Words which melt your heart a curry and a letter

Dear Advay
Yet like any other weekend I was toiling in the  kitchen so that by 1 pm food is ready you walked in silently and saw me frying onions I told you to open the window so that you don't cough and then you told me " mummy maybe the fragrance of food will cure me "
These words son melted me took me somewhere I was not cooking any thing special simple alloghost curried meat with potato and missi roti because weekends I try hard to put a decent meal on the table
Not because that's what is expected but because I love too

Recipe of allo ghost is blogged
Recipe of missi roti is blogged here
And thanks a ton for your visits to the kitchen makes me happy
Love
Mummy

Weekend Cooking Makhmali Lamb Curry

I don't know whether you remember the chicken curry which I had cooked a month back to please my son well this recipe is the same the only difference is that I have cooked the curry with lamb meat.and so the name Makhmali Lamb Curry

Cook this one for family or for guests this one tastes yum with chapathi or rice.
We prefer to eat this kind of meal on weekends as we all slow down those two days no rushing out for class, no pick up drop enough time to sit back and enjoy the day .

That's all friends wish you all happy week ahead
Take care and happy blogging .
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weekend cooking - ravioli with curried chicken

I know its already Tuesday and I am late with weekend cooking post which I thought of sharing with you all on Monday blame it to my multitasking ,recent obsession of writing poem if you guys follow me on twitter and instagram you will know what I am talking about ,so today after cooking dinner and sitting with my son who is busy studying I thought of stealing some moments form my always busy life to write this post ya I do miss blogging with the advent of smartphone things have changed I hardly get time to open my laptop to write  blogging  is my comfort space where I can pour out my heart to you all so sorry drifted again pause
todays post is about weekend cooking when theres not much time to cook I prefer pasta for such busy nights and with a soar back things can't be better so this can be cooked in less than 20 mins and the meal is ready to be savoured

Recipe name 4 cheese ravioli in red sauce with curried chicken
Ingredient
ravioli one packet [easily available in supermarket in Lyon )
Three tbsp of Heinz onion tomato and garlic paste
One small onion chopped
One garlic clove chopped
One tomato chopped
Oil to cook olive oil two tap
Salt as per taste
Pinch of pepper
Half tsp garam masala
Cheese crumbled one tbsp
Curried chicken sliced one drumstick (had leftover which I used as topping )
Preparation
Cook ravioli till al-dente
Drain and keep aside .
Procedure
Heat oil in non stick wok
Once hot lower the flame and add chopped onion and garlic
Keep stirring till its brown add chopped tomato
Fry further for five to seven minutes add the paste
Followed by salt, pepper and the garam masala powder
Add half cup of water and let it simmer.
Once the sauce is ready remove from flame and keep aside.
To serve
In the serving dish place the ravioli pour two tbsp of sauce
sprinkle crumbled cheese and shredded curried chicken
Serve warm with a glass of wine .

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Weekend Cooking - Tagliatelle in white sauce with fried sausage

Most of the time weekends I look for one pot meal kind of stuff so that I can give time to Advay for his studies .Last weekend did the same everyone agreed for pasta for dinner so prepared the same had never prepared white sauce at home so thought of trying at home thanks to the supermarket nearby get fresh pasta there so got Tagliatelle.

Recipe nameTaglietelle in white sauce with fried sausage
Recipe source Internet
Ingredient
Tagliatelle one packet
For white sauce
Butter one tbsp.
All purpose flour one tbsp.
Cream half cup
Salt as per taste
Sausage chicken one chopped
Preparation
Cook tagliatelle till al-dente drain and keep aside
heat half tsp oil in non stick pan and fry the chopped sausage till brown and crispy
Drain and keep aside
Procedure for the sauce
Heat butter in non stick pan
Add all purpose flour and mix everything together
Followed by the cream stir and mix everything together
Till a creamy consistency is obtained .
To serve
In a bowl pour the sauce followed by drained tagliatelle top it with fried sausage
Serve warm with pinch of pepper.
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weekend cooking - Palak Paneer

This post is again a  weekend story which was again harried one  becuase Advay was down with the flu bug so after  closing all the windows so that he is not exposed to the breeze I tiptoed in the kitchen thinking of preparing the palak paneer curry, as in anticipation of the weekend I had prepared the paste of spinach and kept it in the fridge ya doing this makes life easy specially on weekends so while the curry simmered and the panner was taken out of the freezer to be thawed I prepared chapathis no side dish no salad  this frugal meal of saag paneer and chapathi satiated us like anything :-)

