Veggie Delight

Prep: 9 hours

Cook: 30 minutes

Method: Easy

Colourful vegetables cooked with chickpeas and some simple masalas

Dice the green and yellow zucchini.
Heat coconut oil in a deep non-stick pan, add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds and saute for 1 minute.
Add garlic and ginger, mix and saute for 1 minute. Add onion and saute for 2-3 minutes.
Add sweet potato, green and yellow zucchini, mix and cook for 3-4 minutes.
Add tomato concasse and mix well. Add chickpeas and mix well. Add salt, curry powder and turmeric powder and mix well. Add 1 cup vegetable stock, mix, cover and cook for 3-4 minutes or till the vegetables are done.
Add lemon juice and mix well. Transfer into a serving bowl and serve hot with rice or chapatti or parantha or just by itself.

Butter Chicken

Prep: 56-60 minutes

Cook: 36-40 minutes

Method: Moderate

The popular butter chicken made healthier – try it out and you will never regret enjoying it

Take chicken in a bowl, add 1 tsp red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt and hung yogurt and mix well. Keep it in the refrigerator for ½ hour to marinate.
For the gravy heat 1 tsp olive oil in a deep non-stick pan, add cinnamon, cardamoms, bay leaves, cloves, garlic, onions, tomatoes, salt, remaining red chilli powder, remaining coriander powder, cashewnuts, walnuts, 2 cups water and cook till tomatoes are completely cooked. Take the pan off the heat and set aside to cool.
Transfer the mixture into a mixer jar and blend to a puree. Strain the puree into to the same pan and cook.
Heat remaining olive oil in another non-stick pan, add the marinated chicken and cook till done.
Add the chicken to the gravy and mix. Add dried fenugreek leaves and mix.
Heat coal on direct flame till red hot. Place it in a stainless steel katori, place the katori in the middle of the chicken dish and put 1 tsp butter on it. Cover the pan immediately to trap the smoke. Let it remaining thus for 5 minutes.
Remove the cover, add the remaining butter and mix lightly. Serve hot with naan or paranthe or tandoori roti.