Andhra Chicken Pickle

Ingredients :-

Chicken : 1 lb ( boneless)

Coriander seeds : 2 Tbspn

Cloves : 8

Cinnamon : 2" piece

Cardamom : 3

Poppy seeds ( dry fried) : 1 tspn

Garlic : 10 pods

Ginger : equal quantity of garlic

Water : 1 small glass

Turmeric : 1/4 tspn

Salt : 1/4 tspn

Oil : 100ml

Salt : 5 tspn

Paprika : 12 tspn

Mustard Powder : 2 tspn

Fenugreek powder : 1/2 tspn

Lemon : 5

Ingredients for tadka :-

Oil : 100 ml

Dry red chillies : 4

Cumin seeds : 1 tspn

Mustard or vaminta seeds : 1/2 tspn

Curry leaves : 1 sprig

Asafoetida : 1/8 tspn

Preparation :-

• Clean and cut chicken into small pieces.
• Heat a glass of water and bring it to boil . When it comes to boiling point add 1/4 tspn salt and 1/4 tspn turmeric . Add chicken pieces slowly and cook it till done and strain it.
• Dry the chicken pieces on a paper towel for 15 mins.
• In mean time grind coriander seeds , cloves , cardamom , cinnamon and dry fried poppy seeds to a fine powder.
• In second round add ginger and garlic pieces and grind again.
  
• Now heat a pan add 100 ml of oil and fry boiled chicken pieces till golden brown.
• Now to the fried chicken add grinded paste and fry for 3 mins and switch off stove.
  
• Take a dry bowl and add salt , paprika , mustard powder and fenugreek powder and mix nicely. Pour these spices on top of chicken and mix nicely.
• Take a bowl and squeeze juice of 5 lemon .
• Once the chicken is cooled add this lemon juice and mix nicely.
• Now heat a sauce pan add 100ml of oil and make tadka by adding dry red chillies , cumin , mustard and asafoetida. Switch off stove and carefully add curry leaves . let this tadka cool completely.
• Add this tadka to chicken and mix nicely.
  
• Transfer it to a dry storage container. You can sere after a day .
• Serve it with hot rice.

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Andhra Chicken Pakodi

Ingredients :-

Chicken : 1 lb (boneless)

Salt : 1 tspn

Chilly powder : 1/2 tspn

Turmeric : 1/8 tspn

Garam masala powder : 1/4 tspn

Coriander powder : 1/4 tspn

Tandoori chicken masala : 1/2 tspn

Ginger garlic paste : 1/2 tspn

Curd : 1 tbspn

Lemon juice : 2 tspn

Red food color : pinch

Besan flour : 3 tspns

Corn flour : 3 tspns

Preparation :-

• Clean and cut 1 lb of boneless chicken breast in to small pieces ( appx 1 " size).
• To this add salt , chilly powder , turmeric , garam masala powder , coriander powder, tandoori masala , ginger garlic paste , curd , lemon juice and red food color. Mix all and add besan flour and corn flour in equal proportions . The final consistency should be a thick paste that coats chicken nicely.
• Deep fry them in oil till done and take out on a kitchen towel.
• Serve them as snacks with onion and lemon wedges.

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Home Made Vegetable Pizza

Size : Appx 10 inch pizza

Serves : 2 -3 adults

Ingredients :-

For making dough:-

Maida / All purpose flour : 2 cups

Yeast : 1/2 tbspn

Sugar : 1/2 tspn

Salt : 1 tspn

Warm water : 1 cup

Olive oil : 2 tbspn

For dusting :-

Maida : 1 cup

Pizza Sauce :-

1/4 tin of pizza sauce

Toppings :-

Onion : 1 small

Capsicum : 1/2

Pineapple : few chunks

Jalapeno : 1

Mushrooms : 5

Broccoli : 1/4 crown

Preparation :-

• Take 2 cups of all purpose flour also called as maida in a big bowl. To this add salt and mix nicely.
• Take a bowl and add yeast , to this add 1 cup of warm water and sugar(Dont add hot water yeast will die) . Mix nicely and put aside for 10 mins .
• When yeast proofs then add 1tbspn olive oil to the flour and add yeast mixture . Mix nicely and finally add 1tbspn olive oil to the dough and give a good mix. The dough will be sticky so dont worry about it and it should be like that only. Cover the dough with a lid or wet damp cloth and put in a warm place for 1 hr.
• After that if u see the dough it will increase its size atleast double. Punch down the dough and mix nicely . cover it and put again in warm place for 45 mins. After the time elapse punch down the dough .
• Take 1/4 cup of flour on a flour board and take the dough on to the board and make a nice dough and roll it with rolling pin or you can directly spread the dough on the pizza pan. Before spreading pizza dough on the pan sprinkle little corn meal or dry flour s that it prevents the pizza base from sticking to the pan . Once done apply olive oil all over the base and edges. Take a fork and prick it allover.
• Preheat oven to 450 degree F and after it is preheated put this pizza pan in oven and bake for 5 mins and take out.
• Now apply pizza sauce all over the base . I used Trader giotto's pizza sauce . You can use any brand or you can use fresh home made pizza sauce.
• Distribute toppings evenly all over the base.
• Sprinkle mozzarella grated cheese all over the vegetables.
• Drizzle olive oil all over the pizza and put the pan back in the oven.
• When cheese melts and turns light brownish color then switch off oven and pull out the pan carefully .
• Transfer pizza on to a chopping board and cut with a pizza cutter.
• Thought of showing the bottom side of the pizza that browned evenly.
  
