Monday, December 16, 2013

Subway Style Chicken Sandwich With Whole Wheat Freanch Bread

Subway sandwiches are very popular these days . This is a recipe to pamper your taste buds with the similar taste. The whole wheat bread is a healthy option for chicken sandwiches & the puffiness of the  french once are specially adored by the sandwich lovers .

Ingredients for one
  • 1Whole Wheat French Bread 
  • 1/4 Cup Boiled chicken shredded into small pieces
  • 1 tbsp Cheese Spread 
  • 1 tbsp Shredded processed cheese
  • 1/2 tbsp Finely chopper onion
  • 1/4 tbsp Chopped ginger
  • 1/4 tbsp Chopped garlic 
  • 1/4 tbsp Chopped Green Chilly
  • 1/4 tbsp oregano
  • 1/4 Pepper powder
  • Sandwich Mashala optional
  • English Mustard how much you wish 
  • Onion , Capsicum & Tomatoes sliced into rings
  • 1 tbsp butter to fry 
 First put a little butter on pan and roast the onion, capsicum, & tomatoes one by one . Add a little seasoning of salt & pepper , to keep the veggies crunchy avoid over cooking   . Once it is done remove then from pan & keep them aside.


Now heat some more butter and start sauteing the chopped onions along with the ginger, garlic & green chilly  . Season with salt and pepper & lastly add the oregano, remove it from heat  & and keep it aside .
Now cut the bread into halves & spread the cheese on a half . Sprinkle the sandwich mashala on it.

Now lay the chicken on the bread.

 On the top of it spread the veggies & add the mustard .
 



Cover with shredded cheese.


Now Take a pan , add a very little butter and roast the other half of the bread for a while and cover the sandwich with it . The sandwich is now ready to serve .



Sunday, December 8, 2013

Chicken Hariyali Kabab

             An extremely tasty but equally healthy dish .
Ingredients
  •  500g boneless chicken pieces
  • 3 tbsp hung curd 
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 1 cup coriander leaves
  • 1 cup mint leaves
  • 2 tbsp ginger paste
  • 2 tbsp garlic paste
  • 3 to 4 green chillies
  • 1 tbsp red chilly powder
  • 1/4 tbsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tbsp black pepper powder
  • 1/2 tbsp roasted garam mashala powder
    ( roast whole coriander, cumin, dry red chilly ,cinnamon, cloves & green cardamom and make a powder out of it )
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • salt to taste

Make a paste of green chilly, coriander & mint leaves. Now add the paste to the hung curd along with the ginger garlic paste & lime juice . Now add the dry mashalas & butter. Once the mixture is ready add the chicken pieces to it & let it be marinated for at least 4 hours . Now pre heat the oven at 300 digree . Once the oven is hot let the chicken go in . Reduce the temperature and let the chicken cook for 30 mins . Keep brushing the chicken with butter in between . Once the chicken is cooked increase the temperature and let the chicken get a slit grilled texture.    



Serve hot with lime and onions . A good starter for all parties :)


Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Stir Fried Fish in Bengali Style (Macher Jhuri Bhaja)

                                      An easy to make Rohu Fish dish goes quite well with roti.

Ingredients 

  • 200g Deep fried & Boned Rohu fish 
  • 2 tbsp mustard oil
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1 tbsp chopped garlic
  • 1 tbsp chopped ginger 
  • 1 tbsp chopped green chilly
  • 1/2 lime juice
  • 1/4 tbs turmeric
  • 1/4 tbsp red chilly powder
  • 1/2 tbsp Roasted Garam Mashala powder(roast coriander, cumin, dry red chilly, cloves, cinnamon, & green cardamom and make a powder)
  • A pinch of sugar 
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp oil fried kaju nuts 
  • 2 tbsp raisins 
  • Chopped coriander to garnish

                                                             Heat oil in a frying pan and add chopped onions following with ginger garlic & green chilly  . Saute for a while & add turmeric, red chilly powder, roasted garam mashala . Keep stirring on a high flame .Add a pinch of sugar and salt to taste. Here we need to add the boned fishes which should be broken into small pieces . Now add the raisins and kaju, stir a while then add the lime juice and remove it from the flame . Garnish with chopped coriender . Serve hot with rotis .

Monday, December 2, 2013

Chicken Cutlet

                                           

  This is a very famous afternoon snack . At market it will cost at least 100 Rs yet the stuffing will contain very little chicken and not to forget the oil which will be used ,reused & reused and then again reused .So here is the recipe for you all . Prepare it at home and stay healthy :)

 

Ingredients 
  •  500 g chicken keema
  • Mustard oil or any other oil of your choice
  • 1 tbsp garlic paste
  • 1 tbsp ginger paste
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 2 tbsp chopped garlic
  • 2 tbsp chopped ginger
  • Chopped green chilly as per your wish
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh coriander leaves
  • 1 lemon juice 
  • 1/2 tbsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tbsp red chilly powder
  • 1/2 tbsp coriander powder
  • 1/2 tbsp cumin powder
  • 1/2 tbsp roasted garam mashala powder ( roast whole coriander, cumin, dry red chilly ,cinnamon, cloves & green cardamom and make a powder out of it )
  • 2 egg beaten 
  • 1/4 cup cornflour 
  • 2 cup breadcrumbs 
  • 1/4 tbsp sugar
  • Salt to taste

First marinate the chicken keema with ginger garlic paste , lemon juice & little salt for at least 1/2 an hour .
Then put the keema in a grinder and make a paste .

Heat little oil in a pan , add the onions . Saute till it turns pink . Now add chopped ginger, garlic & green chilly along with all the mashala powders . Saute for a while & add sugar and salt as required . Lastly add the chopped coriander & quickly turn the gass off. Now add the mashala withe chicken paste & mix it properly.
After this add a little cornflour to the paste to bind it properly .Now you can give the cutlets any shape or size according to your wish . Once the cutlets are given shape dip them in the beaten egg and coat them with the breadcrumb. 


Once they are ready deep fry them and serve hot with sauce & salad .