Indo Chinese Style Chilly Omelette Stir Fry#SundayFunday

This stir fried Chilly Omelette made Indo Chinese Style, is a change from the regular and monotonous omelette.  This is very quick to put up and will go very well with fried rice or as a side dish.
Serves 2 -3 
Ingredients

4 Large Eggs
¼ Teaspoon Pepper powder
¼ Teaspoon Red Chilly Flakes
¼ Teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Oil
For The Sauce
3 Tablespoons Oil
1 Teaspoon Chopped Ginger
1 Teaspoon Chopped Garlic
1 Spring Onion - white & green chopped
1 Small Onion - cut into cubes  
1 Small Capsicum – cut into cubes
2 Tablespoons Red Chilli sauce
1 Tablespoon Light Soy sauce 
1 Tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
1 Teaspoon Vinegar
Method

Beat the eggs in a bowl, add in red chilly, pepper powder and salt to taste. Whisk them.
Heat oil into a hot pan ( used grill pan) on low flame and pour  little of  the egg mixture to make a thin omelette. 

While the omelette is still not cooked completely, roll it gently into then center 

Again pour a little mixture on to the empty side and swirl it to come to the bottom of the fold, again start to roll.

Do this process till all then egg mixture used. Make a thick roll.

Cut it from the center, see the layers!!

Then into cubes. Keep aside.

In another pan heat oil  add chopped ginger and garlic, sauté on high flame for a minute. Now add finely chopped white part of the spring onion. Sauté on high flame.
Add diced  onions and capsicum. Continue to sauté on the high flame. Add  all the  sauces and tomato ketchup ,vinegar and salt to taste and continue sautéing for a minute, Add the  egg pieces into the sauce and mix it so that the y are coated with the  sauce.

Finally add some finely chopped  spring onion green and serve hot.  Enjoy!!

Labels: Egg, Indo Chinese, Omelette, Stir Fry ,Side Dish, Vegetarian, Asian Cuisine, Sunday Funday

For Sunday Funday we are sharing Egg recipes.

• Breakfast Pizza from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Cottage Cheese Scrambled Egg Skillet from Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Egg Ghee Roast Recipe from Mayuri's Jikoni
• Deviled Egg Dip from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Deviled Quail Egg Shrimp Canapés from Food Lust People Love
• Indo Chinese Style Chilly Omelette Stir Fry from Sneha's Recipe
• Pickled Quail Eggs from Culinary Cam

Fried Prawn Masala#SundayFunday

Fried Prawn Masala is super quick to make and tastes delicious. A perfect accompaniment with rice or rotis

Ingredients
1 Kg Prawns - cleaned & deveined
4 Tablespoons White Vinegar
250 Grams Onions - chopped
250 Grams Tomatoes - chopped
½ Teaspoon + ½ Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1 Teaspoon Salt or to taste
2 Teaspoons Coriander Powder
1 Teaspoon Cumin Powder
1 Tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
1 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
½ Teaspoon Fenugreek Powder
3 Tablespoon Chopped Coriander Leaves
6 Dried Red Chilies - broken
½ Cup Oil
Method

Marinate the prawns with vinegar and ½ teaspoon turmeric powder for 10 minutes.
Heat oil and fry the prawns, on high heat for a minute or two only. Keep aside.
In the same oil add broken dried red chillies and onions fry till the onions are mushy , then add the ginger garlic paste and chopped tomatoes sauté till the tomatoes are mushy.

Then add all the dry spices and 2 tablespoon water, fry fill oil separates. Now add the fried prawns and mix it well till the spices coat the prawns, then add half of the chopped coriander leaves, mix well. Cover and let is cook on low flame for 2 -3 minutes. Switch off the flame. Garnish with the remaining coriander leave and enjoy. Delicious fried prawn masala is ready.

