Tandoori Kandhari

Tandoori Kandhari is a north Indian style chicken recipe. It is coated with spices and marinated to get delicious taste. Learn how to cook chicken kandhari recipe with simple steps.

Ingredients:

Chicken joints – 4

Cashew paste – 100 gms.

Green chillies – 50 gms.

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp.

Lemon juice – 1 tsp.

Mint leaves – 2 tsp.

Salt – Required

Butter or refined oil – little

Method:

• Grind green chillies to fine paste.
• Add cashew paste, chilli paste, ginger garlic paste and lemon juice to chicken pieces and let it marinate for an hour.
• Transfer marinated chicken pieces to oven and cook for 20-25 minutes.
• For every 5 minutes, coat the pieces with butter and flip them so that it will be cooked whole.
• Once it is done, garnish tandoori kandhari with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Nutritional facts of tandoori kandhari:

• High in proteins, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and low in fat and cholesterol, make chicken a major component of a healthy diet.
• It is packed with various vitamins, minerals and all nine essential amino acids.
• It provides you with 40 percent of the daily requirement of selenium.
• When it comes to its micro nutrients, iron and zinc content in chicken dark meat is much higher than that in white meat.
• Its meat also contains significant amounts of phosphorous and potassium
• The cashew nut’s high magnesium content also takes the credit for its healthy heart qualities
• High copper content in cashew nut, helps the body utilize iron, eliminate free radicals, develop bone and connective tissue, and produce the skin and hair pigment melanin.
• Lemon is abundantly filled with vitamin C, it treats infections like tonsillitis, asthma and sore throat.
• Regular consumption of lemon juice is good for liver and helps in digestion.

Chicken Korma Recipe

Chicken Korma recipe is one of the delicious creamy yogurt based recipe. This recipe is prepared in Andhra style; it is usually served accompanied with pulao or rice. Recipe for chicken korma is prepared by adding cashew paste and other nutritional ingredients.

Ingredients:

Chicken – 1 kg.

Onions – 4 no.

Green chilli – 6

Coconut (fresh) – 1/4 piece

Yogurt/ curd – 1 cup

Salt – Required

Turmeric powder – 1 pinch

Red chilli powder – 3 tsp.

Coriander powder – 2 tsp.

Fennel – 1/2 tsp.

Poppy seeds – 2 tsp.

Cloves – 6 no.

Cinnamon – 6 no.

Cardamom – 4 no.

Cashew – 50 gms.

Coriander leaves – 2 tsp.

Oil – 150 gms.

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp.

Bay leaf – 1


Method:

• Wash skinless chicken pieces thoroughly
• Powder fresh coconut, poppy seeds and half cashew in a mixer grinder.
• On other hand fry coriander seeds, fennel, 4 cloves, 4 cinnamon, 2 cardamom pieces and powder them.
• Cut green chilly in long side and keep aside.
• Grind 2 onions and keep aside.
• Now cut the remaining onions into thin slices.
• Add salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, onion paste, ginger garlic paste, yogurt, coconut cashew paste to chicken and let it marinate for 30 minutes.

Tip: Mix all the ingredients and cover with the lid or aluminium foil and refrigerate.

• Heat oil in a pan and add onions and sliced green chilli pieces
• Add marinated pieces and fry for a while.
• As we have added yogurt and other pastes, water present in them is enough for cooking.
• On other hand heat oil on a non-stick pan and add bay leaf, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and fry for a while.
• Using skillet remove chicken pieces leaving gravy part aside and fry in little oil separately until it turns its colour
• Once it is done, add  the gravy and 1 cup water and cook further for a while and serve hot garnishing with coriander leaves
• Chicken korma recipe tastes great with pulao, rice and Chapati.

Nutritional facts of chicken korma recipe:

• Cashew have a kind of fatty acid, which lower the risk of heart disease
• It has high energy density and high amount of dietary fiber
• Its high magnesium content also takes the credit for its healthy heart qualities
• It provides you with 40 percent of the daily requirement of selenium.
• When it comes to its micro nutrients, iron and zinc
• Its meat also contains significant amounts of phosphorous and potassium
• Coconut is a good nutritional source of quick energy
• Improves insulin secretion and helps in proper utilization of blood glucose.
• Improves magnesium and calcium absorption and helps in development of strong bones and teeth.
• Curd helps in improving digestive system
• It helps in strengthening the immune system
• It helps to improve capacity to absorb minerals, vitamins and other micro nutrients from the food we take.
• Turmeric powder is a natural antibacterial and antiseptic.
• It works as a natural detoxifier agent for liver
• Recipe chicken Korma is packed with various vitamins, minerals and all nine essential amino acids.

Lemon Chicken

Lemon chicken is one of the delicious and easy to prepare non vegetarian recipe. Learn how to make recipes for lemon chicken in Indian style.

Ingredients:

Chicken breasts – 2

Egg – 1no.

Lemon juice – 2 tps.

Soya sauce – 2 drops.

Salt – Required

Corn flour – 25 gms.

Oil – 200 gms.