Recipe Name Palak Paneer /Saag Paneer /Cottage cheese cooked in curried spinach sauce 
Recipe source kitchen experiement 
Ingredient 
One whole pack of spinach
250 gm cottage cheese cubes
for the curry 
onion two choped coarsely into four pieces
ginger half inch
garlic clove five
tomato one chopped coarsely
salt as per taste
one tsp each of red chili,coriander and turmeric powder
cumin seeds half tsp,
pinch of asafoetida
for the tempering
ghee one tsp
cumin seeds half tsp
asafoetida one fourth tsp
dried red chili crushed two
Preparation
-boil water in a sauce pan and once the water is boiling add spinach leaves
cook the spinach leaves till they are tender ,drain the water and let it cool
prepare paste of the spinach leaves and keep aside .
-thaw cottage cheese cubes by keeping them in a bowl of water
- make coarse paste of onion ginger and garlic
- make paste of tomato and mix red chili,coriander and turmeric powder
Procedure 
heat oil in non stick wok add cumin seeds and asafoetida and let it splutter
add the onion ginger garlic paste and keep stirring till it starts becoming brown
add the spiced up tomato paste and stir till oil is seen on the sides
add the pureed spinach and salt and let it simmer for 10 minutes
Before serving
add the thawed cottage cheese to cooked spinach puree
mix thoroughly add one tsp of garam masala powder
in another small pan heat one tsp of ghee once warm
add half tsp of cumin seeds,dried red chili one crushed and pinch of asafoetida
pour the tempering on the cooked sag paneer
serve warm with chapathis

.and the next day baked pizza with the same curry as I had the dough ready in the freezer ya life becomes easy if you have some curry ,pizza dough and cheese specially on the weekends

this is what I did - smeared the curry sauce on the base crumbled cottage cheese few slices of onion and tomato and topped it with mozarella cheese thats all :-)

Thats all friends,wish you all happy week ahead
take care and happy blogging

harried weekend cooking story :-)

Most of the time saturday and sunday is harried cooking day for me ,as it all becomes too chaotic with so many things to do

 and I am left with hardly any time to cook thats what happened last weekend after serving hubby bread roll which didn't turn out the way they are supposed to , I had to pan fry the rolls they looked like edible bread patties ya sometimes I have bad cooking day and most of the time its weekend :-(

 two weeks before I had prepared poha which neither looked like poha nor tasted the same and at  time like this I start to doubt my cooking have I really lost it.but after these two episodes I know two things that weekend cooking specially  breakfast is jinxed for me,:-(

Coming back to todays post sharing with you all simple pan fried pomfret 

which I cooked in 10 mins that too with my son screaming that he wants to help me so just some ingredients tossed together and you have something yummy to eat and ya this one did made up my jinxed bad breadroll day.

recipe name pan fried pomfret 

recipe source kitchen experiment

Ingredient

pomfret one sliced from between 

ginger garlic grated one tbsp

green chutney/dhania chutney ( lifesaver :-) three tbsp

lemon juice two tbsp

gramflour two tbsp

salt as per taste

half tsp red chili powder 

half tsp turmeric powder

half tsp coriander powder 

half tsp amchur

preparation 

In a mixing bowl mix all the ingredients listed above and rub the mixture on the pomfret .

heat one tbsp oil in non stick pan 

procedure

pan fry the fish till its brown and crispy from both sides

serve warm with some lemon wedges and onions on the side.

and ya after two weeks of weekend breakfast  debacle i have this thought on my mind should I just serve this simple breakfast of toasted bread smeared with butter ,boiled egg and a glass of orange juice  to hubby

or go for brunch like this of Aloo paratha with dhania chutney

or just  keep calm and serve on :-)

weekend cooking - Curried sea bass kerala style

Weekend for me means less of cooking and more of eating :-) so this weekend I zeroed in this recipe which I saw in the cookbook,this curry looked perfect to me for sunday lunch brunch paired it with the ready to eat paratha with some onions and cucumber on the side :-)

Recipe Name - Kerala style fish curry 
Recipe source cookbo0ok
Ingredient
Seabass fillets 700gm
salt as per taste
black onion seeds half tsp
red chili flakes half tsp
oil one tbsp
for the curry 
one onion chopped
two tomatoes chopped
two tbsp tamarind paste
curry leaves one tbsp
mustard seeds half tsp
fenugreek seeds pinch
oil to cook
salt as per taste
half tsp each of ground coriander ,turmeric and red chili powder
one cup coconut milk

preparation 
pat dry the fish slices and sprinkle salt,red chili flakes and onion seeds
keep aside for 30 minutes.
procedure
Heat oil in non stick wok add mustard and fenugreek seeds and let it splutter
add curry leaves and chopped onion and fry till the onions are golden brown
add the powdered spics followed by tomatoes and keep stirring till the tomato is done
add tamarind paste followed by half cup of water and let it simmer for two minutes
add coconut milk and simmer further for five minutes till thr sauce thickens.
remove from flame and keep aside.
for the fish 
heat one tbsp oil in non stick grill pan ,once hot lower the flame
fry the fish fillets skin side down over medium heat for five minutes
serve the fried fish fillets topped with the curried sauce .

