7 recipes for romantic candle light dinner

They say “Way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” We say if you want to make someone feel special, make an effort to show it. And what better than cooking! No matter the gender, everyone loves to eat delicious food, and if you think there’s no special occasion yet, then that’s even better because who doesn’t like surprises.

We are sure that you know what your partner likes in terms of setting and stuff but here we can help you cook niceIndian dishes to make your romantic candle light dinner a special experience. These are dishes with a twist that would break the monotony of the food you usually eat.

1. Kerela Chicken Sandwich

Serves: 1-2

Ingredients:

400 gms boneless chicken

For marination-

2 tbsp pepper & fennel powder (mix)

1 tsp turmeric powder

Salt- to taste

½ lemon juice

For the filling-

2 tbsp refined oil/coconut oil- as per taste

1-2 onions, sliced

2 green chillies, slit

1 tsp garlic, finely chopped

1 tsp ginger, finely chopped

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

½ tsp red chilli powder

1 tspgaram masala

½ tsp black pepper powder

1 tbspwaterfor the spices to cook

1 tbsp vinegar

1 sprig fresh curry leaves

1 tbsp crushed black pepper

2 tbsp coconut, shredded

For the sandwich-

2 homemade parathas

1 half fried egg

Method:

Marinate chicken for 10 minutes with lemon juice, turmeric powder, pepper powder, and salt.

Keep this aside while we make the masala for the filling.

Heat a pan with coconut oil. Add in the sliced onions and green chilies.

Let it sauté onmedium heat till light brown (3-4 mins).

Add finely chopped ginger and garlic, mix well for a minute. Add red chili powder,coriander powder, garam masala, and turmeric powder. Mix well and add salt if needed.

Add in the marinated chicken. Mix well, add vinegar, cover, and cook.

If there is water,allow it to evaporate.

Open, and add in the coarsely ground pepper powder and mix well.

Let the chicken dry roast on low flame for another 5 minutes or until it becomes blackishbrown in color.

Make sure that you stir/mix it well so that it does not stick to thebottom of the pan.

Lastly sprinkle curry leaves, crushed black pepper, and shredded coconut and give a nicestir.

For the Sandwich:

Layer one paratha with the cooked chicken.

Cover it with another paratha, top with a half fried egg and serve.

2. Mumbai style pizza

Serves- 1-2

Ingredients:

1 pizza base, medium sized

1-2 tbsp tomato ketchup

1/2 cup onions, finely chopped

1 cup capsicum, finely chopped

½ cup tomato, finely chopped

1/2 cup baby corn, diagonally cut and boiled

Fresh coriander leaves, chopped- to garnish

½ block processed cheese (Go Cheese)

1 tsp green chilli chopped or as needed

Salt- only if required.

Method:

Spread the ketchup on the pizza base.

Add finely chopped onions, capsicum, tomato, baby corn one at a time.

Grate processed cheese and add green chilli and fresh coriander on top.

Place the pizza on apan with thelid on medium heat till the cheese melts.

Once the cheese melts, slice the pizza into equal parts and serve.

3. Berry Pulao

Ingredients:

1 cup ml Basmati Rice

1/3 cup mixed berries

1 tsp saffron threads

1 tsp sugar

3 tbsp hot milk

3 tbsp oil

1 onion, sliced

Salt to taste

5 cardamom pods

4 cm cinnamon stick

1 bay leaf

3 cloves

3 tbsp cashew nuts, toasted

3 tbsp melted butter

Method:

Soak rice for 3 hours.Soak the berries.

In a small bowl combine saffron,sugar and hot milk, stir. Put oil in a medium frying pan and set over a medium high heat. When hot, add the onion and cook for 5 minutes, or until it starts to brown. Reduce the heat to medium-low and continue cooking until it is reddish-brown.Drain the mixed berries and add to the pan, stir for 5 minutes.Bring water to a boil. Add the cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf and cloves. Stir once and add the rice. Let it cook in the boiling water until it is three-quarters cooked. Drain in a colander.Spread butter in a pan to melt. Spread half the rice over it. Spread another tablespoon of the butter, plus half the saffron mixture and half the onion-berry mixture and some of its oil on top of the rice.Spread the remaining rice on top of the first layer. Pour the remaining butter over it, followed by the saffron mixture and onion-berry mixture. Set it tobe on low heat with the lid, for 15 minutes. Garnish with mixed berries and toasted cashew nuts.

