Chicken Sandwich - chicken in bread loaf

Posted on May 22, 2008
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Chicken sandwich is very easy to prepare at home and there are so many variations of sandwiches. There are innumerable type of chicken sandwiches you can prepare at home and they are so quick and easy to make . Going forward I will share quite a few sandwich recipes . But here is a one which many of you must have had in a sandwich shop but prepare at home and see how close it tastes like the one you ate out.

Last weekend we went down to Subway for lunch. We love the fresh sandwiches there and the choice we have to order with ingredients of our liking. Inspired by the great sandwich we had, I went on to try the following sandwich recipe at home , and surprisingly it tasted great and was so easy to prepare . So thought of sharing it here.

How long does it take to prepare this chicken sandwich ?

• Preparation time - 15 minutes
• Cooking time - 10 minutes
• and, it serves - 2

The ingredients you require to prepare this sandwich recipe are below . I would rather call this chicken sandwich as chicken in bread loaf.

1. Chicken (boneless) - 10-12 medium size pieces
2. Bread - 1 bread loaf (cut it into half for two), assuming the loafs are pretty long
3. All in one sauce ** - 1 tablespoon
4. Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
5. White oil - 1 teaspoon
6. Tomato - 1 medium
7. Onion - 1 small
8. Fresh lettuce leaves
9. Cheese slices - 2 pieces
10. Mayonnaise - 4 tablespoon
11. Salami - 4 slices. Try the salami of your choice. I tried chicken salami. I am sure trying out various salamis will add an added flavor and taste of your liking.

Here is the method to prepare this chicken sandwich recipe :

1. Marinate the boneless chicken pieces with ‘All in one sauce’ for 1 hour.
2. Heat the frying pan with 1 teaspoon white oil and add chicken.
3. Add one-fourth teaspoon salt and cook the chicken for a few minutes.
4. Cut the onion and tomato in circular slices.
5. Slit the bread loaf from the middle by the sides.
6. Put the layer of salamis (2 in each sandwich), cheese (i slice in each, cut in triangular shape from the corner), tomatoes, onions, lettuce and chicken pieces in the bread loafs.
7. Add about 2 tablespoon mayonnaise onto each sandwiches. Add black pepper.

**Note: If All in one sauce is not available with you, you may boil the chicken instead of marinating it.

Bhindi Posto - unique and easy bhindi recipe

Posted on May 20, 2008
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Bhindi posto is another variation of posto recipe. It is an unique posto recipe. Bhindi posto recipe is not so common Bengali posto recipe but try it once and I am sure you will love this. Bhindi posto is ‘dharos posto ‘ or you may call this ladies finger cooked in poppy seed paste . When you buy bhindi ensure that you buy ‘young’ bhindis (not pakka bhindia). Its easy to know which are good bhindis by just breaking the tip of it while buying. if the tip of the bhindi breaks you know its a good, young one.

Now back to our recipe. See how easy it is to cook this bhindi recipe.

• Preparation Time: 10 minutes
• Cooking Time: 25 minutes
• Serves: 2

Ingredients required for this bhindi recipe :

1. Bhindi - 250 gm
2. Posto paste (poppy seed paste) - 4 table spoon
3. Mustard oil - 7 table spoon
4. Salt - 1/3 teaspoon
5. Onion - 1 big size
6. Green chili - 4 pieces
7. Water - 5 table spoon

Method to cook bhindi posto :

1. Soak the poppy seeds in slightly warm water for 30 mins. Then drain the water and make a fine paste.
2. Cut the bhindis (ladies finger) into 1 inch pieces. Add a pinch of salt and mix well with the bhindi.
3. Cut the onion into fine slices and chop the green chilis.
4. Heat 6 table spoon of oil in a kadai and deep fry the bhindis till they are light brown.
5. Now take the bhindis and keep it on a absorbent kitchen towel (made of tissue like paper) to soak the extra oil.
6. Remove this oil and take some fresh oil and heat again in medium heat.
7. Add green chili, onion and fry for few minutes till the onions turn brownish.
8. Add the fried bhindi, posto paste, salt and water. Mix well.
9. When the water becoms totally dry add 1 teaspoon fresh mustard oil and mix thoroughly.
10. Serve with boiled rice pr paratha.

