Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Chicken Pakodi


 
Ingredients:
 
To Marinate:
 
Chicken: 250 grams
Salt to taste.
Red chili powder: 2 table spoons
Ginger garlic paste: 2 tea spoons
Turmeric powder: 1 tea spoon
Lemon juice: 3 tea spoons
Rice flour: 2 table spoons
Coriander powder: 1 table spoon
 
Oil to fry
2  Coriander leaves : A Small Bunch
 

Method:
  1. Take a bowl mix the chicken pieces with salt, red chili powder, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, lemon juice, rice flour, coriander powder and keep it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes for marinating
  2.  Take a deep fry pan po.ur sufficient oil to the pan heat it in low flame.
  3. Once the oil is hot drop the marinated chicken pieces one by one in the heat oil.
  4. Turn the flame to medium and fry them until they turn into golden brown colour.
  5. Turn off the flame and move the pakodies into a dish spread with tissue papers so that the excess oil would be observed by the tissue papers.
  6. Once they oil is off put them into a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves could be served with tomato and garlic sauce.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Eggless Choclate CupCakes


Ingredients:
 
All purpose flour 3/4 cup
Coco powder 2 & 1/2 tblsp
Sugar 1/2 cup
Baking soda( bicarbonate of soda) 1/2 tsp
Salt  1/4 tsp
Oil 1/4 cup
Cold water 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence  1 tsp
Lemon juice / vinegar 1 tsp


Method:

1.Sieve flour, coco and baking soda together tice to ensure even mixing and then mix in the salt and sugar. In another bowl, mix oil, cold water and vanilla. Reserve the lemon juice. Mix the dry ingredients and wet ingredients well until sugar gets dissolved.

2.Pre heat oven to 190o C .. Before you are just going to bake, mix in the lemon juice and stir well. Spoon the batter to the muffin liners in the baking tray. Fill just 3/4th.

3.Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until tooth pick inserted comes out clean. Better keep checking after 10 minutes. Cool down the muffins in a wire rack, after carefully taking out from the baking tray.