Fried Chicken Fried Rice

Hi friends, its me here again with a different dish. Trust me you will surely love it. Fried Chicken fried rice???.... Hope it may sound different, but it tastes good. It is a good way to make this with left over chicken, but to be very frank with you, in my house, i never come across a any time the chicken to get left over. So i prepare the fried chicken just to make this dish. My hubby and daughter love it so much more than the normal chicken fried rice. More of all its so simple to make once you prepare the chicken.

For this recipe you first need to prepare the fried chicken. For this preparation visit Deep fried chicken.

Ingredients :

Chicken - ( 200 grms) Deep fried as told in the recipe.

Spring Onions - 2 ( Chopped finely)

Capsicum - Red and green colour ( Chopped length wise)

Green chilly - 3 ( chopped)

Ginger and garlic paste - 2 tsp

Seasame oil - 5 tsp

Salt - To taste

Soya sauce - 1 to 2 tsp

Ajinomoto - 2 pinch

Basmathi rice - 1 cup cooked. ( With 1 : 2 water and rice ratio) and cool it.

Preparation :

*First prepare the deep fried chicken as mentioned, then cut it into small pieces as shown below

* Then take a pan, add the oil, then add the spring onions and fry it, then add the capsicums and fry for few mins, then add the green chillies and fry it.

* Then add te ginger and garlic paste and fry till the raw smell disappears.

* Now add the cooked and cooled rice to the pan, and mix well.

* Now add the Ajinomoto and soya sauce and salt and mix together.

* Add the prepared chicken to the rice.

* Mix well, and check for the taste.

* Hmmmmmmm yummy Spice-India special fried chicken fried rice is ready to be served.

Serve hot, and enjoy yours.

Tandoori Chicken

Tandoori chicken, the name itself makes many peoples mouth water....Hmmmmmmmmmm , including me. Its one of my very very fav dish. When my mom came to UK, i prepared this for her. With no doubt she was so pleased and impressed by the taste. And accepted me to be a real good cook. Hahaha, from then, she started to tell all her friends and relatives about my cooking talent. Hahhaaa, one of the dish that took my name a one step forward. Very glad about that. Well, the recipe is very simple, yet very very tasty. I had the step by step pictures, but i think i missed it during the data transfer from my old Laptop to the new. But hope it should be somewhere in the memory stick. But never mind, will find it soon and post the pictures for you. But today i am here to give you the recipe..........So, here is the recipe just for you..........

Ingredients :

Chicken - 5 ( Leg pieces)
Chilly powder - 3 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - To taste
Ginger and garlic paste - 5 tsp
Tandoori Powder - 2 tsp ( Optional ), but if you dont manage to get, then dont worry, add 2 tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp cumin powder , and 1/2 tsp garam masala, and little bit of extra chilly powder for the spice.
Rice flour - 3 tsp
Corn flour - 5 tsp
Red colouring powder - 1/4 tsp
Yogurt - 1/2 cup
Oil - to coat.

Preparation :

* First take the chicken pieces, and remove the skin if you perfer ( But i prefer to have it)and wash it.
* Make some cuts on to the chicken flesh ( This is just for the masala to get in.
* Noe except chicken mix all the other ingredients and make into a paste. Make it a thick paste. If it becomes watery, then add little of corn flour to make it thick paste
* Make sure the paste is sufficient to coat all the leg pieces, ( Check for spice and salt).
* Now coat each chicken leg pieces with the masala paste,making sure you apply generously , and also apply into the cuts you made on to the chicken.
* Keep it in the fridge for atleast 30 mins. ( The more time you leave is good) ( I also do this a day before my friends arrive home, and keep it in the fridge for overnight , so that the masala gets in very well)
*Now preheat the Oven at 200 degree Cel for 25 - 30 mins.
* Take the marinated chicken, keep it on the grilling tray, and keep it inside the oven and cook for 15 mins.( turning the chicken inbetween)
* Take out and coat the chicken with oil ( Using brush) and keep it in the oven for 20 mins, also turning the grill. Set the grill for high. ( Make sure you turn the chicken in between and coat it again with the oil.)
* It would take approx 30- 45 mins for the chicken to be cooked. ( But make sure you check )

Hmmmmmmmmm yummy Tandoori chicken is ready to be served hot with some fries and chilly sauce.

The red colour of the chicken is very inviting, so always make sure you make enough and store few for yourself. Hahahah.........ENJOY....

