Crunchy veggie kebabs

Crunchy veggie kabeb is a Chinese starter made with mix veggies, Chinese sauces and coated with breadcrumbs. Spicy in taste and best served with chilly tomato sauce or sezwan sauce. 

It's a great starter and it will definitely bring you lots of compliments. 

So next time when u feel like making a Chinese starter, forget regular manchurian and paneer chilly and make this Chinese kabebs. 

Ingrediants : 

Cabbage( shredded ) : 1 cup

Onion ( finely sliced) : 1 medium size

Capsicum (finely sliced) : 1/4 cup

Carrot ( graded) : 1/4 cup 

Potato (boiled and  mashed) : 1 medium size 

Corn ( boiled and half grinder) : 1/2 bowl

French beans (finely chopped) : 1/4 bowl

Ginger garlic chilly paste : 1 spoon 

Schezwan sauce : 1 spoon full 

Tomato ketchup: 1 spoon 

Salt

Pepper powder (pinch)

Red food colour (optional)

Chilly flakes - to taste 

Breadcrumbs- 1 bowl

Maida( all purpose flour) : 4-5 spoons 

Cornflour: 2 spoons 

Besan (gram flour): 2 spoons 

Process: 

Take a bowl : 

Add shredded cabbage, onions, French beans, mashed potato, carrots, capsicum and crushed corn mixture. 

Now put ginger garlic chilly paste, schezwan sauce, tomato sauce, salt, pepper powder, red food colour and mix well. 

Now add Maida, cornflour and besan and mix well. Add Little water 

Add breadcrumbs if required.

Make small round kebabs of the mixture and coat it with breadcrumbs 

Deep fry the kebabs till it becomes golden brown 

Note: 

Fry the kebabs in high flame 

Do not stir much while frying 

Pizza chaat

Hello friends, 

Pizza chaat is my latest experiment on fusion food. Pizza is a Italian dish and chaat is our very Indian all time favourite dish. Have you ever imagined what if these two completely different dishes merge together. I tried it and it worked very well. Cheesy n crusty taste of pizza and tangy and spicy taste of chaat will impress all your guests from children's to elderly people.It's a confusion that lands to perfection. 

Try it today 

Ingrediants 

Pizza base : 2 

Boiled potato (mashed) : 2 nos 

Onion (finely chopped ): 3-4 spoon 

Capsicum( finely sliced) : 3-4 spoon 

Tomato (finely chopped): 3-4 spoon 

Raw mango( finely chopped ): 1 spoon 

Cheese cube: 1 nos 

Cheese spread : 2 spoon 

Pizza sauce: 2 spoon 

Green chutney: 1 spoon 

Tarmarind chutney: 2 spoon 

Garlic chutney: 1 spoon 

Tomato ketchup: 1 spoon 

Nylon Sev: 1 bowl 

Butter : 1 spoon 

Chat masala 

Salt 

Coriander leaves 

Process: 

Take a ready pizza base and apply some butter on both the sides 

Heat a non-stick Pan and on a slow flame, toast the pizza base on both the sides till it is crispy and brown as you can see in the collage shown below 

Now apply some more butter 

Add green chutney, cheese spread, tomato ketchup and pizza sauce on the base and apply nicely.

Now add capsicum and onion and put it back in pan for 5 mins 

Now take it on working table again and add mashed potato.

 Press evenly with ur fingers. 

Now sprinkle chaat masala and salt 

Put some chopped tomato 

And again some chopped onions 

Put green chutney, garlic chutney and tamarind chutney 

Top it with nylon Sev, raw mango and coriander leaves 

Now cut your pizza in slices and Serve your guests with chips and sauces.

Let them enjoy the taste of pizza and chaat together.

Cocktail Samosa

 

Cocktail samosa is a dish which is a perfect party snack. People are now bored of regular samosa's. And with growing craze of multi cuisine, I thought to give my samosa's a international twist.

With changing the filling inside and also a easy outer layer. It's easy to make. And tastes best. 

Ingredients: 

Samosa sheets : 5-6 

Butter: 1 spoon 

Maida : 2 spoons 

Milk :  cup 

Corn : 1/2 bowl  

capsicum: 1 bowl 

Tamoto : 1/2 bowl finely chopped 

Cheese slices: 2-3

Red chilly sauce 

Tomato sauce

Oregano 

Chilly flakes 

Cheese and salad for garnishing 

For slurry: 

Maida : 1/2 cup

Water : as required for making a paste

Salt : pinch 

Process: 

For filling :

Take a Pan and heat it. Add butter and just as butter melts add maida to it.

Keep the burner on slow flame and with the help of a silicon stapula cook it well.

Now add milk to it. Add extra milk if required. 

Now stir it confinuously so that lumps are not formed. 

