Chicken Kabab | Indian Chicken Patties

Chicken kabab is a very famous recipe in the Indian restaurants . My husband made this for us on my daughter's request . This is a baked , low fat recipe and this is a  very simple and easy recipe  .My kids loved this recipe . Check out my other chicken recipes by pressing here .  Off to the recipe now .

Chicken Kabab | Indian Chicken Patties

Ingredients:

• Ground Chicken - 250 gms
• Bread - 3 no
• Cheese - 3 slices ( To be grated )
• Salt
• Oil - To spray the baking tray 

To Crush:

• Red chilli - 6 no
• Ginger - 1 tbsp , chopped
• Garlic - 1 tbsp  , chopped
• Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Method :

Line the bread in the baking tray and toast the bread for few minutes till brown in color .

 

Transfer the bread to the mixer , and grind it . Now the bread crumbs is ready .

Crush together redchilli , garlic , ginger , lemon juice , garam masala and cumin seeds . Set aside .

In a large mixing bowl , take the ground chicken , add cheese , crushed ingredients , salt and bread crumbs .

Mix well to make a dough .

Line the baking tray with a foil , drizzle some oil on the foil . Make small balls using the dough , tap it using your palm to a flat shape and arrange on the baking sheet .

Bake at 400F for 20 minutes .  Cook 10 minutes for each side , flip it over to the other side and cook for another 10 minutes . Yummy Kabab's are ready to serve .

Notes :

If you do not want to bake , the patties can be cooked in a tawa for 10 minutes on each side till they become brown in color .

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Baingan Bharta / Roasted Eggplant Masala / Sutta Katharikai thokku / சுட்ட கத்தரிக்காய் தொக்கு

Ingredients:

Eggplant - 1 no ,
Onion - 2 no , chopped
Tomato - 2 no chopped
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tbsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds Powder - 1 tsp
Coriander Seed powder - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Green Chilli - 2 no , slit
Salt - To taste

Method:

Brush the egg plant with oil . Preheat the oven to 500F or the max in your oven .Bake the eggplant for 10 minutes .

Remove from the Oven.It will be like this .

Start removing the skin of the eggplant .

Take the flesh and mash it like this .Set Aside

Heat oil in a Kadai . Add the cumin Seeds and allow it to crackle .

Add the ginger garlic paste and fry for few seconds .

Add the onions , tomatoes , green Chilli , Garam masala , red chilli powder , coriander powder , turmeric powder , salt and cook till the contents become soft .

Now add the mashed eggplant and cook till the oil separates out from the masala .

Serve hot with Roti

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Homemade Garlic Bread / Garlic Bread Recipe

Garlic Bread Recipe / Homemade Garlic Bread

Ingredients:

Bread Slices - 6 no
Dried or Fresh Parsley leaves - 1 tsp
Thyme leaves Fresh or Dried - 1 tsp
Butter / Magraine / oil - 2 tbsp
Garlic pods - 1- pods , minced
Salt - to taste

Method:

 In a mixing bowl add the thyme leaves , parsley leaves , butter , garlic , salt and mix well .

 Slit the bread slices in to two halves .

Spread this mixture on the bread slices . Preheat the oven to 375F .

 

Bake for 5 minutes or till the bread turns slight golden brown in color .

 

 If using Tawa instead of oven , Cook in a tawa till slight golden brown color . Serve hot .

Enjoy this with the cup of tea or coffee .

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Baked Garlic / Roasted Garlic

 Pinch of salt by renuka is a wonderful blog and it has a lot of wonderful recipes.
So coming to the recipe i have chosen is this recipe and  have modified a bit according to my taste.
Here goes the recipe of Baked Garlic

Baked Garlic / Roasted Garlic

Ingredients:

Garlic - 1 no, split in to pods
Red chilli powder - 1/8 tsp
Olive oil - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste

Method:

Pierce the garlic pods with  the fork on its body .

 

Sprinkle oil, salt and red chilli powder and give a toss to the garlic pods .

Preheat the oven to 180 C  and bake it for 20 - 25 minutes till it turns brown in color and also the pods become soft to touch .

Serve hot immediately . This can be served as a accompaniment to any meal .

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Tandoori Cauliflower/Tandoori Meal maker

Tandoori Cauliflower

Ingredients:

Cauliflower -1 (Cut in to med size florets)

Meal maker(Soaked in water for 1/2 hour) Drain water and squeeze out the water

Ginger garlic paste-4 tsp

Yogurt-4 tsp

Lemon juice- 2 tsp

Paprika powder- 1 tsp(It gives the natural red color)

Chilli powder- 2 tsp

Coriander powder- 2 tsp

salt-As per taste

Preparation:

In a large bowl, add cauliflower florets and meal maker add the ginger garlic paste, yogurt, lemon juice, paprika, red chili and coriander powder and salt and mix well .Leave it aside for an hour or so, so that the masala gets well in to the vegetable.

Turn on the tandoori oven and set the temperature to 375 F and set in broil mode and preheat the oven.

Arrange the cauliflower and meal maker in the baking pan on the grill.

Cook it slowly for about 45 mts, by turning the sides of the florets and meal maker now and then.

After it is fully cooked(as shown in pic), turn off the oven.

Serve it with onion slices,lemon and mint / tamarind chutney or with tomato sauce.

This recepie is very healthy as we do not use oil.

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Tandoori Chicken Recipe ( Without Tandoor Oven )

Ingredients:

Chicken leg pieces - 12 no ,  clean & skinned out

Ginger garlic paste - 4 tsp

Curd - As required for marinating

Lemon juice - 2 tsp

Chilli powder - Add as per spice

Paprika powder - 1 tsp( Gives the red color naturally )

Salt - As required

Turmeric powder -  2 tsp

Preparation:

Take the skinned out chicken, add turmeric powder to it and soak for an hour .The turmeric removes the raw Smell from Chicken.

How to Clean Chicken

Then Prick / slit the chicken legs with knife on both sides.

After it is done, add ginger garlic paste, curd, lemon juice, chilli powder, paprika powder and salt .

Mix thoroughly and leave the marinated chicken for at least an hour or so.

Then turn on the convection oven and put it in broil and set the temperature to 375F and preheat it.

Arrange the chicken legs in the oven.

Turn around all the sides allowing it to be cooked evenly so that all the fat and water from chicken trips down

The cooking generally takes about 45 min to an hour  . After it is cooked well turn off .

Now the tasty Spicy tandoori chicken is ready.

 

Sprinkle little lemon juice and enjoy this with Cilantro chutney . 

Sending this recipe to Lets bake it event and Baked Goodies event . 

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