Monday, February 21, 2011

Cooking Corner

Special Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients:
1/2 kg    boneless chicken (2 breasts), cut into 1"
              pieces, marinate with a little salt and black
              pepper
1/2 tsp   Chinese salt
1/2 tsp   Mustard powder
1            Egg
4 tbsps   Flour
1 tbsp     Corn Flour
1 tbsp     Milk or chicken stock
1/2 tsp    Baking powder
               Salt, Black pepper to taste



Method:

Make batter with egg, flour, corn flour, milk or chicken stock, salt, black pepper, Chinese salt and baking powder. Add Chinese salt, mustard powder in the chicken and now dip these chicken pieces in the batter. Keep the marinated chicken in the refrigerator for an hour. Now roll chicken pieces in flour and deep-fry in hot oil. Serve with ketchup.




Chicken Tikka

Ingredients:
4             Chicken pieces (leg or chest)
3 Tbsp     yogurt
1              Lemon juice
2 Tsp       paprika
1/2 Tsp    tomato paste
1/2 Tsp    cumin (ground)
1/2 Tsp    coriander (ground)
1/2 Tsp    fresh grated ginger
2              Garlic clove (finely chopped)
1/2 Cup   fresh coriander leaves (chopped)
               Pinch of salt



Method:

Make the marinade by mixing the yogurt, lemon juice and all the spices together in a bowl. Add the chicken pieces to the bowl and toss it well, making sure it is thoroughly covered. Cover it and leave to marinate for at least 24 hours. Once the chicken has marinated, add oil in shallow pan. Place chicken in a frying pan and cook for 20 minutes or until it is fully cooked. Serve with naan, green salad and cucumber raita.

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