Fried Chapathi

A very simple evening snack made of chicken and chapathis. If you have got any leftover chapathis from breakfast and doesn’t know what to do with them,go ahead, make fried chapathis!

Ingredients:

1. Chapathi- 4-5,as required
2. Boneless chicken cut into small pieces- 1 cup
3. Capsicum- 2,cut into wedges
4. Onion-1 small, cut into wedges
5. Tomato Sauce-1 tablespoon
6. Salt-1-2 teaspoon,as required
7. Turmeric powder- a pinch
8. Pepper powder- 1 teaspoon
9. Red chilly powder- 1 teaspoon
10. Oil- 3/4 tablespoon

Method:

1. Marinate the chicken pieces with pepper powder,chilly powder,turmeric powder and salt,keep aside
2. meanwhile cut the chapathis,vegetables into small wedges.
3. Heat oil in a pan, fry the chicken pieces till light brown.
4. Add the onion, capsicum and saute till soft.
5. Add the cut chapathis,salt and mix well.
6. Pour in the tomato sauce and mix well.
7. Heat in low flame for 2-3 mins,remove from fire.

Serve hot!  Serve as an evening snack. Chapathis with little bites of chicken is truly awesome!

Paneer Bhurji

Vegetarian side dish to be served with roti/chapathi also rice. Can be a substitute for egg bhurji.. :)

Ingredients:

1. Paneer/Cottage cheese- 1 cup, grated or crushed
2. Onion-1 large,cut into small squares
3. Tomato- 1 large,cut into small squares
4. Capsicum-2,cut into small squares
5. Green chillies- 2,slit
6. Cumin seeds- 1/2 teaspoon
7. Chilly powder-2 teaspoon
8. Turmeric powder-1/4 teaspoon
9. Garam masala- 1 teaspoon
10. Pepper powder-1 teaspoon
11. Coriander powder- 1/2 teaspoon
12. Salt- 1-2 teaspoon, as required
13. Water- 1/2 cup
14. Oil- 1 tablespoon

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan and crackle cumin seeds.
2. Add onion and saute till they become soft.
3. Add capsicum, green chillies and saute for another 2-3 mins.
4. Add tomatoes and saute for a while
5. Add ingredients 7-12 and saute.
6. Add the grated paneer along with water and mix well.
7. Cover and cook in high flame for 3-5 mins.
8. Remove from fire when the gravy is thick and ready to be served

Serve hot with Chapathi.. Spice level can be adjusted, I love pepper flavour, so added another spoon of them!

Lazy Chicken Fry

A very simple chicken dish with minimal ingredients.. So I named it lazy lazy!!! LOL...

Ingredients:

1. Chicken breasts- 1/2 kg,cut into small parts
2. Onion-2 large,thinly sliced
3. Ginger-2 inch piece,cut very fine
4. Chilly powder-1 teaspoon
5. Pepper powder-1 teaspoon
6. Turmeric powder- A pinch
7. Salt-1-2 teaspoon,as required
8. Oil-2 tablespoon

Method:

1. Wash and clean the cut chicken pieces
2. Marinate the chicken pieces with pepper powder,turmeric powder,chilly powder,1 teaspoon salt and keep aside for some 10-15 mins
3. Heat oil in a pan and fry the marinate chicken pieces,till they turn golden brown.
4. To the same pan add the sliced onions,ginger,salt and saute till the onions becomes soft.
5. Remove from fire and move aside to drain the oil.

Serve hot with rice/chapathi/roti... very simple, yet spicy and yummy!

Chicken Piralan

Lemon flavoured chicken side dish served with rice and rotis.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken- 1/2 kg
2. Onion- 1 onion,sliced
3. Curry leaves- 10- 15
4. Red Chillies- 2-3
5. Ginger- 1 inch chopped finely
6. Garlic-4 pods,chopped
7. Cinnamon- 1 stick
8. Cardamom- 2 
9. Cloves- 2
10. Fennel seeds- 1/2 teaspoon
11. Chilly powder- 1 teaspoon
12. Turmeric powder- 1/4 teaspoon
13. Coriander powder- 1 1/2 teaspoon
14. Pepper powder-1/2 teaspoon
15. Lemon Juice-1 tablespoon
16. Salt- as required
17. Oil
18. Water

Method:

1. Cut chicken into small pieces
2. Roast chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder,pepper powder without oil till raw smell disappears.
3. Marinate the cut chicken pieces with the above roasted mix ,lime juice,ginger garlic paste and salt.Keep aside for min 30 mins.
4. Cook these chicken pieces with little water till all water is absorbed and gravy is thick.
5. Now heat oil in a pan and saute onion,curry leaves,red chillies.
6. Add the cooked chicken pieces,mix well
7. Pour very little water, cover and cook in low flame for 10- 15 mins.

