Chillie Chicken

Ingredients:

• Chicken cut into medium pieces - ½ kg
• Onion - 1 large, diced
• Chopped spring onions - 3 tbsp
• Green chillies, chopped-1 small
• Ginger, chopped - 1 tsp
• Garlic cloves - 2
• Pepper powder - ½ tsp
• Soya sauce - 2-3 tbsp

Preprations: 


Marinate the chicken pieces n soya sauce and pepper for about 2 to 3 hours. Drain the marinade well and keep both aside.


Preheat a deep pan and drop in the marinated chicken and roast well on both sides. Mix in the garlic, chopped ginger, green chillies and diced onions. Add a pinch of salt, if required. Cover and cook till the chicken is tender. Dry up the excess moisture, add the marinade and the chopped spring onions. Stir-fry for a few minutes, Remove from heat and serve hot with fried rice.

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Butter Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 kg boneless chicken skin removed
• Juice of 1 lime
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp red chilli powder (adjust to suit your taste)
• 6 cloves
• 8-10 peppercorns
• 1" stick of cinnamon
• 2 bay leaves
• 8-10 almonds
• Seeds from 3-4 pods of cardamom
• 1 cup fresh yoghurt (must not be sour)
• 3 tbsps vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil
• 2 onions chopped
• 2 tsps garlic paste
• 1 tsp ginger paste
• 2 tsps coriander powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 400g/ 14 oz of chopped tomatoes, ground into a smooth paste in a food processor
• 1/2 litre chicken stock
• 2 tbsps kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
• 3 tbsps unmelted, soft butter
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Preparation:

Mix the chicken, lime juice, salt and red chilli powder in a large, non-metallic bowl. Cover and allow to marinate for 1 hour.
Heat a flat pan or griddle on medium heat and gently roast (stirring frequently) the cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon, bay leaves and almonds till they darken slightly. Cool and add the cardamom seeds. Now grind into a coarse powder in a clean, dry coffee grinder.
Mix the yoghurt, above whole spice powder (from previous step), coriander, cumin and turmeric powders together and add them to the chicken. Allow to marinate for another hour.
Heat the oil in a deep pan on medium heat. When hot, add the onions. Fry till a pale golden brown in color and then add the ginger and garlic pastes. Fry for a minute.
Add only the chicken from the chicken-spice mix and fry till sealed (chicken will turn opaque and the flesh will go from pink to whitish in color).
Now add the tomato paste, chicken stock, kasuri methi and remaining part of the yogurt-spice mix to the chicken.


Cook till the chicken is tender and the gravy is reduced to half its original volume.
Melt the butter in another small pan and then pour it over the chicken.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with Naan and Kaali Daal.
For an authentic and traditional cooked-over-the-coals flavour: When the Butter Chicken is cooked, make a small bowl shape with aluminum foil and place it on top of the curry ('floating' on it). Heat a briquette of charcoal on an open flame till red hot and gently put the charcoal in to the aluminum foil bowl. Cover the dish immediately. Remove the cover just before serving, discard the foil bowl and charcoal and serve. The curry will be infused with a smokey flavor!

Hope you like it 

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Chicken Pepper Fry

Ingredients:

• Chicken pieces- 1 kg
• Chilli powder- 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
• Pepper powder- 1/2 tbsp
• Ginger- 1 inch, 1 piece
• Garlic- 6 pieces
• (Make a paste of the ginger and garlic)
• Salt- to taste
• Cooking oil- 2 tbsp
• Onion- thin slices-2
• Water- as per need
• Garcinia Cambogia( Kerala tamarind/Kudampuli)- 1/2 tsp

Prepration:

• Mix the second ingredients all together
• Apply this paste onto the chicken pieces and keep them undisturbed for half an hour.
• Fry the onion in a frying pan until brown color.
• To this add the chicken pieces covered in masala and cook for 15mins in sim fire and add a little water and allow to cook.
• Wait until the chicken turns into dark brown color and remove from fire.

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CHICKEN JALFREZI RECIPE

Ingredients:

• 2 cloves garlic (lasan) chopped
• 750 gms skinless chicken thigh fillets, cut in half
• 3 tsp ground turmeric
• 1 onion (pyaj) finely grated
• 1teaspoon red chilli (lal mirch) powder
• 1teaspoon salt (namak)
• 500 gms chopped tomatoes (tamatar)
• 30 gms ghee
• 3tsp ground cumin (jeera)
• 3 tsp ground coriander
• 2 tblsp grated fresh ginger (adrak)
• 30 gms fresh coriander leaves roughly chopped
• oil (tel) for cooking 

Prepration :-


Heat up about 2 tblsp oil in a deep frying pot and fry the onion and garlic for 2 minutes over high flame heat.
Mix in the chicken, turmeric, chili powder and salt. Fry gently for 5-10 minutes or until golden
Turn the chicken frequently.
Mix in the tomatoes, cover and stir fry over medium heat up for 20 minutes. Uncover and simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) for 10 minutes to let all the excess liquid evaporate and the sauce thicken.
Mix in the ghee or oil, cumin, ground coriander, ginger and fresh coriander and simmer (boil slowly at low temperature) for 5-7 minutes or until the fat separates out from the thick sauce.
Serve the chicken pieces with the sauce.

