There might be endless dishes and cuisine options on a menu, but sometimes all you need is homely Indian food – chicken, dal, paneer, and maybe a chilled glass of lemonade or aam panna or sip along. If you too have been craving for such food, then we have your covered. These mouth-watering and easy-to-make recipes by Vinod Sirohi, head chef at Garam Dharam, Noida will leave you craving for more. And don't forget to try the tangy aam panna - we are sure you will not be able to stop at just one glass! Murgh Kali Mirch Preparation Time: 15-20 minutes Ingredients: 280g - Chicken thigh (boneless) ½ cup - Cooking cream ½ cup - Fresh milk 50g - Yoghurt 30g - Amul processed cheese 1tbsp – Cardamom 5g – Coriander 1tbsp – Lemon juice 1tbsp – Ginger garlic paste 2 – Green chillies 1tbsp – Black pepper (crushed) Salt (to taste) Method: *Take the chicken and wash it thoroughly. Cut it into six pieces. *Put the chicken pieces in a bowl and add ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice, salt, crushed pepper, green chilly, coriander leaves and mix it. Leave it to marinate for 5 minutes. *Now, blend Amul processed cheese, cream, milk, cardamom powder, crushed pepper in a blender. Add the marinated chicken to this mix. *Put the pieces in a skewer and bake it in clay oven for 10 minutes. *Garnish it with coriander leaves, ring onions and serve with mint chutney. Vegetable Seekh Kebab Preparation Time: 15-20 minutes Ingredients: 150g - Cauliflower 50g - Beans 50g - Carrot 50g - Potato 3 - Green Chilly 2 leaves - Coriander 2tbsp - Roasted Channa Powder 1tbsp - Shahi Jeera 2tbsp - Desi Ghee 1tbsp - Yellow Chilly Powder Salt (to taste) 5g - Cashew nut Method: *Cut the vegetables in small pieces and boil them. *Sauté the vegetables in oil, and add shahi jeera, chopped green chilly, chopped ginger, roasted chana powder, coriander roots, and mince them together. *Place the mixture in skewers and bake them in a clay oven for 7-8 minutes. *Cut them into 4 pieces. *Garnish them with chopped coriander and butter cream and serve with mint chutney. Paneer Tikka Butter Masala Preparation Time: 15-20 minutes Ingredients: 180g - Cottage cheese 1/2cup - Tomato puree 1/2cup - Cashew nut 100g - Onion 1tbsp - Red chilly powder Salt (to taste) 1tbsp - Dhaniya powder 1tbsp - Kitchen king 100g - Cooking oil 50g – Butter 2tbsp - Cream 2 - Green chilly 2tbsp – Ginger-garlic paste 2 leaves – Coriander Method: *Cut cottage cheese into six pieces and sauté them in a frying pan. *In a pan, add oil, ginger garlic paste, green chilly, onion, tomato puree, cashew paste, red chilly powder, dhaniya powder, Kitchen King, salt, cream and butter. Cook for seven minutes. *Add cottage cheese pieces to the mix, add salt, and mix well. *Garnish it with coriander leaves, butter, cream and green chillies. Aam Panna Preparation Time: 15-20 minutes Ingredients: 60ml - Aam panna syrup 15ml - Lemon juice 8 - Mint sprigs Jeera roasted (to taste) Rock salt (to taste) Chaat masala (to taste) 100g - Crushed ice Soda (top up) Method *Take aam panna syrup in a blender, and add ice cubes, some lemon juice, mint , jeera, rock salt, chaat masala and blend it. Top it up with soda. *Pour it in a tembler glass and garnish it with mint.
