Balti Chicken Curry

Balti Chicken is widely available in England, i usually buy the Balti sauce from the shops. This is the first time i got this recipe from my friend. It came out very well. I used red chilli peppers but a combination of red, yellow and green chilli peppers are used for this recipe. I wanted to blog it before i forget.

Ingredients:
Red Chilli Pepper - 1
Sunflower oil - 1tbsp
Red onions - 2
Tomatoes - 2
Diced  chicken breast fillets - 400 gms
Ginger - 1inch piece
garlic - 1/2 bulb
Cummin seeds - 1 tsp
Cloves - 4
Cinnamon - 2  small pieces
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 2 tsps

Cooking Method:

    Dice the Red peppers, Red Onions, Tomatoes, Garlic and Ginger. Use 1/2 tbsp of oil and tawa roast the chopped ingredients for  5 minutes. Cool it down and grind it into a paste. In a thick bottomed pan heat the rest of the oil and do the seasoning with  Cinnamon , Cloves and commin seeds and add the ground paste into it. Add the remaining ingedients into the paste and cook until the chicken gets cooked.

Battered Cod Fish with Chips

Fish and chips is one of the  British delicacies i love to eat.For the battered cod fish and chips, mushy peas and mayo mint dip is a good accompaniment. It's very filling and packed with nutrients , the only down side is frying the fish in the oil if you are calorie concious.

 For the hand-cut Chips:

 Slice the peeled potatoes in the desired shapes and sizes. Oven roast by sprinkling a bit of oil until it turns out to the chips consistency. Add salt to taste.

For the Mint and mayo dip:

Grind some fresh mint leaves and mix the paste with any ready made mayonaise

For the mushy peas:

A cup of dried peas should be soaked overnight. I've pressure-cooked the peas and  it can also be cooked in a saucepan but is time-consuming.The cooked peas should be blended by adding 1/2 sppon of sugar and 1/2 spoon of salt and 1/2 spoon of pepper powder.

For the battered Fish:

Ingredients:

Skinless boneless long cod fillet -1
self-raising flour - 1 cup
rice flour - 1tsp
oil - 3 tbsps
Salt - 1/2 tsp

Pre-requisites:

Make the batter by adding the self-raising flour , rice flour , salt and some water. Rice flour is optional , do not add more and limit it to 1 or 2 tsps. I add it for the crispiness.

Cooking Method :
 
 Heat the oil is a  large flat pan. Dip the fish so that the batter is applied on both sides of the fish thoroughly.
Deep fry until the fish is cooked .

   I bet anyone who tries this recipe is going to fall in love with the taste!!!!!!!!!!!

   

Salmon Fish Fry

Ingredients:

Salmon - 2 fillets

Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsps

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Lemon juice - 2 tsps

Salt - 1 tsp

oil - 1 cup

Cooking Method:

Cut each salmon fillet into 2 pieces. Marinate the fish with ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, turmeric powder and salt for 3 to 4 hrs . Heat oil in a frying pan for 10 mins , deep fry the marinated fillets.

Pink Salmon with mashed potatoes

A simple and healthy breakfast on the go............

Ingredients:

Pink Salmon - 1 fillet

Mashed Potatoes - 1 cup

Tomato Ketchup - 2 tbsps

Cucumber Slices - 4

Bread - 1

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Cooking Method:

Steam Salmon fillet , split it into small chunks with fork and mix thoroughly with mashed potatoes and salt. Cut the bread loaf horizontally and stuff the mix. Top it up with ketchup and decorate with cucumber slices.

Chicken Biryani

Chicken Sandwich

Ingredients:
Wholemeal bread with oats - 1 loaf
Onion(chopped) - 1 cup
Iceberg lettuce - 1
Chicken breast fillets - 3
Ginger & Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tsps
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Gravy preparation:
Heat a frying pan with 2 tsps of oil and all all the ingredients above except lettuce and cook for 20 mins by adding water.
Sandwich Preparation:
Take 2 slices of bread, add some gravy on one slice, top it up with a lettuce and cover it up with the other slice of bread.

