Spicy Dinner Ideas!

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Chicken Chettinad

Cooking Time: 45 mins Serves: 3 people

Ingredients:

• 600 gms chicken breasts (washed/drained)

• 150 gms shallots (finely chopped)

• 12 cloves minced garlic, 1 2 inch minced ginger, 1 3 inch cinnamon pieces

• 1 tblsp fennel, 3 chopped stone flower

• 4 sprigs curry leaves, 2 tblsp oil

• ¾ tblsp Kashmiri red chilli powder, black pepper corns, fennel seeds, coriander seeds for preparing fresh spice mix

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Way To Go!• Apply sea salt to the chicken and keep it aside

for some time • Take a kadhai and heat oil on a medium flame.

Add fennel, stone flower and cinnamon and let it fry for a minute

• Then add shallots along with curry leaves and salt. Let the shallots fry until golden brown

• Add chicken to the mixture and let it cook for about 5 minutes. Stir periodically so as to have a consistent mixture

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Way To Go!• Add all fresh spices & sugar and cook for 10 mins. Then add ½ cup water and let it cook for 20 mins. Cover the vessel

• Keep tossing the chicken in between and add water/spices if required. Once cooked properly, remove from flame and serve hot

• Tip: While using stone flower, remove the black bits and clean it. This will help enhance the flavors of the lip-smacking Chicken Chettinad!www.betterbutter.in

Butter Garlic Prawns

Cooking Time: 15 mins Serves: 2 people

Ingredients:

• 10-12 small prawns (de-shelled & de-veined)

• 1 tblsp butter

• 12 cloves peeled & finely chopped garlic

• Salt & black pepper to taste

• Juice of a medium sized lemon

• ½ cup finely cut coriander for garnishing

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Way To Go!• Use a non-stick flat pan and add butter to it

on medium heat• Add chopped garlic to the heated butter and

sauté it for about 30 secs• Add prawns to the sautéed mixture and cook

them for about 5 mins without stirring/ turning over

• Flip the prawns, add salt and pepper and let the other side cook, to have a uniformly cooked mix

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Way To Go!• Add lemon juice, stir properly and let it get cooked for about 5 mins

• Remove the mix to a plate and pour down the spicy liquid mix over it from the pan

• Can add more lemon juice and coriander for garnishing and voila! Your Butter Garlic Prawns are ready to be enjoyed with chilled beer.

• Tip: Marinade prawns in salt and lemon juice for 10 – 15 mins to make them more juicy www.betterbutter.in

Singapore Fried Rice

Cooking Time: 30 mins Serves: 4 people

Ingredients:

• 3 cups cooked rice, 150 gm chicken

• 2 garlic cloves & 1 cup onion both chopped

• 2 tblsp chopped spring onions

• 3 cups vegetables (carrots, peppers)

• 2 tblsp vegetable oil, sesame oil, chilli sauce

• 1 tblsp light soy sauce

• 1 slit green chilly

• Salt to taste

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Way To Go!• Take both oils in a wok and heat them. Then

add garlic, green chilli & onions and stir until the mixture turns golden brown

• Add chicken to the mixture and stir it for a couple of minutes until brown

• To the mix, add all the vegetables and mix well

• Also add the cooked rice to the mixture and stir properly and let it cook for some time

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Way To Go!• Add soya sauce and chili sauce and

stir until the mixture gets coated properly. Let the mixture be cooked for about 2-5 minutes

• Remove from the pan into a serving bowl and garnish it with salt and green onions. Serve hot

• Tip: Keep the vegetables half cooked to have some crunchiness along with lots of flavor & make an awesome Singapore Fried Rice treat!

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