Boneless Smoky Chicken

Recently  I saw on a TV show a chef doing this  smoky effect using a charcoal for a dish he had made.   I used the typical  Kerala masala for the chicken and gave the  smoky effect. We 

at home loved it and it’s a wonderful starter. Needs very few simple ingredients and very easy to make.

If you have charcoal fine otherwise don’t worry, just use the shell of a coconut and give the smoky effect.  I  broke a piece of the coconut shell and burnt it well on the flame and put it in a small steel container and put some butter and topped it with cloves and put it into the cooked chicken  and I closed the lid to get the smoky effect.

Chicken lolipop

For Marinating 

Skiness - Chicken lollipops- 12 nos
Black  pepper powder -  1  tsp
Corn starch - 4 tbsp
Soy sauce -  4 tsp
Lime juice – ½  tsp
Maida flour -  4 tbsp
Garlic paste -  1 tsp
Red chilly sauce  - 2  tsp
Cooking oil for  deep fry
Eggs Yolk -  2 egg n beat it with a fork well and keep aside                                                                          Salt to taste
Red food colour – a pinch

Drums of Heaven

I have had the best of the Chinese starter -‘Drums Of Heaven (DoH)’  guess  where - ‘Rice Bowl’ Chinese restaurant in Bangalore, Brigade road and the drums of heaven he used to give would be  amazing,  just melt in the mouth like. The batter coated in the chicken drums would be so crisp and soft and would taste fantastic with chillie and tomato sauce.  Now rice bowl has moved to Lavelle road but never get those yummy drums of heaven. He makes so thick and the batter coated is too much.

I have had many times and cannot forget the yummy Doh and here’s the recipe!! It’s a perfect starter when served hot.

To make the best crunchy and yummy DoH  the oil should be hot and the batter mix should be very cold to get the proper starter. 

Prawn Tempura

My daughter’s favorite. She never eats any other seafood as much as this prawn and when it comes to Tempura I  have to stop her from eating is the state. She just loves it like anything J.

We got to taste this starter at the Spice Island, Renaissance Hotel in Dubai. The chef  used to make this  at one of the Japanese live food station,  after several visits I got hang of the way they made.  Infact I tried to make my own way but have  made a twist to the recipe, as the tempura at the hotels are very bland and we love it to be little spicy hence  I have made a small variation to suit our taste.

Grilled & Baked Chicken Wings

Ingredients:-

Chicken wings – 500 gms

Ingredients  1  (Marination)

Kashmiri red chili powder – ½  tbsp

Ground Coriander -  ¼ tbsp

Ground Cumin – ½ tsp

Turmeric powder – small pinch

Garam Masala -  ½ tsp

Onion chopped - 1 very small

Garlic chopped - 3 cloves 

Ginger chopped - a small piece

Yogurt  ¼  cup

Salt to taste

Ingredients 2

Soy Sauce - 1 tbsp

Juice of  half ½ lime 

Olive oil /cooking oil - 1 table spoon

Chicken 65 – Chicken Kebab

Have you been to Bangalore Empire, they have so many outlets in Bangalore. If you visited then  you must have for sure tried this chicken kebab, this is one of their specialty  and they are well know for this kebab. Being a Bangalorean I never had an opportunity to try their food in Bangalore due to my own personal reasons. The time  they opened the restaurant in Dubai my hubby insisted that I should try this chicken kebab as he said  he  had for many years this kebab from Bangalore and they were outstanding.

 

The first time I had  this in their outlet in Dubai. As the kebabs came they had served it so hot that you are irresistible to wait for the kebabs to cool down and then try your luck on that. The first bite of the kebab  gave me a feel that it was so juicy and the outer layer that’s the batter was so crispy. It looks like I am writing a restaurant review, sure that is not the intention at this point of time.