ByIANSlife Features

April 1, 2020 (IANSlife) Locked up in your home with absolutely nothing to do. Why not test your culinary skills? Top chefs and experts bring you healthy and easy home recipes. 

Paneer / Tofu Satay recipe by- Ashish Joshi, Executive Chef at Jaypee Siddharth 

 

Ingredients                                   

• Paneer / Tofu: 200gms
• Thai Red Curry Paste: 2tbsp
• Coconut Milk: 6tbs
• Fresh Red chilli: 2
• Oil: 30ml
• Lemon Grass : 1
• Lemon Leaf:  2
• Glangal: 1 small
• Coriander: 5gms
• Lemon:  1
• Salt:  To taste

 

Method

• Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl except the paneer / tofu.
• Cut the paneer / tofu inti ½ inch thick finger shape.
• Now put the ready mixture of step 1 over the paneer / tofu fingers and mix well. check for seasoning and let it marinate for 1 hour.
• Put the marinated fingers on individual stay stick or a long toothpick.
• Cook on a grill and baste with oil. When cooked remove from grill and serve hot on a sizzling plate along with peanut sauce.

 

Peanut sauce

Ingredients

·         Coconut milk: 1cup

·          Peanut : 1/4cup

·         Red curry paste:  1tbs

·         Lemon leaf: 02-03

·         Coriander: 5gms

·         Galangal: 2gms

·         Fresh red chilli: 2-03nos

·         Salt: To taste

 

Method

• Blend the above ingredients together till smooth.
• Heat the pan and put oil add the above paste into it and reduce it till it is a thick coating consistency.

Vegetable, Sprouts and Oats Cutlet recipe by Anuj Mathur, Chef de Cusine- Indian - Paatra Jaypee Greens Golf and Spa Resorts

 

 

 Ingredients

• Chopped carrots: 20gms
• Chopped beans: 20gms
• Green peas crushed: 20gms
• Home grown sprouts: 100gms
• Cottage cheese grated: 30gms
• Oats powder: 40gms
• Cumin: 5gms
• Ginger chopped: 5gms
• Green chill chopped: 5gms
• Salt: as required
• Hing: as required
• Peanut oil: for shallow fry/20ml
• Fresh coriander chopped: few sprigs

 

Method

• In a pan put peanut oil. Add cumin, Ginger, Green chillies, hing and Sauté well
• Add carrot, beans, peas and sauté well till tender.
• Add Turmeric, sauté and remove from flame and cool it in a plate.
• Mix together mixture, cottage cheese, oats powder and salt and chopped coriander.
• Divide in small portions as desired and give shape, dust with oats powder.
• In frying pan shallow fry cutlets with peanut oil till golden brown from both sides and become crisp.
• Serve with mint chutney, tomato ketchup.

 

Pair these delicious dishes with some exotic cocktail, which are easy to make at home. Expert from Grey Goose India -- world's first super-premium vodka from France – shares recipes.

Grapefruit Caipiroska

 

Ingredients

• Grey Goose Original: 50mls
• Pink grapefruit wedges: 4
• 1 bar spoon on caster

 

Method

• Shake with cubed ice, and pour into old fashioned glass, garnish with slice of grapefruit

 

Grey Goose Le Fizz

 

Ingredients

• Grey Goose Original: 45ml
• Elderflower syrup: 15 ml
• Freshly squeezed lime juice: 20 ml
• Chilled soda water: 75ml

 

Method

• Shake all ingredients with cubed ice, double strain into a flute. Top with soda

 

Cape Fizz

 

Ingredients

• Grey Goose Original: 50mls  
• Soda water: 50mls
• Cranberry Juice: 50mls
• Simple Syrup: 5mls
• Lime Juice: 10mls

 

Method

• Build in a highball with cubed ice. Garnish with a lime wedge

 

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