Ladies Night - Orange Juice Fish

Just made this totally healthy and totally awesome baked fish. Unfortunately don't have pictures to show you how it turned out but it was delicious!! I love the subtle sweet and tanginess of the Oranges as the base for this dish. I've used a white fish (Basa) as my base as it has the mildest flavour of it's own and goes very well with the tangy and vibrant flavours in this dish.

Ingredients:
1 fillet of Basa or Surmai (around 200gm)

For the Marinade:
Juice of 2 oranges (you need around 1 cup or 200ml)
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
1/4tsp pepper powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp olive oil

To Garnish:
A good handful of chopped coriander - like 3 tbsp full

Others: you will need an oven, oven dish, aluminium foil and some oil spray or like 2 drops of oil to line the dish

Method:
I took an oven tray, put an oven proof dish on top of the tray and line the tray with a little bit of oil. on top of that put a big chunk of aluminium foil and put the fish on top of that foil.
Put the marinade on top of the fish and top with coriander
Wrap the foil completely around the fish so that it is completely sealed
Keep marinated for around 15 minutes or even overnight in the refrigerator
Preheat your oven at 160 degrees and once the oven is hot, put the oven dish with your fish wrapped in aluminium foil and bake for 20 minutes

Once you Have baked it, keep it closed only until the time you need to serve it so hen you open the foil, you will be embraced by the hot and fresh tangy and sweet and salty aroma of this lovely fish.

I had this fish with some sauteed spinach, the recipe of which I will share with you soon and some baked potatoes which I baked at the same time as the fish.

Voila, fancy meal in minutes!

Tuesday Quick Tip: Taking food stains.odors off your hands

Sometimes when you are working with beetroots and other such super coloured veggies the stains just simply do not come off. It's the most horrid look in the world. You almost look like you've murdered someone and the blood is still on your hands!!!

In these cases, add lemon juice straight on your hands and just keep for a few seconds and watch the magic. It just absolutely disappears!

I also always try and avoid being in direct contact with garlic or fish when chopping or cutting them and would highly recommend you to use gloves when dealing with this stuff as well. But I've found that if you are in the most dire of situations in terms of stinky hands, soak your hands in a mixture of vinegar and soda and it seriously helps. You have to wash your hands thoroughly after that but it will take off the horrid garlicy or fishy smell from your hands for sure!

Pick me up Salad - Strawberry Yogurt

This is such a comfort dish for me and I Love to have it anytime of the day. Especially now in the winters where I have to motivate myself to get to work and actually do some work when all I want to do is laze around and just watch tv this provides a little bit of "pep" to help me get through the day.

Since it is Strawberry season I love to put loads of Strawberries and put less of yogurt simply because I love the tartness and tanginess of the strawberries. This can also double up as a dessert if you add a little sugar to it.

Ingredients for 1 cup:
10 Strawberries
4 tbsp Yogurt
Walnuts

Method:
Clean and Chop the Strawberries
Crush the walnuts with your hand
Whisk the Yogurt separately with a pinch of salt, half a tsp honey/sugar till smooth
Add the chopped strawberries and crushed walnuts
Mix and enjoy!

Quick note: Mint leaves do really good with this and look great as well if you like

Sorry I have been busy

So sorry guys I've been really crazy busy lately, have had absolutely no time to think and do anything for the blog and I'm really sorry for that.

i'm leaving for a wedding to Bikaner (YAY!) on the 9th coming back on monday evening the 12th December 2011 and will resume writing from then on.

Until then, have fun and keep me posted on all your fun New Year's plans coz now it is time for feasting until new year's when resolutions will be started and kept!! :)

Food Tip: Food Face Scrub

I used to dread this so much when I was a child. This was the dreaded scrub that would be put on my hands and legs and face to make me look lovlier, fairer and have smooth soft skin. But over time I realised that I actually quite like this home made scrub and it does actually work really well so here's a basic tip for a nice foodie face pack - cum scrub that you can use anytime

1 cup channa atta (besan)
1 pinch turmeric powder
1 tbsp honey
2 tbsp yogurt
half a lemon - juice

Mix all this together and put it as a pack on your face and body. Rub vigorously on skin to make sure your skin is smooth and glowing.

Wash it off and enjoy the benefits. Ideally, you should step into the shower and do this whole routine as it tends to be quite a messy and sticky affair.

:)