Urban BBQ

Urban BBQ

By  Chef Amrita Raichand
From   Mummy Ka Magic

Prep: 30 minutes

Cook: 15 minutes

Method: Moderate

Course: Starter

Type: Indian

Key Ingredients:

Prawns, boneless chicken cubes, cottage cheese cubes and mixed capsicum squares marinated in a simple marinade and cooked over hot coals

Ingredients

  • Medium prawns, shelled and deveined with tails intact 8
  • Boneless chicken, cut into cubes 250 gms
  • Cottage cheese cubes 1 cup
  • Red chilli garlic chutney 2 tbsps
  • Hung yogurt ¾-1 cup
  • Mustard oil 1 tbsp
  • Mixed capsicum squares 1 cup
  • Butter for basting
  • Lemon wedges for serving
  • Onion rings for serving

Methods

  • To prepare marinade, take red garlic chutney and hung yogurt in a bowl and whisk well. Add mustard oil and whisk again.
  • Divide the mixture equally into 3 different bowls. Add prawns to one bowl, chicken to the second bowl, capsicum squares and cottage cheese cubes to the third bowl and mix well.
  • Place a wooden chopping board on the worktop. Place a mud pot with 2 holes on opposite sides at the top of the pot. Fill it up till ¼ its height with sand and cover it with an aluminium foil. Fill the pot with coal till the level of holes. Put some oil on top and burn the coal.
  • Skewer one marinated capsicum square and cottage cheese cube in a metal skewer and repeat till all the ingredients are used. Similarly, twist and skewer marinated chicken on another skewer and prawns on the 3rd skewer.
  • Place skewers over hot coal and barbecue, rotating the skewers so that the chicken, prawns, capsicums and cottage cheese are cooked evenly all around, till golden specks appear. Baste with butter and barbecue for a minute.
  • Keep the skewers on a serving platter and serve hot with lemon wedges and onion rings.

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Aloo Parantha

Aloo Parantha

By Chef Saransh Goila
By Health Challenge

Prep: 35 minutes

Cook: 40 minutes

Method: Easy

Course: Starter

Type: Indian

Key Ingredients:

  • Potatoes
  • Whole wheat flour
  • Soya flour and Oats flour

Aloo paranthas made healthier are just as tasty as the traditional ones

Ingredients

  • Medium potatoes, boiled, peeled, mashed 3
  • Whole wheat flour 3 cups
  • Soya flour ¼ cup
  • Oats flour ¼ cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil 1 tsp
  • Garlic, finely chopped 1 tbsp
  • Red chilli powder 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder 1 tsp
  • Pumpkin, boiled, peeled, mashed ¾ cup
  • Fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped 1 tssp
  • Ghee a little to cook
  • Low fat yogurt as required

Methods

  • To make Aloo Paranthas with a healthy twist, take whole wheat flour, soya flour, oats flour and salt in a bowl. Add sufficient water and knead into soft dough.
  • To make the filling heat oil in a non-stick pan, add garlic, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, potatoes and pumpkin and mix well. Add coriander leaves and mix well.
  • Divide the dough into equal portions and shape them into balls. Roll each ball into a round disc, place some potato mixture in the centre, gather the edges together and press lightly to seal.
  • Roll each stuffed ball into a parantha.
  • Heat a non-stick tawa, place a parantha on it and cook. Drizzle a few drops of ghee over it, flip, drizzle a few drops of ghee on the other side too and cook till both sides are evenly done and golden.
  • Serve hot with low fat yogurt.

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Malai Kofta

Malai Kofta

By Chef Saransh Goila
By Health Challenge

Prep: 25 minutes

Cook: 20 minutes

Method: Moderate

Course: Starter

Type: Indian

Key Ingredients:

  • Raw bananas
  • Cottage cheese

Enjoy this much loved rich dish in its healthy avatar

Ingredients

  • Raw bananas, boiled, peeled and mashed 1 cup
  • Cottage cheese (paneer), crumbled 150 gms
  • Carrots, grated 1 cup
  • Green chillies, chopped 1 to 2
  • Raisins (kishmish) 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder 2 tsps
  • Garlic, chopped 1 tsp
  • Ginger, chopped 2 tsps
  • Salt to taste
  • Coriander powder 2 tsps
  • Tomatoes, chopped 1 cup
  • Onions, chopped 1 cup
  • Cashewnuts 8 to 10
  • Red chilli powder 1 tsp
  • Olive oil 1 tbsp
  • Cumin seeds 1 tsp
  • Fenugreek seeds (methi dana) ½ tsp
  • Sugar 1 tsp
  • Milk ½ cup

Methods

  • Preheat the air fryer to200 ºC.
  • Take raw bananas, cottage cheese, carrots, green chillies, raisins, 1 tsp turmeric powder, garlic, 1 tsp ginger, salt and coriander powder in a bowl and mix well. Divide them into equal portions and shape them into balls. Put them into the preheated air fryer and cook for 15 minutes.
  • Meanwhile to make the gravy, put tomatoes, onions, cashewnuts, remaining turmeric powder, red chilli powder, remaining ginger and salt in a mixer jar and grind into a puree.
  • Heat olive oil in a non-stick pan, add cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds and saute till fragrant.
  • Add the puree, sugar and milk and bring it to boil. Reduce heat and cook till the mixture is well cooked and smooth.
  • Transfer the gravy into a serving bowl, add the koftas and serve hot.

