Beyond Litti Chokha

Hare Chicken Kebabs (Green kebabs)🍢🍗 Kebabs are loved by everyone because of its aroma and tender and juicy flavour..it is the most versatile dishes ever. people around the Middle east and asia have reinvented it with so many fusions. Infact the word kebab originated in Turkey & Arab world but from ages they have been accepted and every culture have added their flavours making them distinctive. If you are looking for healthier recipes in Quarantine go for Kebabs. Because they don’t have any extra oil or sauce and are usually grilled, would be more healthy than a lot of other foods. They are certainly healthier than your typical cheeseburger, pizzas, loaded cheese sandwiches, or fried chicken. To see the full recipe video please click here  Hare Chicken Kebabs Ingredients   For Marination : Boneless chicken pieces  Green paste( corianderb mint leaves or powder, green chillies, lime juice) 4-5 spoons Curd 2 spoons Ginger garlic paste  1 spoon salt  1 spoon sugar  1 spoo

  Tuscan Chicken Recipe  Bored of cooking the same chicken afghani,butter chicken and chicken malai tikka again and again in lockdown? Surprise your family and try this Desi version of Tuscan Chicken which comes from Italian cuisine. It is by far the creamiest chicken you will ever eat. The mix of cream,mushroom and cheese opens so many flavours in your mouth with very less ingredients.  See the full video of this recipe on my Youtube channel , click here  Tuscan Chicken Recipe Ingredients For marination Chicken boneless or with bone  Ginger garlic paste Green chilly paste Red chilly powder  Oregano /mixed herbs  Pepper powder  Lime juice  1 egg  3-4 spoon oil Salt 1 spoon For gravy   Oil 4 spoon  1 onion sliced Ginger garlic paste  Green chilly paste  Tomatoes  Coriander powder  Red chilly powder  Salt Mushrooms Green capsicum  Any veg of your choice  1 cup full fresh cream Any cheese  Coriander chopped Method   Step 1 : Cut or slit chicken breasts. Now f or ma

Kashmiri Yakhini Recipe Another savory treat for mutton/chicken lovers is Yakhini. Alot of Kashmiri food is yoghurt based and Yakhini is no exception. It is a popular name in Kashmir food and culture. The meat is cooked in a special gravy constituting yogurt, Cinnamon, and dry mint leaves. The aroma of black and green cardamoms along with fennel will make you hungry in an instant. Have this authentic Kashmir delicacy with rice , naan or roti The beautiful valley doesn't just serve delicious dishes but has some fascinating traditions behind them. I have always been intrigued by Kashmiri cuisine , like who would have come up with this idea to cook meat just in a yogurt based gravy,oh and also drop some mint leaves? Sheer genius! Cooking Yakhini basically can be divided into 3 steps, cooking the mea, cooking the gravy & lastly mixing them both. Simple & easy! Ingredients : Mutton 1/2 kg  Fennel powder  1 bay leaf  2 black cardamoms 1 spoon salt  1 cinna

          BEST GUACAMOLE RECIPE EVER! Apart from the creamy flavor, the versatility of Avocados have contributed a lot to make this fruit famous all around the globe. Avocados have a large number of nutrients in them including good fats, Vitamin K & C , they are rich in Potassium and they even help our body absorb other nutrients and minerals better! You can read more about them on Google Maata any other day.  Now as an Indian eating just an Avocado by itself can be a tough job. Honestly when i had it for the first time it turned out to be really creamy but bland at the same time. So i started looking for various recipes and experimented a lot with the variation available online. Eureka Moment! And the day finally arrived, i had the perfect recipe. Read the detailed Recipe here and to Watch the full recipe on YouTube please click here  Guacamole Full Recipe Ingredients: Ripe Avocados  Onions Tomato  Green Chilies Lime juice Coriander leaves S

