chicken marinate

ingredients
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chicken -1/2 kg
haldi powder -1tsp
chilli powder -2tbsp
ginger garlic paste -2tbsp
green chilli paste -1/2tsp
curry patha -1spring
water -2 cups
salt -to taste
cardamom powder -1tsp


method
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• clean the chicken pieces.cut it into small pieces.

• marinate the chicken with haldi powder,chilli powder,ginger garlic paste, green chilli paste,(optional),salt for more than 1 hour.
• heat a kadai.put 2tbsp of coconut oil.add mustard,when it start spluttering,add the marinated chicken and stir for 5 minutes.
• chicken will leave the water.add 2cups of water and enough salt and curry leaves and boil well.
• now cover it with a lid and cook it for 1 hour in simmer fire.
• after that keep the flame in high mode and allow the water to evaporate.

• sprinkle the cardamom powder and serve hot.

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ambya adigeyi (mango pickle)konkani style

this is our favorite pickle.....we often makes this at home......
you need
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mangoes -3 nos
red chillies -25 nos
salt water (boiled and cooled) -2cups
mustard seeds - 2tbsp
hing powder -1tsp
coconut oil -2tbsp

• cut the mangoes into small pieces.
• grind the red chillies with salt water into a very smooth paste.add 2tbsp of mustard seeds into the chilly paste and grind it again for 1 minute.
• mix it with mango pieces.
• add enough salt water (if you need more liquid)
• add hing powder,coconut oil and keep it in a tight glass container.
• keep it in the refrigerator.this will stay for more than 1 month.
• while using use dry spoon each time.and always keep the lid closed tightly.

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chicken ularthiyathu

this is the favorite dish i liked most in chicken .try this and tell me how it is......
ingredients
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chicken -1/2 kg
corriender powder -2tbsp
chilly powder -2tbsp
salt -to taste
haldi -1/2tsp

• cut the chicken into small pieces and wash thoroughly.marinate the chicken with all the above ingredients at least for 2 hours.

preparation
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coconut oil -3tbsp

• divide the chicken pieces into 2 portions. fry half of the marinated chicken pieces in the hot oil for five minutes. repeat the same with another half portion of chicken.keep it aside.

• keep the excess oil for tempering.

for tempering
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ginger piece -1'' Julian's
garlic crushed -10
onions sliced -3-4
green chillies -4 slitted
curry patha -1spring
Gram masala -1tsp
coriander powder - 1tsp
chilli powder -1tsp(optional)
haldi -1tsp
salt -to taste

method
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heat the kadai. in the hot oil add the crushed garlic, ginger , green chillies, and stir for a while, add the sliced onions and fry till it become light brown.add the coriander powder, chilly powder, haldi,and salt and saute it for another 5 minutes. add the fried chicken pieces and stir well. cook it in a simmer fire for 20 to 30 minutes. it will start separating the oil .sprinkle the gram masala and little more curry patha and serve hooooot with rice.....




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adai ( lentil dosa)

Spicy lentil pan cake made with rice, Channa dal, thuvar dal Moog dal ,and red chili.


ingredients
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raw rice -1cup
Channa dal -1/4cup
thuvar dal -1/4 cup
Moog dal -1/4 cup
u rad dal -1/4 cup
red chillies -4-5
chopped onions -2
hing powder -1tsp
curry patha chopped -hand full


method
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soak all the pulses along with rice for 5-6 hours.grind it into a corsily ground thick batteradd the red chillies and hing powder and grind it into a corsily ground thick batter.add choipped onions and curry patha.
make dosa ,adding 1tbsp of gingelly oil .flip it to the other side and roast it in the same method. serve hot with curd and honey or avial.............