 Garnish with coriander leaves and serves hot with rice/ chapathi/ roti or appam! People who love lemon flavour will surely love this dish!

Egg Roast/ Mutta Roast

Easy spicy,tasty egg curry. Very easy to make, just rush into the kitchen and make it when you are late from office n dont know wat to make for dinner?Can be served with rice/chapathi/roti..

Ingredients:

1. Egg- 4
2. Onion-2 medium
3. Tomato- 1 medium
4. Ginger-1 inch piece,cut fine
5. Garlic-3 pods
6. Green chillies- 4, slit length wise
7. Chilly powder-2 teaspoon
8. Turmeric powder-1 teaspoon
9. Coriander powder-1 teaspoon
10. Pepper powder- 1 teaspoon
11. Chicken masala-1/2 teaspoon
12. Curry leaves-10-12
13. Salt- 1-2 teaspoon, as required
14. Water- 1 cup

Method:

1. Boil the egg, remove shell and keep aside
2. Heat oil in a pan
3. Add the ginger,garlic,sliced onions, green chillies,curry leaves and saute till golden brown.
4. Add the remaining spice powders and mix well, heat for 2 mins.
5. Add chopped tomatoes,salt,cover and cook till tomato blends with the mix.
6. Add the boiled eggs to the onion gravy and mix well
7. Cook till the gravy becomes thick ,remove from fire.

Serve hot with rice/chapatis.

Simple chicken roll

Easy snack with leftover chapathis/rotis.

Ingredients:

1. Chapathi-A few
2. Minced chicken-1 cup
3. Chopped tomatoes-1 small
4. Onion chopped- 1 cup
5. Ginger garlic paste- 1 teaspoon
6. Red chilly powder-1/2 teaspoon
7. Turmeric powder- A pinch
8. Salt-As required
9. Garam masala-1/2 teaspoon
10. Pepper powder-1/2 teaspoon
11. Egg-2
12. Oil- for frying

Method:

1. Beat the egg with little salt and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan and saute onions
3. Add tomatoes,chicken followed by all spices,mix well and saute
4. Remove from fire and keep aside.
5. Heat a non stick pan
6. Pour the beaten egg and when its cooked place a chapathi over it and turn over.
7. Spread the onion tomato chicken mix on to the centre and remove from fire.
8. Fold from both sides.
9. Flip one of the open end and lock with a toothpick.

Serve hot with tea/coffee. Too simple and now worries on leftover chapathi!

Malabar Chicken Fry

A spicy side dish loved by all. A perfect Malabari dish.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken- 1/2 kg, any piece can be used, I used leg part
2. Onion- 1 sliced
3. Curry leaves- 10-15
4. Chilly powder- 2 teaspoon
5. Pepper powder- 1 teaspoon
6. Turmeric powder- 1/4 teaspoon
7. Coriander powder- 1 teaspoon
8. Ginger garlic paste- 2 teaspoon
9. Lime juice- 2 teaspoon
10. Salt-1-2 tablespoon,depending on requirement
11. Oil- 1-2 tablespoon

Method:

1. Make small slits in the chicken pieces with fork.
2. Mix the spice ingredients together in a bowl(except onion and curry leaves)
3. Add chicken pieces to the marinade and marinate thoroughly
4. Keep aside for min 30 mins.
5. Heat oil in pan
6. Fry the chicken pieces till they turn dark brown on all sides.
7. Drain and keep aside.
8. To the same pan add the onion and curry leaves and saute till soft
9. Mix the remaining marinade with little water and pour to the onion base.
10. Mix well and add the fried chicken pieces, cover and cook till the gravy is thick
11. Take care not to burn either the chicken or onion.
12. Stir well till the water dries up.
13. Garnish and serve!

Its a very loving dish . A perfect combo for ghee rice/ chapathi.Must try it!

