Cultural
Dishes from Mom
Chicken Curry and Paratha
Ingredients:
1 lb chicken breast
1 small onion chopped
1 small ginger root
2 cloves of garlic crushed
2 thin small cut green chilis
4 tomatoes thinly sliced
3 cloves
2 bay leaves
1 small cinnamon stick
2 black cardamom
Recipe:
Sautee onions brown
Add crushed ginger and garlic saute
Add cloves, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, black cardamom, green chilis and saute until done sticking
1 tsp salt, 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, ¼ tsp red pepper powder and saute for 1-2 minutes and add tomatoes
Add chicken and saute for ten minutes
Add 1 tbsp of water and cover to simmer
Open lid after ten minutes to smell the aroma and decorate with cilantro
Serve with paratha
Nutrition:
2 servings in total but by serving:
Calories: 856
Fat: 28 g
Cholesterol: 218 mg
Sodium: 2850 mg
Potassium: 2112 mg
Carbohydrate: 74 g
Fiber: 10 g
Sugar: 15 g
Protein: 78 g
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Egg Dosa
Ingredients:
1 dal dosa batter (fresh lentil batter from indian store)
1 egg
1 small cut onion
1 small cut green chili
1 small cut tomato
Recipe:
Break egg in a bowl, add onion, green chili, tomato, pinch of salt. Mix it
Add one large spoon on a hot non stick pan and spread thin on the pan
Add egg batter
Cook for 2 minutes
Turn it upside down with spatula and cook for 2 minutes
Serve on a plate with cilantro chutney
Nutrition: (estimate)
Calories: 396
Fat: 8 g
Cholesterol: 206 mg
Sodium: 640 mg
Potassium: 837 mg
Carbohydrate: 59 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 10 g
Protein: 20 g
Palak Paneer
Ingredients:
2 bunch of spinach small cut (palak)
10 cubes of indian cottage cheese (paneer)
1 small onion chopped
1 small ginger root
2 cloves of garlic crushed
2 thin small cut green chilis
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp salt
1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
Recipe:
Sautee onions brown
Add crushed ginger and garlic saute
Add pinch of asafoetida, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp turmeric powder, ¼ tsp red pepper powder and saute for 1-2 minutes
Add small cut spinach, saute and cover to simmer for 15 minutes
Use hand blender to crush spinach on cooking
Saute paneer in a small pan with 1 tspn oil.
Transfer the paneer into blended palak
Simmer for 10 minutes
Serve in bowl palak paneer with paratha
Nutrition:
2 servings but per one:
Calories: 664
Fat: 36
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 1922 mg
Potassium: 2574 mg
Carbohydrate: 51 g
Fiber: 13 g
Sugars: 6 g
Protein: 42 g
Chole Bhature
Ingredients:
1 cup white chana
1 small onion chopped
1 small ginger root
2 cloves of garlic crushed
2 thin small cut green chilis
2 crushed tomatoes
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp salt
1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
Recipe:
Add chana, and all the ingredients above in a pressure cooker or instant pot.
Cook for 40 minutes until chick peas are soft when you crush with your finger.
Decorate with cut cilantro
Serve in bowl chana with rice.
Nutrition (estimate):
Calories: 876
Fat: 21 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 2393 mg
Potassium: 2533 mg
Carbohydrate: 147 g
Fiber: 27 g
Sugars: 28 g
Protein: 33 g
Sources:
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