Chicken Biryani

Ingredients:-



Chicken 1 ½ kg (cut into 12 pieces)
Yogurt 1 cup
Long grain rice 1 kg
Red chili powder 1 tsp
Ginger and garlic paste 1 tsp
Juice of lemons 4
Fresh mint leaves 1 bunch
Whole black peppercorns 6
Green chilies 4 finely chopped
Small cardamoms 6
Onions 2 medium size, thinly sliced
Banaspati Ghee or  Cooking Oil 2 cups
Yellow food color ½ tsp (soaked in ½ cup milk)
Salt to taste


Method:-


Wash chicken pieces with cold water, drain well. In a separate bowl mix ginger and garlic paste and red chili powder with yogurt. Mix well to a smooth paste. Add chicken pieces to it. Leave for 30 minutes. Now cook on low heat without adding any water to the chicken. Remove from heat when the water dries up.

In a separate pan heat banaspati, fry the onions in it until golden brown; add mint leaves, 3-4 cardamoms and lemon juice.

Remove from heat. Then boil the rice in a large pan until the rice is parboiled. Grease pan add half the rice and then the chicken mixture, cover with the rest of the rice. Sprinkle with food color. Place the pan on a hot griddle (tava) and cook on low heat for 15 minutes.


Remove from heat and serve hot with Dahi ka Raita & Fresh Salad..

Shahjahani Biryani

Ingredients:-


Mutton little boiled 1 Kg
Rice 750 gms
Vinegar 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder 1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste 3 TBsp
Haldi 1 tsp
Onion 2
Taz path 3
Laung 10
Curd 1 cup
zeera powder 2 TBsp
Zafran 1 tsp
Till 2 TBsp
Cashewnuts (Kajoo) 1 cup
Coconut grated 2 TBsp
puff pastry 3


Method:-


Boil rice with 1 tsp vinegar & little salt.

Blend together curd, cashewnuts, white till & coconut. Mix this mixture in meat for marination.

Blend onion well to form a smooth paste.

Take oil in a pan & add onion paste. Fry till light golden. Add ginger garlic paste, taz path & laung. Fry adding litttle water, red chillies powder, zeera powder, haldi powder, salt. Mix & saute. Put marinated meat. Fry little, then add zafran mixed with milk & little water. Mix & cook till water dries & a thick curry is formed.

For serving:-

In a bowl put rice layer, then cooked meat curry, then again rice, then sprinkle zafran.

Roll puff pastry or spread it with hands to the size of your bowl.

Spread & cover your rice bowl with this puff pastry.

Put it in oven on medium heat.


Serve hot.

Spicy Chicken Wings

Ingredients:-



Chicken wings 1/2 kg
Salt 1 tsp
Black pepper 1/2 tsp
Red chillie flakes 1/2 tsp
Refined flour 1 cup
Egg 1
Corn Floor 1 TBsp
Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Ginger & Garlic paste 1-2 TBsp
Chili sauce 2 TBsp
Lemon Juice 2 TBsp
Worcestershire sauce 2 TBsp
Honey 2 TBsp
Tomato ketchup 1/4 cup
Oil as required for shallow frying


Method:-

1. Take out 1/2 cup refined flour in a plate, add egg, corn flour, baking powder, black pepper, salt, 1 tbsp oil and 1/4 cup water in a bowl to make a thick paste.
2. Take Chicken Wings, Sprinkle little salt, lemon juice & red chilie flakes. Mix well & then coat one by one, first in the egg mixture then in refined flour. Keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a Pan and shallow fry wings for around 10 minutes untill they become golden.
4. For Sauce, fry garlic in 1/4 cup oil, untill it becomes golden. Add honey, chili sauce, Worcestershire sauce and tomato ketchup. Cook it till it boils.
5. Dip chicken wings in honey sauce and Serve hot with French fries.

Tip. You can also bake it in oven, by frying a little & then bake it.

Chicken Ginger

Ingredients:-


Chicken 1/2 kg
Garlic ginger paste 1 TBsp
Green chillies 2 chopped, 2 whole
Ginger thin slices
Tomato cubes 3
Red chillies to taste
Turmeric powder 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder 1-1/2 TBsp
Dhania Powder 1 TBsp
Zeera crushed 1 tsp
Onion thinly chopped 1
Chanay boiled 1 Cup
Salt to taste
Masoor ki daal 2 TBsp
Soda 1/4 tsp
Oil 1/2 Cup


Method:-

Boil Chanay with little soda & salt in cooker. Add Masoor ki daal & boil again until tender.
In another pan fry onion in oil until soft. Add ginger garlic paste & mix. Add Chicken & fry until color changes. Add tomato, red chillies, turmeric, half of garam masala powder, dhania powder. Add some water if needed. So that it may not be burnt. Add zeera crushed on hand, salt, then boiled chanay. Mix. Add whole greeen chillies. Cover lid & cook on low heat. When oil comes up, dish out.


Sprinkle green chillies slices, ginger slices, zeera powder & garam masala powder.


Serve with paratha in Breakfast.


Or serve with Nan for dinner.

Fried Thai Chicken

Ingredients:-

Chicken pieces 1/2 Kg
Soya Sauce 3 TBsp
Vinegar 3 Tbsp
Red Chillies Flakes 1-1/2 TBsp
Salt to taste
Maida 2 TBsp
Corn Flour 2 TBsp

Oil For shallow Frying

Method:-

• Make cuts onto chicken.
• Sprinkle soya sauce, vinegar, salt & red chillies.
• Mix Well.
• Put it aside for marination for atleast 2 hours.
• Then sprinkle maida & corn flour.
• Mix well.
• Heat little oil in a pan.
• Fry chicken in oil using all the mixture ( Make sure all water is absorbed, otherwise use more maida & corn flour).
• Fry on low heat covering the lid, so that chicken may tender, until it is golden brown.
• It is Read to serve.

• Enjoy crispy & spicy fried chicken.

• Serve with tomato ketchup at dinner or tea time.