Chef Recipes: 5 Healthy Non-Veg Recipes

Today we have Delhi-based culinary expert & cookbook author, Komal Taneja who reveals her secrets of aromatic and flavourful Indian non-vegetarian cooking. In keeping with our ideas of eating healthy, but delicious food, Chef Komal lists her top 5 in-season healthy non-vegetarian recipes, which can be whipped up in a jiffy. The star qualities of these recipes is easily available ingredients, low-oil recipes and the Indian spices we love so much. So let's get started... (Images courtesy: ? Thinkstock photos/ Getty Images)

Today we have Delhi-based culinary expert & cookbook author, Komal Taneja who reveals her secrets of aromatic and flavourful Indian non-vegetarian cooking. In keeping with our ideas of eating healthy, but delicious food, Chef Komal lists her top 5 in-season healthy non-vegetarian recipes, which can be whipped up in a jiffy. The star qualities of these recipes is easily available ingredients, low-oil recipes and the Indian spices we love so much. So let's get started... (Images courtesy: ? Thinkstock photos/ Getty Images)

Minced Chicken and Nachos Kebabs. Ingredients: 1 cup boiled and shredded chicken (minced properly), 1/2 cup crushed baked nachos, 1 cup boiled mashed potatoes, 1 tbs finely chopped (spring onions, capsicum) each. 1tsp (ginger grated, chopped green chilly) each, 1/4tsp (chat masala, black pepper powder, red chilli flakes, dry basil herb, salt) each, 2tbs bread crumbs, 1tbs corn flour.

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Method: - Boil and shred the chicken and mince into small pieces. Take a mixing bowl. Mix all the ingredients and the seasoning together to form a firm mixture. Form small balls using wet hands and flatten a little. Bake them in a microwave at 350 degrees till both sides golden brown. Serve hot with salsa sauce. Tip: You can also use papad instead of nachos.?

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Shredded Lamb Pao Bhaji.?Ingredients: -250gms. Boiled boneless shredded lamb cut into 1inch pieces, ? cup chopped (spring onions, capsicum, carrot, bile potatoes) each, 1tbs olive oil, 1 tbs butter, 4 big whole wheat burger buns (pao). Seasoning And Sauce: - 1tsp ginger garlic paste, ? tsp red chilly flakes, 1tsp pao bahji masala, ? tsp chat masala, 1tbs vinegar, 1tbs Soya sauce, 1tbs tomato sauce, 1tsp chilly sauce, salt and black pepper to taste.

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Method: - Cut the tops of whole wheat buns and scoop out the inside, then saut¨¦ the buns in a sprinkling of butter on tawa and keep aside. Heat 1 tbsp oil in wok, add ginger garlic paste and stir fry the spring onions, capsicum and carrot. Saut¨¦ for 3 minutes, then add the potatoes and shredded lamb and cook for 2 minutes. Season with all the sauces and seasoning given above. Mix well and remove from fire. Fill the scooped out buns with the shredded lamb mixture and place the tops on it. Secure them with a snack stick or tooth pick. Serve hot with tomato sauce. ?*Image courtesy: ? Chef Komal Taneja

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Keema Egg Parcels.?Ingredients: - 8 hard-boiled eggs cut into halves with yolks removed. For Filling: -1 cup boiled mutton and chicken keema, ? tsp (Garlic paste, ginger paste) each, 1tbs (boiled peas, chopped onions, grated tomato) each, 1tbs oil. Seasoning: - 1tbs lemon juice, ? tsp (meat masala, garm masala, biryani masala, red chilly powder, salt) each.?

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Method: - Heat oil in wok; stir fry the ginger and garlic paste, onions, tomatoes, to a smooth paste. Add the mutton minced, peas and saut¨¦ well. Season with the seasoning given above. Arrange the eggs in baking dish. Fill the keema mixture into the hollowed egg whites and microwave for 5 minutes or bake pre-heated oven for 10minutes. Serve hot with soup or salad and top it with drop of tomato sauce.

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Stir Fried Prawn Salad.?Ingredients: - 250gms. Medium sized prawns de veined and with tails intact, ? cup chopped (capsicum, spring onions, tomatoes) each.1tbs oil. Marinade: - ? tsp garlic paste, ? tsp salt, juice of 1 lemon, ? tsp black pepper. Seasoning: - ? tsp (red chilly flakes, chat masala) each, 1tbs tomato sauce, ? tbs Thai chilly dip. For Garnishing: -1 cup shredded cabbage leaves.

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Method: -Marinate the prawns for 5 minutes. Heat oil in non-stick pan and saut¨¦ prawns for 3 minutes till cooked. Remove from fire and let it cool. Take a salad-mixing bowl, put the corns into it, add spring onions, tomato and capsicum. Toss it gently. Season with seasoning and sauces given above. Serve on a bed of shredded cabbage leaves.

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Lazeez Ruhani Lamb (Mutton).?Ingredients: - 500gms.mutton mix (Ran, shoulder, chops), with bones .6 onions finely chopped, 2cups hung curd, 1heaped tsp saunf (fenugreek), ? tsp kalonji, ? tsp methi dana , ? tsp ajwain( caraway seeds), 2tbs cooking oil. Seasoning: -1/2 tsp red chilly powder, ? tsp salt, ? tsp chat masala.

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