CHICKEN MANCHURIAN

Chicken manchurian is a very popular starter and a side dish.Basically this is a Chinese dish, but I am preparing in an Indo-Chinese style.This can be served as an evening snack and along with roti or naan too.I hope you all will try today's Chicken Manchurian in your home also.Let us see how to prepare this tasty dish.

                                               INGREDIENTS

For marination

• Chicken pieces                 -   1 kg
• Curd                                 -   1/2 cup 
• Pepper powder                 -   1/2 tsp
• Ginger Garlic paste          -   1 tsp
• Corn flour                         -  2 tsp
• Salt                                   -   to taste

Marinate this and keep in refrigerator for 30 mins.

• Maida                                -   1/2 cup
• Cornflour                          -   1/4 tsp
• Ginger chopped                -   1 tbsp
• Garlic chopped                 -   1 tbsp
• Green chilies slit              -    3 
• Onion diced                      -   2 big
• Celery stem  chopped       -   2 tbsp
• Celery leaves chopped     -   2 tbsp
• Kashmiri chilly powder   -   1.5 tbsp
• Tomato ketchup               -   1 tbsp
• Red capsicum                  -   1 diced
• Vinegar                            -   1 tbsp
• Water                               -   as required
• Salt to taste                     

•  Marinate the chicken with the marinating ingredients and keep in refrigerator for 30 mins.

•  Mix maida and cornflour together and make a batter.

•  Cook the marinated chicken in a pan without adding oil.While cooking fat oil will come out.Cook till 5 mins and remove it to a plate.

•  In the same pan add some oil.Dip all the chicken pieces in the batter and fry each pieces slowly till light brown.

•  When it is fried remove this to a plate.

•  In the balance oil,add the chopped garlic to it.

•  Add chopped ginger to it.

•  Then add slitten green chilies to it.

•  Now add the diced onions to it.

•  Next add chopped celery to it.

•  Saute well.

•  Add chilly powder to it.

•  Saute this well.

• To the balance dip batter, add  1 cup of water and mix well.If you do not have the balance dip batter then add 2 tbsp of cornflour and mix with water.Add this to the mixture.

•  Add salt to it and allow it to boil.

•  Add tomato ketchup and vinegar to it and  mix well.

•  Now add the fried chicken to it.

•  Mix well,when the sauce gets coated on the chicken turn off the flame.

•  Garnish with celery leaves.

•  Finally garnish with white sesame seeds and serve.

                             Enjoy today's special Chicken Manchurian!!!!!!!!!!!

A SPICY ITALIAN CHICKEN SAUSAGE RICE

     

We all know different Italian dishes like Pizza,Pasta,Margheritta,Focaccia Bread etc.Today let us try an Italian dish made of chicken sausage and rice.This Italian Chicken sausage rice is one of the favorite and best dishes I have liked so far.Though I am not a hard core Biriyani lover this dish is my favorite food.The real taste of ginger garlic and cheese enhance the taste of this dish.I have not added any garam masala to this instead I have cooked the rice in chicken stock which is another taste enhancing method.Try out this recipe in your home and get compliments from your loved ones  for this delicious recipe. So watch out my step by step presentation here...

                                              INGREDIENTS

• Chicken sausage big             -  15 nos
• Basmati rice                        -  3.5 cup
• Beans                                  -  15 nos
• Carrot                                 -  1 no
• Chicken cubes                     -  4 nos
• Onion                                  -  1 big
• Ginger garlic paste              -  3 tbsp
• Celery                                -  2  stem
• Spring onion                       -  2  bulb
• Pepper powder                   -  1.5 tsp
• Salt                                    -  to taste  (we are adding chicken cubes here so do not                                                add salt more)
• Red chilly n Garlic paste     -   3 tbsp
• Water                                -   6 cup
• Tomato                             -    2 or 3 (small)
• Cheddar cheese                 -   100 gm
• Ghee                                -    3 tbsp
• Refined oil                        -   3 tbsp

                                        METHOD

• Soak the rice for 1 hr and drain it.
• Chop capsicum, celery leaves,spring onion leaves and keep it aside.
• Grate the cheese and keep it aside.

•  Cut the sausage slant wise and keep it aside.If we cut it in round shape it will be too small that is why we are cutting it slant wise.

•  Chop the beans, carrot,celery stem and spring onion (white part of the stem) and keep it aside.

                            

•  Boil the water by adding 4 cubes of Maggi magic cubes.If we are adding 2 big cubes then it is enough.

•  Heat a heavy bottom pan and add 3 tb.sp of ghee and 3 tbsp of refined oil.

•  Fry the sliced sausage till light brown and remove it to a plate.

