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  Grilled Chicken Kebab Description: Grilled  chicken kebabs are made with marinated chicken and colorful vegetables, all threaded onto skewers and cooked. You can bake or in an open flame . Here I prefer onion and capsicum along with the chicken for crunchiness but this is totally optional. It’s a great appetizer for a party. Serve it green chutney or any dip.    Ingredients: Boneless Chicken - 350 gms Oil - 2 tbsp  Melted butter- 1 tbsp  Coriander leaves-1/4 cup (chopped) For marination: Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp Red Chilli Powder- 1 tsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder-1/2 tsp Cumin powder-1/4 tsp Garam Masala powder- 1/2 tsp Salt- 1/2 tsp  Lemon juice-1 tsp Yoghurt -2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste-1 tsp  Oil-1 tbsp kasuri methi-1/2 tsp Onion - 1 (cubed) Capsicum- 1 (cubed)    Preparation:   1. Cut the boneless chicken into small pieces  2. Dry roast the kasuri methi and crush it with your hand.  3. Marinate with the ingredients mention...

  Chicken Nuggets Description: Chicken Nuggets are prepared by marinating boneless chicken pieces marinated with some spices later with a breading coating and deep fried or baked.   We can make these in a bunch and freeze them. Fry or bake whenever we want. Its a great choice for parties too especially kid’s birthday parties. It’s always a hit in our home.   Ingredients: Chicken boneless pieces - 300 gms All purpose flour- 1/2 cup Bread crumbs- 1/2 cup Garlic powder- 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder- 1/2 tsp Pepper powder- 1/2 tsp Salt - 1/2 tsp For Marination: Buttermilk- 1/2 cup Egg - 1 (whisked) Salt- 3/4 tsp Pepper Powder- 3/4 tsp Red Chilli Powder- 1/2 tsp    Preparation: 1. Wash and pat dry the chicken boneless pieces. Cut these into bite sized nugget shapes. 2. To marinate, add buttermilk into a bowl and add whisked egg, the spice powders and salt as mentioned .  3. Whisk the mixture and add the chicken pieces. Give a mix to coat the pieces with the batter....

  Fish Fry Description : Fish fry is prepared by marinating fish with  some Indian spices later deep fry or shallow fry in a pan or and serve hot.   This is the simplest version of South Indian fish fry with basic ingredients available in our kitchen. We can adjust the spice level according to our taste. Curry leaves wen fry along with fish gives nice aroma to the dish.   We can see this dish in menu in almost all South Indian restaurants. Ingredients: Katla/Asian Carp fish pieces- 500  gms (5 big pieces) Oil - 4 tbsp  For Marination: Salt- 1 tbsy Turmeric powde r-1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder- 1 tbsp Coriander powder- 1 tsp Garam masala powder- 1 tsp  lemon juice- 2 tsp Ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp Curry leaves - 2 tbsp (chopped) Oil- 2 tsp   Preparation : 1. Clean and wash the fish pieces.  2. Add all the items for the marinade specified above. Mix it well and set aside for 1 hr.   3. Take a frying pan and heat the oil.  4. Now pl...

  Honey Chilli Fish Description: Honey chilli fish is prepared by marinating fish with some spices and deep fry it. Later toss  it in a honey chilli sauce and serve. This restaurant style honey chilli fish is our all time favourite in our home. It’s a great appetiser for a part or pot luck. Those who loves to explore sea foods can give it a try. Since it’s boneless kids love to have it more. Ingredients: Fish fillets (boneless) - 2  All purpose flour - 2 tbsp Cornflour - 1 tbsp Salt  - 1 tsp Spring onion -1 green part(chopped)  Garlic - 1 tsp (finely chopped)  Ginger - 1 tsp (finely chopped)  Green chilli- 2 (chopped ) chilli sauce - 1 tsp Honey - 1 tbsp Soy sauce - 1 tsp Lemon juice - 1 tbsp Oil - 3 tbsp Preparation : 1. Cut the fish fillets into small pieces. Transfer this into a bowl for marination. Add salt, lemon juice, red chilli paste. Mix well.  2. To this add soy sauce, maida, cornflour and little water. Mix well and keep aside. 3. Heat o...

