Pepper Chicken Chettinad.

Pepper Chicken Chettinad is the cuisine of the Chettinad region of Tamil Nadu state in South India. The Chettinad cuisine is known for spicy and the most aromatic dishes in India. In this dish black pepper play the major role for the spices and I have tried cooking this dish without black pepper too and it taste as good as this dish. This dish has one speciality ever time you cook it taste different and Pepper chicken chettinad can be cooked as dry or even with gravy. This is very easy dish with less ingredients and it take hardly 20 to 25 minutes to cook and it goes well with roti. I prefer with roti but you try with anything rice, roti, naan.

Ingredient's.

1/2kg chicken (cut into medium pieces)

1 big onion, 2 green chilli, 2 large tomatos (finely chopped)

1tbsp ground black pepper

1tsp ginger garlic paste

1tsp red chilli powder, 1/2tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder

1tsp garam masala, 1tsp chicken masala (any brand)

1/2tsp mustard seeds

10 curry leaves

1tsp lemon juice

Oil and Salt to taste.

Cooking Method.

In a deep frying pan/kadai, add oil and fry mustard seeds and curry leaves, then add onion, green chilli and fry for golden brown. Add turmeric, salt and chicken, fry for 2 to 3minutes. Then add red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala, chicken masala and ginger garlic paste, fry for another 2 to 3 minutes. Then add the tomato and cook for 7 to 8 minutes or till all the masala is coated well to the chicken and oil starts floating on top and you have a thick gravy. finally add black pepper and lemon juice and give a quick stir and allow the chicken to simmer on a low flame for few seconds.

Serve hot with Naan. Roti or Rice.

Kerala Roast Chicken.

Kerala Roast Chicken is the very famous Kerala side dish and you get in all the small or big restaurant in all parts of Kerala and every body has there own way of cooking this dish. I have adopted this recipe from YouTube vah-re-vah chef and made some little changes and this spicy and flavourful dish has become hit in my family. Now I cook this dish in many ways, is not only you have use chicken you can even use prawns, eggs, mutton or even liver and every thing taste will delicious. Make this spicy and flavour roast chicken and serve with Kerala paratha, naan or plain rice.

Ingredient's to Marinate.

1/2kg chicken (cut into medium pieces)

1tsp red chilli powder, 1/2tsp turmeric

1tsp coriander powder, 1tsp garam masala

1tbsp ginger garlic paste

1tbsp lemon juice.

(Mix all the above ingredients in a mixing bowl and marinate the chicken for atleast 1 to 2 hours)

Ingredient's to Roast Chicken.

1 large onion (thinly slice)

2tbsp grated coconut

10 curry leaves

4 whole green chillis

1/4tsp cumin

1/2tbsp ground black pepper

Oil and Salt to taste.

Cooking Method.

In a deep frying pan/kadai, add oil, when oil is hot add cumin, onion and fry till light brown, add curry leaves and coconut fry for 1 to 2minutes.

Then add marinated chicken and salt, mix it well and cook for 10 to 15 minutes on a medium flame with the lid on. After that open the lid and start roasting on a high flame, once all the water is evaporated and masala is coated well to the chicken, add the green chillis and ground black pepper and roast till the chicken has become golden brown and that will take about 3 to 4 minutes. Then sprinkle some more lemon juice and Serve hot with Kerala paratha, Naan, Plain rice.

Kadai Chicken.

Kadai Chicken is also known as a kadai ghost prepared with mutton or lamb and this dish is originated from Pakistan and North India. This dish is known for it's spicy and flavourful taste and can be served with naan, roti or jeera rice. As everybody knowns this days cooking is all about experimenting and cooking something different and that how I keep trying something new every time. I have added capsicum in to this dish which is optional and I have used milk instead of cream and it still gave me the thick and creamy gravy which went very well with homemade garlic naan. It is worth trying this recipe and you will be very happy with the results.

Ingredient's to make kadai masala.

