My mom was at my home this weekend. She visited my place after an year. She has heard a lot about my cooking skills and my blog and finally she is convinced that her daughter cooks well. But still I have a lot to learn from my dear mom and I will continue learning all this over the phone calls that we have.
My mom never allowed me to cook. Even when she visited me she used to cook for me. I used to get pampered and ask her for whatever dishes I love.
This time I thought of something different. I told my mom to rest and I will take care of my kitchen. Though she did not give me 100% control, I did some things. She loved everything that I made and she said
"from the way you are cooking I can feel that you cook very well". I was on cloud 9 with this comment of her.
She was here for just 4 days and I wanted to cook everything for her. But I did not have so much time. Even on the weekend I had to do some office work due to which I could not spend much time with my mom. I have asked her to visit me again and to stay with me for at least 10 days. I hope she finds time and comes to Bangalore soon.
One of the dishes I made for my mom was Chicken 65. My mom liked my cooking style and off course the dish. This was my first attempt at Chicken 65. The taste was awesome. Check out the recipe below.
Ingredients:
10-15 boneless chicken pieces
For marinating the chicken:
1 green chilly
2 tablespoons coriander leaves
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
1/2 lemon juice
1 tsp salt
For the dish:
10-15 fresh curry leaves
5-6 chopped garlic
1 tablespoon corn flour
1 tablespoon maida / all purpose flour
1 tsp chilly powder
1 tsp pepper powder
1 tsp cumin powder
2 tsp tandoori masala
A pinch of red edible food colour
1 finely chopped green chilli
Coriander leaves for garnishing
1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
Procedure:
Wash the chicken pieces.
Grind the green chilly and coriander from the marinating ingredients.
Marinate the chicken pieces by applying turmeric powder,ginger-garlic paste and lemon juice.
Apply the green paste and salt. Set aside for 30 Min's to 1 hr for marination.
Preferably keep this in the fridge by covering with an aluminium foil.
Separately mix the corn flour,maida,chilly powder,cumin powder,pepper powder, food colour and tandoori masala. Add a pinch of salt to this. Make a thick paste and apply this to the chicken.
In a frying pan, add oil and deep fry the chicken for 5-10 Min's.
After all the chicken pieces are fried, switch off the gas and remove the excess oil from the pan.
Spread the fried chicken on a tissue paper.
In the same pan, add 1 tablespoon of the same oil in which chicken pieces were fried. Fry the curry leaves, chopped garlic and green chilly for a few seconds.
Add the fried chicken and saute for 1 minute.
Serve hot and enjoy.
