Spice Curry, The Indian Spicy Food

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Type of Meal:	Party, Lunch or Dinner
Type of Dish:	Main dish to be served with Rice & Roti (Bread)
Dish Name:	Boneless Chicken Curry ( Keema curry)

Ingredients

Method

½ kg of Boneless Minced Chicken

½ cup of White flour

1 tea spoon of salt

1 teaspoon of turmeric powder

1 tablespoon of GingerGarlic paste

2 Onion Chopped

1 teaspoon of Garam Masala Powder

Cooking oil for frying and curry

1 tablespoon of Cream
Fresh corriander

1. Mix the chicken with ½ cup of White Flour

2. Add 1 tablespoon of giner-garlic paste, ½ bunch of finely chopped coriander leaves, 2-4 green chillies finely chopped, 1 tablespoon salt and turmeric powder. Mix it properly and keep it aside.

3. Heat the frying pan with required quantity of oil for frying

4. Make small balls out of Mixture and fry till golden brown and keep them seperately

5. Add more oil and fry the onions till brown . Add 2 chopped tomatoes in it and fry it on slow flame, add salt and turmeric powder and garam masala until the oil separates

6. Add 2 cups of hot water and 2 teaspoon of cream in it and put the balls

7. Keep it boiling for 5 minutes and simmer it for sometime

8. Serve it with Roti or Rice
Cooking Time : approx. 15 mins.
Preparation Time : approx. 15 mins.

Serves 4 to 5 people

Type of Meal:	Party, Lunch or Dinner
Type of Dish:	Main dish to be served with Roti (Bread)
Dish Name:	Chicken Curry

Ingredients

Method

500Gm chicken breast(cut in to cubes 2inch x 2inch and deep fried)

2 onions medium sized (crushed with poppin seeds)

1tbsp poppin seeds

1tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 tsp coriander powder

1tsp cumin powder

1tsp garam masala powder

1tsp redchilli powder

1tsp curry powder

4 cinamon sticks

4 cloves

4 bay leaves

1 tsp cumin seeds

tomato puree

2tbsp cream

oil for frying and cooking

salt to taste

1. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan;

2. Add cumin seeds, cinnamon sticks,cloves and bay leaves and fry un til it crackels

3. Add crushed onions and fry until golden brown

4. Take a bowl of water and addcorianderpowder,cumin powder,redchilliPowder,garam masala,and curry powderand make it in to a thick paste

5. Add the thick paste in to the fried onions

6. Cook for 5 minutes

7. Add the tomato puree and stir it

8. cook it for few minutes and when the oil separates add 2 cups of water and let it boil for 10-12 minutes with fried chicken

9. Boil the chicken until properly cooked

10. Add fresh cream and leave on heart for few minutes

11. Garnish with fresh coriander

12. Serve with hot rice.

13. Time : approx. 15 mins.

Preparation Time : approx. 20 mins.

Serves 4 to 5 people

Type of Meal:	Starter
Dish Name:	Chilli Tikka Masala

Ingredients

Method

Main Ingredients: Chicken breast

½ Kg chicken breast

2 tbsp Yoghurt

2 teaspoon garlic-Ginger paste

1 teaspoon green chilly paste

1 teaspoon red chilly paste

¼ black pepper

½ Cumin powder

1 teaspoon Pommegrenade

1 teaspoon Garam masala

2 tbsp oil

½ teaspoon orange colour

75 gm Butter

salt to taste

1. Mix all the ingredients and make paste

2. Dip the chicken breast in the paste and keep in fridge over a night

3. Next day, Grill in oven for 15-20 minutes

4. Put 75gm of butter in a pan along with grilled chicken

5. As the butter I melts, add one teaspoon of ginger/garlic paste + one teaspoon chillI paste and red chilli

6. Mix well and keep on fire for 5-7 minutes

7. It is ready to serve with a salad as a starter

Cooking Time : approx. 15 mins.
Preparation Time : approx. 15 mins.

Type of Meal:	Party, Lunch or Dinner
Type of Dish	Side Dish to be served with white Rice & Kadhi
Dish Name:	Fried Potatoes with Cumin Seeds

Ingredients

Method

Main Ingredients: Potatoes, Cumin Seeds

6 Large Potatoes

1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 pinch asafoetida

¼ teaspoon chilli powder

½ teaspoon sugar

salt to taste

1. Peel the potatoes and cut them in to small cubes

2. In a frying pan, add two table spoons of oil and add cumin seeds

3. When cumin seeds starts crackling, add 1 pinch of asafoetida and immediately add potatoes

4. Stir occasionally and when potatoes cubes starts getting crispy add salt, turmeric powder, chilly powder and sugar

5. serve hot with rice and Kadhi

Cooking Time : approx. 15 mins.
Preparation Time : approx. 15 mins.

