CARROT HALWA

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             CARROT HALWA Healthy and Delicious Dessert    Easy 30 minutes Dessert 05 Servings   Carrot halwa is a rich, healthy and vibrant popular Indian dessert. It is one of the most searched Indian sweets on the internet. Carrot halwa with ice cream has became viral on recent times. Preparing this delicious dessert is simple and required just few ingredients. This classic healthy halwa provides you with plenty of vitamin A. You can also replace sugar with dates pulp and make it as a low-fat recipe.              INGREDIENTS Carrot – 1 kg (Grated) Ghee – 1/2 Cup Milk – 1 Cup Sugar – 1 Cup Unsweetened khoya – 1 Cup FOR TEMPERING Ghee – 1 Tbsp Broken cashews – 1/2 Cup             TIPS TO GET FLAWLESS CARROT HALWA 1. Using fresh and juicy carrot can help us to reduce the amount of sugar added. 2. You can use jaggery or brown sugar instead of refined sugar. 3. Use pres...
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CHICKEN KEEMA SAMOSA

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CHICKEN KEEMA SAMOSA 

A Popular Indian Appetizer 

 









Medium

60 minutes

Snack

05 Servings


 


Chicken keema samosas are a popular Indian street food that people enjoy as a snack or appetizer during ramadan. These samosas are crispy from outside encasing a delicious spicy filling , they are great starter to our house parties. This simple recipe is filled with mouthwatering minced chicken seasoned generously with common Indian spices. Chicken filling inside will surely tickle your taste buds, that you will crave it for more. Usually we used to have this with Nombu kanji and mint chutney during ramadan.  

 

 

 

 

 



  INGREDIENTS

Oil – 3 Tsp

Onion (Chopped) – 2 No's

Green chilli (Chopped) – 1 No

Ginger garlic paste – 1/2 Tsp

Chicken mince – 200 gms

Turmeric powder – 1/4 Tsp

Chilli powder –  1 ½ Tsp

Coriander powder – 1/2 Tsp

Garam masala powder – 1/2 Tsp

Cumin powder – 1/2 Tsp

Coriander leaves (Chopped) – Few

Salt – To taste

Flour paste – (2 Tbsp flour + 3 Tbsp water)

Samosa Patti


 





 

 

TIPS TO GET FLAWLESS CHICKEN KEEMA SAMOSA 

1. Let the chicken mince cook until the water gets dried up.

2. Saute well once after adding masalas to avoid any kind of burning in the pan.

3. Fresh coriander leaves adds up great flavour to the filling.

4. Carefully seperate the samosa pattis /Samosa sheets without breaking them. 

5. Seal the corners properly once after you are done with chicken filling to avoid any mess in oil. Also if you find any gap while folding use flour paste to seal it.

6. Fry the samosas in medium to low flame, in high flame the colour of the samosa changes but it will not fry and will not turn crisp.

 

 

                                                                                   

 

         

                INSTRUCTIONS

1.   For the chicken filling. Heat a pan with oil. Add in finely chopped onions, green chillies and saute them for 3 minutes.

2.   Add ginger garlic paste and saute. Once onions start turning pinkish brown.

3.  Add the chicken mince and fry on high flame for 3 - 4 mins till the colour changes and the water gets dried up.

4.   Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, cumin powder and salt.

5.   Saute everything well and cook for 5 minutes on medium flame until the raw smell goes off, check for chicken mince tenderness. 

6.   Finally add chopped coriander leaves and turn off the stove. Let the chicken filling cool completely. 

7.   Fold the samosa patti into a cone, fill it with 2 Tbsp of chicken filling and push it inside to fill uniformly.

8.  Use a brush or fingers to apply the flour paste at the other end of the wrap, Keep folding and seal the samosas.

9. Repeat the same for all samosas. Set aside on a plate.

10. Heat oil in a kadai on a medium flame. Drop the samosas one by one. Do not overcrowd the kadai. 

11.  Keep turning the samosas to fry them uniformly. Fry on medium to low flame for 5-6 minutes till it turns golden colour.

12. Remove the samosas from oil and arrange them on plates.

13.  Tada!!!Our scrumptious chicken mince samosas are ready to serve.

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