  
• Serve delicious hot vegetable pizza .

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Mumbai Special Tawa Pulao

Serves : 2

Ingredients :-

Basmathi rice : 1&1/2 electric rice cooker cups

Cauliflower : 1/4 of a small cauliflower

Capsicum : 1 small

Carrot : 1

Potato : 1 small

Green peas : 1/2 cup frozen

Tomato : 1 plum

Onion : 1

Green chillies : 2

Garlic : 3 pods

Ginger garlic paste : 1/4 tspn

Cumin : 1/2 tspn

Bay leaf : 2

Pav bhaji masala : 2 tspn

Kitchen king masala : 1 tspn

Garam masala : 1/4 tspn

Salt : 1&1/2 tspn + 1/4 tspn

Water : 1/4 cup

Spring onions : 1 bunch

Red chilly paste : 1 tbspn

Lemon : 1/2

Preparations :-

• Clean rice and add enough water as directed , add 1&1/2 tspn salt and cook till fluffy and cool it.
• Chop onion , slit green chillies , chop cauliflower , capsicum , carrot , potato, spring onions , garlic and tomato .
  
  
• Heat a wok add 1 inch cube butter and 2 tbspn oil and when hot add cumin seeds , bay leaves, finely chopped garlic and green chillies.
  
  
• Then add onions and fry till half done and add ginger garlic paste.
  
  
• Add all veggies except tomato ,mix them and add 1/4 tspn salt and fry them till they are cooked. Check whether veggies are cooked by piercing laddle into a potato piece .
  
  
• Once they are cooked add tomato and add pav bhaji masala , kitchen king masala and garam masala and fry for a minute, add red chilly paste and add water . Adding little water helps in producing enough moist , helps in better mixing of masalas to veggies and helps in not getting burnt to the bottom. Add spring onions and dont mix it.
  
  
• Immediately add rice and give a good mix. Squeeze lemon juice and mix gently. When Rice turns hot switch off stove and serve hot.
  
  
• If u like u can serve it with raitha but i like it as it is.

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Palakura Kura / Spinach Curry

Serves : 2

Ingredients :-

Spinach : 1 bunch

Onion : 1 small

Tomato : 1 Plum

Green chillies : 2

Curry leaves : 1 sprig

Ginger garlic paste : 1/4 tspn

Oil: 1tbspn

Dry red chillies : 2

Cumin : 1/4 tspn

Turmeric : 1/8 tspn

Salt : 1 tspn

Chilly powder : 1/4 tspn

Coriander powder : 1/4 tspn

Garam masala : 1/4 tspn

Coriander leaves : 3 sprigs

Preparation :-

• Clean 1 bunch of spinach and chop finely.
• Chop onion , tomato , green chillies and freshly pound ginger garlic paste.
• Heat a pan add oil and when hot add dry red chillies , cumin seeds , green chillies and curry leaves . Once they are fried add onions and pinch of salt and fry till golden brown.
• Add ginger garlic paste and turmeric and fry for 2 mins.
• Add chopped spinach and fry till done . Cook covered.
• Once spinach is cooked add salt , chilly powder , coriander powder and garam masala powder and mix nicely.
• Add chopped tomato and cook covered till tomato turns mushy.
• Finally add coriander leaves and switch off stove.
  
  
• Serve it with rice or rotis.

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Pachi Carrot Thurumu Kura / Raw Grated Carrot Curry

Ingredients :-

Carrots : 2

Lemon : 1/2

Salt : 1/2 tspn

Coriander leaves : 3 sprigs

Oil : 1 Tbspn

Dry red chillies : 2

Garlic : 1 big pod

Green chillies : 3

Cumin seeds : 1/4 tspn

Mustard seeds: 1/4 tspn

Curry leaves : 1 sprig

Preparation :-

• Take 2 big carrots and peel its skin.
• Grate carrot using the big wholes of the grater.
• To the grated carrot add salt and squeeze juice of lemon (plz use fresh lemon and dont use bottled lemon juice) and mix nicely.
• Finely chop coriander leaves and add it to the grated carrot .
• Heat a pan add oil and make talimpu by adding dry red chillies , cumin and mustard seeds . Next add finely chopped green chillies and crushed garlic and fry till done. Add curry leaves and once they turn crisp switch off stove and add this talimpu to grated carrot and mix nicely.
• Serve this with rice or rotis.

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