CHEESE GARLIC BREAD

Ingredients:

• Bread slices - 8-10 Slices
• Green chillies - 5-6 nos.
• Coriander - 1/4 Cup
• Garlic pods - 20 pods
• Butter - 50 Gms
• Cheese Spread - 30 Gms
• Pepper powder - 1/2 Tsp
• Salt as per taste
• Extra butter for frying

            
          Method to Prepare:

• In a blender make a paste with green chillies,coriander & garlic pods
• To this paste add the butter,cheese spread,salt & pepper powder and mix well
• Now take each slice,spread this prepared paste onto each slice on one side
• Heat a non-stick flat pan/tawa & grease it well
• Arrange a few pieces at a time & fry on both sides till crispy and golden brown
• Dribble with butter/ghee on both sides
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup
• I have used multigrain bread here

Sweet Corn Cutlets

Ingredients :

• Sweet Corn - 100 gms (Frozen sweet corn can be used )
• Boiled potato - 300 gms
• Spinach - 1 small bunch
• Coriander - 1 small bunch
• Corn flour - 3 Tsps
• Red chilli powder - 1 Tsp
• Aamchur powder - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds  - 1 tsp
• Oil
• Salt as per taste

Method to prepare :

• In a bowl add in the sweet corn,boiled & mashed potato,chopped spinach,chopped coriander,corn flour,red chilli powder,aamchur powder,cumin seeds & salt
• Mix all the ingredients well
• Now make small flat patties in any shape of your choice
• Heat a flat pan ,brush the cutlet with oil on all sides and start frying them on both sides on very low flame till golden brown & crispy on both sides
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup / Mint chutney

Tips :

• Sweet corn can be kept in boiling water for 5 minutes so that they become fresh & tender 
• Cornflour will help in binding all the ingredients together      
• This snack does not absorb much oil

Tangy Chicken Dry

                                                
                                                                  Tangy Chicken Dry 

Ingredients:

• Boneless chicken cubed - 500gms
• Tamarind juice from 50gms tamarind - 100 ml
• Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
• Coriander Powder -1 Tsp
• Pepper Powder - 1/2 Tsp
• Oil - 30 ml
• Salt as per taste
• A few curry leaves

Method  to prepare:

• Marinate the washed and cube cut chicken in the tamarind juice  for 10 minutes

• Heat a pan and add 1 Tsp oil(10 ml) and put in the marinated chicken pieces along with the tamarind juice.Add 200ml water into it and close with a lid and leave it to cook until its fully dry

• Heat another pan,add about 30 ml of oil when oil is hot,add a few curry leaves to it and add the cooked chicken into it and mix in the dry powders and salt,mix well

• The dish is ready to serve

Note: This dish can be prepared with chicken with bones also.   

Tips :  Chicken gets cooked & tenderized faster when marinated in tamarind juice.