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Mouthwatering Monday – Rogan Josh

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: Rogan Josh served with Lamb Chops and Hash Browns

Rogan Josh is a Mutton recipe cooked in Indian style with lots of flavoring spices. It is believed to be a Kashmiri recipe but I bet that every meat loving Indian would love eating it.

Here is the recipe.

Ingredients –

1 pound Mutton
2 Onions sliced
¾ cup Yogurt
1 tbs Ginger Garlic paste
1 tbsp Ginger julienned
1 tbsp Garlic chopped
½ tbsp Turmeric Powder
1 tbsp red chilli powder
2 Bay leaves
2 Black Cardamon
2 Green Cardamon
3-4 tbsp Oil
1 tbsp Garam Masala
Cilantro for garnishing
Salt

Method –

Clean Lamb/Mutton thoroughly and cut into 2 inch pieces.
Marinate it for overnight or for 3-4 hours with Yogurt, ginger garlic paste, 1 tbsp of oil.
After marination, heat oil in a pan and pour meat on it when hot. Cook till it turns brown. Set aside.
Heat Oil in a pan and add bay leaves, black and green cardamon, julienned ginger and chopped garlic.
Add Onions and cook till they are translucent.
Add rest of the spices and cook till oil starts leaving the sides.
Add some water (as per your desired consistency) and cook it to boil.
Mix cooked Lamb/Mutton to it and cook it for 45 minutes on low to medium heat.
Add Garam masala.
Garnish with cilantro and serve hot with rice or roti/naan.

Rogan Josh served with Lamb Chops and Hash Browns

All set for this delicious dish. 🙂

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Food, Health

Mouthwatering Monday – Baked Veggie Chips

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Kids love Chips. If allowed they can live on just chips.

Are they tasty? Yes. Are they addictive? Yes.

Are they healthy? No.

So, I devised a new plan. Everytime my kids crave for chips I gave them home baked Veggie chips. They don’t like it as much they loved the ones from the market, but who cares? I am their Mother, and I will feed them what I think is right for them. Mommy Power 😛

Ingredients–

You can use vegetables like Potato, Radish, Zucchini, Carrot or any other of your choice.
Salt as required.
Oil to spray.

Method –

Preheat your Oven to 400 F.
Cut your vegetables in thin slices or in shape of your preference.
Wash them with water and then rinse thoroughly.
Sprinkle some salt and let them rest for 5-10 minutes.
Remove excess water, if any.
Spray baking Pan with some oil and lay your veggie chips on it.
Sprinkle little salt and try some herbs if you want, like I have used Thyme here.
Bake for around 40 minutes, or when veggies turn a little crispy.
Remember, some vegetable need more time in oven so just put them in different pans, if you can, and bake them till they are crisp.
Let them rest for 2 minutes, and then serve with a dip or chutney.

Simple and healthy recipe.

I have served these delicious veggie chips with Mint chutney. Awesome combo. Try it, you will not regret. 🙂

Enjoy!!!

P.S. My cooking is experimental. You will find many similar and different recipes, but the idea is to explore your food and do experiments with it. Enjoy Cooking Experiments and Experiences 🙂

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Food, Health

Mouthwatering Monday – Oven Baked Mathri

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Oven Baked Mathri by Jyoti Singh — Oven Baked Mathri

Mathri and Namakpaare are the most eaten snacks in India. My husband love these salty snacks; only problem – It’s not a healthy snack. 😦

To overcome this problem I tried the oven baked method instead of frying them in oil.

Ingredients–

1 cup All Purpose Flour
1 tbsp Carom seeds
½ tbsp Cumin Powder
¼ tbsp Baking Powder
2 tbsp Ghee/Butter
Salt as per taste
Water as required for kneading

Method –

Preheat your Oven to 350 F.
Mix Flour, cumin seeds, cumin powder, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
Add melted butter/ghee to it and with the help of water knead into a dough.
To make Mathri, make small balls of dough and place them on baking sheet; just like you do with cookies.
To make Namakpaare, flatten the dough and then cut it into elongated rectangular shape with the use of a knife.
Spray some oil and put Mathri and Namakpaare on baking sheet.
Bake them in Oven for 20 minutes, turn them over and again bake for 15 minutes.
Oven temperature varies so just make sure that your Mathris are light golden brown and are crisp.

Mathris and Namakpaare are ready to serve. You can team them up with coriander or mint chutney, or ketchup. Best served along with a hot cup of tea or coffee.

Enjoy!!!

P.S. My cooking is experimental. You will find many similar and different recipes, but the idea is to explore your food and do experiments with it. Enjoy Cooking Experiments and Experiences 🙂

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Food

Mouthwatering Monday – Basic Chocolate Cake

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Basic Chocolate Cake by Jyoti Singh — Basic Chocolate Cake

I have found this basic Chocolate Cake recipe which is bang on when it comes to right amount of softness in a cake. I made this cake for my daughter Tisha’s birthday. It was soft and tasty. Kids loved it along with all the guests.

I am not sharing recipe for frosting as I used vanilla buttercream frosting from market.

Here, it goes – a very simple and basic Chocolate Cake recipe.

Ingredients–

2 cup Sugar
1 ¾ cup All Purpose Flour
¾ cup Cocoa Powder
2 Eggs
1 ½ tbsp Baking Powder
1 ½ tbsp Baking Soda
½ tbsp Salt
1 cup warm Water
1 cup Milk
½ cup vegetable/canola oil
1 ½ tbsp Vanilla extract

Method –

Preheat your Oven to 350 F.
In a large bowl, whisk all the dry ingredients – sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In another large bowl, mix whisk Egg with water, milk, oil and vanilla extract.
Combine both and mix them slowly, making it a smooth paste.
Grease your Cake Pan and pour this mixture on it.
Bake it for 27-30 minutes.
Every oven heat is different so check on your cake with a toothpick in the center of cake. Your cake is done when toothpick comes out clean.
When cake is done, let it rest on wire rack for a minute or two.
Let it cool completely before applying frosting.

You can decorate cake the way you like, or just forget about all the fuss, and eat it, the way it is. 🙂

Enjoy!!!

P.S. My cooking is experimental. You will find many similar and different recipes, but the idea is to explore your food and do experiments with it. Enjoy Cooking Experiments and Experiences 🙂