Free and easy cooking recipes

Ingredients

• 500g minced Chicken
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves of garlic crushed
• 1tsp curry powder
• Half tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• Half tsp ground roasted cumin seeds
• 1 fresh chilli finely diced
• 1 tsp chopped mint or coriander
• Half tsp fresh grated ginger
• Salt & ground pepper to taste
• Juice of half a lemon
• ready-made samosa patti 

Chicken Samosa Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a frying pan.
2. Add onion & garlic mix in the spices & seasoning, fry until soft.
3. Add the mince, stirring until cooked.
4. Remove from heat, stir in the mint & lemon juice.
5. You can simply buy some ready-made samosa patti from the shop.
6. Warp & deep fry.

Ingredients

• 1 cup besan
• 2 tsp oil
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1.5 tsp Salt
• 1-2 chopped green chillies (Jalapeno)
• Half cup water
• 1 potato
• 1 small cauliflower
• 2 cabbage
• 5 leaves spinach sliced
• 1.5 cup sliced onion

Vegetable Pakora Preparation:

1. Boil the potato until just tender, peel and chop finely.
2. Finely chop cauliflower and onion.
3. Shred the cabbage and spinach. Mix first set of ingredients well.
4. Beat in a blender for 4-5 minutes to incorporate air (this will make the batter fluffier).
5. Let batter rest half an hour in a warm place.
6. Add the vegetables and mix in evenly.
7. Deep fry in oil.
8. Drain pakora on paper towels and serve immediately.
9. Serve vegetable pakora with coriander or mint chutney or tomato ketchup.

Ingredients

• 4 mutton chops, pan-fried
• 1 each Baingun & fresh tomato
• 100 ml tomato sauce
• 1 gm cinnamon powder
• 100 gms rice
• 250 ml chicken stock
• 10 gms garlic chopped
• 30 gms onion, chopped
• 5 gms dried coriander
• 100 ml yoghurt sauce with mint
• Oil, for deep fry

Baingan with Mutton chops Preparation:

1. Deep-fry Baingun in oil. Heat oil, sauté onion & garlic.
2. Add rice & enough chicken stock to cook the rice.
3. Add half the deep fried Baingun.
4. Add mutton chops.
5. Sprinle cinnamon powder.
6. To make Baingun chops, cut the remaining lengthwise & dry it in the oven.
7. Serve rice wit mutton & Baingun chops with tomato & yoghurt sauce.

• Meat (chicken / beef / mutton) ——– 2 cups, diced and cooked
• Oil ——– 1tbsp
• Onion ——– 1/4 cup, chopped
• Celery ——– 3 tbsp, minced
• Capsicum ——– 1tbsp, minced
• Parsley ——– 1tbsp, minced
• Paprika ——– 1tsps
• Salt ——– To taste
• Black pepper Powder ——– 1/4 tbsp
• Lemon juice ——– 2tbsps
• Bread crumbs ——– 2tbsps
• Fresh bread crumbs ——– 2 cups
• Eggs ——– 2
• Oil ——– For frying

• 200 gms ——- maida
• 60 gms ——- ghee
• 1tbsp ——- ajwain
• 1tsp ——- cumin (zeera) seeds
• 1tbsp ——- crushed coriander seeds
• 2 ——- green chilies, chopped
• 5 gms ——- ginger, chopped
• 20 gms ——- green peas, chopped
• 1 tbsp ——- chili powder
• 2 tbsp ——- turmeric powder
• 100 gms ——- potato, boiled, peeled and mustard
• Chopped coriander for garnishing
• OIL for deep frying
• Salt ——- to taste.