Now white sauce is ready 

Put half cup of corn and half a cup of capsicum to it 

Season it with salt, pepper, oregano and chilly flakes.

Your filling is ready 

For salsa: 

Take a bowl 

Add finely chopped tomatoes 

Half cup of capsicum 

And 2 spoons of boiled corn 

Add 2 spoons of tamoto sauce 

1 spoon chopped jalapeños 

1 spoon of red chilly sauce 

1/2 spoon of red chilly powder 

Salt and chilly flakes. 

You can also add freshly chopped basil to it 

Keep it in refrigerator to chill 

For Making cocktail samosa 

Take samosa sheet 

Put some filling in triangular shape 

Now cover it with a same sized cheese slice 

Apply slurry on all the sides of the sheet so that the filling doesn't come out while frying.

N keep folding the samosa in triangular direction as shown in the picture

Now your classy samosa's are all set for frying 

Fry them on first high then slow flame so that it gets an amazing golden colour. 

Your samosa's are ready to serve 

Garnish it with graded cheese 

Best served with salsa or any other tangy cheesy dip.

 

Veggie cottage cheese rolls

My new recipe i.e. Veggie cottage cheese rolls is a starter which looks like spring roll but there is a twist of taste in the filling . The stuffing consists of tandoori paneer and other veggies with smoothness of melted cheese in between. 

Try this starter for your guests and I am sure people will be impressed by you. 

It is deep fried but it can also be baked if you are calorie conscious. 

I am using spring roll sheets but if it's not available nearby you then u can also make fresh dough of all purposes flour I.e maida and use this stuffing.

If u hav left over chapatis then you can make wraps out of it 

Which will also be hit and a power pack meal for your kids. 

So here we go: 

Ingredients 

Spring roll sheets (5-6 nos)

Paneer : 100 GMs 

Cheese: 2 cubes 

Finely chopped onions: 1 small onion 

Chopped Red , yellow and green bell peppers: 1 bowl 

Graded cabbage and carrot : 1 bowl 

Corn : 1/2 bowl 

Finely chopped Jalapeños : 2 spoons 

Garlic butter: 2 spoons 

Red chilly sauce: 1 spoon 

Tomato sauce: 1 spoon 

Cornflour slurry :1 bowl 

Salt 

Pepper

Basil 

Oregano 

Chilly flakes 

For making tandoori paneer: 

Hung curd: 2 spoons 

Gram flour: 3/4th spoon 

Chilly powder : pinch 

Turmeric : 1 pinch

Chat masala: 1 punch 

Fennel seeds (sauf) 

Salt: to taste

Method: 

Step 1: 

Make tandoori paneer: 

Take a bowl 

Now add 2 spoons of hung curd

(Take curd in a cloth and let the water to strain and keep it for 1 hour. The thick curd that you will get is hung curd) 

Now add chilly powder, turmeric powder, gram flour, fennel seeds, chat masala and salt to taste 

Now our marinade is ready 

Add big cubes of paneer and leave it to marinate for 1 hour.

After an hour take a paneer pieces and place in metal skewers 

And roast it on gastop as you can see in the picture given below.

Once it is roasted from all the sides 

Take it down and cut into small cubes of equal size. 

Step 2: 

Preparing stuffing 

Heat a non stick pan and add garlic butter 

(In case you don't get garlic butter then add regular butter) 

Now add onions and fry till it turns golden 

Now add graded cabbage and carrots 

After a minute add capsicums and corn to it. 

Add jalapeños 

And cubes of tandoori paneer to it. 

Add oregano , chilly flakes, crushed basil leaves , salt 

Add red chilly sauce and tomato sauce to it 

Now add cheese cubes and put the flame off. 

Add coriander for fresh taste and let the mixture cool 

Step3

Take 3spoons of maida (all purpose flour )and 1 spoon cornflour 

Now add salt and water and make a thick paste.

Step 4

Soak the Spring roll sheets in wet cloth so that it remains moist 

Now take one sheet carefully and place it in diagonal direction 

Put some stuffing and roll it as shown in the pics 

Stick the rolls properly with cornflour slurry 

And deep fry the rolls until they give a nice golden colour..

You can refer this collage for better clarity.

Your yummy veggie cottage cheese rolls are ready.

Bread Tacos

Bread Tacos is my innovative recipe. Tocos is a Mexican dish made up with tortilla. I am here giving a twist and presenting my bread tacos.

Easy to make and ingredients are readily available at home.

Serve it next time when your guests come and impress everyone with this dish..

I have used bread and coleslaw( salad).

You must give it a try.

