Chicken Shashlik

Ingredients

500 g boneless chicken breast 

2 capsicum
2 medium onions
2 medium tomatoes
1\4 cups lemon juice
1\2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tbsp. Soya sauce
1 tbsp. hot sauce
oil 4 to 6 tbsp

Ingredients for Sauce:

Chicken stock 1 cup
Chili garlic sauce 4 to 5 tbsp
Tomato ketchup 4 tbsp
Pinch of Orange food color
Garlic 2 tbsp (chopped)
Onions 1 (chopped)
Corn flour 1 tbsp
Oil 2 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method for Sauce:

Heat oil in a pan and fry the chopped onions for 1-2 minutes.
Add the chopped garlic and sauté for another minute.
Now add the salt, chicken stock and chili garlic sauce and cook until the mixture boils.
Mix the corn flour in water and stir the mixture into the stock and cook till it thickens.

Method:

Cut chicken into 1 inch pieces. Place in a bowl with the lemon juice, salt ,black pepper Soya sauce and hot sauce. Mix well,cover and leave to marinate for 2-3 hour.
Cut the onion, capsicum, and tomatoes into small cubes.
Thread, chicken and vegetables closely on bamboo skewers.
Heat oil in a  non-stick frying pan or grill pan Fry skewers for 8-10 minutes or until chicken begin to change its color and the vegetables are soft. Remove from oil and put it on absorbent paper. Alternatively, grill the chicken over hot charcoal.
Serve with plain rice/ Garlic Rice/Egg fried Rice and sauce

Fish Biryani

Ingredients

Fish 750 gm slices
Small fenugreek leaves 4 bunches
Tomatoes 3 sliced
Brown onion ½ cup
Salt 1 ½ tsp
Ginger garlic 1 tbsp
Chili garlic 1 tbsp
Turmeric ½ tsp
Coriander powder 1 ½ tsp
Cumin powder 1 ½ tsp
Allspice 1 tsp
Yogurt 1 cup
Potatoes 250 gm cut in big pieces
Rice 350 gm with salt
Kewra water 1 tbsp
Yellow color ¼ tsp
Oil ¾ cup
Coriander leaves 2 tbsp
Green chilies 4

Method

Heat oil add small fenugreek leaves, tomatoes, brown onion, all the seasonings with ¼ cup water and fry well, add potatoes with ½ cup water, cover and cook till half done, add yogurt fry well, add fish, cook for 10 minutes till fish done, remove fish add chopped coriander and green chilies. In another pan put half boiled rice, ¼ cup water, ¼ cup oil in a pan, top with fish masala and potato mixture, remaining rice, Kewra water and yellow color, leave it on dum with fish slices on top.

Fish Biryani

KABSA RICE

Ingredients
1/3 CUP OIL
2 CUPS ONIONS
1/2 TSP GRATED GINGER
600 Grams CHICKEN
1 TBSP SALT
1/2TBSP ORANGE ZEST
1/2TBSP BLACK PEPPER
1/2TBSP FINELY GRINDED CARDAMON
1 PIEACE DRIED LEMON
1/2 TSP CINNAMON POWDER
1/4TSP CLOVES POWDER
1TBSP TOMATO PASTE
2 CUPS TOMATO (FINELY CHOPPED)
KABSA TOPPING (Optional)
1/3CUP ALMONDS(BOILED, CLEANED, CUT IN HALF)
1/3CUP RAISINS (ROASTED LIGHT BROWN)
KABSA MAIN DISH
1 1/2CUP LONG GRAIN RICE (SOAKED WATER 45MIN)
2CUPS SHREDDED CARROTS (Optional)
Method
1) ON MEDIUM HIGH HEAT ADD THE 1/3 CUP OIL, 2 CUPS ONIONS, AND 1/2 TSP GRATED GINGER. COOK TILL BROWN.
2) ADD THE 600G CHIKEN, AND COOK TILL BROWN.
3) ADD THE REMIANING SPICES FOR KABSA INGREDIENTS (1 TBSP SALT, 1/2TBSP ORANGE ZEST, 1/2TBSP BLACK PEPPER, 1/2TBSP FINELY GRINDED CARDAMON, 1 PIEACE DRIED LEMON, 1/2 TSP CINAMON POWDER , 1/4TSP CLOVES POWDER, 1TBSP TOMATOE PASTE, 2 CUPS TOMATOE (FINELY CHOPPED)
4) ONCE YOU SEE THE OIL TO RISE ON TOP, POWR 1 LITER OF WATER AND COOK CHIKEN FOR 25MINUTES COVERED ON MEDIUM HIGH HEAT.
For topping
1) ON A SEPARATE PAN ON MEDIUM HIGH HEAT ADD A BIT OF OIL AND ALMONDS, ONCE BROWN PUT IT ON TISSUE PAPER.
2) THEN, TAKE THE RAISINS AND BROWN THEM, BE CAREFUL THEY BROWN QUICKLY. ONCE BROWN, PUT IT ON TISSUE PAPER.
KABSA MAIN DISH
1) ONCE CHIKEN COOKED FOR 25MIN, REMOVE AND ADD IT TO BAKING PAN AND BROIL IN HOT OVER FROM 5-10MIN.
2) TO THE POT, ADD 1 1/2CUP OF LONG GRAIN RICE AND 2CUPS SHREDDED CARROTS. COVER WITH CLEAN TOWEL TO ABSORB EXTRA MOISTURE AND TO KEEP THE RICE STIFF AND PUT THE COVER ON TOP. COOK FOR 25MIN ON MEDIUM HEAT.
SERVING
1) SERVE RICE FIRST, THEN CHIKEN ON TOP, AND THEN SPRINKLE ROASTED ALMONDS AND RASINS ON TOP.

Kabsa Rice