Baked Chicken Thighs (serves 2)

This is the easiest and juiciest chicken recipe I have ever made. Very tasty and quick to make.

Ingredients:
8 chicken thighs
4 teaspoons soy sauce
garlic powder


Preparation:
1. Arrange the chicken thighs skin side up in a shallow baking dish.
2. Sprinkle with garlic powder.
3. Drizzle about 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce on each piece.
4. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 50-60 minutes, until the skin is brown and crisp.

Chicken Curry (Gavthi chicken)

This is all time favourite chicken curry , maharashtrian style. I had read this recipe in a book..tried it...it tastes awsommmmmmmmmme..it is also known as gavti chicken or Tambda Rassa

Ingredients: (serves 2)
1/2 kg chicken
1/2 cup yogurt
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 medium size onions finely chopped
2 medium size onions finely sliced
1/4 cup grated coconut
2 tbsp of red chilli powder
1/2 cup of corriander leaves
1tsp turmeric powder
2 medium size tomotoes
2 bayleaves
2 star anise (dagad phool)
salt
oil

Procedure:

Clean chicken and cut into small pieces, marinate it with yogurt, ginger garlic paste and bayleaf and star anise for 15 mins.
boil this marinated chicken by adding very little water.
dry roast sliced onions and coconut one by one
blend this roasted onions, coconut and corriander leaves into fine paste by adding little water. keep it aside
heat oil and add finely chopped onions tillit turns slightly brown, add finely chopped tomotoes, add blended paste, stir it for 5 mins.
add boiled marinated chicken, remove bayleaves and star anise from this.
now add salt and red chilli powder,
add water to make thin curry if you want.
close the lid and let it cook for 15 mins on low flame.
serve hot with steamed rice.

Kushari

Kushari is an egyptian rice, pasta and lentil with tomoto sauce.

Ingredients: ( Serves 2)
1 cup of rice
1 cup of macroni
1 cup of lentil ( whole masoor dal)
1 medium size onion finely chopped
1 big onion finely sliced
2 garlic cloves
1 big tomoto puree
salt and pepper
2 tbsp of red chilli flakes
2 tbsp of olive oil

Procedure:
Cook rice, pasta and lentils all seperately with salt
Heat olive oil on medium flame and saute chopped onions and garlic till it becomes pink, add tomato puree . stir for 5-6 mins.
add salt, black pepper and red chilli flakes.
reduce the heat and let it simmer for 10- 15 mins.
fry sliced onions till it becomes crispy golden colour.
place rice and lentil in equal quantity in a bowl and gently mix it well with a fork.spoon some tomoto sauce and top it with crispy fried onions and serve it hot.

AAMTI

Aamti is a typical maharashtrian dal which can be eaten as a soup, or with rice and chapati.

Ingredients( Serves 2 )
1 cup of masoor dal( without chilka) or chanadal and masoor dal mix
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tpsp of green chilli paste
1/2 cup of grated coconut
1 medium sized onion finely sliced
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp of rai
1 tsp of zeera
pinch of hing
salt
corriander leaves

Procedure:
Boil the dal with ginger garlic and green chilli paste, do not pressure cook it.
Dry roast grated coconut and onions one by one.
Grind it into fine paste by adding little water.
add it to cooked dal.
add garam masala and salt.
cook for 5-8 mins.
give a tadka of rai, zeera, and hing.
garnish with corriander leaves.

Potato and Cheese Rostetti

One more recipe Potato and Cheese Rostetti which is instant hit with kids, try it with their tiffin box or snack time.

Potato and Cheese Rostetti (serves 2)

Ingredients:
6 medium size potatoes semi boiled
salt
pepper
1/2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tbsp butter /ghee
1/2 tsp ajwain seeds
1/2 tbsp parsley
grated chesse
Procedure:

coarsely grate the potatoes,
mix salt, pepper, ajwain, cheese and parsley,
give a biscuit like shape about 1 cn thick and shallow fry on medium heat in mixture of olive oil and butter.
cook it till it turns brown.

Rice Cutlets

Tired feeding Celmira...she had practically given up food. I did not want her to get her tiffin halfeaten back from school..so finally...I have tried these simple recipes which do not take take my much time in kitchen especially in busy mornings...ofcourse Celmira is happy to see new new yummy nammi things in her tiffin box.

Rice Cutlet ( serves 2)
Ingredients:
1 cup boiled rice
2 slices of bread
grated cheese
1 small onion minced
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp ginger paste
1 egg beaten
1 tbsp maida
salt
pepper
butter or ghee

Procedure:
Dip the bread in water and squeeze out excess water
Mix it well with rice an other ingredients
shape into small cutlets of any shape
shallow fry
serve it with mayonise, chutney or ketchup

Hari mirchi ka Techa ( Chutney)

Thecha is a chutney from rural maharashtra..it is very spicy so has to be eaten with care...

Ingredients:
6 big green chillies
8-9 cloves of Garlic
1 big tomoto
oil
salt

Procedue:
Put 2 tbsp of oil in pan, fry chillies and garlic cloves till it leaves a flavour in oil
grind this chillies and garlic with tomoto in grinder or in kutni
fry this mixture on high flame for about 5 minutes
add salt.
this can be eaten with bhakris or chapatis.