Saturday 23 November 2013

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.

2 comments:

  1. Dude!! Is there an alternative for chicken?? Coz I want to try this out...

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  2. Ya man.. There is an alternative. Take some cabbage,cauliflower,carrots and baby corn and cut them into small pieces then mix them with some cornflour and salt and fry till they are brown. Then follow stage 2 and 3

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