girls night in: eating light

Last night. my girlfriends and me decided to hold a spa night. We decided to do facials, watch old movie and eat our favourite snacks all night.

Here’s the snack I contributed. Its simple, and super tasty.

Its called chicken nuggets with hung curd dip.

Ingredients

•  500 grams pack of Keells chicken nuggets
• For dip
  Curd————1 medium bowl
  Onion———–1 medium finely chopped
  Capsicum——–1 finely chopped
  Green chillies–1-2
  Garlic———-4-5 pods ground
  Lemon juice—–1 tbsp
  Salt and pepper to taste
  METHOD:-
  Hang curd in muslin cloth till water drains off.
  Grate/grind garlic to extract juice.
  In a big bowl add garlic to the hung curd and mix well.
  Add chopped onion,capsicum,green chillies,salt and pepper to the curd and mix well.
  Sprinkle the lemon juice and mix

 

Do it Sasha style…

Shallow fry chicken nuggets until golden brown. Serve with dip made above.

Serves four.

Lasagna meal over the weekend.

This weekend, instead of simply taking it as a holiday and sleeping in, I decided to celebrate the birthday of one our fore fathers with my friend and family.

And like all my celebrations this one too revolved around a lavish meal.

Mutton lasagna

This recipe has always been a favorite of mine and garnered rave reviews.

 

SERVINGS: 6-8

CATEGORY: Main Dish

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 40 min. + standing

• Ingredients:
  1 250 grams pack of keells meatballs
  1/4 cup chopped onion
  1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
  1/2 teaspoon salt
  1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  1/4 teaspoon pepper
  4 medium zucchini (1-1/4 pounds)
  1 cup (8 ounces) cream-style cottage cheese
  1 egg, beaten
  3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  1 cup (4 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
  
• Do it Sasha style:
  In large skillet, cook meatballs and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add tomato sauce and seasonings. Bring to boil; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
  Meanwhile, cut zucchini into 1/4-in. slices. In small bowl, combine cottage cheese and egg. In a greased 3-qt. baking dish, place half of the zucchini; sprinkle with half of flour. Top with cottage cheese mixture and half the meat mixture. Repeat layer of zucchini and flour.
  Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and remaining meattball mixture. Bake at 375° for 40 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with additional cheese if desired. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Yield: 6-8 servings

Barbequing on a saturday.

This saturday, keeping in mind the glorious weather a bunch of us decided to host a barbeque party.

Except this one had a twist: it was actually easy. No more roasting over the grills for hours or turning out charred meat on the end.

The meat was perfectly seasoned and done in ten minutes flat.

My secret: I was using keells ready to eat chicken sausages.

Ingredients:

500 grams pack of  Keells Chicken sausages

2 bottles (18 ounces each) barbecue sauce

2 cups packed brown sugar

Do it Sasha style…

Divide sausages between two ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dishes. Combine barbecue sauce and brown sugar; pour over sausages and toss to coat.
    Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15 minutes or until sauce is thickened, stirring once. Yield: about 24 servings.