Mango Salsa

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30 minutes or less, Mexican Dishes, side dishes

Mango Salsa is a refreshing side dish that has a burst of sweet, spicy and sour flavours. It’s serves as a perfect side dish with any Mexican meal or seafood dishes.

Jalapeno is normally used in this dish but I used green chilli as I couldn’t find jalapeno’s.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Serves : 2-4

Ingredients:

Ripe Mango : 1 cut into small pieces

Cilantro/coriander leaves: 2 teaspoons chopped

Onion : 1 small chopped finely

Jalapeno : 1 chopped finely

Lemon juice : 1 teaspoon

Instructions:

In a bowl, add ingredients and mix to combine.

This salsa can be refrigerated for a day. Fresh salsa tastes the best.

Mango Fool

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30 minutes or less, desserts

Mango Fool is a quick and easy dessert made with Mango puree and whipped cream. Fool is the best way to indulge the fruit as a dessert. It’s a traditional English dessert which is commonly made with berries, apples, mango and kiwi.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Serves : 3

Ingredients:

Chilled Mango Puree : 1/2 cup

Lemon juice : 1/2 teaspoon

Sugar : 1 tablespoon

Fresh Cream : 1/2 cup

Mango chunks : 1/4 cup to garnish

Instructions:

Take the mango puree, lemon juice, sugar and whisk well to combine.

Take fresh cream in a bowl and beat till soft peaks are formed.

Take 1/4 cup of mango puree and mix it with the fresh cream.

Take your serving serving cups, add mango puree till 1/2 of the cup, add the fresh cream mixture till 3/4 of the cup, Garnish with fresh mango pieces and serve.

 

 

Jackfruit Pancakes

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30 minutes or less, Breakfast dishes

Jackfruit is an exotic fruit grown in tropical regions and it is a native fruit in South India. It has a lot of health benefits. The raw fruit is usually used as a meat substitute and the ripen fruit is eaten raw or used to make desserts, ice creams etc.,

These Jackfruit Pancakes is made with ripen fruit pulp. They are super delicious.

Preparation Time:10 minutes

Cook Time : 3 minutes per pan cake

Makes : 4

Ingredients:

All purpose Flour : 1 cup

Sugar : 1 tablespoon

Baking powder : 1 teaspoon

Salt : 1/2 teaspoon

Jackfruit pieces : 1 cup

Milk : 1 cup

Oil : 1 tablespoon

Instructions:

Take the jackfruit pieces and milk in a blender jar and make a paste.

In a medium sized bowl, Add All Purpose Flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, mix well. Add the jackfruit paste, oil and mix to combine.

Heat a griddle or a pan, smear some butter and add a ladle of batter. Cook both sides till they are golden brown.

Serve hot with some honey or syrup.

 

Flaky Paratha

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Indian Breads

This Paratha is flaky and will melt in your mouth. Serve it with your choice of gravy. It’s a perfect dish for any meal. I already posted Kerala Parotta/Malabar Parotta which is a similar dish but needs longer resting time. This paratha is ready in 30 minutes.

I served it with Chicken Salna.

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Resting Time : 20 minutes

Makes : 7 Parathas

Ingredients:

Maida : 4 1/2 cups

Sooji : 1/3 cup

Powdered sugar : 2 tablespoons

Salt : 3/4 tablespoon

Ghee : 3 tablespoons + 2 tablespoons

Warm Water : 1 1/2 cups

Method:

In a large bowl, add all ingredients and knead well to form a soft dough. Cover it and let it rest for 20 minutes.

Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of ghee and knead well again. Make 9 equal size balls.

On a floured surface, take one ball and roll it into a thin chapati. Cut into small strips as shown in the picture.

Smear some ghee and some flour, pull the pieces together, stretch them and roll into a disc. Roll it again into paratha.

Heat a tava, fry the paratha on both sides adding some ghee.

Repeat the same process with rest of the dough.

Serve hot with some salna or gravy.

Cucumber Tomato Salad

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30 minutes or less, side dishes

This Cucumber Tomato Salad is a simple and refreshing salad that goes perfect with any meal.

Ingredients :

Cucumber : 2 large peeled and diced

Roma Tomatoes : 2 large diced

Onion : 1 sliced thinly

Extra virgin olive oil : 1 tablespoon

Dried Oregano : 1/2 teaspoon

Seasoning salt : 1/2 teaspoon

Ground black pepper : 1/2 teaspoon

Instructions:

Add ingredients to a medium sized bowl and toss well to coat.

Serve immediately.

 

Shorva/Shorba

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side dishes

Shorba/Shorva is a simple gravy dish that goes good with any biryani or pulao.The preparation and cooking this dish is very easy. This dish is sure for gravy lovers. If you like lots of gravy to go with your biryani, then this one is for you.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Serves : 4-5

Ingredients:
Onion : 2 medium chopped finely

Ginger garlic paste: 1 tablespoon

Kasoori Methi: 1/4 teaspoon crushed

Garam masala: 1 tablespoon

Coriander powder: 1 1/2 tablespoons

Red chili powder: 2 1/2 teaspoons

Turmeric: 1/2 teaspoon

Curd/yogurt : 3 teaspoons

Cilantro/Coriander leaves: 1/4 cup chopped

Oil : 5 tablespoons

Method:
Heat oil in a pan add onion and kasoori methi, sauté for 1 minute. Add garam masala and ginger garlic paste and fry for 2 minutes.

