Salt and Spice

My family loves Thai food!  ‘Thai Red Chicken Curry’ with steamed rice is a favourite among them.  It is a delicious and nutritious curry…you will simply love it!
I am sending ‘Thai Red Chicken Curry’ to Shama for “Family’s Favourite Food Event”

Ingredients
Chicken – 1/2 kg cut into pieces
Thai red curry paste – 3 tbsp
Coconut milk – [...]

Ingredients
Chicken – 1 kg cut into small pieces
Onions – 2 sliced
Ginger – 2″ piece chopped
Garlic – 4 chopped
Green chillies – 4 slit
Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
Garam masala – 1 tsp
Pepper powder – 2 tsp
Vinegar – 2 tbsp
Water – 1 cup
Salt – to taste
Oil – 2 tbsp

Method
Heat oil in a pan and [...]

Ingredients
Chicken – 1 kg cut into pieces
Onions – 2 chopped
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp
Tomatoes – 2 chopped
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
Water – 1 cup
Salt – to taste
Oil – 2 tbsp
Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp chopped
For the Paste
Grated coconut – 1 cup
Dry red chillies – 6
Peppercorns – 1/2 tsp
Poppy seeds/ Khus [...]

Barbecue Chicken is something my kids love for dinner…!  It is a simple and delicious chicken dish which is also healthy because of the use of very little oil in the preparation!  Here I am posting my recipe for Barbecue Chicken.
Yummy Barbecue Chicken is off to Radhika for the “Food for 7 Stages of Life [...]

‘Kadai Chicken’ is a chicken curry which is cooked in a kadai/ skillet and also served in a kadai/skillet.  The chicken is cooked with all the other ingredients in a tomato based thick gravy and in their natural juices.  It tastes best when cooked in an iron kadai.  Delicious ‘Kadai Chicken’ can be served  with [...]

This is a very tasty South Indian style Chicken Curry and as the name indicates, the chicken pieces are marinated and fried before making the curry.  You can serve it with rice, parathas, appam, dosa, puttu or bread.
This is my entry for the event “The Potluck – Chicken” initiated by dear Vicky.

Ingredients
Chicken – 1 kg
Chilly [...]

‘Chicken 65′ is a South Indian delicacy.  It is a spicy, deep-fried chicken dish which can be served as a snack, starter or side dish with pulao, parathas and rice.   It is so easy to prepare and can be refrigerated and fried as and when required!
Ingredients
Chicken – 1 kg
Yogurt – 1 cup
Chilly powder – [...]

Ingredients
Chicken – 1/2 kg
Eggplant/Brinjal – 1
Sweet basil leaves – 6
Ginger – 2″ piece julienne
Bird’s eye chillies – 2 slit
Thai green curry paste – 3 tbsp
Kaffir lime leaves – 3 cut into strips
Coconut cream – 3 tbsp
Palm sugar – 1 tsp
Fish sauce – 1 tsp
Water – 1 cup
Salt – to taste
Oil – 1 tsp (optional)

Method
Place a [...]

Ingredients
Chicken – 1/2 kg
Coriander powder – 2 tsp
Chilly powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
Garam masala – 1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
Water – 1 cup
Onion – 1 sliced
Tomato – 1 sliced
Green chillies – 3 slit
Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
Salt – to taste
Oil – 2 tbsp

Method
Marinate the chicken pieces [...]

I usually make this Chicken Roast on special occasions like Christmas and Easter. It is a really tasty dish which can be served with appam, pulao, bread, roti or rice.
Ingredients
Chicken – 1 kg
Onions – 3 sliced
Ginger – 1″ piece chopped
Garlic – 4 chopped
Green chillies – 4 slit
Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
Tomatoes – 2 chopped
Coriander [...]