    KADDU/ LAUKI CHANA DAAL RECIPE Comfort food is universal, we all have a thing for certain food our belly craves in times of stress.  But while most of us experience the desire for comfort food, what we want is often so different. For some it can be pancakes or brownies but for me it has to be something like Kaddu Chana Daal. Reminds me of my ghar and my mother. This dish is healthy, tasty and so easy to cook. What is your go-to comfort food? Read the detailed recipe below. To watch the full recipe on youtube, please click here   Kaddu Chana Daal Full Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup Chana Daal  1 glass of water  Half onion chopped Half tomato and 2 green chilies chopped 1 Lauki chopped 4 spoons oil  1 spoon Cumin seeds  1 Bay leaf  3 dried red chilies 1 spoon Garlic paste 2 spoons salt  1 spoon turmeric powder  1 spoon red chilly powder  1 spoon Kashmiri red chilly powder  METHOD: Step 1 : In a pressure cooker, add 1 cup washed split chickpeas (chana daal). Add 1 glass or enou

SOM TAM SALAD / THAI GREEN PAPAYA SALAD Okay, imagine this in your mouth right now, sweet and sour raw papayas, the tangy taste of tamarind, the spice from chilies, sweet jaggery and crunchy peanuts with a pinch of salt. Its like an explosion of flavours. In India many of us have either heard or eaten a Kofta or curry made from raw papayas but very few of us are aware about the popularity of raw papaya salads. In fact did you know SOM TAM SALAD is among the top 50 exotic dishes in the world.Yeah! You heard that right. "S om" means sour and "tam"means pound in a mortar pestle. Basically You gotta crush the whole thing in a mortar or just chop it all. So I love eating healthy nutritious salads in my meals and i really wanted to try this famous Thai salad. Coming straight to the point I made this last night for dinner and I absolutely loved it. I admit I was very unsure that i will like it, obviously because the ingredients were so unique like raw papaya, c

HOW TO USE  LEFTOVER COOKED RICE?  MAKE ROTIS! There is always some leftover rice in my fridge and i wonder what can i make of it. Usually I fry it with some zeera and onion, you can make curd rice or even some crispy Pakoras.  We Biharis also love to make Panta Bhaat (rice soaked in water with other ingredients). I will soon be posting my recipe on this too. But today i will share how I make Rotis from leftover rice.   So let's make the most of leftover rice with this simple Roti recipe. It takes 5 minutes to make the dough and hardly 5 minutes in the Roti making process. Ingredients 1 Cup leftover rice 4 Spoons of wheat flour(aata) 2 Spoons of gram flour(besan) A pinch of salt  Turmeric powder Coriander powder  Chopped green chilies Chopped coriander leaves 2 spoon oil or ghee Method Grind the leftover rice in a jar. Add few spoons of water if needed to make a thick paste. In a bowl add this rice paste. Now add 3-4 spoons of wheat flour, gram flour or Besan, salt, tur

AMARNATH BHAJI / LAAL SAAG / TAMBDI BHAJI I read  somewhere  that Amarnath leaves is Goa's official state vegetable. We Biharis eat it on a daily basis in Bihar but when I moved to Delhi it was hardly anywhere to be seen. So I uploaded the recipe of Laal Saag as we Biharis call it on my Instagram  @theindianmonicageller and I was flooded with queries. People were asking me why the spinach has turned red. LOL! It was then that I realized that this pretty looking vegetable is not available everywhere in India. Just like Amitabh Bachhan this too has been given different names in India like Laal saag in Bihar, Laal cholai bhaji in Bengali, Morrisa in Assamese and Cheera in Malyalam. This lesser known vegetable has so much to offer, Amarnath leaves are a good source of vitamin C and A, Iron and other essential minerals and low in calorie. This recipe takes so little time to cook yet the taste is earthy and delicious no matter which style you cook.  To

This year post eid,I tried making Nariyal or coconut Barfi  with leftover dessicated coconut in less than 30 minutes. A simple dish with amazing texture of coconut is a must try if you are running out of time. Here's a glimpse of how it turned out to be.. So i saw this youtube video where they made Nariyal Barfi in less than 30 minute. After the batter is ready wait for it to get solidified in the refrigerator and boom it was ready to eat. So i tried it as well. Well turned out pretty well. The taste is like any other Nariyal ka laddu we used to have as kids. So i am sure you guys are going to love it too. Ingredients Dessicated Coconut 2 cups Sugar 1 cup Milk 1/4th cup Milk powder 1/4th cup Process In a wok add Dessicated coconut. Add sugar.Mix well. Now add milk and milk powder. On medium flame. And keep stirring untill your hands fall off. Just kidding it took 20 minutes untill the mixture was thick and separated from the pan.  You can add cardamom powder