so I followed my heart what about you

Few days back while cooking for my friend I was intrigued by this thought in my mind Just because she is not Indian should I alter the ingredients in my recipe to suit her palate or I should cook the way I cook for us everyday . No I didn't wanted her to say that the food is perfect I wanted to show her how we eat everyday what's our normal cooking is so perturbed by these thoughts I continued cooking , what about you guys you alter the recipe to suit the palate for your guests or you cook the same way you cook everyday please share your views ..

Sharing with you all recipe of Tandoori chicken which I prepared  for my friend 

Recipe Name - Tandoori Chicken 

Recipe source kitchen experiment

Ingredient 

Chicken drumsticks four 

Curd one cup 

Ginger garlic paste one tbsp. 

Salt as per taste 

Coriander powder one tsp

Turmeric powder one tsp 

Red chili powder one fourth tsp garam masala powder one tsp 

Juice of half lemon 

Preparation

Make deep slits in the chicken and keep aside 

In a mixing bowl whisk all the ingredient together mentioned above except oil add the prepared chicken pieces and coat the chicken pieces nicely with the marinade . Keep it overnight in fridge or for few hours if to be cooked the same day .

 

Preparation in the oven

Line the baking tray with aluminum foil 

Preheat the oven to 180 degree centigrade 

Keep the prepared chicken pieces on the tray with some space in between and brush them with oil or butter 

Bake it in oven till it's brown and  done from both sides . If needed brush them with oil again midway . 

Serve warm with salads and dip 

We had with Chola ,Paratha ,Kachumber and plain rice .

Recipe of Chana Masala/Chola blogged here
Recipe of Paratha blogged here
Recipe of Kachumber blogged here
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weekend cooking - Chola Chawal

 Chola Chawal  is one of the many other street food  sold on the handcart  on the roadside in Delhi, priced at a nominal  rate of Rs 20 per plate many people can be seen standing and eating on the roadside,i dont know any famous chola chawal stall which i can recommend but i guess for people staying in Delhi they must be having their own favourite stall :-)
,this weekend i thought of preparing the same for lunch ,
recipe is  inspired from Nita Mehtas book paired the curry  with plain rice ,onion and pickle.

Recipe name Chana Masala
Recipe source Nita Mehta Cookbook
preparation time half hour
cooking time half hour
Preparation
Ingredeint for boiling chickpea
overnight soaked and drained Chickpeas 350gm
salt one tsp
soda bi carb one tsp
tea bags two
black cardamom five
cinnamon two pieces
procedure
Presure cook chickpeas with the above ingredient
once done ,drain and reseve the liquid
remove the teabags,
and the keep the chickpeas aside.
Ingredient for the curry
onion four chopped finely
tomato three chopped finely
ginger half inch chopped finely
dried red chili four
pomegranate seeds one tbsp powdered
oil to cook
red chili powder one and a half tsp
coriander powder one tsp
garam masala one tbsp
Procedure
heat oil in non stick wok ,add onions
keep frying till the onions turn brown
add pomegranate seeds and keep stirring
followed by dried red chili,tomato and ginger
add salt and the powdered masala
keep stirring till oil is seen along the sides
add drained chickpea and mix everything together
add the reserved liquid and let it simmer for five minutes
serve warm with rice,onion and lashoda pickle.
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Chana Masala - spiced chickpeas

Hubby never gets chance to cook these days,but yesterday he had to because i am down with flu and cold.He prepared this simple Chickpea curry which we had with plain rice.As i had already boiled the soaked chickpeas he stir fried them with onion and tomato and dash of spices.Intead of tomato paste he added tomato this time ,and just one onion.

have updated my other blog ,do  check ;-)
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