Friday, January 25, 2013

Posto Chicken

CHICKEN WITH POPPY SEEDS

Ingredients

Chicken-8 medium size pieces.(bone-less.)
Posto-4 Tbsp -Posto paste.
Curd-Thick curd -half cup.
Kaju-paste--2 Tbsp
Tomato-4 Tbsp paste
Onion-3 cup--finely chopped
Garlic-1 Tbsp-paste
Ginger-2 tsp-paste
Green chilly-2 Tbsp-paste.
Garam masala-2 tsp.
Pepper-Powder-4 tsp
White-Oil--6 Tbsp.
Green ,Red,Yellow,Capsicum-3 cups ( thinly sliced length wise.)For decoration.
Salt--According to your taste.
sugar-2 tsp.
Water- Half cup.

Method:

Wash the chicken. Rub the chicken pieces-with 4 tsp oil and little salt.Marinate-this chicken with curd.for 1 hour.
After 1 hour,in a pressure cooker -fry the chicken in the white oil.--light golden colour. Keep aside in a bowl.
.In that same oil,fry the onion,garlic,ginger,tomato.till,the oil surfaces. 
Add the fried chicken to the mixture.Add the Kaju-paste, Posto paste, green chilly paste, salt ,sugar pepper powder and half cup water.
Stir thoroughly.Pressure cook for 3 minutes on slow fire.Remove from fire ,and cool the pressure cooker--and check if the chicken pieces are cooked.Add the garam masala.
In a separate pan ,fry the capsicum strips.add little salt,and pepper.
Serve the Chicken Posto in a serving bowl.Decorate with the coloured fried Capsicum-strips.

Friday, January 18, 2013

SIMPLE FRUIT BREAD PUDDING


SIMPLE FRUIT BREAD PUDDING.
   INGREDIENTS:
Eggs--3 nos.
Milk-2 measurement cups.
Dry -fruits-!/2 cup
Fresh-Fruits-Apples,few grapes,and Pine-apples-few pieces.(All chopped-in small cubes.)-All fruits together-1 cup
Bread-Slices.Cut into pieces--2 cups.
Sugar-1/2 cup
For Decoration:--1/2 cup chopped ripe cherries.
METHOD:
Beat the eggs thoroughly.Add the milk and sugar,beat again.Add,the bread pieces,fresh-fruits,dry fruits, Stir..
In a Baking pan,brown 3 tsp-spoon of sugar.Pour the Pudding Mixture-in the baking pan.Put in the oven-at 180 degree- C.Bake for 15 minutes.Take out the hot pudding-decorate it with the chopped Cherries.