butter chicken

This is a personal recipe I use, well its actually my mom's. It's  lovely, quick and easy. Perfect for students, boyfriends and just about anyone to whip up. Quick to make but it tastes delicious as if you've been in the kitchen for hours!

ingredients:
400g chicken fillet (sliced into blocks)
1 tsp heaped garlic
1 tsp jeera (cumin)
2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
1 small tin tomato paste
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 tbsp chili sauce
1 tub fresh cream
dhanya

method:
mix a paste with the garlic, jeera, chili powder and salt to rub onto the chicken fillet. When the pot is hot, put a blob of butter and add the spiced chicken. Add tomato paste after the chicken has cooked for 5 min, cook on slow. Add water and put lid on the pot. After a few minutes add the chili sauce, fresh cream and dhanya.

serve with garlic naan

nachos mexicana

This is a recipe I use myself whenever I'm craving avocado, big corn bites or something Mexican. I made this recipe for 20 of my family members on Friday night as a starter and already my cousin has phoned me for the recipe! So its definitely yummy!


Guacamole
ingredients:

2 avocados - peeled, pitted, and mashed

 lemon juice

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup diced onion

2 roma (plum) tomatoes, diced

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1 pinch ground cayenne pepper

method:

In a medium bowl, mash together the avocados, lemon juice (so that the avo doesn't go brown), and salt. Mix in onion, tomatoes, and garlic. Stir in cayenne pepper. Refrigerate 1 hour for best flavor.

Salsa

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/fresh_tomato_salsa/

ingredients:

2-3 medium sized fresh tomatoes

1/2 onion, finely diced

1 chopped green chili

Juice of one lime

1/2 cup chopped cilantro (coriander)

Salt and pepper to taste

Optional: oregano and or cumin to taste     

method:

Chop the tomatoes, onions, chili and coriander and add to a medium bowl. Add lime juice (I prefer using lemon juice). Then salt and pepper to taste as well as oregano and cumin (jeera). Mix all together.

Putting it all together

Instead of using nacho chips I prefer to use Big Corn Bites chips (bbq flavour). Place that in a dish that you want to serve it in and that is oven-friendly. Then grate cheese on top of the chips and grill it in the oven. Next, spread the guacamole on top of the melted cheese. The salsa goes on top of the guacamole and then sour cream or cream fraiche.

From bottom to top:

chips/nachos

cheese

guacamole

salsa

sour cream/ cream fraiche