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Weekend Baking - Chicken Shami Kabab Pizza

This weekend I read a good book

baked Shami kabab Pizza

and relished Chicken  Biryani

Saturday evening
6:00pm planned menu for dinner -dal ,chawal and chicken shami kabas which were being thawed
6:30 pm changed  the menu for dinner ,with thawed  shami kababs ,pizza cheese thought of preparing Chicken Shami Kabab pizza
,kneaded the dough for pizza base and kept it for resting .
7:00pm started with the sauce preparation and fried the thawed kababs
8:00 started with the rolling of pizza base and baking
8:30 Dinner Ready :-)
its not the first time I baked pizza at home but I was always disappointed by the base
few months back when I saw the recipe of The Best Pizza Dough on Eat Live Run Blog
I thought of trying out the same recipe and ya for me its The Best Pizza Dough Recipe .....
and the best part is the leftover dough can be freezed and can be used later
before baking keep it out for an hour thats all,..:-)
Chicken Shami Kabab recipe blogged here

For the Pizza sauce 
Ingredient 
garlic clove two minced
onion one chopped
tomato pureed two
olive oil one tbsp
salt as per taste
black pepper crushed half tsp
dried italian herb one tsp
tomato ketchup one tbsp
Procedure
heat oil in non stick wok ,once oil is hot lower the flame
add garlic clove followed by chopped onion
keep stirring till the onion becomes brown ,add pureed tomato
followed by salt ,pepper and italian herb
once oil is seen along the sides ,add tomato ketchup and half cup of wtaer
let it simmer and thicken .keep aside.
crumble the fried kababs and keep aside

baking temperature 100 degree centigrade 
baking time seven to ten minutes
toppings for the pizza 
pizza sauce
pizza cheese
onion rings
crumbled kabab
how I did
divided the pizza dough into four pieces
rolled out the pizza dough
topped it with pizza sauce,followed by the crumbled kabab ,cheese and onion rings
baked in a preheated oven for 10 mins
I topped my pizza with mint and green mango chutney ,bit tangy but luved it ;-)

Chicken Biryani recipe is blogged here,prepared the same way
the only difference after the layering didnt cook the biryani dum way
instead covered the dish with a foil and kept it in preheated oven for 5 minutes
served it warm with boiled fried egg and plain curd,

so baking ,cooking ,reading and doing others unlimited chores my weekend was gone
how was your weekend ?
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Weekend Cooking - Rogan Josh

no one likes to sit with a sprained leg when theres so much to do,specially with Festival around and a trip to India for Deepawali,but yesterday i slipped some stairs and sprained my leg ,so now i am just contemplating how i gonna manage Karwa Chauth,packing for trip and so many other endless things,coming back to todays post sharing with you all recipe of Rogan Josh ,which is curried lamb or goat meat originating from Kashmir ,i omitted the use of saunf ad ginger powder as i didnt had ,i didnt had degi mirch so i replaced it with normal red chili powder. dont know how authentic this recipe is but i truly luved it,this one is perfect for weekend meal or for a get together,..:-)

Paired the curry with plain rice,salad and chapathi .

Recipe Name Rogan Josh
Recipe adapted from Neeta Mehtas Book
Preparation time
Cooking time
Ingredient
goat meat half kg
whole masala
clove five
cinnamon half inch
black caramom four
bay leaf crushed four
paste
ginger garlic paste two tsp
paste of five onions
powdered masala
one and a half tsp red chili powder
half tsp pepper powder
green cardamom powdered one tsp
salt as per taste
pinch of saffron dissolved in warm water
half tsp asafoetida dissolved in one tsp water
oil/ghee to cook
curd half cup

Procedure
Heat two tbsp oil in non stikc wok
add whole masala and let it splutter
lower the flame and add paste
keep frying till the paste is cooked
add hing water followed by mutton pieces
keep stirring till the mutton becomes brown from all sides
add salt,red chili powder,black pepper powder and keep stirring
reduce the heat add powdered cardamom and curd
keep stirring till it starts boiling
add water transfer the content to a pressure cooker
pressure cook for two to three whistles till the mutton becomes tender.
add saffron and let it simmer ,serve warm with chapati ,rice and salad.

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 take care and happy blogging.