Chicken Tikka (Masala)

Ingredients

Chicken  boneless : 3/4 kg(cut into medium sized pieces cleaned & drained)

For Marination

Chilly powder : 1 teaspoon
Pepper powder : 1/2 teaspoon
Garlic paste : 1 tablespoon
Garam masala powder : 1 teaspoon
Lime juice : 1 tablespoon
Curd : 1/2 cup
Oil : a little
Salt : as needed

Other ingredients

Onion chopped : 1 no
Ginger garlic paste : 1 tablespoon
Tomato (ground) : 2 nos
Butter : 1 tablespoon
Chilly powder : 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder : 1/4 teaspoon
Coriander powder :  1 teaspoon
Cumin powder : 1/4 teaspoon
Cream : 1/4 cup
Coriander leaves : as needed


Method

Take the chicken  pieces in a pan,add all the ingredients for marination and mix well.Cook for 10-15 minutes in the pan.Heat oil in another pan,add onion and ginger garlic paste.Saute till the onions are translucent.Add chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder and cumin powder.Saute for few minutes.Add tomatoes and cook for sometime.Add butter to the cooked chicken and mix well.Heat it for 2 minutes under low flame..Finally add cream and heat  again for 2 more minutes.Garnish with coriander leaves.

Chicken Pizza

Ingredients

For pizza crust  (32 cm diameter size)


Maida  : 2 cups
Instant dry  yeast : 1/2 tablespoon
Sugar : 1 teaspoon
Salt : 1/3 teaspoon
Water : as needed
Butter : 1 1/2 tablespoon

For Topping

Chicken boneless (preferably breast pieces) : 1/2 cup
Button mushroom : 3 nos ( thinly sliced   and sauteed in oil)
Green capsicum  : 1/2  (sliced)
Red capsicum  : 1/2   (sliced)
Onion  : 1/4 (cut into cubes)
Black olives   : 3 nos  (sliced)
Pizza cheese : 150 gms

Other ingredients

Pizza sauce : 5 1/2 tablespoon

Method

Cut chicken into small pieces.Heat oil in a pan.Add chicken and stir fry by adding salt and pepper.

In a bowl mix together maida,yeast,sugar and salt .Knead it into a dough by adding enough water.Add butter and knead it again.Put it in a ziplock bag and keep it in refrigerator for half an hour.Press dough lightly to remove air.Take a greased pizza pan and roll out the dough into approximately 32 cm diameter size.Using a fork ,make some holes on the rolled dough.Spread the  pizza sauce evenly  on the dough and leave 1 cms around  the edges.Top up with 50 gms of pizza cheese followed by chicken,mushroom,onion,red and green capsicum.Spread the remaining  cheese on it  and sprinkle with olives.Preheat the oven to 220 degree celcius and bake the pizza base  for 10-13 minutes.

Tip
1)Use Instant dry yeast for better fermentation.
2)Incase  you  want  pizza of smaller size ,adjust the measurements accordingly..

Easy Chinese Chilli Chicken

Ingredients


Boneless Chicken(cut into small pieces) : 500 grams
Ginger : 2 inch  piece
Garlic : 6 cloves 
Green Chilly : 2
Pepper Powder : 1/2 teaspoon
Vinegar : 2 tablespoon
Onion :1 big diced
Capsicum : 1 cup diced
Tomato Sauce : 4 tablespoon
Chilli Sauce: 4 tablespoon
Soya Sauce : 2 tablespoon 
Sugar: 1/2 teaspoon
Water: 1 cup
Cornflour: 1 tablespoon
Refined Oil: as needed


Method


Grind Ginger,Garlic and Greenchilly to a paste.Mix chicken, with ground paste,Pepper,Vinegar,Salt and keep it for half an hour.Heat Oil in a pan and add Onion,Capsicum.Saute till onions are  translucent.Add Salt,Tomato sauce,Chilli sauce,Soyasauce,Sugar, water and chicken.Cook till chicken is done.Add the cornflour dissolved in water little by little,stirring well,till the sauce thickens.switch off.garnish with capsicum.Serve with Fried rice.

Tandoori Chicken

Ingredients

Chicken cleaned and cut into large pieces : 800 grams
Oil as required
Chat masala : for sprinkling

For marination

Chilly Powder : 1 teaspoon
Lemon Juice : 3 teaspoon
Hung Curd : 1 cup (when water is removed  from curd it is called hung curd. For making hung curd take  curd in a muslin cloth and hang it for 4-5 hours, till the water is completely removed)
Ginger-Garlic paste : 2 teaspoon
Greenchilli paste : 1 teaspoon
Garam masala Powder : 1/2 teaspoon
Tandoori Masala : 2 teaspoon
Salt as required
Red Color as required


Method


Add all the ingredients for marination,mix it thoroughly with chicken.Cover the marinated chicken  with a plastic wrap and keep it  in the refrigerator for one  hour .Preheat Oven to 180 degree celsius.Keep the chicken on the tray to be baked.Bake the chicken for 10 minutes.Brush with Oil /butter  and grill for 5 minutes,turn it apply oil/butter  and grill again for 5 minutes.Sprinkle with Chat masala.your tandoori chicken is ready now.Serve it with Onion  and Lemon Slices.


Tip:For better taste use  north indian tandoori masala brands like Everest,MDH etc 

Fried Chicken

Ingredients
Chicken - 1/2 kg(cut into small pieces)

For Marination

1)Chicken - 1/2 kg
2)Pepper Powder - 1 teaspoon
3)Ginger-garlic paste - 2 teaspoon
4)Salt

Other Ingredients

1)Maida - 3 teaspoon
2)Cornflour - 2 tablespoon
3)Chilli Sauce - 1 1/2 teaspoon
4)Soya sauce - 11/2 tablespoon
5)Tomato Sauce - 2 tablespoon
6)Cornflakes crushed with hand

Method

Marinate Chicken with the ingredients for marination and keep for 1/2 hour.
Mix the other ingredients Maida ,Cornflour,Chilli sauce,Soya sauce,Tomato sauce.
Dip marinated  chicken in the mix and roll it in cornflakes .Heat oil in a frying  pan and deep fry the rolled chicken..