the vegetables, ginger garlic paste, red chili powder and pepper powder.
Add one large egg ,salt and flour. Mix well. Set aside for at least 1 hour.
Heat oil and deep fry balls on a medium flame until golden.
Drain to a kitchen towel.
Direction || how to make Manchurian sauce
Stir in the corn flour with 3 tbsp water.
Heat pan and add 1 tbsp of oil
Fry ginger garlic ,chili garlic paste until aromatic. fry onions until transparent ,saute it for 2-3 mins.
Add 1 cup of water and let it boil for 1-2 mins, then add corn flour to the boiling water.
Stir the mixture well to avoid any lumps.
When the sauce begins to bubble, add the balls, spring onions and toss.
Cook for 5 to 6 minutes.
If the sauce becomes too thick, add very little water and cook.
Garnish with spring onions and serve it with fried rice.
Avocado Guacamole
Guacamole is an avocado-based dip or salad first created by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico.
Guacamole is very famous modern Mexican cuisine, it has also become part of American cuisine as a dip, condiment and salad ingredient.
In English, the fruit Avocado was first described as an “Avagato pear” because of its pear-like shape.
It must have various names,but in Hindi it’s called ‘MakhanPhal’:) Avocado is Incredibly Nutritious
and hence I prefer preparing this dish especially for my kids once a week. Do try this yummy mind blowing guacamole at home.
I am sure you would love it.
Preparation time : 10 mins
Cook time : None
Serves: 4
Ingredients
2 ripe avocados
1/4 lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 cup finely chopped tomatoes
few chopped fresh cilantro
Directions || How to prepare Avocado Guacamole.
Cut the avocados into half , discard the seed out.
In a medium bowl, mash together the avocados, lime juice, and salt.
Mix in onion, tomatoes and cilantro.
Refrigerate 1 hour for best flavor, or serve immediately.
You can serve it with nachos or any chips of your choice
you can also serve it as a side dish.
Tips :
The trick to making perfect guacamole is using good, ripe avocados.
Check for ripeness by gently pressing the outside of the avocado.
If the avocado is not ripe , it will be difficult to mash the avocado and guacamole will not taste that goodDio
Braided Chicken Pizza
Chicken Tandoori Braided Pizza recipe has been shared by one of the lovely mom I know and my dear friend Samra Khan. She is an amazing cook, i just love her food and glad that i am able to share one of her amazing dish.
Do try this recipe and let us know your valuable feedback.
Author : Samra Khan
Ingredients
For chicken tandoori filling
Boneless chicken 2 pounds (cut in small cubes)
Yogurt 1/2 cup
1 1/2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp Red chilli powder
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Garam Masala powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1 1/2 tsp chaat masala
4 tbsp lemon juice
Red color
Salt to taste
2 Eggs
1 cup Corn flour
How to prepare || Braided Chicken Pizza
Mix all the above ingredients and Leave it for 2 hours to marinate in the refrigerator
Heat oil in a pan and sauteed the marinated chicken. Once the chicken is done.
Make little space in the pan, put a piece of aluminum foil in it.
Heat a charcoal separately.
Once it turned red put it on the foil and drop some oil on it and cover it immediately.
Let the smoke stay inside the pot.
It will give the smoky taste to the chicken.
For pizza
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F
I used the pillsbury pizza crust available at the grocery stores.
Unroll 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury pizza crust onto paper
-lined or directly on ungreased cookie sheet.
With fingers, pinch seams and perforations to seal.
Using fingers or rolling pin, press or roll dough to form 14×10-inch rectangle.
Spread 1/3 cup marinara sauce lengthwise down center of dough.
Top with 1/2 cup shredded cheese and desired amount of tandoori chicken.
With pizza cutter, cut dough into strips on both sides of toppings.
Fold 1 strip up over toppings; fold 1 strip from opposite side over first strip.
Repeat to form a braided appearance.
Mix butter, chopped garlic and dry parsley or italian seasoning in a bowl and brush it on the braid.
Bake 16 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown.
Remove from cookie sheet to cutting board.
Cut into slices serve warm.
Oven baked Chicken Drumsticks
Oven baked Chicken Legs/drumsticks is an amazing delicious quick dish prepared at home restaurant style.
These drumsticks have been marinated with garlic ginger paste and my favorite curd.
As you bake them,the smell is going to drive you crazy ,trust me you and your family will really enjoy it.
Check out this step by step recipe and do leave me your feedback.
For marination : 30 mins
Prepration time :10 mins
Cooking time :30 mins
Serves :4
Ingredients
5 -6 chicken legs/drumsticks
1 cup dahi(curd)
1/2 cup Onion paste
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp red chilli paste
1 tsp tandoori masala powder
1 tsp cumin powder
bread crumbs
salt
olive oil
Direction || How to prepare Oven baked Chicken Drumsticks
Add curd , onion paste , red chilli paste,tandoori masala powder and salt to the chicken drumsticks and mix well.
Next add ginger garlic paste,cumin powder and bread crumbs and mix it well to the chicken drumsticks
Put some olive oil in the bottom of a pan (just enough to put the drumsticks on ).
Add drumsticks space enough apart so they aren’t touching each other.
Bake at 450 degrees for half an hour. Turn drumsticks over and bake another half an hour or untill cooked well.
Served them hot with garlic rice or any other rice of your choice.
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