Indian quick and easy recipes

Chicken Lollipop

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Chicken Lollipop

Ramadan kareem to all the readers celebrating the holy month. Wishing you all tons and tons of happiness & a good health.You all must be wondering what to prepare today for Iftari (Evening snacks ) , well to start on why not try home made Chicken Lollipop !!!!

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Chicken Lollypop is a very good luscious appetizer and its one of the kids favorites, and it tastes spicy & delicious with a combo of any sauce or dips.

Coated with a luscious batter with garlic and ginger paste, and bread crumbs, makes it a perfect juicy luscious appetizer.
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Marinating Time : 30 mins
Cooking Time : 15 to 20 mins
Serves : 3 to 4

Ingredients:

Chicken Lollipop – 12 pieces

For Marination

1 tbsp Ginger Paste
1 tbsp Garlic Paste
1 tsp red Chilli powder
1 tsp Pepper powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
1 egg
3 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch
1 tbsp bread crumbs for coating
Salt to taste

Oil for Deep Frying

Directions || How to prepare Chicken Lollipop

Mix chicken lollipop pieces with all the marinating ingredients (ginger garlic paste,red chilli powder, pepper powder,garam masala powder,egg)except cornflour. Keep aside for 30 mins.

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After 30 minutes ,add in cornflour and mix well.

Keep the bread crumbs ready.

Heat oil for deep frying. Once the oil is hot,

Then roll them in bread crumbs.Keep all the Chicken lollipops well coated.

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Now drop gently in hot oil , three or four at a time.

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Keep the flame in low medium flame and fry them to deep brown & crisp.

Stir them once in a while , make sure care to cook in low flame, so that the inside of lollypop is also cooked good, with crisp outside texture.

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Serve hot with any sauce or dips of your choice.

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Non Veg Snacks

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Chicken Keema Club sandwich

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Learn how to make your hearty dinner/breakfast or snacks with your very own chicken ready in 20 minutes right at home!

Enjoy this delicious club sandwich made with no grill required.Watch step by step recipe.

Chicken Noodle kebabs

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These chicken  kebabs made with noodles, chicken and potato go as an excellent dish for Iftari party or a starters. I am sure your guest will be quite impressed by this dish. Especially our junior guest kids love to eat such different and wonderful tasted food. This recipe was first introduce to me after my marriage by my in laws during Ramadan month and I was quite amazed as it tasted yummm !!!

Try this for sure , as its very simple easy and quick recipe as well as it tastes delicious !!!..Read more…

Left over Chicken Bread Rolls

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An innovative crispy tasty bread rolls made from mashed potatoes,left over bread slices and chicken curry. Now no need to worry about your leftovers anymore.

These bread rolls are favorite at my home and I usually pair them with the evening chai as a snack served with tomato ketchup. Hope you too will try this at home.Its very simple and easy to prepare. Watch out this step by step recipe of these yummy chicken bread rolls.Read more..

Left over Rice and Chicken cutlets

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Do you always seem to have leftover rice and chicken curry on hand and you don’t want to waste them, no need to worry !!Here is some easy way to turn your leftover white and left over chicken into a new side dish!

I tried it out and it really turned out delicious.You too give it a try and do leave your feedback or comment about your experience.Read more..

Prawns Popcorn

Prawns Popcorn

Prawns popcorn,this crispy golden fried popcorn makes as an easy appetizer and your guest will love it ,

It can be served with fries,creamy coleslaw or a simple tomato ketchup dip.Read More…

Chicken Momos Desi style

Chicken Momos

Momos are the famous fast food Himalayan origins. It’s a traditional delicacy in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Northeast India.

Momo(dumpling) are made with a simple flour-and-water dough—white flour is generally preferred ,it can be either steamed or fry.Read more…

Chicken Pattice

Chicken pattice

One more flavorful snacks or a side dish to a main menu, Chicken Patties cooked with meat (mutton or chicken) stuffing that is fried with a batter/covering.

