Last week,we (my family and friends) celebrated my brother's 21st birthday.No doubt it was a good one and we ate and enjoyed the fullest.So,here are the recipes for each dish.
First Chicken Lollipops:
Ingredients:
One packet ready-made chicken lollipop,8 pieces.
1 tsp salt.
1 tsp soy sauce.
A pinch of red food color.
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste.
1 tsp garam masala.
1 tsp green chili paste.
4 tbsp cornstarch.
1 tsp red chili powder.
1/2 tsp white pepper powder.
A pinch of sugar.
1 tbsp flour.
1 medium sized egg.
Refined oil for deep fry.
Method:
Marinate the chicken in a mixture made of soy sauce,food color,ginger-garlic paste,green chili paste,red chili powder,sugar,pepper powder and garam masala.
Set aside for and hour.
Now in it add cornstarch,flour and egg and mix well,incorporating everything together.
In a skillet heat oil to moderate and not very hot,drop in each well coated lollipop and fry until evenly cooked.
Serve with chutney or ketchup.I have served it with honey-mustard sauce.
Secondly Paneer Tikka:
Ingredients:
1 cup each,onions,tomato,capsicum,cottage cheese/Paneer cut into 1 inch pieces.
2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste.
2 tbsp Gram flour/Besan.
1 tbsp Corn flour.
2 tbsp lemon juice.
1 tsp red chili powder.
2 tsp Tandoori Masala.
1/2 tsp carom seed.
Salt to taste.
2 tbsp olive oil.
Some skewers.
Water as per requirement.
Method:
Take the skewers and dip them into a jar full of water and set aside.
Now in a bowl,add the ginger-garlic paste,gram flour,cornflour,chili powder,tandoori masala,carom seed,lemon juice,salt,oil and mix well.If the batter is little dry add water as required.
Now add in the paneer,tomato,capsicum,onions and mix lightly so that the paneer doesn't break off.
Set aside for 30 minutes.
Now,place the pieces arranging them one after the other in the skewers.
Grill it in a grill pan or you can also use a non-stick pan.
Let it cook evenly on all sides,turning gently from time to time and when its done,serve as per your like.
Thirdly,there was Chili Baby Corn:
http://food-eat-love.blogspot.in/2013/07/chili-baby-corn.html
And a cool drink to go with it was Blue Lagoon,same process as http://food-eat-love.blogspot.in/2013/07/pinka-ladys-drink.html except that,I replaced the cherry with mint ice cube and the pink color cocktail drink with blue one.
And last but not the least,I served everybody Ice-cream with chopped dragon fruit to go with it.All I did was scoop out the pulp and chop them and serve it in the skin,itself.The skin is such beautiful pink color,that it would be a waste if I threw them.Sometimes a little innovation does no harm,isn't it?
Oh! how can I miss on the Cake.What fun is a birthday without the birthday cake,right?
A new bakery opened nearby and I thought why not try them,so I went and guess what,there was this lovely coffee cake.
And that's the Birthday Boy!
First Chicken Lollipops:
Ingredients:
One packet ready-made chicken lollipop,8 pieces.
1 tsp salt.
1 tsp soy sauce.
A pinch of red food color.
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste.
1 tsp garam masala.
1 tsp green chili paste.
4 tbsp cornstarch.
1 tsp red chili powder.
1/2 tsp white pepper powder.
A pinch of sugar.
1 tbsp flour.
1 medium sized egg.
Refined oil for deep fry.
Method:
Marinate the chicken in a mixture made of soy sauce,food color,ginger-garlic paste,green chili paste,red chili powder,sugar,pepper powder and garam masala.
Set aside for and hour.
Now in it add cornstarch,flour and egg and mix well,incorporating everything together.
In a skillet heat oil to moderate and not very hot,drop in each well coated lollipop and fry until evenly cooked.
Serve with chutney or ketchup.I have served it with honey-mustard sauce.
Secondly Paneer Tikka:
Ingredients:
1 cup each,onions,tomato,capsicum,cottage cheese/Paneer cut into 1 inch pieces.
2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste.
2 tbsp Gram flour/Besan.
1 tbsp Corn flour.
2 tbsp lemon juice.
1 tsp red chili powder.
2 tsp Tandoori Masala.
1/2 tsp carom seed.
Salt to taste.
2 tbsp olive oil.
Some skewers.
Water as per requirement.
Method:
Take the skewers and dip them into a jar full of water and set aside.
Now in a bowl,add the ginger-garlic paste,gram flour,cornflour,chili powder,tandoori masala,carom seed,lemon juice,salt,oil and mix well.If the batter is little dry add water as required.
Now add in the paneer,tomato,capsicum,onions and mix lightly so that the paneer doesn't break off.
Set aside for 30 minutes.
Now,place the pieces arranging them one after the other in the skewers.
Grill it in a grill pan or you can also use a non-stick pan.
Let it cook evenly on all sides,turning gently from time to time and when its done,serve as per your like.
Thirdly,there was Chili Baby Corn:
http://food-eat-love.blogspot.in/2013/07/chili-baby-corn.html
And a cool drink to go with it was Blue Lagoon,same process as http://food-eat-love.blogspot.in/2013/07/pinka-ladys-drink.html except that,I replaced the cherry with mint ice cube and the pink color cocktail drink with blue one.
And last but not the least,I served everybody Ice-cream with chopped dragon fruit to go with it.All I did was scoop out the pulp and chop them and serve it in the skin,itself.The skin is such beautiful pink color,that it would be a waste if I threw them.Sometimes a little innovation does no harm,isn't it?
Oh! how can I miss on the Cake.What fun is a birthday without the birthday cake,right?
A new bakery opened nearby and I thought why not try them,so I went and guess what,there was this lovely coffee cake.
And that's the Birthday Boy!
