Publishers : Value Books, New Delhi
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Microwave cooking is a boon for people who want to eat low fat food, without missing the otherwise rich flavours.

For a long time I used my microwave, like many others, solely for the purpose pf reheating. When I finally started using it for cooking, I expected the food to cook much faster! Was I in for a surprise! Sometimes it takes even longer to cook in a microwave! After many a surprise and an occasional fiasco, I finally got the hang of using a microwave to the best of it's utility! The result, this cookbook! 

Chicken Recipes

Chicken Curry with Coconut - This coastal delicacy is best enjoyed with rice.

1. Place the coconut in a dish and cook uncovered, at HI for 3 minutes (or dry roast in a pan or griddle). Grind to a paste along with the hari mirch.

2. Put the oil and sabut lal mirch in a dish and cool covered at HI for 1 minutes.

3. Add the ginger-garlic paste, mix well, then add the chicken.

4. Mix well to coat, cook covered at HI for 10 minutes, stirring once.

5. Add the coconut paste, chilli powder, haldi, salt, and 1 cup hot water. Cover and cook at 70 % for 10 minutes, adjusting consistency if desired.

6. Add imli and coconut milk, cook covered at 70 % for 5 minutes. Serve immediately, garnished with hara dhania.

Egg Recipes

Andaa Roll - A snack with a difference!

1. Mix egg and milk together, put aside.

2. Mix together dahi, salt, green chilli, onion and half of the hara dhania.

3. Put 1 tsp butter in the dish and cook uncovered, at HI for 1 minute.

4. Pour ¼ of the butter in the dish and cook uncovered. at HI for half minute.

5. Once it sets, pass a knife under it to separate from dish and transfer onto a plate. Keep aside. Similarly make 3 more pancakes like this.

6. Divide yogurt mixture into four and spread over the pancakes. Fold each of these into a roll. Serve garnished with a bit of hara dhania.

Vegetarian Recipes

Paneer Jalfrazie -  Not only delicious -- a colourful dish too!

1. Mix the zeera and oil in a dish. Cook covered, for 2 minutes. Mix in the onions and cook, uncovered at HI for 6 minutes, stirring once, to a light brown.

2. Mix in Shimla mirch, button onions, tomato puree, ginger-garlic paste, hari mirch, salt and chilli powder. Cook covered, at HI for 5 minutes.

3. Add paneer and tomato. Cover and cook at 70 % for 7 minutes. Stir, sprinkle the garam masala and cook at HI for 3 minutes. Serve garnished with hara dhania.

Rice Recipes

Navratna Pulao - Nine 'jewels' or items that are combined with the rice thus name

1. Mix 1½  tsp ghee and zeera in a deep dish. Cook covered at HI for 1 minute.

2. Add onions and cook uncovered at HI for 10 minutes, stirring once, till brown.

3. Add the potato, paneer, and 1½  tsp ghee. Mix it well and cook covered at HI for 5 minutes, stirring once.

4. Mix in the peas, carrot, mushrooms, kaju, badaam, makhana and kishmish. Cook covered at 70 % for 5 minutes.

5. Add rice (water drained), tomato pure, salt, garam masala and water. Stir and cook covered at HI for 10 minutes, then at 70% for 10 minutes.

6. Stir in the kewra and cook covered at 30% for 5 minutes. Serve immediately.