
How to make Butter Chicken - Murgh Makhani
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Butter Chicken Recipe Video (Indian Murgh Makhani)
Naan Bread Recipe (How to make naan bread)
Chefs naan bread recipe is simple to bake and taste fantastic with any curry or daal recipe.
You can use plain all purpose flour or white spelt flour - both turn out delicious.
Like wise you can use most milks with this recipe and which ever choice of yogurt you like - in other words it can be milk yogurt or soya yogurt by choice not (flavoured yogurts).
This naan bread recipe takes less than 10 minutes to bake in the oven sometimes 5 minutes if the oven is very hot.
There is something really satisfying about baking fresh naan breads, they are easy to make and because you eat them fresh and warm from the oven you feel like a real homemaker.
Why not taste Chef Jeenas tasty naan breads for yourself next time you cook a delicious curry recipe?
Ingredients for Naan Bread Recipe
2 large cups Plain Flour
3 Tbsp Fresh Yogurt
1 Sachet Instant Yeast (7g)
1 Tbsp Oil
1 tsp Salt
1 + 1/2 tsp Sugar
1/4 cup Milk
drop Hot Water
Picture of how easy the freshly baked naan bread tears in half to reveal a soft bread pocket inside.
How to make Naan Bread
Mix all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Make a little well in the centre of the dry mixture and add the oil and yogurt - do not mix yet.
Take the milk and very carefully pour in tiny drops of hot water until the milk is tepid (warm not hot).
Add the milk little by little into the flour mixture until you get a dough - knead very well.
The thinner you roll out the bread dough the quicker it will cook.
Try wrapping the naan breads in a clean tea towel or tin foil to keep warm for your meal.
You can serve plain or with a knob of butter/margarine.
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Sweet Yellow Daal/ Dhal Recipe
Do not let the name of this recipe deceive you into thinking that it is a pudding or sweet sugar filled daal.
The reason that I call this dal recipe my 'sweet' yellow daal is due to my method of cooking. I gently fry a combination of carrot, swede, parsnip and onion - then with a few more added ingredients I pour tiny amounts of water into the pan - this is just to cook the vegetables not to stew them - I only add more tiny drops of water when the vegetables look to be drying out. The result is a delicious dish of naturally sweet vegetables that tastes so intensely sweet that you would think that I had added sugar to the recipe.
I only use a small amount of my mild curry powder and lots of garlic to season and spice this daal recipe. It is a very very mild dish indeed as far a spices are concerned but the flavours are absolutely fantastic.
If you like, fresh or dried chillies can be added this dish for some heat if desired, but you really must try it mild first ....that is unless you are chilli mad!
My dal recipe is fully vegan and gluten free.
This recipe is very healthy for you as lentils, swedes, parsnips, carrots , onions and garlic have multiple vitamins, minerals and fibre that help your body function correctly.
The sweetness of my red lentil daal does not clash with the savoury factor of this dish because it is all so natural with no added sugars or flavourings.
Once you taste this amazing meal you will be making again and again.
1 Cup Red lentils
1 Large Carrot (chopped small)
1 Large Parsnip (chopped small)
1/4 Swede (chopped small)
1 Small onion (diced)
1 Garlic cloves (minced)
dried Coriander leaves (large pinch)
1 large tsp Chef Jeenas Mild curry powder
Tiny pinch Ginger powder
Salt to season
Water
Rice bran oil
See the sweet vegetables in only a tiny amoung of water.
How to cook a Sweet Yellow Daal
Bring to the boil in lightly salted water and simmer for 25 minutes or until the lentils are cooked.
Simmer on a low heat and stir very often until the vegetables are cooked to a soft texture.
Do not pour water over the vegetables - just add tiny amounts of water to the vegetables as and when you need it to stop the vegetables drying out and burning.
Do not turn the vegetables into a stew by adding too much water or else it will ruin the dish.
Add the red lentils to the cooked vegetables stir well and check if it needs more salt to taste.
We ate ours with buckwheat pasta spirals.
Enjoy.
Vegetarian Chicken Curry Recipe with Video
Being a vegetarian does not mean that you cannot enjoy a good chicken curry.
Using meat-free quorn chicken in vegetarian recipes can be just as tasty as the real thing if cooked correctly with the right ingredients.
Chefs vegetarian Quorn chicken curry recipe is very delicious and easy to cook.
To see the step-by-step video recipe to my tasty veggie chicken curry just click on the video window at the bottom of this recipe or see the link here vegetarian chicken curry video recipe
I Pack of Meat-free Quorn chicken
1/2 Onion (chopped)
2-3 Handfuls Spinach
1 Large Mushroom (chunks)
1-2 Garlic Cloves (chopped)
2 Inch Fresh Ginger (diced)
1 Large Tbsp Tomato Puree
1 tsp Cumin Powder
1 tsp Coriander Powder
1 tsp Cayenne Pepper
1/2 tsp Yellow Mustard Seeds
1/2 tsp Kalonji Seeds
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
1 tsp Turmeric
Pinch Salt (optional)
Cold Water
Rapeseed Oil
Picture of freshly chopped large flat mushrooms.
How to make a vegetarian Quorn chicken curry recipe
You can add a few drops of cold water to help blending it into a paste.
Add the turmeric and onion paste and fry for 4-5 minutes stiring always.
Add the meat-free chicken pieces fry for a few minutes in the paste coating all of the chicken pieces.
After 5 minutes add cumin powder, coriander powder, tomato puree and mushrooms, stir well.
Add a pinch of salt if desired.
Spinach takes very little time to cook so as soon as the spinach wilts add some fresh coriander leaves.
Serve with roti, rice, naan bread and yogurt.
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