Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Chicken Lollipops


  • 50 pieces chicken wings 
  • 50 g garlic, peeled and finely chopped 
  • 30 g ginger, peeled and finely chopped 
  • 50 g fresh parsley leaves, finely chopped 
  • 50 g green chilies, finely chopped 
  • 50 g curry leaves, finely chopped 
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 
  • 1/4 cup cornflour salt 
  • 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring 
  • 1 egg 
  • oil, to deep fry 
  1. Break each chicken wing into two parts at the joint. 
  2. Take each part and pull back the meat from one end of the bone to the other carefully, making sure that you do not pull the meat completely out. 
  3. Put all the chicken lollipops in a bowl. 
  4. Add ginger and garlic to the chicken. 
  5. Mix well. 
  6. Add green chillies, parsley and curry leaves to the same. Mix well. 
  7. Add half a cup of all purpose flour and quarter cup of cornflour to the same. Mix well. 
  8. Break one egg into the bowl. 
  9. Add red food color and salt to taste. Mix well. 
  10. Keep aside for 1 hour to marinate. 
  11. After an hour is up, heat oil in a wok. 
  12. Deep fry the chicken lollipops in the hot oil by holding the tip of the bone and placing the meaty section of the lollipop in the oil. 
  13. Drain on clean kitchen paper napkins. 
Serve hot.

Mushroom Korma


  • Mushrooms - 1/2 Kg.
  • Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp.
  • Ginger Paste - 1 tsp.
  • Garlic Paste - 1tsp.
  • Poppy Seeds or khus khus - 3 tbsp.
  • Coriander Seeds - 1 tbsp.
  • Cloves - 3
  • Cinnamon - 3-4 sticks
  • Fennel (saunf) - 1 tsp.
  • Cardamom or Badi ilaichi - 2
  • Tumeric powder - 1/4 tsp.
  • Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp.
  • Onion - 1 big
  • Tomato - 2 big
  • Oil - 1/2 cup
  • Salt to taste
  1. Wash mushrooms thoroughly. Slice into halves and keep aside.
  2. Grind coriander, cumin, fennel, poppy seeds, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom into powder and keep aside.
  3. Blend ginger garlic onions and tomatos into a paste.
  4. Mix mushrooms with all of the above and red chili powder, tumeric and salt .
  5. Heat oli in a deep skillet on medium and add mushrooms. Stir for two minutes.
  6. Add about 2 cup water. Simmer the flame and let cook for 20 minutes.
  7. Enjoy Mushroom Korma with white rice or chapatiies/ parathas.