Ingredients :

Bread:  5 nos 

Cabbage ( shredded): 1 small bowl

Capsicum (sliced) :3 spoons 

Carrot ( finely sliced): 3 spoons 

Onion (finely sliced) :1 nos

Corn (boiled): 3 spoons 

Jalapeno peepers (finely chopped) :1 spoon 

Mayonnaise: 2 spoon 

Tomato ketchup : 1 spoon 

Chilly sauce: 1 spoon 

Cheese : 1 cube

Butter: 2 spoons

Chilly flakes 

Oregano

White pepper powder

Salt

Tooth picks to serve 

Tomato for making rose

Method

For filling:

Take a pan and add 1 spoon butter. 

It has to be on medium flame.

Once the butter melts add capsicum, carrots, onions, Jalapeno,corn, and cabbage. Stirr the veggies for just a minute.

Now season it with salt, pepper, oregano and chilly fakes. 

Take this mixture in a bowl.

(Take care that mixture is not overcooked)

Add mayonnaise, tomato ketchup and chilly sauce and stir well. 

And our filling is ready now 

This filling is also called coleslaw

Cut the bread in circles with the help of a mould. And apply butter to both the sides of bread.

Toast the bread on slow flame Till it becomes golden.

Now take the bread. And place the filling in the middle.

After that with the help of a toothpick, shape it like a taco shell. 

Garnish it with graded cheese and tomato rose

Serve with coleslaw 

Pickled Jalapeno peppers

Hello friends ,

In today's time when we all are so fond of Italian and Mexican cuisine, many of us face problems with ingredients which are necessary for preparing such dishes at home. And most of the time it is not easily available everywhere I.e you may get it only in superstores. 

Pickled Jalapeno peppers is one of such ingredient. Jalapeno peppers are used as pizza toppings and for making salsa and for many other Italian and mexican dishes . I recently bought a bottle of canned Jalapeno which costed me around 120 rs. 

So I decided to try it at home and after some research i made it and believe me it had exactly the same taste. 

So for all my blog reader, I am here with pickled Jalapeno recipe.

Try it. It's so economical as well as quick With very few ingredients 

PICKLED JALAPENO

Ingredients :

Green chilly ( dark green) : 12-15 nos

Apple cider or regular vinegar. : 1/2 cup 

Water: 1 cup 

Sugar: 2 spoons

Salt : 1 spoon 

Glass bottle: sterelized 

Method :

Sterelize the bottles in hot water.

(It's very simple. Just boil water in a big vessel and place the glass bottle inside 

Keep it for 15 minutes and take out and dry it )

Now cut the chillies in almost equal rounds and wash them with water. 

Excess seeds will be discarded from it.

(Chillies should b pulpy ones which are normally used in pickles )

Now take a pan and add 1 cup of water and 1/2 cup of vinegar ( I am using apple cider vinegar for the exact taste l. You can use normal white vinegar )

Add sugar and salt and let it boil. 

Add the chillies in sterelized jar and now pour the boiled liquid. 

The liquid should be in such proportion that chillies are properly dipped.

Let it cool till it comes to room temperature and then you can refrigerate it after applying the lid of the bottle.

You can use this jalapeños after1 week.

And you can easily preserve it for 6 months.

Crispy potato chilly

Crispy potato chilly is a Chinese starter.. Sweet,spicy and tangy.. Chinese cuisine is the most trending in our food industry and a popular choice amongst all generations.

It's quick and hassle free..

Instantly make it and serve it .I am sure that you will get only appreciation and compliments . This is a starter but it can be also served as a main course dish with Chinese sezwan rice.

So try it and I bet you are going to add it to your menu 

Ingredients 

French fries( frozen)-  1 cup

Garlic( finely chopped) - 1 spoon

Capsicum : Red, yellow and green : 2 spoon each 

Green chilly (finely diced): 2 nos

Tomato sauce : 3-4 spoons

Red chilly sauce : 2-3 spoons

Cornflour: 1spoon 

Sesame seeds( toasted): 1 spoon

Spring onions : for garnish 

Salt to taste 

While pepper powder

Oil: for deep frying  

Method: 

I am using frozen fries that is readily available in stores but If you cannot manage it then it's quite easy.

Par-boil the potatoes and slice them in vertical slices. Sprinkle cornflour and coat them properly. Now deep freeze the fries for few hours until they turn hard. 

Take the fries in a bowl 

Add cornflour, tomato ketchup ,red chilly sauce , and salt in the bowl and toss well.

Deep fry the fries on a high flame till it becomes crisp.

Take a pan: 

Add 1 spoon of the same oil you used for deep frying 

Now add chopped garlic to the hot oil.

(Chinese dishes are always cooked on high flame )

Now add green chillies and capsicum 

Add remaining tomato sauce and chilly sauce and salt and white pepper powder 

Add the prepared fries to it and give a toss.. Sprinkle toasted sesame seeds and spring onions and serve it hot.