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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Pizza-de-India


Ingredients:

Bread (preferably French loaf)
Sandwich spread
Pizza Sauce (made by mixing home made Tomato Puree, Oregano, Black pepper, Chilly flakes, finely chopped garlic, Olive oil, salt and a little sugar )
Cheese (cut into small pieces)
Onion, Capsicum, Tomato (finely cut)
Tomato Ketchup
Oregano and chilly flakes
Procedure:

Cut the French loaf into two halves lengthwise. Then using a knife first coat the bread with a layer of sandwich spread and then spread the pizza sauce to form a thick layer. Arrange onion, tomato, and capsicum slices as per your choice on the bread. Then add the pieces of cheese. Finally add a little tomato ketchup. Bake in a preheat oven for ten minutes. Sprinkle Oregano and chilly flakes.
Serve hot with chilled Cola.

Fish Mould

Ingredients 

Fish ( Rui/ Katla or Becti) 100gms
Finely chopped onion  2tbsp
Ginger- Garlic-Green chilly paste 2tsp
Finely Chopped Coriander
Grated Carrot 4tsp
Greenpeas 1/2 cup ( perboiled )
One Small Potato boiled & mashed
One Egg ( well beaten)
Refined oil 2tsp
Mustard oil ( very little)
Butter to grease the mould
Salt, a little sugar and a very little turmeric powder
Fresh Lemon Juice 1/2tsp
Two Cheese cubes ( grated)
Procedure 

Marinate the fish with little salt, turmeric powder and shallow fry in mustard oil  and de bone the fish. Heat refined oil in a pan and fry onion till brown. Gradually add Ginger-garlic-green chilly paste followed by mashed potato, fish paste, carrot, green peas. Add a little sugar. Sprinkle finely chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice. Then add the beaten egg and mix them well . Your fish cake mix  is ready.
Grease a mould with  butter. Add the fish cake mix and add grated cheese from top. Cook for 20 minutes under pressure cooker.
Keep aside for another 5 minutes outside the cooker.
Turn the mould upside down and serve hot.

Mexican Egg Fritata

Ingredients :

Egg - 4
Boiled chicken pieces - 1 cup
Stir-fried prawns - 1 small cup
Grated cheese cubes - 2
Chopped Onion - 1 cup
Chopped Tomato - blanched - 1 cup
Finely chopped ginger - 1 teaspoon
Finely chopped garlic - 2 teaspoons
Finely chopped parsley or oregano
Paprika powder and red chilli flakes
Refined oil and salt
Procedure :

Heat oil in a non-stick pan. fry the onion  and tomatoes. then add garlic and ginger and oregano. Add the chicken pieces along with prawn. Saute for two minutes. Cover the mixture with 4 eggs (beaten). Sprinkle grated cheese, paprika powder and red chilly flakes. Close the lid and simmer for 5 minutes, till the egg settles and cheese melts. Remove from heat. Cut into wedge-shaped slices, like a pizza and serve hot.


Chilly Cheese Uttapam


Ingredients :

2 Cups of rice flour and 1 Cup urad dal powder, soaked in water for over night and mixed well to make a thick batter.
pinch of salt
One large onion (finely chopped)
Green Chillies ( finely chopped)
Cheese (grated)
Refined oil
Procedure :

Heat a nonstick pan , grease it with refined oil and place1 tablespoon  thick  batter. Spread it with a spatula. Then sprinkle onion, chillies on top.Turn upside down and add grated cheese on the hot side of the uttapam. Keep it on the nonstick tawa till it becomes crispy and the cheese melts.

Serve hot with coconut chutney.

For the coconut chutney place ground coconut along with green chillies, a few cloves of garlic, 2 tbsp roasted chana daal powder ( chatu / sattu ), salt and tamarind paste in a mixer and grind to a smooth paste. Heat 1 tsp refined oil and add chaunk / phoron -- 1 tsp mustard seeds, curry leaves and dry red chillies. Then add to the above chutney paste