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Malai Lassi

Malai Lassi

By Chef Saransh Goila
By Health Challenge

Prep: 10 minutes

Cook: 0 minutes

Method: Easy

Course: Starter

Type: Indian

Key Ingredients:

  • Ripe bananas
  • Low fat yogurt

Start your day on a healthy note – serve this delicious lassi at breakfast

Ingredients

  • Ripe bananas, peeled and roughly chopped 3
  • Low fat yogurt 2 cups
  • Melon seeds (magaz) 1 tsp
  • Almonds, chopped 1 tsp + to garnish
  • Pistachios, chopped ½ tsp
  • Saffron 3 to 4 strands
  • Honey 1 tbsp

Methods

  • To make a healthy Malai Lassi, put bananas, melon seeds, almonds, pistachios, saffron, low fat yogurt and honey into a beaker and blend it with a hand blender till smooth.
  • Pour into serving glasses, garnish with almonds, pistachios and saffron strands and serve.

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Poori Bhaji

Poori Bhaji

By Chef Saransh Goila
By Health Challenge

Prep: 25 minutes

Cook: 30 minutes

Method: Easy

Course: Starter

Type: Indian

Key Ingredients:

  • Whole wheat flour
  • Red pumpkin
  • Carrots

This poori bhaji is a healthy variant of the popular snack

Ingredients

  • Whole wheat flour 1½ cups
  • Salt to taste
  • Cumin seeds 2 tsps
  • Spinach (palak) puree 1 cup
  • Canola oil to deep fry
  • Red pumpkin, peeled and cubed 1 cup
  • Carrots, peeled and cubed 1 cup
  • Green peas 2 tbsps
  • Ghee 2 tsps
  • Mustard seeds 1 tsp
  • Green chillies, chopped 1 tsp
  • Asafoetida 1 pinch
  • Garam masala powder 1 tsp
  • Dried mango powder (amchur) 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder 1 tsp
  • Red chilli powder 1 tsp

Methods

  • To make healthy pooris, take whole wheat flour, salt, 1 tsp cumin seeds and spinach puree in a bowl. Add sufficient water and knead into a stiff dough.
  • Heat sufficient canola oil in a kadai.
  • Divide the dough into equal portions and roll out each portion into small pooris. Slide them into the hot oil, one by one, and deep-fry till they puff up and become golden. Drain on absorbent paper.
  • To make bhaji, heat ghee in a non-stick pan. Add remaining cumin seeds, mustard seeds, green chillies and asafoetida and saute till the seeds splutter.
  • Take garam masala powder, dried mango powder, turmeric powder and red chilli powder in a small bowl, add a little water and mix to make a paste.
  • Add this paste to the pan and mix well. Add pumpkin, carrots, green peas and a little water and mix well. Cover and cook till the vegetables are done.
  • Serve hot with pooris.

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Wada Pav

Wada Pav

By Chef Saransh Goila
By Health Challenge

Prep: 20 minutes

Cook: 15 minutes

Method: Easy

Course: Starter

Type: Indian

Key Ingredients:

  • Potatoes
  • Whole wheat pavs

All the health conscious wada pav lovers – breath easy, you have a healthy version coming your way

Ingredients

  • Medium potaotes, boiled, peeled, mashed 2
  • Whole wheat pavs 4
  • Oil 2 tsps + to brush
  • Mustard seeds 1 tsp
  • Garlic, chopped 1 sp
  • Ginger, chopped 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves 6 to 8
  • Green chillies, chopped 2 to 3
  • Cabbage, chopped 2 tbsps
  • Cauliflower, grated 2 tbsps
  • Carrot, grated 2 tbsps
  • Walnuts, chopped 2 tbsps
  • Cottage cheese (paneer), crumbled ½ cup
  • Red chilli powder 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder ½ tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Dry garlic chutney 1 tbsp + to sprinkle
  • Gram flour (besan) 2 cups
  • Asafoetida ½
  • tsp Green chutney
  • as required

Methods

  • To make a healthy wada pav, heat 1 tsp oil in a non-stick pan. Add mustard seeds, garlic, ginger, curry leaves, green chillies, cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, walnuts, paneer, potato, ½ tsp red chilli powder, ¼ tsp turmeric powder, salt, garlic chutney and a little water and mix well. Cook till well mixed.
  • To make the batter take gram flour, salt, asafoetida, remaining chilli powder, remaining turmeric powder, 1 tsp oil and sufficient water in a bowl and whisk well to make a smooth batter.
  • Divide the wada mixture into equal portions and shape them into round balls.
  • Heat another non-stick pan. Dip the wadas in the batter and place them in the non-stick pan, brush with little oil and cook, turning them often so that they are evenly cooked all around.
  • Slit the wheat pavs into without cutting through, apply green chutney on the inner side of both parts of each pav and sprinkle some garlic chutney. Place a wada on the lower half of each pav, top with the upper half and serve immediately.

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