Friday 8 March 2013

Soya Chunks Manchurian

There was nothing left to cook special on our Special Women's Day except few Soya chunks.Was thinking how can I make this chunks delicious..

But I Never thought Soya chunks wud turn out to be so good in Manchurian. It was very easy to make and we Really enjoyed this dish with fried rice and I want all of you to try and surprise your family.

Ingredients"

Soya Chunks - Cooked and washed several times in clean water till the yellow colour of the water changes to clear. - 200 gms

Onion -2 big cut into cubes
Capsicum -1 big cut into cubes
Garlic -2 pods chopped
Ginger -1 inch size sliced thin
Spring Onion - 1/2 cup

Soya sauce-2 tspn
Green Chilli sauce- 1 tspn
Tomato sauce -1 & 1/2 tspn
Black pepper -1 & 1/2 tspn

Corn flour -1/2 cup mixed with water.

Salt and oil as required
Sugar a pinch

Heat oil in a kadai , Saute the garlic and ginger till raw smell is gone, Saute cubed onion. Add the sauces one by one. Add soya chunks and saute till dry. Sprinkle some salt and saute again till dry. [ If you want you can fry the chunks with some batter of corn flour+ maida+ food clour -a pinch+ ginger garlic paste + salt. But I avoided that ]

Once the dish is dry add the cornflour+ water mix and allow it to boil. Add pepper nw (once it starts boiling) and sugar. Remove from fire once the gravy is of desired consistency and garnish with spring onions.

Enjoy with fried rice/roti

Aloo Methi Chicken

Sometimes I just enter into crazy cooking mixing one or two vegetables together and making a new dish.. Tried Aloo-Methi and Chicken together and was awesome. 
Herez the recipe for it

Chicken - 500 gm meat
Potato -2 nos
Onion- 2 big
Garlic- 2 tspn
Ginger -1/2 inch sliced
Curry leaves -few
Methi (Kasuri methi) - a handful

Mrinate the chicken and potato with salt, ginger garlic paste, 1/2 tspn turmeric, 1 tspn red chili powder, 2 tspn coriander powder, 3 tspn chicken masala. Note Both chicken and potato are marinated together..Keep it for 1-0-15 minutes.

cook this meat separately till both chicken and potato are done

In a kadai heat some oil, crack mustard seeds, methi seeds, saunf and add kasuri methi elaves ot it till nice aroma comes. Saute one by one sliced onion, garlic and ginger and curry leaves. Once it is done mix the cooked chicken to this. Add water of to get the required consistency and adjust the level of salt. Allow it to boil once again till gravy is thick.
Believe me this was so yummy and I hope you will love it :D