Chicken cutlet

Chicken cutlet is my family favourite snack & starter, which taste great with tomato ketchup. I use shredded chicken or boneless chicken & fry them with masala and finally stuff them inside the potato and shallow fry them. I like to shape them little different which looks attractive & tempting as well.

Ingredients :

1. Shredded chicken (or boneless chicken) - 500 gms
2. Cinnamon stick - 1 no
3. Lavang - 2 nos
4. 1 Medium sized onion
5. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
6. Chilly powder - 1 tsp
7. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
8. Corriander leaves
9. Salt to taste
10. Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
11. Egg - 1 no
12. Potato - 7 nos
13. Bread crumbs - 1 cup
14. Oil for frying

Method :

• Boil the potato. Add the salt and smash them without any lumps. Keep it aside.
  
• Beat the egg with a pinch of salt. Keep it aside.
  
• Heat oil in the pan, add cinnamon stick & cloves.
  
• Add finely chopped onion. Saute them till golden brown. Add ginger garlic paste.
  
• Add turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt. Saute them for 4 mins.
  
• Add the shredded chicken ( use food processor to shred the boneless chicken) & cook them till tender.
  
• Finally add garam masala & finely chopped corriander leaves. Switch off the flame. Allow them to cool.
  
• Now, make a small ball of potato & stuff the chicken masala and seal them. Shape them ( as u desire)
  
• Dip the stuffed chicken ball in the egg & then in the bread crumbs.
  
• Shallow fry them in the oil till golden brown in either side.

Serve them with tomato ketchup.

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Simple Carrot salad

Salad are mostly eaten as the starter or even as the lunch nowdays. Carrot salad is prepared in no time with just few ingredients & it taste awesome. Even those who dont like carrots, will prefer to have this often.

Addition of soaked moong dal will taste different & unique too. I like to make it simple & serve it as a my weekend starter.

Ingredients :

1. Carrot - 4 nos
2. Olive Oil - 1 tsp
3. Urad dal - 1 tsp
4. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
5. A pinch of hing
6. Green chilly - 1 to 2 nos
7. Salt to taste
8. Lemon juice - 1 tsp
9. Corriander leaves - 1 tsp

Method :

• Grate the carrots & keep aside.


• Heat oil in the pan, add mustard seeds.


• Add urad dal, hing & green chillies.


• Combine the seasonings, lemon juice, salt & corrainder leaves to the grated carrots.

Enjoy :)

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Old - fashioned Chocolate cake

I like baking chocolate cakes. Even a little variation will make big difference in taste. Addition of sour cream is a secret ingredient for this wonderful cake. Pravin just loved this.

Ingredients :

1. 1 1/4 cups plain flour
2. 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3. 3/4 tsp baking soda
4. A pinch of salt
5. 100g dark cooking chocolate, chopped
6. 2 cups sugar
7. 1/2 cup boiling water
8. 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
9. 1 1/4 tbsp cocoa powder
10. 250 gm softened butter,
11. 3/4 cup sour cream
12. 1 tbsp dark rum

How to bake :

• Grease & line the base of the 23 cm baking pan. Keep aside.


• Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt.


• Process the chocolate and half of the sugar in the food processoe until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.


• Now, pour the boiling water & process until the chocolate has melted.


• Meanwhile, beat the eggs, cocoa and remaining sugar. Mix the melted chocolate to this.


• Combine the butter, sourcream and rum to the above mixture & blend together.


• Spoon the flour to the above mixture & fold them gently and carefully.


• Bake at 170 C for 75 min or until cooked through.

Cool and serve the cake.

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Simple breakfast sandwich

In most of the house mornings are real busy & the breakfast menu is becoming very simple & fast by consuming cornflakes, bread toast, oats & snack bars. This simple vegetable sandwich with some spicy mint chutney & vegetables with cheese slice makes the breakfast heavy & tasty. Kids will just love this :)

Ingredients :

1. Mint leaves - 1 cup
2. Corriander leaves - 1/4 cup
3. Red chilly - 2 nos
4. Ginger - a small pc
5. Oil - 1 tsp
6. Cheese slice - 3 nos
7. Fresh bread - 6 nos
8. Butter to spread
9. Tomato ketchup to spread
10. Thinly sliced onions, tomatos, capsicum & ur fav vegetables

Method :

• Heat 1 tsp of oil, add ginger & red chilly. Then add mint leaves and corriander leaves & cook for 3 mins.
  
• Allow them to cool. Grind them with salt & keep aside.
  
• Take the bread slices, spread the butter first & then tomato ketchup in a single slice. In the another slice of bread, spread the mint paste.
  
• Stuff the vegetables & the cheese slice between the slices of bread and toast them in the preheated sandwich maker till done. (It took 5 mins for the first batch & 3 mins for the second batch)

Serve them warm with tomato ketchup.

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