GARLIC CHILLY PRAWNS -GRAVY TYPE

Chilly Prawns is a spicy Chinese dish.It has been a long time since I have prepared a Prawns dish.So today I am planning to prepare a Prawns dish for all of you.I have prepared this dish in an Indo Chinese style.For preparing this recipe first I marinated the prawns in batter.Then I fried this in oil and cooked it in garlic red chilly sauce.So let us see the preparation.

                            

                                                    INGREDIENTS

• Prawns                                -  750 gms
• Onion diced                        -  3
• Ginger  Julienne                 -  1 piece
• Garlic paste                        -   1 tbsp
• Green chilies                      -   5 chopped
• Tomato                               -   2 diced
• Capsicum diced                 -   1
• Garlic red chilly paste       -   2 tbsp( Cook garlic and Kashmiri chilly in vinegar and salt water for 15 mins , when it cools blend it in a mixer and store it in refrigerator)
• Pepper powder                  -   3/4 tsp
• Salt 
• Oil
• Spring onion chopped      -  as required
• Corn flour batter

For Marinating Batter

•  Eggs                              -  2
• Salt to taste
• Maida                             - 1/2 cup
• Corn flour                      -  1/4 cup
• Garlic Red chilly paste  -  1/2 tsp
• Baking Powder              -  a pinch

                                                      METHOD

• Mix all the marinating ingredients together  and make a batter. Dip all the cleaned prawns and keep it aside..

•  Heat some oil in a kadai.

•  Fry this marinated prawns slowly.(We do it slowly to avoid adding more oil to fry.If we use little oil the cooking process can be finished with this oil.)

•  Keep aside the fried prawns.

•  In the same oil add ginger julienne and saute for 1 min in high flame.

•  Add garlic paste to it.

• Then add the diced onions and saute till it becomes translucent. 

•  Add green chillies too.

•  Now make a hole in the center and add the garlic red chilly paste.Saute it well.

•  Add the tomatoes and stir for 1more min .

•  Add pepper powder to it and combine it well.

•  Now we can add the capsicum and mix well.

•  This is the balance batter to which I have added some water.Then I mixedwell to make the gravy.

•  This batter is added to it and add salt to it.

•  Add the fried garlic to it.

• Let it boil for 2 mins.

•  Turn off the flame and garnish with spring onions.

ENJOY THIS YUMMY GARLIC CHILLY PRAWNS!!!!

CHICKEN POLLICHATHU

Fish Pollichathu is one of the popular delicacies of Kerala.I thought of trying the same recipe with Chicken and the final recipe was much appreciated by my family.So I decided to share this recipe to all the Foodies.All the masalas used here have given the dish a very good aroma and flavor.Today's Chicken Pollichathu is a very yummy recipe and it can be served along with Rice, Chapati,Parota, Naan , Idiappam, pPaalappam, Puttu etc...Let us see the preparation now.

                                                  INGREDIENTS

• Chicken                           - 1 kg pieces(Marinate the chicken with 2 tsp of red chilly powder, 1/2                                             tsp turmeric powder, salt and a pinch of garam masala)
• Ginger crushed               -  1.5 tbsp
• Garlic crushed                -  1.5 tbsp
• Shallot                            -  1.5 cup
• Green chilies                  -  7 chopped
• Tomato chopped            -  3 
• Red chilly powder          -  2 tsp
• Turmeric powder           -  1/4 tsp
• Pepper powder               -  1/2 tsp
• Coconut milk                 -  2 cups
• Oil                                  - 3 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Curry leaves
• Coriander leaves chopped

                                                    METHOD

•  Clean and cut the chicken pieces.

•  Marinate the chicken with the above listed ingredients and keep it aside for 20 mins.

•  Heat a heavy bottom pan and add some oil.Saute crushed ginger and garlic together.

•  Add the shallots cut into it.

•  Add green chilies to it.Saute this well

•  Add red chilly powder, turmeric powder,pepper powder and saute well. Then add the marinated chicken pieces to it.

• Saute the chicken till the color changes to white.Then add the tomato pieces and saute well.

•  Let the tomato gets mixed well with the gravy.

•  Then add salt and coconut milk to it.

•  When it starts to boil add the curry leaves to it.Let it cook for 30 mins in a very low flame.

•  When it is cooked well, turn off the flame and add the chopped coriander leaves to it.

             Here is your yummy Chicken Pollichathu Enjoy !!!