CHILLY SQUARE

Ingredients: Mathi – 1/2 kg (small mathi) Ginger chopped – 3 tbsp Garlic chopped – 3 tbsp Green chillies chopped – 2 tbsp Chilli powder – 1 1/2  tsp Kashmiri chilli powder – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Curry leaves – handful Gingelly oil – 1/2 cup (you could add more oil if needed) Vinegar – 2 tbsp (Or as required) Oil – For frying fish Salt – As needed Method: Clean and cut the fish into 2 or 3 pieces. Marinate fish  with chilli powder,turmeric powder and salt. Fry them until they are crisp and keep aside. Heat gingelly oil in a kadai. And add the chopped ginger,garlic,green chillies and curry leaves and saute until a nice aroma comes out from it. Add the kashmiri chilli powder into it and mix well. Now add the fried fish and mix well. Add the vinegar,salt  and saute well. Cook for 4- 5 minute ad turn off the flame. Mathi achar is ready to serve.

Ingredients: Chana - 3/4 cup Onion - 1 small sized chopped finely Red Chilli Powder - 1.5 tsp Coriander powder - 3/4 tsp Garam masala (or) Chana Masala powder - 1 tsp Coriander leaves - just to garnish Lemon juice - from half a lemon Water - 2.5 cups in total Salt - to taste To saute and grind: Oil - 2 tsp Tomatoes - 3 medium sized chopped roughly Big Onion - 1 medium sized chopped roughly Ginger - 1 inch piece Garlic - 6 cloves Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp Pepper - 1/2 tsp To temper: Oil - 1.5 tbsp Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece Cloves - 2 Bayleaf - 1/2 Method: Soak chana overnight or atleast for 8 hours.Pressure cook chana with enough water(say 1.5 cups) for 5 whistles or until soft,Set aside. In a pan heat oil - add onion, tomato, ginger, garlic and saute till mushy and raw smell of tomatoes leaves. Allow it to cool, then add fennel seeds and pepper corns along with this in a mixer. Grind it to a fine paste.Set aside. In a pressure cooker heat oil - add the items un

Ingrediants: Bread - 4 slices Tomato Ketchup / Pizza Sauce - as needed Onion - 1 finely chopped Tomato - 1 finely chopped Bell Pepper / Capsicum - 1 finely chopped ( I used Green & Yellow) Mozarella Cheese - as needed grated Prawns fried as needed Coriander leaves Oregano - a pinch Salt to taste Pepper to taste Preparation Mix onions, tomatoes, capsicum,coriander leaves, oregano, salt and pepper in a bowl.Set this aside for a moment. Take the Bread slices and toast it either in a toaster or in a griddle pan. Remove this to a plate. Apply some ketchup over the toast and spoon some vegetable filling over this.and add fried prawns.. Sprinkle lots of cheese and put it on a tawa and cover it with a lid..leave it for 2 mins on a low flame till the cheese melt and the bottom crisp up.. You can do it on oven too..heat the oven to a broil mode on high temparature. place the toast on the top most rack.

Ingredients Chicken pieces - 1 /2 kg Ginger - a small piece Garlic - 8 cloves Pepper - 4 tbsp Coconut - 1/2 Oil /ghee- 50 gm turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Cinnamon - 1/4 inch piece Cloves - 4 Water - 1 cup Salt required Preparation Prepare paste by grinding garlic ginger pepper and coconut . Heat the oil in a vessel and add cinnamon cloves and turmeric. Fry till you get a nice aroma. Now add the chicken pieces and ground masala. Saute well add a cup of water and cook the chicken. When the chicken is almost done , keep a pan on a flame and add 3 tbsn of oil . Fry the cooked chicken in a low flame till it turn crispy.