Spicy Chicken fry in coconut milk

Ingredients :



Yummy fried chicken ready to serve hott !!!

 Chicken                     1 Kg
Lemon juice             1 1/2 tablespoons
Ginger paste             3/4 teaspoon
Garlic paste              3/4 teaspoon
Turmeric powder     1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Coconut, scraped     1 1/2 cups
Coriander seeds       1/2 tablespoons
Black peppercorns   15
Cumin seeds             1 1/2 teaspoons
dry chillies                10
oil                              3 tablespoons
Onions, chopped      3 medium
Mustard seeds          1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves             10
Garlic, chopped       8 cloves
Tamarind pulp          1 1/2 teaspoons
Coconut milk           3/4 cup


Procedure:

1. Marinate chicken with lemon juice, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder and salt for an hour.
2. To make the masala dry roast coconut to a light brown. Lightly sauté coriander seeds, black peppercorns,cumin seeds and red chillies in two teaspoons of oil.
3. Grind these along with roasted coconut and half the onions to a fine paste using a little water if required.
4. Heat remaining oil in pan.
5. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves. When the seeds splutter, add garlic and remaining onions and sauté for five minutes on low heat.
6. Add ground masala and sauté for five minutes till a nice aroma is given out.
7. Add marinated chicken. Stir well and adjust salt.
8. Stir, cover and cook for ten minutes. Add tamarind pulp and stir well.
9. Add coconut milk and allow it to cook
10. when you find the chicken is cooked, turn the stove to High and cook so that it wont stick to the non stick pan.
11. Then the chicken looks like it is in the image here...yummy fried chicken
12. serve it hot with roti or rice.

Chicken Dum Biryani

Required:

Chicken : 500 gms

kesar or orance edible color : 1 pinch

hot milk : 1/4 cup

For biryani rice preparation :

Rice : 2 cups ( wash the rice and soak it in water for half an hour)

water : 6 cups ( 1:3 ratio with rice)
jeera : 1 spoon
laung : 5-6
elaichi : 2-3
dalchin : 1 inch piece
bay leaf - 2
salt : 1 tblsp

Masala for marination :

gg paste : 2 spoons
mirchi: 2Nos
jeera : 1 spoon
laung : 3
lemon juice : 1/4 cup
oil:50 grams
 garam masala : 2 spoons
curd : 1 cup
salt : acc to taste
chilli powder : acc to taste
brown onion : 1 cup ( deep fried onion - take care not to fry too much) [optional,but adds a lot to taste ]
pudina : 1 bunch of fresh leaves

Procedure:

1.Switch on the stove
2.Start Boiling water
3. Once the water starts boiling, add jeera,salt ,dalchin,elaichi,laung and bay leaf
4. Now add rice and stirr
5. Now marinate chicken with the below ingredients :
gg paste + mirchi paste + jeera + dalchin + elaichi + lemon juice + biryani leaf +
50 grams oil +garam masala + curd + chilli powder + brown onion + pudina + 2 spoons ghee + salt
6.Marinate for half an hour
7.Once the rice is half cooked , drain the water.
8.Now take a handi , keep the chicken as a layer at the bottom
9.Then apply rice as a layer on the chicken in the handi.
10.Take very hot milk and add kesar ( or orange edible food color) and then u get yellow color
11.Now add the color,brown onion and pudina between the layers.
12.Now close the lid and leave the stove in sim
13.In 20 mins you can switch off the stove with a tepting smell striking your kitchen

Homemade Chicken Pakora

Chicken Pakora:


Easy and tasty dish which will make people look up to you.
I swear you will feel excited  when you are serving the dish...with a question Am I one who prepared this...Un believable... ??? &&& !!!


Just have a look at ingredients and procedure..

Ingredients:
For the marinade:
250 gm boneless chicken-cut into 3 cm cubes
6-7 garlic cloves
2.5 cm ginger piece
1/4 tsp white pepper powder
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garam masala
1 tsp coriander powder
2 tsp lemon juice
For the batter:
1 egg
2 tbsp gram flour
2 tbsp refined flour
2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garam masala
oil to deep fry
Method:
Make a paste of the ginger and garlic. Marinate the chicken with the paste and the remaining ingredients. Keep aside for at least an hour.
Mix together all the ingredients for the batter and beat thoroughly. Heat the oil in a kadahi.
Dip a marinated chicken piece in the batter and deep-fry until crisp and golden brown.
Repeat with the remaining chicken pieces, draining excess oil on absorbent kitchen paper.
Serve with mint chutney.

