sweet and sour mushroom with pineapple and bell peppers!

A must try delicate, smooth and succulent dish that goes perfectly with a lighter sweet and sour sauce.


Ingredients for the Recipe:
1)250 g button mushroom washed and cleaned
2)2 onions cut into big chunks
3)diced Pineapple pcs -1/2 cup
4)bell pepper of ur choice( I have used one red bell pepper cut into bite size)
5)vegetable oil-2-3 tsp


Ingredients for sweet and sour sauce:
1/3 cup white or rice vinegar (Note: rice vinegar gives better results)
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon ketchup
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons cornstarch mixed with 4 teaspoons water
Preparation:


Mix the vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, and soy sauce together and bring to a boil in a small pot. Mix together the cornstarch and water, add to the other ingredients and stir to thicken.


Method:
1)Heat oil in a wok and add onions and mushroom.saute on high for 5-6 mins
2)Add pineapple and bell pepper and keep sauting continuously on high till the time you feel that mushrooms are cooked.
3)Pour the above prepared sweet and sour sauce as much as you want,If you want runny gravy then add more and for the dry version add less all depends on your taste.let it simmer for 5-10 minutes and note that bell peppers should not become mushy.
4)serve with noodles or fried rice.
5)The beauty of this dish is that with this single sweet and sour sauce ,You can prepare no dishes take any ingredient of ur choice (like paneer,chicken,fish,prawn)cook in the similar manner and come up with variety of dishes with very less effort.

Chicken in Bread crumbs...KFC STYLE!

A super easy recipe with unusual combination of few calorie and taste bud on priority!
My goal here is to prove that you can still get the same great taste of fried chicken without it actually being fried, saving you tons of saturated fat, calories & sodium AND to prove that you can make a homemade healthy meal for the family in basically no time at all. Think of it this way, if you’ve got time to drive to KFC, get the food and drive home, then you’ve got time to make this!
So here we go with the recipe.....


INGREDIENTS:-


1 whole organic chicken portioned (2 breasts, 2 drumsticks, 2 thighs, 2 wings)


2 cups bread crumbs (I used Progresso Italian style bread crumbs one can use any other normal form)
2 egg – whisked for 1 minute to lighten
1 tsp paprika/kashmiri mirch powder(MDH)
1 tsp tomato powder (I used knorr tomato soup powder)
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
olive oil spray

METHOD:-


Preheat oven to 420°F.


Arrange all the ingredients in a row in the following order: the chicken pieces, whisked eggs with Salt and pepper and paprika,tomato powder added, breadcrumbs.


Begin by dipping the chicken pieces in the egg holding the chicken over the bowl for a few seconds after wards to let excess egg fall off and then coat in the breadcrumbs coating all sides. Pat the crumbs onto the pieces with clean hands to make sure it sticks. Lay on a foiled oven tray. This assembly line is a great time to get the kids involved! my lilttle one loved helping me and licked her messy hands


Once all the pieces are crumbed spray liberally on all sides with the olive oil spray.


Pop in the oven for 20 -25 minutes approx until internal temp of 165°F and the crumbs are crispy and ‘fried’.turn over the chicken and pop into the oven for another 10 mins. That’s all there is to it!


SERVE WITH KETCHUP OR CORIANDER CHUTNEY OR MAYO....I SERVED IT WITH EVERYTHING MIXED TOGETHER YUMMMMM!!!

chilly chicken dry!

An easy recipe which can be served both as starters as well as main-course.absolutely delicious for all the chicken lovers.

We require very simple ingredients:)

1. Onions                                             200  gm
2. chicken(with bone or boneless)            500  gm                                        
3. Chilli Powder                                     25    gm
4. Chilli sauce                                       10   gm
5. Tomato ketchup                                 10   gm
6. Soya sauce                                        5    gm
7. Orange color                                      2    gm
8. Vinegar                                             10  ml
9. Salt                                                  to  taste
10. cornflour                                            10 gm
11. egg                                                   1      
12. Capsicum                                           50 gm
13. Coriander leaves                                 20 gm
14. Oil                                                    required

Procedure:

1.Clean the chicken.Add chilli powder, chilli sauce,soya sauce, vinegar, salt. Keep aside and soak for one hour.

2.take the chicken pieces out of the bowl to remove the excess water and keep it in another bowl.

3.Add egg and cornflour to the chicken and mix well.Shallow fry the chicken pcs and cook in small batches.

4. Slice the onions into thick pcs. Cut the capsicum, remove the seeds and cut it into lengthwise slices.

5. Heat oil, fry onions and capsicum. Add salt and then put the chicken and fry for few minutes.add tomato ketchup,chilly sauce and soya sauce fry till its all the sauces are absorbed.