Labels: Sunday Funday, Seafood/Fish, Prawns, Shrimps, Indian, Main course 

  For Sunday Funday we are sharing Seafood / Fish Recipes: 

Baked Salmon Potato Croquettes from Food Lust People Love

Frozen Peanut Butter Banana Pretzel Bites from Amy’s Cooking Adventures
Fried Prawn Masala from Sneha’s Recipe
Non-Traditional Jambalaya from Culinary Cam
Pissaladière from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
Shrimp Dip from A Day in the Life on the Farm 

Plachinda (Moldovan Breads With Cheese & Leafy Greens)#EatTheWorld

Plachinda is a round flat bread that is commonly stuffed with cheese. This flatbread is a stuffed bread what we call here in India a paratha. In this flatbread no yeast is used instead it is leavened with baking soda or baking powder. I have seen so many recipes on the internet some make it round and some make like a turnover. I have watched YouTube video's and decide to adapt one with which I can get ingredients readily available here. Most of the recipes use sorrel leaves as one of the ingredients and kefir to make this stuffed flatbread. But I couldn't find it in market as this is not the season for this leafy green here instead went with spinach and used buttermilk instead of kefir to make the dough.

Also subbed the all purpose flour with little freshly milled whole wheat flour to make it healthy.
Makes 4
Ingredients
For The Dough
1 Cup Kefir / Buttermilk
½ Tablespoon Olive oil
½ Tablespoon Caster Sugar
½ Teaspoon Pink Himalayan Salt
250 Grams All Purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
100 Grams Whole Wheat Flour
½ Teaspoon Baking Soda
½ Teaspoon Baking powder
For The Filling
200 Grams Feta cheese - crumbled
200 Grams Homemade Cottage Cheese / Paneer - crumbled
50 Grams Sorrel or Spinach leaves - finely chopped
4 Spring Onions / Scallions - finely chopped
2 Tablespoons Dill Leaves - finely chopped
½ Teaspoon Black pepper powder
¼ Cup Olive Oil - for frying
To Fry
¼ Cup Olive Oil
Method
For The Dough 

In a large kneading bowl add in ¾ cup buttermilk, oil, sugar and salt in a large bowl and mix together well with a fork.

Sift the flour with the baking powder & baking soda, then sift again into the buttermilk mixture and mix in start to incorporating to make a soft and smooth. If it’s still slightly sticky, incorporating more flour into it & if it is stiff then add the remaining buttermilk a little at a time to make a nice soft smooth dough. Take this on to lightly floured work surface and start to knead the dough till it should stop sticking to your hands and forms a soft smooth dough. Cover the dough and let it rest for 20 minutes.
In the meantime Let's Make The Filling

Mix the feta, cottage cheese spinach, spring onions and dill together, making sure that the feta is finely crumbled. Divide this into 4 parts.

Divide the dough into 4 part. Flour the work surface really well and roll out each piece of dough, one by one, into a 20 cm (8 inch) diameter circle.

Moisten the surface of one dough circle with your finger tips with a little bit of oil and place one part of the filling on the center of the circle.

Next, take edges of the circle and fold it into the middle ( like a moneybag) pinching them to the top well. 

Then flatten it in the center. The dough should resemble a flattened moneybag.
Now flour the top lightly and gently flatten it with the rolling pin flouring the work surface till it form a thick circle 6" - 8" circle. The filling will be breaking at the edges but no worries this flatbread does taste so good.
Repeat the process with the remaining dough and filling.

Heat the a tablespoon of oil in a frying pan on medium low flame until hot and gently lower in each flatbread, one at a time. Fry for 2–2½ minutes on each side.

Enjoy these with ketchup!

Labels: Feta Cheese, Eat the World, Paratha, Scallions, Pan Fried, International Cuisine, Dill, Cottage Cheese, Moldova, Spinach, Stuffed Flatbreads, Breads

Check out all the wonderful Moldova recipes prepared by fellow Eat the World members and share with #eattheworld. Find out how to join Eat the World here and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us!

