Monday, May 13, 2013

Stuffed Chicken Breast




Ingredients
  • 500gm Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
  • 1 Cup feta Cheese or paneer
  • 3 tablespoon yogurt
  • 1/4 Cup Mozzarella Cheese - grated 
  • 1/2 Cup Spinach
  • 2-3 Cloves of Garlic
  • 1/2 onion finely chopped
  • Freshly chopped coriander/parsley/basil
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp hot red pepper flakes
  • Salt as per taste
  • Bread crumbs 1cup
  • Oil for deep fry
Method
  • Flatten the chicken breast with mallet (up to 1cm thickness)covering with a foil.
  • Marinate chicken breasts in yogurt, salt & pepper.
  • Leave chicken to marinate for 30 minutes.
  • Mix paneer/feta cheese, spinach, onion, garlic, chilli flakes, coriander,2 pinch of salt and  mozzarella cheese together in a bowl.
  • Place chicken breast, spray oil on it.
  • Put cheese-spinach filling on top of the chicken breast, and roll tightly, sealing the ends with toothpicks.
  • Give a good egg-white wash.
  • Then roll it into bread crumbs.
  • Deep fry in oil or bake in 180◦ c preheated oven for 30 minutes.
  • When the chicken is done cut chicken roll into thick slices and serve with fried rice or pasta.



Fish Fillet & Veggies in Lemon Garlic Sauce


Nowadays, Abhi goes crazy to make some dishes ....so here is the yummy result of his lemonee touch.

    Ingredients
1.    Fish Fillet - 2
2.    Marinade:-
1tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
salt and ground pepper - to taste
1 lemon juice
3.    Flour ½ cup
4.    2tblsp of oil for fish fry

For the sauce:-
5.    Butter – 2tbsp
6.    Chopped garlic – 2tsp
7.    Lemon Juice – 2tbsp
8.    Lemon zest 1tsp
9.    Parsley/coriander leaves chopped - 2Tbsp
10.  Vegetables like carrot, cauliflower, beans (cut in 1” size)
11.  Vegetable/Chicken stock - 1cup
12.  2tsp corn flour mixed with 2Tbsp water

Method:-
·         Apply the marinade to the fish fillet and refrigerate for 10-20 minutes. 
·         In a frying pan, heat 2tbsp oil.
·         Coat the marinated fish fillet with flour and place in the hot oil. 
·         Reduce heat and let the fish cook on a medium flame for 5 minutes on both sides.
·         Remove on kitchen towels/tissue.
·         Now prepare the sauce. In a pan, heat the butter until it melts. Add crushed garlic.
·         Put in all vegetables with little salt. Cover until it soft.
·         Then add lemon jest and lemon juice.
·          Sauté for a while then add parsley leaves, and continue saute for 2-3 minutes more.
·         Add the stock to this, bring to a boil.
·          Add the corn flour mixed with water, reduce to a low flame.
·         Don’t forget to stir continuously until the sauce begins to thicken. Remove from heat. 
·         Arrange the fish fillets on a serving dish, spoon over the sauce & vegetables.
·         Serve hot with rice or garlic bread.


Soup Bread Stick



Ingredients:
  • 3cups flour
  • 2tsp sugar
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 11gram instant dried yeast
  • 1 ½ cup luke warm water
  • 2 tbsp veg oil
  • Egg wash: 2 tbsp beaten egg + 1 tbsp water (vegetarian can use warm milk with sugar as a wash)
  • Garnish: Sesame seeds
Process:
  • In a bowl, add the yeast and sugar with luke warm water. Set aside for 5 minutes. 
  • Then in a big bowl mix this together with the flour & salt.
  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or wet cloth and keep at  warm place  to rise in volume for more than one to two hours.
  • Take lime sized balls out of the dough and shape it like thin sticks.
  • If you want you can give shape by twisting or curving or you can keep it plain.
  • Greased baking tray with veg oil.
  • Put the strips on the baking tray maintaining I inches gap in between.
  • Close with a wet muslin cloth and keep aside for 1/2 an hour for second rising.
  • Pre heat the oven with maximum temperature.
  • Apply egg wash with brush on top of the sticks.
  • Garnish with sesame seeds.
  • Bake this for 8-10 minutes and reduce the temperature to 100C.
  • Turn the sticks gently once and bake till golden brown and crisp. Let it cool.
  • Keep in dry air tight containers.