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Showing posts with label microwave. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Chicken Banjara Kabab

21:29 by Sumana5 comments

 Kebab…………I love kebab. This is the one and only dish which I want to eat anytime, anywhere. The smoky flavor makes me crazy. Not only me, my whole family loves kebab, even my three and a half year old daughter also likes it.

Kebab is a dish from Middle Eastern, Eastern Mediterranean and South Asian countries. When you serve, it should be hot. Traditionally kebabs were made by lamb. But it depends on local taste and society. Actually tastes differ man to man and that’s why you will get many different types of meat including beef, chicken, goat, pork, fish etc. Like other ethnic foods spread by travelers around the world, kebab, which was a part of regular cuisine in most of the Middle Easter and South Asian countries, is now enjoyed by people around the world.

Nowadays kebab/kabab is the most popular dish in urban India. Any get to gather or party will be incomplete without kebab as a starter. Banjara kebab is a type of kebab which I learned from a regional television cookery show. And it is very easy to make at home in your microwave and very tasty too.
chicken banjara kabab recipe
Banjara Kabab

Recipe of Chicken Banjara Kabab

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken cubes – 300 gms
Dry red chilli – 6-7 pcs
Cumin – 1 tsp
Coriander – 1tsp
Kababchini – 1 tsp
White pepper corn – 1 tsp
Nutmeg – 1/4th tsp
Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp
Peanut/groundnut paste – 2 tbsp
Dry mango powder – 1 tsp
Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Hung curd – 2 tbsp
Salt
Lemon juice
Wooden skewer

Method:

Marinade the chicken with lemon juice and salt for around 30 minutes.

Now take a pan and roast dry red chilli, cumin, coriander, kabab chini, white pepper corn and nutmeg. Then grind and keep aside with lid.

Now marinate the chicken with lemon juice and salt for 15-20 minutes.

After 15 minutes you will get some excess water from the marination, so drain that water and again marinate the chicken with ginger-garlic paste, groundnut paste, dry mango powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, hung curd and the grinded spices for 30 minutes.

Now take some wooden skewer and string the chicken pieces one by one and cook it in microwave mode for 4-5 minutes. While cooking in microwave, instead of putting the skewers on tray, take a medium size bowl and keep the skewer on it so that both ends of the skewer touch the edge of the bowl and the chicken pieces do not touch the base of the bowl. The air gap between the edge of the bowl and chicken will help it to cook all sides of chicken well. This will also help to keep the microwave clean as the juice from chicken will drop in the bowl.

Garnish chicken banjara kabab neatly and serve hot. Let me know how it turned out at your end. Happy cooking :-)


Sunday, 15 February 2015

Cake With Chocolate Ganache

08:15 by SumanaNo comments

The word Ganache came from a French word “jowl”. This is a glaze made by chocolate and cream and is used for icing or filling of pastry. Ganache is like a sauce in texture and butter is used for extra shiny look. 

 In my opinion, Ganache is a very easy and quick way to make a decorative cake. Actually last month I wanted to celebrate my princess' birthday. And I wished to make a birthday cake. But I am not comfortable enough to make a birthday cake. Sometime icing part is very difficult for us, who tries icing cake only for birthdays or any special occasions. Icing needs a bit of regular practice. So I thought of making a ganache cake for my little princess.

Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache
Cake With Chocolate Ganache


v  Ingredients for Ganache cake:

For cake:

Regular flour – 1 cup
White oil – ½ cup
Sugar – ½ cup
Coco powder – 2 tbsp
Vanilla essence – few drops
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Egg – 2 pcs

For ganache:

Choco chips or any plain chocolate bar (without dry fruits) – 100 gms
Fresh cream – 100 gms
Butter – 1 tbsp

For decoration:

Strawberry
Cake sprinkles
Gems

v  How to bake chocolate cake:

At first grind sugar and keep aside.

Take a mixing bowl and mix 1 cup of regular flour, coco powder and 1tsp baking powder.

Now take another mixing bowl and put butter and powder sugar and beat well. Then add eggs and beat well. When it starts looking floppy add the flour mixture and mix well with a spatula. This mixing is most important step to make a good cake. It is called fold and the movement should be on the same side (clockwise or anticlockwise).

Now grease the cake mold. Pour the batter in the mold and gently place it into preheated oven in convection mode at 180c for 20 – 25 minutes.

