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Masala chicken fry

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Ingredients:  Chicken -1/2kg Coconut oil - 2to 3tbsp Coriander powder - 11/2tbsp Turmeric powder -1/2tsp Garam masala - 1/2tsp Chilli powder -1tsp Pepper powder -1tsp Ginger-garlic paste - 1tbsp Curry leaves- a handful Salt Method: Mix the chicken with all the ingredients above, except coconut oil.Heat a pan and cook the chicken with little water .Cook it till all the water has evaporated and add oil to this. Reduce the flame to medium -low and fry the chicken till it is brown.Serve hot. Recipe Courtesy - Vanitha Pachakam Magazine  

Spicy Chicken Roast

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Ingredients: Chicken Drumsticks - 4 Lemon Juice - 1tbsp Chopped onion -2,medium Chopped tomato -1,big Ginger-garlic paste -1tbsp Green chillies -1 Chicken masala powder - 1tbsp Garam masala powder - 1/2tsp Coriander powder - 1tbsp Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp Chilli powder - 1tsp Vinegar - 2tsp Coconut slices - handful Curry leaves Oil For Marinade: Chicken masala powder - 1tbsp Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp Chilli powder - 1tsp Pepper powder - 1/2tsp Lemon Juice - 1tbsp Salt Method: 1.Wash the chicken pieces and soak in water along with 1tbsp lemon juice for 5-10 minutes. 2.Drain the water and make 2 or 3 deep slits in each pieces. 3.Prepare a marinade using the above ingredients and apply nicely to each pieces.Refrigerate it for an hour. 4.Heat oil in wide pan and saute the onions till it become translucent. 4.Add ginger-garlic paste,green chillies. 5.Add all the masala powders and mix well till it become nice dark colour. 6.Add chopped tomato ,curry leaves and vinegar.Saute well till the to...

Erachi Pathiri(Fried Pathiri Suffed with chicken masala )

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Ingredients: For Dough(Pathiri) Whole Wheat flour - 1cup All purpose flour - 1cup Salt Water For Chicken Filling Boneless Chicken - 1/2 kilo Turmeric Powder - 1/4tsp Chilli powder - 1/2tsp Green chillies - 3 Chopped Ginger -1 tsp Chopped Garlic - 1tsp Garam masala Powder -1/2 tsp Chopped Onion - 1,big Coriander leaves Mint leaves(optional) Coconut oil Method: Cook the chicken with sat,turmeric ,chilli powder,garam masala  and little water.Allow to cool . Mince the chicken and set it aside. In a pan heat oil and add chopped ginger,garlic ,green chillies and onion.Saute well till the onion become soft.Add the minced chicken and saute for a while.Add chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves.Adjust the salt.Filling is ready.Keep it aside. In a bowl mix together wheat flour,all purpose flour and salt.Add enough water and make a smooth dough. Divide into equal sized small balls.Roll it and add the filling in the centre.Cover it with another pathiri.Slowly press the edges using fingers ...

Chettinad Pepper Chicken

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Ingredients: Cardmom -2 Cinnomon -2 pieces Cloves - 2 Bay leaf -1 Fennel seeds -1tsp Curry leaves Coriander leaves Chicken - 1/2 kilo Finely chopped onion - 2,medium Finely chopped tomato - 1,big Ginger-garlic paste -1tbsp Chilli powder - 1tsp Coriander powder -1tbsp Crushed Pepper corns - 1tbsp Lemon juice -1tsp Method: Heat oil in a pan.Add cinnomon,cardmom,cloves,bay leaves and fennel seeds.Saute well for a minute.Add the finely chopped onion and ginger garlic paste .Saute well till the onion becomes translucent.Add the chopped tomato and cook well.Add  chilli powder,coriander powder and curry leaves.Mix well.Add the chicken pieces .Saute for 2 minutes, So the moisture from the chicken comes out.Add enough water and salt.Close it and cook it till the chicken is done.Once the chicken pieces are done add the crushed peppercorns and mix it.Sprinkle lemon juice and  coriander leaves.Serve hot with bread or rice.

Chicken Cutlet

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Ingredients: Boneless chicken - 1/2 kilo Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp Chilli powder - 1tsp salt to taste  Chopped Onion -1,big Chopped ginger - 1tbsp chopped garlic -1tbsp chopped greenchillies -3 Garam masala -1/2tbsp Mint leaves Coriander leaves Boiled potato -2 Bread crumbs-as reqd Egg white -2 Pepper powder - 1/4tsp Method: Cook the chicken with little bit water,turmeric,chilli powder and salt.Mince the chicken and keep it aside. In a pan heat oil and add chopped ginger,garlic and greenchillies.Saute well.Add onion and cook it till it become soft.Add garam masala,chopped mint leaves , coriander leaves and salt.Add the minced chicken and mix well.Turn off the stove and add the mashed potato and mix well.allow it to cool.Make small balls out of it and roll into desired shapes. In a bowl  add egg whites,pepper powder and salt.Beat well. Dip each cutlet in egg whites and roll with bread crumbs.Deep fry it in oil.Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Malabar Chicken Biriyani

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Ingredients: For Rice Basmati rice - 2 cups Cloves - 3 Cinnamon -3pieces Cardmom -3 Ghee - 2tbsp Water - 3cups Rose water - 1tsp Salt For Chicken masala 6 big chicken pieces 4 big onions 4 big tomatoes 7Green chillies 1 big piece of ginger 6 big garlic pods 3tbsp of chopped mint leaves 3tbsp of chopped coriander leaves 2 tsp Biriyani masala(below) 1tbsp Lime  juice Biriyani masala Cinnomon  - 1big piece Cardmom - 3 Cloves -3 Nutmeg -1 Caraway seeds- 1/2tsp Fennel seeds -1/2tsp Cumin seeds-1/2tsp Mace-2 Dry roast all together and grind to a fine powder. For Garnishing Raw cashews and raisins Saffron 2 strand Milk -2tbsp Coriander leaves Method: Preparing the  Chicken masala 1 .In a pan add 5tbsp of ghee and fry the thinly sliced onions. 2 .Fry them till it become crispy and nice golden   colour.Keep it aside. We will use these fried onions  for the chicken masala and for garnishing.This will give a nice flavour to the Biriyani. 3 .Crush together ginger,gar...

