Baked Chicken In Salt

Ingredients:

Chicken, cleaned and pat dried
Dash soy sauce 1 1/2 Kg (3 lb)
Oil 1 tablespoon (20 ml)
Mulberry paper or chinese rice paper 3 sheets
Rock salt 4 Kg (9 lb)
4 spring onions, chopped finely
4 cloves garlic, crushed
30 g fresh ginger, crushed or 1 teaspoon ginger powder
3 pieces anise-star
6 teaspoon (30 ml) Chinese rose wine or dry sherry
3 teaspoon salt

Instructions:

1- Rub the seasonings thoroughly into inside and outside of chicken, then stuff with remainder.
2- Steam the chicken in a steamer or over a rack in a wok for 10 minutes, each side
3- Remove from steamer & brush with soy sauce
4- Wrap the chicken in 1 sheet of mulberry paper brushed with oil then, wrap the other 2
sheets.
5- Spray a little water on the outer wrapping.
6- Heat the rock salt in a pot or wok until very hot then, put part of the salt in an ovenproof casserole dish.
7- Put the chicken on and cover it with the rest of the salt.
8- Cover the container and bake for at least 30 min (350 f)
9- Remove chicken from oven, un wrap and remove the stuffing.
10- Chop chicken into pieces & place them on a plate, ready to serve

Chicken Reshmi Kabab

Ingredients:

1 kg minced chicken
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tbsps fresh coriander leaves, chopped
3 green chillies, chopped
½ cup onion paste
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tsp all spice powder
1 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp raw papaya paste
2 eggs
2 bread slices
Oil to fry
Salt to taste

Instructions:

Mix well all the spices, coriander, green chillies, bread and eggs in the minced chicken and make elongated kebabs, deep fry them. Heat a piece of charcoal and place a piece of bread or roti in the dish with kebabs. Put the heated charcoal over the bread pieces and pour a few drops of oil over it. As soon as smoke starts coming out, cover the dish. The kebabs will develop a nice charcoal aroma in them as if they have been cooked over it. Remove the bread and charcoal piece before serving.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves to serve.

Serve with Nan and salad.

Chicken White Karahi

Ingredients:

Chicken small pieces 1-1/2 Kg
Curd beaten 1 pao
Black pepper 1/2 tsp
White pepper 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Ginger garlic paste 1 TBsp
Garam masala powder 1 TBsp
Green onion chopped 3
Green Chillies chopped 4
Ginger slices 1"
Oil 1/4 Cup
Cream to taste optional



Instructions:

In a pan take oil. Saute ginger garlic paste. Add chicken & fry till color changes. Wgen little water is left, add green onion (leave some green part for later use). Mix green chillies & ginger slices.
Beat curd & mix garam masala powder, black pepper, white pepper, salt & mix it in chicken. Mix left over green onion, more ginger slices.

Sprinkle 2-3 tsp fresh cream if you like.

Cooking time 15-20 minutes

Chicken Hara Masala

Ingredients:

1/2-1 cup cooking oil
1/2 Kg chicken pieces
1-1/2 tsps salt
1/2 tsp red chillies powder
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
4 fresh hot green chilies, with seeds -- coarsely chopped
1 bunch fresh mint leaves chopped
1 bunch fresh coriander leaves chopped
1 tsp zeera powder
1 tsp coriander powder


Instructions:

Put oil in large pan and set over medium heat.
When oil is hot put onion & fry till golden. Add salt & red chilies.
Stir. Add chicken pieces and fry little.
Blend together mint leaves & Coriander leaves & green chillies.
Put it in chicken along with black pepper and dhania powder.
Stir and bring to simmer.
Cover tightly, turn to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
While chicken simmers sprinkle zeera powder.
Mix cook on low heat.
Turn chicken a few times during this period.
When chicken is tender & oil comes up, take out in a dish.

Serve with naan, chapati or boiled rice.

Spicy Chicken Drumsticks

Ingredients:

6 drumsticks Chicken
2 medium Onion
5 pods Garlic
2.5 inches Ginger
3 tsp Red Chili Powder
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tsp Tandoori Masala Powder
to taste Salt
3 tbsp Cooking Oil

Instructions:

1. Mix Chicken with 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder and 1 tsp Red Chili Powder and salt. Keep it aside for 30 min. Then deep fry the chicken drumsticks.
2. Chop Onion, Garlic and Ginger finely. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the chopped onion, garlic and ginger till it turns golden brown.
3. Add the fried chicken drumsticks, 2 tsp Red chili powder, Tandoori Masala powder and salt.
4. Cover the pan and keep on stirring it till the oil leaves the sides of the pan, and all the water is dried. Cook it till the chicken is properly fried with all the spices.
5. Serve it hot with fried rice.

Chicken White Karahi

Ingredients:-

Chicken small pieces 1-1/2 Kg
Curd beaten 1 pao
Black pepper 1/2 tsp
White pepper 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Ginger garlic paste 1 TBsp
Garam masala powder 1 TBsp
Green onion chopped 3
Green Chillies chopped 4
Ginger slices 1"
Oil 1/4 Cup
Cream to taste optional


Instructions:-

In a pan take oil. Saute ginger garlic paste. Add chicken & fry till color changes. Wgen little water is left, add green onion (leave some green part for later use). Mix green chillies & ginger slices.
Beat curd & mix garam masala powder, black pepper, white pepper, salt & mix it in chicken. Mix left over green onion, more ginger slices.

Sprinkle 2-3 tsp fresh cream if you like.

Take out in a bowl.

Chicken Jalfraizi Recipe

Ingredients

1 Kg. Boneless chicken meat
4 medium sized onions-chopped
4 tomatoes-chopped
2 onions cut into thick slices
2 tomatoes cut into broad slices
1 Capsicum (Shimla Mirch) cut into slices (the yellow variety can also be used to enhance the color of the dish)
1 tsp. garlic (Lehsan) paste
1 tsp. ginger (Adrak) paste
¼ tsp. ground garam masala
¼ tsp. turmeric (Haldi) powder
½ tsp. Coriander (Dhaniya) powder
1 tsp. salt (according to taste)
3-4 tbs. oil


Instructions

Sauté the chopped onions in the oil till transparent. Add the Garlic (Lehsan), Ginger (Adrak), Turmeric (Haldi), Coriander Seeds (Dhaniya) and chopped tomatoes. Cover and simmer to allow the tomatoes to soften.
Add the chicken and cook for another 10 minutes or until the chicken is slightly tender. Add the salt.
Take a few tea spoons of oil from this chicken into a separate frying pan.
Heat and add the sliced onion, Capsicum (Shimla Mirch), sliced tomatoes, and garam masala. Sauté this for a while till the vegetables soften lightly.
To this frying pan add the cooked chicken. Mix and allow cooking for another 2-3 minutes.
Serve with rice.

Serving: 4 persons

Chicken Karahi Recipe

Ingredients

½ Kg. chicken
3-4 tomatoes –chopped ( optional)
1 onion chopped
3-4 whole green chilies
¼ tsp crushed black pepper (Kali Mirch)
½ tsp. salt (according to taste)
3 tbs. oil
1 tsp garlic (Lehsan) paste
½ tsp. ginger (Adrak) paste

Instructions

Remove skin of tomatoes.
In a pot add chicken, Garlic (Lehsan), Ginger (Adrak) and salt. Cover and cook on low heat till the water from the chicken have dried and chicken is half cooked.
Add oil, tomato, green chili and onion. Cover and continue cooking. When the water dries and chicken is tender add the Black peppercorn (Kali Mirch), stir and remove from heat.
Serve with boiled rice.
Serving: 2 persons