After hearing the beep sound, take a toothpick and gently prick the cake from top. If the toothpick comes out clean this indicates that your cake is ready.

v  How to prepare Ganache:

Take 100 gms choco chips or chocolate bar (I have used choco chips). Then heat 100 ml fresh cream in a pan but do not boil it. So the ratio I used for Ganache is 1:1 for chocolate and cream. When this is slightly hot, add the choco chips and stir it. Remove the pan from the heat and stir. When the chocolate starts melting put 1 tbsp butter. Here butter will give an extra glaze. Your ganache is ready now.

Ganache is not very hot. So you can use it immediately. Now place your cake and take a ladle full of ganache. Pour ganache on the middle of the cake and you will notice that ganache is flowing down from cake and making a design. This will happen because of its texture.

Now, it is time to decorate your cake with fresh strawberries, sprinkles, gems or anything which you like.

Note: For Ganache, the proportion and temperature are very important and differs according to the purpose of use. For my ganache cake, I used 1:1 of chocolate and cream. For a thinner ganache, cream proportion needs to be increased upto 2. Pour the ganache over cake when it is still hot. It should not be too hot as then it will be too loose and will run down the cake. And it should not cool down completely; in that case it will be difficult to pour over the cake smoothly.


Saturday, 3 January 2015

Upside Down Strawberry Cake

11:16 by Sumana1 comment

Strawberry flavoured upside down cake
Upside Down Strawberry Cake

Ingredients:

Regular flour – 1 cup
White oil – ½ cup
Sliced strawberry – 1 cup
Sugar – ½ cup
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Egg – 2
Strawberry essence – few drops
Strawberry colour – 1-2 drop (optional)
Strawberry flavoured Upside Down Cake with strawberry
Upside Down Strawberry Cake

Recipe:

At first grind sugar to make sugar powder.
Take a mixing bowl and mix 1 cup of regular flour and 1tsp baking powder.
Now take another mixing bowl and put oil and powder sugar and beat well. Its good to use a beater. Then add eggs and beat well. When it starts looking floppy add strawberry essence and coulour (optional), flour and mix well with a spatula. This mixing is most important step to make a good cake. It is called fold and the movement should be on the same side (clockwise or anticlockwise).
Now grease the cake mold and make a layer with fresh sliced strawberry. Gently pour the batter in the mold above the layer of strawberry slices. Place it into preheated oven in convection mode at 180c for 20 – 25 minutes.
After hearing the beep sound, take a toothpick and gently prick the cake from top. If the toothpick comes out clean this indicates that your upside down cake is ready.

Now turn over the cake on a plate. As a result the strawberry layer will come on top. This is the specialty of upside down cake; the bottom side will come on top unlike other cakes. 

Sunday, 21 December 2014

Simple Vanilla Cake

01:55 by SumanaNo comments
simple cake with vanilla essence
Simple Vanilla Cake

Ingredients:

Flour – 1 cup
Baking powder 1 – tsp
Butter – 50 gms
Egg – 2
Sugar – ½ cup
Vanilla essence

Recipe:

At first grind the sugar and keep aside.
Now take a mixing bowl and put butter and sugar powder and beat well. Then add an egg and beat it well and add few drops of vanilla essence.
Now take a mixing bowl and mix 1 cup of regular flour and 1 – tsp baking powder.
Add this flour into beaten egg and mix well. If you feel the batter is thick you can add lukewarm milk. Actually this batter should be ribboning.
Now pre heat the oven in convection mode 180c for 2 – 3 minutes.
Now grease the baking tin and pour the batter and place it into oven in 180c for 25 minutes.

Take the cake tin and gently prick it with a toothpick from top. If the toothpick comes out clean this indicates that your cake is ready. 

Saturday, 20 December 2014

Caribbean Grilled Chicken

20:14 by SumanaNo comments
grilled chicken with orange juice and herbs
Caribbean Grilled Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken breast – 2 pieces
Red chilli 3 – 4 pcs
Chopped onion – 1 tbsp
Sugar – 1 tbsp
Garlic 6-7 cloves
Green cardamom – 2 pcs
Cinnamon – 1 inch
Cloves 4 – 5 pcs
Nutmeg powder – ¼ tsp
Soya sauce – 1 ½ tbsp
Thyme or any other herbs (optional)
Pepper powder
Orange juice – ½ cup
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
Salt
White oil

Recipe:

Take a mixing blender and blend the all ingredients except chicken, salt and oil to make paste.
Then take a knife or fork to pick the chicken because the spices enter into the chicken and it will be tastier.
Now marinate the chicken with that paste and salt and few drops of oil and keep aside for half an hour.
After 30 minutes take a grill rack and place the marinated chicken. Then shift it into oven and grill it for 5 minutes for each side.
Serve hot.
Chicken breast pieces do not take much time to cook and if it is overcooked it will be hard. So be careful while grilling the chicken breast pieces.


Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Banana Loaf

21:07 by SumanaNo comments
easy Banana Loaf recipe in microwave
Banana Loaf

Ingredients:

All-purpose flour – 1 cup
Ripe banana – 2
Egg – 2
Butter – ½ cup
Sugar – ½ cup
Baking powder – 1tsp
Vanilla essence

Recipe:

At first grind the sugar and keep aside.
Smash the bananas to make a smooth paste and keep aside. It is better to use a blender
Now take a mixing bowl and put butter and sugar powder and beat well. Then add eggs and beat well and add few drops of vanilla essence.
Take a mixing bowl and mix 1 cup of regular flour and baking powder.
Now, slowly add this flour into beaten eggs and mix well. And at last add the smashed banana and mix well. If you feel the batter is thick you can add lukewarm milk. Actually this batter should be ribboning.
Now pre heat the oven in 180c for 2 minutes.
Grease the baking tin and pour batter and place it into oven in 180c for 20 minutes.
Take out the cake tin and gently prick it with a toothpick from top. If the toothpick comes out clean this indicates that your banana loaf is ready.


Friday, 5 December 2014

Easy Muffins recipe

20:09 by Sumana2 comments
easy muffins recipe with milk egg vanilla
Muffins
This easy muffins recipe is my daughter's favorite. She liked it instantly and finished the oven fresh muffins within a few moments.

Ingredients:

Regular flour – 1 cup
Egg – 1  
Butter – 50gms
Baking powder – 1tsp
Sugar – ½ cup
Vanilla essence 2–3 drops
Milk – 1 cup
Choco chips

Recipe:

At first grind the sugar and keep aside.
Take a mixing bowl and mix 1 cup of regular flour and 1tsp baking powder. Sieve it well.
Now take another mixing bowl and put butter and powder sugar and beat it well. Then add an egg and beat well. Now add few drops of vanilla essence and milk.
Then add the flour into this and mix well with a spatula.
Now grease the muffins mould and pour the batter. Put a few choco chips on top of it. Place it into oven in convection mode at 180c for 20 minutes.

Take one muffins and gently prick it with a toothpick from top. If the toothpick comes out clean this indicates that the muffins are ready. 
For variation, instead of choco chips jelly belly or dry fruits can be used.

Friday, 19 September 2014

Vegetable Au Gratin

21:21 by SumanaNo comments
easy french baked dish with vegetables carrot cauliflower cheese
Vegetable Au Gratin

Ingredients:

2 whole boiled potatoes
Chopped carrot - hands full
 Chopped Cauliflower - hands full
 Chopped Beans - hands full
Chopped capsicum - hands full
Green peas - 1 tbsp
Tomato ketchup - 4 tbsp
Fresh cream - 1 tbsp
Salt
Flour
Milk
Mustered powder
Butter
Black pepper powder
Chopped garlic - ½ tsp
 Grated Cheese - 2 cubes
Some herbs (which you like)

Recipe:

At first blanch the all vegetables and keep aside.
White sauce: Heat butter in a pan and add chopped garlic. When it turns golden add flour and milk and keep stirring well so that no lump is formed. When it becomes thick, add pepper powder and mustard powder and mix +well. White sauce is now ready.
Now take a bowl and grate the boiled potato and smash it. Now add tomato ketchup, cream and half of the cheese and mix it very gently.
Now take the white sauce and add the blanched vegetables and mix it gently.
Then grease a baking dish and put the vegetables mixture. Make a layer of smashed potato above the vegetable mix. Spread the remaining cheese and sprinkle some herbs on top.
Now bake it at 180c for 20 minutes.
Serve hot. 

Sunday, 14 September 2014

Baked Chicken

13:44 by SumanaNo comments

This baked chicken recipe is one of the easiest chicken recipe to learn. The best thing is you can just put the ingredients in the baking dish and place it in oven and you are done. You can now do your other work at hand or just relax. Take it out when you hear the finishing sound from your oven.


Easy baked chicken recipe
Baked chicken

Ingredients:
Chicken breast pieces
Garlic paste
Salt
Lemon juice
Black pepper powder
Dry parsley leaves or any herbs you like
Butter

Recipe:
Marinate chicken with lemon juice, black pepper powder, garlic paste and salt and keep it for 15-20 minutes.  Then place the chicken in a baking dish and sprinkle some dry parsley and butter. Now bake it in 180c for 20 minutes.

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