•  After frying all the sausage in the balance oil, add the chopped onions and ginger garlic paste and saute well.

•  Add the celery stem and spring onion (white stem part) and saute well.

•  Add the chopped carrots and beans.Saute for 1 more minute .

•  Now add the fried sausage to it.

•  Sprinkle salt and pepper powder to it.

•  It is now time to add the soaked rice to it.Saute for a minute.

•  Add the red chilly garlic paste and saute the rice for 2 more minutes .

•  Pour the boiling chicken stock water to it.

•  Allow it to boil.When it starts boiling close it with a tight lid and cook in low flame for 10 mins.

•  After 10 mins our  sausage rice will look like the above picture.Now add the capsicum chopped to it.

•  Add celery leaves

• Add spring onions.

•  Grate the cheese to it.

•  Cut the tomatoes into big pieces and arrange it on the top according to your own style.Close this again with the lid and allow it to cook for 5 more mins  in low flame.

•  Mix well.

             Garnish our yummy Italian Chicken Sausage rice and serve hot!!!

IDLI

Idli is a traditional South Indian breakfast recipe.It is savory cake that is popular  throughout India and its neighboring countries like Sri Lanka. Soaking the rice and Black gram dal over night or for 8 hours and grind them finely in a mixer.Ferment the batter for 8 hrs to make soft Idli.While grinding, remember to grind the Black gram dal first by adding only little water and the batter should be fluffy.Now a days people are preparing Idli fry, Idli manchurian,Idli upma etc with Idlis.So let us see the preparation now.

                                                          INGREDIENTS

• Par Boiled Ponni Rice / Idli Rice         - 2 cups
• Raw rice                                               - 1 cup
• Black gram dal                                     - 3/4 to1 cup

 ( If you are grinding in a grinder take only 3/4 cup of dal and if you are grinding in a mixie take 1          cup)

• Cooked rice                                          -  1 cup
• Salt
• Water

                                                        METHOD

• Soak the both types of rices and dal separately for 8 hrs.First grind the Black gram dal with little water to a fluffy batter. Remove this to a big bowl.Then add the rices, cooked rice and salt together .When it grinds smoothly like a paste add this grinded dal to it and grind it again for 2--3 mins.We do this to get it mixed well. Leave this for 8 hrs to ferment.When the batter doubles in quantity after 8 hrs, stir well.Grease the Idli tawas pour Idli batter to it and  cook in a steamer for 3-4 mins.Enjoy the soft Idlis with coconut chutneys or any  other chutneys of your choice and sambar.

INDO-MALAYSIAN PASTA

Pasta is one of the favorite dishes of all children.This food belongs to traditional Italian cuisine.I prefer to cook pasta with vegetables and chicken together.Today in this Pasta recipe I  have added tomato ketchup instead of puree.Also some seasonings too to give the  dish more taste.So let us start the preparation right??

                                                     INGREDIENTS

• Pasta                               -    250 gm
• Beans                             -    5
• Carrot                            -    1 large
• Chicken boneless          -    150 gms
• Chicken sausage           -    2 large
• Olive oil                        -   2 tbsp
• Frozen peas                   -   1/4 cup
• frozen Sweet corn         -   1/4 cup
• Ginger garlic paste        -   1 tbsp
• Capsicum                      -   1 chopped
• Pepper powder              -   1 tsp
• Green chilly sauce         -  1 tbsp
• Garlic taste enhancer     -  1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Soya sauce                    -   1/4 tsp
• Tomato ketch up           -   1 tbsp
• Coriander leaves           -   as required

                                                          METHOD

• Cook Pasta in 1 litre of water with a tea spoon of oil and salt.When it is cooked, drain it in a drainer and keep under running water for 1-2 mins.When the water is drained add 1 tsp of oil ,toss it well and keep it aside. 

•  Cut the vegetables and keep it aside.

•  Cook the boneless chicken  pieces with salt and pepper powder.

•  Cut the sausage in a slanted way and keep it aside.

•  Add olive oil and fry the sausage till light brown in low flame.Remove this to a plate.

•  Add the beans and carrot to the balance oil and saute well.

•  Add capsicum, green peas,sweet corn and saute for few mins.

•  Add ginger garlic paste and saute well.

•  Add soya sauce and green chilly sauce to it.

•  Combine well and add cooked chicken to it.

•  Saute this for 1-2 mins.

•  Add pepper powder to it.

•  Add fried sausages to it.

•  Now you can add cooked pasta to it.

•  Combine well.

•  Sprinkle the garlic enhancer to it.

• Add chopped coriander leaves  to it.

• Finally add the tomato ketchup.

               Indo-Malayasian Pasta is now ready to serve hot!!