Scotch eggs

INGREDIENTS:

1. 3 boiled eggs (hard or runny)
2. Quarter kg chicken/any other mince (you can require lesser amount depending on the size of eggs)
3. 1 tsp salt or according to taste.
4. 1 tbsp red chili powder + chili flakes if you like more spice.
5. 1 tsp garlic- grilled or fried ( you don't want raw garlic)
6. 1 tsp mustard paste
7. Pinch of white pepper or black pepper
8. 1 egg mixed with milk
9. Bread crumbs seasoned with a little salt, pepper and oregano.
10. Plain flour-4 tbsp
11. Oil for frying
12. You can add chopped, fresh coriander,green onion or parsley to the mince (optional) 

METHOD:

1. Dry your boiled eggs with a tissue paper.
2. Mix all the spices( salt, pepper, red chili powder, cooked garlic, mustard) to the mince and mix well.
3. Water your hands well and place some mince over your hand.
4. Flatten it out.
5. Place your boiled egg over it.
6. Gradually try covering the egg with the mince.
7. Now dip the ball into the flour.
8. Then the egg wash,
9. Then the bread crumbs.
10. Now shuffle the ball back and forth in your hands until you get the oval shape.
11. Now fry the balls for 10 minutes on medium heat, emersed half way in oil.
12. Take it out when it's brown, evenly.

Chocolate Dipped Bananas

INGREDIENTS:

1. 4 large bananas, fully ripe
2. 100 grams of milk chocolate chips or milk chocolate
3. 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
4. 8 ice cream sticks
5. Sprinkles/chopped almonds/ white chocolate syrup/ nutella (optional)

METHOD:

1. Heat some water over your sauce pan and then place you heat resistant glass bowl which fits over the saucepan. Make sure the water isn't touching your bowl.
2. Add chocolate and vegetable oil in the bowl.
3. In less then minutes the chocolate is going to melt, mix well!
4. Now cut you bananas in a half and insert your ice cream sticks inside.
5. Dip then into the chocolate mix.
6. Coat evenly but the help of a spoon, dip into sprinkles or extra toppings if you want.
7. Place the banana over a butter paper or thick plastic.
8. Let it stand on the room temperature for about 4 minutes.
9. Then pop it into the freezer for 4 hours.
10. Enjoy!

NOTE: Do not over load your bananas with chocolate and after coating them hold them vertically for a minute to drain the access! ( I wasn't patient enough!)

ALSO: You can make chocolate covered strawberries in the same way! Except don't use any sticks!!! 🍓

Butter Chicken

SERVES: 4

INGREDIENTS FOR MARINADE:

1. 300 grams boneless chicken breast (cut into strips of cubes)
2. salt
3. 1 tsp red chili powder
4. 1.5 tbsp of chicken tikka or tandoori masala
5. 1 tsp garlic paste
6. 1 tbsp of yogurt

INGREDIENTS FOR GRAVY:

1. half kg tomatoes, chopped
2. 1 large onion, chopped
3. 3 tbsp oil
4. 4 tbsp butter
5. 2 green cardamom (green elaichi)
6. 2 cloves
7. 3 green chilies
8. 1 tsp garam masala powder (all spice)
9. salt according to taste
10. 1 tbsp red chili powder
11. 1 tbsp paprika or Kashmiri red chili powder 
12. 1 tbsp lemon juice
13. 3 tbsp cream
14. 1 tsp ginger paste
15. 1 tbsp garlic paste
16. 10-12 chopped or ground cashew nuts (optional)
17. 1/2 tsp sugar
18. Quarter cup water

METHOD:

1. Marinate chicken in the marinade for 20 minutes, then fry it till the color changes to brown.
2. In a pan add oil and butter, then add cardamom, cloves for 5 seconds.
3. Then add onions, cook till the color changes.
4. Now add garlic and ginger paste, let it cook.
5. Now add tomatoes, cook till 5 minutes.
6. Now add water, cook further 5 minutes.
7. Add salt and 1 green chili.
8. Let the mixture cool down.
9. Now blend the mixture and sieve it. (i'm too lazy to filter)
10. In the same pan add some butter and oil.
11. Add the remaining 2 green chilies and ginger paste.
12. Now add the sieved mixture, cashewnuts and cooked chicken.
13. Mix in the red chili powder, paprika,garam masala, lemon juice.
14. Cook for 2 minutes.
15. Now add cream and mix it up.
16. Now garnish with extra cream and butter.
17. Serve with roty or naan!

the color at which you need to add tomatoes

 

   

the color your chicken should look like

after it's ready!

