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Chicken Karahi/ Chicken Karai/ Chicken Kadai

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Chicken Karahi or kadai is one of the most famous dishes in Pakistan. It is as famous as fish and chips in London and Pizza in Italy. A tasteful, aromatic dish cooked in tomato gravy and some nicely blended spices. Do try this and make your day …….

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ chicken (cut into small pieces)(16 pieces)
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tbspn red chilli powder
  • 1 tspn Ayesha’s kitchen special garam masala
  • 3 medium sized sliced tomatoes
  • 2 tbspns julienne ginger
  • 2 healthy cloves of garlic (minced)
  • 2 green chilllies
  • 4 tbspns yogurt
  • 1 tspn red chilli flakes
  • ½ tspn turmeric
  • 1 tbspn methi leaves
  • ½ cup oil

FOR GARNISHING

  • 2 lemon slices
  • 2 tbspns ginger julienne
  • 2 sliced green chilllies
  • A punch of coriander

Procedure:

-Heat oil and fry ginger juliennes and minced garlic, until they are red. Now add chicken and cook on high heat, with constant stirring until it turns white. Now add garam masala and mix well.

-Now add all other spices, except methi leaves and mix well.

-Add tomatoes and yogurt and cook covered on low medium heat for about 10 minutes or until the oil separates from the masala. Now add methi leaves, give it a last stir and remove from flame.

-Take it out in the serving dish and garnish with some lemon slices, coriander leaves, ginger julienne and green chilllies.

-Serve hot with raita, fresh salad and roti.

Kabab Masala/ Kabab Karahi/ Kabab Kadai

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Kabab Kadai is a Pakistani – Afghani dish which is not so famous in Pakistani restaurants but is now introduced in home cooking. I make this dish quite often for fancy dinner parties and my guests always appreciate it. Do try this and feel the taste of Ayesha’s Kitchen …..

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

FOR KABAB

  • 300 gms lean beef mincemeat and 200 gms fat (charbi)/ 500 gms normal beef mince with fats
  • 1 large red onion
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • Some ginger (2 tbspns grated)
  • 4 – 6 green chillies
  • A bunch of coriander
  • 1 tspn methi leaves
  • Some salt
  • Some red chilli powder
  • ½ tspn turmeric
  • 1 tbspn garam masala
  • 2 tbspns oil
  • 1 tspn cracked coriander
  • A pinch of cracked peppercorn

FOR KADAI

  • ½ cup oil
  • 2 medium red onions chopped
  • 4 medium tomatoes chopped
  • 1 tspn ginger garlic paste
  • 2 green chillies
  • 2 tbspns yogurt
  • Some salt
  • Some red chilli powder
  • ½ tspn garam masala
  • ½ tspn turmeric

FOR GARNISHING

  • 2 tbspns coriander
  • 2 tbspn ginger julienne
  • 2 green chillies sliced

Procedure:

-Put a piece of charcoal on fire.

-Combine everything (spices and vegetables) given for kababs in food processor (chopper) and mix well.

-Glaze the grill pan with some oil and place the kebabs on it. Cook on medium heat until they are done.

-Take them out in a casserole dish or pyrex dish and place a 2X2 aluminum foil on it. Place the hot white charcoal piece on the aluminum patch and drizzle some oil on it. It will start smoking. Immediately cover it with a heat conducting lid and keep aside until we need it again.

-Prepare for kadai masala.

-Heat oil in a pan and fry chopped onion and ginger garlic paste until the onions are light brown. Add spices, yogurt and tomatoes and cook on high heat with constant stirring until the tomatoes are cooked. Add a splash of water if necessary.

-Now add all the spices and check for the salt and pepper. Adjust if needed.

-Add some water (about ½ cup) and mix well.

-Now add your kababs and cover the pan. Cook on very low heat for 10 minutes.

-Dish out and garnish with some coriander, green chillies and ginger julienne.

-Serve hot with raita, fresh salad and tandoori roti.

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Serving:

Serves 4.

Chicken Nuggets Recipe 1

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This how to make healthy chicken nuggets, the Ayesha’s Kitchen Way ….

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 2 large chicken breasts (skinless and boneless)
  • Some salt and pepper for seasoning
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 ½ cups bread crumbs (fine)
  • Oil for shallow frying

Procedure:

-Cut chicken breasts in chunks and process them in chopper.

