Veg Manchuria
Time consuming but worth it. My mother used to make it even for parties, When I tried it i realized how much patience she had and her love for cooking. Definitely try it for it tastes nearly the same as the restaurant one.
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Palav Anu’s
Old fashioned type of pulav, It will bring back your old memories. All the grannies and aunties will love this pulav it can be cooked with meat, chicken vegetables or just plain rice.
Chicken Bake Mrudula’s
Chicken Bake Mrudula's
I loved this bake, it was the first bake that I had ever eaten. I must have been in my eighth class then. Believe me your children will love it. It is healthy as it needs less oil and baking is know to be better than frying according to health experts, so please try it. There must be lots of bakes on the foreign websites but this is Indian style.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 5
Ingredients
- 1 kg Chicken
- 3 tsp Tomato Paste
- 2 tsp Chili Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3/4 tsp Turmeric
- 2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 2 Onions
- 2 tsp Coriander seeds
- 3 Cloves
- 4 pieces Cinnamon
- 6 Garlic Cloves
- 1 tsp Butter
Instructions
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First clean the chicken pieces and take them in a cooker and let the water from the chicken evaporate, now add turmeric, salt, chili powder, ginger garlic paste and tomato paste mix well add less than 1/4 cup water and boil for 3 minutes after the whistle.
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Mean while fry coriander seeds, cloves and cinnamon powder them along with garlic cloves and keep aside.
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After chicken is cooked remove the lid and if water is left evaporate it on slow flame. Take a baking tray apply butter to the tray and arrange the chicken pieces and sprinkle the ground powder on the top and apply it evenly.
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Preheat the oven and then bake the chicken till it is roasted. The oven should be set at 180 degrees.
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Hope you enjoy making this dish. This is another chinese item my mother’s cook book has. I think she got it from some restaurant, because there was no net forty years back and very few cook books available also very costly then. I know my …
Fried Chicken
Yummy! Once you make this you will want to make it again and again. Your children will love it and you can help them get proteins in this way, even the fusiest child will love this. Try it not very difficult and gets you …
Ginger Chicken Munu’s
Ginger Chicken Munu's
This curry is very tasty worth the try. It is one of my favourites. This the first chicken curries I tried making on my own after my marriage, My husband and in-laws loved it. I still make it, it is also my daughter's favourites. It is a chinese dish and comes nearest to the restaurant types.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 5
Ingredients
- 1 kg Chicken
- 2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 3 tbsp Green Chili Paste (15 Green chilies)
- 3 tbsp Vinegar
- 2 tbsp Soya sauce
- 1 tsp Chili Sauce ( optional )
- 11/2 tsp Salt
- 2 Onions
- 3 Cloves
- 4 Cinnamon Pieces small
- 1/2 tsp Pepper Powder
- 1/4 tsp Ajinamoto
- 6 tbsp Oil
Instructions
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First wash the chicken pieces, squeeze out all the water and take them in a bowl.
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To the chicken add ginger garlic paste, chili paste ( grind the green chilies in grinder), vinegar, soya sauce, salt, and if you are adding chili sauce add that too and mix well and marinate for one hour.
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Now cut the onions into small pieces. After one hour you can boil the chicken in the cooker for 4 minutes after whistle.
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Now take a pan add oil and add the clove, cinnamon, and onion pieces and fry till golden brown. Then add the chicken from the cooker and fry till roasted now add ajinamoto and pepper powder fry for another 2 minutes and switch off.
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If you want you can garnish with coriander leaves.
Keema Balls in Tomato Gravy
It is a dish to try, takes a little extra time since the keema balls have to be made seperately and the tomato gravy separately and then mixed but worth the time taken. Tastes good with chapaties.
Pepper Chicken
Pepper Chicken
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 kg Chicken
- 2 tbsp Pepper Powder
- 10 tbsp Oil
- 5 Cardamom
- 5 cloves
- 2 Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds
- 3 Onions big
- 4 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 1 tbsp Coriander powder
- 2 tsp Chili Powder
- 5 Tomatoes
- 2 tbsp Coconut Paste
Instructions
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First wash the chicken thoroughly and take it in a bowl to it add 2 tbsp pepper powder, salt and 2 tbsp oil and marinate for 1/2 hour.
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Take a pan our 3 tbsp oil and fry the chicken till a little brown and take out. Now add another 3 tbsp oil and add cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon, fenugreek seeds, and onion pieces and fry till brown.
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Now add ginger garlic paste and fry till brown add chili powder, coriander powder and tomatoes (finely chopped) and fry till tomatoes get mushy now add coconut paste and when oil starts to surface add chicken pieces.
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Add water and cook on slow fire till the chicken gets tender. to the end add 1 to 2 tbsp pepper powder and garnish with coriander leaves.
Kadai Paneer
This is also one of my favourite dishes, it is nutrient rich. !00 gms of paneer has 18 grams of protein, 208 mg of calcium a good amount of omega 6 and little of omega 3. So eat it at least twice a week. …