Paratha roll

INGREDIENTS FOR CHICKEN:

1. 1 big chicken breast piece cut into cubes
2. 1 tsp garlic paste
3. 3 tbsp yogurt
4. 1 squeezed lemon
5. Salt according to taste
6. 1 tsp red chili powder
7. 1/2 tsp garam masla (all spice)
8. 1/2 tsp coriander powder
9. Pinch of white or black pepper
10. 3 tbsp of tikka masala or tandoori masala
11. 2 green chillies finely chopped
12. Butter + oil for frying

INGREDIENTS FOR THE ROLL:

1. 2 parathas ( use this recipe lacha paratha)
2. 3 tbsp of imli ki chutney (tamarind sauce)
3. 2 tbsp of mayonnaise
4. 1 onion cut in rings

METHOD:

1. Marinate the chicken for 2 hours in the ingredients listed above.
2. Then in a pan add 1 tbsp butter and 2 tbsp oil.
3. Add your chicken here and let it cook till the water dries and you see red marks over it.
4. Now add your onion here and cook for a minute.
5. Over your paratha, spread 1.5 tbsp chutney and 1 tbsp mayonnaise.
6. Add half your chicken on one paratha.
7. Roll it out.
8. Wrap it in butter paper or aluminium foil.
9. Serve hot with imli ki chutney.

SERVES: 2

Spinach & chicken grilled cheese

INGREDIENTS:

1. 1 cup of cooked/thawed spinach (only leaves)
2. 50 grams of shredded mozzarella (more if you want)
3. 50 grams of shredded cheddar(if you don't have cheddar double the mozzarella)
4. half cup of white sauce
5. 1 cup of shredded chicken
6. salt according to taste.
7. 1/2 tsp of red chili flakes
8. 1/2 tsp of oregano
9. pinch of black pepper
10. pinch of red chili powder
11. 8-10 soft bread slices
12. 4 tbsp of butter or mayonnaise for grilling
13. 4 cheese slices for extra cheese lovers (optional)
14. 1 tsp of garlic paste cooked in oil.
15. chopped mushrooms (optional)

METHOD:

1. In the cooked garlic add your spinach and mix properly.
2. in a bowl, mix spinach, cheese, chicken, salt, pepper,red chilies, oregano, white sauce.
3. check the seasonings, add more if you desire!
4. let the mixture cool down.
5. Butter the outer sides of your bread. (you can use mayo to grill too, I learnt recently)
6. Add your filling to you bread, spread evenly.
7. now add a cheese slice and top up with a bread.
8. Butter your grill pan or non stick pan.
9. place your sandwiches over medium to low heat.
10. Serve IMMEDIATELY when both sides are golden and crispy!

NOTE: Do tell me in the comments below, if you try any recipes or you have your recipes to share with me? Would love to read them! Also tell me if the below photos are useful or not?

cheddar and mozzarella

chicken and spinach

everything mixed!

grillin'

grill marks with butter

SERVES: 5

P.S.: The top photo has grill marks that are achieved by using mayonnaise and the lowest photo with butter!

Spicy buffalo chicken burgers

Hi friends!! Hope youre going well! Today I'm sharing this recipe which is for those buffalo chicken lovers, who want something fancy right at their homes! So here it is:
Check out my Fried chicken burger with jalapeno sauce too!

