Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Thai curry Chicken - green curry

You need:
1 lb chicken - cut up into tiny pieces
Trader Joe's Thai Green Curry simmer sauce - 1 bottle

To marinate:
Marinate the chicken in salt, ginger garlic paste and soya sauce for about 20-30 mins

Fry the marinated chicken in 2 tbsp of oil in high flame for about 10-15 mins - until its all cooked.
Add the sauce and bring to boil - all done! :)

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Pepper Chicken

You'll need:
Chicken wings/legs/breast fillets (2.2 lbs - 1kg)
Finely chopped onions - 2
Diced Tomatoes - 2 (or 7oz - half a can)
Pepper - 1.5 tbsp
Salt - 1 tbsp

Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a pan. Switch to simmer for the rest of the show.
Saute onions till light brown.
Add the chicken (you can marinate it in a lil bit of salt and very little pepper) pieces - saute for a couple mins.
Add the tomatoes, salt and pepper - saute for another 3-4 mins.
Mix everything and cover the lid and let cook on simmer for about 15 mins.
Open periodically to stir the chicken around so it doesn't burn form below.
Check if the chicken is tender enough - if not, keep it covered for a bit longer until its tender.
Once done, open the lid and dry out the gravy.

All done! Garnish with a lil spring onions and basil leaves and serve!

Monday, October 17, 2011

Paneer Capsicum

Paneer capsicum - in under 30 mins!
Paneer - cut up in cubes
Peppers - strips (frozen)
Onions - half, chopped
Jeera
Mustard
Ginger-garlic paste
Diced tomato - 2 spoons
Dhanya leaves
Salt, Haldi and Chilli powder

Cut up the paneer pieces, and marinate in salt, turmeric powder and some chilli powder.
Fry the paneer on a medium flame for 10 mins until it starts to brown slightly. Keep aside.
In a pot, heat oil and add mustard seeds, jeera and some chilli powder.
Once the mustard seeds start to pop, add the onions and fry on medium flame till they start to brown.
Add salt, jeera powder, dhanya powder and lil more chilli powder.
Fry for about 5-7 mins.
Add ginger garlic paste - cook for couple mins
Then add tomatoes - cook for another couple mins.

Now add the pepper strips - mix it up with the spices and saute for 3 mins.
Add the paneer cubes and mix the peppers/spices with the paneer.
Cover and cook for 5-6 mins.

Add fresh dhanya leaves.
Serve hot!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Wearing the boyfriend blazer

The boyfriend blazer is probably the most adorable look I've noticed this fall.
I wear my Banana Republic 3/4th sleeve beige boyfriend blazer over a simple white or yellow tank, pink burnout tee.
They go well with almost anything. For a casual look, you can dress down the blazer by pairing it with something less formal - charcoal shorts (with the top tucked in a braided belt) are the cutest! 3/4th denims or denim skirts go well too.
Wear a scarf round your neck or chain necklaces.
You could dress it up by wearing it over a dress or a jumpsuit too!
They look best with high pumps or booties. But you could even wear converse sneakers and look super cute :)