Aloo Posto

Posted on May 16, 2008
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Aloo posto is a favourite Bengali recipe. Believe it or not it is extremely easy to cook Aloo Posto . If you are not sure what aloo posto is - it is potato cooked in poppy seed paste . Try it. Its a delicasey.

First how quick it can be prepared:

• Preparation Time: 10 minutes
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients required for preparing aloo posto are :

• Medium sized aloo (potato) - 7 or 8 pieces
• Posto paste (Poppy seed paste) - 6 teaspoon
• Salt - 1/3 teaspoon
• Sugar - 1 teaspoon
• Green chili - 2 or 3 pieces
• Mustard oil - 4 tablespoon
• Garlic paste - 1/2 teaspoon
• Kalo jeera (kalonji) - 1/4 teaspoon
• Water - 1 cup

How to make aloo posto :

1. Boil the potato and cut them into small square pieces.
2. Make the posto bata - poppy seed paste - in a mixer
3. Add 3 table spoon oil in a kadai and heat it. Add kalonji, garlic paste and potato and mix well.
4. Add salt, sugar, green chili and water (as per above proportions) and stir well.
5. Cover with lid and let it sit on the flame for 5 minutes
6. Now add the posto bata - poppy seed paste.
7. Gently stir and see that the water dries up completely in the heat and you are left with the posto paste smeared on the potato cubes
8. Add 1 table spoon of mustard oil and stir well.
9. Aloo posto is best served with boiled rice . Granish with green chillies while you serve. Enjoy your meal.

Dim Posto (Egg Posto) - an easy bengali posto recipe

Posted on May 16, 2008
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Dim posto is a unique posto recipe. I first had it in my friends house and since then this has become a favourite of mine. For those who do not know what Dim posto is - it is Egg Posto or Egg cooked in poppy seed paste. We call posto as khuskhus in Hindi. Now let me quickly tell you how we can prepare this. Its easy and quick recipe to cook.

• Preparation Time - 10 mins
• Cooking Time - 25 mins
• Serves - 4

The ingredients you need to make this great Dim posto recipe are :

• Egg (Dim ) - 4 pieces
• Onion - 2 medium sized
• Mustard oil (sarso ki tel) - 5 table spoon
• Green chilly - 4 (It tastes well when its a bit spicy with the taste of green chili)
• Salt - 1/2 tea spoon
• Posto bata (Posto paste or Poppy seed paste) - 6 table spoon
• Water - 1/2 cup (small)

Now here we go how to prepare the Dim posto :

1. Hard boil the egg and peel the layer.
2. Cut the onions and green chillis in long thin stripes.
3. Heat 5 table spoon of oil in a kadai and add the eggs. Fry them lightly till they turn a little brownish.
4. Now in the kadai add posto paste, salt, the eggs and water. Cook on high heat for one to two minutes. Keep stirring all the time.
5. Keep stirring till the water is totally dry. Then add 1 tablespoon mustard oil and mix very well.
6. Serve with rice or even with roti.

Isn’t this a very easy to cook, simple recipe? Its not so quick as it takes about about half an hour but you know this is a very easy Bengali recipe to cook. This can be a great dish when guests come over as well. Generally the common posto dishes are aloo posto, jhinge posto, kopi posto … but this can be a surprisingly different one.

Hope you enjoy this unique recipe of egg cooked in poppy seed paste.

Utensils sparkle with use of tamarind

Posted on May 11, 2008
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Do you know a easy way to make your utensils sparkle? Like lemon you can also use tamarind to make the utensils sparkling clean.

While cleaning steel utensils rub them well with tamarind and wash well. Try it to see the sparkle coming out of your daily usage utensils.

Remove stain with lemon

Posted on May 6, 2008
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We sometimes get a stain on the steel or aluminum utensils from using them on a regular basis like the marks that come with regular cooking or the marks that come while making tea in a mug over a period of time. Often we see that we cannot remove the stain from the utensil with soap and water.

Lemon here comes to our rescue. Cut the lemon in half and rub the marks on the utensil with the lemon juice. Leave it for five minutes and then rinse with a scrub pad. Wash the utensil well in water and the stain would be gone.

Cheese capsicum toast

Posted on May 4, 2008
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A very easy way to prepare cheese capsicum toast. If you love the taste of cheese and capsicum you will love this. This is a nice easy recipe to have for breakfast or even have it as a snack in the evening.

