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Friday, July 6, 2012

Chilli Chicken













Chilli Chicken 
Ingredients:
Chicken(boneless)                         500gms
Onion                                             2-3(med)
Capsicum                                       2-3(med)
Garlic                                             10-12 flakes
Green chilli                                     7-8
Eggs                                               1
Cornflour                                       
Soya sauce                                      3-4 tbsp
Tomato sauce                                 3-4 tbsp
Oil
Salt                                                 to taste

Procedure: 
1.     Marinate the chicken with salt, egg and cornflour. Deep fry the chicken and keep aside.
2.     In the remaining oil sauté garlic, the add chopped onion, capsicum and fry for sometime till they are done.
3.     Add soya sauce  and then the fried chicken.Mix them well with tomato sauce .
4.     Add water according to your required consistency. Make a mixture with 3 to 4 tbsp. cornflour and cold half a cup water in a cup.
5.     When the gravy starts boiling pour the mixture  and stir well.
6.     Remove from heat and garnish with slit green chilli.

Chinese Fried Rice













Chinese Fried Rice
Ingredients:
Basmati Rice                    500gms.
Prawns                             250gms.
Chickens                          250gms
Beans                               100gms.
Carrot                               100gms.
Eggs                                  5
Ginger                              1”
Soya sauce                        2-3 tbsp
Salt                                    to taste

Procedure

1.     Add soaked rice to boiling water. Add a pinch of salt according to taste. When the rice 3/4 cooked, drain the water and cool the rice by spreading it on a plate.
2.     Fry the prawns and boiled ,shredded chicken and keep aside.
3.     Scrambble eggs with a pinch of salt and keep aside.
4.     Heat oil in a pan / kadai. Add finely chopped ginger, then add chopped beans and carrot and fry for sometime.
5.     Now add the rice, mix well in oil. Add prawns, chicken and sprinkle soya sauce, salt and keep mixing.
6.     Remove from heat and spread it on a serving bowl and garnish it with scrambled eggs.

Tip : When frying rice in a pan, the rice tends to stick to the pan. To avoid this make sure the oil in the pan is very hot and the rice very cold. This way the rice will never stick to the pan.