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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

Bread_Roll

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 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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Gulgule (banana wheat fritters)

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Gulgule

Gulgule is a very easy and simple recipe in Maharashtra. Gulgule Pua is in the shape of a Pakora. I tried this dish especially for my husband who loves sweet and this is one of his favorite childhood dish.

My kids just loved it , this can be the good snacks for your hungry kids after school.If you like sweet then you will surely like these sweet Gulgule.

Try this out and do share me your feedback.

Ingredients:
Wheat flour/Atta – 1 cup

Jaggery/Gur – 1/2 cup

Ripe mashed banana – 1

Ghee – 2 tbsp

Salt – to taste

1/2 tsp baking powder

Oil for cooking
Directions || How to prepare Gulgule
Add hot water in the gur and stir till dissolved.

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In another bowl, add wheat flour ,ghee, mashed banana , salt and baking powder.

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Add the gur solution to it to form a batter of dropping consistency (adding more water if required).

Heat oil and add equivalent to a tbsp of the batter over high heat.

Lower the heat and let the gulgula cook over medium heat.

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Remove the fried piece with a slotted spoon.

Increase the heat and then drop as many lumps as come in comfortably without touching each other.

Lower the heat and cook, turning once or twice till brown.

Repeat this process with the rest of the batter.

You can have this yummy gulgule’s hot or at room temperature.

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Chicken Wontons

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A wonton is a type of dumpling commonly found in a number of Chinese cuisines.
Wontons are commonly boiled and served in soup or sometimes deep-fried.
You can try your hand at making various unique fillings, and also steam or deep-fry the wontons as per your taste.

 

Prep Time : 21-25 minutes
Cooking time : 26-30 minutes
Servings : 4

Ingredients

10 Wonton wrappers
1 cup boiled and shredded chicken
1 medium Spring onions thinly sliced
2 Carrots cut into thin strips
2 medium Green capsicum cut into thin strips
1 medium Cabbage finely shredded
Salt to taste
1 tsp Red chilli powder
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/4 teaspoon Soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon Vineger
1 tablespoon Cornflour/ corn starch
2 tbsps oil

Oil for cooking

For Serving
schezuan sauce

Direction || How to prepare Chicken Wontons

To make the stuffing, heat 2 tbsps oil in a non stick pan.

Add carrots, capsicum, cabbage and salt and toss.
Add ginger garlic paste,red chilli powder ,vineger and soy sauce and mix.

Add spring onion greens and mix. Cook till the vegetables soften.

Take the pan off the heat and set aside to cool.

Heat sufficient oil in a wok. Make a paste of cornflour with 2 tbsps water.

Place a wrapper in your hand, place a teaspoon or tablespoon of filling and fold it to make a rectangle.

Dab water on the left corner,push the middle inside and bring the right corner to the left corner,seel it tightly.

Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 9 more wontons.

Heat the oil in a wok / kadhai and deep-fry in batches till they turn light brown in colour.

Serve hot with schezuan sauce.

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