INDIAN DELIGHTS!

Tickle Your Spice Taste Buds

By Angela Kateemu

RECIPE: Chicken Chetinnad served with Cheese Naan

CHEF: Rana

PLACE: Khyber Pass Indian Authentic Restaurant @ Speke Hotel

There is something about spiced food that grows on you and gets you craving when you take long without tasting it. Indian delicacies are colourful and rich in spices. They could be the much needed break to your monotonous menu.  Chef Rana gives you a simple recipe to follow, to make these dishes in the comfort of your home.

Chicken Chetinnad

This chicken dish is thick; it almost is a full meal on its own.

You can serve it with Naan or vegetable rice

Ingredients

To make Chicken Tikka

* Boneless chicken

* Fenugreek

* Turmeric powder

* Ginger Garlic paste

* Salt

Method

* Clean the chicken, remove the skin and cut into small pieces

* In a bowl, mix the above spices (Fenugreek, Turmeric, Ginger Garlic paste) with chicken. Add salt to taste.

* Leave them to stand for about 15-20 to let the spices sink in the chicken

* Shove the marinated chicken on skewers and place in a hot Tandoori/oven

* After 10-15 minutes, take the Chicken Tikka out of the Tandoori

Making Chicken Chetinnad

Ingredients

* Half-done chicken Tikka

* Vegetable Oil

* Curry leaves

* Mustard seed

* Chopped garlic

* Chopped fresh chilli

* Chopped onions and tomatoes

* Salt

* Coriander powder

* Coconut powder

* Water

* Mutton gravy – (onion and tomato gravy for non-vegetarian dishes)

* Fresh coriander leaves (Garnish)

Method

* Heat a little oil on a pan

* Add the mustard seeds and let them cook before adding curry leaves

* Add chopped garlic followed by Chopped chill, onions and tomatoes. Stir until it cooks.

* Add salt to taste

* Put coconut powder followed by the half done chicken Tikka

* Stir everything together before adding water.

* Add yoghurt and cashew nut paste to taste!

* Finally add mutton gravy to make the sauce thick.

* Stir and leave on fire for a few minutes

* When it is ready, add chopped fresh coriander leaves.

* Serve on a flat tower and garnish with fresh tomatoes, fresh coriander leaves, coconut powder.

* Accompany this dish with Cheese Naan

Cheese Naan

Ingredients

* Baking flour

* Milk

* Water

* Eggs

* Sugar

* Salt

* Baking oil

* Grated Cottage cheese

Method

* In a bowl, pour flour, milk, eggs, a little salt (to taste), sugar, and water

* Mix everything together to make dough

* Add a little oil to make the dough supple

* When the dough is well mixed; divide in to make small balls of dough

* Let the dough balls rest for about 15 minutes

* Take a ball of dough at a time and flatten them

* Roll grated cheese and stuff into the dough

* Enclose the cheese with in the dough, roll into a ball

* Then flatten it with hands and stick it on the walls of a hot Tandoori

* Remove the ready Naan after 2 minutes

* Spread a little butter on the top side and cut into servable portions

* Serve hot

Cheese Naan

Chef Rana stuffs cheese into the dough to make Cheese Naan

Chicken Chetinnad served on a flat tower

Chicken Chetinnad

Some of the ingredients used to make Chicken Chetinnad