Type of Meal:	Party, Lunch or Dinner
Type of Dish	Main dish to be served with Rice & Roti (Bread)
Dish Name:	Masoor Dal (Lentilles)

Ingredients

Method

250gm Masoor dal

2 Medium sized onion

4 cloves Garlic

1 teaspoon cumin powder

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 teaspoon coriander powder

½ teaspoon Garam Masala

Tomato Puree

Oil
Fresh corriander

1. Boil lentilles for 5-7 minutes in a pressure cokker and keep aside

2. In a deep Pan, add oil and fry onions and garlic paste till it is golden brown

3. Add Tomato puree, salt, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and stir it

4. When oil separates from onion and tomato paste add it to the boiled lentilles and let it cook for 5-10 minutes

5. Sprinkle Garam Masala on the top and garnish it with fresh coriander

6. serve hot with Rice

Cooking Time : approx. 15 mins.
Preparation Time : approx. 15 mins.

Type of Meal:	Party, Lunch or Dinner
Type of Dish	Main dish to be served with Rice & Roti (Bread)
Dish Name:	Potato & Aubergine Sabji

Ingredients

Method

2 Large Aubergines

4 Large Potaotes

6 cloves Garlic

Small piece of ginger

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

4 cloves

4 cinnamon sticks

4 Bay-leaves

¼ teaspoon Hing (Asafoetida)

½ teaspoon red chilli powder

Oil

Salt
Fresh corriander

1. Cut potatoes and Aubergines into small cubes

2. Heat the oil, add cumin seeds, cloves, bay-leaves,cinnamon sticks

3. When it starts crackling, add Hing and immediately and Aubergines and Potatoes

4. Without stirring add garlic and ginger paste with little bit of water on the top and mix and cover it
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5. After 5 minutes, you will see quantity of above has shrinked, then stirr it

6. Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and stirr it

7. Let it cook for another 5 minutes

8. Garnish it with fresh coriander

9. Serve it hot with Roti or Rice

Cooking Time : approx. 15 mins.
Preparation Time : approx. 15 mins.

Type of Meal:	Party, Lunch or Dinner
Type of Dish	Main dish to be served with Roti (Bread)
Dish Name:	Spinach with cottage cheese

Ingredients

Method

450gm Boiled spinach

2 Medium sized onion

2 tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 teaspoon coriander powder

½ teaspoon red chilli powder

tomato puree

salt to taste

Oil

1. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan;

2. Add chopped onions and fry until golden brown.

3. Add the ginger garlic paste and stir for few seconds.

4. Add the tomato puree, turmeric powder red chilli powder coriander powder and salt.

5. Cook until the oil separates.

6. Add the boiled spinach in to the onion tomato sauce and mix well.

7. Cook for 10-12minutes

8. Add the cheese in to the spinach and leave on heat for 5 minutes

9. Its ready to serve with roti.

Cooking Time : approx. 15 mins.
Preparation Time : approx. 20 mins.

Type of Meal:	Party, Lunch or Dinner
Type of Dish	Side Dish to be served with white Rice
Dish Name:	Tomoto Kadhi ( Tamatar Ki Kadhi)

Ingredients

Method

Main Ingredients: Tomatoes, Green Chilli, Gram flour & Corriander leaves

5 large red tomatoes

1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds (rai)

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)

1 green chilli, chopped

5 to 6 curry leaves

2 sticks cinnamon (dalchini)

2 cloves (lavang)

1 tablespoon gram flour (besan)

1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)

1 teaspoon chilli powder a pinch asafoetida (hing)

2 teaspoons jaggery (gur), grated

1 teaspoon oil

salt to taste

For the garnish
1 tablespoon chopped coriander

1. Roughly chop the tomatoes and boil them in water for about 10 to 15 minutes.

2. Cool and liquidize the tomatoes in a food processor to a get a smooth purée.

3. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan and add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds.

4. When the seeds crackle, add the green chilli, curry leaves, cinnamon, cloves and gram flour and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.

5. Add the turmeric, chilli powder, asafoetida and puréed tomatoes with 2 cups of water and cook over a medium flame while stirring continuously.

6. When the kadhi comes to a boil, add the jaggery and salt and simmer for another 5 minutes. Remove from the fire.

7. Garnish with the coriander and serve hot with rice.

Cooking Time : approx. 30 mins.
Preparation Time : approx. 10 mins.

Type of Meal:	Party, Lunch or Dinner
Type of Dish	Side Dish to be served with white Rice
Dish Name:	Yoghurt Kadhi with Pakora

Ingredients

Method

Main Ingredients: Yoghurt, Gramflour

500g Saur yoghurt

2 tbsp Gram floor

1 teaspoon cumin seeds

1 teaspoon turmeric powder

1teaspoon mustard seeds

1 teaspoon chilli powder

1 teaspoon Fenugreek seeds

5 curry leaves
Mango powder or lemon juice
salt to taste

1. Mix the yoghurt, gramflour turmeric powder, salt and redchillipowder with 2 cup of water.

2. In a frying pan, add two table spoons of oil and add cumin seeds,mustardseeds,fenugreekseeds and curryleaves.

3. When it starts crackling add the yoghurt mix with 2 cups of warm water;

4. Stir occasionally and let it boil for 10 to 12 min.

5. serve hot with rice

6. if the yoghurt is not saur add 2 tsp of mangopowder or lemonjuice

Cooking Time : approx. 15 mins.
Preparation Time : approx. 15 mins.