Egg Lollipop Description: Egg lollipop recipe is prepared by using grated boiled eggs along with some   spices  later deep fried till golden and crispy. It's a  delicious and crunchy   evening snack for kids.   Ingredients: Boiled Eggs-4 Ginger- 1 tbsp (chopped) Garlic- 1 tbsp (chopped) Green chilli- 2 (chopped) Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp Chilli powder- 1 tsp Coriander powder- 1 tsp Garam masala- 1 tsp Besan flour- 2 tbsp  Corn flour- 2 tbsp  Bread crumbs- 1/2 cup Salt Oil for frying  Preparation: 1. Grate the boiled eggs in a mixing bowl 2. Add chopped garlic, ginger, green chilli, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala, besan flour, corn flour into it. 3. Sprinkle little water and mix well till it becomes a non sticky dough  4. Shape them into small balls  5. In a small bowl, add corn flour and water and make a thin paste  6. Dip each shaped balls into cornflour and then roll in bread crumbs until evenly co...

  Egg Malai Curry Description: Egg Malai curry is a classic recipe where boiled eggs  is added to the rich and creamy gravy with some aromatic spices. Ingredients: Eggs -4 (boiled) Milk - 1 cup Onion - 2(chopped) Ginger garlic paste- 1 tsp Green chilli- 1 Cumin powder- 1 tsp Pepper powder- 1/2 tsp Garam masala- 1 tsp Coriander leaves-a handful (chopped) Salt - 1 tsp Preparation: 1. In a kadhai, add oil , add the onion-green chilli paste. Lower flame & cook for 2 mins  2. Now add the ginger-garlic paste & mix well 3. Keep cooking in low flame , stirring often, for around 15 mins till paste changes colour  4. Now switch off the flame & add the milk stirring continuously. Mix it well with the Masala 5.Put in the cumin powder, pepper powder, garam masala powder & salt. Mix well & cook for a few mins  6. Place the egg halves in the gravy, yolk side down to absorb the spices.  7. Cover & cook for few mins 8. After few mins turn the egg hal...

  Chicken Tikka Biriyani Description: Chicken Tikka is marinated by using hung curd and some spices.Later we can use OTG or non stick kadai to shallow fry. If yu want you can include smoky flavour into it.  Then tomato based spicy gravy is prepared and layered with a cooked basmati rice and keep it DUM for sometime. Serve hot along with raita. It’s a packed witj flavours. You can have tikka with some mayonnaise too.  We personally love to make it on weekends. If you want to make something easy witj a restaurant touch on weekends ,you can go for this. Ingredients: For marination: Boneless chicken- 1/2 kg Kashmiri chilli powder- 4 tsp Garam masala- 1/2 tsp Ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp  Yogurt- 1/4 cup Lemon juice- 1 tbsp  Salt- 1 tsp Oil - 2 tsp  For gravy: Onion -2 (thinly sliced) Tomato purée- 1/2 cup Ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp  Yogurt- 4 tbsp  Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp Chilli powder- 1 tsp Garam masala- 1 tbsp  Green chilli- 2 (chopped) Mint ...

  Kalari Kari Description: Kalari kari is a traditional kayalpatnam recipe from coastal side of South India Kalarikari is prepared by cooking mutton with the spices and adding coconut milk at last. This curry is delicious and creamy and famous in kayalpatnam region. Ingredients: Coconut oil- 3 tbsp  Ghee - 2 tbsp  Cinnamon -2 stick  Cardamom -3 Clove -3 Green chilli -2 Shallots- 1 cup (chopped) Ginger garlic paste -2 tbsp  Curd - 1/2 cup Mutton - 500 gms Curry leaves - one handful  Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Chilli powder - 1 tsp Jeera powder - 1 tsp Fennel seeds powder - 1 tsp Coconut milk - 1 cup Salt - 1 tbsp Preparation: 1. Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker, add whole spices into it. 2. Then add shallots, green chilli and ginger garlic paste. Saute it till the onion turns golden brown. 3. Now add mutton pieces and curd into it. 4. Add curry leaves and saute it for a minute. The curd will mix with masala and leaves oil. 5. Add all the spices turmeric...

