Jaggery and chicken?

This was one dish which my family was skeptical about. The reason??? Well I used jaggery . My family has never used jaggery in savory dishes, it was just for sweets so it was wierd for them when i decided to use jaggery.My sister was the most skeptical about it. She was like there is no way I am eating that junk but when it was done and she tasted it she finished her share and was asking for a second helping. Mom was impressed too coz I am an amateur cook. Iwant to share this recipe so here it goes. I do not believe in quantifying ingredients because taste is subjective and cooking comes from the heart. There are 3 stages in this recipe:

Stage 1: Frying the chicken

Ingredients:
chicken(how much ever you want)
cornflour
salt
water
oil

Procedure:
1. Mix the cornflour and water in a bowl and make a batter out of it.
2.Put the chicken into the bowl containing the batter and add some salt.
3.Mix it well.
4. Heat some oil and gently put the chicken in.
5. Fry till it is golden brown.

  Stage 2: Awesome red chilly paste

Ingredients:
Some dried red chillies
Garlic.
water

Procedure:
1.Soak the chillies for 20 minutes in water so that they soften.
2.Put the chillies in a blender
3.Put in garlic. Here i will give you an estimate of the chilly and garlic ratio. for 8-10 chillies use half a garlic. You can alter the ratio based on how garlicy you want it to be.
4.Put in a little water.
5.Run the blender till a fine paste is form
Note: You can control the spicy by diluting the paste.

  Stage 3: Where it all comes together

Ingredients:
Red chilly paste
fried chicken
chopped onion
oil
salt
JAGGERY!!!

Procedure:

1.Heat the oil for a minute
2.Put the chopped onions in and cook till it is slightly brown
3.Add the red chilly paste
4.Jaggery comes in a block. Add some water to it and make it into a liquid and pour it in.
5.Adjust the red chilly paste and jaggery accordingly to get the sweetness and spice you desire.
6.Mix it all well.
7. Put the chicken in and continue mixing.
Voila!!! Jaggery chicken is ready.

Note: I just want to warn everyone that the red chilly paste is extremely spicy. Please be careful when you use it.

Pigging out on some pork

I have just shifted to Delhi which has turned out to be an amazing city. There is food everywhere. I take a stroll on the road and every few minutes I see someone selling something mouth watering. Gaurav( a friend of mine) and I were having this strong craving for pork and the two of us are crazy about north-east Indian and Tibetan cuisine. We went to a place called Dilli Haat where for the first time I saw all the cultures of India assemble at one point. There was food from all over the country. Very quickly we located a Manipuri food stall and placed our order.

Pork Thukpa

 First it was the pork thukpa.For those of you who do not know what a thukpa is, it is a noodle soup with lots of veggies and meat. After the first bite I looked at Gaurav and the two of us were smiling like we had just struck gold. Very quickly we gobbled our food down displaying minimal table manners. Well, sometimes you get carried away.. What to do???.

Pork Momos

Chilly Pork

The next course was some pork momos. Momo is another word for dumpling. The momos here were huge. Usually the ones I eat are half the size of what we got. It is accompanied by this spicy garlic red chilli sauce which compliments the momo perfectly. When it comes to eating its almost impossible for me to take small bites so I just stuff my mouth with an entire momo. Sometimes it is a little painful because it is fiery hot,ended up burning the roof of my mouth a couple of times but when all those flavors burst out in your mouth it is totally worth it. This course was quite heavy and by the end of it we were pretty full.

But, we still had a third course. The awesome chilly pork and being food lovers, Gaurav and I could not let it go to waste. With our heads held high and forks in our hands we dug in. Suddenly, our stomachs were able to accommodate more food. The chilly pork was spicy, I guess you have already found that out from the name but it had strong flavors. It was so delicious that once it was done I wanted to lick the plate clean. I had to refrain from doing that because people were already staring at us because of the pace at which we were eating. Anyway, once it was done my belly had swollen up by a couple of inches but I did not care. I just ate a beautiful meal.

This was one experience i am never going to forget. It was pork overdose and I loved it.