Mutton Vadai (Minced lamb Fritters)

Recipe is the same as that of the Mutton kola i posted earlier. Only difference is making patties and deep frying in the oil.

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Mutton Kola Urundai( Meat balls in gravy)

Ingredients:

Minced lamb - 500 gms
Onion - 1
Tomato - 2
Garted Coconut - 1 cup
Bengal gram - 50 gms
Curry leaf - 5 strands
Cummin seeds - 1 tsp
Red chillies - 4
Cloves - 3
Cinnamon - 1 piece
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 2 tsps

Method of Cooking:

Chop the onion and tomatoes. Grind the remaining ingredients and roll it like balls.
In a frying pan heat 2 tsps of oil and add cinnamon and cloves once it splutters add onion and tomatoes and fry it for 5 mins. Add a cup of water and boil it for 5 mins . Finally add the mutton
balls and boil it for 20 mins. This is a perfect combo with rice /dosa.

Chilli Chicken

Chilli Chicken is popularly known as 'Chicken 65' is South India. Why 65? The number 65 represents the age of the Chicken.There's a belief that the chicken tastes best when it becomes 65 days old.
Ingredients:
Skinless Chicken Breast Fillets - 4
Chilli Powder - 3 tsps
Corn Flour – 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Garlic - 4 cloves (Crushed)
Grated Ginger – 2 tsps
Curry Leaves – 2 strands(chopped)
Red Onion – 1/4 Finely Chopped (optional)
Yogurt – 2 tsps
Sunflower Oil – 100 ml
Lemon Juice – 2 tsps
Egg – 1
Salt - 11/2 tsp

Pre-Requisites:
· Mix the lemon juice and corn flour and make it like a smooth paste without lumps or clots.
· Separate the Egg white from the egg yolk and use only the egg white
· Cut the Chicken breast fillet into small chunks
· Mix all the ingredients including the corn flour paste, except the egg white and marinate it for 2 hours

Cooking Method: Heat the oil in a frying pan for about 10 minutes on a medium flame. While the oil is getting heated mix the egg white into the marinated chicken and mix it with a spatula. Once is the oil is heated up deep fry the marinated chicken until golden brown.

Chettinad Mutton Masala

Today is the eve of Puratasi month which is dedicated to Lord Balaji .
We will not be making non-veg till the end of this tamil month.
Thought of making a special dish in mutton.Chettinad Mutton
Masala is the traditional South Indian Style of cooking lamb.

Ingredients:

Mutton Pieces - 1/2 kg
Castor oil - 1 tsp
Sunflower/Olive oil - 1 cup
Red Chillies - 6
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Coriander Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Ginger - 1 piece
Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
Shallots - 200 gms
Cloves(grambu) - 3
Garlic cloves - 6
Fenugreek - 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves - 2 bunches
Turmeric Powder - 2 tsps
Salt - 2 tsps

Method of Cooking:

Wash the mutton with little tumeric powder and 2 pinches of salt
and keep it aside.In a dry pan roast the red chillies,coriander seeds
and cumin seeds and grind to afine powder without adding oil .

Preferably pressure cooker should be used for cooking this dish
to get a better taste.In a cooker heat 1 cup of sunflower oil and add
the mutton and the ground fine powdered mix into it. Add 1 tsp of
castor oil bcoz it makes the mutton tender.Add 1 cup of water cook
in medium till 3 whistles in the pressure cooker and keep it aside to
cool down.

Chop the shallots.In a pan add i tsp oil and fry the shallots. Grind
all the remaining ingredients, make it a paste and add it to the pan
and mix it.Finally add this mix to the mutton in pressure cooker,
add 2 more cups of water,2tspsof salt and 1 tsp of turmeric powder
and cook in medium heat till 3 whistles in pressure cooker.This
serves for 2 and for serving 4 double all the ingredients.