Life 'n' Such

I know, I know I have way too many tandoori recipes, but I cant help it, all my friends follow different recipes, and I have to have them Its just my quest for the perfect/fool proof recipes, that gets me in trouble.

Well, this is from Sumaiya, my dear friend, whose son is always dressed up (and he is not even a year old!). I am going to miss them all as they are moving back to India in a few days.

She had made this recipe, and I thought she had ordered it from the Indian restaurant. It was that good!

Ingredients:

Shan Tikka masala,
garam masala,
vinegar/lemon juice,
ginger garlic paste,
1 tbsp yogurt,
oil/butter
salt,
oops and chicken!

Method:

Marinate the chicken with the above ingredients for at least overnight. Then just bake it in the oven. Thats it!

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Paneer is my favorite (fuudie here, of course I am allowed to have many favorites, aren’t I?). Well, this is equivalent of chicken for vegetarian people! It is that good!

But, this recipe which I got from my friend Sumaiya’s Mother in law, is just A-Awesome! Just like her.
This is not how typically we in India make a paneer dish. And I have not tried it as yet, but the recipe seems very simple, with minimum number of ingredients.

Well, why don’t you try it, and let me know. If I dont make it before you do.

Ingredients:

1/2 kg or 1 lb paneer, cut in 1/2 inch thick pieces,
2 cups water,
turmeric, (haldi)
fennel seeds powder, (saunf)
cloves (laung)
salt,
3 big tomatoes,
1/2 big onion (or 2 small), thin sliced
spices: red chilli powder, 2 cloves, 2 brown cardamoms (badi elaichi), 1 green cardamom (choti elaichi)
oil for cooking/frying
Method:

First fry paneer pieces in oil. On the other stove top, boil the water, turmeric, fennel seeds powder, cloves, and salt. The fried paneer pieces should directly be added to the boiling water with spices (be careful dropping the pieces in the pot).

In another pan, fry the onions till golden brown, then add the blended tomatoes. Cook this till oil separates out (very important). Add the spice mixture (#2) to this. When its all ready (the surface is shiny, oily), then add that to the paneer.

Let everything simmer for a few minutes. Then serve it with hot steamed rice.

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I just remembered the Turkish restaurant we were taken to by our dear Turkish friends in NJ. The name of the restaurant is Hunkar, it has Turkish and Mediterranean food. It was very very good. I had Chicken Adana kebabs. And we ordered an appetizer sampler plate, which was a variety of dips (baba ganoush, hummus, eggplant salad, etc) along with hot fresh out of the oven breads.

All in all, a neat place to get good Turkish food with over 50 dishes on their menu. A must-go!
Address:
319 Hackensack Street,
Carlstadt, NJ 07072
Tel: 201-507-0606

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