Chicken Pakoda

You will need:

• 2 chicken breast (½ lb )
  
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste(can substitue with chopped ginger and garlic to enhance the flavour)
• ½ cup gram flour
• ¼ cup rice flour
  
• 2 tsp chilli powder
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp garam masala powder
• few curry leaves(chopped)
• salt as regd
• 1 lemon juice
• ½ cup Onion finely chopped(lengthwise)
• 2 green chilli (finely chopped) purely optional
• oil for deep frying(can go for baking too)
• ¼ cup water(enough to form a thick paste consistency)
  

Step 1:

Boil some water and add the breast pieces in it. Let it boil for 20 minutes.

Note:

(I used Rotisserie/grilled chicken breast. Shredded the chicken pieces using knife!!!)


Step 2:

Allow the chicken to cool for few minutes. In the mean time just slice the onion and green chillies.

Step 3:

Sieve the gram flour, rice flour together in a mixing bowl. Add salt, garam masala powder, chilli powder, coriander powder to it and mix it well. Add little water to form a very thick paste.It will look like this...(Urad dal vada / Methu vada consistency)



Step 4:

Check for salt and now add the onions, green chillies, curry leaves and mix it well. Now shred the chicken using hands or with the help of knife. Add the shredded chicken to the above paste.Now the pakoda batter is ready.

Step 5:

Heat the oil in a frying pan. Take small amount of pakoda batter and pour it in the oil and fry it till it turn golden brown color.

For crispy pakoda's better to have the flame in medium or low and fry for more minutes till it turn brown in color.

Serve hot with your favorite sauce..

You can add a pinch of red color also...

Chapathi

You will need:

• 2 cups wheat flour
• ½ cup curd/Yogurt
• ¼ cup warm milk
• 1 tbsp oil/ghee
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt(can increase or decrease for taste)

• warm water as reqd
• Maida/ Rice flour for flattening(Rolling)
  

Procedure:

Mix all the ingredients together except water and rolling flour. After mixing the ingredients together just add water little by little to get dough shape. The dough should not be very hard like rock. Anyway we are going to use some maida/rice flour for rolling/flattening. So add enough water to make it a soft dough. Let it rest for 1 hour.

Make small balls as of golf ball size. Flatten each ball using the rolling pin. Using rolling pin just flatten it to a thickness of credit card.

Heat a non-stick tawa on high heat. When its hot just place the chapathi and toast each side for about 2 to 3 seconds or until slightly browned. Rub with little oil/ghee/butter on top and place them on the paper towel. Repeat the process for rest of the dough and serve hot with vegetable or non-veg gravy!!!!

This chapathi will be very soft. I made with Golden Temple chapathi flour. You can try with any brand chapathi flour.

Egg Fried rice

This recipe is one of my favorite recipe from my college days onwards. After knowing this recipe i love to make this whenever there are new visitors to our home. They don't know how simple it is right.. I used to make this without black cumin. One of our friend gave me good idea to add this in fried rice.Then i started hunting for this black cumin. But couldn't find that in 2 Indian stores. But he brought this to us and i started adding this to all the rice varieties.Specially to peas pulao, tomato rice, vegetable biryani,etc.. Here's the simple recipe for that simple fried rice. Even you can make everyone happy by making this!!!!

You will need:

• 1 cup Tilda Basmathi rice
• 1½ cups of water
• 3 tbsp ghee/butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tbsp black cumin(gala jeera)
  
• 1 cup mixed vegetables(carrot, green peas, beans)
• 1 tsp white pepper powder
• 3 green chillies(finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp soy sauce(optional) I prefer without soy sauce!!
  
• ¼ cup cashew nuts
• ¼ cup raisins
• pinch of ajino moto
• salt for taste

Step 1:

In a rice cooker just cook the rice with 1½ of water. When it turns to cook just allow it to cool. After 5 mins using a fork just stir it carefully to release the heat from the rice.

Handy Hint:

Cook the rice a day before. So that the rice wont stick one on one.

Step 2:

In a non stick pan heat ghee and add black cumin to it. When it splutters add ginger garlic paste, green chillies and mixed vegetables to it and close with a lid. Stir it occasionally. When its fully cooked add eggs to it and stir it continuously till you get scrambled egg form. Now add pepper powder to it. Sprinkle some salt also at this stage. Switch off the heat.Now the mixed rice mixture is ready!!!

Step 3:

In another small pan just roast the cashews and raisins with 1 tbsp ghee till the raisins get ballon structure.

Step 4:

Add the mixed fried rice mixture to the cooked rice. Add ajino moto, soy sauce to it and stir it nicely.Check for salt and pepper.

Step 5:

Garnish with roasted nuts and rasins and serve with chicken masala. Click here for chicken masala recipe.

Enjoy!!!!!

Note:

Chicken Fried Rice

Sameway we can make chicken fried rice also. Just shred the rotisserie chicken or the cooked chicken and add it instead of vegetables.

Lemon Rice

Will upload the pics soon.. I made this long back and i dint take pics of this at that time!!!!

You will need:

• 1 cup Sona masoori Rice
• 2 cup water
  
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• few Curry leaves
• 1 tbsp Bengal gram(Kadalaparippu)
• 1 tbsp Black gram(Uzhunnuparippu)
• 2 Red dry chillies
• 1" piece Ginger (finely chopped)
• 2 Green chillies - (finely chopped)
• 1 Onion- (finely minced)
• Turmeric Powder - A pinch
• 1 tbsp Peanuts(Nelakadala)
• Salt - As reqd

Step 1:

Pressure cook the rice for 5 whistles and keep it aside.

Step 2:

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, curry leaves, Bengal gram, black gram and red dry chilly and stir well.

Step 3:

When these turn a little brown in colour, add green chillies, chopped ginger, onions, peanuts and turmeric powder. Stir well till onion turns light brown in color. Add pre-boiled rice, lemon juice and salt. Keep on medium flame for about 3-4 minutes.

Tomato Rice

You will need:

• 1 cup Basmati Rice - (soaked in water for 1/2 hr)
• 1 cup Coconut milk (can substitute with 1 cup water too)
  
• 1 cup water
• 3 tbsp Tomatoes paste (Can add 2 finely chopped tomatoes too)
  
• 2 tbsp garlic paste
  
• ¼ tsp Poppy seeds powder (Khashakhasha)
  
• ¼ cup Onions - (cut length wise)
• 3 nos Green chillies - (cut length wise)
• 4 dry red chillies
  
• 1 0r 2 sticks of Cinnamon(Karugapatta)
• 3 tbsp ghee/oil
  
• 2 Cloves(Grambu)
• salt to taste
  
• ½ cup chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

Method 1:

Step 1:

Heat ghee in a pan. Saute cinnamon, cloves,red chillies, onions, green chillies. When the onions turn translucent add the garlic paste and poppy seeds powder. Saute it for 1 min till it get rid of the raw garlic smell.

Step 2:

Add tomato paste and coconut milk to it. Allow to boil. Now add rice and salt. Cover the pan and keep on a low flame.

Step 3:

When it is done, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Method 2:

Step 1:

Cook the basmathi rice with 1 cup of water and 1 cup of coconut milk and keep it aside.

Step 2:

Now heat ghee in a pan. Saute cinnamon, cloves, onions, chillies. When the onions turn translucent add the garlic paste and poppy seeds powder. Saute it for 1 min till it get rid of the raw garlic smell.

Step 3:

Add tomato paste to it and saute it for just a minute. Add it to the cooked rice and mix it well. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve it with boiled egg and favorite pickle.