Amritsari Fish Fry

Preparation Time: 10mins (excluding marination time)

Recipe Type:  Starter

Ingredients:

Fish Fillet – 250gms

Redchilly powder –  2tsp

Lemon Juice – 2tbsp

Ginger garlic paste – 1tbsp

Salt to taste

Gram flour – 1cup

Ajwain – 1tbsp

Curd – ½ cup

Cornflour – 2tbsp

Egg – 1 no (optional I do not prefer it)

Chat masala – for garnishing

Oil for frying – (one can alternately use an air fryer or grill it in the oven at 180degree celsius for 20mins)

Method:

Dice the fish fillet into one inch pieces. Marinate them with ginger garlic paste, lemon juice red chilly powder & salt for 20mins. Make a thick batter of gram flour, ajwain, curd, corn flour, salt, egg. Dip the marinated pieces of fish into the batter and fry as per your choice. Garnish it with dash of lemon, chaat masala & mint leaves.

Channa Dal & Dill Tikkis

Preparation Time: 20mins

Recipe Type:  Starter

Even good to serve at tea time

Ingredients:

Channa Dal – 250gms (soaked overnight)

Green Chillies – 6-8 as per taste

Ginger – 1”pcs

Whole garam masala – (clove – 2, cinnamon stick – 1” pcs, peppercorns – 5nos)

Corriander leaves – ½ cup

Dill leaves – 1 cup

Onion – 1 cup finely cubed

 Salt to taste

Oil for shallow frying – (one can alternately use an air fryer or grill it in the oven at 180degree celcius for 20mins)

Method:

Grind all the above ingredients except  coriander leaves, dill leaves and onion. Please note the batter should be thick enough to make tikkis and also when you will add the onions to it , it will further liquidize. Now add the chopped ingredients and make tikkis fry as per your choice as mentioned above. Serve hot with green chutney and tomato ketchup.

Creamy Spinach in Corm

Recipe Type: Main Course

Time: 20 mins

Very Healthy rich in Iron & Calcium

Ingredients:

Sweet Corn Kernels - 50gms
Spinach finely chopped - 1 bunch
Button mushrooms diced - 10 nos
Skimmed milk - 150ml 
Wheat flour - 20gms 
Butter - 50gms
Garlic chopped - 1tsp
Grated cheese - 1tbsp (optional of your choice.Mozerella or processed goes well)
Chilliflakes - 1tsp 
Pepper - 1tsp  
Salt to taste
Parsely for garnishing

Method:

Heat butter in a wok saute wheat flour till it changes colour. Gradually add milk, let it boil until creamy. Toss veggies (garlic,corn,mushroom,spinach) in a pan with seasoning. Add this to the creamy mixture. Correct the seasoning at this stage add the cheese bring it to a boil. Garnish with chopped parsely & chilli flakes serve hot with Garlic bread.Enjoy....