Rice Suprise

Rice Surprise!!!! yumilious....

This recipe was conceptualized on a Saturday. My mom was out at a work with the rotuine dal chawal ready to be gobbled up. I am not against our staple diet, but against dal chawal on a saturday and sunday (boringgg) . So, with desperation, I open up my refrigerator hoping that a gene wil pop out of this just like to did for Alladin. Well, its dint happen, all I could see was cabbage, carrots, olives, mutton, prawns, and basil.

So, the idea was to make a beef chilly pulav rice. and it made more sense. So I Started with chopping up the onions to make the beef chilly. Then it struck me, from when did i do something traditional. So was born my version of rice surprise. Its like a mystery, when you first see this, it looks like a normal rice stir fry is actually a deep surprise of beef fry stuffed inside the crust. Follow my recipe to surprise yourself with a Indian - Italian fusion.

The Suprise - Beef Stir fry.

I start by chopping one small medium onion along with one green chilly. In a pan add one tsp oil and put a little cumin seeds to crackle. Then add the onions and the green chilly and fry this till its golden brown. Then add two spoons of a ginger garlic paste and fry this also turn golden brown. Then you add one tsp of red chilli powder (I am indian so i eat a lot of chilly), 1/2 tsp of chilly powder and 1/2 tsp of Garam Masala. Once done add 1 cup of beef mince and cook on medium heat. No need to add water as beef will leave its own water. Season with salt and lime juice as per your taste. Finish this off with a little sprinkle of cinnamon powder and coriander leaves. Keep asisde.

The Rice

In a pan, add one tsp of oil and some roughly chopped garlic (around two spoons). Fry this till its golden brown, then add three spoons of chopped black olives. Add the precooked rice and still fry. Add chopped basil leave and season with salt. Keep aside. 

The accompaniments 

1) This dish would be incomplete without the side dishes. In a pan stir fry some prawns with salt and pepper. Thats it

2) So a simple stir fry vegetable does this trick. Cut the carrots in long strips. Slice some cabbage, spring onions, beans. In a pan add some oil and put ginger julienne in it. Cook for 10 sec and then add the vegetable on a high flame. Add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with a little Worcestershire sauce. Finish this dish by sprinkling toasted sesame seeds on this. On a seprate Pan fry an egg, sunny side up and pace this on the veggies for extra taste. The oozing york adds an extra dimension to the food. Make sure the egg is fried just before serving and the veggies should be pipping hot.  

Arrange this on a platter and its ready to devour. 

Enjoy and let me know how you liked it..

Happy eating!!!

Corn Suprise

I love cooking. And its not just a way to relax but its also a very major part of who I really I am.. and that what makes me happy. Well today was no exception. I wanted to feel happy so I cooked. I made the most amazing Corn Surprise.. Its basically a beautifully potato patty stuffed with indian style corn. When you dig into a simple looking patty you are suprised by the taste explosion that you get.Do try it and let me know how did you like it.

                                                    CORN SURPRISE 

For the Stuffing:-

1 small onion Chopped
5 cloves of garlic Chopped
1 inch piece of ginger Chopped
1 small green chilly Chopped
1/2 tsp each of Haldi Powder, Chilli Powder, Cumin Powder & Coriander Powder
1 Small tomato Chopped
1/2 Cup of corn Kernels and Carrot
Sprinkle of freshly chopped Coriander
Salt to taste

For the Patty

4-5 Boiled Potatoes
1/2 tsp Besan (Gram Flour- Optional)
2 tsp Corn flour Powder
Salt to taste
Bread crumbs

Procedure-

Boil potatoes in lots of water and drain. Remove the skin and allow it to come to room temperature first. In a separate pan heat 1 tsp of oil and add the onions. Let it sweat for some time and then add the ginger garlic and green chilli. Fry till the start turning a little golden in colour. Then add the spices and cook till it releases a little oil. Make sure not to burn the spices. Add some water to make sure it fries well. Then add the Tomato with a little salt.Finally add the corn and carrots (you can add any vegetable here or add chicken as well). Check for salt and sprinkle with coriander leaves. Let it cool

For the cutlets

Mix the potatoes with Gram flour, salt and Corn flour
Divide it into equal portions. In each portion make a small cavity and stuff the corn stuffing carefully and seal it well making it flat. Dap them in Bread crumbs and set aside. Take a flat pan and keep them to toast on the gas till they appear crisp and brown on both sides. I don't use much oil to fry it. But if you want you can use oil to your liking.

Enjoy this with a simple Honey mustard mayo and you will die to eat more.

Try it and Enjoy yourself!!

Whole Wheat and Oats Cookies

I have recently started a new journey called "The route to a Health". But this under no circumstance does it mean that the food we eat has to be bland and tasteless. I want my food to be healthy and nutritional at the same time. Therefore here I present my latest creation, called  Whole Wheat and Oat cookies.

Simple, Delicious and extremely simple to make :), so here we go..

Well, In a big mixing bowl, take 1 bowl of wheat flour, 1 Bowl of white oats, 1/2 a bowl of Caramel sauce (if you do not have this then simply 6 spoons if sugar in half a bowl of milk), I tea spoon baking powder and 1 tea spoon of corn starch. Mix all this really well.  Finally add 6-7 spoons of vegetable oil. Mix all these with light hands and let it rest for 5 mins. Add a handful of raisins, it extenuates the taste.

Initially, I never understood the concept of  resting the dough, casue its me who does all the hard works and it s the dough who rests. :) so after the dough has rested, divide it into equal portions. Shape it in the size of the cookies and place it in a baking tray. Bake this at 220 Degree for 25 minutes. 

Your delicious home made cookies are ready to eat. One biscuit is equal to one chapati. So it more or less like an entire meal.

Enjoy.. and let me know how did you like it..

Fuss Free Cooking

Food ............ Glorious Food !!!

This is everything that I am. Cooking is therapeutic to me, it describes my very existence. I am happy around it and it makes me comfortable. My family has a history of amazing cooks and this gift  is passed on to the lucky me. I have seen my mother, aunties and grandmother struggle in the kitchen for hours together, churning out the best recipes in the closet.

With this fast paces life, its really very difficult to put those long hours of work in the kitchen. Even on sundays its a herculean task to put out a sumptuous meal to on the table. Hence, I decided that my sundays will still have very little to do with the hardwork, without compromising on quality or the taste of food.

This section of my blog is dedicated to my passion creating world class recipes, without the fuss on a daily basis.

Welcome to my world of Fuss Free Cooking.