Author: Simon Bhuiyan

Bengali Macher Chop- Fish Croquette and a week with my daughter
September 3, 2016

Bengali Macher Chop- Fish Croquette and a week with my daughter

I made this chops two weeks back and have been meaning to upload them. Well I was on holiday this whole week and I had made this huge to do list. Uploading this one on the blog was one of them. I didn’t achieve much …

Fish and Sea Food, Kids menu, Kolkata Street food and Savoury Snacks
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Mogo Tikki -Cassava Croquette- by Leena: An unsung Superstar Tikki
August 19, 2016

Mogo Tikki -Cassava Croquette- by Leena: An unsung Superstar Tikki

 Leena is a friend and life saver. I have known her for over six years now. From my days of being a student at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), paper submissions, endless night readings to the birth of my child, she has been …

Pan Indian, Vegetarian, Vegetarian
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Chettinad Chicken Roast
August 19, 2016

Chettinad Chicken Roast

Chettinad Chicken Roast



I was looking for a recipe that is easy to make. Now what is an easy recipe? Easy to make or takes less time or hassle free ingredients? What? What actually is easy for me!!!! What is it I am looking for? Hmmm! Good question! 
 
 

I am a mother of a toddler, I have an office that is madness, and I have a home that is a battle ground with small shoes, lego, blogs, pencils papers, baby cornflakes and bla bla da da things all over floor. Among all these madness of this thing called life…. I have an urge to cook. Cooking is my stress buster. But I need sometime easy. Something which can be whisked up just like that.  Something that I can make in between attending to my ever to active toddler and baking two, double barrel cake.


Hence is this recipe. Connotation of various recipes from the internet.  I made a so called Chettinad spice that can be stored and used at a later time making the cooking very easy, less time taking and can be made with very few ingredients that might already be in your pantry.



Ingredients for the Chettinad Spice/Masala  

5 dried Kashmiri Chili (go on use red chili if you like your dish hot!!!!)
2 teaspoon coriander seeds
2 cm cinnamon stick
2 cardamom
2 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoon urad dal
 
Ingredient for the cooking the chicken


1 kg chicken (I used legs and breast mixed. You can use whatever you like)
2 tablespoon oil (any oil, I used Olivio )
½ teaspoon mustard seeds
½ teaspoon urad dal
Some curry leaves
2 onions, sliced
2 green chillies (optional I didn’t use as my toddler eats the same food as us)  
2 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
3 tablespoon shredded coconut (fresh or frozen)
Salt as per taste
 
Method:
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Dry roast all the dry ingredient for Chettinad masala till there is a sharp aroma and grind to a fine powder in a blender. You can now store this masala in an air tight bottle to be used at a later time as well.
Wash the chicken
Marinate for 10 mins with salt, ginger and garlic paste
Heat oil in a pan and add in the mustard seeds and let the mustard seeds splutter. Add the urad dal and curry leaves  
Add the onions and fry till golden brown.

Add the marinated chicken. Add green chili if using
Pan roast the chicken till they are lightly cooked and burned on sides

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Add shredded coconut and fry for another 5/10 mins

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Add in the ground masala  with chicken and fry 

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Add a cup of hot water and cover the chicken till tender and water have reduced. 

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Now I made it little gravy kind to eat with rice. You can also dry is totally to eat with roti


Remove from heat and serve hot with rice or roti or as starter
( if making as starter then I suggest dry the chicken) 

 
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  • ( if making as starter then I suggest dry the chicken) 
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Chicken, Pan Indian
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Three years, Motherhood & a Comeback: My ma’s Chicken Paturi-Chicken steamed in Banana leaf
August 1, 2016

Three years, Motherhood & a Comeback: My ma’s Chicken Paturi-Chicken steamed in Banana leaf

  I am looking at my laptop screen thinking what is it that I really want to write? All that comes out of me is a long breath. Where do I start?   It’s been three long years since I looked at my blog. And …

Bengali, Chicken and Egg
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March 6, 2013

Badam Kala Kand -Cashew Nut Kala Kand

Kala Kand is a pan Indian sweet with various versions depending on the state you are eating it. Largely, it is made with milk, cottage cheese, sugar and is usually decorated with Pistachio nuts. Many also make the sweet using milk solid instead of milk. …

Bengali, Cakes Bakes & Desserts, Pan Indian, Sweets, Sweets and Dessert
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