Friday, May 20, 2011

Anand's Teriyaki Chilli Chicken salad

200 gms boneless chicken cubes
Chilli flakes - 2 tbsp
teriyaki sauce - 2 tbsp
Chilli soya sauce - 1 tsp
Chilli vinegar - 1 tsp
Mixed herbs - 1 tsp
Olive oil - 2 tbsp
salt - to taste

1 capsicum - chopped into small pieces
1 onion - cut into cups
2 tomatoes - cut into cubes

Marinate the chicken cubes for 1 hour in teriyaki sauce, soya sauce, vinegar, chilli flakes, herbs and salt.
Stir fry the chicken in olive oil till cooked. Add the chopped vegetables. Stir fry for 1 minute.

Refrigerate and serve cold.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Anand's Chilli Badam Chicken

1 full chicken. Medium sized pieces.
2 cups beaten Yogurt.
15 Badam pieces. Soaked in warm water and made into a paste.
Green Cardamom - 6
Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp.
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Fennel Seeds ( saunf ) - 2 tbsp.
Cumin seeds ( Jeera ) - 1 tsp
Green Chillies - 10 (medium sized)
Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Garam masala - 1 tbsp
Oil - 5 tbsp
water 1 cup
salt to taste

Grind turmeric, cardamom, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, green chillies, ginger garlic paste. Marinate chicken in yogurt mixed with this paste for 2 hours.

Heat oil. Lightly fry the badam paste with garam masala and kashmiri red chilli powder.

Add marinated chicken, and stir fry for 10 min.

Add water and salt to taste. Cover with lid, and cook for 15 min till chicken is well cooked.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Anand's Chilli Vodka

Soak 1 large slit green Chilli in 180 ml vodka, and refrigerate for 24-36 hours.
( idea courtesy Kannan Parameswaran )

30 ml chilli vodka
1 tbsp lime juice
pinch of ground pepper powder
pinch of salt
2 drops of angostura bitters
200 ml soda
6 ice cubes

Shake all the above ingredients without the soda. Add soda and serve in salted rim glass with sprig of mint, and a sliced lime.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

stuffed chilly anand

Large sized green chillies ( 3 inches long ) - 12
Chickpea flour ( besan ) - 10 tbsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
garam masala - 1 tbsp
red chilly powder - 1 tbsp
cumin seeds ( jeera ) - 1 tsp
Oil to fry.
salt to taste

Lightly dry fry the flour with the turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala and jeera. add the salt. let cool.

Slit the chillies on one side. Stuff the powder in the chilli.

Fry till browned.


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Anand's Green Chicken Biriyani

Chicken (cut pieces) - 1 kg
Cleaned Basmati Rice - 3 cups
Onion - 1 ( cut into thin strips)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Dhaniya ( Coriander ) Powder - 1 tbsp
Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1 tbsp
Green Chilli paste - 2 tbsp
Finely chopped fresh Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
Finely chopped fresh Mint leaves ( Pudina ) - 1/2 cup
Ground pepper - 1 tsp
Fresh Curd - 1 cup
salt - 2 tsp
Cloves - 10 nos
Green Cardamom - 6 nos
Bay leaves - 2
Cinnamon - 1 medium sized stick
Oil - 4 tbsp
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Saffron - a pinch, soaked in warm milk.
water - 5 cups

Marinate chicken for 3 hours in curd, Ginger garlic paste, green chilli paste, pepper, chilli powder, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, garam masala powder, Dhaniya powder, salt, fresh coriander leaves and mint leaves.

Heat oil in large pan. Add onions and fry till brown. Add marinated chicken and fry for 2 minutes.

Add the water. Close lid and let chicken cook till 90 % done. Add rice, saffron and ghee. Mix well.

Let rice cook till well done.

Serve with Raitha and Potato Wafers.






Sunday, April 4, 2010

Sunday, March 21, 2010

The "Bhut Jolokia"... world's hottest chilli !!!


can't wait to try this one !! Officially confirmed by the Guinness book as the hottest chilli in the world !!