• For Eat The World we are sharing recipes of Moldova

• A Day in the Life on the Farm: Moldovan Roasted Eggplant Salad 
• Sneha's Recipe: Plachinda (Moldovan Breads With Cheese & Leafy Greens) 
•  Culinary Cam: Sarmale (Moldovan Cabbage Rolls) 
•  Amy's Cooking Adventures: Zeama (Moldovan Chicken Soup)

Vegetable & Paneer Sizzler#SundayFunday

Sizzlers are a favorite with my friends, as they are complete meal and sizzling hot, with tikkis, rice, stir-fried vegetables, French fries, and noodles etc. Sizzlers are a complete meal and healthy too. This vegetable sizzler is one of those recipes that are really simple to make at home. Do try it this!

The rice pulao and potato tikki is made by my friend.

Ingredients
For the Marination
200 Grams Firm Paneer/Cottage Cheese - cubed
Salt to taste
2 Tablespoon Milk
½ Teaspoon Heaped Black Pepper Powder
Other Ingredients
½ Cup Corn Flour
½ Teaspoon Baking Powder
For The Sauce
1 Tablespoons Oil
½ Tablespoon Minced Garlic
1 Green Chilly - slit
2 Tablespoons Homemade Szechwan Sauce
¼ Teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
1 Capsicum - sliced
½Tablespoon Corn Flour mixed in ¼ cup water
Method 

Marinate paneer cubes with. milk, salt, black pepper. Thread them on wooden skewers .Keep aside for 30 minutes
In a bowl mix corn flour, a pinch of salt and baking powder, coat each paneer cube in this.
Pan fry the skewers, till golden turning the sides of the skewers.
For The Sauce

Heat oil in a pot/kadai, add minced garlic and chilies, fry for 2 minutes. Add Szechwan sauce, red pepper flakes and ½ cup water and bring it to a boil then add capsicum sauté for 1 minute. Thicken the gravy with corn flour slurry, keep stirring till it thicken. Switch off the flame Ready to be served.

For The Sautéed Veggies
Parboiled Carrot Sticks
Parboiled French Beans
Sliced Bell Peppers
Parboiled Baby Corns
2 Tablespoons Butter
1 Tablespoon Oil
Black Pepper powder and salt as required

Method 

Heat oil & butter, sauté the veggies till coated, sprinkle a dash of pepper and salt. Sautéed Veggies are read, keep aside.

For The Szechwan Noodles
1 Packets Egg Noodles
2 Tablespoons Heaped Homemade Szechwan Sauce
½ Cup Noodle Stock
½ Tablespoon Minced Garlic
Salt to taste
1 Tablespoons Oil

Method

Boil the noodles as per packet instructions.
Heat oil in a pan, add minced garlic, sauté for a minute, then add the Szechwan sauce , noodle stock, salt to taste and let the water boil add the noodles and toss till coated. Keep aside
French Fries to serve
To Assemble The Sizzler Platter

Heat up the sizzler plate on medium high for 30 to 45 minutes. Be real quick with these steps. Lower the heat. Place the cabbage leaves so as to cover the entire surface of the plate. Now place the sauted vegetables on one side then the French fries , paneer skewers , pulao rice, noodles and potato tikki. Pour the Szechwan gravy over the paneer skewers.

Sprinkle spring onions over it. Add chilled cube of butter under the cabbage leaves and the sizzling will start immediately & Enjoy!

Labels: Chinese, Asian Cuisine, Sizzler Platter, Vegetarian, Paneer, Noodles, French Fries, Complete Meal, Sunday Funday, Schezwan Sauce, Main course

For our event called Sunday Funday, wherein we share recipes our families will love to enjoy on a Sunday. The theme for this event is Complete Meal.  

Culinary Cam: Calamari à la Plancha + Patatas Bravas
Mayuri's Jikoni: Gujarati Thali & Panakam
A Day in the Life on the Farm: Mixed Grill Platter
Amy's Cooking Adventures: Steak Fajitas
Palatable Pastime: Teriyaki Shrimp Sizzler
Sneha's Recipe: Vegetable & Paneer Sizzler
Cook with Renu : Waffle, Pancake, Brownie, and Fruit sizzler

Puneri Batata Vada#Alphabet Challenge

Puneri Batata Vada is different from what you get in Mumbai.  When I, first ate them, was, surprised to to have a entirely different version of vadas. These are not spicy and no tempering is given to the potato filling and they are like patties. Check the  Vada Pav (Mumbai Style)  recipe.

