Wednesday, May 19, 2010

9 month old and cooking

I had started this site few months back, but didnt get a chance of penning my thoughts/ ideas. But hey, there is always a start to everything!! With a 9 month old baby boy, its fun to explore varied items in the kitchen. While he explores the world around him, I decided to try different cuisines and different veggies in the market! So far I have been lucky to have dished something edible! I will surely add more recipes of the tried and tested dishes to the site soon.
The past weekend we had family visiting us and my hubby an ardent non-veggie wants everything spicy with a wow factor! Minced goat/ Kheema was one of the items that night. I asked a friend and they gave me their version and I adapted it into the version I had in mind. Turned out a success- hubby is still savoring it!

Kheema/ minced goat- 2 pounds
Onions - 2 medium sized (1 sliced)
Jeera- 3 tsp
Green chillies- 9-10 (to incorporate the spicy levels of the hubby)
Tomatoes - 2 medium sized (pureed)
Turmeric- 2 tsp
Red chilli powder- 3 tbsps
Pepper powder- 2 tsps
Garam masala- 4 tbsps
Ginger garlic paste- 4 tbsps
Sour cream- 2 tbsps
Salt- to taste

Make a paste of 1 onion, 5 green chillies, 1/2 the ginger- garlic paste, 1 tbsp garam masala and salt. Wash the kheema properly, add turmeric and the above mentioned paste. Put it in a baking pan and pop it in the oven at 350 deg F for about 20 mins. Thanks to my friend for this part... it really lets the kheema take in all the flavor of the spices.

In a pan, heat oil, add jeera, sliced onions and cook till they turn light brown. Add the ginger-garlic paste, pureed tomatoes and all the remaining dry powders. Cook on high flame for 1 minute and then reduce the flame. Let the tomatoes with the spices leave the sides of the pan. Add a little water and let it simmer. Add the kheema with the spices (baked) to the pan and add a little water. Let this simmer for atleast 10 mins. Garnish with coriander/ cilantro.
Serve hot with rotis/ rice/ buns.
Note: You can add green peas to this dish, just to add color.

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