Sugar – 1 tsp.

Water – 200 ml.

Method:

• Apply corn flour, egg, oil and salt to chicken breast and marinate for half an hour.
• Heat oil in a vessel and fry the marinated until it is cooked inside
• Cut into small pieces.
• In another vessel boil water, add lemon juice, soya sauce, sugar and corn flour
• Let it boil for two minutes until it thickens.
• Put chicken pieces in a serving plate and pour the above gravy on top.
• Garnish lemon chicken with lemon pieces and serve hot.

Nutritional facts of lemon chicken recipe:

• High in proteins, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and low in fat and cholesterol, make chicken a major component of a healthy diet.
• It is packed with various vitamins, minerals and all nine essential amino acids.
• It provides you with 40 percent of the daily requirement of selenium.
• Its meat also contains significant amounts of phosphorous and potassium
• Eggs are a good source of high-quality protein
• It boost brain health
• It also protects eyesight without increasing cholesterol
• It is a good source of Vitamin B, proteins and vitamin D
• It is a rich source of antioxidants and well known for having anti-cancer properties and from many centuries it’s being used as a healing agent.
• Lemon is abundantly filled with vitamin C, it treats infections like tonsillitis, asthma and sore throat.
• Lemon helps to treat problems associated with urinary tract infections.
• It helps in losing weight and increasing your immune system.

Chicken Balti

Chicken Balti is one of the delicious mughlai recipes. I have modified the ingredients to suit Indian flavour and tried to illustrate Chicken Balti Recipe in south Indian style.

Ingredients for Chicken Balti:

Chicken – 1 kg

Onions – 2

Tomato – 1/4 kg

Cinnamon (small size) – 4

Cloves – 4

Pepper – 4

Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp.

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp.

Garam masala – 2 tsp.

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp.

Salt – Required

Lemon juice – 2 tsp.

Coriander leaves – 2 tsp.

Green chilli – 7

Oil – To fry

Method:

• Wash and clean chicken with water and let it be cut in medium size.
• Add ginger garlic paste, coriander leaves, pinch salt and turmeric powder. Mix well and let it marinate for half an hour.
• Heat oil on a vessel and fry onion until golden colour.
• Add cinnamon, cloves, pepper, cumin seeds, red chilli powder and salt. Mix well.
• Cook tomatoes for a while and add chicken pieces.
• Add curd and mix well. Close the vessel and cook for 10 minutes.
• Once the pieces are cooked, add green chillies, garam masala, coriander leaves and mix.
• Chicken balti is ready. Before removing from flame add lemon juice and off the flame.

Nutritional facts:

• Chicken is packed with various vitamins, minerals and all nine essential amino acids.
• It provides you with 40 percent of the daily requirement of selenium.
• When it comes to its micro nutrients, iron and zinc
• Its meat also contains significant amounts of phosphorous and potassium
• Different studies have shown that tomatoes and its products lower the risks of the different kinds of cancers like lung, pancreatic, breast, bladder, cervical, and skin cancer.
• Eating tomatoes with a small amount of fat makes our body fight diseases.
• Tomatoes are low in saturated fats, cholesterol, and sodium.
• It has antioxidants, which protects the body cells from damage.
• Lemon is abundantly filled with vitamin C, it treats infections like tonsillitis, asthma and sore throat.
• Regular consumption of lemon juice is good for liver and helps in digestion.
• Lemon helps to treat problems associated with urinary tract infections.
• Garlic has an ability to help control our blood pressureby thinning our blood
• Ginger is just as effective as vitamin B6 in the treatment of morning sickness.

Kebab Dilruba

Kebab dilruba is a delicious south Indian style recipe. Keema kebab recipe is made with grounded chicken flavoured with spices. It resembles like a cutlet but tastes great.

Ingredients:

Chicken keema (grounded) – 250 gms.

Onion (finely chopped) – 1 (medium size)

Tomato (sliced)- 1

Ginger and garlic (separately) – 1/2 tsp.

Fresh pepper powder – 1/2 tsp.

Garam masala – 1/2 tsp.

Coriander leaves – 1 tsp.

Oil – 1 tsp.

Method:

• Mix all the ingredients of chicken keema kebab and marinate for at least 1 hour
• Make it as a small balls and place it on a idli bowls and cook on vapour for about 10 minutes
• Remove excess moisture with clean cloth or a tissue paper by pressing gently on the balls.
• Now cook on a microwave grill or on a non-stick pan by applying little oil on the top.
• If you are cooking on a non-stick pan, press gently with a wooden stick and fry until it turns golden brown.
• Kebab Dilruba is ready. Serve hot as a snack.

