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Chicken roast

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 This dish gets me drooling even just thinking about it. 😏 Ingredients Chicken-1kg (small cut pcs) Pepper-1 tbs Turmeric-1tsp Garam Masala-3tsp Cardamom powder-1/2tsp Coriander powder-2tsp Lemon juice-1/2 tbs Salt- to taste Onions- 4 medium (sliced) Ginger-1tbs Garlic-1tbs Green chili-1 (chopped) Tomatoes-2 (chopped) Curry leaves-1 stem Coconut oil-2 tbs Directions: In a kadai, heat oil, sauté the onions till translucent. Add ginger, garlic and chilly. Sauté for few minutes. On low heat add turmeric,coriander, garam masala, cardamom, pepper and sauté. Then add the chopped tomatoes. Sauté for few minutes, cover with a lid and cook till tomatoes becomes mashed up. Now add chicken to this and coat it with masala. Transfer this to a pressure cooker and cook with just 2 tbs of water for one or two whistles. After cooking transfer this again to the kadai and keep stirring on high flame till the water is almost evaporated.  To this add 1t...

Potato Gratin

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I wanted to try baking something new, with the things I had on hand, and needs fewer ingredients. This is a French recipe, where sliced potatoes are baked in cream and milk. I've got to admit, I was skeptical at first, but after taking a bite of it, I decided to add it to my recipe list.  Ingredients: Potato-5-6 Milk- 500ml Amul cream-100gms Cheddar cheese-200gms   Garlic-3 small cloves(crushed) Butter-60gms Flour-2tbs Nutmeg-1/2 tsp(powdered) Parsley-1 tsp Directions: Peel the potatoes and thinly slice them. Boil this till its tender and soft. In a saucepan, melt the butter. Add the flour till a paste is formed. Slowly add milk and cream. Bring it to boil, switch off the flame Add thyme, crushed garlic, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Grease the baking dish and layer it with potato slices and pour half of the white sauce then layer the rest of the potato and pour the rest of the sauce. In Preheated oven, bake for 30 mins at 230 degree Celsius Top ...