Easy Chicken Roast in just 20 minutes !!

                                 

Cooking non vegetarian dishes was a hard task for me. I used to think it involved loads of efforts and skill and only a seasoned cook can manage it well. But as some wise man said, necessity is the mother of creation. Post marriage when my husband asked " Why don't we cook chicken next weekend? " I swear, I had butterflies in my stomach. But then, I decided to give a try , yes of course, by negotiating the task - THE husband should help me with the cutting , cleaning and marinating of the meat. But now with the ready to cook meat available in stores,  it's a lot more easy. Let us now move on to the recipe.

You need to have :

350 gms of boneless Chicken
3 medium sized onions thinly sliced
2 medium tomatoes
1-2 green chillies slit
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
1/2  teaspoon chilly powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
50ml - 100ml of water
A few coriander leaves and mint leaves

For marination you need
1 teaspoon red chilly powder
1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder
3/4 teaspoon of coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
Salt to taste

Marination time  : 15 minutes minimum
Cooking Time : 20 minutes


The procedure :

1. For marination, prepare the mix of dry powders mentioned beneath the list and check the spice level. Add lemon juice and mix well. Take the washed and cleaned chicken and marinate it well with the spice mixture and set this aside. I prefer overnight marination ( keep in refrigerator)  if time allows or else a minimum of 15 minutes. The longer you keep, the better.
2. Heat about 1 tablespoon of oil in a wide open pan and add the sliced onions. When they turn translucent add the ginger garlic paste and fry for 1 minute. It starts giving out a nice aroma. Now throw in your slit green chillies and tomatoes. Do not add water. Cover and cook. The tomatoes will leave out some water.
3. When onion and tomatoes are cooked , uncover and add all the spice powders, coriander and mint leaves. Fry them for about a minute. Check the spice level here. Adjust salt according to your taste. 
4. Add chicken to this onion-tomato masala and mix well. Also add about 50ml of water, this is for the frozen chicken to cook properly. If you are using fresh chicken you need not add water as the chicken will release water while getting cooked. Cover and cook until the chicken is cooked to your preference. 

Keep covered until ready to serve. Garnish it with coriander or mint leaves.

Enjoy!!

The Quick fix! Godhambu dosa and spicy thenga chutney

Though i started cooking every day from past six months, this happened to be my first post on Food! Dosa is a favorite of every Indian and South Indians in particular. My amma makes crispy and thin dosa and me and my Sis can have six to seven on average any time. Dosa in any format makes me craving. On such a day I made this Godhambu dosa and paired it with spicy coconut chutney for our dinner. Check the recipe and trust me any one can make this super crisp n yummy dosas in no time. A solution for a quick dinner after a tiring week day.

You need to have :
 
 1.  2 cups of wheat flour
 2.  4 cups of water
 3.  1 tbsp of grated coconut
 4.  salt to taste

 For the tempering 
 1. Oil - 1 tbsp
 2. Mustard - a pinch
 3. curry leaves - 4-5
 4. dry red chillies - 2
 5. onions (preferably shallots) minced - 1 tbsp   

How to make your wheat dosa :

1. Dry mix salt and wheat flour. Now add water in small quantities  to the flour mix. The consistency is little thinner than the regular dosa. The coconut can be added at this stage and combine it well. Let it sit for 5 minutes.

2. Heat the oil and splutter mustard seeds, red chilles and curry leaves. Add onions and saute. You can also add a pinch of hing if required.  

3. Pour the tempering to the batter.  

4. When your dosa tawa is hot pour a laddle full of batter and spread it inside out.  Be little patient here because the wheat dosa will take little more time to cook than their counterparts. When the sides start popping their heads, flip the dosa and let the other side cook. The colour of well cooked dosa is golden brown. To increase the flavour, a few drops of ghee can drizzled on to the hot dosa.

5. Pair it with spicy chutney of your choice and enjoy. 

PS : Sugar is also a good accompaniment to the humble godhambu dosa.  

 For the spicy thenga (Coconut) chutney:

You need to have: 
1. Coconut - half portion scrapped
2. Shallots - 6 nos
3. Ginger - a small piece
4. Dry red chillies - 5 nos
5. Chilly powder - 1/2 teaspoon (optional)
6. Salt to taste
7. Water - 1/4 cup

To temper :
 1. Oil - 2 tbsp
 2. Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoons
 3. Dry red chilli - 1 no
 4. Curry leaves - 1 spirg

How to make your chutney :

Throw in all the ingredients in to your mixer and give a good whirr till it combines and form a smooth paste. Heat oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds and one dry red chilli and curry leaves. Now transfer the coconut mix to the pan and add water as per your required consistency. Switch off the flame after heating it and do not boil the chutney.
 

 

My First Post

Hi Friends,

Warm welcome to  Salt N Pepper.

About me..this has been always a challenging part for me since my school days …Enough is enough..let me give it a try for the first time…eehm ehm..

I am Chinchu, a true Saggi born on a chill morning of December and a hard core Malayali, those are the two words that easily describe me. A Post graduate Civil engineer by Profession and having loads n loads of Passion towards the cooking world. Lately bitten by the blog bug :) I always wanted to do something related to food.Wanted to do hotel managemnet after my schooling. But you know “ How family react”??? "Hotel ??  ..You mean cook???" No Engineering first..So as everyone I completed by Engineering and PG but that doesn’t stop me from chasing my aspiring dream. I researched, read blogs (a Big thanks to Nags) collected recipes, attended few classes to aspire my dream..So here it is my first blog “ Salt and Pepper”

I am kick starting this space to blog about anything that comes to my mind it can be Cooking , general banter, music, films. I am no master in any of this but I like to share my views, my experiments in cooking etc. I hope the small bunch of people who come cross this space will bare with me.

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 Cheers!!

Chinchu