6.13.2008

Bhavana’s Chicken Kabobs

Marinade
Mix together
Chopped green chillies,
Mint,
Corriander,
Salt,
Saffron
Heavy Whipped Cream.

Marinate chicken in the above mixture and grill it. Serve with a khara chutney below.
Variation: You can also add grated ginger if u like but not garlic or garam masala.

Khara Chutney
Grind equal proportions of pudina and corriander with green chillies and salt
Squeeze some lime or just leave lime wedges on the side of the chicken so people can squeeze it if they want it

Garlic Curry

Ingredients
Garlic 3 pods
Coconut ½ cup
Tomato 1
Tamarind Juice 1 tbsp
Dhaniya Pd – 4 tsp
Chilli Pd – 2 tsp
Jeera
Onion 1
Curry Leaves
Mustard
Oil
Salt

Preparation
Cut ½ onion and 1 tomato into small pieces

Take little oil in a pan and fry onion, coconut.

Add Dhaniya pd, Chilli pd and Jeera and fry for 5 more minutes

Cool and Grind this mixture

Heat oil in a pan, season with mustard, curry leaves, ½ onion, garlic pods and fry.

Add tomatoes and fry till tomatoes are mushy.

Add the ground masala and fry for 2 minutes.

Add 2 cups of water (or to a required consistency), salt and tamarind juice.

Boil till it comes to a required consistency/oil separates

Amma’s Vinegar Chicken

Ingredients
Chicken 1 kg
Garlic 10-12
Red Chillies 5-6
Vinegar
Onion – 1 big

Powder:
Cardomom 5-6
Jeera 1 ½ tsp
Pepper 8
Clove 1
Cinnamon 1”

Preparation
In a dry grinder or coffee grinder, grind garlic and red chillies with the above powder adding vinegar (little by little) so that when it is ground fully, you should be able to make a ball out of it. Be careful not to put too much vinegar.

Fry onion and add the above paste and fry till oil separates

Add chicken and salt and cook till chicken is well done and all the water is evaporated.

Amma's Chilli Chicken

Ingredients
Chicken 1 lb
Onion 1 – chopped fine
Ginger & Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
G. Chillies 10 - slit
Turmeric ¼ tsp
Oil – 2 tbsp
Salt
Lime/Lemon – ½

Preparation
Heat oil in a kadai.

Add G.Chillies and onions and fry till onions are golden brown.

Add Ginger & Garlic paste and fry till the raw smell vanishes.

Add Chicken and Turmeric. Fry for 2 mins and add salt.

Cover and cook till half done. By now, there will be a lot of water. Check for salt and add if needed.

Remove the lid and keep frying till the chicken is done and all the water evaporates.

Turn off the flame and add lime juice as per taste.

6.09.2008

Padmaja's Okra (బెందేకాయ)

Ingredients:
Cut Okra 1 frozen bag
Onion 1
Garlic 4-5 flakes
Salt, chilli powder, dhania powder, turmeric.
oil
Fried Cashews/Peanuts

After seasoning with jeera and mustard add cut onions,let the onion fry nicely. Add okra,cook until the stickiness goes away.

Meanwhile take garlic...usually 4-5 for frozen bag, salt, chilli pd, dhania pd and make a coarse paste.

Once the okra is fried, scoot it to the corners, so that oil is collected in the middle of the pan.

To this add the garlic paste. Stir it couple of times, add a pinch of turmeric powder. Once it mixes with the oil, bring out all the okra and stir it nicely so that it coats with the masala evenly, let it cook for couple of min.
Can be garnished with fried Cashews or peanuts.