Thursday, July 22, 2010

Chicken Nuggets Recipe


Who in the world doesn't like chicken nuggets? In fact, it's one of the tastiest meals having chicken minced, seasoned with black pepper, garlic and salt. Chicken being a healthy source of nutrition renders a nutritious as well as delicious aspect to this recipe!

INGREDIENTS


  • Chicken boneless (chopped) 1/2 kg
  • Oil (for deep frying) as required
  • Black pepper 1/2 tsp
  • Garlic paste 1 tsp
  • Salt 1 tsp
  • Onion (small and chopped) 1
  • Plain flour 1/2 cup
  • Bread crumbs 1 cup
  • Egg 1

COOKING DIRECTIONS
  • Add chicken pieces in a pot.
  • Add garlic paste, black pepper and salt in it.
  • Also add onion in it and mix well.
  • Add this meat mixture in chopper to mince it.
  • Put in fridge for a while.
  • Make small nugget shapes from the meat.
  • Coat them in plain flour.
  • Beat an egg.
  • Dip in egg and then coat in bread crumbs.
  • Heat some oil in a pan.
  • Deep fry the nuggets.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Daal Kachori (Dal Kachory)

 Ingredients
3/4th cup skinless dried black beans (urad)
4 cups Flour (atta)
1 green chili chopped
1/2tsp Salt
Oil for deep frying
1tbsp anise seeds (Saunf)
1tsp coriander seeds
1tsp white cumin seeds
1/2tsp red chili powder
1/4th tsp asafoetida powder


Method:

  • Soak the beans in water overnight then rinse and drain.
  • Sift the flour and gradually add enough water to make soft dough. Cover the dough with damp cloth and leave for 30 minutes.
  • Grind the drained beans with the chili powder, salt and spices to make stuffing. Mix well and divide it into 16 equal portions.
  • Divide the dough into 16, using wet hands, and smear each portion with a little oil.
  • Flatten and roll out into 2inch round.
  • Wrap one portion of stuffing in each round and roll into a smooth ball, using greased hands.
  • Flatten and roll into a 3-4 inch round.
  • Heat plenty of oil in a deep frying pan or a kadhai.
  • Now lift the rolled kachori and carefully slip it into the hot oil.
  • Immediately start flickering hot oil over the top of it with a spatula so that it will swell up like a ball.
  • This should take only a few seconds. Flip the kachori over and cook the other side until golden brown.Serve the dal kachori hot with chutney.