Chicken Curry

Ingredients:

Chicken : 3 lbs

Chilli powder : 1.5 spoon

Dhania powder : 3/4 spoon

Turmeric : 1 spoon

Salt : to taste

Cilantro : to garnish

Pepper powder : 1tsp

Roast & powder :

Poppy seeds : 2 spoons

Dry coconut powder : 1 tbsp

Grind:

Onion : 1 medium size

Tomato: 2 medium size

Ginger: 1 inch

Garlic : 2 cloves

Clove: 2

Cinnamon : 1/2 inch

Anise : 1

Method:

1. Wash chicken well. Squeeze all excess water.

2. Heat oil in a pan.

3. Add ground mixture (items specified under grind).

4. Saute it until raw smell goes.

5. Add cut chicken. Mix well and let it cook for 5 min.

6. Add chilli, dhania powder, turmeric, pepper powder, salt and poppy-coconut mixture. Mix well.

    Let it cook for 5 min.

7. Add enough water. Close the lid. Cook until chicken is well done.

8. Garnish with cilantro and close the lid.

9. Switch off the stove and take it to a serving bowl.

Ginger Chicken

Recipe inspired by vahchef

Ingredients:

• chicken – 1 – number
• chillis green – 3 – number
• coriander leaves – 1 – bunch
• corn flour – 1 – tbsp
• curry leaves – hand ful
• ginger – grams – 100
• onion – 1 – number
• pepper – 1 – tsp
• salt –  as per taste
• soy sauce – 1 – tbsp
• vinegar – 1 – tbsp

Method:

1. Take curry leaves,onion,green chillies, cilantro. Make a paste in a blender.
2. Now take chicken add soy sauce,vinegar,corn flour,salt mix well and keep it aside for 20 min.
3. Take a pan add oil, add the marinated chicken pieces, fry the chicken till they become goldern brown add ginger chopped,ginger garlic paste, mix well.
4. Now add the onion paste. Mix well and cook for 5 min till it stick to chicken add little salt if required.
5. Now add pepper powder, finally add coriander leaves.

Tandoori Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken drum sticks : 12
Chilli powder : 1 spoon
Dhania powder : 1 spoon
Turmeric : 1/2 tsp
Pepper:  1 tsp
Lime juice : 2 spoons
Red food color : a pinch
Salt : to taste
Thick yogurt : 1 tbsp
Mint : finely chopped handful
Garm masala: 1 tsp
Oil : 3 spoons
Ginger & garlic paste : 1 spoon

Method:

Wash drum sticks well. Remove the skin.
Squeeze water from the chicken.
Make a small slit on the flesh part of the drum stick.
Mix all the ingredients in the bowl.
Rub the mixture to the drumsticks well and coat it on the slit as well. so that marination absorbs into the chicken properly.
 Marinate this for atleast 30 min or overnite. (Avoid this step if in hurry)
Heat pan on the stove. Add drun sticks to the pan.
Cook on slow flame until done.

Chilli Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken(boneless & skinless) : 4 lbs
Chilli powder : 1 spoon
Dhania powder : 1 spoon
Turmeric : 1/2 tsp
Pepper:  1 tsp
Lime juice : 1 spoon

Salt : to taste
Thick yogurt : 1/2 tbsp

Oil : 3 spoons
Ginger & garlic paste : 1 spoon

Tempering:

Oil : 3 spoons

Onion chopped : 1 medium size
Curry leaves : handful
Cilantro : finely cut handful
Green chillies : 7

Method:

Wash chicken well and cut it into small pieces.
Squeeze water from the chicken.

Mix all the ingredients in the bowl.
Rub the mixture to the chicken well.
Let it stand for 30 min (Avoid this step if in hurry)
Heat pan on the stove. Add chicken to the pan.
Cook on slow flame until done.

Remove chicken from the pan and take it into a bowl.


Heat oil in the same pan.
Add green chillies, saute it.
Add curry leaves.
Add onion. Saute it.
Add chicken to the pan. Mix well.
Garnish with cilantro and switch off the flame.

Fish Pulusu

Ingredients

Cat Fish - 3 lbs
Onion - 1 medium size
Tomato - 1
Tamarind Pulp - 1 cup
Ginger & garlic paste - 1tsp
Clove- 2
Cinnamon - 1/4 inch stick
Elachi - 1
salt - to taste
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Dhania powder - 1 tsp'Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Methi powder(dry roast the seeds & powder) - 1/4 tsp
Coconut Powder - 3 tsp
Cilantro - 1/4 cup finely cut
Oil- 4 tsps


Method:

Clean the cat fish properly and squeeze excess water. (Tip : You can wash with little salt and turmerix to get rid of fishy smell).
In a pan heat 2 tsp oil. Once oil is heated add clove, cinnamon and elachi
Add finely cut onion, tomato, salt, ginger and garlic paste and let it cook until raw smell goes.
Once the above mixture cooked properly, add coconut powder and let it cool down.
Grind the onion mixture by adding salt, chilli, dhania, turmeric powder. You can add little water to grind it smoothly.
Heat the remaining oil in the same pan and add above onion mixture. (Tip: You can season with half finely cut onion and half tomato)
Add tamarind pulp and little water to dilute the mixture and let it boil.
Check salt and spices taste. Adjust accordingly.
Add fish pieces carefully to above mixture and close the lid.
This should cook in 15 min on medium flame.
Finally garnish with cilantro.
I served this with brown rice. Goes well with Chapati or White rice as well.