Currydog

 

If you are wondering what snack to pack off to lunch today, here is a recipe for a spicy treat! Although it is fairly simple to make, you could make it the night before and store in the fridge and pack it of to work in the morning. 

In Srilanka there is a famous eat out franchise which makes wonderful curried hotdogs and its called.. Elephant House. So next time you pop into Srilanka for a holiday don't forget to try the Elephant House hotdogs ;)! 

Filling for 2 hotdogs:
1 large onion -finely chopped

1/2 tsp chilli powder 

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp coriander powder

..or u can use srilankan curry powder which should available at any food store

2 stem curry leaves
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp lime juice

Few corrander leaves -chopped
Salt to taste

Hotdog bread

cooked sausage (frankfooter sauages/keels hotdog sausages) 




To Make:
- Grill or stir fry the Sausages and leave aside.
- Stir fry in a hot pan ..onions in oil. add salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander and garam masala powder. 

- Add curry leaves, lime juice and stir until the onions are semi-transparent.

- Take the pan off the heat and add the coriander leaves and stir again. 

- Cut the hotdog bread through the center.

- Place the cooked sausage. 

- Spread some of the Curry relish along the bread

- Place the sausage in the bread and then top it with some more curry relish again.

- Serve on plate

 This is a great snack to enjoy your friends and family :)!

Chillidog

 

I get this nostalgic feeling of the days my Amma (mom) used to pack delicious hotdogs into my school lunch box. When it was time for lunch break, I used to rush to the back of my classroom and enjoy the hotdogs all by myself. I know, pretty selfish of me but it was too yummy to share.

I managed to replicate that very same recipe of my mother's hotdogs and I call it - Chillidog! 

I do make these quite often as it is easy to make and I am very fond of it. I used salad leaves in this recipe to my taste, but you could omit it and make just the chillidog and the chilli-onion relish instead.  

Filling for 2 hotdogs:
1 large onion - chopped slices

2 table spoon Hot& Sweet chilli sauce (Maggie's Hot& Sweet chilli Sauce)

1/4 tsp chilli powder (or hot chilli sauce)

1/2 tsp garlic paste

salt to taste

Hotdog bread

Set of six medium sized sausages (frankfurter sausages/keels hotdog sausages) 

Salad leaves for garnish (optional)

To Make:
- Grill or stir fry the Sausages and leave aside.
- In a hot pan, add oil and stir fry onions. 

- Add garlic paste, chilli powder(or hot chilli sauce), salt to taste. 

- Add the hot and sweet-chilli sauce.

- Stir until the onions are semi-transparent.

- Cut the hotdog bread through the center.

- Place the salad leaves in the bread.

- Spread some of the chilli onion relish over it.

- Place the sausage in the bread and then top it with some more chilli onion relish again.

- Serve on plate

 This is a great snack to enjoy your friends and family :)!

Jerk Chicken Burger

 Hungry as a horse? Try out my Jerk Chicken Burger! 

Ingredients:

- 2 burger buns (toasted)
- 1 medium sized onion (sliced in circular pattern)
- 1 large tomato (sliced in circular pattern)
- 1 medium sized cucumber (sliced in circular pattern)
- 1 medium bell pepper (sliced in circular pattern)
- slices of mozzarella cheese
- 2 medium sized chicken breast (washed and flattened)
- pinch of chilli powder
- salt and pepper to taste
 

 

Valentine-Chilli Chocolate Fudge Cake

Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich

  

For 2 Sandwich Filling:

1 boneless chicken breast

1/2 tsp ginger-garlic paste

1/4 cup teriyaki sauce ( available at any food store)

1 medium onion -chopped into ring-shaped slices

1 tsp brown sugar/ jaggery

1 Tbsp sesame oil

1 Tbsp rice wine (optional)

2 Tbsp cold water

Few Salad leaves for dressing

1 tsp butter to spread

oil for cooking

To Make the Sandwich:

- Stir fry onions slightly for 10 seconds

- Combine this with ginger-garlic paste, teriyaki sauce, rice wine and brown sugar.

- Add the water and bring to boil and then simmer.

- Stir fry the chicken in this sauce until cooked. 

- Cut the chicken into strips 

- Cut the burger bread in half.

- Apply butter and toast the burger bread in a grill.

- On one half of the bread, place the salad leaves.

- Place the teriyaki chicken strips stir-fry over this.

- If you want it more spicer, garnish with more slices of jalapeno pepper on top of the chicken
  strips like I did.

- Glaze rest of the saucy teriyaki mixture over the chicken.
- Place the other toasted half of bread ontop. (You could add more salad leaves)

- Poke a toothpick through the center to hold the sandwich in place.

- Serve on plate with salad on the side.

Enjoy! :)!

Iddly with Tomato Chutney

Sweetchilli Chicken Sandwich

Fast foooooood ..yet spicy and yummy. I have done several types of sandwiches and I blogged in my favourite ones. This is one of them. It would not take any more than 5mins of your time (if you have everything ready).  For VEGANs they could use a vegan alternative (Tofu or Paneer or Quorn) instead of chicken and still enjoy this great snack.