Mutter Panner / Greenpeas with Cottage cheese

A very easy vegetable curry, goes as a side dish for chapathi/roti. Vegetarians as well as non vegans,equally would love this dish. Again its Paneer, so be careful!

Serves-3

Ingredients:

1. Paneer/cottage cheese ,cut into cubes- 1 cup
2. Green peas- 1/2 cup
3. Onion-1 big
4. Green chillies- 2
5. Garlic- 2 pods
6. Ginger- 1 inch piece
7. Tomato sauce- 2 Tablespoon
8. Cinnamon -1 small stick
9. Cloves- 2
10. Cumin seeds- 1/2 teaspoon
11. Red chilly powder- 1 teaspoon
12. Salt-1 teaspoon
13. Turmeric powder- a pinch
14. Garam Masala- 1/2 teaspoon
15. Oil- 1 tablespoon
16. Water
17. Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method:

1. Dry roast cloves,cinnamon,cumin seeds
2. Grind them with Cut onion, green chillies,garlic and ginger adding little water
3. Heat oil in a pan.
4. Shalow fry the paneer cubes till light brown and drain aside
5. To the same pan, add the ground paste to the oil and stir well on low flame till the raw smell is gone
6. Add the chilly powder,turmeric powder,garam masala
7. Add the green peas,fried paneer cubes,1 cup water cover and cook in low flame for another 10 mins(Be careful not to mash up the florets)
8. Add the tomato sauce and mix well.
9. Test the taste and adjust spices if required.
10. Garnish with coriander leaves 

Serve hot with chapathi/roti.

Chicken Roast

A very special chicken roast. Mt latest trial in chicken cuisine. Give a try and taste the roasted delicacy

Ingredients:

1. Chicken-1/2 kg
2. Onion-2 medium
3. Ginger-1 inch piece,cut fine
4. Green chillies- 4, slit length wise
5. Chilly powder-2 teaspoon
6. Turmeric powder-1 teaspoon
7. Coriander powder-1 teaspoon
8. Chicken masala-1/2 teaspoon
9. Curry leaves-10-12
10. Coconut milk-1/2 cup
11. Salt- 1-2 teaspoon, as required
12. Coriander leaves- for garnishing
13. Water- 1 cup

Method:

1. Marinate the cut chicken pieces with 1 teaspoon red chilly powder, 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder,salt and keep aside for minimum 30 mins.
2. Heat oil in a pan
3. Fry the marinated chicken pieces till they they turn brown.
4. Drain and keep aside.
5. To the same pan add the ginger,sliced onions, green chillies,curry leaves and saute till golden brown.
6. Add the remaining Ingredients and mix well, heat for 2 mins.
7. Add the chicken pieces to the onion gravy and mix well
8. Add the coconut milk, adjust salt and mix well.
9. Cook till the gravy becomes thick
10. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot

Have it with rice/roti/chapati. Its simply awesome! Please give a try..

Spicy Pepper Chicken

Very hot and sexy chicken dish for all spice lovers. Heat tolerance can be adjusted to suit ones level

Ingredients:

1. Chicken- 1/2 kg cut into pieces
2. Onion - 2 large
3. Ginger - 2 inch piece
4. Garlic- 3 pods
5. Green chillies- 2,slit
6. Fennel seeds-  1/2 teaspoon
7. Pepper corns- 5
8. Cinnamon stick- 2 pieces
9. Pepper powder-2 teaspoon
10. Turmeric powder- 1/2 teaspoon
11. Curry leaves- A handful
12. Oil
13. Water

Ingredients for Roasting:

1. Coconut grated-1/2 cup
2. Onion-2 tablespoon
3. Pepper powder-2 tablespoon
4. Coriander powder- 1 teaspoon
5. Garam masala- 1 teaspoon
6. Curry leaves
7. Oil- 1 table spoon

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan and roast the ingredients for roasting
2. Add the onions, grated coconut,curry powder and saute till coconut turns brown( Do not burn them!)
3. Now add the coriander powder,pepper powder,garam masala and fry till dark colour.
4. Cool and grind them to a paste with minimum water.
5. Meanwhile in another pan heat oil, add curry leaves, fennel seeds,pepper corns,cinnamon and stir well. 
6. Add ginger,garlic and slit chillies and saute till raw smell fades away.
7. Now add the sliced onions ,turmeric powder,pepper powder and saute till onions turn light.
8. Add the chicken pieces,little water,salt,cover and cook for 10 mins.
9. Now add the ground paste to the chicken gravy and mix well.
10. Cover and cook for 10 mins.
11. Stir in between till the gravy thickens

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice /roti/chapati/dosa.. Well a very spicy side dish for any sort of drinks! Give a try

Onion Chicken/ Ulli Kozhi

 Onion chicken or Ulli kozhi is a dish rich in Onion. Its a spicy side dish for rice, roti,chapthi,appam.... Since this dish has more gravy, ppl who love chicken flavour yet don't want to eat chicken, have enuf of the gravy!