Butter Chicken

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Ingredients: For Marination: Boneless Chicken(cut into cubes) -1 1/2 cup Lime Juice - 1tsp Yogurt - 3tbsp Ginger-garlic paste - 1tbsp Kashmiri Chilli powder - 2tsp Cumin Powder - 1/2tsp Garam masala - 1tsp Salt - to taste For the Gravy Tomato -2 medium(pureed) Garam masala - a pinch Kasoori methi Powder - 1/2tsp Butter- 1tbsp Water - 1/4cup whipping cream - 1/4cup Kashmiri chilli powder - 1/4tbsp Oil - 2tbsp Method: First marinate the chicken with the above ingredients and keep it in the refrigerator or atleast a couple of hours. After that heat oil in a pan and cook the chicken with the marinade.Cover it and cook it on low flame till the chicken is done. In another pan add oil and saute the tomato puree for 2 minutes .Then add the butter , chilli powder and garam masala.Mix well.Add kasoori methi powder and water.Boil it for 2minutes.Finally pour the cream and mix it.Add the chicken and mix well.Serve with any indian bread.

Mixed Noodles

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Ingredients: Noodles -250g Mixed vegetables(i used carrot,cauliflower,beans,green peas,red bell pepper) Chicken breast - 2 egg -2 Soy sauce - 1tbsp Hot and sweet chilli sauce(sambal) - 2tbsp Spring onion - 2 tbsp Vegetable oil - 2tbsp Method: Marinate the chicken with 1tbsp chilli sauce, soy sauce and salt.for half an hour.Then cook the chicken  and keep it aside.Boil the vegetables.Cook the noodles and drain them. In a wok add oil and saute the vegetables and chicken.Add the eggs and scramble it .Than add the noodles and mix well.Add the remaining chilli sauce and saute well.Garnish with spring onions.Serve hot.

Malabar Chicken Curry And an Award!!!

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Another super recipe from my mom - The Malabar Chicken Curry . She prepares this whenever we have some special guests and serves it always with her special Ghee Rice. Yummy!!This is my favorite chicken recipe as well. The one that I always want to prepare when I buy chicken. Whenever we go home, my hubby ask my mom to prepare it for him. He likes that extra taste of the chicken when it is prepared out of the 'Kal Chatti' (Stone cooking pot). These days, he says the chicken is becoming tasty like when my mom prepares it. :-) So hope you will also love it...Give it a try... Ingredients: Chicken - 1 kg Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tbsp chilly powder - 2 tsp Salt - to taste Lime Juice - 1tbsp Onion - 2,medium Green chillies - 3 Tomato - 1 big Ginger(chopped) - 1tbsp Garlic(chopped) - 1tbsp Curry leaves - a handful For the masala Coconut oil - 1 tbsp Grated coconut - 3/4 cup Garlic - 2 pods Whole garam masala(cardmom,cloves,cinnamon pieces) - 2 each Whole pepper corns - 10 to 15 Coriander ...

Chilli Chicken

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I originally posted this recipe last week. Had to delete this due to the technical issues I faced yesterday. So here I am posting it again. Ingredients: Boneless chicken (cubed) - 200g Dark Soya Sauce - 2 tsp Corn flour - 2tbsp Egg - 1 Capsicum - 1 Garlic(chopped) - 1tbsp Green chillies - 3 big Salt - to taste Chinese chilli sauce- 1tbsp Green Onion - 1/4 cup Oil to fry Method: Marinate the chicken with 1tsp soya sauce,egg,salt,1tbsp corn flour.keep it aside for 15 minutes.Deep fry them in vegetable oil.keep it aside. In a pan add 1 tbsp oil.Add garlic and green chillies,saute well,add 1/2 cup of water.boil them for 2 minutes.add capsicum,chinese chilli sauce,1tsp soya sauce,1/2tsp sugar and 1tsp corn flour. mix well.Add the fried chicken piece.Garnish with Green onions.Enjoy the chilly chicken with fried rice :)

Murgh Masala(Masala chicken curry)

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Murgh masala is basically the Hindi name for Chicken curry.This is one of the easiest chicken curry i made. Ingredients: 1/2 kilo Chicken 1 big onion 1 medium tomato 2tsp each chopped ginger and garlic 3 greenchillies 1/2 tsp red chilly powder 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tsp cumin powder 1/tbsp peppercorns 1tbsp garam masala powder 1/2 cup yogurt 3tbsp Coriander leaves 1tbsp Cashewnuts 1/2 cup water 1 tbsp oil Method 1.Marinate the chicken with chilly powder,turmeric powder and salt and keep it for1 hr. 2.Make a paste of tomato,onion seperately. 3.Mix together green chillies,peppercorns,garlic and ginger and make a paste. 4.Heat oil in a thick bottomed pan .Add the onion paste,saute well 5.Then add the ginger garlic paste,pureed tomato.Cook well. 6.Add the cumin powder and garama masala powder to this. 7.After 2 mins add the chicken pieces and some water.Cover it and cook this fo 20 mins. 8.When the chicken pieces are enough cook add the yogurt and mix this for 5mins. 9.Garnish with ca...