Chicken Nuggets

     Today is going to be another Non-veg chicken recipe. Story behind this recipe - My kid is a big crazy fan of store bought Chicken Nuggets. She is literally addicted to it. Somehow i managed to pull her out of it and thought of trying this home but in Indianized form. So, lets move on to the recipe.

ALL YOU NEED:

Boneless Chicken	1/4 kg
Panko Breadcrumbs	To rollover
Garlic Powder	1 spoon
Buttermilk	1 cup
Oil	To fry
Salt	1/4 spoon

For Coating 1:

Maida	2 spoons
Corn flour	1 spoon
Red chilly powder	1 spoon
Pepper Powder	3/4 spoon
Salt	To Taste

For Coating 2:

Egg	1 No.
Pepper Powder	1/4 spoon
Salt	To Taste

METHOD:
     Marinate chicken pieces in Buttermilk for 5 hours or even overnight is fine. After marination time. Take out the chicken pieces, drain the excess buttermilk. Take "For Coating 1" and mix it with water until it reaches dosa batter consistency. In another bowl, mix all the ingredients in "For Coating 2". In another late, add Panko Breadcrumbs as needed.
     Take a piece of chicken piece, dip it in "Coating 1"(Maida & Corn flour mixture) bowl, then dip it in "Coating 2"(Egg Mixture), then roll it in breadcrumbs. Place it in a plate. Keep repeating the same process for all the chicken pieces. Heat oil in a pan, when its hot, shallow fry the coated pieces in batches in medium flame and serve hot with ketchup.

Note: You can also add italian seasoning in "For Coating 1" by replacing the red chilly powder.

Sweet&Spicy Chicken Drumstick

     Being a fan of Sweet and Spicy dishes, whenever i go to restaurant will immediately order Sweet & Spicy dishes if i spot any. If its non veg dishes, will definitely order chicken lollipop as my starter. With that craziness, this was there in my bookmarked list. Finally tried this on last Sunday.

ALL YOU NEED:

Baked Drumstick	2 Nos.
Red chilly powder	1/2 spoon
Chopped Garlic	4 Nos.
Tomato Ketchup	3 tblsp
Corn Flour	1 spoon
Butter	2 tblsp
Salt	Pinch

METHOD:
     Heat a spoon of butter in a pan. Add chopped garlic, give a quick fry. Mix corn flour, red chilly powder and pinch of salt with water until it reaches liquid consistency. Pour it into the pan, keep stirring without any lumps. Now add tomato ketchup. Stir it for 5 minutes in simmer. Add baked chicken drumstick, stir it until it mixes well with the mixture. Switch off the flame and enjoy.

Note: I used baked tandoori chicken drumstick.

Chicken Tikka - Oven Style

     Just an heads up. The story behind this recipe is very very (actually BIG very) bad one. Better you can move to the recipe portion directly or if u still like to read, please dont blame or scold me, you can go ahead, i dont want to stop you anymore!!
     My wooden skewers was sitting idle for long time so only to use my skewers(!), decided to prepare this for our Sunday lunch. I can understand your thoughts. Without further wasting your time, lets move on to the recipe.

ALL YOU NEED:

Boneless Chicken	1/2 kg
Diced Onion	1 1/2 cup
Diced Tomato	1 cup
Diced Capsicum	1 cup
Red Chilly powder	2 spoons
Kashmiri Chilly powder	1 spoon
Turmeric Powder	Pinch
Coriander Powder	1 spoon
Cumin Powder	1/2 spoon
Garam Masala	1/2 spoon
Hung Curd	1/2 cup
Salt	To taste
Oil	To grease

To Marinate:
     Cut and clean boneless chicken into small chunks or nuggets size. Now take a wide bowl. Add red chilly powder, corainder powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, kashmiri chilly powder and required salt, mix well. Now add hung curd (strain the curd in strainer to get thick hung curd) and a tbsp of oil. Mix well. Make sure the masala should not be watery. Once done, add all the chicken pieces, mix well until the masala coats the pieces evenly. Let it sit for 4 hours. Parallely soak the wooden skewers in water for 1 hour, just not to get burnt while baking.

METHOD:
     Preheat over for 450 F. Meantime, take the skewers, stack the chicken pieces, onion, tomato and capsicum until it reaches the level. Repeat the process until the marinated things are placed in skewers. Take the grilling plate or baking tray, cover it with aluminium foil. Line up the skewers by shaking the excess masala. if any. Make sure there are some space between each skewers. Just spray some oil on top of each. Now place it in the middle rack. Close the oven. Strictly NO PEEKING, in-between (Bcos i will do this :) ). Let it cook for 20 mins. Now open the oven and toss the skewers to the other side and spray or grease some oil. Close the over, again some-more 10 mins to cook. Once done, turn the settings to "Broil" mode. Let it be in for 5 mins and again toss it to the other side and keep it for another 5 mins. Put off the oven. Take out the oven tray and serve hot with mint chutney garnished with lemon and sliced onions.

Check my oven baked Paneer Tikka and Tandoori Chicken too.

Note: You can marinate chicken even with store-bought tandoori chicken masala (I prefer Everest Brand) with hung curd, by skipping all those dry powders. You can follow same method with Paneer.

- Sangeetha Nambi

Tandoori Chicken

     "Tandoori Chicken" - Being not a big fan of non veg dishes. I was keep on postponing to try my hands in this dish, at the same time i was thought this is a big cumbersome process. During my visit to friend's place, she decided to prepare this dish. I was helping her in marinating process, by thinking its going to take hell lot of time. But to my surprise, she just done her cleaning and marinating part within few minutes. Even cooking process took hardly 45 mins. From then on, i was eagerly waiting for my day to try it. Final THE DAY came and tried. Here comes....

ALL YOU NEED:

Chicken leg pieces	4 Nos.
Turmeric Powder	Pinch
Red Chilly Powder	1 1/4 sp.
Coriander Powder	2 spoon
Cumin Powder	1 spoon
Garam Masala	1 spoon
Red Food Color	Pinch
Hung Curd	1 cup
Salt	To Taste
Oil	1 tbsp

To Marinate:
     Clean and wash chicken leg pieces. Make a slit and let it sit down for a while. Now take a wide bowl. Add red chilly powder, corainder powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, red food color(optional) and required salt, mix well. Now add hung curd (strain the curd in strainer to get thick hung curd) and a tbsp of oil. Mix well. Make sure the masala should not be watery. Once done, add all the chicken pieces, mix well until the masala coats the pieces evenly. Refrigerate it for 5 to 6 hours. Usually i allow it to sit for overnight and will prepare the next day.

To Prepare:
     Preheat over for 350 F. Meantime, take a grill plate, and place it over the oven tray covered with foil. Line up the marinated chicken (shaking off the excess masala) with some gap in-between. Just spray some oil on top of each pieces. Now place it in the middle rack. Close the oven. Strictly NO PEEKING, in-between (Bcos i will do this :) ). Let it cook for 20 mins. Now open the oven and toss the pieces to the other side and spray or grease some oil. Close the over, again some-more 20 mins to cook. Once done finally, turn the settings to "Broil" mode. Let it be in for 5 mins and again toss it to the other side and keep it for another 5 mins. Put off the oven. Let it be in the heat for 10 mins.

     Take out the oven tray and serve hot with mint chutney garnished with lemon and sliced onions.

Note: You can mariante chicken just with storebought tandoori chicken masala (I prefer Everest Brand) with hung curd, by skipping all those dry powders.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