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Time : Marinate 4- 6 hours

Time to Grill: 15- 30 minutes

Ingredients:( 4 servings of Indian Tandoori Chicken)

• Chicken – 4- 8 pieces( Drumstick)
• Yoghurt plain – 1 cup
• Salt, Pepper
• Cumin Powder – 1 teaspoon
• Paprika Powder – 1 teaspoon
• Ginger fine chop- 1 teaspoon
• Garlic fine chop – 1 teaspoon
• Garam Masala – 1/2 teaspoon

Method:

1. Wash, Strain and Slit Chicken
2. Mix all the ingredients with yoghurt
3. Add Chicken
4. Marinate 4- 6 hours ( overnight marination works well)
5. Grill/ Cook in oven for 20 – 30 minutes
6. Granish with Sliced Red Onions, Cilantro and lemon Juice
7. Enjoy

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How to Make Indian Cottage Cheese/Paneer

Paneer/cottage cheese is an Indian Cheese made with Milk.You can get that in Indian Stores or any supermarkets. It can be cooked like any other Dish.

How to Make Paneer:

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 litre milk
• 1 tsp lemon juice/Vinegar
• Muslin cloth

PREPARATION:

• Boil milk.
• When the milk is fully boiled, Add lemon juice/ Vinegar.
• Reduce heat and stir continuously until the milk is completely curdled.
• Remove from the heat when the whey is seperated.
• Strain the mixture through a clean muslin cloth.
• Remove exessive water by putting a weight on the muslin cloth so that all the water is removed.
• Remove the muslin cloth and cut into desired shape.

Tips: Paneer tastes good when it is fried in a little oil or butter before cooking. Make sure the paneer dont break. Just a few minutes of frying will god a good taste/

Enjoy:)

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South Indian Rasam(Tomato Soup)

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes ripe – 5 medium
• Oil
• Ginger garlic paste – 1 teaspoon
• 4 cups water
• 2 whole red chillies
• Curry leaves – 6 leaves
• Mustard seeds – a few
• Cumin powder – 1/2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder – 1/2 teaspoon
• Cilantro chopped

Method:

• Boil water, blanch tomotoes. set aside
• Heat oil, add mustard seeds, when crackle, add curry leaves
• Add red Chilli
• Add Ginger and garlic paste
• Add Blanched tomoatoes
• Add coriander and cumin powder
• Add water, salt and bring to a boil
• Cook on a slow fire for 10 – 15 minutes
• Garnish with Chopped cilantro

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Home Made Paneer ( Indian Cottage Cheese)

Make your own garam masala, a popular spice mix in India used for most of the Indian Dishes

Approximately half cup

PREPARATION TIME: 5 minutes

5 teaspoon cardamom seeds
1 medium Cinnamon Stick
5 teaspoon fennel seed
5 teaspoon cumin seed
10 cloves
5 teaspoon black peppercorns
3 teaspoon coriander seeds
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

Finely grind all the ingredients in a spice grinder or coffee grinder.

When you prepare your dishes, you can sprinkle a pinch of Garam Masala to add flavor to your Dish.

Enjoy

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Home Style Chicken Curry. Easy to Cook Indian Style Chicken Curry

 Ingredients
Chicken, Onions, Tomato, Cilantro, Ginger garlic paste, Coriander powder, Turmeric powder, Chilly powder, Cloves
Cinnamon, Cardamom, Jeera (Cumin), Garam Masala, Oil, Salt

Method:

• Heat oil, add ginger garlic paste sauté it
• Add onions, sauté till golden brown
• Add tomatoes
• Add all ingredients together
• Cook for 5 minutes
• Wait until the masala is cooked
• Add chicken, add water, salt
• Cook for 10 minutes

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We had a couple of special guest this week. Vinod a good friend of mine will show you how to make Chicken Curry.

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Suresh