Chicken 2in1

Hi friends.. I would like to present you a new chicken recipe that gives you taste of fried chicken and solves purpose of a curry required with roti/ rice in the main course. This chicken recipe is not traditional but a modified modern style. Chicken 2in1 is easy to make and tasty and fry chicken lovers will like this preparation. Sometimes you like to have chicken fry but you do not want to make a separate curry with gravy, this chicken recipe will solve your problem. Let us see how this tasty dish is prepared.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken- 1 kg cut into medium size, washed.
2. Onion- 3 medium size
3. Tomato- 2 medium size
4. Capsicum- 2 medium sized- sliced to small
5. Green chilly- 2 nos
6. Ginger garlic paste- 2 tea spoon freshly made
7. Turmeric powder- 1 tea spoon
8. Red chilly powder- 2 tea spoon
9. Cumin powder- 2 tea spoon
10. Coriander leaves- 2 table spoon chopped.
11. Salt- to taste
12. Veg oil for deep fry

Preparation:

1. Marinate chicken pieces with salt, turmeric and chilly powder for 30 minutes.
2. In a blender, grind onion and green chilly to smooth.
3. In a large fry pan, heat oil and deep fry chicken pieces. Strain and keep aside.
4. In a separate pan, heat two spoons of oil and add onion chilly paste and saute till colour becomes golden.
5. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for 1 minute.
6. Add capsicum and saute for 3 minutes.
7. Add tomatoes and saute for 2 minutes.
8. Add cumin powder and coriander leaves, saute for some time in low heat.
9. Add 2 cups of water, salt and boil.
10. Add the chicken pieces and cook in low heat under closed lid for 5 minutes. Remove from heat when the    gravy starts thickening.

Your delicious chicken 2in1 is ready and hot. You can enjoy this with rotis, steamed rice, paratha or even dosas.

Pork roast

Pork roast is a favourite dish for many. However, most of us avoid regular pork dish because it contains lot of fat. We all are health conscious and today high calorie food and fatty dishes are seldem find place in the dining table. Hmm.. but is an irresistible temptation when we think about that yummy taste of pork roast..Let us see how we can prepare a tasty pork roast in a healthy way. Pork meat contains lot of fat that will melt during cooking. Once this fat is removed from the meat, pork dish will be as healthier as any other meat. Besides that, when you select pork meat, prefer more flesh and least fat.Now let us see how to prepare pork roast.

Ingredients:

Pork meat- 1 kg cleaned and cut into 1x1/2 inch cubes.
Onion-4, chopped
Tomato- medium size 3 nos, sliced.
Green chilli- 2, split
Garlic- 8 cloves crushed
Ginger- 1 inch piece crushed
Turmeric powder- 1 tea spoon
Coriander powder- 4 tea spoon
Red chilli powder- 2 tea spoon
Black pepper- 3 tea spoon
Cumin powder- 2 tea spoon
Meat masala- 2 tea spoon
Coconut- small pieces sliced, 2 table spoon
Curry leaves- 3 stems
Oil- 2 spoons
Salt- as required

Preparation


Boil water in a cooking bowl and add pork meat. Keep boiling for 5 minutes with lid on, and then remove from heat, strain the pork meat and wash in fresh water, Keep aside to cool.

Marinate pork meat with turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder, black pepper and salt for 30 minutes.

In a pressure cooker, add 1 cup of water, marinated pork meat and cook for 15minutes, remove from heat and open the lid after steam is relieved. The fat will become oil and you can strain it off.

Heat oil in pan and fry onions till golden brown.

Add ginger and garlic and saute till the fragrance comes.

Add coconut pieces and saute for a minute. Add curry leaves.

Add tomatoes and continue frying till oil is separating.

Add the pork meat and saute about 15 minutes in the medium heat.

Check salt, add if required and add meat masala. You can also add simple garam masala in place of meat  masala.Saute for 5 more minutes. If the pan is sticky, you can sprinkle a tea spoon water.


The delicious and healthy pork roast is ready. You can enjoy pork roast along with steamed rice, paratha, chapathi, pathiri etc.