Recipe - KFC Style Chicken

 

KFC Style Chicken

My kids are a big fan of KFC burgers and chickens. However with the lock down in place, it's not been easier. Thought it a good opportunity to add to the "dads-cooking" list. I searched for a few recipes and have picked the most simplest one. However replaced some ingredients with other ones due to availibility.

Ingredients:

• Chicken Breast Fillet - 3kg
• Buns
• Cheese Slices
• Vinegar
• Mustard sauce
• Soya sauce
• Tomato ketchup
• Ginger & Garlic paste
• Chilli Garlic sauce
• Black pepper
• Plain flour
• Corn flour
• Garlic powder
• Chilli powder
• Turmeric powder,
• Mayonnaise (garlic lovers)
• Lettuce
• Tomatoes
• Eggs - 3
• Milk - 1 cups
• Butter

Step-by-Step:

• If the chicken breast fillet are too think, slice them to create thinner pieces
• Similarly if the size if too big in lengh, cut them from the middle to make two pieces
• Cut the wild edges to make all fillets in standard shapes
• Use a wodden hammer and softly hammer the fillet to make the surface even (if uneven)
• Take a bowl and add Vinegar (2 tbsp), mustard sauce (1 tbsp), Soya sauce (1/2 tbsp), ketchup (1 tbsp), Ginger paste (1 tbsp), Garlic paste (1 tbsp), Black pepper (1 tbsp), Salt (2 tbsp), instant nodel masala or garam masala
• Mix all of it well. Taste the paste and check if salt and hottness is as per taste. If not then adjust accordingly
• Add chicken to the bowl and use a fork to pierce small holes in the fillets - don't worry if you are unable to see the holes, just gently keep piercing for a minute
• Now mix well with the chicken with hand so it is well soaked - leave it 2 hours for marination
• Take a bowl and add 2 cups plain flour, 1/2 cup corn flour, 2 tbsp salt, 2 tbsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp chilli powder, 1 tbsp black pepper,  1 tbsp turmeric powder and mix well. The final state is a powder mixture.
• Take another bowl and add 3 eggs and blend them. Add 1 cup milk and mix all well
• Now heat up the oil to medium-to-hot state
• Take one chicken fillet and coat it in the egg & milk mixture. Next coat it well in the powder mixture. Again coat back in egg & milk mixture well and finally again in the powder mixture. Press the chicken hard in powder mixture well. This double coating is necessary so the chicken fillets are fully soaked
• Now put one or two fillets in hot oil pan (depending upon the size of pan) and fry each side for few mins until the color change to brown. Make sure not to overcrowd the pan - the fillets shouldn't be touching each other
• Check using a fork if the chicken is tender
• Take out the fillet and soak on a dry paper - repeat the process for other fillets as well

Preparing the Sauce:

• Take a bowl and add 2 tbsp chilli garlic sauce, 2 tbsp mustard sauce, 4 tbsp Mayonnaise and mix well
• Taste the sauce and adjust as per taste

Preparing/Garnishing the Burgers:

• Put some butter on pan and soak through the inner sides of the buns
• Coat the buns with Mayonaise, put some lettuce, put chicken fillete, add sauce on top of the fillet, cheese slice and ketchup

Your KFC style chicken burger is ready :)

Recipe - Kabuli Pulao

Afghani / Central Asian Kabuli Pulao

Kabuli Pulao or Qabuli pulao is a Afghani / Central Asian dish. It consists of steamed rice mixed with raisins, carrots, and beef or lamb. The end result is a unique taste of sweetishly saltosh meat rice taste. Combined it together with Raita (saltosh youghurt with onions) - and you have a perfect Kabuli pulao.

Ingredients:

• Onions - 3
• Carrots - 3
• Meat 1.25 kg
• Rice 5 cups
• 1 cup raisins (kishmish)
• 4 tbsp salt + 2 tbsp cumin seeds + 1 tbsp cardamom powder  + garlic and ginger paste + 7 cups water

Step-by-Step:

1. Soak rice in hot water for an hour
2. Cut carrots in very thin slices
3. Chop the onions into slices
4. Wash the raisins
5. Put some oil in pan, enough to soak the carrot slices and fry for 5 mins
6. Take carrots out, put raisins in and fry for 10 seconds, the color will change to dark
7. Take raisins out and put the meat in the same oil and fry for 5 mins until the color change to brown
8. Mix onion now and fry for another 10 mins
9. Add 4tsp salt + 2 tsp cumin seeds + garlic paste 2 tbsp + ginger paste 2btsp - mix well and fry for another 2 mins
10. Add hot water 6 cups + 1tbsp garam masala and mix well 
11. Cover the pot and leave for 1.5 hrs (until the meat is tender)
12. Remove the lid and mix softly, check the meat should be tender
13. Take the meat out in a plate and cover it
14. Now add rice to the pot and flatten it to cover the pot 
15. Add hot water 2 cups (only if rice is not already completely inside of water)
16. Cover the pot and leave for 5 mins on high flame
17. Remove the lid - water should have gone with wet rice
18. Add carrot and raisins
19. Stir the rice and mix well
20. Add meat on top now
21. Stir slowly to pull rice little on top of meat, use a soft hand otherwise the rice will break
22. Cover the lid with a clean cloth and cover the pot for another 5 mins on medium flame
23. After 5 mins bring the flame to low for 20 mins
24. Your Pulao is ready