This is one of my kid’s favourite and i discover that she loves having it so i made some addition to the patties and added Green Peas(Matar) to this recipe.Read More…

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Left over Chapathi Chivda

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IMG_7872Do you always seem to have leftover chapati lying in the kitchen and you don’t want to waste them, no need to worry !!! You can prepare a light snack or breakfast from these leftover chapati. It is very crispy and tasty and filling.

Ingredients

4 left over or fresh chapati’s

1 tsp cumin powder

5 cloves of garlic

1 tsp turmeric powder

2 green chillies

For tempering

1 tsp mustard seeds

2 onions chopped

5 to 6 curry leaves (kadi patta)

Coriander leaves to garnish
salt to taste

oil for cooking

Directions || How to prepare Chapati chivda

Put chapati’s in the grinder and ground them coarsely.

IMG_7867Add green chilies , garlic , cumin seeds ,turmeric powder and salt in chapati pieces and grind it well in the grinder.

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IMG_7869Heat oil in the pan. Add mustard  seeds and curry leaves and allow it to crackle.

Then add chopped onion and saute it till golden brown.

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Then add Chapati mixture,and salt and mix well and fry till it become crispy.

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Garnish it with Coriander leaves and serve hot with tea.

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Hummus (chickpea chutney)

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Hummus is a middle eastern invention(or you can say chickpea chutney in India) , its a most popular dip made from cooked, mashed chickpeas.Hummus makes wonderful with snacks or appetizer,
it can be serve with warm pita bread or on sandwiches.

Usually with chickpeas , I end up making punjabi chole.After trying it with falafel once , I decided to try this dip at home.

Trust me if you have never had hummus or don’t know what it is… try this simple recipe at home and I bet you would simply love it.

 

 

Prep Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time :0

Ingredients

2 cups chickpeas boiled.
1 clove garlic, chopped
4 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons tahini(Sesame seed paste)
black pepper and salt to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions || How to prepare  hummus
In a blender, add lemon juice, tahini, chopped garlic and salt in blender. Blend until creamy and well mixed.

Transfer the mixture to a medium serving bowl.

Sprinkle with pepper and pour olive oil over the top.

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Left over Bread Dosa/Uthappam

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BREAD DOSA / BREAD UTHAPPAM – INSTANT DOSA RECIPE

DSC_6365Do you always seem to have leftover bread lying in the kitchen and you don’t want to waste them, no need to worry !!!
Do you love Dosa and you feel boring and time consuming to make it often at home because of soaking and fermentation process ?

Here is some easy and an excellent way to turn your leftover bread into Instant Dosa/Uthapam.

I tried it out and it really turned out delicious.You too give it a try and do leave your feedback or comment about your experience.

Prep Time : 15 minutes

Cook time : 10 minutes

Serves : 6

Ingredients : Makes about 8-10 dosa

4-6 slices any Bread (White/Brown/Multigrain)
1/2 cup Semolina/Suji Rava
3/4 cup Rice flour

Salt to taste

For Uthappam

2 tsp Chopped coriander leaves
1 small onion – finely chopped
1 Green chilli

Direction || How to prepare Bread Dosa

1) Remove the brown edges of all the bread slices and soak in water for 2-3 mins.

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2) Squeese out the extra water.

IMG_78223) Grind together in a mixer soaked bread ,semolina and rice flour.Add enough water to help grinding. Grind to a smooth batter.

IMG_7819IMG_7820IMG_78214) Transfer the ground batter to a big bowl ,add salt and mix well. Check the consistency of the batter. it should be pouring consistency.

IMG_78235) Heat a tawa.Pour a laddle full of batter. Spread it in circular direction to make it to thin dosa.

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6) Drizzle few drops of oil around it.Cover and cook on medium flame for abt 1-2 mins.

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7) No need to flip over and cook.Once its done, the dosas come out easily from the tawa .

IMG_7837Direction || How to prepare Bread Utthappam

Add onion , chopped chilli and coriander leaves to the batter and mix.

IMG_7828Repeat the above 5 ,6  and 7 steps.

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Fold and serve crispy bread dosa accompanied with any chutney or sambhar.DSC_6366

Enjoy the hot crispy Insant dosa at home.

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