Ingredients

• 200 gms beef fine mince
• 100 gms chickpea flour
• 100 gms pomegranate seeds
• 1 tbsp curry powder
• Half tsp chili powder
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 4 spring onion, chopped
• 1 sprig coriander
• 1 cup water
• Salt, to taste
• Oil, for deep frying
• 2 eggs

Chapli Kebab Preparation:

1. Mix chickpea, flour, tomato, onion, coriander, spices, pomegranate seeds with the ground meat.
2. Add some water to make the mixture smooth.
3. Beat eggs & add to the meat mixture.
4. Add salt to taste.
5. Shape into patties of the size of an egg.
6. Fry on low heat until golden brown.
7. Serve with tandoori roti.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Baingan, diced & cooked until tender
• Three-quarters cup cooked rice
• 1 egg
• 3 tbsp flour
• Half tsp salt
• Pinch black pepper
• Dash red pepper sauce
• 2 tbsp grated onion
• Half cup Cheddar cheese, shredded

Eggplant patties recipe Preparation:

1. Drain & measure 1 cup of the cooked Baingan into a bowl.
2. Mix with remaining ingredients.
3. Cover & chill thoroughly.
4. Medium heat oil in a heavy skillet over, drop mixture by tablespoonfuls & fry until nicely browned on both sides.
5. Serve immediately as a side dish with sliced tomatoes or salsa.

Ingredients

• 175 gms self-raising flour
• 150 gms butter
• 2 ripe bananas
• 150 gms sugar
• 100 gms milk
• 1 egg
• 125 gms chocolate chips

Chocolate Sauce

• 100 gms dark chocolate
• 100 gms fresh cream
• 25 gms sugar

Choco banana pudding Preparation:

1. Chocolate Sauce: boil all the ingredients together on low heat till smooth.
2. Pudding: Sift flour into a bowl & rub in butter until it has a breadcrumb-like texture.
3. In another bowl, mash bananas & mix it with butter-flour mixture.
4. Add sugar & mix well.
5. Whisk milk with egg & beat along with mixture.
6. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour the mixture into a prepared mould, cover lightly with foil & steam for an hour at 170 degress C.
7. Serve hot with chocolate sauce.

Ingredients

• 500 gms mutton with bone marrow
• 200 gms sliced onion
• 2 gms whole garam masala
• 300 gms ginger-garlic paste
• 150 ml oil
• 1.5 tsp red chili powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 100 gms tomato puree
• 100 gms yoghurt
• Half tsp cumin powder
• Half tsp garam masala powder
• 500 ml water
• Salt to taste

Nalli Rogan josh Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a saucepan & splutter whole garam masala.
2. When it begins to brown Add onion.
3. Sauté till brown. Add ginger-garlic paste, sauté & than add mutton Pieces.
4. Mix well & add water. Simmer till onion dissolves.
5. Add all the coriander, Turmeric & chili powder.
6. Cook on high heat for ten minutes & then reduce the flame.
7. Add yogurt, mix & add tomato puree.
8. When the mutton is done add cumin & Garam masala powder.
9. Remove from heat & serve hot.

Ingredients

For Filling

• 250 gms meat, minecd
• Half head white cabbage, halved, cut into thin strips
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• Pepper, freshly ground, Soya sauce

For Batter

• 125 ml egg white
• 400 ml water
• 300 gms flour
• Salt, to taste

For Coating

• 4 egg yolks
• 4 tbsp corn flour

Spring rolls Preparation:

1. Batter: Combine the egg white, water, flour & a pinch of salt. If the batter is too thick, add water.
2. Spread an even layer of a little batter into a heated, oiled pan.
3. Fry until the pancake’s surface begins to dry. Don’t turn over.
4. Remove from the pan.
5. Filling: Quickly cook the cabbage in lightly salted water.
6. Drain, plunge in cold water & drain again.
7. Fry the onion gently in oil, adding the minced meat & cabbage.
8. Season with salt, pepper & soya sauce. Leave to cool.
9. Coating: Mix the egg yolks with the corn flour.
10. Spread the filling on the uncooked
    side of the pancakes.
11. Fold in the ends slightly and then brush with the egg mixture.
12. Roll up & set aside for 10 minutes before deep frying.
13. (Drain the rolls well on kitchen paper.)
14. Serve with soya sauce.