Al fresco food, glorious food!

Barbeque season is officially here, in India anyway as it is COOL enough to sit out! We just had a yummy mini BBQ on our balcony, i'm vegetarian and I loved it! My ingredients for a brilliant BBQ are as follows....

- some pretty lights, i love my lanterns from Dubai 

- somebody very patient who can get those coals a'smokin (HI HUSBAND!)

- a nice sauvignon blanc or indus pride beer (lager infused with cardamom, coriander or fennel)

- corn on the cob as a v easy starter, just remove the leaves and silk and chuck on the bbq, serve with salt, pepper, lemon and a bit of butter

- homemade coleslaw as a side dish (grate half a white cabbage, 2 carrots and stir in 2 dessert spoons of mayo, use red cabbage and raisins too if you feel fancy!)

- sausages and burgers are so retro, if you fancy a (healthy) change try my kebabs!:

- chop a couple of green peppers, 2 red onions into 1/8's and throw in a big bowl with some mushrooms and a good amount of paneer or chicken chunks (we do half and half), you can use any veggies that bbq well but just be mindful they should all take the same amount of time to cook, cremated tomatoes are not a good look! Make a marinade of 1 tsp chilli flakes, half tsp turmeric, 1 tsp kitchen king masala (or garam masala), 1 tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp cumin powder, 2 tsps chicken seasoning (the one i use is paprika, dry garlic, chilli, dry onion and pepper), juice of 1 lemon, 1/2 tsp soy sauce, 2 tsp ginger garlic paste, 1 tbsp veg oil and 3 tbsp yogurt. Mix well and marinade your veggies and paneer/chicken for an hour... 

- while your kebabs are soaking up those spices, throw some wooden skewers in a load of water so they don't burn on the bbq

- after one hour stick your veggoes and paneer or chicken on skewers and bbq til cooked!

- serve with coleslaw! You could also do some jacket potatoes if you have the patience (scrub clean large potatoes, dry, rub in olive oil and salt, wrap in foil, thrown on bbq for an hour)

Yum!

Of course if its too hot/cold to sit out you could make all of these in the oven!