Pok choy in Oyster sauce

Pok choy in Oyster sauce

A tried and tested recepie with pok choy a healthy green, from a recepie book I picked up from the worlds largest floating library . A vegetarian , chinese delight with the simplicity and taste . The simple aromatic chinese flavours of this dish goes very well with fried rice or hakka noodles. The best past of the is it can made in minutes and doesnt need many ingredients.

Do try it out as an extra side when you decide to treat your self and your family with some home cooked chinese meal.

 

 

 

Ingredients:-

1. 100 grams or 2-3 bunches of pok choy leaves
2. finely chopped garlic
3. finely sliced onion
4. 1 spoons dark soya sauce.( For taste n colour)
5. 1 spoon oyster sauce
6. 1/2 tsp White pepper powder (optional for taste)
7. 1 cup stock
8. 2 spoons oil

 

Method:-

1. Chop pok choy carefully by stripping seperate the greens and the white stems with the help of a sharp knife.
2. Chop the white stems into fine slices.
3. Saute onion,garlic and stems of pok choy until soft and translucent.
4. Add the sauces and give it a quick stir.
5. Add the white pepper powder
6. Add the pok choy greens and the stock, bring to a rolling boil and the greens have just begun to wilt ( switch of gas immidiately).
7. Serve hot.

Gulab Jamun

Gulab Jamun

I am sure all of you must have tried making gulab jamuns atleast and its never a success in the first try , because the trick is to slow fly them in medium hot oil ( not too hot not to cold). Infact many a times these gulabjamuns looks so perfect from the outside, but uncooked or hard from insides. soaking in sugar syrup is also not a great options as the desired softness is not aquired.

I have this recepie and im sure it can never disappoint you. unless you havent given it a try at all.

There are dozzens of gulabjamun recepies spotted around on the net, but  none to match the success of this recpie. So here it is , just for you my friends ....

 

 

 

Ingredients:-

For dough:-

1. 1cup milk powder
2. 2spoon maida or plain flour
3. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4. 1-2 spoons thick yogurt
5. Oil for frying

For Syrup:-

1. 2cups sugar
2. 3 cups water
3. pinch of cardimum powder
4. pinch of safron stands

Method:-

1. For syrup put all ingredients in a vessel and bring to a boil , when it begins to boil vigirously with tiny bubbles ,switch off the gas and keep it ready for later use(no need for single thread consistancy ).
2. Mix all ingredients for the dough into a smooth dough (same like chapati dough ) by adding yogurt little by little only as much as required(too of yogurt n the jamuns will be too soft to handle).
3. Make smooth balls , you can stuff the center with pista slices or khoya if u wish and fry in medium hot oil turning them carefully so that the jamuns dont break (delicately fry them).
4. Remove them and put them straight into hot sugar syrup .
5. Serve them hot with ice-cream or chill in fridge n serve cold.
 

Low Fat Brocoli Soup

Brocoli Soup

A healthy tasty treast for evening snack or if you prefer a light dinner this is it!!! , A great soup to relish with garlic bread or even croutons. Rich in vitamins, protiens and extremly healthy also easy and quick to make. Can you believe it if i cay its low fat cream soup... yes , you heard me right, i did say low fat ... Lets hope you will like this recepie and would want to try out this soup.

 

 

Ingredients:-

1. half large brocoli head.
2. handful of walnuts
3. 1/2 garlic pealed n sliced
4. 1green chilli
5. 1spoon butter
6. salt to taste
7. pepper to taste

 

Method:-

1. In one spoon butter or olive oil , roast the garlic flakes nicely till they change their color slightly.
2. Add brocoli flower lets and toss slightly.
3. Add broth or stock or water add green chilli and give it a good boil
4. Remove a few flower lets for garnish and pure the rest along with a handful of fresh walnuts to a smooth but lightly course paste.
5. Adjust the consistancy and add salt n pepper to taste.
6. Bring back to a boil and serve immidiately.
7. Add cream to improve taste and presentation. (optional)
    
 



Grilled Chicken

Grilled Chicken

This recepie was created accidently , by me when my elder son was demanding for grilled chicken ,and I was simply resistant to let him eat out . Its very simple and needs pre marination. For me I had marinated chicken thinking i will make some chinese dish which is bone in for a change , but that didnt happen , I modified the marination to get this yummy , home made grilled chicken.

So lets start now, hope you too will try it out.

 

 

Ingredients:-

1. 1kg chicken with bone in (prefrably skin on if you like crispy outer texture, i have used skinless)
2. 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
3. 1/2 tsp ginger - garlic paste
4. 1tsp Soy sauce
5. 2 tsp barbeque sauce
6. 1/2 tsp ketchup
7. Salt  in very little( to adjust to the salt in the sauces)
8. 1tbsp Corn flour
9. pinch of pepper powder
10. oil to brush while grilling

Method:-

1. Marinate chicken for over night using all ingredients except cornflour and oil .( I marined in every thing except barbecue sauce for over night , just added it about 15-20 mins before grilling) 
2. Now add the corn flour and mix well
3. Pre-heat the convection oven at 180 degrees for 5 mins
4. place the chicken pieces on the grill and place it in the oven for 10-12 mins.
5. Open and brush oil ,grill for 5 mins,
6. Now turn over n brush oil and let it grill for another 10-15 mins.
7. Check if it is done using a tooth pick
8. Serve hot with finely sliced onions and sauce of your choice.