Showing posts with label Delhi Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Delhi Food. Show all posts

Thursday, 22 August 2013

Delhi 67 brings heart filled flavors of Delhi at The Westin Mumbai Garden City


The Westin Mumbai Garden City proudly presents to you a tribute to our nation and its renowned capital like never before with ‘Delhi 67’. The flavors of Delhi which have often lured epicures from across lands, are now set to draw you in to Kangan to savor truly authentic preparations coupled with our enchanting 18 Level view.



















67 Years of serving as India’s capital and the country’s most sought after travel destination, the city of Delhi has now spread its ‘Dehlicious’ glory to our North West Frontier specialty venue’ Kangan’.


To name a few of its favorites, there’s Chandni Chowk Ki Chaat, Karol Bagh Ki Kulfi, Nizamuddin Waley Mutton Seekh, Kakke De Dhabe Ka Special Butter Chicken and Jama Masjid Ka Nihari Kulcha.  Our à la carte menu is all for you to indulge in, with ultimate ‘Dilli ke’ flavors, prepared especially for you by our masterchefs and conceptualized for those who seek pure enchantment.




Let a pride of fiery flavors from Delhi take over your taste buds. Come by and feel proud to be part of India’s culinary mastery this August.
 

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Bring Dilli into your Kitchen

Mumbai is experiencing a food extravaganza by offering the scrumptious cuisine of Delhi. As we know Delhi is a Foodie’s paradise, we at The Westin Mumbai Garden City focuses on pampering the taste buds of all those people who crave Delhi Food. Inspired by Mughal, Awadhi and Punjabi cuisine, Delhi is well known from street food to parathas to Kulfi falooda.

Instead of going to Delhi to devour Delhi food, our Executive Chef, Ajay Chopra brings Dilli into your kitchen with mouth-watering recipes from our Dilli Khaas menu. Savor the delicacies like Peethi Waali Tikki from the streets of Chandani Chowk to Chicken Korma from Karim and Babu Khan or indulge yourself with appetizing Darbaari Ghost. Visit Dilli in your very home and share your views with us.

Peethi Waali Tikki

Ingredients                                     Quantity
For potato mixture
Boiled potato (Grated)                      500gm
Roasted chana flour                          10gm
Bread crumb                                      50gm
Corn flour                                           10gm

For stuffing
Moong dal (soaked)                          100gm
Jeera                                                   2gm
Hing                                                    5gm
Deggi mirch                                       2gm
Salt                                                      5gm
Honey                                                 5gm (1tspn)
Chopped green chilly                         5gm    
Chopped ginger                                 10gm
Lemon juice                                       5ml                 
Ghee                                                   80gm
Oil                                                       20ml

For topping
Chat masala                                       10gm
Saunth chutney                                 20ml
Whipped curd                                    50ml
Mint chutney                                      20ml
Julienne ginger                                  for garnish
Coriander sprigs                                few
Yellow chilli powder                           05 gms
Coriander powder                              05 gms

Method of Preparation:
For Stuffing
  1. Heat oil and ghee together in a pan, add tempering jeera, chilly, ginger with hing sauté it.
  2. Add moong dal and sauté it again to make stuffing little dry; now add rest of the above mentioned ingredients to make stuffing. Cool the stuffing and keep aside.


For Potato Mixture
  1. In a bowl add boiled grated potatoes and all the above mentioned ingredients to make a mixture, rub it well to avoid any lumps.
  2. Divide the mixture into 50gms and stuffed with moong dal stuffing to make tikki.
  3. Heat ghee to shallow fry tikki and make it golden crisp from both the sides.
  4. Serve hot in a platter with toppings and garnish with julienne of ginger.


Chicken Korma

Ingredients                                     Quantity
Chicken leg (boneless)                      250gm
Ginger garlic paste                            30gm
Turmeric                                            5gm
Coriander powder                              10gm
Ghee                                                   50gm
Chopped green chilly                         5gm
Yellow chilly powder                          5gm
Curd                                                    50gm
Brown onion paste                             50gm
Cashew nut paste                              30gm
Green cardamom powder                 3gm
Chicken stock                                     500ml
Salt                                                      10gm
Cream                                                 20ml
Garam masala powder                      2gm
Whole spice
Bay leaf                                               2nos
Black cardamom                               2no
Cinnamon stick                                  1no
Green Cardamom                             05 nos
Mace                                                   02 nos

Method of Preparation:
  1. Heat ghee in a pan, put whole spices to crackle it, add ginger garlic with some water to sauté well
  2. Add the turmeric and the coriander powder and cook well
  3. Add the yogurt and cook till oil comes up
  4. Add chicken with spices and stir it until masala cooks, thereafter add brown onion paste and cashew nut paste
  5. When masala leaves fat, add yellow chilly and green chilly
  6. Put chicken stock and cook until chicken becomes soft and tender
  7. Add garam masala, cardamom powder and cream before cooking gets done to retain flavor
  8. Finish with fresh chop coriander leaves and green cardamom powder

