GLAZED CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOM

A very quick and simple but tasty recipe

 I like to watch cooking shows and borrow ideas from those and like to try cooking something different. That's how I found out this recipe and going to share it with you. 

Ingredients:

250 gm boneless chicken pieces. ( preferred thigh pieces)

10-12 button mushroom cut into half or quarter piece ( same size of the chicken)

one small carrot cut into thick slices (optional)

one small onion - cut into quarter (optional)

One tablespoon cut spring onion

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon tomato sauce

1/2 tablespoon dark soy sauce

Salt 

2 tablespoon vegetable oil.

2/3 clove of garlic

Preparing the sauce:

Mix tomato, honey, and soy sauce. Keep it aside.

Methods:

• Remove excess water from the chicken.
• Wipe the mushrooms.
• Put a frying pan over high heat.
• Add oil. Let it be smoking hot and then add the chicken pieces and stir.
• Stir frequently. 
• Add salt and let it cook in medium heat till it turns light golden brown. ( Chicken should be almost cooked)
• Add carrot slices, garlic, and onion. 
• Stir and cook for two to three minutes.
• Adjust the salt. 
• Now it's time to add the prepared sauce. Let it dry stirring continuously over high heat. 
• Add spring onion and serve.

Can be served as a starter or main dish with hot steam rice.

Note: Most important -do not cover while cooking.

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Masala Chicken for Roti

This chicken gravy goes very well with Roti/ Chapati .

Ingredients:
 1/2kg chicken pieces (I prefer medium sized pieces).
2 medium potatoes cut into half.
3 medium size onion sliced .( Indian size)
11/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1tsp cumin powder
1tsp coriander powder
1tsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
1tsp roasted masala powder ( 2tbsp  of cumin and coriander 1 1/2 inch  cinnamon stick, 4 cardamom  and 4 clove and 4 red chili. Dry roast it and make powder. Your roasted masala powder is ready)
1tsp turmeric powder
3tbsp oil( mustard oil or any refined oil)
Salt to taste
1/2 cup yogurt

Method:
In a heavy based skillet put oil on high flame. Add onion slices and fry till it golden brown and then add the ginger garlic paste. Fry for 2 min.
Reduce the heat to low medium.
Put all the spices. Mix it with the onions and put 1/4 cup water. let it cook stirring occasionally. When all the water evaporate and the masala release the oil put the chicken pieces. Mix it well with the masala. Add the potatoes and cover it.
When the chicken pieces coated with the masala add the yogurt and let it cook in low flame.
Adjust the salt.
The yogurt should be cooked properly. Chicken will be ready when it released the oil.
Serve hot with roti or naan.

Chicken with Honey

Title : Chicken with Honey

When you are unable to think what to cook for your kids this is a perfect recipe which kids enjoy the most.  I took out the chicken from the  refrigerator not kwnowing how to cook. It was a Friday evening and my refrigerator is almost empty. So with that limited ingredients I prepared the chicken. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

• Chicken 250gms -boneless.
• Milk 2tbs
• fresh lime juice 1 tsp
• 4-5 pods of garlic
• 1 red chili
• 1 small onion
• 1/2 bell pepper
• 2 tbs honey
• 1tbs dark soy sauce
• 1 tsp schezwan sauce
• 2 tbs oil
• 1tbs corn flour
• salt 

Method:

1. Marinade the chicken with milk , lime juice and salt. Keep it aside.
2. Cut the onion into 4 pieces.
3. Cut the bell pepper into chunk.
4. Put a pan over high flame. Pour oil into it.
5. Mix the corn flour into the marinade chicken.
6. Add the chilli in the oil and chicken. 
7. Fry the chicken stiring continuosly. 
8. When it turns color (half cooked) add the other ingredients. and stir it properly. 
9. Add honey, soy sauce, and schezwan sauce. 
10. Mix it well. 
11. Let it cook for 5 min. 
12. Serve with hot steamed rice. 