• Serves : 2
• Preparation Time :   10 min
• Cooking Time      :     5 min

Cookware used :

1. Gas Oven
2. Frying Pan
3. Tawa

Ingredients :

1. Bread (4 slices)
2. Onion (1 - finely chopped)
3. Capsicum (1/2 - chopped)
4. Black pepper (1/2 tea spoon)
5. Cheese cubes (1/2 cup after grating)
6. Salt (1/4 tea spoon)
7. Butter (1/2 tea spoon)

Method :

1. Grate the onion, capsicum and cheese according to the proportions.
2. In a frying pan saute (lightly fry) the grated onion, capsicum, chilli with butter and salt for 3-4 mins.
3. Remove from heat and add the grated cheese
4. Spread the mixture evenly over the bread slices.
5. Place the bread slices in a tawa and leave it for 2 minutes on very low flame.
6. As the cheese melts in the heat the dish is ready for you to serve.

Rice recipe - easiest Basmati rice recipe

Posted on April 14, 2008
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I have often seen many people who hate cooking or not very comfortable with cooking, eat out after a day in office. Speaking to many I realize, that they do not like to eat out but have to do so either because they find cooking difficult or cumbersome or they feel too tired to cook. But believe me I will share the easy and quick rice recipes here in my blog which will allow you to cook your own food without spending much time in the kitchen. I intend to gradually post quite a few easy to cook rice recipes like Indian fried rice , my version of Chinese fried rice , pulao - a kind of Indian fried rice , and many more simple rice recipes.

But first, let me start today by posting the simplest rice recipe !! - the boiled rice - and the end to sticky rice. Basmati rice is the key to the recipe. Boil rice and make a dal or another dish and you are ready for your meal. Some fried potatoes and onion go great with rice and dal. Do not worry if you do not have a microwave. I list here the easiest way to cook great boiled rice which I hope encourages you to cook your own meal.

Here it goes:

• Serves : 4
• Preparation Time : 10 min
• Cooking Time : 10-15 min

Cookware used:

1. Gas Oven
2. Handi or any suitable utensil

Ingredients:

1. Basmati rice (2 cups)

Easy method to cook basmati rice (boiled rice recipe):

1. Wash and soak 2 cups of rice in water for atleast 10 minutes
2. Boil 2 litres water in a handi or any other utensil
3. Add the soaked rice in the hot water and let it boil for 8-10 mins.
4. Check if the rice has become semi-soft. Remember there are various types of rice and the time to become semi soft will vary
5. When you are satisfied that the rice is semi-soft, add half litre normal temperature water and let it drain well.
6. Serve hot with dal, vegetables or any other dish.

Mango shake with icecream

Posted on April 9, 2008
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If you love mango juice and the flavour of mango, try this soothing drink. Great drink for the summer and very easy to prepare.

• Serves : 4
• Preparation Time :    0 min
• Cooking Time       :    10 min

Cookware used :

1. Mixer

Ingredients :

1. Milk (3 cups)
2. Mango icecream (3 scoops)
3. Sugar (5 table spoon)
4. Ice cubes (4 cubes)

Method :

1. Put the milk, sugar, mango cream and ice cubes in proportions mentioned above
2. Operate the mixer for a minute or two
3. Serve chilled

Fresh Mango Juice

Posted on March 23, 2008
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One of the tastiest drink in summer is fresh mango juice. As the summer approaches the fruit shops get pilled up with so many different type of mangoes. If you are not sure which mango to choose ask the fruit vendor to give you mangoes which are most suited for preparing juice. However, you try making mango juice with various type of mangoes and see which you like most.

Here is an easy way to make fresh mango juice. This comes in handy if you have guests coming over in summer and goes well as a ‘welcome drink’.

• Serves : 2
• Preparation Time :    5 min
• Cooking Time       :    5 min

Cookware used :

1. Mixer

Ingredients :

1. Mango (1 large size)
2. Sugar (6 tablespoon)
3. Milk - cold (3 cups)

Method :

1. Peel the mango and put the mango plum in the mixer
2. Add sugar and operate the mixer for a minute
3. Add cold milk and operate the mixer for a minute or two
4. Juice is ready to serve

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