Chicken Manchurian

I want to introduce you all to Hirra Pervaiz and her amazing blog.

Below is the link to her blog which I am sure will leave all of you foodies in awe and you will absolutely love it.
https://ticklethosetastebuds.blogspot.com

She is great in a lot of ways and YES she makes desserts. Everything she makes is beautifully photographed and I'm a huge fan.

Today I am making Chicken Manchurian and I took the recipe from her. So whatever you will read and see today is 99% of her recipe with 1% of my stuff. Below is the link to her recipe:
http://ticklethosetastebuds.blogspot.com/2015/02/chicken-manchurian.html

I'm not Chinese but I love Chinese food and the most eaten Chinese recipe is Chicken Manchurian.

The name is weird as hell. I mean I wouldn't even give this name to someone I hate but this is bliss to be honest.

Time to teach you all how to make the best Chicken Manchurian in the whole world.

Before I tell you the whole thing step by step let me explain this to you first.

Chicken Manchurian you eat in most of the restaurants is bogus. There are 3 phases in making Manchurian.

1. Frying the boneless chicken after coating it in batter.
2. Making or buying the chili paste.
3. Preparing the gravy.

For chicken batter you need

1 egg

500 grams boneless chicken

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

2 tablespoon flour

1 tablespoon cornflour

1/2 tsp baking powder

Season the boneless chicken with salt and pepper. 

Put baking powder, flour and corn flour on the chicken and mix. Then add an egg and mix again.

Set it aside and let it marinate in peace.

Now let's start phase 2 which is the gravy part. You need

1 cup ketchup

3/4 cup chicken stock

5 garlic cloves chopped

1/2 cup chili sauce

1 tsp salt

1.5 teaspoon red chili powder

2 teaspoon Chinese salt

3 teaspoon brown sugar

4 green chilies sliced and deseeded

Now put some oil in a pan and deep fry the coated chicken until they are golden crispy. Take the chicken out when it's done and drain the oil. Figure yourself how to do it you are not kids.

Drain or dry the chicken. Fry the garlic cloves in 1 tablespoon oil for a minute and add the chicken.

Then add the chili sauce and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil.

Add the ketchup, salt, spices and the sliced green chilies. 

Mix them together and cook till your desired thickness. Chicken Manchurian is ready to be served.

Serve it with noodles, boiled rice or fried rice. As I am a Kashmiri I would prefer fried rice. Chicken Manchurian ladies and gentlemen.

Fish Karahi

Sometimes I think about how great I am. I mean there is no limit to my greatness. I'm like the highest ranking Jedi from Star Wars.

Sometimes people bother me but I never want to show that(which I just did) because I am too cool for this nonsense.

Sometimes I do not know what the hell I am writing but I keep on writing because its amusing, at least for me it is.

Anyway

Winter is gone but not my love for sea food. Last week someone told me fish is too delicate for karahi but thanks to thechefinme.com I found the perfect Fish Karahi recipe which I will share with you all today. Thechefinme.com is run by a wonderful lady who bakes the most delicious custom cakes in Lahore and I've tried and tested that myself. She also shares some amazing recipes and Fish Karahi is one of them. Absolutely one of the most amazing fish recipes ever.

You need:

Around 1 kilogram of boneless fish fillets 1 inch cut.

Around 6 roughly chopped tomatoes.

1 teaspoon ginger paste

2 teaspoon garlic paste

2 teaspoon whole coriander

2 teaspoon whole cumin

A small piece of ginger julian sliced

4 sliced & de-seeded green chilies

3 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander

5 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon turmeric

Salt per taste

2 teaspoon red chili powder

1/4 cup cornflour (maeda)

1/2 cup flour (atta)

First for the fish:-

Mix cornflour with flour. Season it with a pinch of salt, chili powder and add chilled water to form a medium thick batter.

Coat the fish properly and deep fry it till golden brown. Take out and set aside to prepare the karahi now.

  

Roast the whole cumin and coriander on low heat in a separate pan. Grind the roasted whole cumin and coriander in a raw powdered form.

Heat oil in a non stick pan or wok. Saute ginger & garlic paste on low heat.

Add whole cumin & coriander. Mix every thing on medium heat for 30 seconds and add chopped tomatoes. 

Cook the tomatoes on medium heat until they are chunky soft. Add 1/4 glass water. Add salt, chili powder & turmeric.

Then throw in the fresh cut ginger, green chilies and coriander. Masala is done when the oil comes out from the sides.

Add the fish now with 1/4 glass water and cook on low heat for 5-10 minutes. Stir in lemon juice.

What you are about to witness shall change your life completely. People, I bring you Fish Karahi. 

Shrimp Scampi

It is becoming hard to decide what to make every weekend as now I understand what the women of this country go through everyday.

BUT all thanks to internet I am not running out of recipes any time soon.

First of all I am very happy this week because I found parsley from the vegetable guy which I was looking for all summers but ended up using coriander as a substitute so YAY FOR PARSLEY.

AND at a super market they refused to let me in because they thought I was a beggar. Apparently torn t-shirts are not in fashion anymore.

Anyway

This is Shrimp Scampi. Now I know what Shrimp means but Scampi? Well who the hell cares about scampi. This is pasta made with butter, shrimps and topped with Parmesan cheese.

Now let's get down to business.

You need:

427 grams Linguine pasta

1 pound shrimps yes exactly ONE POUND SHRIMPS

1 tablespoon red chili flakes

1 tablespoon garlic paste

2 tablespoon unsalted butter

1/4 cup chicken stock (if you like to take haram stuff then you can replace it with wine)

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 lemon zest

3 tables spoon finely chopped parsley

1/4 cup of grated  Parmesan cheese

Salt and lightly crushed pepper as your taste

Boil the linguine according to the instructions on the packet. If even then you are unable to cook the pasta, you should end your life because you are worthless and you don't even amount to shit.

Melt butter in a skillet or a non stick pan oh high medium heat.

Add shrimps, garlic paste and red chili flakes. Cook for 2-3 minutes till the shrimps are pink.

Add salt, lightly crushed pepper, chicken stock and lemon juice. Cook simmer for 2 minutes.

Add lemon zest, parsley and mix.

Add the boiled linguine now and mix. 

This will require some good strength. One of the reasons I work out is to spin pastas in the pans.

You're Shrimp Scampi is all done now.

It is served with Parmesan cheese topped on it. There you go.

Don't you wish your boyfriend/husband/father/brother/son cooked like me?