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Hosting a new year's party? here are some unique recipes. Hope you'll like them.
Wish you all a tastylicious 2010!

 
 
Chili Coriander Fried Rice
Ingredients: 
 
• 2 cups Long Grained Rice
• 1 tsp Garlic (finely chopped)
• 1 Whole Fresh Red Chili (sliced)
• 1 Green Chili (sliced)
• 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
• 1 tsp Soy Sauce
• 1/4 cup Carrots (finely chopped)
• 1/4 cup Cabbage (finely chopped)
• 3 tbsp Coriander Leaves (freshly chopped)
• 1/4 cup Spring Onions (chopped)
• 4 tbsp Oil
• Salt (to taste)
 
 
How to make Chili Coriander Fried Rice:
• Take a bowl, put rice in it and wash it thoroughly. Now soak it in water for 30 minutes. 
• Drain the water and move the rice to a cooking pan. 
• Place it on simmer flame and add 4 cups of water, salt to taste and 2 tbsp oil. 
• When the water gets absorbed by the rice, turn off the heat. Make sure that rice is not overcooked. 
• If you feel that the rice is cooked 90%, even when there is water, remove from heat, drain out the extra water and cover the pan with a lid. 
• Let the rice cool down completely. 
• Now, take a saucepan and heat 2 tbsp of oil in it. Add galric and saute for a few seconds. 
• Now, add spring onions, cabbage, sliced red and green chilies, and carrots. Sauté it for a few minutes. 
• Add coriander leaves, rice, soya sauce, black pepper and salt to it and mix well. 
• Serve it hot.
 

Goan Chicken Fry
Ingredients: 
 
• 1 kg Chicken
• 2½ tsp Kashmiri Chili Powder
• 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
• ½ tsp Peppercorns
• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
• 4 Cloves
• 4 cm long Ginger
• 1 pod Garlic
• 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 tbsp Vinegar
• 1/2 cup Tomato Puree
• Salt (to taste)
• 5 tbsp Oil
 
 
How to make Goan Chicken Fry:
• Clean the chicken thoroughly. 
• Grind cumin seeds, pepper corns, mustard seeds, cloves, ginger, garlic, and turmeric powder in a grinder, along with vinegar. 
• Add a small amount of water to make a smooth paste. Then, add salt and mix well. 
• Cover the chicken pieces with this spicy paste and keep aside for an hour. 
• Now, cook the chicken in a covered pan, adding half cup of water. Cook till it becomes tender and absorbs the water. 
• Add oil and fry the chicken pieces. 
• Add tomato puree and let it simmer till the gravy thickens and envelops the chicken pieces. 
• Serve the fried chicken with steamed rice or chapattis.
 
 
Cuban Eggs:
Ingredients: 
 
• 6 Eggs
• 1/4 cup Sausage Meat
• 1 tsp Onion (chopped)
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• Pepper
 
 
How to make Cuban Eggs:
• Take a pan and cook meat and onion together for five minutes. 
• Take a bowl and beat eggs in it, till they become light. 
• Pour the beaten eggs in the pan and add salt and pepper. 
• Now, on medium-low flame, cook the mixture, until the eggs turn thick and creamy. 
• Serve the eggs with toasts.
 

Methi Palak Dhokla

Ingredients: 
 
• 1 cup Black-eyed Beans (chawli)
• ¾ cup Spinach (palak), chopped
• ¾ cup Fenugreek Leaves (methi), chopped
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 1 tbsp Green Chili-Ginger Paste
• 1½ tsp Asafetida (hing)
• 1 tbsp Fruit Salt
• Salt, to taste
• Water
• Green Chutney (for serving)
 
 
How to make Methi Palak Dhokla:
• Wash the beans thoroughly and soak them for at least 6 hours. 
• Drain the soaked beans. 
• Add ¾ cup of water to the beans and blend them in a liquidizer, so as to form a smooth batter. 
• To the paste, add spinach, fenugreek leaves, oil, green chili-ginger paste, asafetida and salt. Mix the batter well. 
• Place a steamer on the gas. When the water starts to boil, add the fruit salt to the batter and mix. 
• Grease 3 thalis and pour the batter in them. Place the thalis in the steamer and steam for about 10 minutes. 
• Serve hot with green chutney.
 
Jelly Doughnuts
Ingredients: 
 
• 3/4 Cup any flavor fruit jam
• 4-1/2 Cups bread flour
• 1 Cup warm milk
• 1-1/2 tsp Ground nutmeg
• 1/3 Cup water
• 3/4 Cup white sugar
• 2 Quarts vegetable oil for frying
• 1 Egg, beaten
• 1 tbsp Active dry yeast
• 1 tsp Salt
• 3 tbsp Margarine, melted
 
 
How to make Jelly Doughnuts:
• In a bread machine pan mix the milk, water, beaten egg, salt, melted butter, sugar, bread flour, nutmeg and yeast. Keep bread machine to the sweet dough cycle. 
• Turn dough out onto a floured board and cool it for ten minutes. 
• Roll dough out to 1/4-inch thickness; then cut it into 2 1/2 inch rounds. 
• Place jam in center of half of the prepared rounds. 
• Moisten the edges with chill water; top with the remaining rounds. 
• Place the doughnuts on a greased sheet and cover. 
• Allow it to rise until doubled about 45 minutes. 
• Heat oil in fryer to 175 degrees C and fry either layer of doughnuts at a time until golden brown.
 
 Recipe Source : http://www.indobase.com/recipes/category/new-year.php