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Nov 14, 2011

Chicken Curry for Idly/Dosa

This is a simple and easy chicken curry which goes very well with idlies and dosas. It also tastes great with rice dishes.

Directions
Chicken - 1/2 kg
Onion - 1 medium sized
Tomato - 2
Coriander/cilantro and mint leaves - 1/2 cup
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tablespoon
Garam masala - 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
Jeera/Cumin powder - 1 teaspoon
Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Green chillies - 3 or as per taste
Cashew nuts - 5
Curd/yogurt - 2 tablespoons
Coconut - 1/2 cup grated
Oil - 2 spoons

Instructions

Wash the chicken well and cut into small pieces.
Marinate the chicken in a mixture of curd/yogurt, ginger-garlic paste and a little salt.
Chop the onions and tomatoes and slit the green chillies.
Allow the chicken to marinate for about an hour. You could also, leave it to marinate overnight, by placing the chicken in a bowl, wrapping it with a plastic wrap and leave it in the refrigerator.
In a saucepan/kadai, heat one spoon of oil and add half the onions and fry it until it turns translucent.
Once the onions start to brown, add the tomatoes. Once the tomatoes get cooked, add the green chillies, coriander leaves, mint leaves and all the powders - chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and turmeric powder.
Saute all the ingredients for a minute. Switch off the stove and allow the mixture to cool completely.
Grind the mixture along with the grated coconut and cashewnuts into a coarse paste.
In the saucepan, heat the remaining oil and saute the remaining chopped onions. Once the onions turn translucent, add the marinated chicken.
Allow the chicken to cook for about 3 to 4 minutes and then add the ground masala.
Add about one cup of water and bring it to a boil. Simmer for about two minutes until the flavors blend together. Finally add the garam masala and cook for one more minute.
Garnish with cilantro. Serve warm with idlies, dosas, rice or chapatis.

Sep 4, 2009

Spicy chicken burgers

Having tried bean burgers and veggie burgers at home, I have always been skeptical about trying chicken burgers. I happened to have minced chicken at home and googled for some burger recipes. I found umpteen number of recipes and was quiet confused with what to make. Using all the inputs from google I settled upon this recipe of my own, which was indeed really good. We had it for dinner with some homemade baked french fries and some cherry pepsi!

Ingredients

Ground chicken - 1 pound

Instant oats - 2 tablespoons (can be replaced by breadcrumbs)

Egg - 1

Seasoning:

Sesame oil - 1 teaspoon

Soy sauce - 2 teaspoons

Vinegar - 1 teaspoon
Garlic powder - 1 teaspoon
Freshly ground black pepper- 1 teaspoon
Chilli flakes - 1 teaspoon (can be replaced with chilli powder or chilli sauce)
Dried oregano - 1/2 teaspoon (optional-or can be replaced by any herbs)
Sugar - 1 teaspoon

Directions

Place all the seasoning in a bowl and mix it well with a fork. Powder the instant oats.

In another bowl, take the minced chicken and add the egg. Beat well so that it is well incorporated with the chicken. Add the seasoning and mix again. Finally add the powdered oats and mix well.

The egg helps in holding all the ingredients together and the oats gives a nice crust to the burger.

Make burger size patties and shape them in your palms.

Heat a shallow pan and drizzle some oil. Once it is heated, 3 to 4 patties at a time. Cook on medium heat for about 4 to 5 minutes. Flip the patties over carefully and allow to cook on the other side for about 4 minutes.

Check if it has cooked through completely.

Serve over burger buns with toppings of your choice.

I made mine with some low-fat mayonnaise, mint chutney, cheese, lettuce, onions and tomatoes. Enjoy!

Also do check out my burger bun recipe!

Sending this to Cook for Yourself event and
Food For 7 stages of life:Kids initially started by Radhika .

Aug 5, 2009

Show Me Your Breakfast Roundup Part II

Here I am with the second roudup of Show me Your Breakfast event. I am really overwhelmed by the support and response to this event. With more than 160 entries filling my inbox. I had restricted the number of entries to 3 but I received more than 3 entries from many. So I have included all entries in the roundup. I have also updated the rules for Show me Your Sandwich event, and you are very much welcome to pour in any number of entries.

Hope this roundup gives us several healthy breakfast ideas..I am also planning to give a small and surprise giveaway to one participant. So am planning to conduct a poll here in my blog. Please check if i have included all your entries in the roundup. Please mail me by tomorrow morning[8 am PST] if you find your entry missing here. I will be putting up the poll tomo morning.

Thanks again for all your lovely entries.

You have a week left for sending me your entries for Show Me Your Sandwich!

You can check the first roundup here - Show Me Your Breakfast Roundup I

Kavya Naimish - Tomato Dosa

Kavya Naimish - French Toast

Anupama - Aval Usili

Anupama - Eggless Savoury Toast