Red chicken

Prawns and noodles

500 gms Prawns shelled / deviened
1 large garlic pod finely chopped
1 inch piece ginger
4 to 5 green chillies chopped
½ onion or one small onion finely chopped
1 tbsp soya sauce
1 tsp vinegar
2 tbsp Oyster Sauce
2 tbs ketchup
1 tsp cornflour mixed with little water
Oil for Frying
4 Packs of 2 minute noodles cooked and kept aside
Fry garlic and ginger and onions together, brown well, add chilies, then add soya sauce, vinegar and oyster sauce & Ketchup. Fry well add little water for some gravy and add the shelled prawns. Cook till prawns are done. Add cornflour mixed with water and let it thicken a bit.
Arrange cooked noodles on a plate. Spoon the prawns over the noodles and serve.
Yar, Itna simple recipe hai. Can’t figure out why I took so long to write it. Usually u can have a dish of chicken or beef and place it over a bed of noodles and it looks and tastes Yummilicious…………..

Golden Dates Pickle

Ingredients
1 Kg semi ripe dates (stoned and cut into 4 pcs)
25 green chilies (cut into rounds)
3” piece of ginger (cut into cubes)
2 pods of garlic (cut it into cubes)
2 Tbsp red chilly powder
2 Tbsp salt
1 Tbsp turmeric powder
20 Tbsp mustard Oil
3 big lemons (squeeze out the juice)
1 Tbsp mustard seeds
6-7 fresh sprigs of curry leaves

2 Tbsp methi seeds (fenugreek)
2 Tbsp rai Seeds (Mustard)
2 Tbsp badishep (Fennel Seeds)
(dry roast the above 3 ingredients and make a coarse powder)


Method
Take 10 Tbsp of Mustard Oil put it in a vessel once the oil becomes hot add
green chillies, ginger and garlic and fry for 5-10 minutes until the garlic has
browned slightly now add the red chilly powder, turmeric powder stir for few
seconds now add the coarse powder of roasted dry spices, add salt, stir well and
now add the main ingredient the semi ripe dates. Add the lemon juice, stir well
and keep it on fire for 10 minutes on slow fire. Now remove it from fire and keep
it aside. Take in a small frying pan 10 Tbsp of mustard oil, let it smoke, add
1 tbsp of mustard seeds until it crackles, add the curry leaves and now add this
flavoured oil to the dates pickle. Cool it and store it in jar for 3-4 days to enhance
its flavour. Relish the pickle and put in your comments to let me know if you
loved it.

Fish in Green Masala

We did some fish in Green Masala the other day. Used pomfrets for this recipe. The recipe is the same as in Chicken in Green Masala

Ragda Patties

Ingredients for the Patties:
1 Kg Potatoes,
Oil for shallow frying,
Salt as per taste.

Method :
Boil the potatoes, grate it and add salt as desired. Make it into round patties and shallow fry until it browns on both sides. Remove and keep it aside.

Ingredients for Ragda :
¼ Kg White Peas (Vatana) soak it over night.
2 Big onions cubed finely
2 Medium Tomatoes cubed finely
½ Tsp Tumeric,
Salt as desired,
1 Tsp Chilli Powder
4-5 flakes of garlic chopped
Coriander leaves chopped
3-4 Tbsp Oil

Method :
Boil the soaked white peas in the pressure cooker with little salt and turmeric until it get slight mushy. Keep it aside. Now take a handi put it on slow fire, pour the 3-4 tbsp oil once the oil is hot add the onions and fry till it slightly browns now add the chopped tomatoes fry, add a little turmeric and chilli powder , Now add the boiled white peas. Adjust your salt if required. Close the fire and now add finely chopped coriander leaves.

Tamaraind & Dates Chutney :
Soak little tamarind make a pulp , discard the stones and dirt from the tamarind. Add the crushed pulp of dates. Add a pinch of salt. Mix well. Chutney is ready.

Arrange the 2-3 Patties on the plate; put 5-6 Tbsp of ragda over the patties. Sprinkle little chilli powder and some chaat Masala, finely chopped onion as desired and now add fine sev which is easily available in the supermarket. Put some Date and tamarind Chutney. Sprinkle some coriander leaves. Relish the Ragda Patties.

Chicken in Green Masala

                                                                                                                                 Ingredients for Grinding :

1 Big bunch of coriander leaves
10 green chillies
7 flakes of garlic
1 inch piece of ginger
1 Tsp Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
2 Tsp of Coriander Seeds
12 cloves
2 inch of cinnamon
12 to15 black peppercorns
1 small ball of tamarind
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 For Frying :

4 big Onions cubed finely
3 Medium Ripe Tomatoes cubed finely

Method :
Take a Pot (handi) put it on fire add 7 Tbsp oil once the oil is hot add the onions, brown it well now add the tomatoes and brown it, next add the ground Masala and fry it well until it starts leaving the oil. Now add the chicken, 1 ½ tsp salt (or as per your taste) mix it and let cook for 5 minutes. Add 1 ½ cup of water and let the chicken cook in the gravy for 15 minutes on slow fire. Now check the thickness of the gravy. Keep the gravy little thick coz it absolutely Yummilicious and lip smacking. Serve it with white rice or Naan.