Ingredients:
- 1 - large chicken
- 1 cup - grated cheese
- 120 g - ham (chopped)
- 120 g - bacon (chopped)
- 1 cup - sausage meat
- 4 - eggs
- 1 ltr - milk
- 2 tbsp - mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp - tomato sauce
- 1 - onion (sliced and fried)
- 1 1/2 cups - green peas (cooked)
- 2 tbsp - cream
- 2 tbsp - ghee
- 2 tbsp - butter
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Heat the ghee and roast the chicken in it with a little water and salt.
- When the meat is brown and tender remove the bones.
- Shred the meat and mix along with the bacon, ham and sausage meat. Boil the meat till it thickens.
- Grease a pie dish with butter. Beat the eggs until stiff and blend into the milk adding the cheese.
- Stir in the chicken mixture and all the other ingredients.
- Pour into the pie dish and bake in a moderate oven (177oC) till brown on top.
Ingredients:
- 500 g - chicken
- 15 - carrots, nicely sliced
- 5 - tomatoes
- 2 - eggs
- capsicums
- king chillies
- onions
- 3 - cheese cubes
- olive oil
- chicken masala
- mint leaves and green chillies
Method
- First heat the Olive oil in the frying pan.
- Add the chicken and then the hot water and chicken masala and let it to fry for 1.5 hours and stir it.
- On the second pan, make the paste called Diatryma.
- First add the carrots and then the boiled eggs and make a paste out of it and then add the chillies and the cheese and the capsicums and make a paste out of it.
- Make the cheese spicy by adding chilli powder in it before mixing it.
- Add those two pastes and add the overall paste in the chicken.
- Add the onions and fry for 30 mins and then serve it with mint.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg - chicken
- 1&1/2 kg - basmati rice
- Whole garam masala (cloves, shahjeera, cinnamon & cardamom pods)
- 1 large tbsp - garam masala powder
- 3 tbsp - khus khus
- 5-6 - large green chillies
- 1 bunch - mint leaves
- 1 bunch - coriander leaves
- 2 tsp - red chilli powder
- 3 tbsp - ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp - turmeric powder
- 500g - yoghurt/curds
- Salt according to taste
- 3 - large onions sliced round and deep fried until dark brown
- Juice of three limes
- Oil for cooking
For dalcha:
- A cup of toor with a little channa added to it boil and keep aside
- 1 - medium onion
- 3-4 - tomatoes
- A walnut sized tamarind soaked and pulp strained keep aside
- 3-4 - green chillies
- Coriander leaves
- 8-9 - curry leaves
- 1 tsp - coriander powder
- 1 tsp - garam masala powder
- Salt to taste
- 1&1/2 tsp - red chilli powder
- Bottle gourd optional
- 1/4 tsp - mustard and jeera seeds
- Oil for cooking
Method
- Wash chicken and marinate with finely chopped mint and coriander leaves along with curd, salt, garam masala powder, red chilli powder , browned onions, lime juice & turmeric powder.
- Make a paste of the khus khus and green chillies and mix into the marinade.
- Leave to marinate for 1&1/2 hrs
- After 1&1/2 hrs, pour oil in either a pressure cooker or a large pan; add chicken and keep aside.
- Soak rice for an hour.
- Boil water in a deep bottom vessel, add oil, salt and the whole garam masala and bring to a boil.
- Then add soaked rice and cook till half done.
- Strain and immediately transfer the rice into the pan with the chicken mixture (or else the rice will break).
- Cover and cook on low flame until chicken is tender.
- Serve with rice or dalcha.
For dalcha:
- Pour oil in a pan, add mustard seeds.
- When they splutter, add jeera and onions and fry for some time.
- Add curry leaves, coriander leaves, salt and red chilli powder.
- Add chopped tomatoes and cook until soft (if you want to add bottle gourd pieces then cook in a pressure cooker up to 1 whistle).
- Mix the boiled dal and tamarind pulp and add to the pan.
- Bring to a boil and lastly add corinader and garam masala powder.
- Serve with briyani, tastes delicious.