Madras Chicken

Hi friends, i know it has been very long time, Its all because of my little princess, who always keep me busy all the time. And particularlly with the christmas nearing , she is having a great time participating in the pre-school production. She was a little snow man. Hooo...just bless her. Well, coming back to the recipe, Madras chicken is one of Chef Dhamodharan's recipe. I just made few alteration to suit my taste. In this recipe chicken is cooked with spices, which really gives a fantastic taste. The spices really worked very well here. The garlic just brings out the fantastic flavour, which in turn pushes us to eat more......( Hmmmm......be aware if you are on diet). hehehehehe. Well.....here is the recipe just for you.

Ingredients :

Chicken - 500grms ( Boneless , chopped in small pieces)
Big onion - 1 ( Chopped finely chopped)
Tomato - 1 and half ( Chopped finely)
Dry Red Chilly - 5
Pepper - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Garlic - 10 pallu
Ginger - small piece
Curry leaves - 1 stem ( Optional )
Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
Oil - to fry
Cashew nuts - 5
cloves - 1
cinnamon stick - 1 small piece
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt - To taste

Preparation :

* Clean the chicken , cut into small pieces, and then marinate with salt and turmeric powder and keep it in the fridge for atleast 1 hrs.

* In the mean time, add dry red chilly, mustard seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves, garlic and ginger in the mixer grinder and grind it into fine taste by adding some water.

* Now take the marinated chicken, and fry it in the oil. Keep it aside.


*Now in the same oil, add the chopped onion and fry well. If you are using the curry leaves, then add it now.

* Then Add the grinded masala to the onion, and fry for few mins till the raw smell disappears.
* Then add the chopped tomatoes, fried chicken and coriander leaves and mix well.
* Grind the cashew nuts into paste by adding water, and add it now.

* Then add the water to it. ( The water i added in the pictures looks white, its just beacause i poured it in the cup in which the cashew paste for kept....Not to waste the rest you see.........( Just what our mom's do ).....), So dont get confused with it please.

* Add the salt, and cook.

* Cook until the chicken comes out dry, and the oil starts to come out.

Hmmmmmm.........what else you are waiting, just garnish some coriander leaves and serve hot.

Enjoy..........

Kadai / Kadhai Chicken

Hi freinds, Today i am going to post the recipe for Kadai /kadhai chicken. Its one of my hubbies fav. He loves to have it with rice or roti or chappati. When ever i prepare this dish, its always not sufficient for that day. Once again, this dish is prepared in different ways by different people, but what i post here is the method that i use. So here is the recipe just for you.

Ingredients :

Chicken - 1 kg ( With bone) ( Washed and cleaned , and chopped in medium sized piece)

Big Onion - 2 ( Chopped )

Tomatoes - 3 - 4 ( Chopped )

Chilly powder - 1 and half tsp

Salt - To taste

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 3 - 5 tsp

Coriander leaves - To garnish

Ginger and Garlic paste - 3 -4 tsp

Green Capsicum - 1/2 ( cut into small squares ) ( Optional)

Masala items :

Cloves - 2

Green Cardamons - 3

Cinnamon sticks - 2 - 3 ( small pieces )

Preparation :

* First clean the chicken, cut it into small medium pieces.

* Marinate the chicken with 1/4 chilly powder, pinch of turmeric, and 2 tsp ginger and garlic paste, and 1/4 tsp of salt. Now tranfer it in a pressure cooker and add 1/2 cup of water and pressur cook it . ( Remember , don't add lot of water). Pressure cook it for 2 whistles.

* In the mean time, take a pan, add oil, add chopped onion and fry till golden brown.

* Add the tomatoes and fry well, and then add the ginger and garlic paste.

* Now grind the mixtrue to paste ( Dont grind it to very fine paste thou)

* Then take a another kadai, add oil , and add the masala items.

* If you are adding capsicum then add it now and cook for 3 -5 mins, till they become soft.Then add the grinded mixture , and mix well.

* Now add the chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and cook for few mins.

* Now add the steam cooked chicken pieces. ( If you have any water left in the pressure cooker, then add that water also to the mixture, it will really add up the taste)

* Now check for salt and add some more if needed.

* Keep cooking , by carefully mixing gently.

* Cook until all the oil starts to come out.

* At this stage add the garam masala.

Finally add the coriander leaves and serve hot..........Your Kadai chicken is ready now....Enjoy yours.

( If you prefer, then you could make it more gravy by adding more onion and tomatoes).

