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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Chicken and Mushroom Casserole - North India >Main Course

Serves 4

Preperation Time 45 Minutes

Contents
Chicken

Ingredients
One kg chicken cut into serving pieces
250 gm fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 green capsicum, sliced
1 medium onion, chopped
4 teaspoons cornflour
2 chicken stock cubes
225 gm canned tomatoes
Salt and pepper to taste
Chopped parsley

Recipe

1) Preheat large browning dish for five minutes.

2) Place chicken pieces into the preheated dish, skin side down. Cover with paper towelling and cook on High for five minutes. Turn chicken pieces over and cook a further five minutes. Drain chicken pieces.

3) Place mushrooms, capsicum and onion into browning dish and cook on High for threee minutes.

4) Blend cornflour with small quantity of water, add to the browning dish with crumpled stock cubes,tomatoes and tomato liquid. Season with salt and pepper. Return chicken pieces to the dish and stir well.

5) Cover with lid and cook on High for 20 minutes. Stir once during cooking.

6) Sprinkle with choppped parsley.

Serve with boiled rice or noodles.

Curried Chicken Pieces - North India >Main Course

Serves 4

Preperation Time 45 Minutes

Contents
Chicken

Ingredients
One kg chicken pieces
One tablespoon oil
One tablespoon butter
One onion, chopped
Two sticks celery, sliced
One cooking apple, chopped
One clove garlic, crushed
One tomato, skinned and sliced
One green capsicum, chopped
One tablespoon curry powder
One tablespoon flour
One-and-a-half cup chicken stock

Recipe
1) Preheat large browning dish on High in the microwave oven for five minutes.

2) Place chicken pieces with oil into dish and cook on High for six minutes. Turn over once during cooking.

3) Remove chicken pieces and set aside. Wipe the browning dish.

4) Place butter in the dish with onion, celery, apple, garlic, tomato and capsicum. Cook on High for three minutes.

5) Return chicken pieces to dish. Blend curry powder and flour with a small quantity of stock. Add to chicken with remainder of stock.

6) Cover and cook on High for twenty minutes. Stir occasionally during cooking.

Honey-spiced Chicken - North India >Main Course

Serves 4

Preperation Time 45 Minutes

Contents
Chicken

Ingredients60 g (2 oz) butter
1/2 cup honey
1 tablespoon french mustard
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon mild curry powder
1 kg chicken pieces

Recipe1) Place butter in a small micro-proof bowl. Microwave on High for 1 minute.

2) Add honey, mustard, soy sauce, salt and curry powder. Stir well to combine.

3) Arrange chicken pieces in a large micro-proof baking dish. Spoon sauce over chicken. Cook on high for 20 minutes. Baste frequently and turn pieces over at least once during cooking time. Allow to stand 10 minutes before serving. Serve with pan juices poured over chicken.

Curried Chicken - North India >Main Course

Serves 4
Preperation Time 45 Minutes

Contents
Chicken

Ingredients1 kilo chicken pieces
1 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon butter
1 onion, chopped
2 sticks celery, sliced
1 cooking apple, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tomato, skinned and sliced
1 green capsicum, chopped
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 tablespoon flour
One-and-a-half cup chicken stock

Recipe
1) Preheat large browing dish in microwave oven on High for five minutes.

2) Place the chicken pieces with oil into dish and cook on high for six minutes. Turn over once during cooking.

3) Remove chicken pieces and set aside. Wipe the browning dish clean.

4) Place butter into dish with onion, celery, apple, garlic, tomato and capsicum and cook on High for three minutes.

5) Return chicken pieces to dish. Blend curry powder and flour with a small quantity of stock. Add to chicken with the remaining stock.

6) Cover and cook on High for twenty minutes. Stir occasionally during cooking.

Lemon Chicken - North India >Main Course

Serves 4
Preperation Time 45 Minutes

Contents
Chicken

Ingredients
2 teaspoons sugar
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 teaspoon green ginger, grated
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon dry sherry
2 chicken stock cubes
4 chicken fillets, cut into strips
1 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon cornflour
1 cup water

Recipe
1. Combine sugar, garlic, ginger, honey, lemon juice, sherry and crumbled stock cubes in a bowl to form a marinade. Add chicken strips and marinate for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally to coat.

2. Drain chicken well and reserve marinade.

3. Preheat a large browning dish on a microwave oven on HIGH for five minutes. Add oil and chicken strips and cook on High for three minutes. Stir once during cooking.

4. Add reserved marinade, blended cornflour and water to chicken. Stir well.

5. Cover and cook on High for five minutes.

Monday, August 13, 2007

Butter Chicken - North India >Main Course

Serves 4

Preperation Time 1 Hour

Contents
Chicken

Ingredients
1 Tandoori Chicken - cut into 8 pieces
1 onion - grated
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
3/4 cup tomato puree
1/2 tsp chilli powder
2-3 green chillies - finely chopped
100 gms butter
salt to taste
200 gms cream
a few green coriander leaves - finely chopped

Recipe
1. Melt butter in frying pan. Add the grated onions & fry until golden brown.

2. Add the ginger & garlic pastes. Fry for a minute & add the tomato puree.

3. Add the chopped green chillies, coriander leaves, salt and the chilli powder. Fry for 2-3 minutes.

4. Turn heat to low & add the cream stirring constantly. Do not let it boil. Cook for a minute & turn off the heat.

5. Arrange tandoori chicken pieces in an ovenproof dish. Pour the sauce on it.

6. Heat in a preheated oven at 180C/350F fro 20 minutes Serve hot.

Murgh Kaali Mirch - North India >Main Course

Serves 4

Preperation Time 45 Minutes

Contents
Chicken

Ingredients
1 .. medium Chicken
1 tsp .. fresh Ginger paste
1 tsp .. fresh Garlic paste
2 tsp .. coarsely ground black pepper corns
1 tsp .. white pepper powder
3 tbsp .. oil
1/2 cup .. water
2 tbsp .. lemon juice
3 .. green chillies-slit lenghtwise
salt to taste

Recipe
1. Mix together ginger & garlic pastes. Add salt, black pepper and white pepper.

2. Rub the paste on the chicken pieces. Leave aside for one hour.

3. Heat oil in kadhai and add the chicken pieces

4. Stir fry for 10-15 minutes.

5. Lower the heat and add the green chillies and water.

6. Simmer until chicken is tender.

7. Add lemon juice and serve hot.