Category Archives: Recipe

Rajma (red kidney beans curry)

This is one of my favourite recipe as it is so easy to make is very healthy.

Ingredients

  • 200 gm Rajma (red kidney beans)
  • 2 small onions diced
  • 3 small tomatoes diced
  • 2 green chilli chopped
  • 1 small piece of cinnamon
  • Few bay leaves
  • 1 tablespoon of ginger garlic paste
  • 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder
  • 1 tablespoon of red chilli powder
  • 1 tablespoon of garam masala powder
  • 4 tablespoons of thickening cream
  • 2 tablespoons of oil
  • Salt to taste

Steps

  • Soak Rajma overnight and drain the water.
  • Add the rajma in a pressure cooker, add water and cook until 3-4 whistles until you can smell the rajama. Make sure not to overcook rajma.

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  • Drain the rajma.
  • In a pan, heat oil and season with cinnamon, turmeric powder and bay leaf. Add the chopped onion and fry until it turns golden brown.

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  • Add ginger garlic paste, salt, red chilli powder, garam masala powder and fry for a minute or two.
  • Add chopped tomatoes and green chillies and cook until the tomatoes are soft. Make them into a paste.

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  • You can add a small quantity of water if the paste starts to dry and keep cooking the paste until it is smooth.
  • Now add the cooked rajam and mix well.
  • Add thickening cream, mix well and turn off the heat. Do not let it boil.

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Basa fillet curry

Sometimes AS definitely surprises me with his cooking and last night, I got a big surprise when he cooked me a really yummy fish curry. Sorry don’t have lots of photos as I was not planning to post the recipe but after tasting it, I decided it must be shared.

Ingredients

  • Basa Fillet 300 gms
  • Spices
    • 1 teaspoon cumin powder
    • 1 teaspoon coriander powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
    • 1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
  • 1 teaspoon tandoori paste
  • 1 tablespoon yogurt
  • 1/2 of small onion sliced thin
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt to taste

Method

  • Mix all the spices together with tandoori paste and yogurt and marinate the fish for half an hour (longer if time permits).
  • Heat a pan and add oil.
  • When oil is heated, add sliced onion and fry until translucent.
  • On medium heat, add fish and fry each side for 1 -2 minutes so both sides are brown.
  • Add water and simmer for 5 minutes on low heat until the fish is cooked thoroughly.

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  • You can add more water if the sauce dries out too quickly.

I had mine with salad (still trying to eat healthy) and it would be even yummy with rice or roti.

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Devilled eggs

I was looking for easy and quick recipe so tried this. Happy with the result 🙂

Ingredients

  • 1 dozen eggs
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • ½ of small chopped onion
  • 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
  • ½ teaspoon cumin powder
  • Salt to taste

Method

  • Hard boil the eggs. (I boiled the eggs for 20 minutes)

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  • Cool the boiled eggs under cold water for about 5 minutes
  • Peel the eggs while it is still a bit warm; which makes it easy to peel.
  • Using a sharp knife, slice each egg in half, lengthwise.

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  • Gently remove the yolk from each half and place in a small mixing bowl.
  • Using a fork, mash up the yolks and add mustard, mayonnaise, onion, chilli, cumin and salt.

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  • Spoon or pipe yolk mixture into the egg white halves.

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  • Devilled Eggs are ready to be served.

Marble Bundt cake

I tried Bundt cake from pre-pack mix and I am so glad it turned out nice.The packet came with one pack for cake mix and one pack of cocoa mix. I am going to try the next one from scratch.

Here is the easy recipe.

Ingredients

  • 1 package Bundt Cake Mix
  • 3 large eggs
  • 175g soft margarine
  • 70ml reduced fat milk
  • 22cm Bundt tin, greased

Steps

  • Preheat oven to 1800c.
  • Combine the cake mix, eggs, soft margarine and 60ml milk in a large mixing bowl.

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  • Mix with electric mixer on low speed until ingredients are combined.
  • Increase to high speed and mix for 3 minutes until the mixture is smooth.
  • Place2/3 of the combined batter into the tin.

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  • Add the cocoa mix and 10 ml milk to the remaining batter and mix it until combined.

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  • Add this on top of the batter in the tin.
  • Pull a fork through the mixture to form a marble pattern.

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  • Bake in preheated oven for 55 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

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  • Allow to cool in the cake tin for 10 minutes before removing it from the tin.

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  • The cake is ready. If you like, you can decorate the cake with icing sugar.

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Grilled chicken breasts with spicy salsa and spinach and avocado salad

Eating healthy can be boring sometimes so I constantly look for new recipes. I found this recipe on news.com.au site the other day . I tried it and it was a hit with my hubby and me. Please try it and see if you like it.

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Ingredients

  • 4 skinless organic chicken breasts
  • 4 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 60ml olive oil
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon chili flakes
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves

For the salsa

  • 1⁄2 red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 tomato, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 1 large clove of garlic, crushed
  • 2 teaspoons deseeded and finely sliced jalapeňo pepper
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 200g baby spinach leaves
  • 1 ripe avocado, peeled and sliced
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Method

  • First make the salsa. In a bowl, mix together the onion, tomato, lime juice, garlic, jalapeno pepper, cumin and salt. Let it sit at room temperature for about 1 hour to allow the flavors to mingle.
  • In a shallow dish, mix together the lime juice, olive oil, chili flakes and pepper. Dip the chicken in the mixture until well coated. Marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
  • Put the chicken on a baking tray and place under a preheated grill, 20cm from the heat. Grill for about 8 minutes on each side, or until a fork can be inserted in the chicken with ease and the juices run clear, not pink.
  • Divide the spinach leaves and avocado slices between 4 plates. Whisk together the olive oil and lemon juice, season with salt and pepper, and drizzle over the salad. Place the chicken on top, spoon over the salsa, garnish with chopped coriander and serve immediately.
  • Wash the spinach well. Drain and chop, then squeeze out the excess water. Add the spring onions, lemon juice, oil and pepper.