Showing posts with label Chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicken. Show all posts

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Chicken Patishapta– Pancake with chicken stuffing

A good recipe for breakfast and light lunch.
Chicken Patishapta


Cooking time - 1 hour.  
Serve - 4
Ingredients for Stuffing -
1.Minced Chicken - 250gms. 2.Tomato - 1(chopped). 3.Onion - 1(finely chopped). 4.Ginger paste - 1/2 tspoon. 5.Garlic paste - 1/2 tspoon. 6.Turmeric pwd - 1/4 tspoon. 7.Red chilli pwd - 1/2 tspoon. 8.Cumin pwd - 1/2 tspoon. 9.Sugar - 1/4 tspoon. 10.Coriander leaves- 1 tabspoon(finely chopped). 11.Garam masala pwd- 1 tspoon. 12.Lime juice - 1 tspoon. 13.Veg.oil - 3 tabspoon. 14.Salt to taste. Ingredients for Batter - 1.Flour - 1 cup. 2.Corn flour- 2 tabspoon. 3.Egg - 1(beaten). 4.Salt - 1/2 tspoon. 5.Water - 1 to 1+1/2 cup. 6.Pepper pwd- 1/2 tspoon. Method - (For Stuffing) 1) Heat oil in a pan, add onion and saute until light brown.Add red chilli pwd,cumin pwd,turmeric pwd, ginger-garlic paste,tomato with 1/4 cup of water.
2) Cook the masala mix for 5-6 mins (till the raw smell of the masalas goes off). 
Add minced meat and cook for 3-4 mins.Add sugar,salt,1/2 cup of water and cover the pan with lid.
3) Cook for 7-8 mins or till the meat is tenderized.(if needed add little water)  
Cook for another 2-3 mins till the water of the meat mixture is dried.Remove from heat,mix coriander leaves, garam masala pwd and lime juice,cover the pan and rest it cool.

Method for preparing Chicken Patishapta -


  • In a bowl mix flour, corn flour,salt,egg,pepperpwd,water and whisk till the batter smooth ,cover the bowl,keep rest.for8 mins. Heat a non stick pan on low flame,brush a little oil on the surface of the pan with a brush or cotton piece.

  • Pour 4 tbspoon of batter and spread it in a circular shape,allow the batter to set until crepe turns light brown.(make the crepe as thin as possible)

  • Put 2 tabs of minced meat filling lengthwise and roll it. flip the Roll press gently and wait for 30 secs. Chicken Patishapta is done,place it on the plate.Follow the same process with the rest of the portions.

It is a fabulous dish for breakfast,lunch and treating guests.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Shahi Chicken Recipe - (Chicken with Grand Sauce)

Hello All,
Hope Everyone had a great Weekend.So, today I like to share with you a very easy, quick and delicious recipe- "Shaahi Chicken". As the name describes, This recipe is rich in taste, color and texture. A very good choice for Lunch, Dinner and Party Menu. So lets start the recipe:



Shaahi Chicken

Total Time : 1hour
Serving size : 4 people


Ingredients:
  • 700 gm Chicken pieces (With Bone)                         
  • 3 medium size Onions
  • 7 cloves of Garlic
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 2 medium size tomatoes
  • 4-5 Green chilies
  • 8-10 cashew nuts
  • 1/2 tspoon turmeric
  • 1 tbspoon cumin powder
  • 1 tbspoon red chilli powder (as per your taste)
  • 1 tbspoon garam masala powder.(You will get it in any Indian grocery market)
  • salt to taste
 Process:
  1. Take a bowl and fill it with normal water and put the chicken pieces and wash them properly.
  2.  Chop the onion into small pieces. No need to cut them even.:) and put them aside.
  3. Chop ginger and garlic into small pieces.
  4. Chop the tomatoes in small piece and keep them aside.
  5. Take a frying pan, put oil (vegetable/mustard oil) ,turn on the hit and wait the oil to be hitted.put the chopped onion into it and fry them until the onions turns into golden brown. Put some salt into it.This way the onions will be fried quickly. The average frying time is 7-8 minutes in high flame.
  6. Once this is done.Take the fried onion in a bowl and keep them aside.keep the oil from fried onion in the pan. We will need it for the rest of the cooking. The reason is: this oil from fried onions has a beautiful aroma.
  7. Take the chicken and dry it with tissue or clean clothes. We don't need any water in it.
  8. Fry these clean chicken pieces in the same pan oil in medium to high flame (if needed add some oil) until its slightly fried.
  9. Take a container of mixer and put the fried onions,little water into it and gring into until it becomes a fine paste.Time taken approx 1 min.put it in a bowl and keep it aside
  10. In the same container add, the ginger and garlic pieces,green chillis with some little water and grind it until it becomes paste.
  11. Take another container and put the cashew nuts and some water and grind it until it becomes a thin paste.It will take approx 1 min.
  12. Now, Go back to the frying pan, add a little oil and heat it until it becomes hot. Add ginger and garlic paste into it and fry it in medium to high flame.
  13. Add all the spices (Turmeric,coriander,Garam masala,red chilli powder, salt) into it and fry until all the raw flavours are gone. Approx time taken 3mins.
  14. add the fried chicken pieces into it, cook for 1min and add the tomato paste, onion paste and cashew paste one by one.
  15. Cook for 15 mins, if needed put some water. Cook until all the spices infused into the chicken properly.
  16. Add 1 cup of water and put the lid into the pan and cook for another 10-15 minutes.
  17. shut off the Oven and present you Shaahi chicken in a bowl. Enjoy the dish and please let me know how its turned out...

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