Roasted Red Pepper Chicken

 As winter came, it brought along with it vegetables that we do not find easily with our local vegetable sellers. When these absolutely fresh red peppers tumbled into my kitchen I could not stop myself from whisking up this dish.

 Ingredients

Chicken –   350 gms

Red pepper -2 large

Garlic -  6 pods

Onion thinly sliced – one

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Five spice powder – 1tsp

Salt – as per taste

!. Clean the chicken and pat it dry with a kitchen napkin. Rub five spice powder with little oil all over the chicken. Keep it aside for 20 mins.

2. Roast both the red peppers on open flame on a gas stove till the skin becomes all black and roasted. Keep the peppers covered for some time so that it becomes easier for you to peel off the skin.

3. Take one and a half of the roasted pepper along with garlic and 3 tbsp oil and blitz it in the food processor till it becomes a smooth paste.

4. Cut the remaining half of the roasted pepper into small pieces.

5. Heat oil in a pan and add the thinly sliced onions to it. Saute for sometime and then add the marinated chicken.

6. Now add the pepper and garlic paste to the chicken and saute till the oil separates from the sides.

7. Add the remaining pepper pcs, salt and red chilli powder to the chicken. Add sufficient water to the chicken for gravy.

8. Once the chicken is cooked properly take it off heat and serve with rice.

 

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Walnut marble cake

When I had started baking few years back, marble cake was one of the first cakes that I had baked. Before I had baked it, I reckoned it to be a very difficult recipe but once I started, it became super easy. I have added walnuts to the original recipe and it was such a big hit during my bake sale. So please find below the recipe and do try it out.

 Ingredients

Flour – 2 cups

Eggs – 4

Butter – 80 gms

Sugar – 1 to 1½ cup (depending on your taste)

Cocoa powder – 5- 6 tbsp

Walnuts – ½ cup (chopped )

Baking powder – 1tbsp

 !. Beat butter along with sugar. Add an egg to this mixture. Mix it well. Now add 1 cup of flour and mix well. Add another egg and continue to mix.

2.  Repeat the process

3. Dust the walnuts with flour and add to the cake mix.

4. Add baking powder and mix it well.

5. Now divide the cake mixture into two equal portions. Add Cocoa powder to one portion and mix it well.

6. Dust your cake tin (9”) with flour and preheat the oven to 200 degrees.

7. Now alternately put a layer of the cocoa cake mix followed by the plain cake mix in the cake tin.

8. It takes normally 30-40 min in a normal oven at 200 degrees for the cake to be baked. Do check by putting a skewer in the middle before taking out the cake if it’s thoroughly cooked.

Happy Baking!

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Pickled potatoes

Pickled potatoes

This potato dish is from my friend Deepanjali’s kitchen. This is supposed to be a common dish in Nepali cuisine. It just takes 10 mins to prepare once you have all the ingredients ready. It is an excellent side dish for any dinner or lunch menu. The nutty taste along with the sesame flavour is quite addictive.

 Ingredients

Baby or small potatoes – 250 gms

White sesame seeds – 2 tbsp

Peanuts - handful

Kalonji seeds (onion seeds) – a few grains for tempering

Lemon juice – 2 tbsp

Mustard Oil – 3 tbsp to 4 tbsp

Green chillies – 3 to 4

Red chilli pdr – ½ tsp (optional)

   1.    Boil the potatoes but be careful in not making them mushy. They   should be firm but cooked.

2.   Roast the peanuts and sesame seeds and grind them to a fine powder.

3.   Mix the potatoes with roasted peanuts and sesame powder along with red chilli powder and green chillies.

4.   Heat mustard oil till it becomes translucent. Take it off heat. Temper with kalonji seeds and add the potatoes.

5.   Add the lemon juice.

6.   Garnish with coriander and onions.