Sunday 31 May 2015

Mughlai zafraani murg / mughlai saffron chicken


Make your season sizzle with

Mughlai Zaafrani Murg
(Mughlai Saffron Chicken)

TOTAL TIME

1hr

PREP 30 MINS

COOK 30 MINS



INGREDIENTS

1kg chicken, cleaned, washed and cut into pieces
1teaspoon salt, to taste
1tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
2teaspoon red chili powder, paste
1pinch saffron, divided
4 -6tablespoons cashews, paste , 4tablespoons fresh plain yogurt, beaten
4 -5tablespoons oil
2 -3bay leaves
4 -5cloves
2tablespoons onion paste (paste of 2 onions)
1-1 teaspoon garlicpaste
2tablespoons fresh coriander leaves, chopped finely

DIRECTIONS

To make this richy chicken, first prepare the marinade.

Before doing that, soak red chili powder in water and prepare a paste of it.
Now,
in a bowl, mix together, the chicken, salt, ginger-garlic paste, 2-3 tablespoons of cashewnut paste, a pinch of saffron, yogurt and a tsp of red chili paste.Mix well, using your hand, and keep aside for 15-20 minutes.Heat oil in a skillet.Add bay leaves and cloves.

Stir-fry for a minute.Add onion paste and sauté till it turns brown.Add a teaspoon of garlic paste.
Continue to sauté till the raw smell of garlic is gone.Add the marinated chicken pieces and mix well.
Cover and cook for 15 minutes or until the chicken is tender.Add 2-3 tablespoons of cashewnut paste and a pinch of saffron.Mix well.
Remove from flame.Garnish with fresh chopped coriander leaves.

Serve hot with rotis/parathas/naan/kulcha!
YUM!

Thursday 16 April 2015

Chicken spaghetti

Chicken and spaghetti are one of those ingredients I die for..  😎 😊 😍
And when you combine both , its just a perfect end of another hetric week. 
This bowl of appetizer is simple and yet quick I prepared this in 30 min . (ok its soo simple tht u can be done in 15min also ) becuz I had my neighbors girl with me and we both decided to have some spicy thing .. And we endup finding this long sticks called spaghetti's lol. We had a good time while cooking .
$o letme share you the recipe .. 📖  🍴  🍝
Ingredients :
I used #goody spaghetti half pack
( boil with salt , vinegar and 1tsp oil .. Drain and keep it aside )
1/2 chicken breast microwaved with blackpepper
Frozen peas and corns 2 tbsp each
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Tomato 1 chopped
Half onion chopped
Cumin seeds
Cabbage 1 bowl finally chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
Lemon juice of half lemon
1tbsp tomato ketchup
1tsp vineger
Pinch of oregano
1 tsp  redchilly pwd pinch of turmeric pwd
1 - 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
Oil 2tbsp
Letse get started :
1.heat the oil add cumin seeds to crack , add onions and fry adding little salt so the onions are bit crispy add ginger-garlic and saute
2.add corns ,peas and mix well adding the chilly pwd n turmeric with tomato paste and salt to taste
3. Add cabbage mix well add vinegar and mix well do not over cook the veggies should be slightly crisp.
4. Finally add spaghetti and fold it into all the ingredients.  Adding  oregano and ketchup and mix well ckh the flavour and salt adjust if required.
Garnished with dry mint and olives !!
Viola !! The chicken spaghetti is ready to serve !!!
Do comment if you are trying this simple quick recipe…
Seeya soon !! 😎 😊