!! Sweet & Sour Chicken !!

C hicken is all time kid’s favorite...I think it’s very easy to prepare & we can try a lot of recipes on chicken. It is also quickly digestible & available in all geographical locations. Today I’m sharing a brand new chicken item...I hope everyone will love it..The idea of this recipe came to me after watching a cookery show on TV. I‘ve tried to renovate it in my own way. This is a bit Indo-Chinese style of preparation. I‘ve always tried to prepare dishes from easily available ingredients...so that we can make them @ our kitchen with ease... Before trying out this dish I was very tensed that how  this  will come out..But to my surprise it tasted fabulous..& my dear usual victim just can’t wait from licking his own fingers…I could not find a better name for it than “Sweet & Sour Chicken..” The main ingredients are honey & tomato or yogurt..The former is sweet & the latter being sour…& hence the name…

Sweet & Sour Chicken 

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken  ( 400 gm)   ; Yogurt   ; 3 medium sized red onions ; 1 medium sized capsicum diced ;  6 to 7 cloves of garlic minced  ;  Ginger paste ; cumin powder ; Honey ; 1 whole tomato made into paste ; black pepper powder ; turmeric powder ; Kashmiri red chili powder ;  green chilies cut vertically from middle ; Chili sauce ; dark soya sauce ; salt ; sugar

From the 3 medium sized onions need to make paste of one & the other two are to be diced.

How to do

1 ) Take a bowl & marinate boneless chicken pieces with  onion paste ; 2  tsp of ginger paste ; a pinch of cumin powder ; 2 tsp of beaten yogurt ; tomato paste ; 2 tsp of black pepper powder ; a pinch of turmeric powder ;  honey ( 3 tsp) ; White oil 2 tsp. Cover the bowl and keep in refrigerator   for an hour or so.

2) Add white oil in kadai or frying skillet and add ½ tsp of sugar and wait till it gets brown in color; now add minced garlic; 2 green chilies slit; diced onion & capsicum and fry them in medium flame till they are translucent..

3)  Now lower the flame & add the marinated chicken pieces along with the marinating mixture. Blend it well and cover the pan and wait until all  the chicken gets cooked in low flame leaving oil from it.

4) Now open the lid and add ½ tsp of red chili powder;  2 tsp of chili sauce ; 2 tsp of soya sauce ; 1 tsp of honey & salt as required. Let it in simmer for 2 to 3 min and your dish is done...

5) Garnish it with diced tomatoes & green chilies…J

!! Creamy Cashew Chicken !!

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ello  everyone..let’s give u a non-veg treat this time..My last post was a rice dish..So I thought why not share with u a gravy item on Chicken. This dish is very easy to prepare..& is a bit different from our everyday chicken curry or so..This is an outcome of my experiment at kitchen..The speciality of the dish is its colour..Most of us use turmeric powder in our daily foods  but here’s the variation..I’ve not used turmeric for this..& the colour is pale brown..& its just awesome..

There are lot of dishes tried on chicken..But I can tell u that this is totally a different one..While I made this everyone asked for its name..bUt truly it will seem lyk Rezala..or similar to that..the fact is that I just tried using the correct ingredients together for a new item of surprise.. J For the past few years I’ve seen that there has been a trend of white coloured gravy items..& its really nice..I prefer this type of items to be little sweet in taste..

I have named it “Creamy Cashew Chicken”. Do try it at home and leave your feedback.

Creamy Cashew Chicken

Ingredients :

Fresh chicken pieces (bone / boneless) ; yogurt ; chopped ( juliand shaped ) onion , capsicum , garlic ; green chilies (slitted  vertically) ; ginger paste ; white oil ; whole garam masala ( 2 cinnamon  sticks , 4 cardamom , 4 cloves ); 2 bay leaves ; fresh cream ; salt ; sugar

Make paste with equal amount of poppy seeds, cashews, almond & magaj.

If you cannot find magaj you can try the recipe without it.

(I suggest: - Before making the paste soak all of them in lukewarm milk for atleast 3 mins..)

How to do..

   1) Marinate chicken pieces with beaten yogurt & white oil (2 tsp) for an hour or so.

   2)Now add white oil in your kadai or frying pan ; then add ½ tsp of sugar and wait until it caramelizes to give the brown colour..Then lower the heat add whole garam masala, bay leaves, slitted green chilies and as the smell of the ingredients comes out one by one add chopped garlic, onion ,capsicum, and fry till they are translucent.. Then its time to add 2 tsp of ginger paste to it..and start to mix it well and wait till oil leaves the mixture.

   3)Then add the  marinated  chicken pieces and mix with the gravy .As the chicken becomes tender we need to add the left out marinated yogurt along with the paste made  of poppy seeds + cashews + almond+ magaj and blend them well .Now cover the lid and allow it  to stand in simmer  till the chicken pieces leave all the water from it.

   4) Now look out for the chicken pieces and as they gets cooked add salt and sugar into it. The gravy will be thick and for more gravy add lukewarm water and mix it well.

The dish will be a bit sweet in taste.. Turn off the gas and allow it to stand for 5 min.

    5)Serve it with whipped fresh cream..

    It goes well with any type of Indian bread.. or fried rice..