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Tawa* Chicken

Tawa Chicken is a type of grilled chicken although tawa is not used much in this recipe. Its awesome, do try this and enjoy …

Ingredients:

  • 1 whole chicken
  • ½ cup lemon and herb sauce
  • Some salt
  • 4 – 6 dried red chillies
  • ½ tspn dry coriander
  • Some curry leaves
  • ½ tspn cumin seeds
  • 1 green cardamom
  • 1 black cardamom
  • Some olive oil

Procedure:

-Combine all the ingredients except chicken, oil and herb sauce in a blender and make fine powder.

-Mix this powder with lemon and herb sauce.

-Apply this paste on whole chicken and keep aside For 12 – 24 hours in refrigerator.

-Place it in a baking pan and pour over all the remaining juices.

-Bake it on 200 – 220 degrees Celsius for 2 hrs on the middle rack.

-Cut it into 4 pcs and place them on hot tawa. With a tong grill it directly on flame for some time and then on tawa and serve hot.

Outcome:

The best way to consume chicken is tawa* chicken.

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-See tips page for whole chicken tips.

-Lemon and herb sauce can be of any brand, like nandos.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

Asian Pepper Chicken With Carrots

Asian Pepper Chicken With Carrots is an easy – to – make, light and healthy curry which consumes very less time and items than other curries and is super delicious, do try this and enjoy the taste of Asia …

Ingredients:

  • 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
  • some salt
  • 2 cups water
  • 7 tbspns premium, high quality asian soy sauce
  • some curry powder (optional)
  • 4 tbspns olive oil
  • 1 tspn black pepper
  • 1 medium sized carrot (washed and peeled)
  • 1 capsicum
  • 1 big or 4 small green chillies

Procedure:

-Cut chicken breast into strips, roughly chop green chillies and capsicums and slice carrots diagonally.

-Heat some oil in a skillet or a shallow pan and stir Fry chicken with all of the seasonings For 5 minutes.

-Add half of the soy sauce and some water and stir. Let it simmer on medium high heat For sometime and when very little amount of water remains, add vegetables and remaining soy sauce with some more water.

-Stir and simmer.

-After 10 minutes, serve it hot with boiled rice or steamed jasmine rice.

Outcome:

Tasty, lovely and light asian pepper chicken with carrots is ready to be served.

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Tips:

-Do not overcook the vegetables, dont let them lose their stiffness.

Servings:

This will serve 2 persons easily.

Portuguese Style Charcoal Chicken

Portugese Style Charcoal Chicken is a charcoal – Flame grilled succulent chicken which is very Famous here in Western Australia and mostly its available at Halal Food Outlets and believe me its awesome, try and let me know your remarks …

Ingredients:

  • 1 chicken size 20 skinned

FOR PORTUGUESE SAUCE

  • ½ cup chilli garlic sauce
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup tomato sauce
  • ¼ cup tomato purree
  • ½ tspn dill
  •  ¼ cup chopped celery
  • 2 tbspns capers
  • 3 tbspns chopped onions
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • ½ tspn thyme
  • 2 tbspns stuffed green olives
  • ½ tspn Tabasco sauce
  • 2 tbspns worchestershire sauce
  • 1 tspn seasoned instant tenderizer

Procedure:

-Wash and pat chicken with a kitchen towel. Now Either divide it into 4 pieces or do Frogging. The process of Flattening chicken like quails is called Frogging. This is done by cutting the chicken From the breast joint and by straightening the legs.

-Place your chicken in a shallow tray.

-Now to prepare sauce, combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend on high speed For about 5 minutes.

-Pour this mixture all over the chicken and keep it aside For 60 minutes.

-Grill it on charcoal grill For about 30 minutes each side or until done. Turn Occasionally.

Outcome:

Serve this tasty Portuguese style chicken with rice or with pita bread.

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Tips:

-Blend all the ingredients until they Form a smooth paste.

-Marinade For 60 minutes or more.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

Chicken Barbecue Pizza

Chicken Barbecue Pizza is a very aromatic pizza, very juicy and very tangy, try it and love it …

Ingredients:

  • Some barbecued chicken
  • One thin crust pizza dough
  • Some pizza topper
  • ½ capsicum sliced thinly
  • 1 onion thinly sliced in rings
  • ½ tomato sliced thinly
  • ¼ to ½ cup grated mozzarella cheese
  • ¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
  • 1 pinch of grated parmesan cheese
  • 4 – 6 tbspns pizza sauce
  • 2 tbspn olive oil

Procedure:

-Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

-Prepare a pizza crust, apply some olive oil on edges and then spread some pizza sauce on it. Sprinkle all the cheese and then place chicken and all the other vegetables on it.

-Top it with some pizza topper and bake For 15 minutes or until its golden or hot red.

-Slice and serve.

Outcome:

Tasty and lovely chicken barbecue pizza is ready to be served.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Preheat oven 30 minutes before baking.

Servings:

This will serve 2 – 4 persons easily.

Original Recipe Fried Chicken (Buttermilk Fried Chicken)

Buttermilk Fried Chicken (Original Recipe Fried Chicken) is very crunchy and juicy, just like KFC original recipe pieces. Do try this and let me know your crunchy, tasty remarks …

Ingredients:

  • 1 chicken, 12 pieces with skin

FOR MARINATION

  • 2 cups yogurt
  • 2 tbspns milk
  • Some salt
  • Some red pepper Flakes
  • ¼ tspn dill tips
  • 1 tspn cracked black pepper

FOR CRUMBS

  • 1 cup bread crumbs
  • 1 cup Flour
  • 1 tbspn corn Flour
  • Some salt
  • 1 tspn cracked black pepper
  • ½ tspn red pepper Flakes
  • ½ tspn chicken powder
  • A pinch of garlic salt (OPTIONAL)
  • A pinch of onion salt (OPTIONAL)
  • Oil For deep Frying

Procedure:

-Combine all the things given For the marination. Add chicken and keep aside For 10 hours.

-Combine all the things given For Crumbs and mix well.

-Heat oil in a deep Fryer.

-Now take one piece out of the buttermilk mixture, coat well with crumbs and Fry on medium heat For 15 minutes/ side.

-Do the same with others.

-When they are golden Brown, take them out on an absorbent paper and serve immediately.

Outcome:

Tasty same to same KFC original recipe chicken pieces are ready to be served.

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Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Keep oil on 170 degrees Celsius.

-Do not let it burn.

-Marinade it For at least 10 hours.

Servings:

This will serve 4 – 6 persons easily.

Keema* Paratha*

Keema Paratha is a lovely, non – vegetarian stuffed paratha and believe ,me its awesome …

Ingredients:

FOR FILLING

FOR PARATHAS        

Procedure:

-Marinade mincemeat with all the ingredients given under the heading of Filling. In a thick bottomed pot, place this whole mixture and cook it covered on very low heat.

-After 30 – 45 minutes, it will be cooked, take it out in a plate and allow it cool.

-Now make a kiwi Fruit sized ball and roll it on a lightly Floured surface. Place some Keema*, mixture on it and close all of its edges with Filling trapped in.

-Now roll it again into a nice chapatti and place it on hot Flat pan, tawa*.

-After sometime change its side and spread 1 tbspn of ghee on it and then change its side again.

-On the other side spread 1 tbspn of ghee and then change its side again.

-Change its sides Frequently and when it is hot red, remove From heat and serve hot with yogurt or sour cream.

-Do the same with others.

Outcome:

Tasty Keema parathas are ready to be served.

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha's Kitchen

Tips:

-Cook meat well.

-No need of adding water while cooking mincemeat.

Servings

This will serve 4 persons easily.