Chicken Chettinad in Andhra Kitchen :)

Everytime the same method of preparing chicken.I got iritated,thought of trying some thing new in my kitchen,
i hope even my kitchen got bored of my regular chicken curry just adding some more coriander or more palakk.
But wanna try some thing in a different way.
So just searched the net and found many recipie sites for chettinad chicken but tamilspice.blogspot.com caught my eye.
hence tried it and it came tooo well.
just sharing the recipie for your information,enjoyyy the taste.Its awesomeee.

Ingredients:

Chicken – 500 gms
Grind:
Garlic – 4 pods
Ginger – 1 inch
Coriander powder – 1tsp
Chilli powder – 1 Tbsp
Pepper – 1 Tbsp
Curd – 1 Tbsp
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Salt as required

Frying 1:
Onion - 1 chopped
Tomato – 1 chopped
Ginger-Garlic paste – 1½
oil-tblsp

Frying 2:
Onion – ½ sliced ( vertically sliced)
Curry leaves – 1 twig
Red chillies – 3
Pepper powder – 1 tsp

Preparation:
1.Grind together all the ingredients under grind
2.Marinate the chicken with the grinded paste
3.Now heat oil in a kadai
4. Add onion chopped finely,add ginger garlic paste
5.Add tomatoes once the onions turn transparent and let them cook until they become soft enough oozing out the puree.
6.Now add the marinated chicken and start cooking,stirring in between.
7.add very very less water if required,( if u need more gravy)
8.Once you see the chicken get cooked, heat oil in another kadai
9.add onion.red chillies,curry leaves and let it fry
10.Now add pepper powder,give a stir
11.Add this to the cooking chicken .

Here is your chicken chettinad,enjoyy the spice of tamilnadu in your own kitchen...
the look of the curry itself is stunning !!!

Spicyyy kothimeera chicken

Spicyyy kothimeera chicken / Dhania chicken :Only 1 spoon oil :)

We went to a restaurant last wednesday as my husband had holiday but i went to office :(
so...we went for lunch near by
When going  through the menu card saw dhania chicken and ordered it as my husband is fond of kothimeeer
So tried it accordingly at home with only 1 spoon of oil and here is the recipie.

Required:

1. Chicken    - 1/2 kg
2. Kothmeeri     - 1/2 bunch ,incase u r fan of coriander no wrong in using full bunch ;)
3. Salt     - accrding to taste
4. turmeric (haldi)   - accrding to taste
5. chilli powder - accrding to taste
6. curd   - 1 cup
7. Masala paste  - 2 onions +2 chillies + 2 elaichies + 5 laung +4 garlic pods + piece of ginger
8. Oil                  - 1 spoon

 1. Wash and clean chicken with salt water
 2. Cut coriander ( kothmeer) to tiny pieces
 3. Then blend it well
 4. Now Take a bowl Mix masala paste ,curd,salt,palak paste and let it blend well
 5. Now add chicken pieces to it and let it marinate for 30 - 40 mins ( allowing the chicken pieces t absorb the taste of coriander and masala)
 6. After 30 mins, take a kadai,put spoon of oil
 7. Let the oil heat for sometime
 8. Now put the chicken mixture in kadai and stirr it occasionally keeping in sim.
 9. In some time we can see the corianders flavour touching the doors of your neghbours house even.
10. Then we can Off the stove and serve hot with pinch of lemon juice on it.
I bet u will crave for gravvvyyy more than chicken pieces.Its yummyyyyyyyy ...huh

Tastyyy Palak Chicken

Tastyyy Palak Chicken recipie :

Required:
1. Chicken    - 1/2 kg
2. palak     - 1/2 bunch
3. Salt     - accrding to taste
4. turmeric (haldi)   - accrding to taste
5. chilli powder - accrding to taste
6. curd   - 1 cup
7. Masala paste  - 2 onions +2 chillies + 2 elaichies + 5 laung +4 garlic pods + piece of ginger + coriander

 1. Wash and clean chicken with salt water
 2. Cut palak to tiny ,boil in water for 4 mins
 3. Let it cool and then blend it well ( can use mixy also)
 4. Now Take a bowl Mix masala paste ,curd,salt,palak paste and let it blend well
 5. Now add chicken pieces t it and let it marinate for 30 - 40 mins
 6. After 30 mins, take a kadai,put 2 full spoons of oil
 7.Let the oil heat for sometime
 8.Now put the chicken mixture in kadai and stirr it occasionally keeping in sim.
 9.In some time we can see the palak corianders flavour touching the doors of your neghbours house even.
 10.Then we can Off the stove,garnish it with coriander and serve hot with pinch of lemon juice on it.