Methi chicken

I tried out the methi chicken recipe from Shilpa's site. It came out quite nice :) I just added a bit of curds for a creamy touch. Here is the same recipe

Ingredients:
0.6 lb (0.27kgs) chicken
1 tea spn ginger-garlic paste
1 and 1/2 cups chopped tomato
1 cup roughly chopped onion + 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
2 tbl spn finely chopped fresh/frozen methi(fenugreek) leaves
1 tea spn chilli powder
Oil
Salt
Spices -
4 cloves
1″ cinnamon
1/2 tea spn poppy seeds(khus khus)
1/4 tea spn methi seeds
1/2 tea spn coriander seeds
1/2 tea spn cumin seeds

Method:
Apply ginger-garlic paste to chicken pieces and keep them aside.
Heat oil and all the spices. Take care not to burn any of them.
Add 1 cup roughly chopped onion and fry till they turn brownish. Now add tomatoes, salt, chilli powder. Cook till tomatoes are tender. Grind to a smooth paste.
Heat oil and add finely chopped onion. Add chicken pieces and methi leaves. Fry for about 2 mins.
Now add the ground paste. Cook till completely done. If required, add water to bring to required consistency.

Carrot cake

I tried out this carrot cake and it was really tasty. My cake sunk in the middle and I'm not sure why :) Actually I'm baking from scratch after a long gap of around 5 years so I'm happy that the cake tasted well! Here is the recipe from Bindiya's site for my reference

Ingredients

Clarified butter-3 tbsp (60 gms)
Sugar (powdered)-1 cup
All purpose flour-1 cup
Baking powder-2 tsp
Carrots (grated with the big holes side of grater)-1 and 1/2 cups
Raisins- a handful
Walnuts (if desired)- a handful
Eggs-2
Vanilla extract-1 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon-1/4 tsp

Method

Beat softened clarified butter and sugar together till creamy, add the eggs and vanilla extract, tip in the carrots and mix well.Combine flour and baking powder, and add to the egg mixture, next add the raisins, nuts and cinnamon.Pour into prepared cake tin, bake in preheated oven at 350 F for 45 minutes or till a skewer inserted comes out clean.

Rava roti

Oh yesterday morning I had the most delicious rava rotis in a long time. We tried it from Mane Adige site and it came out so well. Here is the same recipe.

Ingredients

1 cup Rava/Semolina

1/4 cup Curds

1/2 Onion, chopped thinly

2-3 tbsp Grated Coconut, fresh/frozen (optional)

2-3 tbsp Grated Carrots (optional)

2-3 strands Cilantro

1.5 tsp Jeera

1-2 Green chillies,chopped

Salt as per taste

1-2 tsp Oil

Method

• Mix all the ingredients except oil in a mixing bowl. The batter should be thicker than the usual dosa batter. I have put a picture up.
• Take a non-stick tava and grease it with a few drops of oil.
• Pour a handful of the batter on the pan and spread it into a circle with the help of your hands. ( I use a plastic bag, oil it on one side and put a ball of batter in it and try to smooth it out on it, rather than doing it right on the pan)
• Cook on stove with medium heat. Cook on both sides.
• Remove from tava and serve hot with coconut chutney or any other side dish of your choice.