4. Plum Shikanji

Ingredients:

1kg plum

300 gms sugar

¼ tsp black salt

1 tsp roasted cumin powder

Lemon juice

Ice cubes

1 glass water

Mint leaves for garnish

Method:

In a deep pan, slow cook the sliced plums and sugar until the plum pulp completely disintegrates.

Once done, blend and strain the pulp in a bowl.

Now in a glass add 2 tbsp strained pulp mix, black salt, roasted cumin powder, lemon juice, ice cubes, and water.

Mix until the ingredients dissolve in the glass.

Serve chilled with few mint leaves on the top.

5. No bake Chocolate Oreo Cake

Ingredients:

Oreo Crust-

20 Oreo biscuits

4 tbsp butter, melted

Ganachefilling-

1 cup fresh cream

¼ cup butter, cut into small cubes

170 gms chopped Dark chocolate

1 ½ cup whipped cream

Garnish-

Milk Chocolate, grated

Method:

To make the crust-

Pulse Oreo cookies, with filling, in a food processor until finely ground. 

Transfer crumbs to a medium bowl, add melted butter and mix until sand like texture. 

Press the mixture onto the bottom of removable cake mould.

Place it in the fridge for 20 minutes to firm up before adding the filling.

To make the filling- 

In a medium heatproof bowl, place chopped dark chocolate. Set aside. 

In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring the fresh cream and butter to a low boil. 

Remove from the heat and pour mixture over the chocolate. Let stand for 1 minute. 

Using a rubber spatula, stir mixture until melted and smooth, add whipped cream to it and then pour the mixture over the chilled crust.

Refrigerate until set, add grated white chocolate and serve.

6. Desi pizza stick

Serves- 3

Ingredients:

1 cup refined flour

2 tbsp thick curd

1/2 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/3 cup lukewarm water , use as needed

1tbsp refined oil

1 cup paneertikka masala (leftover)

1 cup palakpaneer (leftover)

1 cup paneerkofta (leftover)

3 cheese slices

1/2 cup milk- for milk wash

Tomato ketchup- for garnish.

Method:

In a bowl, add refined flour, thick curd, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, lukewarm water and mix well.

Rub some refined oil in your palms & make the dough.

Let the dough rest for 30 mins.

Make roundels & roll out six oval shaped bases.

Add popsicle sticks at the bottom of three bases.

Add leftover paneertikka masala, palakpaneer, and paneerkofta separately, at the centre of the same bases with popsicle sticks.

Add cheese slices on top of them.

Cover those bases with the remaining rolled out bases.

Use a fork to seal the edges.

Place them in a baking tray with butter paper

Brush milk on them (Milk wash- will give a golden colour to the finished baked pizza sticks)

Bake the desi pizza sticks at 200 °C for 15-20 mins.

Garnish with tomato ketchup.

Serve hot.

7. Stuffed cheesy Sausage chapatti

Serves- 2-3

Ingredients:

1 tbsp refined oil

1 tsp garlic chopped

1 tsp ginger chopped

½ tsp green chillies chopped

½ onion chopped

½ tomato chopped

1/3 tsp roasted cumin powder

Pepper

Salt to taste

½ cup mixed capsicum (green, yellow, red) cubed 1cm

200 gms chicken sausage

Chaat masala

Butter

2 Chapati 

mozzarella cheese

cheddar cheese

Method:

In a pan, heat the oil and add garlic, ginger, green chillies, onions and sauté for a minute.

Now add tomato, roasted cumin powder, pepper, salt and mix them well.

Add mixed capsicum, chicken sausage, and chaat masala.

Now clean the pan and add butter.

Put chapati in the pan.

Top the filling on half of the chapati.

Add some mozzarella cheese on the filling and garnish it with cheddar cheese. Fold the other half to make a half moon.

Once the bottom side is crisp turn the chapati over and let the chapati be on heat until the other side is crisp and the cheese melts too.

Cut the chapati in half and serve hot with ketchup or chutney.

Hope this would help you in choosing what to cook.

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