SPICY CHICKEN TORTILLAS

One of the definitive elements of Latin American cuisine is the tortilla, a simple round flat bread made with treated corn flour or white flour.

The mainstay of the Mexican diet was, and still is, the tortilla, made from corn or wheat flour. The dough is formed into little round balls and then patted out by hand into thin round cakes or wrapped in a corn husk, the tamale, to then fill and eat. Tortillas are commonly used as eating utensils, as a plate as in a tostada, and much more. Tostada is a Spanish word translating to "toasted "in English.

Yesterday we brought wheat tortillas. I made a wonderful chicken dish for them. The chicken filling for these easy-to-prepare tortillas has a mild,mellow spicy heat makes a perfect appetizers.I found this recipe from my chicken recipes book.But I changed it little bit and made more testy.....yummy!

Ingredients:-

1. 1 tb oil

2. 4 skinless,boneless chicken thighs,long sliced

3. 2 garlic cloves,chopped

4. 1 medium onion,chopped

5. 1 tsp cumin seed powder

6. 2 tb chili flakes

7. 1 tsp red chili powder(depends your test)

8. 1 large tomato chopped

9.1/2 cup chicken stock

10. 1 tsp sugar(optional)

11.salt and pepper

12. Cilantro(coriander) leaves for garnish

13.1/2 cup thick yogurt to serve

Procedure:-

1. Heat the oil in a large skillet or wok , add the chicken and fry for 3 min. Add the chopped onion.

2. Fry for 5 min., stirring until browned.Add red chili powder.

3. Add garlic,cumin,and chili flakes and cook for about 1 min.Add the tomatoes, stock, sugar,and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil.

4. Cover and simmer for 15 min.

5. Remove the lid and cook for 5 min.,stirring occasionally until the sauce has thickened.

Warm the tortillas according to the directions on the pack.Put two tortillas on each serving plate,fill with the chicken mixture and serve hot along with yogurt.Garnish with cilantro or salad.

ENJOY :)

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DAL SPINACH (PALAK)

spinach is very popular green leafy vegetable. Whenever I see spinach I always remembered Popoye ....funny cartoon.I loved to watched that.:)

Before marriage I did not like spinach to eat. But now a days when I understood how it helps to health, I started eating and preparing different types of dishes from it.

Lot's of are prepared with spinach such as palak paneer(Palak is Indian name for spinach), palak tikki, palak paratha etc . Dal palak is a very popular recipe. But it can be made in different ways and I too...:)


Ingredients:-

1. 1/2 cup moong dal

2. 1 small tomato chopped

3. 1 bunch palak(spinach) chopped

4. 1 medium sized onion chopped

5. 2 green chili cut into strip

6. 1 tb ginger garlic paste.

7. 1/2 tsp turmeric

8. 1 tsp red chili powder

9. pinch of hing

10. 1 tsp. tamarind

11. 1tb oil or ghee

12. 1tsp jeera(cumin seed)

13. 2 tb peanut(shengdana)

14. salt to test,water


Procedure:-

1. Wash moong dal and add tomato and turmeric powder.Boil it into cooker.Smash the dal very well.


2. Heat ghee in a sauce pan over medium heat.Add jeera and saute for a min.Then add onion and green chili.Stir 1,2 min. Add ginger-garlic paste.If you want you can add chopped garlic too.

3. Then add Palak and stir 2,3 min.Add red chili powder,turmeric,jeera powder and peanut.Fry 2,3 min.

4. Then add moong dal ,tamarind and salt.Bring it to boil.

5. Serve hot with plain rice, jeera rice, or roti.

ENJOY :)

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CHICKEN STOCK

I was thinking to prepare different type of chicken recipe. So started search of recipes. While going through chicken recipes book I have realised that most of the recipes needs chicken stock. But during that time I was not having chicken stock .

Hmmm..... But had a chicken drumsticks. So thought to make chicken stock at home. It's very simple. You can store it into refrigerator for long days & prepare chicken soup when needed.
Chicken soup does contain a lot of vitamins and minerals which are good for health.


Ingrediants :-

1. chicken bones(use drumsticks take 6,7)


2. 5 cup water

Procedure:-

1. Remove all meat and take only bones.Take water into a sauce pan and add all bones in it. heat pan over medium-high heat.Bring to boil.


2.Boil until water reduced by one cup.




3. You will get 1 cup chicken stock.

4. Use it when you need. Store it into refrigerator for a long days.

ENJOY :)


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PALAK CARROT MINT TIKKI

Palak (spinach) is the best for health and mint (pudina) is best for beauty.And also carrot are an excellent source of antioxidant compounds.So I combined three ingredients along with potato and made delicious tikki.
Actually my husband like to eat something snack after he came home from office.That's why I was thinking what can I do for him. I saw Spinach and mint in my refrigerator .Then I had an idea to make palak mint tikki.This is my own idea, so I was little bit scared that how it comes....
But when it did we ate all tikki's....:).......Lajawaab!
We liked it and my both kids too. Most interesting thing was that we ate tikki with salsa instead of sauce...Yummy!

Ingredients:-

1.1/2 bunch Palak(spinach)

2. 1 large carrots or 3,4 small carrots

3. 1/2 bunch Pudina(mint) chopped

4. 1 medium size potato

5. 1 tb ginger garlic paste

6. 1 tb chat masala

7. 1 ts. red chili powder (depends on your test)

8. salt to test

9. 2 tb semolina (rava,sujji)

10. 2 tsp rice flour (tandalache pith)

11. 4,5 springs cilantro(coriander leaves)chopped

12. oil for shallow fry

Procedure :-

1. Boil and peel potato and smash it.Wash palak and chopp it.Wash and grated carrot. Mix all ingredients except rava and rice flour.

2. Make small size balls and slightly press it on hands. Makes 13,14 tikki.(depends on size)

3. Combin rava and rice flour.Dip one by one all tikki's in it.Be remember all tikki's coated well. Meanwhile heat the pan over medium heat.

4. Spread oil over frying pan and arrange all tikki's over it.And add little bit oil over all tikki's.



5. After 10,12 min. when it change to golden colour turn into another side. Cooked until it turns golden.

6. Serve hot with sauce .I liked with salsa.

ENJOY :)

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