Chilli Chicken

Hi friends, Here is the recipe for chilli chicken with step by step pictures. One of the visitor named Mrs Hema Balakrishnan, got married recently and moved to Florida asked me for the recipe with step by step images. Well, she also mentioned she is very new to the cooking. Well Hema , i would love to wish you a happy married life, and also would like to say, that i was also the same when i got married.....but now i learnt cooking is such a fun and easy task when we know what we are up to. Friends, my first recipe on spice-india was chilli chicken, but i did not start it with step by step pictures. So here i am glad to re post my first fav recipe with step by step instruction and pictures. I am really happy and glad to see people posting me and asking for recipes. Well, here is the recipe just for you..........

Ingredients :

Chicken - 500grm ( Skinless and boneless. Chop into small pieces)
Corn flour - 10 tsp
Plain flour - 10 tsp
ginger - very small ( skin out, and chop into very small pieces...because we are going to use it directly to our recipe without grinding)
Garlic - 4 piece ( Chopped into small pieces)
Onion - 1 ( Chopped into length wise)
Green chilly - 3 ( Chopped length wise)
Cornflour paste - 1/4 cup ( Add 2 tsp corn flour with 1/4 cup of water and mix well)
water - 1/4 tsp
Ajinomoto - a pinch
Salt - To taste
Food colouring - orange ( 2 pinch)
Oil - To fry
Viniger - 1 tsp
Soya sauce - 1/2 tsp
Green Capsicum - 1/2 ( Chopped into small squares)

Preparation :

* First take the chicken , clean it and skinout. Chop it into small pieces.
* Then add the cornflour and plain flour to it and mix well, sprinkling some water. Make sure you marinate it generously.
* Then heat oil in a pan, and fry the chicken ( Remember - There is no need to add salt , you could marinate and fry it immedietly)

* Keep the fried chicken aside. If you are very concern about the oil, then place it on a plate with few tissues on it. * Now take a pan, add 3 -5 tsp of oil. Then add the chopped ginger and garlic and fry till the raw smell disappears.

* Then add the chopped onion and fry till golden brown. * Add the green chillies and the capsicums and fry till the capsicums are soft

* Then add 1/4 cup of water and 1 tsp of viniger and allow it to boil for 5 mins.
* Then add the soya sauce, ajinomoto and cook for 2 more mins.
* Now add the corn flour water to it and allow it to boil for another 3 - 5 mins. You can see the sauce to thinken. * Now add the food colour and salt and mix well. Now the sauce is ready and when it starts to boil, the chicken is ready to be added.

* So what are you waiting for , add the chicken.

* Mix well. Check for the salt.

Hmmmmm the yummy chilli chicken is ready to be served...........make sure you reserve yours...hmmmmm yummmmmmm........

Karaikudi Kozhi varuval / Chicken fry

Hmm, hi friends, here i am yet with another spicy and tasty dish. The karaikudi chicken varuval is a fantastic dish, where the chicken is first marinated with spices , and then cooked with onion and coconut milk. The addition of curry leave gives an fantastic flavour. So here is the recipe just for you...

Ingredients :

Chicken - 500 grm ( Boneless and skinless. Wash and clean the chicken and chop it into small pieces)

Cumin seads - 1/2 tsp

Big Onion - 1 ( chopped finely)

Sombu - 1/2 tsp

curry leaves - 1 stem

Chilly powder - 1 tsp

trumeric powder - 1/2 tsp

coriander powder - 1 tsp

Salt - To taste

Yogurt - 1/2 cup

Oil - 5 tsp

Coconut Milk - 1/2 cup

Lemon juice - 2 tsp

Preparation :

* Take the cleaned chicken in a bowl, add the chilly powder, turmeric powder, Coriander Powder , salt and yorkut. Mix all together very well.

* Keep the marianted chicken in the fridge for atleast 1/2 hr.

* In the mean while, take a pan, add oil, then add the cumin seeds, sombu and fry to few mins.

* Then add the chopped onions and fry till golden brown.

* Add the curry leaves and fry for few mins.

* Add the marinated chicken, and mix every thing well.

* Sprinkle some water and cook till the chicken is cooked well. ( Dont add more water, as the chicken itself leaves out some water), at this time, check for the taste.

* After the chicken is cooked well, add the coconut milk and mix well and cook until it is dry.

* Finally squeeze the lemon and mix well, and keep frying it until it becomes very dry, and the oil comes out.

Hmmm......the yummy, spicy karaikudi Kozhi varuval is ready to be served.....Enjoy yours...

