Sol Kadhi

It’s my birthday today and I would have really liked to create a fab Malvani fare. However, with all the nausea that is not happening. So I decided to make just a part of it – Sol Kadhi

Ingredients:-

1 cup kokam

1.5 cups water (hot)

1 green chilli cut into half

1 tsp asafoetida (hing)

2 tsp sugar

0.5 cup coconut cream

2 tbsp corriander leaves

Process:

Grind the kokam and the green chilli together. Mix It with the hot water and cover it. Let it rest till the water completely cools down. Now strain the mixture and add the other ingredients. Mix well and let it cool in the fridge. Now taste and adjust the thickness of the kadhi.

 

 

Kebabs all the way

I was using the weight watchers approach for quite sometime and it brought me success. The problem with that is, you have to use portion control. If I had that kind of control on my food habits I would not be at weight watchers. If I am allowed to eat everything that is tasty, chances are I am going to slip. And if you are wondering I did slip. I went right up to 70 kg and then I got onto the ‘excuse’ bandwagon and climbed back up to 78 kg. So now I am planning to go with the same approach but make a few changes. Nobody eats carbs at night. So if I haven’t cooked em I wont eat em.

This brings me to the dish of the day ‘Chicken kebab’. You could most easily substitute the chicken and use prawns, salmon or cottage cheese. You could also use all of these and present it as a Kebab platter for one of your parties.

What you will need:

Chicken pieces fat removed. I prefer the boneless kind

Low fat yogurt

Lemon juice

olive oil

The spices:

dry mango powder

garam masala

turmeric

chilli powder

coriander powder

ginger-garlic paste

salt

coriander leaves for garnishing

Once you have washed the chicken pieces add the lemon juice and leave the chicken in it for 15 minutes. Wash the chicken and add all the other ingredients to the chicken and let it marinate for at least 20 min but a couple of hours or overnight would do no harm either.Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.

Sprinkle some oil on the chicken, remember not generously, we are trying to lose weight here and put them on the skewers and set it in the oven for about 20 minutes. Turn them once after 10 minutes and your dinner is ready.

I am going to have this with a salad tossed in lemon juice and salt. If you still feel hungry there is always the clear vegetable soup to go with it. If you don’t have the recipe you just have to wait for it.

Tip for the kitchen idiots: if you are using wooden skewers please soak them in water for 10 minutes.