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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Baby, it’s Hottt!!!
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Pure Protein!
Eggs rid of yolks!
This is pure protein, only egg whites sautéed in ghee a bit, alsi or flax seed, safed til or sesame seeds thrown in about a teaspoon each, greens like spring onions, garlic,ginger dredged with tastemakers like paneer masala, cinnamon powder , cardamom powder.. a little mint leaves on top.. will do wonders..!
This pure protein based food delight ( my son of 10 years,Arjun, announced it as a ‘burst of different tastes’ & my day was made!😀) is something I tried keeping in mind a very dear friend of mine,now a Corona patient.who has lost his appetite..This is in a bid to make food more palatable to their taste buds!
PS: As I read about it, I understood that Covid patients require a lot of proteins to compensate for their losing muscle strength..and inactivity due to being quarantined and therefore,sedentary!
Friday, November 13, 2020
Chicken Spinach n herbs !
Protein Punch!
A delectable basic protein punch for the health watchers!Method to muscle building :- boil your chicken with bay leaves, peppercorns, a cinnamon stick and some cloves of garlic in a pressure cooker.
- strain it and keep the stock aside.
- dice the chicken or shred it coarsely.
- cut n splice up spinach leaves, ginger juliennes,capsicum, some parsley and roughly crushed garlic cloves.
- In a spoonful of ghee, sauté together all of these. Sprinkle salt as per your taste, not too much though.
Keep these in your kitchen cabinet handy.- cinnamon powder
- green pudina raita mix
- oregano
- kasoori methi
- paneer masala
- sesame seeds
- flax seed
You can throw in these as and when you like without much thinking.They are all healthful and so good to taste.
Have plentiful.Know your Proteins! ♥️
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
ख़ालिस छाछ !
Pure But Buttermilk!
A portion of curd in a bowl with either Sevia or roasted jeera, coriander seeds powder is great for health. In the form of छाछ, मट्ठा or लस्सी, it has immense health benefits.
If it is home set, even better!
- It strengthens our teeth and bones because it has galore of calcium.
- it makes your skin and hair glisten
- it improves digestion
- it builds immunity
Curd. When your brain curdles and don’t know what to eat, Curd is the thing to eat. ♥️
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Ahuna !
Champaran mutton
Champaran is a district in Bihar which is close to Nepal and north of Bihar.
Popularly known for the farmer uprising in 1917 .. the first Satyagrahi movement led by Gandhi against British indigo plantation owners, happened in Champaran.
That and then there is Champaran mutton or ‘ मटका गोश्त’ a traditional speciality of Champaran which gives it its rightful place on the map of India.
अहुना or मटका गोश्त as it is called is cooked on slow wood fire in a matka if you really want to cook it the vintage style.
Otherwise our good old LPG and a heavy bottomed तसला ( cauldron) with a lid would do.
I vouch for Champaran mutton.Its the quickest. You just mix up the spices, put it on flame n done. It is absolutely finger licking and smacky in taste. I’d love it if you try this age old
‘बिहार बिसेस’!
Ahuna Mutton recipe (my version) (1/2 kg meat)
For garam masala mix
Dhaniya 2 spoons
Jeera 1 spoon
Dalchini 1 inch PC
Nutmeg 1/4th
Mace 1 PC
1 black cardamom
5-6 laung
4-5 small elaichi.
Roast for a minute n grind coarsely
For onion marinade mix
Hf kg onion, sliced
Red chilli powder
Salt
Haldi
Garam masala (that we prepared earlier)
Broken dhaniya seeds 2 spoons
dahi 3-4 tbsp.
gg paste 1 big spoon.
hot mustard oil. 1/2 cup (that is smoked)
Mix, almost knead it together. Then mix half kg mutton. knead again. (Optional let it marinate for 30 minutes)
In the pot. (Off the heat) Put 2-3 whole garlic bulbs and 2-3 tej patta. Pour some smoking hot mustard oil on it. Let it sizzle. Put the mutton onion mix. Add half cup water. Seal the pot. And put on dum. If, using gas burner, put the claypot on the tawa, not on direct heat. Let it simmer for an hour. Check on it. Shut it and let it simmer. It should take abt 1.5 to 2 hours to get completely done. Depending on the amount and mutton quality. Keep checking every 20-30 minutes.
Done!
Recipe credit:
‘The Kitchen Script’ Barnali Rath. Food Vlogger.
Thursday, November 5, 2020
A Pizza, an Avalanche of Mutz!
So, we got the resources. I missed counting one main ingredient, which is, pizza sauce. So, my son came up with the idea of making Marinara sauce. It came out fine but under utilised.
The good old Kisan ketchup and Red chilli sauce takes over when I am running short of pizza sauce on many occasions.
We like to turn cooking into an art form.Mindful of texture, colour, cuts and spices that go. Gives us a high turning the mundane into exciting! Some pictures!
Hot Soup in cold cold winter!
Talumein Soup
Drop some fleshy chicken pieces in the pressure cooker with pepper corns, garlic cloves 3-4, a bay leaf, a stick of cinnamon.Salt.
- Let it pressure cook till 4-5 whistles
- Wait till the pressure releases.
- Strain the chicken stock.
- Put the stock in a cauldron and allow to boil..
- Mix a glass of dissolved corn flour , 1tbsp. Continue to boil broth .
- Set aside premade noodles for use in your soup.
- Crack open an egg over the broth n mix vigorously till it turns into white membranes.
- In a wok stir fry a bit of greens. Cabbage, spring onions, garlic, ginger, boiled beans and carrots cut diagnolly and chicken shreds which were boiled to make stock .spend about 7-8 minutes sautéing.. add few drops of Worcestershire or soyabean sauce..
- once done, add these to the broth simmering at the side.
- Let it come to a boil.
- Add noodles in the end.
- Add salt.
- Serve piping hot with chilli vinegar.