Chicken Manchurian:

Ingredients:

1/2kg Boneless chicken

¼ cup Corn flour and maida

2 tsp Salt

Pinch of Ajinomoto

2 tsp Pepper powder

3 tsp Soy sauce

1 ½ tsp Tomato ketchup

4 Garlic chopped

2 tsp Ginger garlic paste

1 ½ - 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder / Cayenee pepper powder

Preparation:

Cut the chicken into pieces and wash and drain with paper towel.

In a bowl mix the flours,salt,ajinomoto,chilli powder,pepper powder and add the chicken pieces.

Chicken pieces will now have a coating of flour without adding any water.

Now add the soy sauce,tomato ketchup and mix it again. Close the lid and let it marinate for an hour.

(Sprinkle some water if u need)

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the chicken pieces and drain it in a paper towel.

Now in a wok /nonstick pan,add the fried oil (2tsp) and add the chopped garlic,onion,capsicum.Fry in a high flame with afew drops of soy sauce  for 2 mins and add the chicken pieces and toss it again in a low flame for a min and switch off the stove.

Immediately transfer the Manchurian to a serving bowl with chopped spring onions on top.

Chilli Prawns:

Chilli prawns are a good Non-Veg snack / starter. Prawns here in US are easy to cook as they are cleaned and tailed off in the frozen section.Just we need to marinate it and fry them. So the process will take less time,but more tasty & crispy too.Try the chilli prawns/ prawns 65 and give your comments.

Thangdi Kabab:

Thangdi kababs are grilled chicken legs with juicy and tender meat which gets the real taste from the curd and herbs that we are using in this.This is one of our favorite starter in Dhaba restaurant.Kids do love this kabab than tandoori chicken.This kabab needs to be cooked in tandoor -Clay Oven ,but at home we can grill it or bake in oven.The taste when cooked in clay oven gets100% flavor ,which is reduced to 80% in our oven cooking.But yet i'm sure U 'll love this kebab.Keep trying and leave ur comments.

Reshmi Kebab

 Kebab is a North indian  starter / appetizer  served in Dhaba restaurants . Tandoori chicken is more spicy masala version . But this kebab and thangdi kebab are little spicy and more tasty because of the natural flavours from herbs and curd.   My Husband tried reshmi kebab  and came out very well ... really a tangy yummy starter... Here's the procedure .Try this kebab at ur home and enjoy !

Ingredients:

    For Marinate:

1.  ½ kg chicken breast boneless (remove skin and cut into small pieces)
2. 1/2 cup yogurt
3. 3 garlic cloves and  1" piece fresh ginger   ( or 2 tbs ginger garlic paste)
4. 1/4 cup mint and corriender leaves chopped finely
5. 2 green chillies chopped finely ( preferably thai chillies )
6. 2 tsp salt
7. 1/2 tsp red chilly powder
8. 2tbs lemon juices
9. 3/4 tsp garam masala

  For Grilling:

1. 1 Onion  diced
2. 1 Green capsicum diced
3. Onion , and lettuce sliced for serving
4. Bamboo  skewers ( soaked in water for ½ hr – to avoid burning )
5. Butter for brushing ( optional)  

Preparation :

• Marinate the chicken pieces with all the ingredients mentioned  above for 7-8 hours .

                                   

                                     

• Then take the bamboo skewers and arrange the chicken pieces ,diced onion and capsicum  one by one. (Onion & capsicum should be brushed with little butter before broiling)
• Place all the skewers in a large baking pan , leave enough space for each skewers .
• Keep the oven settings to broil and place the baking pan in the middle rack( to avoid burning)
• Set the timer for 10 mins. Check it for every 3 – 4 mins and rotate the skewers ..
• Once all the juice from the chicken comes out , (chicken pieces becomes small in size) brush it with butter ( if needed ).
• After 10 mins , U can see the lightly browned edges of the chicken .
• Now take it out and serve it with slices of onion and lettuce .