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Wednesday 27 August 2014

BBQ Chicken

BBQ Chicken

Flavor of the day-- Spicy, Sweet, Tangy and Burnt 






INGREDIENTS

1. Chicken (Boneless OR With Bones) - 250 gms
2. BBQ Sauce - 1 tsp
3. Tabasco Sauce - 1 small tsp
4. Lemon - 1 1/2 (you may also use white vinegar)
5. Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
6. Salt - to taste

7. Oil - for cooking

PREPARATION 

Keep the chicken marinated with the ingredients for one hour in the fridge.

Now simply brush oil on it and BBQ it or Grill it. Squeeze 1/2 lemon on the pcs..  Your BBQ chicken is ready.. :)

Serve it as snacks with drinks of your choice :D

Do write to me if you like this recipe.. :)

Happy Cooking :) :)


Monday 25 August 2014

Shami Kabab

Shami Kabab

You will often find people from Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), talking about this scrumptious minced meat recipe. I being born and brought up in Lucknow, have tried to make this recipe absolutely "Lucknavi style". So there you go..

INGREDIENTS -

1. Minced Meat- 500gms
2. Water- 4 cups
3. Soaked Chana Dal - less than 1/2 a tea cup
4. Green Cardamon - 4
5. Cinnamon stick 1 medium sized
6. Black Cumin(Shah jeera) - 1/2 tsp
7. Cloves - 5
8. Black Peppercorns - 7
9. Onions - 1 big
10. Garlic - 3-4 chopped
11. Ginger - 1 tsp
12. Coriander leaves - 1 tsp Chopped
13. Imli Paste - 1/2 tsp
14. Green Chillies - 5-6 chopped
15. Salt to taste
16. Oil for frying

PREPARATION

Boil the minced meat, soaked chana dal, all the spices together. Now turn them into a grinder, and add the chopped green chilles, chopped garlic, and chopped ginger and salt and grind to make a fine paste. Do remember there should be any water in the mixture.

Now in this paste add imli paste and chopped coriander leaves and mix properly. Shape them as tikkis and in a non-stick tawa fry them untill golden brown and cooked.

Your mesmerizing Shami Kababs are ready to serve. :)

Serve it hot with Laccha Paratha and Pudhina Raita. 

Do let me know if you liked my KABAB recipe and also, do share your experience on my page. :)

HAPPY COOKING :)

  
 

Friday 8 August 2014

Chicken Kofta

CHICKEN KOFTA

Opened my fridge and found to some boneless chicken  pcs. in there.. :) Delighted! I cooked Chinese few days back so wanted to try out something Indian.. So thought of this Recipe - #ChickenKofta :) ..
Koftas can either make a veg menu or a Non-veg menu..Veggies generally make it with Lauki (Bottle Gourd), Paneer (cottage cheese), Mix veggies, Soya beans etcs..I tried this recipe with Minced Chicken.. So let's start :D


INGREDIENTS-

SERVES - 3

For Chicken Balls

1. Minced Chicken - 1 bowl
2. Grounded Cashews- 2 tsp
3. Grounded Almonds - 2 tsp
4. Grounded Cumin Seeds- 1 tsp
5. Ginger Chopped- 1tsp
6. Garlic Chopped - 1 tsp
7. Onion Chopped - 1 medium size
8. Salt to taste
9. Oil for deep frying

PREPARATION

In a bowl of minced Chicken add all the ingredients and mix properly. Now with  light oily hands make medium sized balls and deep fry them. Your Kofta Balls are ready.

For Kofta Curry-

1. Tomato - 1 big
2. Onion - 1 big
3. Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
4. Red Chilli Powder- 1 tsp
5. Jeera powder- 2 tsp
6. Dhaniya Powder - 2 tsp
7. Haldi - 1 tsp
8. Salt  to taste
9. Garam Masala- 1 1/2 tsp
10. Water - 1 cup
11. Mustard Oil - 3 tbsp

PREPARATION -

Make a paste of Onion, Tomato, Ginger Garlic Paste, Red Chilli Powder, Jeera Powder, and Dhaniya Powder. Heat oil in a pan and add this paste into it. Fry until oil separates. Add salt. Now add these Kofta Balls in the cooked masala and add water. Mix properly and and on a medium high flame let the gravy go thick. Add Garam Masala to it and keep it covered for 5 minutes.

Well. Your Chicken Kofta is ready to serve. :)

Best Served with - Hot Garlic Naan. :D

Happy Cooking!! :)