Almond Chicken

Ingredients:
Boneless chicken - 500 gms

For Marination:
Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Whisked egg - 1
Oil - 1 tbsp-
All purpose flour - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
White pepper to taste

For Gravy:
Onion chopped into small pieces
Garlic chopped - 4 cloves
Ginger chopped - 1 tsp
Green chilly chopped - 4 nos
Finely chopped almonds - 1/2 cup
Almonds - 6
White pepper to taste
Soy sauce - 3 tbsp
Capsicum chopped - 1
Spring onion - one bunch
Celery - 1/2 cup
Water as required
Corn flour - 2 tbsp
Oil as required
Salt to taste

Cooking Directions:

      Cut the chicken into small cubes.Now mix the chicken with white pepper,garlic paste,salt,egg,flour and oil.Leave it to marinate for approximately half an hour.Deep fry the marinated chicken and keep aside.

       Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan and saute chopped garlic,then add ginger and then green chillies.Now add onion,capsicum,spring onion,celery and saute.Add chopped almonds to it.Now add fried chicken,soya sauce,salt,white pepper and mix well.Add a glass of water and cook for 3 minutes,let it simmer gently.Dissolve cornflour in little water and add to the gravy while stirring.Let it simmer gently till gravy thickens.Fry full almonds in a seperate pan.Add this fried almonds into this gravy and serve hot with fried rice.

Love,
Roshu
   

Chilly Chicken

Chicken chilli

Ingredients:

For marination
Chicken(Boneless) – 1/2 kg
Egg – 1
Corn Flour – 1 tbsp
Maida – 1/2 tsp
Pepper Powder  – 2 tsp
Ginger-garlic paste – 1tsp
Soy sauce – /12 tsp
Chilly sauce – 1/2 tsp
Tomato ketch up – 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

For the gravy
Onion(chopped) – 2
Green Chilly –  3 nos.
Ginger-garlic(chopped) - 1 tbsp
Capsicum – 1
Spring onion(chopped) – 1 tbsp
Celery (chopped) -1 tbsp
Soy sauce – 1 tsp
Chilly sauce – 1 tsp
Tomato ketch up – 1 tsp
Chicken stock - 1 cup or stock pwdr - 2 tsp
Pepper pwdr - 1 tsp
Sugar – 1tsp
Salt
Oil


Procedure:

              Marinate chicken pieces with the marinade mentioned above(egg should be beaten). Keep aside for 3-4 hour. 



Ready to fry...



Heat oil in a pan. Fry the marinated chicken pieces till light brown.

Fried...

                  Heat oil in a pan. Saute chopped ginger-garlic and finely chopped green chillies first. Now add chopped onion,capsicum,spring onion and celery.Fry for sometimes until the onion pieces are transparent.Now add soy sauce, chilly sauce,tomato ketch up,sugar,salt,pepper powder and stir well.Now add chicken stock or stock powder. Finally add the fried chicken pieces.(if u want gravy add 1 tsp of corn flour mixed with water) and stir well.cook for 4-5minutes.Turn off the heat.

Garnish with chopped spring onions.Serve with Fried rice,noodles,ghee rice or poratta.I love to eat with maida(all purpose flour)chappathi.

 

Luv,

Roshu

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Chicken Fried Rice

Ingredients:

Rice – 3 cups

Lemon Juice – 2-3 tbsp

Chicken pieces fried(small pieces) - 1/2 cup or more

Scrambled eggs – 3
Carrot chopped – 1 1/2 nos.
Beans chopped - 1/4 cup or 7-8 beans
Cabbage is optional
Capsicum – 1 medium, cut into small cubes
Celery chopped into small pieces – 1 cup or 1 big stem
Spring Onion chopped - 1 cup
Fresh green peas or pachapattani (boiled) - 1 cup
Garlic crushed – 1/2 tbsp
Soya sauce – 2 tbsp
Pepper pwdr - 1tbsp
Chicken stock pwdr - 2 tsp
           or
Chicken tastemaker - 1 cube
Salt  to taste
Oil(Peanut oil tastes good but i used sunflower oil ) for frying
Water

Method of preparation:

• Boil water and add a little salt,lemon juice and oil to it.
• wash rice and cook uncovered on low heat till rice is tender. .
• Take care not to overcook the rice. Each grain of rice should be separate.
• When rice is done, drain and add some cold water and drain again using a large seive and set aside.
• Heat oil in a kadai / large pan and stir fry all the chopped vegetables.
• Cook for 3-4 minutes.
• Take care that vegetables are not overdone, they should be crisp.Keep aside
• Now in the same kadai mix a little rice,some scrambled egg,some fried vegetables,chicken pieces,pepper pwdr,soya sauce,chicken stock pwdr and salt(if necessary)
• Mix it well and fry
• Fry portion by portion
• Serve hot with chilly chicken or chicken manchurian or chilly gobi...

Luv,

Roshu



Chilly Gobi

Ingredients:

Medium sized cauliflower cut into florets - 1

For marinating the cauliflower:

Maida/all-purpose flour - 3 tbsps 

Cornflour - 3 tbsps
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
Soya sauce - 1 tsp
Tomato sauce - 2 tsp
Chilli sauce - 1 tsp

Pepper pwdr - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

For the gravy or sauce:

Medium sized capsicum sliced - 1/2
Onion sliced into small pieces - 2
Garlic chopped into tiny pieces - 1 1/2 tbsp
Ginger chopped into tiny pieces - 1 tbsp
Green chillies chopped into tiny pieces - 2-3 nos.

Coriander leaves chopped- a bunch

Spring onion chopped - 1/2 a bunch
Oil - 1 tbsp
Soya sauce - 1 1/2 tbsp
Chilli sauce - 1 tbsp

Tomato sauce - 2 tbsp
Vinegar - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder 1 tsp

Sugar - 1/2 tsp
salt to taste

 Here is the direction:

           Leave the cauliflower florets in hot water for about 5 minutes to clean it,drain.Mix all the ingredients for marinate with cauliflower and set aside for 3-4 hours(not necessary).Heat oil in a pan for deep frying.Place the marinated cauliflower into the hot oil.fry till it turns golden brown and keep it aside.

            Now we jump to the preparation of sauce or gravy.Heat oil in a large pan,add chopped garlic,green chillies and ginger,stir fry for a few seconds.Now add chopped onions and stir fry for sometimes.Then add the sliced capsicum,coriander leaves and spring onion and stir fry for another 5-6 minutes.They should retain their crunch.

 

         The final touch up goes with adding all the sauces and cook for about 2-3 minutes.
Now add pepper powder,sugar and salt to taste.Lastly add the deep fried gobi and keep on high flame for 3-4 minutes.
      If you want to make it a gravy one, before adding the fried gobi;add 1 tbsp cornflour dissolved in cold water. And just before serving add the fried cauliflower into this gravy.it goes well with noodles and fried rice..

Luv,
Roshu