Simple Cooking

A collection of recipes from anywhere and everywhere.

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I am an Indian, born in Calcutta and raised and educated mostly in Delhi. I have travelled and lived a fair bit around the world and continue to live outside India currently. Cooking is a passion. I find it therapeutic and its my own private world. I cook, I eat, therefore I am!

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The blog is of food that I cook. Some of the recipes are my own but the majority are collected from various sources - my mother's and sister's recipes, scoured from the web, pestered from relatives, begged from restaurant chefs where I have eaten, shared by friends...and so on. But all of them, I have cooked myself, at least once.

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Recipe for Chicken Salad

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Very simple and in minutes ready salad. Now dont go nuts about the poached chicken part. Poched chicken is basically boiled chicken but it is boiled in just enough water to submerge and for the flavour, you can either simply add stock cubes or herbs or just salt or if you like it basic, just keep it plain water. But having a flavour always helps. Once the water boils, reduce the heat and let it just heat without bubbling over for about 10 minutes. After that keep the chicken in the water for 10-15 minutes to cool down and soak in the water and its flavours. The rest is below.


This is what you need:

1/2 kilo poached chicken breast
1 celery stalk, chopped
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
roughly shredded lettuce leaves

This is how to make it:

Cut chicken into 1/2 cubes. Mix celery, lettuce, mayonnaise, mustard, and parsley in a bowl. Add chicken; toss to coat. Done!

Recipe for Mutton Burger Patties

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Okie Doks.

This is an easy one and and you really need to get dirty with it. You have use your hands to mix the mince meat with all the other ingredients. I can tell you one thing for sure, if you want to cook, you need to use your bare hands. Dont go by the belief that you can cook without using your hands, there's no fun in that. Get your hands working and get the feel of the food that you are going to eat. Of course, wash your hands please and guys...please...wash your hands before you enter the kitchen after popping into the loo no matter what you were doing there!

Puuhhleeezze!


This is what you need:

1/2 kilo ground mutton ( you can use chicken or beef, if you like and these can be the round one or the more long type ones too)
1 green onion chopped
1/2 cup chopped fresh spinach (frozen ones will save you the trouble)
1/4 cup chopped tomato
1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh dill or 3/4 teaspoon dried ( go for the dried ones to save time)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

This is how it is cooked

Combine ground beef, green onion, spinach, tomato, feta, dill, salt and pepper. Form into 2 patties. Grill or pan-fry over medium-high heat for 6 minutes on each side for medium doneness.

Have it with the bun or even without it.

Recipe for Vegetable Stew

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This is a meal by itself. You can have it with any bread or even on its own.
Again, you can add whatever vegetables suits your style. The more colourful the veggies, the better it looks!
Its healthy and you can tell your girlfriend, how careful you are about what you eat. Can't say if that will take you places though but good luck!
What you need -
225g Tin Chopped Tomatoes (2 medium fresh tomatoes will of course do even better)
225g Mushrooms 225g (8oz)
Green Beans 235ml (8floz)
2 cubes Vegetable Stock
2 Onions 2 Carrots
2 Red Peppers
2 Celery Sticks
1-2 Garlic Cloves
1 Courgette (optional - I wasnt too happy with it but my wife loved it)
1 tbsp Tomato Puree
1-2 tsp Worcestershire or Soy Sauce (Worcestershire sauce is a somewhat acquired taste for non-Europeans, so the Soy Sauce is a good substitute for others)
1 tsp Chilli Flakes (or slit chillies for some punch)
1tsp Sugar
1tbsp Oil
Salt and Pepper, to taste

How it is done-
Peel and slice the onions and carrots. Brush and slice the mushrooms into quarters. Remove the 'strings' from the beans and cut into bite sized pieces. Quarter the peppers, remove the seeds and pith (the central whitish part), then slice Wash and chop the celery. Wash and slice the courgette. Finely chop or crush the garlic. Place some oil into a large saucepan and gently fry the onions until transparent. Add the garlic, mushrooms, carrots, beans, pepper, celery and courgette. Breathe in deep -Aroma! Aroma!. Not essential but would do your ego well!!!
Continue cooking for a few minutes. Add the tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, salt, whole pepper, chilli flakes (if used) and season to taste. Now add 4 cups of water and the stock. Stir well and bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked.
Serves: 4-6 (you can halve the amounts to make it for a smaller portion)
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