Roasted Chicken

          My blog has been dormant for quite a long time and i missed my blogger friends and dear readers like anything.Whatever held me back, i had to come back and i am here with the recipe Roasted Chicken,a popular dish among non-veges.

Ingredients

• Chicken full 600-800gm [dressed and cut into 4 pieces,that is,2 breast and 2 back pieces length wise]
• Garlic   9-10 flakes
• Ginger medium size  1 
• Curd  500gm
• Lemon  1 medium size
• Turmeric powder  1tsp  
• Red chilli powder  1/2tsp
• Kashmiri red chilli powder  1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder  2 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Dry garam masala powder  1 tsp
• Corn flour   2-3 tbsp
• Refined oil  1-2 tbsp
• Tandoori color [optional]

Preparation

• Wash and clean the chicken pieces carefully.Make diagonal slits all over with a knife.Rub with lemon and mixture of salt,1/4 turmeric powder,red chilli powder and.Leave it for about 2 hours in the Fridge.
• Prepare paste of garlic and ginger.
•  Strain curd.
• Mix dry garam masala powder,turmeric powder,red chilli powder,Kashmiri red chilli powder,coriander powder,corn flour and 1 spoon refined oil in the strained curd.
• Mix well. Dip all the pieces into paste,marinate again by leaving it into fridge for another 3-4 hours,

 

 

 

 Method 

• Place the marinated chicken pieces on the grilling rack but out of microwave.Leave it for about 15 minutes so that excess marinade may be drained out.
  
  
• Brush with a little oil,put into microwave,adjust on cook mode and cook on the grilling rack on  100% power for 20-30minutes till tender.Turn the pieces over half way through cooking time.
• Now adjust microwave to grill mode.
• Grill for 15-20 minutes repositioning the pieces frequently.Brush again with a little oil 2-3 times for even cooking on all the sides to get tender and juicy roasted chicken.

Roasted chicken is ready.
Serve hot.

[Note: In case you use OTG,then preheat to 350 degree centigrade.Place chicken pieces on grill rack in OTG.Now set at grill mode.Cook at 220 deg.cent. for 20-30 minutes.Keep on repositioning the pieces.]

 

Creamy Chicken Soup

     Among the soups,the chicken soup very popular among people of all age group.It is a low calorie,evergreen and yummy food.It is a rich source of calcium,hence nutritious too.A modified version is Creamy Chicken Soup!

Ingredients:

For Stock-

• Chicken 500 gm
•  [Avoid frozen chicken which gives lesser flavour.Also dark meat of chicken,i.e,thigh,leg etc provide strong flavour..]
• Onion  1 big
• Ginger  1 small
• Water  8 cup
• Bay leaves 2
• Green cardamom 4 pieces
• Cloves  4
• Mace [javitri ]  1 leave
• Salt  1/2 tsp

For Soup- 

• Stock  6 cups
  
• Butter  3 tsp
• Milk  1 cup
• Cream  1/4 cup
• Cheese  1/2 cup grated



Grated Cheese

• Corn flour or fine wheat flour [maida]  5 tsp
• Black pepper  1/4 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Green coriander leaves  a few leaves.

Peeling off chicken

Shredded Chicken

Method:

For Stock-

• Put all the ingredients in a pressure cooker and cook,with cover on,for about 10 minutes.Take out breast pieces and cook again with out cover,the remaining part till the solution becomes slightly thick.Strain the solution.The stock is ready.
• Peel off meat of the breast pieces and keep separately.
  The filtered chicken pieces can be  used for masala chicken,kali mirch chicken,curry chicken curry etc.

For Soup-  

• Heat the butter in a deep pan.
• Add corn flour and fry for 2-3 seconds but the flour should not be brown.
• Add the stock gradually and stirring at the same time so that granules are not formed and mixture is smooth.Cook till a little thick.Keep stirring.
• Add breast chicken meat pieces,milk,salt and pepper.Bring to one boil.Close the flame.The soup is ready.
• Put in serving bowls,pour 1 tsp cream,1 tsp of cheese and chopped coriander leaves in each bowl. 

Serve hot with or without soup sticks.