Pineapple Chicken

Pineapple Chicken

Ingredients :

• Chicken - 500gm - preferably breast pieces.
• Pineapple - 1 whole one, peeled off.
• Mustard - black mustard - 4 tbsp.
• Soy sauce (black) - 1tbsp.
• Ginger garlic paste - 1tbsp.
• Green chili - 2 finely chopped.
• Spices - cumin seeds (1tsp), turmeric (3tsp), red-chilli powder (1tsp).
• Butter / ghee / cooking oil - 2tbsp.
  

Procedure:

• Wash chicken pieces and brush with only salt and turmeric.
• Cut the pineapple into small cubes. Take out one or two this circular discs (along width of the pineapple) for garnishing. Cut the rest into small pieces. Again divide that into two halves.
• Make a paste for marinade as well as gravy. Take half the chopped pineapple pieces, mustard, soy sauce (1tbsp), salt and turmeric powder and 1 pinch of red-chili powder. Blend well in a mixer into a smooth paste. Mix the chicken into this and marinade for at least one hour.
• Heat oil/ghee in a pan. When about to smoke add two cinnamon sticks, cumin seeds, ginger-garlic paste, chopped green chilies. Stir few minutes. Add the chicken with the gravy/marinade onto the pan. Stir for few minutes. Add the rest of the chopped pineapples, cover the pan with a lid, and let it simmer for 5-10 minutes at low flame.
• Transfer into serving bowl, garnish with the pineapple slices. Serve with breads. The quantity serves for two.

Chicken Stew

Chicken Stew

Chicken Stew

This is probably the easiest and lightest chicken recipe I know of, which is healthy too as it contains lots of vegetables. Specially, if you are conscious about your health, this would be ideal. You might choose lean meat for this. The whole procedure is quite simple and takes very little effort to make it.

Ingredients :

Main:

• Chicken - 500gm - preferably breast pieces.
• Onion - 1 big piece or 2 medium sized - finely chopped.
• Carrot - 2/3 ones - chopped into around 1" cubes.
• Potatoes - 2 medium sized ones - cut into 8 pieces each.
• Beans - 10 sticks - cut into 1" wide pieces.
• Tomatoes - 2 pieces - cut into 4 pieces each.
  

For cooking :

• Butter / ghee / cooking oil - 2tbsp.
• Cornflour - 2tbsp - to thicken the gravy.
  

Spices :

• Bay leaf - 2 leaves.
• Cloves - 3/4 pieces.
• Black pepper - 6/7 whole peppers crushed.
• Ginger-garlic paste - 1tbsp.
  

Procedure :

Wash chicken pieces and brush with only salt.

Heat ghee/oil in a pan (kadaai), when about to smoke add the bay-leaf, and the rest one by one in same order. Then add the chopped onions and stir to transparent.

Add all the vegetables from the main ingredients section, and saute for few minutes. Add chicken too and mix well with the vegetables. Transfer the whole content into pressure-cooker, and necessary water with the cornflower powder dissolved in it, and cook up to 1-whistle.

Serve hot with roti's or bread.