Badami Murg Seekh Kebab

Sometimes name can be deceptive! Well from its name " Badami murg seekh Kebab" may sound a very complex recipe , but to everyone's surprise this is a very easy to make and an absolute delicacy.

Kebab + Easy to make ='Happiness'

Recipe for Badami Murg Seekh Kebab:

Ingredients:

1) 250 gms of boneless chicken
2) 1 large onion cut in halves

3) 5-6 pods of garlic

4) few strands of spring onion

5) few strands of corainder leaves

6) 2-3 green chilly

7) 5-6 soaked almonds

8) 1 tsp zeera powder

9) 1/2 tsp garam masala powder

10) 1/2 tsp red chilli powder

11) Salt to taste

12) 1/4 tsp crushed kasoori methi

Method: 

1) As i mentioned its a super quick recipe, actually it has only two major steps. Firstly grind all the ingredients from 1 to 7 over low speed until you get a smooth consistency, do not make as paste. The mixture should be little grainy.

2) Now take the mixture in a bowl and add zeera powder, garam masala and red chilli powder, salt and crushed kasoori methi, mix it well.

3) Take the mixture and then coat it around the skewers or wooden sticks with wet hands.

4) Store it in fridge for 1/2 hour.

5) Heat oil in a tawa.

6) After 1/2 hr take out the skewers and place on tawa. Cook 5 mins on high heat to get color on the kebab.

7) After 5 mins, cook the kebabs for around 10-15 mins on medium flame.

8) Serve with onion rings.

Note:

Dip the wooden sticks in cold water before using it, or else it may catch fire.

Chicken Lollipop

As promised i started my Food trail with  Honey Sesame Chicken and second in the line up is Chicken Lollipop.

It is a very famous Indo-Chinese recipe liked by almost everyone. This recipe is crunchy from outside and tender inside and the greens give it a munch; put together it is a finger licking dish to have.

Recipe For Chicken Lollipop:

Ingredients:

1) 12 Pieces thin Chicken Legs or Chicken Wings. (See note)
2) 2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
3) 1 tbsp soya sauce
4) 1 tbsp red chilli sauce
5) Salt as per taste
6) Ajinomoto a pinch (can be omitted)
7) 1/2 tbsp schezwan sauce
8) 2 tbsp refined flour
9) 1/2 tbsp cornflour
10) Thinly sliced capsicum and spring onion
11) 1/2 tsp chilli powder (if u want it to be spicy)
12) Oil to fry

Method:

1) Prepare a marinate with ginger- garlic paste, salt , schezwan sauce and dip the chicken pieces in it for 3 hrs.
2) Prepare a second marinate along with flour, cornflour, soya sauce, red chilli sauce,ajinomoto, red chilli powder (if needed).
3) Add a little water to form a batter.
4) Dip the lollipops one by one in the second marinate and deep fry.
5) Repeat the same process for rest of the pieces.
6) In a different pan take some oil and lightly saute capsicum and spring onions with some salt, keep it little under cooked to give it a crunchy taste.
7) Serve the lollipops covering the bones with aluminium foil.



Note:

In order to have chicken lollipops; easiest way is to ask your butcher for help in advance or else try it at home. Take the leg pieces and push all the flesh from the leg bones or the wings, accumulating at the top creating a lollipop like figure.Use a knife to scrap the meat from the bones.

Honey Sesame Chicken

Well like all girls i too love shopping and over this weekend we could manage to do great amount of shopping; but there's something else i am happier about. It is something my Husband gifted me.It is a thing i was longing since three years and finally have it now. It's an ornament and will share with you all the pics over Durga Puja, will inaugurate it during that time.

This made me inspired to pamper my husband over the weekdays with different combinations of dishes, which i'll be sharing with you guys one after the other.

I made Honey Sesame Chicken, Chicken lollipop, Chilly Veg,  Chinese Fried Rice, Navrattan Korma, Paneer Kulcha and Paneer Makhani.

ORNAMENT+ Shopping +  Signature Food = 'Happiness'

Recipe for Honey Sesame Chicken:

Ingredients:

1) 1 cup thin chicken slices

2) 1 tbsp honey

3) 1/2 cup onion cut into thick rings

4) 2 tsp roasted sesame 

5) 1 1/2 tbsp refined flour

6) 1 tsp Soya Sauce

7) Salt to taste

8) 1 tbsp red chilly powder

9) Pinch of ajinomoto (can be excluded)

10) Chopped spring onion for tossing

11) Oil to fry

12) 1 tsp garlic paste

Method:

1) Coat the chicken with flour, soya sauce, salt and half red chilli powder.

2) Add little water if needed top form a batter.

3) Leave the chicken for 1 hour.

4) After an hour deep fry them until crispy.

5) Now in a pan add oil and then garlic paste and saute it.

6) Now add the onion rings and cook until they are translucent in color.

7) Add the chicken.

8) Now make a mixture with honey and remaining red chilli powder and little water.

9) Pour it in the pan and let it coat the chicken.

10) Add the roasted sesame, crushed ajinomoto and chopped spring onion from top.

11) Take off from heat.

12) Serve as a starter.

Dhaniya Murg (Corainder Chicken)

As promised my next recipe is  Dhaniya Murg served with Lemon Rice. This is a scentful recipe for wet monsoon evenings.The nuttiness of the fried Kaju adds a texture to the dish.

Lemon Rice + Monsoon evenings = 'Happiness'

Recipe for Dhaniya Murg

Ingredients:

1) 7-8 Chicken pieces

2) 1 Cup chopped corainder

3) 6-7 Green chillies

4) 1 tbsp lemon juice

5) 1/2 cup fried onions

6) 10-12 Kaju fry

7) 1 tsp Corainder seeds

8) 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds

9) 1 tsp Turmeric powder

10) Salt to taste

11) 1/2 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste

12) 2 tbsp oil

Method :

1) Marinate Chicken in turmeric powder, lemon juice, half of Ginger- Garlic paste and salt.

2) Make a paste with Coriander leaves, Green chillies.

3) Fry the chicken pieces.

3) Add oil to the pan, and add cumin and coriander seeds and let it splutter.

4) Add remaining Ginger- garlic paste, salt and the coriander paste.

5) Let it simmer till oil separates the pan and water in the coriander paste dies.

6) Add the chicken now.

7) Let the chicken coat the gravy.

8) Crush the fried onions leaving some for garnish and add in the gravy.

9) Add 1/2 cup water.

10) Make a thick Gravy.

11) Add the fried Kaju and remaining fried onions from top.

12) Serve with Lemon Rice.