Cottage Cheese Shaslik

By Chef Shailendra Kekade

From Style Chef

Prep: 55 minutes

Cook: 10 minutes

Method: Easy

Course: Starter

Type: Fusion

Key Ingredients:

Cottage cheese cubes marinated in a flavourful marinade with some vegetables, grilled and served with salsa

Ingredients

Cottage cheese, cut into medium sized cubes 200 gms
Tomato cubes 1 cup
3 coloured capsicums, cut into medium sized squares 1 cup
Onion cubes 1 cup
Medium pineapple, peeled and cut into medium sized cubes ½
Garlic, chopped 2 tbsps
Ginger, chopped 2 tbsps
Green chillies, chopped 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Fresh basil leaves as required
Borges light olive oil 4 tbsps
Salsa
Tomatoes, roughly chopped 1 cup
Black olives, chopped ½ cup
Fresh basil leaves, torn 4 to 5
Extra virgin olive oil 4 tbsps
Mustard sauce 4 tbsps

Methods

Take tomatoes, capsicums, onions and pineapple in a mixing bowl and mix.
Add cottage cheese cubes, garlic, ginger, green chillies, salt, basil leaves and light olive oil and mix gently till all the vegetables and cottage cheese cubes are well coated. Let them marinate for 15 minutes.
Skew the cottage cubes, pineapple cubes, tomato cubes, basil leaves, onion cubes and capsicum pieces one after the other onto skewers.
Heat a non-stick grill pan, place the skewers in the pan and cook, rotating the skewers so that everything is cooked evenly all around.
To make salsa, take tomatoes in another mixing bowl, add olives, basil leaves, extra virgin olive oil and mustard sauce and mix well.
Place the shashliks on a serving platter and spread the salsa alongside and serve.

Almond Crusted Chicken

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: 15-20 minutes

Method: Easy

Course: Starter

Type: Fusion

Key Ingredients:

Chicken

Include this delightful protein filled starter in your dinner menu and win the hearts of your loved ones. The crushed almond coating makes it crispier.

Serving Suggestion : Arrange them on a serving platter and serve them hot with a salad or a sauce of your choice. .

Tomatokeftedes

By Chef Shilarna Vaze (Chinu)

By Firangi Tadka

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: 15 minutes

Method: Easy

Course: Starter

Type: Fusion

Key Ingredients:

Tomatoes

Tomato fritters with mint make great starters

Serving Suggestion : Serve with cocktails or mocktails.

Jacket Potatoes with Cheese

By Chef Shilarna Vaze (Chinu)

By Firangi Tadka

Prep: 25 minutes

Cook: 1 hour 25 minutes

Method: Moderate

Course: Starter

Type: Fusion

Key Ingredients:

Potatoes
Cheese

Treat your guests with these baked potato jackets oozing with cheese at your next party

Ingredients

Large potatoes, washed thoroughly but unpeeled 4
Oil 6 tsps
Medium onion, finely chopped 1
Green capsicum (hari shimla mirch), finely chopped ½ cup
Red capsicum (lal shimla mirch), finely chopped 1 cup
Milk 2 tbsps
Sour cream 2 tbsps
Processed cheese, grated 1½ cups
Butter 1 tbsp
Salt to taste

Methods

Preheat oven to 180 ºC.
Rub about 1 tsp of oil on each potato and pierce several times with a knife (so that it bakes completely). Sprinkle salt over them and place them in a greased baking dish. Place the dish in the preheated oven and bake for 1 hour.
Halve the baked potatoes without removing peel. Scoop out the pulp into a bowl without disturbing skin. Set the skins aside. Mash the potato pulp.
To make the stuffing, heat 2 tsps of oil in a non-stick pan, add onion, green capsicum and red capsicum and saute for 2-3 minutes or till soft.
Remove the pan from heat and add mashed potatoes, milk, sour cream and 1 cup grated cheese. Add butter and mix everything well.
Place the potato skins on a greased baking dish, put some stuffing mixture in each. Sprinkle salt and remaining grated cheese on top of each.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes and serve hot.