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Recipe: Pita Pan Pizza (15 mins only)

Dubai is all about options & variety. But in this abundance, I’ve struggled to find freshly baked pizza bases. You will find the frozen ones, but I’m not a fan. In the bakery section, what came closest was the flat, Egyptian pita bread. My only worry was if it would stand another round of baking or end up like a crisp tortilla. But how would I know without trying?

Ingredients:

Pita bread (pack of 4)
Tandoori or Shredded chicken (or leftover tikkas or other meat)
Mozzarella cheese
Tomato ketchup
Sliced onions, capsicum & tomatoes
Oregaon, Salt & Pepper to taste
Butter

Preparation:

Apply butter to both sides of the pita bread. Continue reading Recipe: Pita Pan Pizza (15 mins only) →

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Recipe: Grilled Chicken Salsa Sandwich

19 Jul, 15 Prasad Leave a comment

This is probably the laziest sandwiches I’ve ever made. Honestly, typing & formatting the entire recipe will take longer than it takes to make it.

Preparation:

Shredded some left over grill chicken, and mixed it with mayo, salsa and black pepper.
Sliced some lettuce & half an onion.
Buttered brown bread on both sides, and assembled as shown. You can add more veggies and cheese as you’d like
Put it into the griller for 6-8 mins until it toasted
Voila!

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Recipe: Chicken Mayo Sandwich

18 Jun, 15 Prasad Leave a comment

Preparation:

Slice some lettuce & tomatoes
Mix together mayo, milk (to reduce the fat footprint), shredded chicken & black pepper
Assemble on bread or finger rolls

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Recipe: Dahi Sev Puri

19 Apr, 15 Prasad Leave a comment

I love my sev puri crunchy. The trick I learned from my regular bhaiya was to add a layer of sev right after the potatoes so keep the base crunchy, and avoid sogginess once the chutney’s are added. Hope you enjoy it. Takes no more than 15 minutes to prepare.

Ingredients:

Papdi puri
Mashed potatoes (I literally use instant mashed potato)
Nylon sev
Chopped onions, tomatoes, corriander
Chana dal
Tamarind chutney
Chili chutney (or Maggi Hot & Sweet sauce)
Yoghurt (whipped, sweetened)
Chat masala, salt

Procedure:

Lay the puris on a flat plate and top up ingredients in the mentioned order
Garnish with nylon sev and corriander

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Recipe: Baked chapatti rolls with chicken & veggies

04 Feb, 15 Prasad Leave a comment

Love is.. when food choices are diametrically opposite

Every relation demands trade-off & adjustment. It is nearly impossible to find harmony in all choices. Aditi & I also took a hit on compatibility in some areas – food was one. I am a complete foodie, and she’s a great cook. I love chicken & chapattis, while she loves fish & rice. But when I cook, I try to make things that will go past her choices. Like all kids who hate plain chapattis, she loved the variation of baked rolls with chicken, cheese & veggies.

Ingredients:

2 onions, sliced
1 green capsicum, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
3 garlic cloves
Tomato ketchup
Chilli powder
Oregano
Chat masala
Salt, to taste
Butter
6 Chicken tandoori kebabs (or shredded chicken) – or replace with cottage cheese (paneer) for a veggie version
4 chapattis
Cheese – grated mozzarella & slices for topping

Procedure:

Vegetable stuffing

Heat some butter in a pan, and place garlic cloves
Add all vegetables, tomato ketchup and salt to taste
Saute vegetables until cooked

Assembling the rolls

Butter both sides of each chapatti
Place the vegetable stuffing at the center, and top with chicken or paneer
Grate mozzarella cheese, sprinkle oregano/chat masala to taste
Roll ’em up, and place cheese slices on top for an extra cheesy taste

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Recipe: Baked chicken sandwich

16 Nov, 14 Prasad Leave a comment

Continuing with recipes using shredded chicken as the key ingredient, here is another one that I was keen on trying.

Ingredients:

8 slices of Multi-grain/Whole-wheat bread
2 Tomatoes, sliced
1 Onion, chopped
1 Garlic clove
1 Egg, whipped
2 tbsp Milk
4 Cheese slices
Olive Oil (or butter)
Shredded chicken
Barbecue sauce
Mustard sauce
Pepper
Chili flakes
Lemon juice
Thyme (optional)
Red wine (optional)

Procedure:

Add Barbecue sauce, Mustard sauce, Pepper, Chili flakes, Lemon juice, and if available Red wine & Thyme to the shredded chicken. Leave it to marinate for an hour
Heat some butter in a saucepan to saute the onions with garlic. Once cooked, add the chicken and mix well.
Grease the baking tray and lay bread slices.
Layer the chicken, tomato slices, cheese and sprinkle salt/pepper to taste. Cover the top with a slice.
Add some milk, and beat the egg. Pour this over the top slice.
Place the tray in an oven, and bake at 375′ for 30 mins.

Serve hot!

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Recipe: Shredded Chicken

25 Oct, 14 Prasad Leave a comment

In an earlier recipe, I mentioned my plans to write a cookbook, exclusive to recipes using shredded chicken as the key ingredient. This post is chapter 1: “Preparing your key ingredient“. As simple as it sounds, boiling chicken is an art. The trick is to cook the chicken without leaving it too dry. And here is how:

Procedure:

Take enough water in a large vessel to fit the chicken pieces and bring it to boil – WITHOUT the chicken
Cut the chicken breasts (or other pieces) into sizable chunks
Once the water is boiling, reduce the flame & drop the chicken pieces into the vessel
While the chicken boils, keep skimming the foamy protein that floats on the top (as shown below)

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Recipe: Oven-toasted Chicken Bruschettas

05 Oct, 14 Prasad 1 Comment

At some point in time, I am going to write a book about cooking: “A Husband’s guide to quick recipes – a.k.a. all you need is shredded chicken”. The possibilities of what you can do with shredded chicken are limitless. I’ve used it with enchiladas, salads, nachos, pizzas and what not. Here is another easy one.

Ingredients:

Garlic bread (6 in)
Tomato (finely-chopped)
Shredded chicken
McCormick Brown Gravy mix (optional)
Black pepper (ground)
Oregano
Tabasco sauce
Amul Cheese spread (pepper)
Mozzarella Cheese
Butter
Tartar sauce (for the dip)

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Crackerjack Popcorn Fail

17 Aug, 14 Prasad Leave a comment

A year I tried this recipe for Homemade Cracker Jack and it turned out great! Crunchy peanuts glued to caramel pop-corn making for a nice sweet-and-salty snack. Just a few days back, I bumped into a question on Quora that asked ‘When do you realise that you are good at something?‘ to which I said: When repeating ‘it’ no longer worries you. Or when You dont need revision or preparation, and when others seek your opinion or value you experience.

In an attempt to get good at Crackerjack (and to satisfy my craving on a slow Sunday evening) I went ahead and tried it again. Only to realize that I still need to improve. The peanuts just didn’t glue with the pop-corn because my caramel sauce should’ve had more butter & water. But I’m glad that I attempted to perfect it, traced the cause of my failure and that I’m still eager to perfect it.