INGREDIENTS FOR MARINADE:

1. 1/4th kg boneless chicken piece divided into 2 (for a medium sized bun, divide into 3 for mini burgers)
2. 1 cup of butter milk (use store bought OR mix vinegar and milk and set aside for 5 minutes OR mix 3/4th cup yogurt and 1/4th cup milk, set aside for 5 minutes) 
3. 1 tbsp mustard paste
4. salt to taste
5. 1 tsp black pepper 
6.  1 tsp lemon juice
7. 1 tsp garlic paste

INGREDIENTS FOR SPICE MIX:

1. 1 tomato sliced
2. lattice
3. blue cheese dressing(traditionally preferred)/ranch dressing/thousand island dressing
4. cheese slice (optional)
5. buffalo sauce (either store bought or homemade -mix equal parts of hot sauce and butter,with a dash of brown sugar in sauce pan)
6. burger buns- small, medium, large, whatever you like

METHOD:

Marination

Buffalo sauce

Frying

Pinwheel sandwiches

INGREDIENTS: ( per roll)

1. 3 soft, fresh bread slices
2. Any of your favorite pepperoni or leftover shredded chicken.
3. Omelette- made out of 1 egg
4. 1 big tomato-- chopped finely, sprinkled with salt and pepper
5. 1 cheese slice of your choice
6. 3 tbsp of mayonnaise
7. 1 tbsp mustard sauce
8. 1 tbsp hot sauce/ ketchup
9. Pinch of BBQ powder or chaat masala
10. Cling film to wrap

 METHOD:

1. Remove the corners of your slices and roll them with a rolling pin.
2. On the first slice spread mayonnaise + mustard sauce mixture
3. On the other spread mayonnaise + hot sauce ( or add garlic mayo or chicken spread)
4. On the third slice add mayonnaise + chat masala
5. Now on the first slice, place your omelette.
6. On the second slice add your pepperoni, only 1 layer.
7. On the third slice add your tomatoes and place cheese slice over it.
8. Now stack the slices over one another. (Egg one the lowest)
9. Roll them care fully into a roll and place that roll in the cling film and make a toffee out of it.
10. Place this roll in the fridge for at least half an hour.
11. Just before serving, cut it out into 4 pinwheels, without removing the cling wraps.
12. Only remove them carefully at the time of serving!

NOTE: You can always change the order of sauces, also you can replace tomatoes with spinich and add your favorite cheese on it!

Sriracha chicken sliders

INGREDIENTS:

1. Boiled shreded chicken-200 grams (or cook 2 chicken breasts, in some oil, shred them in the same pan and then add the rest of the ingredients below)
2. 2 tbsp sriracha sauce
3. 2 tbsp ketchup
4. 2 tbsp hot sauce
5. 1/3rd tsp of red chilli flakes
6. 1/2 tsp of garlic paste
7. 2 tsp oil
8. 2 tbsp mayonnaise
9. Buttered Soft buns ( mini or regular sized)
10. 1 small onion-chopped very finely
11. Dried coriender powder- 1/2 tsp
12. 2 chopped tomatoes
13. Salt to taste
14. 1 tbsp vinegar/ lemon juice
15. Jalapeños (optional)
16. Pickled cucumbers (optional)
17. Olives (optional)

METHOD:

1. In a non stick pan add oil and garlic paste.
2. After a minute, add your chicken and tomatoes.
3. Mix them well.
4. Now add sriracha, hot sauce, ketchup, vinegar, red chilli flakes, coriander powder, pinch of salt.
5. Mix it well and cook till the tomatoes are no more hard.
6. Remove from heat.
7. Add mayonnaise and onions, mix well.
8. Toast your buns and add butter to both sides.
9. Place as much chicken as you want in the buns.
10. Additionally you can add olives, pickled cucumbers, jalapeños to your chicken if you have them.
11. Completly cover and place the sliders in your fridge.
12. Serve after 2 hours atleast.

NOTE: If you really like it hot, add sriracha instead of ketchup!

Chocolate Samosas

INGREDIENTS:

1. Samosa patti or dumpling wraps
2. Semi sweet chocolate chips or frozen chopped chocolate of your choice.
3. 1 egg for binding
4. Oil for frying

METHOD:

Add a tbsp of chocolate chips to your wraps corner.

Cover it with the wrap forming a triangle.

Fold it again, place some egg on the edges to seal the samosa.

Seal the samosa, it should look like a triangle.

Fry it on medium heat, till crisp and golden.

NOTE:  After taking off the heat, allow it to stand for 5 minutes so that you don't burn yourself!