Chicken 65

Chicken 65

Ingredients

Boneless chicken - 250 gms/1/4 kg (cut into small bite sized pieces)
Oil for deep frying
Yogurt - a little less than 1/2 cup (perugu/curd)
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/4 tsp

For Marinade:

Turmeric powder - large pinch
Red Chili powder - 1 tsp
Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Lemon juice - 1/2 tbsp
Salt to taste
To coat chicken that has been marinated:
Egg - 1
Cornflour - 1 1/2 tbsp
Rice flour - 1/2 tbsp


For Tempering
Cooking oil - 1/2 tbsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprg
Garlic - 2 cloves, minced (optional)
Ginger - 1/2", minced
Green chilies - 4-5, slit length wise

Method

Marinate bite sized pieces of chicken in the ingredients called for marinade for 1 hour.

In a bowl, mix yogurt, salt to taste, turmeric powder, red chili powder and coriander powder. Keep aside.
After marinating the chicken, add egg, cornflour, salt to taste and rice flour to coat the chicken. Add a tbsp of water if required.

Heat oil for deep frying. Once the oil is hot, add a few chicken pieces into the oil without crowding the vessel and cook on medium flame. Once the chicken is almost cooked, increase flame and deep fry the chicken pieces till golden brown.

Remove onto absorbent paper. Keep aside.

Repeat with rest of the chicken pieces.

Heat a cooking vessel, add a tbsp of oil. Add garlic and ginger and saute for a few seconds. Add curry leaves and green chilies. Saute for a few secs. Add the deep fried chicken and toss well and cook for 2 mts.

Add the yogurt mixture and cook on low to medium flame, mixing the contents well. Toss the chicken till the yogurt dries up and the chicken absorbs the yogurt mix.


Remove onto a serving plate. Garnish with coriander leaves.

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Black Forest Roulade

Black Forest Roulade

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

For the base:

• Dark chocolate – 200gm, chopped coarsely
• Hot water – ¼ cup (60 ml)
• Instant coffee powder – 1 tsp
• Eggs – 4, separated (room temp)
• Caster sugar – ½ cup (110 gms)
• Caster sugar – 1 tbsp, extra
• Thickened cream – ¾ – 1 cup ( I used whipping cream)
• Kirsch – 1 tbsp

For the Cherry filling

• Seedless black cherries – 425gm can
• Cornflour – 3 tsp
• Kirsch – 1 tbsp (refer notes)

 

Instructions

1. Position oven shelves; preheat oven to 180 C. Grease 25 cm/30 cm swiss roll pan; line base with baking paper. Combine chocolate, water and coffee in large heat proof bowl; sit bowl over saucepan of simmering water. Using wooden spoon, stir until chocolate melts then immediately remove bowl from fire.
2. Beat egg yolks & sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until thick & creamy; this will take about 5 minutes. Using large metal spoon, fold egg mixture into warm chocolate mixture. Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form. Using metal spoon, gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture, in two batches. Spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven about 10 mins.
3. Meanwhile, place a large sheet of baking paper on board; sprinkle with extra sugar. Turn cake onto sugared baking paper; carefully remove lining paper, cover cake loosely with a tea towel. Cool cake to room temp.
4. Beat cream & kirsch in small bowl with electric mixer until firm peaks form. Spread cake evenly with cooled cherry filling then spread Kirsch cream over cherry mixture. Roll cake from a long side, using paper to lift and guide the roll; place on serving plate. Dust with cocoa powder. Cover roll; refrigerate 30 minutes before serving. You can also dress up the roulade with cherries or by piping some cream on top.
5. Cherry filling
6. Drain cherries, reserving ¼ cup (60ml) of syrup. Using knife, chop cherries coarsely. Using wooden spoon blend cornflour and reserved syrup in a saucepan. Add cherries; stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens. Remove from heat, cool to room temp.

 

Notes

My Notes:

If you dont have a swiss roll tin, use a rectangular baking tin.
I used canned red cherries instead of black cherries and cherry brandy instead of kirsch. If you cant find kirsch or cherry brand use the syrup from the canned cherries. I used chocolate with 50 % cocoa for the base.
I find the taste of cherry brandy a bit dominating, adjust the qty of kirsch/brandy to suit your taste.
The roulade is a bit delicate and tends to stick on to the baking paper, be careful while removing the paper and also while rolling.
It’s a very moist roulade, its very soft even if you serve it straight out of the fridge.
I used Al Marai whipping cream.