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Masala Dosa Reciepe

Masala Dosa Reciepe

Dosa shell:

• 1 1/2 cups rice
• 1/2 cup urad dal
• salt to taste
• Oil

Masala Filling:

• 2 large potatoes
• 1 medium onion (chopped)
• 1/2 teaspoon yellow split peas
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1-2 green chili
• 1 tablespoon oil
• salt to taste

Preparation:

Dosa shell:

• Separately soak rice and urad dal at least 6 hour or overnight in water.
• Grind to paste.
• Mix together, add salt with water to make better.
• Leave in room temperature overnight.
• Mix onion and chilies to the thin batter.
• Heat pan or griddle with little ghee or oil.
• Spread the mix on pan in circular motion to make thin Dosa.
• Cook on both the sides, if desired.

Masala Filling (Spicy Filling):

• Heat oil. Add mustard seed, peas, onions and spice.
• Fry for about 5 minutes on medium heat or/until onions are turned into golden brown
• Add potatoes and mix and cook some more Serve
• Add filling inside Dosa and roll. Serve hot with Chutney.

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Home Ice cream

Ingredients:-

• 4 cups cream
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 bag crushed ice
• 4 cups salt

950 mls small can with a tight fitting lid ......
3.75 litres lidded can, large enough to hold the small can and some ice....
gloves or towel to protect fingers......



In a pitcher or large measuring cup, stir together the cream, sugar, and vanilla essence until sugar has dissolved.


Note:-
"You can customize your ice cream before or after the big shake up by adding flavored syrups like chocolate, strawberry, raspberry, chopped fruit, crushed biscuits or small toffees."


Pour this mixture into the smaller can and close it carefully and tightly.
Fill the large can about halfway with crushed ice and add 1/2 cup salt. Place the small can inside it.
Shake and massage the large can for about 5 minutes or until the mixture thickens into ice cream. You may use gloves or towel if your hands get tired. Add more salt and ice to the big can if ice cream hasn’t formed after 10 minutes of continuous motion.
Take the small can out and open it on the kitchen table so you don’t get any of the salty ice on your ice cream.


Note:-
"If you add extra stuff to your ice cream afterwards, be sure to fold it in gently or you might end up with ice cream soup!"

How does it work?

Salt lowers the freezing point of the ice and creates an extra-cold brine that absorbs heat from the milk mixture, causing the mixture to freeze.
The motion creates smoother ice cream by breaking up large ice crystals and allows the ice cream to freeze uniformly.

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Kids Recipe Bugs on a Log

Ingredients:-

1. Peanut butter

1. Celery stalks

1. Chocolate chips

• Take a stalk of celery and fill center with peanut butter.

• Place pieces of chocolate chips on top of peanut butter filled celery stalk.

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Kids Recipe Brunch Pizza

Ingredients:-

1. 8 oz Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese, grated

1. 1/2 lb Boiled Ham, sliced

1. 2 Eggs

1. pinch Dried Oregano

1. 1/4 cup Low-fat Milk

1. Pizza Crust, prepared or homemade

• Pat the pizza dough out on a 13- by 9-inch pan, baking, sheet or a round pizza pan.

• Cut the ham into strips and put them on the dough. Sprinkle on the cheese.

•  Combine the eggs and milk in a bowl and beat to blend. Pour the eggs over the dough and sprinkle on the oregano.

Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 20 to 30 minutes.

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Kids Recipe Basic Pancakes

Ingredients:-

1. 3 cup Flour

1. 1 1/2 Tablespoon Baking powder

1. 1 teaspoon Salt

1. 2 cuo Milk

1. 2 Eggs

1. 2 Tablespoon Oil

• Mix dry ingredients then add eggs and milk and then gradually add oil.

• Pour batter on to griddle in individual size servings.

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Kids Recipe Banana Hot Dog Sandwich

Kids Recipe Banana Hot Dog Sandwich

Ingredients:-

1. 1 Hot dog bun

1. 2 Tablespoon Peanut butter

1. 1/2 Banana

• Toast bun.

• Spread peanut butter on bun then add the banana. 

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Kids Recipe Bunny Salad

Kids Recipe Bunny Salad

Ingredients:-

•  Chilled pear half

•  Raisins

•  Red cinnamon candy

•  Blanched almonds

•  cottage cheese ball

• Place the lettuce leaf on a plate. Place the pear upside down on top of it.

• Using narrow end of the pear for the bunny's face, place 2 raisins for the eyes, 1 red candy for the nose and 2 blanched almonds for the ears. The cottage cheese ball makes the tail.

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