Ingredients:

1. Chicken- 1/2 kg, cut into small pieces
2. Onion- 3 large, sliced
3. Tomato-1 large
4. Lime juice- 1 teaspoon
5. Salt- 1 teaspoon or more
6. Ginger- 1 inch piece,cut
7. Garlic- 2 pods
8. Chilly Powder- 2 teaspoon
9. Turmeric Powder- 1/2 teaspoon
10. Pepper powder- 3 teaspoon
11. Oil- for frying
12. Curry leaves- 10
13. Water for grinding

Method:

1. Marinate the chicken pieces with 1 teaspoon chilly powder,turmeric powder,1 teaspoon salt,lime juice and keep aside for min 1 hr.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan, add the sliced onions an saute till golden brown(Be careful not to burn the onion)
3. Meanwhile grind ginger,garlic,pepper powder and remaining chilly powder to a fine paste.
4. Now once the onions have cooled, give a whip in a mixer with little water, please don't grind them completely.
5. To the former pan, add tomatoes and saute till they soften
6. Add the ground ginger garlic masala paste and fry for a min
7. Add the chicken pieces,followed by the onion mix.
8. Stir well adding 1/2 cup water,curry leaves
9. Cook in low flame till chicken get cooked up and gravy becomes thick,stirring in between
10. Serve hot

Garnish with onion or lemon or coriander , anything of your choice. Its simply lovely

Kadhai Paneer

Healthy vegetarian side dish, but if you are a weight watcher, beware of paneer!

Serves-2/3

Ingredients:

1. Paneer,cubed-1 cup
2. Onion-1 large,sliced
3. Tomato- 1 medium,sliced
4. Capsicum- 1,cubed
5. Garlic- 2 pods,crushed
6. Ginger- 1 inch,crushed
7. Red chilly powder- 1 teaspoon
8. Turmeric powder- a pinch
9. Coriander powder- 1 teaspoon
10. Salt-1 1/2 teaspoon or as required
11. Oil- 1 tablespoon
12. Water- 1/2 cup
13. Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the paneer cubes
2. Drain and keep aside
3. To the same pan, add chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder and heat for a min.
4. To this add crushed garlic and ginger, saute till raw smell goes
5. Add chopped onions and saute till they turn light
6. Add tomatoes, cover and cook till tender.
7. Allow them to cool for a while.
8. Coarse grind them in  a mixer with 1/2 cup water and keep aside
9. To the former pan add cubed capsicum and saute for a while.
10. Add the ground paste,salt and mix well.
11. Test for the spice requirements
12. Add the fried paneer cubes, cover and cook till gravy thickens.
13. Garnish with coriander leaves

Serve in a Kadhai(Indian style pot) to get a restaurant touch! If you love biting onions, then you can omit grinding them. A very good side dish for roti/chapati/naan/rice.b Serve hot!

Aloo Gobi Dry

An apt side dish for potato lovers! Served with roti,rice.

Serves-3

Ingredients:

1. Potato-3 large(cut into chunks)
2. Cauliflower florets- 2 cups
3. Green chillies- 2,slit
4. Ginger garlic paste- 1 teaspoon
5. Cumin seeds- 1teaspoon
6. Chilly powder- 1/2 teaspoon
7. Coriander powder- 1/2 teaspoon
8. Garam masala- 1/2 teaspoon
9. Salt- 1 teaspoon
10. Curry leaves- 10 nos
11. Oil- 3 teaspoon
12. water-1/2 cup

Method:

1. Pressure cook the potato chunks with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 cup water for 2 whistle.
2. Drain and Keep aside.
3. Heat Oil in a pan and splutter cumin seeds when hot.
4. Add the green chillies,ginger garlic paste,saute for a while
5. Add the turmeric powder,chilly powder,coriander powder,salt,mix well and saute.
6. Add cooked potatoes,cauliflower florets,remaining water mix well
7. Cover and cook in low flame till the cauliflower is cooked
8. Add curry leaves, Cook for another min.