-Add seasoning and give it another chop.

-Now in a bowl whisk two eggs. Season the breadcrumbs with some salt and pepper if you want to.

-Now take very little amount of minced chicken and shape it into a bowl. Roll it into flour, dip it into egg and then roll it into bread crumbs and shape it like a nugget.

-Do the same with rest of the meat. This will make approximately 16 – 20 nuggets.

-Now heat some oil in a frying pan and fry them for approximately one minute per side or until they are golden brown.

-Serve hot with chilli garlic sauce, tomato ketchup or any other dip of your choice.

Storage:

-You can store it covered in the freezer. Make sure you spray or glaze the storage box with some oil and then freeze.

-Do not microwave/defrost them before frying.

Wicked Wings

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This is the fruit of my research on KFC wicked wings recipe…… This recipe tastes exactly the same…..

Chicken Wings

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

FOR WINGS

  • 1 kg chicken wings (wingettes and drumettes)(with skin)
  • 1 tbspn red chilli paste
  • 1 tspn garlic paste
  • Some salt
  • Some red chilli powder
  • Some black pepper
  • 2 tbspns vinegar

FOR COATING

  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup corn flour

FOR CRUMBS

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup bread crumbs
  • Some salt
  • Some cracked black pepper
  • Oil for frying

Procedure:

-Marinade chicken wings in the ingredients given for wings and keep aside for 12 hours.

-Now in a mixing bowl beat one egg and add corn flour to it. Mix well, avoid lumps.

-Now add marinated wings and coat well each wing.

-In a shallow dish combine the dry ingredients given for crumbs. If the bread crumbs are coarse, put them in the food processor and chop until they are very fine.

-Heat oil to 190 degrees Celsius in a deep fryer.

-Take out the wings from egg mixture and coat well with crumb mixture and fry until they are golden brown or look crispy.

-Take them out on an absorbent paper and serve hot with garlic dip or hot chilli sauce.

Sabzi Keema

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This is my own invention…….. I love this dish because of its aromatic flavors and because it is low in fat and easy to cook. A very healthy start in the Month of Ramadan ….

Ayesha's kitchen

Ingredients:

  • ½ kg chicken keema
  • 1 big potato diced
  • ½ cauli flower sliced
  • 1 tbspn kasuri methi
  • 1 tspn ginger garlic paste
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 2 tomatoes diced
  • 1 tspn garam masala
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tspn red chilli powder
  • ½ tspn cumin seeds
  • ½ turmeric powder
  • ½ cup coriander
  • 2 green chilllies sliced

Procedure:

-Heat oil and fry ginger garlic paste in it for 2 minutes on medium flame.

-Add chicken mince and fry until it is white.

-Now add all the other ingredients and cook it covered on low heat for 20 – 25 minutes.

-Serve hot with rotis.

Chicken Pakora

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Chicken pakora is my mum’s delicacy, she is a wonderful cook and this is a wonderful recipe invented by her for the Month of Ramadan. In our family, all women have some specialties for Ramadan, like my Aunt makes the best Vegetable Pakoras, My grandma makes the best Fruit chaat, I am best at everything and my mum is Chicken pakora guru……. so here is one of the delicacies of my family…… its easy and quick and you can impress your friends and family in just 45 minutes with this wonderful and new recipe…….. but plzzzz dont tell anyone that I am leaking out my family secrets……… LOL………..enjoy!

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 1 chicken breast boiled
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tspn paprika
  • 1 tspn black pepper
  • 2 tbspns corn flour
  • 1 ½ cup flour
  • 1 tspn baking powder
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ cup chopped scallions
  • ¼ cup chopped green chilllies
  • Some water to make the batter
  • Oil for deep frying

Procedure:

-Mash the chicken breast with a fork.

-Mix all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and add mashed chicken.

-Now gradually add water to make a lump free normal consistency batter. Add spring onion/scallion and green chilllies.

-Mix well.

-Keep it aside for 20 – 30 minutes.

-You can add grated cottage cheese/ grated ricotta cheese or mushrooms to it if you want to.

-Heat oil to 180 degrees Celsius.

-Add spoon full of batter and fry. Make sure you leave some distance between the pakoras.

-When they are crispy brown, take them out on an absorbent paper and serve hot with cheese sauce or chilli garlic sauce.