Chicken Pakoda

Chicken Pakoda does not need much introduction. This deliciously crunchy recipy is very easy to prepare. It just takes hardly 15 minutes.

Chicken Pakoda

Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Chicken – 1/2kg
• Oil – for deep frying
• Gram flour – 3tspn
• Corn four -1tspn
• Onion – 1 (medium size)
• Green chilly  - 2
• Curry leaves – as required
• Coriander leaves – as required
• Salt – 1tspn(adjust to taste)
• Red chilly powder – 1/2tspn
• Turmeric powder – 1/4tspn
• Ginger- garlic paste – 1/2tspn

The following picture shows the step by step process for Chicken Pakoda:

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Method:

1. Clean the chicken and cut into small pieces. (figure 1)
2. Take a bowl, add chicken pieces, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, ginger-garlic paste, salt, green chilly pieces, sliced onion pieces, corn flour, gram flour, chopped curry leaves, coriander leaves and mix well. (figure 2 & 3)
3. Heat oil in medium flame for deep frying, add chicken pieces and fry until its color changes to golden brown. (figure 4 & 5)
4. Continue same process for remaining chicken pieces and serve in paper towel to remove excess oil.
5. That’s it, serve in a plate. (figure 6)

Chicken pakoda is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step 3, don’t fry the pakoda to dark brown then pakoda taste will get spoiled. 

Crab Fry

Crab Fry is a very delicious sea food recipe. There are various styles of making crab fry, today lets see the famous Nellore style were crab is mixed well with masala paste, fried and served hot. 
 

Crab Fry

Ingredients: Serve -2

• Crab – 1/2 kg
• Oil – 5tspn
• Coconut – ½
• Pepper – 3tspn
• Green chilly – 3
• Cloves – 4
• Cinnamon – medium piece
• Fennel seeds – 1tspn
• Onion – 2 (medium size)
• Tomato – 1 (medium size)
• Curry leaves – as required
• Turmeric powder – ¼tspn
• Red chilly powder – 1/2tspn
• Salt – 2tspn (adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Crab Fry:

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Method:

1. Clean the crab well with water and keep it aside.
2. In a mixer, add pepper, green chilly,1/2tspn fennel seeds, 2 cloves, small piece cinnamon, coconut and make a powder. (figure 1)
3. Now add onion, tomato and grind them as smooth paste.(figure 2)
4. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add 2 cloves, small piece cinnamon, 1/2tspn fennel seeds, Curry leaves and saute for 1 minute.(figure 3)
5. Add paste which has been prepared in step 3 and saute for 1 minute.(figure 4)
6. Add turmeric powder, red chilly powder, salt and saute for 1 more minute.(figure 5 & 6)
7. Now add crab, mix well and cook for 15 minutes by closing with lid in medium flame. The crab color changes to orange, it indicates that it is cooked perfectly well (figure 7 & 8)
8. Serve in a bowl. (Figure 9)

Tasty Crab Fry is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• If you want more gravy then add 1 more onion and tomato in step 3.
• Serve them when they are hot to enjoy the nellore style taste.

Prawn Fry

Prawns (Shrimps) are great supplier of proteins, calories and its low fat nature makes them a healthy food. It also helps us to control bad cholesterol and heart attacks. Today we will see the process of making crispy prawn fry.

Prawn Fry

   Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Prawn - 1/2 kg
• Oil - 5tspn
• Fennel seeds - 1/2tspn
• Cloves - 5
• Cinnamon - 4 small inch
• Ginger - small piece
• Garlic - 8 pieces
• green chilies - 5
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Red chilli powder - 1/2tspn(adjust to taste)
• Coriander powder - 1/4tspn
• Onion - 1(small)
• Tomato - 1(small)
• Food color - 1 drop
• Curry leaf - as required
• Coriander leaves as required
• Salt - 1tspn(adjust to taste)

The following picture shows the step by step process for Prawn Fry:

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Method:

1. In a mixy jar add fennel seeds, 3 cloves, 2 small inch cinnamon, ginger, garlic, 3 green chili, onion, tomato and make a fine paste. ( figure 1 & 2) 
2. Clean the prawn and cook in a bowl by adding pinch of turmeric powder for 5-8 minutes in medium flame. (figure 3)
3. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add 2 cloves, 2 small inch cinnamon, 2 green chilli, curry leaf, grind paste which has been prepared in 1st step and continue sauteing for 5minutes. ( figure 4, 5 & 6)
4. Add prawn, salt and saute for 1 minute. (figure 7 & 8)
5. Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, and continue sauteing for 3 more minute. (figure 9, 10 & 11)
6. Add little water, drop of food color & close with lid and cook until prawn gets cooked.(figure 12,13 & 14)
7. Open the lid and continue sauteing until prawn gets crispy.
8. Garnish with coriander leaves. (figure 15)

Crispy Prawn fry is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• Cook the prawn in bowl for at least 5 minutes to get rid of raw smell and in this 5 minutes prawn will get half cooked.

Radish Egg Fry

During Summer sessions its very important for us to keep our body cool. Radish is one of the prefered option. Actually we have two types of Radish available in Indian markets (red & White). Red Radish has many healthy benefits than white. Using Radish we can prepare may items, today lets see how to make egg fry with White Radish. 

I am sure you guys will love the taste and aroma of this dish.It serves as good combo with rice and Chapati.

Radish Egg Fry

Ingredients: Serve -2

• Radish - 2
• Egg - 3
• Oil - 4tspn
• Mustered seeds - 1/2tspn
• Urad dhal - 1tspn
• Curry leaf - as required
• Red chilly powder - 1/2tspn (adjust to taste)
• Salt - 1/2tspn (adjust to taste)
• Turmeric powder - a pinch

The following picture shows the step by step process for Radish Egg Fry: 

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 Method:

1. First wash, peel & grate the radish.
2. Take a pan, heat oil in medium flame add mustered seeds wait for crackle and then add urad dhal, curry leaf continue sauteing for 2 seconds. (figure 1)
3. Add radish and saute for 10 minutes in medium flame. (figure 2)
4. Add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt and continue sauteing for 2 seconds. (figure 3, 4 & 5)
5. Now sprinkle little water & close with lid and cook for 5 to 8 minutes. (figure 6 & 7)
6. After radish is cooked add eggs & continue stirring until gravy gets separates as shown in figure 9. (figure 8 & 9)

That's all Radish Egg Fry is ready to serve!

Additional Tips:-

• In step 3, saute the radish until it gets cooked.
• Add eggs only after radish is cooked well.