Ginger Chicken And Awards

Ingredients:
Chicken : 250 gm boneless, chopped into small pieces.
Light Soy Sauce : 1 1/2 t spoon
Vinegar : 1 t spoon
Corn Flour : 1 t spoon
Cooking Oil : 1 1/2 table spoon
Onion : 1 medium
Green Chilly : 2 nos
Coriander Leaves : 4 sprigs (Cut off the stem portion)
Curry Leaves : 1 sprig
Ginger Garlic Paste : 1 t spoon
Ginger : 1 1/2 inch (Finely sliced length wise (3/4 inch))
Black Pepper Powder : 1 t spoon
Salt : To taste

Preparation:

1. Marinate the chopped chicken pieces with vinegar, soy sauce, corn flour and a little salt and keep it for 20 minutes.
2. Grind chopped onions, coriander leaves, curry leaves and green chillies and make a paste and keep it aside.
3. Heat a pan with oil and shallow fry both sides of the marinated chicken pieces till it becomes firm and dry.
4. Add the ginger garlic paste and mix it.
5. Add the chopped ginger and stir well.
6. Add the grinded paste and mix well and heat for around 8 minutes. Stir occasionally.
7. Sprinkle salt if required.
8. Sprinkle the black pepper powder and mix well.

Delicious ginger chicken is ready to serve for 2 person. You can garnish it with coriander leaves.
Courtesy: Sanjay Thumma

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Egg Masala (Mutta Masala)

My very first attempt at cooking was with eggs. "Omlette" ," Bulls eye or Sun, Egg curry".It was my dad who taught me "Cooking with eggs". Thanks to my dad. Those times I used to tell my friends U know my dad cooks well. But luckily they never asked me what all does your dad cook? Now if i ask my dad Can you cook sambar? He will deifintely smile. Later I realized Eggs are Men's Favorite since my hubby also started the same with eggs.Very easy recipe for Bachelor's & Beginners to cook.

Ingredients:
Eggs (Mutta) - 4 no.s (Boil and keep it aside.)
Onions - 2 small (Chopped finely)
Tomato - 1 1/2 (Chopped Finely)
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Garlic - 3 cloves
Green Chilly - 2 no.s (Split into half)
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 t spoon
Chilly Powder - 1 t spoon
Chicken Masala Powder - 1 t spoon
Salt - to taste
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
Coriander Leaves - few chopped
Cooking Oil - 1 1/2 table spoon

Preparation

1. Heat a pan & add cooking oil. Add chopped onions & green chillies. Saute it well till it turns tender.
2. Add ginger, garlic and saute well. Add salt to  taste, turmeric powder, chilly powder, chicken masala powder and mix well.
3. Add chopped tomatoes and stir till the tomatoes are soft.
4. Add a cup of water & cook over medium flame for about 5minutes.
5. Add the boiled eggs & spread the curry masalas over it. Add curry leaves & garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
6. Ready to serve. Simple & Good combination with chappathi.

Tips:
Remove the egg shell of the boiled eggs only once its cooled.
Instead of Chilly powder you can use black pepper powder.
Instead of eggs you can use boiled potatoes also & make it potato curry.

Njoy!!!!!!!!

Mushroom Pepper Masala

Ingredients:
White Beech Mushroom - 150 gm
Onion - 1 medium sliced lengthwise
Tomato - 1 medium sliced thin and lengthwise
Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1/2 t spoon
Green Chilly - 1 (slice it lengthwise)
Cooking Oil - 1 1/2 table spoon
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 t spoon
Red Chilly Powder - 1/2 t spoon
Black Pepper Powder - 1 1/2 t spoon (Coarsely powdered)
Coriander Leaves - 1 sprig (Chopped small)
Water - 1/2 cup
Salt - To taste

Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a sauce pan
2. Saute onion till golden brown
3. Add tomato, green chilly, curry leaves and ginger garlic paste and mix well for around 15-30 seconds
4. Add turmeric, black pepper and red chilly powder and mix well.
5. Add mushroom, salt and water, mix well, close the lid and heat in low flame till mushroom is cooked.
6. Your tasty mushroom pepper masala is ready.

Chicken Masala

Ingredients:
Chicken - 1 Kg (Sliced in medium pieces)
Onion - 3 medium (Sliced length wise)
Tomato - 3 medium (Sliced length wise)
Green chilly - 3 (Split lengthwise)
Ginger - 1 small (2" in length)(Sliced thin and long)
Garlic - 5 cloves (Sliced length wise)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspoon
Chilly powder - 1 1/2 table spoon for medium spicy. (If you want more spicy take more)
Coriander powder - 1 table spoon
Pepper powder - 1 table spoon
Chicken masala - 1/2 table spoon
Lime juice - 1 small lime
Cooking oil - 4 table spoon
Curry leaves - 2 strips
Fennel seeds -  1/2 tspoon

Clove - 5

Cardamom - 4
Cinnamon stick - 1 small (Split into pieces)

Marination:
Apply lime juice on the chopped chicken pieces & marinate with salt, turmeric, half the chilly powder, coriander powder & pepper powder specified above. Keep it aside for 20 to 30 mins.

Preparation:

1. Heat the cooking vessel and add the oil.
2. Once heated add the onions and cook it till it becomes tender.Add salt to taste.
3. Add the remaining chilly powder, coriander powder, pepper powder & chicken masala and stir well.
4. Add tomatoes, green chilly, ginger, garlic and fennel seeds and stir for around 20-30 secs.
5. Add the marinated chicken, close the lid and cook it over low flame. (There will be enough water coming from chicken and tomato. So don't add any water at all)
6. Check in between and stir to make sure that it doesn't stick to bottom.
7. Once chicken is cooked add curry leaves, clove, cardamom, cinnamon stick and close the lid for 2-3 minutes.
8. Now it is ready and transfer to a bowl and garnish with sliced carrots, sliced tomatoes and coriander leaves.

Potato Pepper Masala

Ingredients:
Potato - 2 medium size
Onion - 1 medium
Ghee - 1 1/2  table spoon
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 t spoon
Red chilly Powder - 1 t spoon (If you prefer)
Pepper Powder - 1 full t spoon
Salt - to taste
Water - 1 cup
Curry Leaves - 1 strip
Coriander leaves - 2 strips

Preparation:

1. Peel the potato outer layer.Clean the potatoes well..
2. Slice the potatoes into small pieces.Slice the onions too into fine pieces.
3. Take a bowl. Add sliced potatoes, turmeric,red chilly powder,salt to taste and mix it well.Keep it aside for 5 minutes.
4. Heat a kadai and add ghee.Add the sliced onions and saute it well until it turns golden brown.
5. Add the mixed potatoes and add pepper to it.Taste the salt and if needed,add accordingly.
6. Add 1 cup of water.
7. Cover the kadai . Wait for 5 minutes.
8. Open the cover and stir the potatoes well.Keep in medium flame.
9. Add curry leaves.
10. Ready to serve.
11. Garnish with coriander leaves..
12. A great combination with chapatis and rotis.