A.R.A.D. (A Recipe A Day)

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Sesame Chicken

Ingredients:
* Chicken breast 200gms
* Sesame seeds 2 tbsp
* Soya sauce 1 tbsp
* Chilli sauce 1 tsp
* White vinegar 1 tsp
* Ginger-garlic paste 1/2 tsp

Procedure:
Cut chicken into thin strips when it is half frozen and half thawed.
Marinate chicken in above sauces and pastes for half an hour.
Roll the marinated chicken pieces in sesame seeds.
Shallow fry on low heat for 15-20 mins or until light golden.
Serve with salad and crisps/fried samosa strips.

Labels: Chicken, fried, snacks

Thursday, March 05, 2009 | Permalink |

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Chili-Corn Balls

Ingredients:
* Sweetcorn 1 can (250gms)
* Spring onions 5-6
* Green Chilli 1
* Red chilli powder 1 tsp
* Cornmeal 4 tbsp
* Green corriander
* Egg 1 medium
* Salt
* Oil

Procedure:
Finely chop spring onion and green chilli, mix with sweetcorn, chilli powder, salt and beaten egg.
Add corn meal and mix well. Put aside for 10 minutes.
Heat oil, make small balls of the batter and fry them on medium heat till golden brown.
Serve hot.

Labels: chilli, corn, snacks

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 | Permalink |

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Paper Chicken...

Had this at one of Fatee's friends place. Loved it instantly.

Ingredients:
* Boneless chicken 250 gms
* Soya sauce 2 tbsp
* White pepper powder 1 tsp
* Seseme oil 2 tbsp
* Ginger-Garlic paste 1 tbsp
* Salt

Procedure:
Marinate bite size chicken pieces in above ingredients for a couple of hours.
Wrap individual pieces of marinated chicken in baking (butter) paper a tie them with threads.
Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees.
Cook the tied chicken for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.
Serve hot with ketchup.

Labels: baked, Chicken, snacks

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 | Permalink |

Monday, June 09, 2008

Chicken Mayo Cutlets

Ingredients:
* Potatoes 250 gms
* Cheese 3-4 slices
* Chicken shredded 1/2 cup
* Mayonisse 3 tbsp
* Carrots 1/2 cup grated
* Noodles 1/2 cup boiled
* Black pepper 1 tsp
* Salt

* Egg 1
* Bread crumbs
* Oil for frying

Procedure:
Mix all the above ingredients together into a dough except eggs and bread crumbs.
Add bread crumbs if the dough is too runny.
Make cutlets of the dough and dip them in beaten egg.
Roll the egg wrapped cutlet in bread crumbs and deep fry them.
Serve hot with green chutney and tomato ketchup.

Labels: Chicken, cutlets, fried, snacks

Monday, June 09, 2008 | Permalink |

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Crisp Onion Pakore...

Ingredients:
* Gram flour 1 cup
* Onions 2 medium
* Green masala 1/2 tbsp
* Lemon juice 1 tbsp
* Salt
* Red chilli powder 1/2 tbsp
* Chat powder.

Procedure:
Cut Onions in thin long thread like manner.
Add lemon juice, green masala, salt and red chilli powder to chopped onions.
Mix gram flour. No need to add water. Just use the liquid from onions and lemon juice to coat onions.
Deep fry till crispy.
Sprinkle chat masala before serving.

Labels: fried, pakore, snacks

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 | Permalink |

A.R.A.D. (A Recipe A Day)

I will try and post an Indian/Pakistani recipe everyday inshaAllah :-)