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CHILLI CHICKEN

Hi All, In Pollachi we say chicken kebab as chilli chicken, actually chilli chicken is a Chinese dish which needs two process of cooking, one is deep fry and then sautéing with vegs. But chicken kebab is mix of all masalas and deep frying only. After coming to Bangalore I learnt the difference (yes! I learnt very late 😊 ) . We don’t make deep fries much in home but Ashley loves deep fried chicken. Since this week I had all ingredients in home I thought of giving a try and I realize now why these Chinese dishes are eveyones favorite. This chilli chicken has all flavours and amazing texture in it. Chinese cuisine always balance up the flavours like tangy, spicy,sweetness and also bright coloured vegs ,And chilli chicken is one best example for why Chinese cuisine stole everyones heart. Here below is simple my version of chilli chicken recipe, COOKING TIME : 1 HOUR. SERVINGS : 3 members. INGREDIENTS : DEEP FRYING : Bone less chicken – 250 gms. Chilli pow

MUSHROOM BROCCOLI NOODLES

Hi All, Noodles, though we know noodles is not good for health. Still we make it once in a month, these plain noodles are better than instant noodles. In order to make the noodles better in health I try to add more and more vegs. Now it is the season of broccoli and I made these mushroom, broccoli noodles. In love for noodles the vegs will also go inside everyone’s tummy, We can add any number of vegs . Usually I make noodles in this way ,I grind tomato and chilli to reduce the quantity of tomato sauce. The easy recipe is as below, COOKING TIME : 30 mins. SERVINGS : 4 members. INGREDIENTS : Plain noodles – 500 gms. Tomato – 4 medium sized. Dry red chillies – 4 nos. Broccoli – 2 cups. Garlic – 10 pods. Cumin – 1 tsp. Carrot , cabbage ,peas – 1 cup. Mushroom – 1 cup Onion – 1 no. Salt – for taste . Tomato sauce – 2 tblsp (I used tomato chilli sauce). Soya sauce – 2 tsp. Pepper – 2 tsp. Butter – 1 tblsp. Coriander leaves – 2 t

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