1tsp whole coriander seeds

2 dry red chilli

1/2tsp cumin

1/2tsp black pepper

3 bay leaves

2 green cardamom

3 cloves

1inch cinnamon stick.

(Dry roast all the above in ingredients and grind it to a fine powder)

Ingredient's.

1/2kg chicken (cut into medium pieces)

1 big onion (finely chopped)

1 cup tomato puree

1 medium green capsicum (cut into small cubes)

1tsp ginger garlic paste

1tsp red chilli powder, 1/2tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder

1tbsp kadai masala, 1/2tsp garam masala

1tsp kasoori meethi (dry fenugreek leaves)

1/4cup curd, 1/4cup milk

1tsp lemon juice

Oil and Salt to taste.

Cooking Method.

In a wok, add oil and fry ginger garlic paste, then add onion and fry for 2 minutes. Add turmeric, salt and chicken, fry for 2 to 3minutes. Then add red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala and kadai masala fry for another 2 to 3 minutes. Then add the tomato puree, curd, milk and capsicum and cook for 7 to 8 minutes or till all the masala is coated well to the chicken and oil starts floating on top. finally add lemon juice and kasoori meethi and give a quick stir.

Serve hot with Naan. Roti or Rice.

Cholle Curry Chat..

Cholle Curry Chat.. This is a new innovation of chat with leftover cholle curry. We always eat cholle with poori or with pulao only, so why can't we try out with something else keeping that in my mind I tried this chat and I was amazed with the taste. Just by adding little onion, green chilli, tomato and punjabi masala mixture. It took the cholle masala to some other level and now I will be keep making this when ever I cook cholle curry.. Because I have got the taste of it and it is very difficult for me to give up once I like something.. It is very easy to make and very very tasty. To know the Cholle Curry Recipe Click Here.

Ingredients.

1 bowl of cholle curry (Fresh or Leftover)

1 small onion, 2 green chilli, 1 small tomato (finely chopped)

1/4cup of any mixture (I used punjabi masala mixture)

1tbsp finely chopped coriander

1/4tsp chat masala

1tsp lemon juice.

Method.

In mixing bowl add onion, green chilli, tomato, coriander, lemon juice and chat masala. Mix everything together.

In another small bowl, take cholle curry, from top add the onion and tomato mixture and sprinkle with masala mixture.

Cholle curry chat is ready.

Serve immediately.

Almond Biscotti.

Almond Biscotti. I have tired baking this in India also many times but when I baked the same biscotti again here I don't know some how they taste better and they look better may be because of the different oven. My hubby surprised me by finishing it all in 2days even I ate more then 3 and it was tasting awesome. He was telling me that I have wasted so much of money buying cookies, biscuits from outside, this taste better then that and I would love to have this in my lunch box as a evening snacks... Omg I was on the could nine when he told me that because it is little hard to convince my H when it comes to food.. This yummy and crunchy biscotti which goes very well with tea or a coffee..

Ingredient's.

2 cups of plain flour

2 large eggs

1/2 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1tsp baking powder

1tsp vanilla essence

1tsp orange zest

3/4 cup roasted alomnds

1/2 cup black raisin.

Baking Method.

Pre-heat the oven 180c for 10 minutes.

In a mixing bowl add flour and baking powder and mix them nicely. roughly chop the alomonds and mix it with flour and set it aside.

In a large mixing bowl, add butter and sugar beat untill light and fluffy.

Add the eggs, vanilla essence and orange zest beat for another 2 to 3minutes

Then mix in the dry ingredients and beat untill the dry ingredients are well mixed.

On a lightly floured surface roll dough into a log about 14 inches long and 3-4 inches wide. Transfer to baking tray and bake for 30-40 mins. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 mins.

Then cut into slices 1/2 inch thick diagonally and arrange evenly on baking tray. Bake for 10 mins on each side (until they are firm). Remove from oven and cool.

Store them into airtight container.