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Chicken Hakka Noodles

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Find some left-over chicken curry that you don’t want to throw away? Shred the chicken and use it in this Chinese-ish dish with Indian flavors.

Ingredients:
Serves: 3

Chinese Noodles – 2 cups
Oil – 4 tbsp
Chopped Onions – 1 cup
Ginger-Garlic paste – 1 tsp
Carrot – 1 (grated)
Broccoli –  a handful
Capsicum –  1 (thinly sliced)
Spring Onion – 1 (chopped)
Shredded Chicken – 1 cup
Soy Sauce – 0.5 cup
Pepper – 1 tbsp

Step 1: Cook the noodles as per packet instructions. Once done, leave it to strain and make sure you pour some cold water over it to avoid further cooking.

Step 2: Add some oil in a wok, and let it heat up. Once its really hot, drop in the onions, and saute until translucent. Stir in the ginger-garlic paste.

Step 3: In a bowl, take a handful of washed broccoli and microwave for 30 seconds. This is a quick way to get the steamed effect. Add the broccoli, carrots & capsicum and cook until they soften.

Step 4: Now its time to add in the spring onions, the shredded chicken, cooked noodles and the soy sauce. You could sprinkle some pepper powder if you like it spicy. Mix well.

Grab a fork, and enjoy while hot.

 Note:

  • You could add your own choice of veggies.
  • Add more chicken or more veggies. Its totally up to you.
  • Chinese noodles may also be substituted with spaghetti.
1-hour Chicken Biriyani
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1-hour Chicken Biriyani

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Got an hour to spare? Why not make some Chicken Biriyani? 

Whenever I think of making some biriyani, I go like … “Noooo! That’s going to take so much time.”, and I just drop the plan. But this time, I thought of something that could make it seem easier and make me feel like I didn’t have to do much work.  I prepared the rice a day ahead.

I woke up this morning, and the thought of making biriyani for lunch didn’t feel like a lot of work, at least in my head.

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice – 2 cups
Chicken – 1 kg
Oil – 4 tbsp + 1 tbsp
Chopped Onions – 2 cups + 0.5 cup
Green chillies – 3
Ginger-Garlic Paste – 1 heaped tsp
Tomatoes – 2
Yoghurt – 1 cup
Chopped Mint & Coriander leaves – 1 cup
‘Eastern’ Biriyani Masala – 1/4 cup
‘Eastern’ Chicken Masala – 1/4 cup
Salt to taste

Step 1: In a pan, add 4 tbsp of oil and heat. Add the onions (2 cups) and saute until translucent.

Step 2: Now add the chopped green chillies and the ginger-garlic paste. After a minute or two, stir in the tomatoes. Cover with a lid and let them cook.

Step 3: Once the tomatoes are done, toss in the chicken along with the biriyani masala, chicken masala, yoghurt, and the mint-and-coriander leaves. Give it a good stir, and leave the chicken to cook in this masala for 15 minutes, or until done.

For the Raita:
Ingredients:

Chopped Onions – 0.5 cup
Cucumbers – 2
Green chillies – 3
Yoghurt – 1 cup
Salt to taste

Grab a bowl, and mix all the ingredients together.

In a serving tray, layer the rice and chicken.

While layering, you could choose to sprinkle some yellow food coloring powder that has been diluted in milk, or some rose water.

To 1 tbsp oil, add 0.5 cup chopped onions and saute on low flame in a separate pan, until golden brown.This can be spread out on top.

Serve with Raita, and a pickle of your choice.

Rice & Pasta Recipes

Spicy Sausage Pasta

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(This was my first ever blog post. I’ve just updated the picture & included a video as well. Enjoy! 🙂 )

Pasta being a staple food of the traditional Italian cuisine, does not make it any less desired in any of the other countries. In fact, pasta is something that is enjoyed in all shapes and sizes, by people of all age groups, worldwide.

My all time favorite is the Spicy Sausage Pasta. This Italian dish seems like it has been created with the Indian taste-buds in mind. Since this is the first meal I learned to cook, I decided to make my first blog post all about it. 

Ingredients:
Serves: 2 

Pasta – 1 cup
Olive Oil –  4 tbsp
Onion – 1 (chopped)
Sausages – 4 (chopped)
Tomato Paste – 10 tbsp (135 gm)
Garlic paste – 1 tsp
Chilli powder – 3 tsp
Salt – according to taste
Mint & Coriander leaves – 1-2 handful (finely chopped)

Step 1: Boil the pasta as per packet instructions. Remove from flame once cooked, and strain immediately. Pour some cold water over this pasta while straining, to prevent over-cooking.

Step 2: In a non-stick pan, heat some oil. After a  minute or so, add the onions and saute it until translucent.

Step 3: Add-in the tomato paste, garlic paste, and chilli powder. Add salt according to taste. Leave it all to cook for 2 minutes

Step 4: Add chopped sausages into the pan and let it cook until done.

Step 5: Toss in the cooked pasta, and mix it up. Turn off the flame. Top with some mint leaves, and serve hot.