Malai Chicken Tikka

Grilled chicken is my favourite This Malai Chicken Tikka are Creamy Boneless Tikkas grilled in oven for perfect soft and juicy tikkas you will love these.

Malai means cream, thus cream is added in the marinate to make it richer and tastier.

Here is step by Recipe for Malai Tikkas

Boneless Chicken: 10pcs
Lemon: 1/2
Ginger garlic paste:1 spoon
Chilli powder/ Paprika:1tbsp
Turmeric powder: 1pinch
Curd: 4 tbsp
Cream: 2-3 tbsp
Kasuri methi(dry fenugreek leaves): 1 tbsp
Salt to taste 

Procedure

Take Boneless chicken cut into medium or small pieces

Add  ginger-garlic paste & lemon leave for 5 min

Add chili powder, turmeric powder,  required amount of salt.

Rub these Masalas and salt on chicken really well. Add thick curd, and cream mix well and keep it for marinating for at-least 2 hrs Minimun 1hr

Once the chicken is marinated well  add Kasuri methi and mix Arrange these to skewers I have used my Rotisserie stick from the oven and coat with oil.

Drizzle some oil on the chicken

Pierce the chicken pieces one by one in skewer. Make 2-3 skewers

I had a big skewer so could fit in one go
Preheat oven @200*c

Place the skewers and let it grill for 20- 30 min @180*c in between turn the skewers 

I have selected both heat in the oven as I have a rotisserie it cooks by turning itself.

Remove & serve hot hot Tikkas soft and juicy with onion rings & lemon wedges

Ven pongal & Millet pongal

Happy Sankranti this is the festival of first harvest. We prepare pongal a lentil dish for the occasion.  I have done Ven pongal which is rice & lentil cooked and tempered with spices.

For the sweet I have made Millet pongal. Millet & lentil cooked with jaggery  & milk

Make healthy gluten free pongal for any occasion using any millet, I have used kudo Millet to make this super easy kheer

Millets are traditionally important grains,Millets are gaining popularity these days because of their health benefits like high fiber content, gluten free and rich nutritional content. So replace your Rice with Millets & make all the dishes healthy & low calorie

Ingredients for Millet kheer(Serves 4)

Kudo Millet:1 cup
Moong daal(Yellow lentil): 3 sps
Jaggery: 1cup
Milk: 3cups
Cashew & Raisins: ½ cup
Ghee: ¼ th cup
Cardamom Powder: ½ sp
Water: 3 cups

Procedure is very simple & it cooks very soon:

Soak Millet Overnite for best results(min 1 hr)
Heat a Pan add 2sps ghee, add drained moong daal & fry 2 min

Then add washed & drained Millet & fry it as well. Add 3 cups water & cook till soft
It will bloom up and double in quantity
Add the Jaggery & cook till Jaggery melts
Then add Milk & cook on slow flame till it thickens
Lastly add cardamom powder

Fry the Cashew Nuts & Raisins in the remaining ghee & pour it over the pongal

Mix well & serve this healthy gluten free pongal for any occasion.

Ven pongal Ingredients

Rice:1 cup
Moong daal(Yellow lentil): 4-5 sps
For tempering
Oil: 2-3 sps
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves: 4-5
Green chilies:2-3
Cumin: 1sp

Pressure Cook Rice & yellow daal with 3glasses of water
Cool down add salt to taste
Make a tempering add oil & all other ingredients under temper
Once it sizzles add to the pongal & mix

Happy Sankranti enjoy Ven pongal & sweetmillet pongal

Shrimp Noodles

Shrimp Noodles using Hakka Noodles, try this tasty combination of fresh prawns and Noodles for lunch.

Ingredients 

Hakka egg Noodles: 1 packets
Water for boiling

Prawns/shrimps: 5-6
Capsicum julians: 2
Carrot Julians: 2
Spring onion: 1 bunch
Taste maker powder: 3sps
Redchili sause: 2 sp(add more according to your taste)
Soyasause: 1sp
Oil: 3-4sps

Method:

Place the Noodles in boiling water add salt & little oil & cook the Noodles(Refer the packet Instuctions of Noodles) dont overcook Hakka noodles are already cooked al-dente

Drain the noodles & keep them in Cold water until use, this way they wont turnout sticky

In a wok add Oil & heat it add capsicum & fry for a minute
Then add spring onions chopped(whites & bit of greens as well) &
Add Carrot fry for 2-3 min, then add the shrimps and mix well

Now add Redchili sauce, A bit of Soya sauce,& mix well add taste maker powder(contains salt)mix little water & cook till the shrimp are pink.

Add Cooked & drained noodles & toss mix completely

Tasty Shrimp noodles are ready for lunch