For 2 Sandwich Filling:

1 Chicken breast, Washed and sliced lengthwise

1/2 large onion slices

1/2 Jalapeno pepper sliced finely

1/2 tsp garlic paste

1 tsp sesame oil (or sunflower oil)

2 tablespoon Sweet chilli Sauce

Few Salad leaves for dressing

1 tsp butter to spread

To Make the Sandwich:

- Stir fry onions in sesame oil

- Add garlic paste, onions jalapeno pepper and salt to taste.

- Stir for 1min and now add the chicken. Stir till cooked

- Add sweetchilli sauce and blend well with the chicken. (pour 2 Tbspn of water if you like it saucy)

- Cut the burger bread in half.

- Apply butter and toast the burger bread in a grill.

- On one half of the bread, place the salad leaves and apply the sweet chilly chicken stir-fry on
   top.

- If you want it more spicer, garnish with more slices of jalapeno pepper on top like I did.

- Squeeze some sweet chilli sauce and place the other toasted half of bread on top. (You could 
  add more salad leaves)

- Poke a toothpick through the center to hold the sandwich in place.

- Serve on plate with salad on the side.

Enjoy! :)!

 

Jaggery Puttu

Italian Chicken Toast

Seetha's Chunky Monkey Cake

Roast Chicken Toast

Cocktail - Fire

Sichwan Style Sweet & Sour Prawn

Initially, this was my attempt at Ching He Huang's sweet and sour prawn recipe. Since I did not have some of the ingredients with me, I had to improvise with what I had in stock. However, it did turn out good and tasted just like the sweet and sour prawn take-outs my cousin Neetha and I used to have from one of our favorite Srilankan Chinese restaurants. So, this one is for you couz!

Ingredients:

- 200g Prawn washed and deviened

For marinating:

- 1/2 tsp Paprika powder

- 1 tsp vinegar/ lime juice

- salt to taste

Marinate the prawns with the above ingredients. Leave aside for 5mins.

Deep fry in groundnut oil/ sunflower oil. (Fry for one min only so that the prawn retains bit of  its soft texture)

Place aside on plate

For sweet and sour sauce

- 2 Tsp ground nut oil ( I used sunflower oil and added grounded peanut in the wok)

- 5 shallots chopped in half

- 2 tsp Sichwan peppercorns

- 2 tsp ginger garlic paste

- 1 tsp of lime

- 1 jalapeno pepper(chilli) or 2 green chillies chopped finely

- 5 Tbsp Ketchup mixed in 200ml of water and 1tsp of cornflour (this is to thicken the sauce)

- 1 cube of jaggery or you can use 1 Tsp brown sugar

- salt to taste 

 For Garnish

- 2 spring onions chopped finely 

- few leaves of coriander chopped

Wok on and oil in. 

Add sichwan peppercorns, ginger-garlic paste, onions, green chillies and stir fry for a minute

Add the jaggery and stir until it melts

Add salt to taste

Add the ketchup mixture

Add the lime juice

Stir for 2mins

Take it off the flame

Pour this sauce on top of the fried prawns.

Garnish with spring onions & coriander

And so, there you have it. Sichwan style sweet and sour Prawns. 

Enjoy!  

Seetha's Pancakes

Jacket Potato with Stuffed Tuna

Seetha's Chicken Tandoori

Ginger Chilli Chicken

Italian Chicken Parmesan with Marinara Sauce

Italian Bread crumb Chicken

Belgian Chocolate-Chip Mint Cookies

Every time I read out the words 'Belgian Chocolate' my mouth drools and I crave for it so bad till I make some for myself. I thought I was on a diet but I just could not resist these scrumptious little Chocolate Chip Mint Cookies. I would say.. Try it to believe it!

For those who have made cookies before this would be the basic ingredients except for that extra bit of love for Belgian chocolate and Mint. My special thanks to my cooking ideal Nigella Lawson for the original recipe, however I did improvise it to my taste.

Ingredients for Cookie dough:

150g butter - melted

150g jaggery (light brown sugar) - granulated

1 tsp vaniilla extract

1 egg

150g flour - sieved

25g cocoa powder

1/2 tsp baking powder

250g Belgian chocolate- broken into chips (or any chocolate chips)

3 mini packets of Belgian chocolate-mint flavor powder

1/4 tsp peppermint extract (Natural peppermint Extract)

Preheat Oven to 180*C

Mix in the butter and jaggery

Beat in the egg and vanilla extract, peppermint extract (I like it more minty hence I added this. You may omit it and use it when making the glazing)

(You could use the mixing blender for ease)

Blend in the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder a spoon at a time into the cream mixture.

Now fold in the chocolate chips into this mix.

Butter up a baking tray or use a butter paper to cover the inner part of the tray.

Place small scoop balls of this cookie batter on the tray using a spoon or ice-cream scoop. Do not worry of the shape. Make sure there is 2 inch gap between each scoop as it can melt a bit and flatten out as it bakes.

Bake in the oven for 10 - 12mins. (Make sure the chocolate chip does not melt..you can reduce the bake time)

Then take it out of the oven and leave it on the tray to cool for few minutes.

For Glazing

75g icing sugar

15ml cocoa powder -sieved

30ml boiling water

1/4 tsp peppermint extract

Mix all these ingredients until well combined. 
Serve on to a plate and drizzle in the Peppermint Glazing on top ;)!

Now sit back.. Relax .. and take a bite of this mouth-watering delite which just melts in your 
 mouth! To all my cookie and chocolate lovers out there.. don't miss out on this delicacy!