Cooking With Passion

Fried rice  Ingredients Eggs 1 Cold cooked rice 2 cups  Frozen Carrot-Peas and corn1 cup  Capsicum Chopped 1 Sausages 3 Dry red chilli 2  Soya sauce 1 tsp  Worchestire sauce 1 tsp  Pepper powder 1/2 tsp  Canola oil 2 tsp  Salt as per taste  Method: Heat 1 tsp canola oil. Add the beaten eggs and pinch of salt. Cut Sausages in small cubes.Scramble the eggs.Heat 1 tsp canola oil add sausages then add dry red chillies.add the capsicum, peas-carrot mixture.When the peas,corn and the carrots are cooked, add the scrambled eggs and the cold cooked rice. If the rice is in the form of mounds, break it. Once the rice is a little warm, add the soya sauce and the worchestire sauce. Mix it well. Add the pepper powder. Garnish with some chopped Spring Onions (optional).

Chicken Jalfraezi  Ingredients:-  Boneless chicken 1/2 kg  Onions sliced thin 3 medium sized  Capsicum 1 medium sized  Ginger 1 inch  Garlic 10 cloves  Fresh Spring Onions for Garnish Vinegar 2 tbsp  Soya Sauce 2 tbsp Tomato Ketchup 2 tbsps  Salt to taste  Oil as needed  Black Paper Pawder 1tsp Method :-  Wash,pat dry chicken and cut into small Cubes.Wash,halve,deseed and cut capsicum into Cube.Peel and cut 1 inch piece of ginger into julienne.Grind the garlic.Marinate chicken with salt and black paper pawder.Heat oil in a pan add sliced onions and stir fry till translucent.Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for 2 to 3 mins.Now add in marinated chicken strips and stir fry for 3-4 mins.Mix in tomato ketchup,soya sauce and fry chicken until it is almost dry,stirring in between.Adjust the seasoning and add ginger julienne,capsicum strips,vinegar and toss.Remove from heat.Garnish with spring onions and serve hot with rice/roti.

Cabbage and Parsley Salad  Ingredients:  1/2 Medium Green Cabbage  1 Chopped Carrot 1 Chopped Cucumber 1 Small Bunch of Parsley 1/2 tsp Sumac  1/2 tsp Black pepper  Salt to taste Olive oil as Required Method: This salad makes enough for about 4-5 servings.Chop cabbage to a fine/coarse texture. Cube all other vegetables and add to bowl. Season with sumac,olive oil and black pepper. Mix together and serve.

Tomato & Cucumber Salad  Ingredients 2 Chopped Tomatoes 1 Cucumber, diced 1 Carrot ,diced 1 tbsp white vinegar 1 tbsp Sumac Cabbage as Required 5 Leaves of Romaine Lettuce  Salt to taste 2 tbsp Olive Oil Method: In a large bowl Mix tomato,cucumber,carrot,vinegar,sumac,cabbage,lettuce,salt and olive oil.Let sit for about 5 – 10 minutes and serve. I guarantee that everyone will be going for a second serving.

Jeera rice is a simple preparation of rice that has been flavoured with jeera or cumin seeds. This versatile rice preparation can be eaten as an accompaniment with almost any dal or vegetable. Jeera rice with plain curds and pickle or just topped with some ghee is my personal favourite. Using shah-jeera in this recipe adds a lovely flavour and fragrance to the rice. Coriander imparts taste and a delightful green colour turning plain simple rice into a preparation to be relished.  Jeera rice  Ingredients :  1 cup Basmati rice  2 tsp Cumin seeds (jeera)  1 tsp Cumin powder  2 cups Water  1 Onion- sliced  Salt to taste  1 tbsp Oil or ghee (clarified butter)  Method: Wash rice and soak for 20 minutes.Heat oil or ghee in a pressure cooker and add jeera. When they change color, add onion. Fry till light brown. Add cumin powder. Add rice with 2 cups of water and salt. Pressure cook to 1 whistle. Take out on a serving platter and fluff jeera rice with the help of 2 f

Chicken Manchurian  Ingredients:  300 gm Boneless chicken  4 Garlic cloves, chopped 1 Egg, beaten 4 tbsp Tomato ketchup 3 tbsp Chili garlic sauce 1 Capsicum, chopped 1 Spring onion, chopped (only green part) 1/2 Lemon Salt to taste Black pepper to taste White pepper to taste 2 tbsp Worchester sauce 2 tbsp Flour 2 tbsp Corn flour  Method: Put chicken in a bowl and add 2 chopped garlic, white pepper, black pepper, salt,1/2 egg, flour and 1tbsp oil. Mix it and deep fry it. Set aside.In a pan heat 2 tbsp oil, add 2 cloves of chopped garlic and fry it. Add capsicum, green onion and sauté it. Add fried chicken, tomato ketchup, chili garlic sauce, salt, black and white pepper and mix it. Now add 1 cup water and cook it for 2-3 minutes.Now add Worchester sauce. Dissolve corn flour in little water and put it in Manchurian gravy. Stir it and cook till it thickens.Before serving pour some drops of lemon juice. Garnish with spring Onion.Serve it with fried rice.

Chicken Noodles   Ingredients  Chicken boneless1/2 kg  Cabbage chopped 1  Noodles 1 packet  Lemon 2  Green Capsicum chopped 1 Red Capsicum chopped 1 Yellow Capsicum chopped 1 Carrot chopped 2  Sugar 1 tsp  Sesame oil 1 tsp  Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp  Soya sauce 2 tbsp  White vinegar 2 tbsp  Oil as required  Salt to taste  Black paper 1tsp Method  Boil 1 packet noodles in water and add 2 tbsp oil. When noodles turn soft strain it and cool it and grease it. Take chicken and add 1tsp black paper,salt to taste and lemon to coat and fry it in frying pan till it turns golden brown.In awoke, heat 2 tbsp oil,ginger garlic paste and add 2 chopped carrot, 2 capsicum chopped and 1 chopped cabbage to stir fry. Now Add 2 tbsp soya sauce, 2 tbsp vinegar, salt to taste, 1 tsp sugar and add chicken in it. Pour 1 tsp sesame oil from top and serve hot.