• Meat, Poultry & Fish
  • Egg White Omelette with red pepper & onion

    Description

    Egg White Omelette with Red Pepper & Onion 

    Preparation Time: 10 minutes

    Serves: 1

    A healthy, post workout dish or a light dinner.

    Ingredients

    1. One medium sized red onion, finely chopped
    2. 1/2 Red pepper
    3. 1/2 tsp oregano
    4. Salt to taste
    5. 2 Large Egg Whites

    Preparation

    In a bowl, separate the egg whites, add salt & oregano and whisk until frothy

    In a pan, fry the onion and pepper until lightly brown on a medium heat, add the egg white, cook for 20 seconds until you feel its cooked. Gently turn from one side and fold the omelette.

  • Meat, Poultry & Fish
  • Ever delicious Butter Chicken

    Description

    Butter Chicken

    Preparation Time: 1hr + 2hrs for marination

    Serves: 2-3

    Ingredients

    For the curry

    1. One large white onion, finely chopped
    2. 3 cloves (crushed)
    3. 4 green cardamoms (crushed)
    4. 4 whole black pepper (crushed)
    5. 1 tbsp of ginger and garlic paste
    6. 450gms of tinned chopped tomatoes
    7. 1 tbsp of fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)
    8. 1 tbsp of coriander powder
    9. 1 and half tbsp red chilli powder
    10. 1 tbsp of garam masala
    11. 4-5 cashew nuts

    Marinate

    1. 3 tbsp of Greek Natural Yoghurt
    2. 500gms of boneless chicken breast or thighs (your preference)
    3. 1 tbsp of ginger and garlic paste

    Pre-preparation

    In a bowl, put the yoghurt, pinch of salt, ginger & garlic paste and chicken. Mix well and set aside for at least two hours or overnight

    Preparation

    • Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees celsius
    • In a deep pan, heat a tbsp. of oil and put the ginger & garlic paste, whole black pepper, cloves and cardamom sauté for a minute, until they start to crackle and then put the onions.
    • Once the mixture has turned light brown, put the tinned tomatoes and sauté on a medium heat for 5 – 7 minutes
    • Add the garam masala, red chilli powder, coriander powder, salt and cashew nuts and mix well.
    • Rub the fenugreek leaves in your palms and add to the curry, now cover and let it cook for 10 minutes on medium heat
    • Meanwhile, put the marinated chicken in a baking tray and cook for 10 minutes on 180 degrees Celsius
    • After 10 minutes, turn off the flame and let the curry mixture cool
    • Put the mixture in a blender and blend until smooth
    • Add three tbsps. of butter into the same pan and add the mixture along with the chicken, cover and let it cook on a low heat for 20 minutes.
    • Optional – After 20 minutes add cream
    • Enjoy with Naan bread or Tandoori roti
  • Meat, Poultry & Fish
  • Egg Curry

    Also known as “Anda” curry. A fast and high protein rich easy curry. This recipe is from North India and one of my easy favourites.

    Egg Curry

    Preparation time: 30 min

    Serves: 2

    Ingredients

    1. 2 chicken eggs
    2. 1 large red onion
    3. 1 big tomato
    4. 1 tspn of garlic paste
    5. 2-3 green chillies
    6. Fresh coriander leaves
    7. 1-2 Bay leaves
    8. 1 tspn cumin seeds
    9. 2-3 cloves
    10. 1 tspn of fenugreek leaves
    11. 1 tspn turmeric powder
    12. 2 tspn Coriander powder
    13. ½ tspn Red chilli powder (or to taste)
    14. Salt to taste
    15. 10 ml Fresh single cream or butter (optional)

    Directions

    Pre Preparation

    Take 200 ml of water and put it on heat. Once heated, add eggs and hard boil them for ten minutes. After they are boiled, peel them and keep them aside. Do not slice or cut them as yet !

    Peel and finely chop red onions

    Finely chop red vine tomatoes (use organic for best results)

    Chop and paste fresh garlic

    Chop fresh green coriander leaves

    Finely chop green chillies (as per your choice)

    Preparation

    Heat up the cooking pot and add cooking oil

    Add Bay leaf, cumin seeds and cloves. In just a few seconds cumin will start to pop

    Add garlic paste and sauté for one minute. Do not let the garlic burn.

    Add chopped onion and keep stirring till golden brown. Do not let the onion burn.

    Add chopped tomatoes and keep stirring until tomatoes mix well with the onion & garlic paste and most of the water is evaporated.

    Add fenugreek leaves to the mixture (heat the fenugreek leaves for 10 seconds on high heat and then powder them)

    Add coriander powder, salt to taste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and finally Rav’s secret masala

    Keep stirring the curry paste for 8-10 minutes

    Add cream (can be replaced by butter) or nothing if you want to avoid

    Slice eggs into two halves and add them to the paste. Simmer on medium heat for 5 minutes

    Finally sprinkle chopped fresh coriander whilst still on fire and the dish is ready to serve

    Serve with fresh roti or chapatti or naan bread accompanied with onion or cucumber salad with salt & lemon dressing and any raita

    Enjoy !