Chettinand chicken

Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 30 minutes
Marination 30 minutes to 2 hours

Ingredients
For about 500 gms of chicken

For frying
1 medium size onion chopped fine
1 tsp tomato paste
1 tsp of ginger garlic paste
1 bay leaf
1 tsp of ginger garlic paste
Few curry leaves

To marinade
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
1 lemon
1/2 tsp freshly grounded black pepper
Red chilli powder 1 tsp
1 tsp if ginger garlic paste

For thickening
1 tbsp of poppy seeds soaked for 20 minute and grinded

For chettinand masala
1 tsp of fennel seeds
1/4 cup of grinded dried coconut
1 inch cinnamon stick
3 cloves
3 green cardomom
3 black pepper
1/2 tsp jeera
1tsp of corinader seeds
3 red whole chiĺlies

Method
1. Marinade chicken with the ingredients for marinade .
2. Roast and grind masala .
3. Grind poppy seeds and make paste.
4. Fry bay leaf followed by onion untill golden brown .
5. Fry 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste and tomato paste .
6.Put 3/4 chettinad masala.
7.Thrown in chicken and cook it on high heat for 7-8 minutes .
8. Since there is enough salt in the chicken , there is no need to add salt later .
9. Pour 1 and 1/2cup of water and poppy seeds paste .
10. Cook for another 20 minutes on medium low flame .
11. Check when done .
12. Garnish with curry leaves .
13. Serve with steamed rice or chapati.

Kacchi chicken Biryani

Preparation time 4 hours
Cooking time 45 minutes
Serves 4 adults

Ingredients to marinade
1 small whole chicken cut into 8 pieces about 800 gms
4 large onions chopped fine
1 cup of mint leaves chopped
1 cup of coriander leaves chopped
3 tbsp of ginger garlic paste
1 cup of yogurt
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp of red chill powder
3 tbsp of Biryani masala
2 tsp of garam masala
Salt to taste
1/2 lemon
1 tsp of nutmeg powder
1 tsp of black pepper
1 tsp of shahi jeera
4 green chillies chopped fine

Ingredients for cooking rice
3 cups (250ml  cup) soaked for 1 hour
3 green cardomom
4 cloves
3 small bay leaves
1 inch cinnamom stick
Salt to tatse
Water about 4 cups

Ingredients to garnish
1 large onion cut long and thin and fried golden brown and crisp
2. Handful of mint leaves
3. Kesar strands soaked in 1/2 cup of warm milk .
4. Food colour orange or yellow .

Method to marinade
1. Just mix all the ingredients with chicken and keep it in the fridge 3 hours .

Method to half cook rice
1. Boil water with salt .
2. Pack remaining ingredients in one small cloth tie it and leave it in water to boil for 5 minutes .
3. Thrown in rice and let it be just 50% done .
4. Drain rice .

Method to cook biryani
In a large pot .
1. 4 tbsp of oil make it hot .
2. Put chicken pieces and all stuff .
3. Spread in rice .
4. 2 tbsp of ghee .
5. Sprinkle some fried onions .
6. Sprinkle some mint leaves .
7. Cover the pot and seal it tight with the dough from all over .
8. Cook on a high flame for 10 minutes .
9. Cook on medium high flame for 25 minutes .
10. Cook on medium low flame for 10 minutes .
11. Turn off gas and leave it for 15 minutes .
12 . Your biryani is ready serve it with red pepper chutney and raita .

Chicken pulav or chicken rice

Preparation time 2 hours
Cooking time 45 minutes

NOTE : Chicken cooks faster .
Cooking rice in chicken oil and stalk make them tasty and nutritious .

Ingredients
500 gm of chicken
11/2 cup basmati rice soaked for an hour
And drained

Ingredients for marinading chicken for 2 hours
1/2 cup of yogurt
1/2 tsp of yellow powder
Salt to taste enough for chicken
Black pepper about 1 tsp freshly grounded
1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp of garam masala
Handful of mint leaves
Handful of dhaniya leaves
Freshly grinded coriander seeds
2 tsp of biryani masala

Ingredients for frying
1 cup of slicer onion
1 tsp of ginger garlic paste
1/2 inch of cinnamon stick
2 small bay leaves
3-4 whole black pepper
1 whole big cardomom seed
Salt to taste
Oil 4 tbsp

Ingredients for garnishing
Handful of coriander leaves
Handful of mint leaves

Method

1. Marinade chicken for 2 hours with above ingredients .

2. Soak rice for an hour . This is very important step to make rice grain separated with each other . Drain and keep aside .

3. Start frying onions in hot oil in a big pot .

4. Followed by all the ingredients for frying . Now thrown in chicken.peices

5. Let it leave chicken's natural oil .  pour 2 cups of water and boil it . Put salt in this step enough to cook rice .

6. Thrown in rice.

7. Mix thoroughly.

8. Close lid and cook for 30 minutes .

9. Turn off heat and let the it stay with closed lid .

10 . Garnish rice with coriander and mint leave serve .

Broiled Chicken in BBQ sauce

Ingredients (serves 2 adults and 2 kids for dinner or lunch)

Cooking time 30 minutes

1 whole small chicken with skin
2 full tsp of salt
1 tsp of freshly grounded black pepper.
2 tsp of dried thyme
1 lemon juice
1 Tbsp of ginger garlic paste ( 60% garlic 40% ginger)
3 Tbsp of BBQ sauce ( i use Heinz BBQ sauce)
2 tbsp of olive oil
lemon zests for garnishing

Method
1.Marinade chicken for 2 hours using all above ingredients except oil .

2.Broil chicken for 20 minutes in pre heated oven at 180 degrees with olive oil .
or alternatively
3.apply olive oil on chicken and place your whole chicken in baking tray and place tray in an empty pot , close the lid.

4.Initially give very high heat for 10 minutes .

5. Transfer your pot in medium high and cook for another 20 minutes .

and your chicken will be ready to eat .  what i liked about this way of cooking is, chicken has so many flavours from inside,and texture is so soft and tender , even breast turns out to be very tender. you will love smoky flavour mixed with herb and mild flavour of garlic, fresh pepper lemon. it will just melt in your mouth . you must try this receipe .

Parmesan mayo chicken

Serves 8  pcs
ingredients
8 thigh chicken pcs
1/4 cup of mayo
1/4 cup of parmesan cheese
2 cloves of garlic
2 red fresh chillies
bread crumbs seasoned

METHOD
Slit chicken with a knife .
Marinade  with salt , crushed red chilli and garlic for 2 hrs.
Brush chicken with mixture of mayo and parmesan cheese from both sides.
Top with bread crumbs .
Roast in oven for 20-30 minutes till its done nicely .
Broil for few minutes at the end .
to give nice golden brown colour .

chicken cooked in barbeque sauce

Serves 8 pcs of small chicken legs

Ingredients
3 Tbsp of Heinz barbeque sauce
1 Tbsp of soya sauce
1 Tbsp Ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
Salt
Oil to cook about 3 Tbsp

Method
Slit chicken legs with knife from all sides . Marinade chicken with above ingredients for about 2 hours in refrigerator. After 2 hours let them sit get to normal temperature . You can either bake or shallow fry chicken legs untill they are cooked .
You can serve them with dinner rolls and salad of your choice .