Aloo Gobi Dry is ready to be served. Serve with rice as a side dish or rotis as a sabji!!!

Gobi Mutter Sabji

A very easy vegetable curry, goes as a side dish for chapathi/roti. Vegetarians as well as non vegans,equally would love this dish.

Serves-3

Ingredients:

1. Cauliflower florets- 1 cup
2. Greenpeas- 1/2 cup
3. Onion-1 big
4. Green chillies- 2
5. Garlic- 2 pods
6. Ginger- 1 inch piece
7. Tomato sauce- 2 Tablespoon
8. Cinnamon -1 small stick
9. Cloves- 2
10. Cumin seeds- 1/2 teaspoon
11. Red chilly powder- 1 teaspoon
12. Salt-1 teaspoon
13. Turmeric powder- a pinch
14. Garam Masala- 1/2 teaspoon
15. Oil- 1 tablespoon
16. Water

Method:

1. Dry roast cloves,cinnamon,cumin seeds
2. Grind them with Cut onion, green chillies,garlic and ginger adding little water
3. Heat oil in a pan.
4. Add the ground paste to the oil and stir well on low flame till the raw smell is gone
5. Add the chilly powder,turmeric powder,garam masala
6. Add the cauliflower florets and salt, mix the masala well
7. Cover and cook till teh cauliflower is done.
8. Add the green peas,1 cup water cover and cook in low flame for another 10 mins(Be careful not to mash up the florets)
9. Add the tomato sauce and mix well.
10. Test the taste and adjust spices if required.

Serve hot with chapathi/roti.

Butter Chicken

A sweet and lil spicy North Indian dish goes well with rotis, nans n chapatis

Serves- 4

Ingredients:

1. Chicken cut into small pieces(boneless,skinless)-1/2 kg
2. Butter-2 tablespoon
3. Onions,thinly sliced-1 large
4. Green chillies slit-2
5. Cashew-nuts-15nos
6. Ginger-garlic paste-1 teaspoon
7. Red Chilly powder-1 tablespoon
8. Fennel seeds- 1 teaspoon
9. cinnamon,cloves,cardamom,bay leaves-3-4nos.
10. Heavy whipping cream- 1 tablespoon
11. Salt- a pinch

For Chicken Marination:

1. Red Chilly Powder- 4 teaspoon
2. Turmeric powder- 1teaspoon
3. Pepper powder-1 teaspoon
4. Chicken Masala-1 teaspoon
5. Coriander powder-1 teaspoon
6. Cumin powder-1 teaspoon
7. Ginger-garlic paste- 1 teaspoon
8. Thick yoghurt-1 tablespoon
9. Salt-as required
10. Lime juice-2 teaspoon

To make tomato Puree:

1. Tomatoes-3 to make tomato puree.
2. Vinegar-3 teaspoon
3. Sugar-2 teaspoon
4. Salt-as required

Method:

1. Prepare a fine paste with the above marinating ingredients ,marinate chicken and refrigerate for minimum 4 hours.
2. Soak the cashew-nuts in warm water.
3. Make tomato puree in the meantime.
4. For this boil the tomato, remove skin, remove the seeds.Mix it finely in a mixer. Now boil it in vinegar adding 2 tablespoon of sugar,little salt and stirring continuous for 20 mins.
5. Shallow fry the chicken pieces in butter till they turn golden brown.Drain and Keep aside.
6. Melt butter in a pan and fry the sliced onions along with slit chillies.
7. Cool it and grind to a fine paste along with soaked cashews.
8. To the same pan add the cinnamon,cardamom,bay leaves and sauté for a while.
9. To this add the chilly powder,ginger garlic paste and sauté for a while till it becomes brown.
10. Add the grind paste to the spice mixture and blend well and heat under low flame for 5 mins.
11. Add the puree and stir continuously for another 5 mins before adding the fried chicken pieces.
12. Cover and cook for 10 mins in low flame.
13. Add the whipped cream and stir for a minute .
14. Remove from fire and serve Hot!!!

Delicious sweet flavoured Butter Chicken is ready!!!