Nutritional facts:

• High in proteins, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and low in fat and cholesterol, make chicken a major component of a healthy diet.
• It is packed with various vitamins, minerals and all nine essential amino acids.
• It provides you with 40 percent of the daily requirement of selenium.
• When it comes to its micro nutrients, iron and zinc content is much higher than that in white meat.
• Kebab Dilruba also contains significant amounts of phosphorous and potassium
• Different studies have shown that tomatoes and its products lower the risks of the different kinds of cancers like lung, pancreatic, breast, bladder, cervical, and skin cancer.
• Tomatoes are also a good source of thiamine, chromium, vitamin E, vitamin K, manganese and copper
• The dietary fibre in tomatoes lowers cholesterol levels, and helps keep blood sugar at a lower level.
• Pepper reduces respiratory illnesses
• Ginger may be powerful weapon in the treatment of ovarian cancer
• Raw, crushed garlic is a powerful antibiotic

Almond Chicken

Almond Chicken is prepared by adding almond paste and coconut powder as main ingredients. I tried to prepare Almond chicken recipe in Andhra style. This recipe tastes great with Chapati.

Ingredients:

Chicken – 1/2 kg.

Poppy seeds – 2 tsp.

Dry red chilli – 6 no.

Dry coconut – 1/4 piece

Badam – 20 pieces

Milk – 3 cups

Oil – 4 tsp.

Ginger juice – 4 tsp.

Salt – Required

Garam masala – 1 tsp.

Saffron colour – 1/2 tsp.

Method:

• Wash chicken pieces with water and let the pieces be in big size.
• Mix poppy seeds, dry coconut, badam and 6 table spoons milk and make a fine paste.
• Heat oil on a vessel and add the above paste and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add chicken pieces and cook for 8 minutes on a low flame.
• Mix ginger juice, salt and milk and cook further.
• Add saffron colour and masala powder in 2 tsp. milk and add to the above mixture.
• Cook until oil oozes out and serve hot.
• Chicken And Almond Recipe tastes great with tandoori roti
  

Tip: If you don’t like adding colour agent (saffron) then you can skip it.

Nutritional facts:

• High in proteins, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and low in fat and cholesterol, make chicken a major component of a healthy diet.
• It is packed with various vitamins, minerals and all nine essential amino acids.
• It provides you with 40 percent of the daily requirement of selenium.
• When it comes to its micro nutrients, iron and zinc.
• Badam helps in reducing bad cholesterol and keeps the heart healthy
• As it is high in potassium, it helps in blood circulation
• It is also rich in calcium content and keeps the bones strong
• It is rich in fiber and helps in reducing weight
• Milk is the best source of calcium supply to our body.
• Milk is rich in calcium, which is an essential element for growth and proper development of strong bone structure
• Ginger is just as effective as vitamin B6 in the treatment of morning sickness.
• Coconut functions as a protective antioxidant.
• Supports tissue repair and healing.
• Dissolves kidney stones.

Murg Musallam Recipe

Murg musallam recipe is one of the famous and delicious chicken breast recipes which is roasted with spices and prepared by adding saffron. Lean how to prepare Murgh musallam with our easy to prepare steps.

Ingredients:

Chicken – 1 large piece

Coriander seeds – 1 tsp.

Onion (sliced) – 1 no.

Aniseed – 1 tsp.

Dry red chillies – 4 no.

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp.

Black cardamoms – 2 no.

Gram dal (roasted) – 4 no.

Cloves- 4 no.

White cardamoms – 4 no.

Coconut – 2 inch piece

Saffaron – A pinch

Almond (Soaked in water for half an hour) – 1 no.

Yogurt/ curd – 1/2 kg.

Ghee – 6 tsp.

Salt – As per your taste

Method:

• Soak saffron in a hot water (consider 1 tsp. of water)
• Heat frying pan and roast remaining spices and grind together.
• Coat chicken with ghee and roast on all sides on a saucepan until you get brown colour.
• Remove and fry onions by adding remaining ghee until you get golden brown colour.
• Add coconut and ground spices, fry further for 5 more minutes.
• Now put back the meat into the pan.
• On other hand blend curd by adding 1 1/2 liters of water by adding little salt.
• Add this blended yogurt to the pan
• Cover thetop with a lid and cook until liquid gets dried and make sure that the meat is still teder.

Tip: If you feel that the meat splits due to over cooking remove the lid so that water evaporates faster.

• Murg musallam recipe is done. Just before you are about to remove from flame add safforon water garnished with chopped almonds.

Nutritional facts:

• High in proteins, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and low in fat and cholesterol, make chicken a major component of a healthy diet.
• It provides you with 40 percent of the daily requirement of selenium.
• When it comes to its micro nutrients, iron and zinc content in chicken dark meat is much higher than that in white meat.
• It is packed with various vitamins, minerals and all nine essential amino acids.
• Onions are good source of Vitamin B, C, K
• They are rich source of Sulfur which is good for liver.
• Cumin seeds are good for diabetics
• Cumin seeds has a property to boost your immune system
• Coconut is a good nutritional source of quick energy
• Improves insulin secretion and helps in proper utilization of blood glucose.
• Almonds helps in reducing bad cholesterol and keeps the heart healthy
• As it is high in potassium, it helps in blood circulation
• It is also rich in calcium content and keeps the bones strong
• Ghee is considered to stimulate the secretion of stomach acids which help in digestion
• Curd helps in improving digestive system
• It helps in strengthening the immune system