Darbaari Ghost

Ingredients                         Quantity
Lamb curry cut                     500 grams
Ginger garlic paste                30 grams
Desi ghee                                50 grams
Coriander powder                  15 grams
Red chilli powder                   15 grams
Turmeric powder                   05 grams
Green cardamom                  05 grams
Bay leaf                                  02 grams
Cloves                                     05 grams
Cinnamon                              05 grams
Onions, chopped                    100 grams  
Almond paste                         50 grams
Mace powder                         10 grams
Green cardamom powder     10 grams
Salt                                          as per taste
Fresh coriander leaves         50 grams
Lamb stock                             100 ml

Method of Preparation:
  1. Clean and wash lamb curry cut
  2. In a bowl add coriander, red chilli, turmeric powders and mix well
  3. Heat ghee in a thick-bottomed kadhai or vessel, add whole spices first and cook well. Add onion and saute till golden brown
  4. Add lamb curry cut and cook on high flame for 10 minutes. Add ginger garlic pastes and cook for another 10 minutes. Reduce flame and add masala mixture and cook for another 10 minutes. Sprinkle water if the spices are starting to burn.
  5. Add almond paste and cook for another 10 minutes. Add lamb stock and cook till meat is tender .take out the lamb pieces and strain the sauce.
  6. Return lamb pieces into the strained sauce and add green cardamom and mace powders. Check and adjust salt.
  7. Finish with chopped fresh coriander.
Also visit http://chefatlarge.in/category/recipes for Dilli Khaas recipe. 

Thursday, 30 August 2012

Bring out the Master Chef in you with Chef Ajay Chopra

One on one with our very own Executive Chef Ajay Chopra on Bring out the Master Chef in you.

What is an essential quality of a Master Chef?
After being the judge at Master Chef India for 2 seasons, it is a humbling fact that has come to real light, our country has got so much talent and there is a Master Chef in each home, there is a Master Chef in you. Anybody who thrives to create something tasty and put it on a plate is a chef but somebody who creates that with immense passion and does that consistently every time is a Master Chef. You have to have persistence, passion and commitment to create master dishes every time.

Your take on culinary trends in India and the evolving food industry.
The Food Industry has been ever growing but we see a huge evolution now. People are very well travelled now and they are exposed to good food and varied cuisines more than ever before. Cuisine is taking a big leap and world cuisine is taking its well deserved place in India. With regards to culinary trends, molecular gastronomy is showing itself in few spurts but the focus is on chef crafted food which is beautifully presented and is filled with flavor.

What inspires you to create new dishes and innovate?
Creating new dishes is exactly like creating a new painting. You imagine a new combination of flavors, various textures start playing on your mind and then you brush some strokes of creativity which evolves into a new dish. But having said it so melodramatically, it doesn’t just happen! The science behind the food comes into play, many trials need to be done and recipes need to be standardized before a new masterpiece is launched for the discerning palate.

Top 5 essentials one must have in their kitchen.
Love, passion, commitment, ingredients and obviously (pots, pan, fire and so on) to cook.

Your advice to those young Master Chefs who wish to take up cooking as profession.
My advice to anybody who wants to take up cooking as a profession is very simple. All that glitters is not gold. There is relentless hard work, commitment and sweat involved for anybody to reach up there. When the whole world enjoys you will have to work, these are all hard facts but the fruit of this labor is sweet. If you have the passion, commitment, drive and love for food then nothing can hold you back from shining.

Thursday, 23 August 2012

Dil walo ki Dilli!


A city known as the capital of India is unique in its own way. People who are from Delhi will know that the city is divided into 2 parts, New Delhi and Old Delhi. New Delhi is modern and well developed whereas Old Delhi is famous for its street food like Chandni Chowk and Daryaganj. Delhi was ruled by various kingdoms and empires during the medieval era. Each part of the city represents various rulers of the past. The cuisine of Delhi is inspired by a mix of Mughal, Punjabi and Awadhi cultures. Different cuisines in Delhi make it heaven for gourmet delights.

The city has a diverse range from street chaat at Chandini Chowk to Rabri Faloodas at Giani. Enter Paranthewali Gali for Punjabi cuisine like the layered parathas with ghee, meat or egg stuffing. Visit Karim and Babu Khan for Mughlai food. Each street and place showcases different cuisines and that’s what makes Delhi, the Restaurant Capital of India.

Taking inspiration from Delhi’s diversity, we introduce a culinary journey to the capital of India, Delhi to the foodie of Mumbai. Experience Chandni Chowk’s spicy chaat or tempt your taste buds with Kulfi Falooda, indulge in old Delhi delicacies with ‘Dilli Khaas’ in our very own Kangan.

Dilli Khaas
24th August – 9th September 2012
7 pm - midnight
Kangan, Level 18