  Restaurant Style Chilli Chicken Description: Restaurant style chilli paneer recipe is prepared by marinate chicken with spices and deep fried  then tossed in a chilli garlic sauce.  This recipe is all time kids favourite and always a hit in our home. We can have it with fried rice, noodles , or as a starter too. If yu are making for kids yu can substitute chilli garlic sauce with tomato sauce to avoid spicy.  Ingredients: For marination: Chicken- 1/2 kg Corn flour- 2 tbsp  All purpose flour- 1 tbsp  Ginger garlic paste- 1 tsp Chilli powder- 1 tsp Pepper powder- 1 tsp Lemon juice- 1 tbsp  Salt  Water For sauce: Oil Ginger - 1 tbsp (finely chopped) Garlic- 1 tbsp (finely chopped) Green chilli- 2 (finely chopped) Onion- 2 (cubed) Capsicum- 1 (cubed) Chilli garlic sauce- 1 tbsp  Soy sauce- 1 tsp Corn slurry- 2 tbsp  Spring onion- (finely chopped)  Preparation: 1. In a mixing bowl, add corn flour, all purpose flour, ginger garlic paste...

  Capsicum Egg Fry Recipe Description: Capsicum egg bhurji is an indo Chinese style wit an Indian touch in it. Instead of regular egg bhurji i have added capsicum wit soya and chilli sauce for Chinese touch.   It goes well with chapathi, naan, and suitable for kids lunch box menu.I personally loved this recipe and the leftover will be used for sandwich filling too. Ingredients: Eggs -4 Capsicum- 2  Onion - 2 (finely chopped) Garlic- 2 tbsp (finely chopped) Green chilli- 2 (finely chopped) Soya sauce- 1 tbsp  Chilli sauce- 1 tsp Tomato sauce- 1 tsp Pepper powder- 1 tsp Salt  Oil Coriander leaves Preparation: 1. Heat oil in a pan, add garlic and saute well till the garlic turns brown. 2. Add chopped onion into it. Add salt and saute fa a minute  3. Add green chilli and capsicum into it. 4. Let it cook for 3 mins. Then add all the three sauce one by one. 5. Now add eggs and scramble well . 6. Add pepper powder and stir it until eggs are done. 7. Finally a...

  Chicken Chinthamani Description: Chicken Chinthamani is a delicious, roasted-style chicken in which small pieces of chicken cooked with shallots, dry red chilli (deseeded) and aromatic curry leaves. Chinthamani Chicken is widely famous in kongunadu region. Traditionally it is prepared in sesame oil in iron kadai. The shallots and dry red chilli gives flavour to the chicken and curry gives gud aroma makes it a wholesome dish. Ingredients: Chicken- 500 gms Sesame oil - 3 tbsp Shallots- 1 cup ((peeled) Dry red chilli- 10 (deseeded) Curry leaves- 1 spring  Ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp Chilli powder- 1 tsp Salt - 1 tsp  Preparation: 1. Clean and wash the chicken. Cut the chicken into small bite sized pieces. Set aside. 2. Heat oil in the pan , add in the curry leaves and the dried red chillies (deseeded). 3. Then add shallots and salt. Saute till the shallots turns soft. 4. Add in the ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder and chilli powder. 5. Then add...

