Daily Archives: September 11, 2014


Chicken cheese baked casserole

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Preparation Time : 20 minutes

Cooking Time : 40 minutes

Serving : 6 – 8 members

Description

The habit of getting a recipe as soon as I like some thing that I have had any where from restaurants , road side food stalls to homes has resulted in giving me an opportunity in sharing this wonderful lip smacking  one pot dish . As a newly wedded bride my daughter Anisha and our family were invited to one of our relatives home for a grand feast . This chicken cheese baked casserole dish was also on display on the table . I served myself a very tiny piece   just to have a taste and the first mouth full just hit the right spot .. Bang on . Had some more guessing what  ingredients were there in the dish but it’s always better to know the right recipe rather than to assume and cook . So I asked abitha Akka ( the host ) for the recipe and saved it in my mind . Once home , saved the recipe from my mind to my hand written cook book and it was lost from my memory there after . Having an important guest at home for lunch wanted to come up with some thing different , as usual was going through my hand written recipe book and this recipe got my attention . Well this recipe has been put to sleep for a long while so it’s high time I gave it a try and went ahead by adding few veggies like broccoli and mushrooms . This dish was the most talked about stand out dish on the table that afternoon . My mission accomplished but I am yet to host a feast in return to abitha Akkas daughter anjum who’s married and has a kid as well .

Ingredients

Ingredients
Quantity
Chicken boneless1/4 kg boiled with salt and pepper and shredded ( reserve the left over water / stock )
Onion 5 sliced
Green chillies 3 chopped
Ginger garlic paste1/2 teaspoon
Tomato 2 blanched , skinned and chopped
Salt + pepperto taste
Capsicum1 chopped

Method

  1. Boil onions , green chillies , ginger garlic paste , salt ,  pepper and capsicum with left over water from boiled chicken .
  2. Add boiled shredded chicken and tomatoes .set aside to cool completely .

White sauce ingredients

Ingredients
Quantity
Butter 1 1/2 tablespoon
Maida3 tablespoons
Milk 2 cups
Mustard paste 1/4 teaspoon
Salt + pepper to taste

Method for white sauce

  1. Melt butter in a wide sauce pan . In low flame , add the flour to the melted butter little by little stirring continuously through out making sure no lumps are formed or gets burnt .
  2. Remove pan from heat , add milk and mix well vigorously making sure no lumps are formed .
  3. Once it’s mixed well , place over low heat and keep stirring to get a creamy , lump free white sauce .
  4. Add mustard paste , salt and pepper to taste .set aside and  Cool completely .

Ingredients to proceed

Ingredients
Quantity
Butter to grease
Eggs 3
Salt + pepper powder to taste
Red / yellow / green capsicum1 cut into rounds to decorate

Method

  1. Grease an oven proof casserole dish with butter . Preheat oven to 180 degree Celsius .
  2. Mix the cooled onion and chicken , tomato mixture along with white sauce . Mix well . Beat 3 eggs with salt + pepper to taste .
  3. Add to the chicken white sauce mixture and pour into the greased casserole dish . Add grated cheese over the top . Decorate with capsicum rings .
  4. Bake in the pre heated oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until the cheese on top melts to get a golden crust  and starts bubbling from bottom to top .
  5. Remove from oven cool a bit and serve warm or hot as it is .

Chakundri kebab

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Preparation Time : 3 hours

Cooking Time : 20 minutes

Serving : 4-5 members

Description

The first book that hubby dear brought for me was the great Indian cook book by chefs Vincent Joseph and Mohamed Ahmed qureshi . A treasure trove to North Indian dishes but seldom did I refer to this book as hubby dear being a true blue South Indian just didn’t appreciate any other cuisine . my experiments in the kitchen with food and kids being in boarding school  , hubby dear had no option other than being my laboratory rat for trial and error . Slowly he did start liking other cuisines and I some how pulled out the true blue South Indian in him .( Uff , what a relief it is ) once in a while , he dose mention asking me to take care of the rat ( himself ) with care . Oops coming back to the dish . This kebab recipe is from the book the great Indian cook book . I never knew that raw ground veggies were used for marination purpose until I came across this recipe . My trial was an instant hit from taste , aroma to the inviting natural colour because of the ground beetroot used . Though this book has been with me for ages ( nearly 22 years now ) never have I gone through the write up about the chefs and this time when I did noticed that this book contains recipes of dishes served at the Baluchi Indian restaurant at the holiday inn crown plaza New Delhi . This information did widen my eyes as I was awe struck with the reality that I was able to pull off a high class restaurant dish at my home kitchen .

Ingredients

Ingredients
Quantity
Chicken boneless pieces 1/2 kg
Beetroot ground 3/4 cup
Cumin seeds1 teaspoon
Butter to bast4 teaspoon
Cream 5 1/3 tablespoon
Garam masala powder1 teaspoon
Garlic paste1 teaspoon
Garlic paste 1 teaspoon
Lemon juice 2 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Curd3/4 cup

Method

  1. Mix lemon juice , beetroot pulp and salt . Rub over chicken pieces and set aside in the fridge for one hour .Whisk curd and add remaining ingredients and mix well well .
  2. Marinate chicken pieces in this mixture and keep in a refrigerator for 2-3 hours .Preheat oven to 175 degree Celsius .
    Skewer the chicken pieces leaving a gap of 2 cm between each chicken piece . Keep a tray underneath to collect the drippings .
  3. Roast in hot tandoor or oven or charcoal grill for about 10 -15 minutes .Paste with melted butter every two minutes once to get soft , melt in the mouth kebabs .
  4. Serve hot with pineapple slices garnished with chilli powder and salt . Vegetable Salad or boiled vegetables ( I served with boiled vegetables ) .