Paneer Tikka

Ingredients

Paneer  - 200 grams
Onion - 1
Capsicum  - 1
Turmeric powder  - 1 teaspoon
Red chilly powder  - 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder  - 1 teaspoon
Cumin powder  - 1/2 teaspoon
Garam masala  - 1 teaspoon
Pepper powder  - 1/2 teaspoon
Curd - 2 tablespoon

Salt
Oil - 3 tablespoon

Soak Paneer cubes in hot water for two to three  minutes. Mix all the masala ingredients along with curd and half  teaspoon of salt. Cut big slices of onion  and capsicum. Add Paneer cubes,  sliced  onion and capsicum to this.  Marinate this well with the masala and keep it for around ten to fifteen minutes. In a pan, add three tablespoon of oil . Once it is hot,  add Paneer and shallow fry  it until all the side turns  dark brown in color. Separate Paneer from the pan. Next, using the same pan ,shallow fry onion and capsicum. Cover the pan with a lid  for two minutes so that onion is well cooked. Now arrange fried  capsicum, onion  and Paneer using a skewer and serve  hot.

Egg Sandwich

Ingredients

Sandwich bread - 8 slices
Egg - 2
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Capsicum - 1/2
Pepper powder  - 1 teaspoon
Coriander  leaves
Salt
Ghee
Cheese slices - 2
Butter  - 50 grams

Add 2 eggs in a bowl and beat it well. Add  finely chopped onion, tomato. Pepper powder, salt and capsicum  to this. Mix it well. Heat a pan, add ghee to it .  Once the pan is hot, pour beaten egg along with all the ingredients. Let it cook in  low flame for 2 minutes. Flip it so that both the sides are well cooked.  Turn off the flame and separate the egg in a different vessel. Cut it to four pieces. Keep it aside.

Again heat the pan. Add ghee on top. Once it is hot, keep all the four sandwich slices. On top of it add the egg slice, along with two small pieces of butter and cheese spread on top of it. Press it with a masher and keep the remaining slices on top of it.  Press  the sandwich using a masher or spoon . Flip it and cook both the sides until it turns golden brown in color. You can try this using sandwich maker as well. Bread sandwich takes just  10 to 15 minutes and an  easy recipe  for evening snack.  

Cauliflower Biryani

Ingredients

 Biryani rice - 2 cups
 Water - 4 cups
 Cauliflower - 1/2
 Onion - 1
 Tomatoes  - 2
 Green chilli - 2
 Ginger garlic paste - 1 spoon
 Curry leaves
 Coriander leaves
 Mint leaves
 Coriander powder - 1 tespoon
Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon
Chilly powder - 1 teaspoon
Pepper powder - 1 teaspoon
Garam masala - 1 teaspoon
Spices powder  - 1 teaspoons
Curd - 1 tablespoon
Salt
Oil


To garnish

Onion  - 1
Cashew  - 50 grams
Rasins  - 50 grams

In a deep pan,  heat 2 tablespoon of oil. Once oil is hot, add finely chopped onions. Saute it until it turns golden brown color. Add sliced tomato's,  ginger garlic paste , green chillies and all the fresh leaves like coriander, mint and curry leaves.  Add salt per taste. Saute it for two minutes. Now add all the masala powder. Red chilly, coriander, turmeric, garam masala , pepper powder and spices powder. Saute it until the raw smell goes off. Finally add curd and saute it for a minute. 

Soak rice in 4 cups of water for 10 minutes. Add this rice in the pan and mix it well with masala. Cover the lid and let it cook in medium to low flame for 15 to 20 minutes. I used 2 cups of water for one rice since the Biryani was prepared in pan and not in cooker. If you are using cooker, I would suggest to measure and take 1.5 cup of water for 1 cup of rice.

Fry onion separate until it becomes dark brown and add cashews and black raisins to this. Once it turns brown color . Turn off the flame and add it on top of the rice before serving. Keep stirring the rice so that it won't stick to the bottom of the pan. This is an easy  recipe to try. Happy Cooking!