Chicken Bharta

Hi friends, Here i am with a tasty recipe called " Chicken Bharta". This is a recipe where dices of chicken been cooked in onion and tomato masala. This is one of my most fav recipe. And here is the recipe just for you.....

Ingredients :

Chicken - 1/2 kg ( Skinless and boneless) ( Chopped into tiny pieces)
Big Onion - 3 ( Chopped finely)
Ginger - small piece ( Chopped Finely)
Garlic - 3 - 5 ( Chopped Finely)
Tomatoes - 3 ( Chopped Finely)
Dry red chilly - 2 ( chopped)
Chilly powder - 1/4 tsp
Green chilly - 2 ( Need not to be chopped, just take off the stem and add it)
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Green capsicum - 1/2 ( Chopped into small cubes)
Oil - 5 - 6 tsp
Dry Fenugreek Leaves ( Kasoori methi) - 2 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Preparation :

* Cut the boneless chicken into very tiny pieces.
* Now take a pan, add oil, and add the chopped onions, garlic and ginger and fry till the raw well for 5 - 8 mins.* Then add the the capsicum, and little of chopped tomatoes and fry well.

* Now add the chopped chicken, and mix well and cook for sometimes.

* When the chicken starts to turn white in colour, add the rest of the tomatoes and mix well.

* Now add the redry chilly, green chilly, salt, chilly powder, coriander powder, little chopped corinader leaves and kasoori methi and mix well , and allow it to cook for 10 - 15 mins. ( Do not add water, because chicken leave out water).


* Keep stiring until the chicken is cooked and let the oil start to come out.
* Then squeeze the fresh lemon ( 1 tsp ) and mix well and switch off the stove.

Wow.........the yummy chicken bharta is ready, garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve hot. Enjoy yours too.........hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

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Spicy pepper chicken curry

Chicken curry is one of the famous recipe in all non veg restarants. Its my all time fav. If i make chicken curry, i generally need to keep more rice than usual. It will go very well, with plain rice, or a side dish for pulav rice or naan breads, chapathi and parathas.

There are always different people preaparing in differrent style. This particular is that i learnt from my mom, where my mom learnt from her in-law( i.e my grand ma). My grand parents are from a small village in south india , Tamil nadu, and there is always a liking for us towards the village recipes. The reason behind that is the taste. Gosh......They always taste the best, because the ingredients and the masala, that they use are freshly prepared. Thou here, i dont use much of fresh ingredient, i have managed to prepare the masala freshly to bring atleast 50% of their taste.

Well...The recipe of spicy pepper chicken curry is here........

Ingredients :

Chicken - 1/2 ( chopped) ( Can use the pieces with bones, which will always taste much better)
Garlic - 1 full ( remove the skin and need not be chopped because we will grind it)
whole Pepper - 2 spoon
Ginger - small piece ( Finely chopped)
Big Onions - 3 ( Chopped)
Tomatoes - 2 ( chopped)
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Green Chilly - 1 (Optional , use it if you need really spicy)
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Salt - To taste
Coriander leaves - 1 hand full
Garam Masala - 1 tsp
Oil - To fry

Masala Items :

Sombu - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon sticks - 2 small peices
Green Cardamons - 3
Cloves - 2Bay leaves - 1

Preparation :

* Now first, chop the chicken and clean it.
* Take a heavy bottomed vessel or pan, add oil, add the whole pepper and fry it.
* Then add the garlic and fry till golden brown
* Now add the onions , fry till golden brown, then add the chopped tomatoes.

* keep it aside and wait till it is cool.

* Then add it to the blender or mixy jar, and add the chopped ginger and grind it by adding water.
* Then add the half of the coriander leaves to it and grind well by adding water.

* Now the masala for the chicken curry is ready. ( The idea of grinding the masala is that we get the curry little bit thicker, and the taste is better and also kids and we dont avoid thing with out eating)
* Now take another vessel, add oil, and add the masala items and fry it.
* Now add the grinded masala and fry it for 5 mins.

* Then add 3 cups of water to it and the chopped chicken to it.

* Then add the turmeric powder, chiily powder, coriander powder and salt and mix well.
* Close the vessel and cook for 25-30 mins ( Stiring it inbetween)
* Finally add Garam masala and mix well.

Wow............The spicy pepper chicken curry is ready to be served. Garnish and serve hot...
Hope you enjoy this recipe. Do leave y0ur comments.......

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