Christmas Special Recipes

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Christmas Special Spicy Chicken Curry



Ingredients:


½ kg chicken, washed and cut into medium sized pieces

3 tbsp curds

1 tsp red chilli powder (adjust to suit your spice level)

¼ tsp turmeric pwd

salt to taste

Make a paste:

6-7 cashewnuts

4-5 tbsps milk

Dry roast and make a fine powder:

1” cinnamon

10-12 curry leaves

3 cloves

Rest of the ingredients:

3-4 tbsps oil

2 big onions finely chopped

1 large tomato finely chopped

1 tsp ginger-garlic paste

1 tsp coriander powder

3/4 tsp black pepper powder (adjust to suit your spice level)

¼ tsp cumin powder

coriander leaves for garnish

Method



1 Marinate chicken pieces in chilli powder, turmeric powder, curds and salt for 20 mts.
2 While the chicken pieces are marinating, make a paste of cashewnuts and milk. Keep aside.
3 Dry roast cinnamon, cloves and curry leaves for 1 mt and make a powder of them. Keep aside.
4 Heat 1 1/2 tbsps of oil in a cooking vessel. Add the onions and saute till pink. Add ginger-garlic paste and saute further for another 3-4 minutes on medium heat.
5 Add coriander pwd, cumin pwd, pepper pwd and combine well and fry for another minute.
6 Add the tomatoes and let it cook for 3-4 minutes. Combine well and cook till oil separates.Turn off heat. Cool and grind the cooked masala. Keep aside this masala paste.
7 Heat 1 1/2 tbsps oil in a cooking vessel and add the marinated chicken and cook on high flame for 4-5 minutes, reduce heat and cook covered for another 4-5 minutes.
8 Add the ground masala paste, cashewnut paste and ground powder of cinnamon, cloves and curry leaves and combine well. (Add a cup of water for more gravy consistency). Cook till chicken pieces are soft and you get the desired curry consistency. Adjust salt.
9 Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.


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Pork curry



Ingredients:
1 kg Pork, cut into serving portions
5 large Onions, minced
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
2 tblsp Dhania-Jeera powder
2 inch piece Cinnamon stick
8 Cloves
8 Cardamoms
2 tblsp Peppercorns
1 tblsp Mustard seeds
10 Garlic Flakes
2 inch piece of Ginger
6 Green Chillies, slit
250 gms Potatoes, boiled, peeled and cubes
1/4 cup Vinegar
Salt to taste

Method:
1. Deep fry potatoes to a golden colour.
2. Roast and grind together all spices, chillies, ginger and garlic in vinegar.
3. Heat 6 tblsp of oil and fry the onions to a golden colour.
4. Add pork and fry to a golden colour.
5. Add ground paste and salt.
6. Cover the mixture with hot water.
7. When the pork becomes tender, mix in potatoes and remove the curry from fire.
8. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

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Mutton Stew



Ingredients:

Mutton - 1 kg
Onion - 2
Green chilli - 3
Garlic - 4
Cloves - 12
Fennel - 1/2 tablespoon
Black pepper - 10
Oil - 4 tablespoon
Cinnamon - 1 piece
Cardamom - 4
Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
Vinegar - 1 tablespoon
Potato - 1
Coconut milk - 1 cup

Directions:

Marinate the mutton pieces by mixing it with lemon juice and keep it for about 30 minutes. Add sufficient water to it, together with vinegar, black pepper and curry leaves. Cook it well. Take a pan and fry chopped onions, curry leaves, garlic and green chilies in oil for about 5 minutes. Powder the remaining spices and add it to this. To this now add the half cooked mutton pieces along with potato slices. Add some water enough to cook the potatoes. Cook in medium flame until both the potatoes and the meat gets cooked. Now add the meat gravy and add salt to taste. Finally add the coconut milk and heat. Do not boil it.

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