KASHMIRI FRIED DRYCHICKEN ROAST

How about of making a Kashmiri Dish Today? Kashmiri Chicken, it is a native dish of Kashmir.Like all others, this recipe is full of authentic spices with a unique Kashmiri twist. It is a simple Non Vegetarian dish.Roast all masalas and powder it.Then apply on the chicken pieces and marinate this for about 30 mins. Fry this in a little butter till it turns brown in a low flame. It can be used as a starter or as a side dish. So now we can move to the preparation of this tasty dish.

                                        INGREDIENTS

• Chicken pieces                      - 500 grams
• Curd                                      -  2 tbsp
• Ginger paste                          - 1 tea spoon
• Garlic paste                           - 1 tea spoon
• Salt to taste
• Red chilly powder                -  1 tbsp
• Pepper powder                     -  1/2 tsp(roasted n powdered)
• Fennel powder                     -  1/2 tsp( roasted n powdered)
• Garam masala powder         -  1/2 tsp
• Coriander seeds                   -  3 tbsp
• Kashmiri dry chilly             -  10-12 nos
• Tomato                               -   2 nos
• Coriander leaves                -   little amount
• Curry leaves                      -   1 sprig
• Pudina/Mint leaves          -    8-10 leaves
• Vinegar                             -   1 tbsp
• Butter                                -  3 tb sp

                                          METHOD

• Clean the chicken pieces and keep it aside.

• Pat dry the chicken pieces and add curd to it.

• Add ginger paste to it.

• Add garlic paste and salt to it.

• Mix it well and keep aside.

• Here I used all the powdered masalas which i have ready at home. .If u don't have at home fry all these together with whole masalas and use..

• Roast the chilly first. If it is half done add the coriander  to it.

• Fry till it is crispy.Finally  add the powdered masalas to it and turn off the flame.

• Grind this in a mixer to a fine powder.

• Add coriander leaves, curry leaves and mint leaves.

• Finally add the tomatoes,vinegar and grind it again to a fine paste without adding water to it. It can be easily grinded because we add tomatoes,vinegar and leaves to it.

• Apply this masala over the chicken.

• Mix well with  hands and keep this for 30 mins.

• Heat butter in a kadai.

• Add the marinated chicken pieces and cook in high flame till the water content dries.

• After the water dries , close it with a lid and cook in a medium flame till it becomes brown and cooked.

                            

• Make it dry and use .The masalas should be coated on it.

  ENJOY the North Indian Kashmiri fried dry chicken Roast!!!!!

PRAWNS RICE/CHEMMEEN CHORU

Prawns is a best combination with rice.Today I have prepared the recipe with brown rice. Today's Prawns Rice is an easy and simple to cook recipe.First of all I applied masala on prawns and cooked without adding oil or ghee.After drying out all the water I added ghee to it and roasted it.Then I added rice directly and cooked for few minutes .Now our awesome recipe is ready to eat..Let us move to the preparation.

                                   INGREDIENTS

• Jhinga Prawns               -  10 nos
• Pepper powder              -  1 tsp full
• Turmeric powder          -  1/2 tsp
• Garlic powder               -  3/4 tsp
• Ginger paste                 -  1/2 tsp
• Onions finely chopped -  1 tbsp
• Cooked brown rice       -  2-3 cups . I used here brown rice.
• Salt to taste
• Vinegar                        -  1 tsp
• Ghee                            -  2 tsp
• Cheese cube                -  1 

                                 METHOD

• Take a bowl and mix all ingredients except chopped onion and ghee. No need to add water since water will come out by itself. Allow it to dry and then cook.Add chopped onion to it.

• Add ghee to it and saute it well for 3-4 mins.Let the masala coats well on prawns .Then add cooked brown rice or basmati rice  to it.

• Add 2-3 cups of rice to it.Add cheese cube inside the rice and cover it.

• Taste the salt , if necessary add salt to it and serve hot.

• Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

                                      Enjoy the Yummy Prawns Rice!!!

BANANA BISCUIT /CUSTARD BISCUIT

Banana Biscuit or Custard Biscuit is one of the best snack items.Most of the kids would be very familiar with this biscuits and this is available in markets since 20 plus years.Even my kids are very fond of this Banana biscuits.I was trying to prepare this recipe for the past many years.Now I finally found out the correct ingredient proportions. I am so happy that finally I made it possible.So let me share this long time awaited recipe to all my friends.Let us see the recipe preparation..

                                                 INGREDIENTS

• All purpose Flour / Maida  - 250 grams
• Custard powder                 -  125 grams
• Milk powder                      -  50 grams
• Icing sugar                         -  175 gms
• Butter/Margarine               -  250 gms( If you are using margarine or butter bring it to room                                                                     temperature )
• Egg                                    -  1
• Baking powder                 -   6 grams
• Pineapple essence             -  1 tsp

                                            METHOD

• Take the measured maida, custard powder, baking powder and keep aside.

• Then add the milk powder to it and sieve this 2-3 times.

• Cream the fat and icing sugar in a bowl.

• Add egg and essence to it.

• Beat it well.

• Then add the flour to it and mix this with your hands.Knead it well and make a soft dough.Roll it into balls and shape it as per your taste.Arrange them in a greased tray cover it with an aluminium foil and bake it at 180 degree for 20 mins.

• After 20 mins take it out and  keep this in the tray itself till it becomes cool and crispy .

      Here is the yummy Banana Biscuit ..ENJOY!!!!!!

BOMBAY TOAST / FRENCH TOAST

French Toast is an Anglo-Indian breakfast dish.It can be served as a  Snack item too.French Toast is also called as Spanish Toast,Bombay Toast,Gypsy Toast etc.It's prepared with few ingredients and takes less time to prepare too.By dipping bread slice in the coconut milk batter and toasting in the pan or in a toaster is how we prepare the Bombay Toast.So let us see the preparation now.

                                                     INGREDIENTS

• Bread Slices                -   10 pieces
• Thick Coconut milk    -   1.5 cup
• Egg                              -   1
• Sugar                           -   as required
• Cardamom                  -   4 nos
• Ghee                           -   For applying

                                                       METHOD

• Blend the coconut milk,sugar, egg,and cardamom together in a mixer.

•  Pour it to a bowl.

•  Heat a pan and  grease some ghee over it.

•  Cut the bread as shown here.

•  Dip the bread slices in the coconut milk batter and place it on the pan.

•  Apply ghee on the other side too and flip it.

•  Now the Bombay Toast is ready to eat.

                                                     ENJOY GUYSSS!!!!!