Ingredients  

4 Medium Potatoes- boiled and mashed
2 Green chilies - minced
1/2 Inch Piece Ginger - minced
3 Cloves Garlic - minced
1 Small Onion - minced
1 Tablespoon Coriander Leaves - finely chopped
1 Tablespoon Mint Leaves - finely chopped
1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1 Teaspoon Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon Salt or to taste
For the Batter
1 Cup Besan / Chickpea flour
A pinch of Chilly Powder
A Pinch of Turmeric Powder
For Serving

Fried Green Chillies / Mirchis - as required
Dry Lasun Chutney 
Mint  Chutney

Method
Batter for the coating
In a bowl add besan, salt to taste ,turmeric and red chilly powder and water. Mix well. Make sure there are no lumps. If required you may add more water very little at a time and keep mixing. The batter should not be very thick and not watery. The consistency should be such that it forms a thick coating on the potato vada.

To make the Vada 

In another bowl / plate take the mashed potatoes. Add the green chilies, garlic, ginger, coriander, mint, onions, salt to taste and lime juice, mix well. Divide them into equal portions. Oil your hands lightly and make patties. Keep aside

In the meantime heat oil in a deep frying pan / kadai. The heat should be on a medium low.

To fry the batata vada

Once the oil is hot enough to fry the vadas, dip the flattened patties with the batter. Leave them very gently and carefully in the oil one by one.

Fry the vadas turning the sides only after one side is cooked and golden. Repeat the process for the rest of the vadas.

Transfer them to a paper towel to remove excess oil.

Now that  frying the vadas,  is done, in the same oil deep fry some green chilies.  Sprinkle some salt on them. Green Chillies / Mirchis will be ready to eat with the vada.

Serve hot ... 

These vadas are fried to perfection, crisp and served on its own or with Dry Lasun Chutney , or Mint  Chutney or Kethcup and fried green chilies. They taste awesome. 

Labels :  Starters,  Street food, Savory Snacks, Pune, Kids delight, Snacks, Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten free, Alphabet Challenge 

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• Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice: Creamy Potato Salad with Crunchy Fennel 
• Blogghetti: Easy Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Bark 
• Food Lust People Love: Homemade Piri Piri Sauce 
• A Messy Kitchen: Layered Berry Panna Cotta
• Mayuri’s Jikoni: Palak Paneer Paratha 
• Jolene’s Recipe Journal: Parsley Pesto 
• Magical Ingredients: Peas and Poppyseed Paratha
• Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Pork Carnitas (Instant Pot) 
• Sneha’s Recipe: Puneri Batata Vada 
• A Day in the Life on the Farm: Southern Potato Salad 

Chicken Liver & Gizzard Stir Fry#SundayFunday

Chicken Liver is a healthy nutritious protein that is full of iron, vitamin A and B. Its is also a good source of minerals like manganese, copper and zinc among others. However it is very high in cholesterol which is important to take note off. This is also very good when your blood count is less. Have this and you will not suffer from iron deficiency.

Always use only fresh chicken livers and not frozen. Wash well, remove all stringy fibers attached to liver. Chicken Liver & Gizzards Stir Fry is a delicious serve it as a Side-Dish
Serve warm. Do not reheat. 

Ingredients
200 Grams Fresh Chicken Liver
200 Grams Fresh Chicken Gizzard - cut into pieces
1 Medium Onion - sliced
2 Whole Green chillies - slit
1 Small Capsicum - sliced

1 Small Tomato - de seeded & sliced
4 - 5 Cloves Garlic - minced
½ Teaspoon Sea salt or to taste
¼ Teaspoon Turmeric powder
1 Teaspoon Cumin powder
1¼ Teaspoon Red Chilly powder
A Juice one Lemon
2 Tablespoons Oil
Method

Marinate the chicken liver and gizzard in turmeric, cumin powder and half the quantity of chilly powder with salt to taste for 15 minutes. Cook the gizzards only in a pressure cooker with ¼ cup water for one whistle on high flame, then reduce the flame to medium low and keep it for 15 minutes. Switch off the flame and let the cooker cool.

