Chilli Chicken

Today, I am sharing a famous fusion dish,i.e an Indo-Chinese cuisine called 'Chilli Chicken'...Some people may slightly alter the recipe,but the method of preparation is almost same ..Chilli Chicken is a popular dish in restaurant too..They add generous amount of red colour in it, in order to  look attractive..But I am against adding red colour,which is not good for health..If you prefer, you can add a pinch of red colour to it..Adding little kashmiri chilli powder,though not spicy, gives red colour to the dish,if you prefer to give red colour..I am going to share the recipe with step by step pictures,which is definitely a hard work,so it might be helpful to beginners..It is definitely my own successful dish..Its very yummy..Excellent combination for fried rice,chapatti,biryani etc..Do make it and impress your family :)

chilli chicken

preparation of chilli chicken

Ingredients:

To  marinade:

• Boneless Chicken(skinless), cubed - 500 gm
• Soya sauce - 1tsp
• Vinegar - 1 tsp
• Egg white - 1
• Ginger-garlic paste - 1 & 1/2 tsp
• Black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
• Kashmiri chilli powder - 1/2 tsp ( optional )
• Corn Flour - 2 tsp 
• All purpose flour ( Maida) - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste ( taste and adjust accordingly,as soya sauce contains salt)

For Gravy:

• Onion,cubed - 1
• Green Capsicum,cubed - half of one capsicum.
• Chopped Garlic - 4 to 5 tsp
• Spring onion,white ( bulbed part), chopped - 3 to 4 tsp
• Spring onion.green ( stalk), chopped - 5 to 6 tsp 
• Green chilli sauce - 1 tsp
• Soya sauce - 1 to 1 & 1/2  tsp
• Pepper powder - 1 tsp
• Kashmiri chilli powder - 1/2 tsp ( optional)
• Tomato Ketchup - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
• Sugar - 1/4 tsp ( to balance the taste)
• Salt - to taste

Method:

• Make a paste of' soya sauce' till 'salt' mentioned in the ingredient, ' To marinade'. Coat this paste in the chicken well and refrigerate for 1 hr.

• Heat a fry pan,add oil and shallow fry the marinated chicken in batches till both sides are golden brown. Drain and keep the fried chicken aside.

• In the same pan ( shallow fried chicken pan), add little olive/veg oil, add chopped garlic and chopped spring onion whites and saute for few sec ( don't turn brown).

• Add cubed onion and  saute for 1 min at high flame, till its slightly pink in colour.

• Add  cubed capsicum and saute for l min at high flame.

• Add half of spring onion greens and saute.

• Add the ingredients from' green chilli'  till 'salt' and saute well.

• Add fried chicken pieces and  saute well for 3 to 5 mins at high flame, taking care not to get burnt.

• Taste and adjust salt and spices required.

• Can add little water if you prefer gravy. Boil for few seconds.

• Off the flame and garnish with remaining spring onion greens.Serve warm.

• Its an excellent side dish for fried rice,biryani,chappati etc.

Tips:

• Make sure to make with boneless chicken while making this dish. It tastes better. 

• Can add pinch of red colour to the 'marinated chicken' ,if you wish to look attractive.

• Since soya sauce contains salt, its very important to taste and adjust salt if required

Mixed Fried Rice

There are different types of fried rice like vegetables,chicken,prawns or combination of chicken with vegetables fried rice etc. Have you heard about fried rice with the combination of vegetables,seafood and meats..Sounds incredible,right :) :)..Well, I am sharing a recipe of mixed fried rice..I tastes this in one of the malabar restaurant in Dubai.It tastes awesome. My mom shared this recipe to me. I made this to my kitchen straight away, unbelievingly,it tastes near to that restaurant...It tastes very yummy when served warm..Do try it and impress your household :) :)

Ingredients:

1. Prawns - 6 or 7 no.s

2. Boneless Chicken - 1/4 cup

3. Boneless beef - 1/4 cup ( I didn't use beef,as my hubby dislike it)

4. Eggs - 2 no.s

5. Green peas - 1/2 cup

6. Thinly sliced carrot - 1/2 cup

7.Thinly sliced potato - 1 cup

8.Thinly sliced beans - 1/2 cup

9. Chopped Green capsicum - half of one capsicum

10. Maggi/knor cubes - 2 ( any flavour)

11. spring onion - white - 1 1/2 tsp

12. spring onion - Green - few for garnishing

13. Basmati Rice - 3 cups

14.soya sauce - 2 tsp

15.salt - to taste

16.chopped garlic - 2 tsp

17.pepper powder - 1 & 1/2 tsp

Marination:

Marinate beef,chicken and prawns with 1/2 tsp turmeric ,1/2 tsp pepper pdr and salt for 5 to 10 mins.

Method:

• Make scrambled eggs with 1/4 tsp pepper pdr and salt and keep aside.
•  If using beef,pressure cook it for  4 whistles till cooked ( Don't discard the water of cooked beef,reserve it for stock).
• Boil marinated prawns and chicken with one cup of water till cooked.Don't overcook the prawns otherwise it turns rubbery.Reserve the water (used for boiling prawns and chicken) for stock
• .Cut the prawns into half and cut the chicken and beef into small pieces and keep aside.

         Preparation of rice

• Soak the basmati rice for 30 mins and drain the water.
• Heat a deep pan and measure the stock ( i got 1 cup stock) and add a 5 cups of water in a deep pan and let it boil.
• Add maggi/knor cubes till it dissolve completely.Be careful while adding salt, as cubes already contains salt.
• Add a soaked rice and close the lid,turn into medium flame and let it cook till the water evaporates .
• Now turn into low flame and slowly turn the rice with a large spoon and cook for 2 or 3 mins.Off the flame and keep aside.

preparation of veg and non-veg masala

• Heat the big deep pan,add oil and fry the  vegetables at high flame for 3 to 4 mins.Take care not to burn the vegetables and keep aside. 
• In the same oil,add chopped garlic and saute for 2 mins.
• Add chopped spring onion -whites and saute.
•  Add pepper powder and soya sauce and saute.
•  Add prawns,chicken,beef and vegetables and saute again.
• Taste and adjust salt according to your preference.

final preparation

• Add the half of the rice into vegetable-seafood masala and saute.
• Add half of scrambled eggs and saute again. 
• Add remaining rice and scrambled eggs and saute again.
• Garnish the top of rice with spring onion-greens and chopped capsicum.
• Close the lid and keep on very low flame for 5 mins.
• Off the flame and serve hot.
• Serve with any other side dish of your choice like chilly chicken, chicken manjurian etc...

Note:

* Can increase or decrease the quantity of rice and ingredients according to the members of    the family.

* Can adjust the vegetables,meat and seafood according to your preference.