Note: Before marinating dry the chicken pieces with a paper towel and Do not cover the chicken while cooking.

Chicken with onion chunk

Chicken with onion chunk

One lazy afternoon was sitting in the balcony thinking what to prepare for dinner. There ware not enough vegetables in my refrigerator. So decided to make chicken .  I  had only two medium potatoes and lots of onion. At last I prepared the chicken with some chunks of onion and my family loved it.

Here is the recipe :

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg chicken- cleaned and washed
• 2+1 medium onion ( Indian size)
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp ginger and garlic paste
• 2tbsp oil
• salt to taste

Method:

• Finely chopped two onion and cut one onion into chunk.
• Put a heavy based pan on high flame.

• Put the oil and let it be smoking hot.
• Reduced the heat.
• Add the chopped onion and fry it till golden brown at medium flame.
• Then add the ginger and garlic paste and fry it for at least 2 min.
• Now Add the chicken and fry at high flame to remove the water.
• Put the red chilli powder and turmeric powder. Mix it well and cover it . Reduce the heat.
• Stir it and add salt.
• When it is half cooked add the onion chunk and stir and cover it again.
• When it's almost cooked remove the lid and fry it in high flame stirring frequently.
• And served with steamed rice or Roti/ Phulka.

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Chicken with Capsicum

Chicken with Capsicum

Preparation time : 10 min

Cooking time : 10- 15 min

Ingredients: 

• Boneless chicken pieces - 200g
• Lime Juice freshly squeezed - 1 table spoon
• Juice of ginger - 1 tea spoon
• Salt to taste
• Corn flour - 1 table spoon + 1/2 table spoon
• Onion -1 medium size
• Capsicum - 1
• Dark Soy sauce - 1 table spoon
• Paprika / Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1tea spoon
• Oil- 1 table spoon and for deep frying
• Dry red chilli-2
• Garlic - 2-3 clove

Method:

1. Marinate the chicken with lime juice , ginger , paprika, salt and corn flour.  Keep aside.
2. Cut the Capsicum and onion into chunks.
3. Cut the dry red chilli into two three pieces.
4. Mix soy sauce and another 1/2  table spoon adding 2 table spoon water. Mix it well.
5. Deep fry the chicken pieces putting enough oil in the pan.
6. Take another pan and put 1 table spoon oil.
7. Add the dry chilli pieces and the garlic into the hot oil. 
8. Then add the onion and capsicum chunks and stir it. Add salt. 
9. Add the fried chicken.
10. Stir it .
11. Then pour the soy sauce and corn flour mixture. 
12. Stir it continuously and let it dry . 
13. A spoon full of red chilli sauce can be added here- optional.
14. Serve with your favourite dish.

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Pepper chicken

Pepper Chicken with mushroom

I prepared this recipe inspired from a Chinese restaurant where I ate pepper chicken .  The kids always love it when I prepared it.

We need:

1. Chicken pieces  -       250 g boneless
2.  Mushroom  (button ) -     5pieces
3. 1 medium Potato (optional)
4. 1/2 Green Bell Pepper
5. 1/2 of tomato
6.   4 table spoon veg oil
7.   1 small onion
8. 1 tea spoon ginger garlic paste  
9. 1 table spoon black pepper freshly ground  
10. Salt for taste

Method:

Clean the chicken and keep it aside. Cut the mushroom into two pieces and potato  into four pieces.  chop onion into medium pieces.  Heat a non stick pan on to medium heat. Put oil on it and when it is hot put the onion . Fry a little and then put the chicken and potato pieces. Stir it and put the ginger garlic paste. Fry this stirring occasionally. Sprinkle salt. When the chicken and potatoes almost cooked give the tomato and stir. Put the freshly ground black pepper and capsicum  pieces and fry for a little time on high heat. The pepper chicken is ready to eat  when the oil comes out from it. Serve with steamed rice or noodles.





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