In a wok or large deep pan heat oil , add the garlic and sauté for a minute then add the sliced onions and green chillies sauté till soft and translucent. Then add the capsicum and tomato sauté for a minute only. Take out half the quantity of onion and capsicum for garnishing. Add the cooked gizzard and remaining red chilly powder sauté for 2 minutes then add the liver and sauté for a minute, cover and cook on medium low flame for  10 minutes only. Add the salt and stir it lightly. Do not overcook or else the liver will turn hard. 

Sprinkle with fresh lemon juice and serve garnished with the reserved onion, tomato and capsicum.  

My Notes 

It is best to cut one piece of liver to see if it is done rather than overcooking the lot. It should be pinkish yet no trace of blood to have cooked properly. The darker the color the hard and drier the liver will be.

Reduce the red chilly powder according to your spice level.

Labels: Keto, Stir Fry, Chicken, Liver, Gizzard, Side Dish, Sunday Funday

• Aloo Methi Bhaji (Fenugreek Microgreens Stir-Fry) from Cook with Renu
• Cashew Chicken from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Cashew Chicken & Snap Peas from Amy’s Cooking Adventures
• Chicken Liver & Gizzard Stir Fry from Sneha's Recipe
• Chinese Sausage Broccolini Fried Rice from Food Lust People Love
• Ham, Shrimp, and Chinese Sausage Fried Rice from Karen's Kitchen Stories

Lemon Rice/Chitranna#Alphabet Challenge

Chitranna in Kannada is also known as lemon rice. It's a rice-based dish widely prepared in South India. Lemon rice is one of the most popular South Indian rice recipes. It is a real comfort food. Quick and easy to make with all ingredients in your pantry. This can be made with leftover cooked rice, is a crunchy, flavorful, tasty and tangy dish that is easy to make and tastes so good. 

Lemon juice, fried nuts and spices combine perfectly to give this steamed rice an amazing spicy, tangy and nutty flavor. The nuts add a crunch for the perfect rice dish texture. This vegan lemon rice recipe is sure to become one of your favorite rice dishes and gets ready in just 10 minutes.

1 Cup = 200 Ml

Serves Two
Ingredients

¾ Cup Rice 
3 - 4 Tablespoon Oil
A pinch Asafoetida
1 Teaspoon Mustard seeds
2 Sprig Curry leaves
3 Whole Dried Red chillies
1 Teaspoon Level Turmeric powder
2 Tablespoons Lemon juice or to taste
3 Tablespoons Raw Peanuts
1 Teaspoon Urad dal
1 Teaspoon Chana dal
½ Teaspoon Grated Ginger - optional
Salt to taste

Method

Wash and cook the rice with salt till done, do not over cook it. Drain and let it cool completely.
Heat oil in a wok / kadai, add mustard seeds and chana dal and urad dal let it mustard seeds splutter and the dals start to brown. Immediately add asafoetida, curry leaves, ginger, red chilli and peanuts. Saute them well till the peanuts turn dark brown. Then add turmeric powder followed by rice. 

Turn around a few times so the rice is completely mixed and is warmed. Add salt and lemon juice to the rice and mix well.

Serve hot. Enjoy with Chutney, raita and papad.
Labels: Cooked Rice, Lemon juice, Peanuts, Urad dal, Chana dal, South Indian, Main Course, Vegan, Gluten free, Vegetarian, Serves Two, Alphabet Challenge

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• A Day in the Life on the Farm: Melody’s Homemade Lemonade 
• Mayuri’s Jikoni: Mediterranean Lentil Salad 
• Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Barbecue Pork Lo Mein 
• Blogghetti Lemon Pepper Tilapia Sheet Pan Dinner 
• Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice: Fresh Dill Deviled Eggs with a Hint of Lemon 
• Palatable Pastime: Liver and Onions 
• A Messy Kitchen: Lemon Balm Jelly