Notes & Tips from the Women’s Weekly Magazine:

This cake is a cross between a mousse and a fallen souffle. It’s ideal to make it on the day of serving.
To successfully make this cake, it is vital that the egg yolk/sugar mixture is beaten until thick and that the egg whites are beaten only until soft peaks form. Overbeating will dry out the egg whites and make it difficult to fold them into the chocolate mixture.
To test if the cake is cooked, touch it with your fingertips: it should feel slightly firm and springy.

Storage:

As per the AWW notes, the filled roulade will keep for up to 8 hours in an airtight container in the refrigerator. However I stored it for 2 days in the fridge and didnt notice any change in the taste or texture.
As per the AWW notes, unrolled and unfilled roulade can be stored, covered with a piece of baking paper then a damp tea-towel, overnight in the refrigerator.

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Cinnamon Teacake

Cinnamon Teacake

 

Ingredients

• Butter – 60gm, softened
• Vanilla eseence – 1tsp
• Caster sugar – ⅔ cup (150 gm)(refer notes)
• Egg – 1
• Self-raising flour – 1 cup (150gm)(refer notes)
• Milk – ⅓ cup (80ml)
• Butter – 10gm, melted, extra
• Ground cinnamon – 1 tsp
• Caster sugar – 1 tbsp, extra

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180 degree C/350-375 F, 10 mins before baking. Grease deep 20cm-round cake pan; line base with baking paper. Beat butter, essence, sugar & egg in a small bowl with electric mixer until light & fluffy; this process will take 5-10 mins, depending on the type of mixer used.
2. Using wooden spoon, gently stir in sifted flour and milk. Make sure that there are no lumps.Spread mixture into prepared pan.
3. Bake cake in the preheated oven for about 30 mins. Turn cake onto wire rack then turn top-side up; brush top with extra melted butter, sprinkle with combined cinnamon & extra sugar. Serve warm with butter, if desired.

Notes

Taking care to thoroughly beat the butter, essence, sugar and egg will result in a light-as-air texture to this cake, best when eaten warm with butter (courtesy:Australian W omen’s Weekly Magazine) . Though this is best eaten on the day its made, you can store this cake at room temperature in an air tight container for up to 2 days.

Substitution for self raising flour – to get 1 cup self-raising flour, add 1½ tsp baking powder+ ¼ tsp salt to 1 cup all purpose flour.
Substitution for caster sugar: to get 1 cup caster sugar. process 1 cup granulated sugar (usual sugar) in a food processor/mixer until fine, but don’t powder it like icing sugar.

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Butter Chicken

BUTTER CHICKEN

INGREDIENTS

1kg chicken (fillet or whole)
100g butter
1 onion chopped
1/2 can tomato puree
200ml plain yogurt
1tsp salt
1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
1tsp dhana jeeroo powder
250ml fresh cream
1/4 teaspoon tumeric powder

METHOD

Marinate chicken in spices, tomato puree and yogurt for 1-2 hours.
Melt butter in pot, add chopped onions and fry until onions jus begin to change golden.
Add marinated chicken and cook until tender.
Once cooked, add fresh cream.
Decorate with dhania (coriander) and serve with parathas or roghni naan

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എഗ് വൈറ്റ് ഓംലറ്റ് / Egg White Omelette

എഗ് വൈറ്റ് ഓംലറ്റ്

ചേരുവകള്‍:

• മുട്ടവെള്ള -ഒന്ന്
• പാടനീക്കിയ പാല്‍ -ഒരു വലിയ സ്പൂണ്‍
• ചീസ് ഗ്രേറ്റ് ചെയ്തത് -ഒരു ചെറിയ സ്പൂണ്‍
• കുരുമുളകുപൊടി -കാല്‍ സ്പൂണ്‍
• ചീര പൊടിയായി അരിഞ്ഞത് -അര കപ്പ്
• ഉപ്പ് -പാകത്തിന്
• ഓയില്‍ -പാകത്തിന്

തയാറാക്കുന്ന വിധം:

മുട്ടവെള്ള, പാല്‍, കുരുമുളകുപൊടി, ഉപ്പ് എന്നിവ നന്നായി അടിച്ചുചേര്‍ത്ത് ചൂടായ പാനില്‍ അല്‍പം ഓയിലൊഴിച്ച് ചീര നിരത്തി വാടിക്കഴിഞ്ഞാല്‍ അതിനു മുകളിലേക്ക് തയാറാക്കിയ മുട്ട മിശ്രിതം ഒഴിച്ച് പരത്തി ചെറുതീയില്‍ വേവിച്ച് അതിനുമുകളില്‍ ചീസ് വിതറി രണ്ടായി മടക്കി ചൂടോടെ ഉപയോഗിക്കാം.

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