Sunday, February 22, 2009

Overseas Chicken

Overseas chicken


Ingredients :

Chicken - cut into small pieces
Cinamon, Cardomom and Cloves - finely ground to a powder (Garam Masala powder)
Ginger and Garlic paste (Garlic paste more in quantity)
Limejuice
Tomato - cut into small pieces
Onion - finely chopped
Black Pepper

For the Marinade :
To the chicken - add black pepper powder, ginger-garlic(more in qnty) paste, salt, garam masala powder, lemon juice, mix well and keep aside for a couple of hours.

Method :

Fry the chicken pieces in vegetable oil and keep separately.
Heat some oil in another pan, add into it, tomato, finely chopped onions, very little sugar, salt and cook till onions turn golden brown. Then add in the fried chicken, toss well till the chicken mixes with the other ingredients and 'Overseas Chicken' is done.

Friday, February 6, 2009

My love for cooking...


Dates back to the times when I was not even able to reach the gas burner, mounted atop a kitchen table. I carried with myself, a small stool whenever I entered the kitchen, strategically placed it in front of the kitchen table, perched myself on top of it and peeped into the fuming and smelling pans with coloured curries.
All hell would break loose if my granny or my mom found me in such a position...they almost always shoo'ed me out of my favorite place (the kitchen). Slowly with time, I was able to make them believe that I meant no harm to myself or to them, I was allowed to remain as a spectator at first and then was allowed to make rotis and Maggi and French Fries.
Post my class ten and twelve exams, I got a long break in between the next terms, that is when I seriously learnt cooking. My cooking guru was Sanjeev Kapoor..I used to religiously watch his cooking show on Zee TV each morning from 9:30a.m. To make sure that no one disturbed me while I was learning, I used to dismantle the telephone receiver from its base. Have been scolded too many times as a result, but to no change in habits.