Add turmeric, salt, coriander powder and chilli powder. Fry for 1 minute.

Add curd and cook for 5-7 minutes. Close lid and cook for 3-5 minutes.

Add 1 1/2 cups of water, mix well and cook for 10 minutes until the gravy is a little thick.

Add coriander leaves and turn off the stove.Serve hot with biryani or pulao.

Shorva

Shrimp Scampi

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30 minutes or less, Italian, Shrimp/Prawns

Shrimp Scampi is a quick and easy Italian dish where shrimp is cooked and then smothered in butter garlic sauce. Wine is normally used in the dish but I just replaced it with more chicken broth. It’s a perfect dinner in itself with some garlic butter or serve it with mashed potatoes.

Preparation Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time : 10 minutes

Serves : 4

Ingredients:

Large shrimp : 500 grams raw, peeled and deveined

Salt : 1 teaspoon

Fresh ground black pepper : 1/2 teaspoon

Paprika : 1 teaspoon

Olive oil : 1 tablespoon

Butter : 2 sticks/ 1 cup

Garlic : 8 cloves minced

Chicken broth : 2/3 cup

Parsley : 1/4 cup chopped

Lemon : 1 squeezed

Method :

In a medium sized bowl, add washed shrimp, salt, black pepper, paprika and toss to coat.

Heat olive oil in a pan and add shrimp. Cook for 4-5 minutes until the shrimp is cooked through. Remove the shrimp and set aside.

In the same pan, melt butter, add garlic and saute for 1 minute. Add broth and cook for 3-4 minutes.

Add shrimp back to the pan and toss. Add parsley and cook for another 2 minutes.

Turn off the stove, add lemon juice, toss and serve immediately.

Chicken Keema Curry

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30 minutes or less, Andhra Recipes, Chicken Recipes, One pot dishes

This is a simple to make curry that goes well with rice or roti. Chicken keema is minced chicken. It hardly takes 20 minutes to prepare the dish.

Preparation Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time : 15 minutes

Serves : 3-4

Ingredients :

Chicken keema : 450 grams

Onion : 1 large chopped

Ginger garlic paste : 1 teaspoon

Tomato : 2 medium chopped

Red chilli powder : 1 1/2 teaspoons

Chicken masala or garam masala : 1 teaspoon

Turmeric : 1/2 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Oil : 2 tablespoons

Method:

Heat oil in a pan, add onions and saute until they turn translucent.

Add ginger garlic paste and saute for 1 minute. Add tomatoes and cook until they turn mushy.

Add the chicken, red chilli powder, masala, salt, turmeric, mix well and cook for 5 minutes.

Stir and separate any chunks and cook for another 5 minutes.

Turn the stove off and serve hot with rice or roti.

 

Roasted Peppers

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Salads, side dishes

Roasted peppers is a side dish that is colourful, flavourful and it goes with a lot of Vegetarian and Meat main courses. This is such a simple dish to make.

Preparation Time : 5 minutes

Cook Time : 10 minutes

Serves : 2-3

Ingredients:

Red bell pepper : 1 large seeded and diced

Yellow bell pepper : 1 medium seeded and diced

Green bell pepper : 1 large seeded and diced

Spices:

Italian seasoning : 1 teaspoon

Red pepper flakes : 1/2 teaspoon

Parsley : 1/4 teaspoon

Fresh ground black pepper : 1/4 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Method:

Heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil in a pan, add all the peppers and saute for 1 minute.

Add all the ingredients listed under spices, mix well to coat and saute for 5-6 minutes on medium flame. Do not let the peppers loose their crispness.

Turn off the stove and serve with any main course.

 

 

Middle Eastern Saffron Rice

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30 minutes or less, Blogging Marathon, Middle Eastern, Rice Recipes

This Middle Eastern Saffron Rice is a flavoured rice from the Middle East. Saffron and other spices with lots of butter can be served with Za’atar spiced cauliflower or meat.

Sending this recipe over to our Blogging Marathon #110, week 3, day 1 under “Let’s pack to the Middle East” theme.

Preparation Time : 5 minutes

Cook Time : 30 minutes

Serves : 3-4

Ingredients:

Butter : 4 tablespoons

Onion : 1 medium diced

Garlic : 3 cloves minced

Basmati Rice : 1 1/2 cups

Cumin : 1 teaspoon

Saffron : 10 strands

Ground Cinnamon : 1/2 teaspoon

Turmeric: 1/2 teaspoon

Salt : 1 1/2 teaspoons

Ground black pepper : 1/2 teaspoon

Water : 2 1/2 cups

Method:

Take rice in a bowl and wash it 4-5 times until most of the starch is gone.

Heat butter in a pan, add onions and sauté for 3 minutes until they are translucent.

Add garlic, all spices, rice and sauté for 3 minutes.

Add water, stir, close lid and cook for 20 minutes until the rice is completely cooked. Turn off the stove and let it rest for 5 minutes before fluffing it and serving.

 

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