Andhra Chilly Chicken

 

                                       

      This is one of my favourite dishes mainly because its super spicy and yummy. Whenever we go out for drinks, I prefer ordering this dish.  I love to eat it with some white rice as well. So, I decided to make this at home and it turned out to be easy and delicious. I’m super happy about it. I made it few times when we had friends come over to my house for drinks.

    

     Andhra cuisines are known for its tangy, hot and spicy taste, and we Sri Lankan’s love spicy food too. Trust me Andhra food is spicy not like others who say it’s spicy and its not. 😊  I fell in love with this dish more when I had at the Hennur Banaswadi club. One of my hubby’s friend is a member over there and we often go to the club with them for dinner. They serve some delicious food.

 

      You will need

• ½ kg chicken
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 15-20 long green chillies
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 tbsp soya sauce
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsp oil
• ½ onion chopped
• 1 cup water

 

1. Grind the green chillies and ginger garlic paste together.
2. And marinate the chicken along with salt and the green chilli paste for half an hour or more.
3. Heat oil and fry the onions till golden and add the chicken and sauté for few minutes.
4. Now add soya sauce and vinegar and stir well. 
5. Add the cornflour and 1 cup of water mix well. And pressure cook for 1 whistle.

Coconut Rice

 

 While wondering what to make for Lunch or Dinner it's one of the biggest tasks of the day. I decided to make coconut rice for Lunch, as I wanted to try it out. I have eaten the other variation of coconut rice where coconut milk is added. 

 

   This recipe is mostly made in south India and its one of the favourite dishes made during festivals of Pongal and Navaratri. It’s prepared as a savoury dish and it has nuts in it. It can also be made as a dessert by adding sugar to it. 

  

Coconut rice can also be served with gravy or veg or non veg stews. I had made Beef curry to pair with it.  It’s a healthy and flavourful rice made with fresh grated coconut. Desiccated coconut does not taste very well as much as the fresh coconut. It’s always better to use fresh grated coconut for this recipe. 

My kids enjoyed eating this rice as it gave an entirely different taste. It’s also easy recipe to make as it doesn’t take much time. 

   You will need

• 2 cups cooked rice 
• 2 tbsp ghee
• ½ tsp urad dal
• ½ tsp chana dal
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 2 dry red chilies 
• 2 medium size green chilies slit
• 1 large onion 
• Sprig of curry leaves
• 1 cup grated coconut
• Salt to taste

1. Heat ghee in a pan add the mustard seeds and let it crackle. Add the curry leaves, chana dal and urad dal and sauté for a minute or two. 
2. Now add onions, red and green chillies. Saute till the aroma of the spices become strong and onions turn translucent.
3. Then add in the grated coconut and stir fry till the coconut turns golden colour. Do not burn the coconut by keeping it on flame for longer time or till dark brown. 
4. Lower the flame and add the cooked rice and give it a good mix. Add salt to taste. And it’s done.

You can add coriander leaves, cashews as I haven’t used in mine. And I served this rice with a spicy beef gravy.

Mushroom Noodles

  

Making noodles can be pretty easy. Especially when there are varieties of ways to make them. Thankfully I have foodies in my house who would love to try new food. When I make noodles, I try to make it different each time.

 I have made mushroom noodles, where I fried the mushroom separately and then added it. I added some carrots as well because I wasn’t sure about my kids 😊 it turned out tasty and kids loved the taste of fried mushroom.  I made this for lunch as I wanted something different from rice and chapatis.

          You will need

• 1 packet of noodles
• Water to boil
• 2 tsp of salt
• 1 tbsp oil
• 4 pods of garlic chopped
• 1 -inch ginger chopped
• 1 large onion
• 2 green chillies slit
• 1 large carrot cut length wise
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 2 tsp pepper powder or to taste
• Pinch of ajinomoto

 

1. Bring water to boil adding salt and the noodles, cook for 4-5 minutes or as per instructions given in the packet.
2. Drain it and rinse in cold water. Drizzle oil and toss the noodles.
3. Heat oil in a non-stick pan and fry the mushroom till crisp. Leave aside.
4.  In a big wok add 1tsp oil add ginger, garlic, onions and fry till smell is gone. Now add the carrots and stir fry for few minutes.
5. Add the fried mushrooms, pepper powder, ajinomoto, soya sauce, vinegar and mix well.
6. Now add the noodles and fry for five minutes.

Voila your noodles are done. Its always easy to make noodles and make a great meal out of it. Do give it a try. 

Chicken Teriyaki

Chicken Teriyaki, I had seen this recipe all over social media and I wanted to try it. I was waiting for a right moment to make it and it was my in laws wedding anniversary. I ended up making teriyaki chicken.

It was so easy to make with simple ingredients and delicious. Teriyaki is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which food is broiled or grilled with a glaze of soya sauce, sugar and mirin.  With time and talent there are few more ingredients and substitutes added to the original recipe.  Like adding ginger, garlic, white wine, pineapple juice, sesame seeds etc.

 It has a great flavour to it even though its only few ingredients. I was sceptical on trying it but I’m glad that I decided to make it. It was delicious and specially if you like Chinese dishes you would like this as well.  Its super EASY!!

Even I did not have the mirin and the brown sugar instead I have added vinegar and jaggery. I give my kids jaggery instead of sugar so I have stock of jaggery most of the time.

 

 

                  You will need

• 1 kg Breast chicken
• 1 cup dark soy sauce
• 1 tsp vinegar
• ½ cup brown sugar (I used jaggery)
• 2 tbsp of corn flour (optional. Only if u want to have gravy)
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp salt

1.  First in a non-stick pan add oil and chicken. Let the chicken fry till golden brown on both sides.
2. In a bowl add soya sauce, vinegar and sugar mix well.
3. Once the chicken is done into d same pan add the soya sauce mix and stir it well. Let it cook till the gravy is dried.
4. At this point if u want gravy u can mix corn flour with ¾ cup water and add it to the sauce. And you will have a thick gravy. 
5. Once done garnish with sesame seeds. Serve hot.