Monday, June 21, 2010

Chicken in love with itself and a tomato and chicken broth gravy

This is the Indian version of meat balls ( i had earlier made spaghetti with meat balls). It takes about 20minutes and its a lot of fun to cook and superb to eat. I loved it !!

Ingredients:
a) Ground /minced Chicken or Beef- i used about 100gms(makes about 12 balls)
b) Everest Chicken Masala
c) Diced Onions-1
d) Diced Tomatoes- 1and half
e) Ginger garlic paste- 1teaspoon
f)Salt
g) Pepper
h) Bread crumbs or plain bread will do (i used the multigrain bread)
i) Egg -1
j) Coriander

Preparation:
1) Mix the chicken with the egg, salt ,pepper,1 teaspoon of chicken masala,1/2 teaspoon of ginger-garlic paste, breadcrumbs and you can also add a little oil.
2) Put some oil in the pan(remember you are not deep frying them so add accordingly) and make small / big (your choice) balls. Fry them on both sides for 3-4 mins per side(if chicken ) and 6-7mins(if beef).

3) Erm I kinda eat as i cook so i ate some of the fried balls by squeezing some lime wedges over it.
4)Now in the same pan you can add some more oil.Add the onions and the remaining half teaspoon of ginger garlic paste and saute it till the onions are soft.
5)Now add in 2/3rd teaspoon of chicken masala powder. I also add in a dash of chilli powder because i like it lil spicy. You can choose to omit it.Sautee it till the masala gets cooked.
6)Now add in the tomato. Mash it with the back of your spatula as you cook it say for about 5-6 minutes till you get a fine paste.
7)Now add in some chicken broth / stock. You can use veg stock also. I have both but i wanted to use chicken .


8)The gravy should look something like the pic below(if not then keep trying ;))


9)Let the gravy simmer for a minute and then add in the remainin meat balls. Just cook them in medium heat for about 2-3 minutes. Garnish with coriander(i didnt have any so had to make do without them but please add it in if you do have)




 10) To be had strictly with rice and with hand. No spoon and fork business please. For the ones who have it,a dash of dalle and bamboo shoot ka achaar on the side and did I say one is in heaven.



 Leave your feedback and comments. Let me know if you added some new ingredient to it which altered the taste. Id be more than willing to try it out. Till then ,Keep cooking and smiling :)

1 comment:

  1. Great Post - the explanation and the diagrams will help even make it east for a layman cook like me to try out the dish.
    Will try out cooking the same asap.
    Looking forward to ore recipes.
    In the blog , yo can re look at the text formatting.

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