6. Serve hot, garnished with corainder leaves.

honey-soy glazed chicken drumsticks

Ingredients

300 g chicken drumsticks

2 tbsp soy sauce

3 tbsp honey

1 tsp chinese five spice

3 tbsp tomato sauce

1 tsp grated ginger

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 tsp olive oil

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine all ingredients and mix through drumsticks. 

2. Line the drumsticks on a baking tray and cook for 20 minutes. 

hot and sour chicken soup slurrrrrrrrrp!!!

A TRUE WINTER WARMER RECIPE.....HERE WE GO .........>>>>

Ingredients

750ml  chicken stock

100ml  water

200g sliced fresh mushrooms

50g  bamboo shoots

3 slices fresh root ginger

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 dessertspoon soy sauce

1/4 teaspoon dried crushed chillies

500g  skinless, boneless chicken breast fillets - cut into strips

1 tablespoon sesame oil

2 spring onions, chopped

handful chopped fresh coriander (optional)

3 tablespoons white wine vinegar

2 tablespoons cornflour

1 egg, beaten

Preparation method

1. In a saucepan, combine the chicken stock, water, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, root ginger, garlic, soy sauce and crushed chillies. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer while you assemble the rest of the ingredients.

2. Place the chicken strips into a bowl and toss with the sesame oil to coat. In a separate bowl, stir together the cornflour and vinegar, and set aside.

3. Increase the heat under the stock to medium-high, and return to a rolling boil. Add the chicken. Return to the boil, and then drizzle in the egg while stirring slowly to create long strands of egg. Stir in the vinegar and cornflour. Simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through and the stock has thickened slightly, about 3 minutes. Serve garnished with spring onions and coriander

simply chinese ...

VEGGY MANCHURIAN


When We eat these deep fried vegetable balls in a soya-based sauce, do not let mundane things like the weighing scale bother US!!!!
dig into these deep-fried delights and enjoy every bite!

For The Vegetable Balls
3 cups finely chopped cabbage
1 1/4 cups carrot , grated
1/2 cup chopped onions
2 tbsp cornflour
5 tbsp plain flour
3 to 4 clove of garlic(lehsun) , finely chopped
1 slit green chilli , finely chopped
1/4 tsp m.s.g powder (optional)
salt and to taste
oil for deep-frying
For The Sauce
1 tbsp garlic , finely chopped
2 tsp finely chopped green chillies
2 tsp finely chopped ginger 
1 cup clear vegetable stock or
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 1 cup of water
2 pinches of sugar
2 tbsp oil
salt to taste
Method 
For the vegetable balls:-

Combine the cabbage, carrots, onions, cornflour, plain flour, garlic, green chilli, ajinomoto, salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix well.
Shape spoonfuls of the mixture into small balls. If you find it difficult to form balls, sprinkle a little water to bind the mixture.
Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper and keep aside. I being calorie cautious just shallow fry them and put them in microwave at high for 10 mins.
For the sauce:-

Heat the oil in r frying pan on a high flame. Add the garlic, green chillies,capsicum diced and spring onions and ginger and stir fry over a high flame for a few seconds.
Add the stock, soya sauce, cornflour paste, sugar and salt and little red colouring for a sensuous look and simmer for a few mins.Just before serving, put the vegetable balls in the sauce and bring to a boil.
I have made a habit of preparing the toddler version too, if I am preparing something spicy for us:) and it feels world to me when my kido says...yummmyyy!

CHICKEN MANCHURIAN

For The Chicken Balls

finely chopped chicken (preferably breast portion)-500g

1/2 cup chopped onions

2 tbsp cornflour

5 tbsp plain flour

3 to 4 clove of garlic(lehsun) , finely chopped

1 slit green chilli , finely chopped

1/4 tsp m.s.g powder (optional)

salt and to taste

oil for deep-frying

For The Sauce

1 tbsp garlic , finely chopped

2 tsp finely chopped green chillies

2 tsp finely chopped ginger 

1 cup chicken stock 

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 1 cup of water

2 pinches of sugar

2 tbsp oil

salt to taste

Method 

marinade the chicken in soy sauce for 1 hour.

Combine the chicken onions, cornflour, plain flour, garlic, green chilli, ajinomoto, salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix well.

Shape spoonfuls of the mixture into small balls. If you find it difficult to form balls, sprinkle a little more cornflour to bind the mixture.

Deep fry in hot oil until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper and keep aside. I being calorie cautious just shallow fry them and put them in microwave at high for 10 mins.

For the sauce:-

Heat the oil in r frying pan on a high flame. Add the garlic, green chillies,capsicum diced and spring onions and ginger and stir fry over a high flame for a few seconds.

Add the stock, soya sauce, cornflour paste, sugar and salt and little red colouring for  and simmer for a few mins.Add the chicken balls in the sauce and bring to a boil.Ready to serve!!!!!!!!!!!