  Chicken Sandwich Description: Chicken Sandwich recipe is made by cooking seasoned chicken with a creamy mayo spread. You can make it like 15 mins . It’s a great option for kids snack. This is a great lunchbox recipe and a great evening snack recipe that is sure to be a hit with your kids.  You can also use leftover chicken for this recipe. The same filling you can have it like a roll,tortilla. Ingredients: Sandwich Bread Butter To Cook The Chicken: Chicken - 200 gms Salt  Pepper Italian Seasoning - 1/4 tsp  Garlic - 2 nos.  Water To Make Chicken Filling: Oil - 2 tsp Garlic - 1 tsp (finely chopped) Onion - 1/2 cup (finely chopped) Yellow Capsicum - 1/4 cup (finely chopped) Green Capsicum - 1/2 cup (finely chopped) Shredded Chicken  Salt - 1/4 tsp Pepper  Chicken Stock  Italian Seasoning - 1/2 tsp  Mayonnaise - 1/4 cup Red Chili Sauce - 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves Preparation: 1. Pressure cook the chicken with water, garlic cloves, crushed pepper...

Kerala Style Roasted Chicken Description: Kerala style roasted chicken preparation begins with marinating the chicken with traditional spices which later pan roasted in coconut oil . The coconut oil and curry leaves enhances the flavour of the dish and stands unique in their own way. This pan roasted chicken is a delectable dish that shows the vibrant and aromatic flavours of Kerala. Ingredients: Chicken- 1/2 kg Shallots - 1/4 cup  Ginger - a small piece  Garlic - 10 cloves  Green chilli - 2 Curry leaves - one handful  Coconut oil  Kashmiri red chilli  Salt  For Marination: Chicken- 1/2 kg Kashmiri red chilli- 2 tsp Turmeric powder- 1 tsp Coriander powder- 2 tsp Garam masala powder- 1 tsp Pepper powder- 1 tsp Curry leaves  Fresh coconut- 1/2 cup (roughly chopped) Salt - 1 tsp  Preparation: 1. Marinate the chicken with the things listed under marination for half an hour.Keep it aside . 2. In a pan, add coconut oil, curry leaves sautee it 3. Th...

  Crispy Garlic Fried Chicken Fingers Description: Crispy Garlic Fried chicken fingers is tender inside and crispy outside. It’s made by marinating chicken breast and some seasoning and deep fried in oil. You can have it as a starter or as an evening snack. Kids will love this for sure. If yu make it fa a party, it will always be a hit ..Instead of ordering from restaurants for kids, yu can make this at home and give them without any guilt.   Ingredients: Chicken Breast - 1  Soy sauce- 1 tsp Chilli flakes - 1 tsp Garlic - 1 tbsp (finely chopped) Salt - 1 tsp Mixed herbs - 1 tbsp Corn flour- 2 tbsp  Bread crumbs- 1/2 cup Oil - To fry Preparation: 1. Take chicken breast and cut them into finger size pieces. 2. In a large mixing bowl, add chicken, soy sauce, chilli flakes,mixed herbs,garlic and salt. 3. Mix everything well and marinate for hour an hour. 4. Then add corn flour and give a gud mix. 5. Heat oil in a pan for deep frying  6. Meanwhile Take bread crumbs i...

 Beef Stir Fry / Beef Chukka Description: This is my favorite dish made with beef, totally Kerala style dry beef stir fry. Marinated beef is cooked in a pressure cooker and then fried in oil till it turns brown. Curry leaves gives nice aroma and flavour to the dish. Ingredients: Beef (boneless) - 1/2 kg Onion - 2 (chopped) Red chilli-5 Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp Coriander powder- 1 tsp Fennel seeds powder- 1 tsp Garam masala powder- 1 tsp Pepper powder- 2 tsp Ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp Lemon juice- 1/2 lime  Curry leaves- one handful  Oil-2 tbsp  Salt- 1 tsp  Preparation: 1. Deep fry the onion and keep it ready fa marination  2. Deep fry dry red chilli and crushed it using blender. Keep it aside. 3. Wash and drain the meat well. Marinate with ½ tsp. salt and the turmeric, corriander, fennel seeds, and garam masala powders . 4. Then add ginger garlic paste, lemon juice,fried onion, oil,grounded red chilli. Marinate for 30 mins. 5. Transfer the marinated meat ...