My First Award

Hi All,
Hope you all are doing great...I would like to thank Jyoti of " Food Seasons " , http://www.foodseasons.com/ for this wonderful award... This is my first award & you just made my day dear .. Thanks for all the love and encouragement ...

Till then have a nice & bright weekend to all . Have fun & do take care of yourself .

Chicken Tikka Roll For Easy Dinner Idea

Couple of days back I was reading a report that nowdays heart attack can be occur at the age of 22 also . Because of our lifestyle , food habits & stress in our personal & professional life . We indians eat oily & spicy food . So our risk for heart attack is most . So I thought to make something for which I don't need to use more oil & made chicken tikka . Later I thought to use them to make roll for our dinner .
So I made delicious chicken tikka roll .

Here is the recipe .





Ingredients for chicken tikka :-

1. 250 gm boneless chicken pieces cut into 2" chunks .
2. 4 tsp hang curd / yoghurt / dahi .
3. 2 tsp ginger - gerlic paste .
4. 1 tsp roasted cumin powder .
5. 2 tsp Chilly powder .
6. Juice of 1 lemon .
7. 1 tsp Garam masala .
8. 1 tsp coriender powder .
9. 1 tsp Chaat masala .
10. 1 tsp black pepper powder
11. 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder / red food colour ( optional for colour ).
12. Salt to taste .
13. Butter / olive oil .
14. Wooden skewers to hold the chicken pieces .


Method :-

1. In a small bowl mix all the ingredients except butter .
2. Marinate the chicken pieces for at lest 8 hours in the refrigerator .
3. In a bowl take some water & place the wooden stick for 2 hours .
4. Thread the chicken onto skewers and keep ready .
5. Now preheat the oven or grill to a medium high temperature & grill it for 15 mins each sides . Place the skewers on the grill racks in your oven with a tray underneath to catch drippings.
6. Remove from the microwave . Now roast open in the gas oven till the chicken is browned on all sides and tender.
7. Remove from skewers and put the chicken in a plate.






Ingredients for roll :-

1. 2 cup Whole wheat flour .
2. 1 tsp Olive oil for kneading + 2 tsp for frying .
3. Salt to taste
4. Water .
6. 4 Eggs .


Method:-

1. In a bowl mix flour, salt and oil well.
2. Add water slowly and make chapati type dough.Now cover with a moslin cloth & keep it aside for half an hour.
3. Divide the dough into balls & spread each ball into thin circles .
4. Now Heat a pan/tawa over medium heat.Grease the pan with little oil, place one chapati and cook for few seconds on one side until it starts to puff up. Flip over to the other side and continue this process until both sides have golden brown spots.
5. Remove from pan .
6. In a small bowl take the egg , add salt & beat well .
7. Now add 1 tsp oil in the hot tawa/pan & pour the egg mixture .Place the paratha at the top of it & press it gently so that the egg spead all over the paratha evenly .Cook for 30 sec each sides .


Ingredients for assamble :-

1. 2 cucumber finely chopped .
2. 1 tomato finely chopped .
3. 1 medium size onion finely chopped .
4. 2 green chilli finely chopped .
5. Lemon juice .
6. Tomato sause .
7. Chilli Sauce .

Method :-

1. Now take the paratha , add the tikkas & above ingrediants in the middle of the paratha and roll tightly from end to make the roll .
2. You can wrap a aluminium foil or the paper at the bottom of the roll to hold it .

Some Aloo Tikki Chat For My Taste Buds .......

Kolkata is famous for its foods & that too for snacks & chats . That can be "Phuchka" , "Jhalmuri" ,"Alu kabli" ,"Moglai" or so on .....
But here in Dubai I don't feel the tastes of the chats like Kolkata . There are few chat corners are here but I don't get them that easily . I don't want to go for 30 min ride to get some good chat . So Last weekend when I was curving for some snacks I thought to make it by myself . At least to give it a try . So I made Aloo Tikka chat & surprisingly it tastes great .

Here is the recipe :




Ingredients for Tikki :-

1. 3 - 4 medium size potatoes
2. 1 onion finely chopped
3. 1 tbsp grated ginger
4. 1 green chilli finely chopped
5. 3 - 4 tbsp bread crumbs
6. 1 - 2 tsp garam masala
7. 1 - 2 tsp jeera powder
8. 1 - 2 tsp red chilli powder
9. Oil for cooking
10. salt as per taste
11. Handful chopped coriander leaves .


Method :-

1. Pressure cook the potatoes and mash them well . Mix all the above ingredients properly , except oil .

2. Now make small balls of the mixture by placing in between your palms, & press it to flatten a bit .

3. Heat a non-sick pan and drizzle some oil. Place the tikki and cook it on medium flame till light brown . Once brown, flip it to cook on the other side. Add some oil if needed.



Ingredients for Chole :-

1. 3 canned chickpea drained & washed properly
2. 3 medium size onion chopped finely
3. 2-3 green chilli chopped finely
4. 2 medium size tomatoes finely chopped
5. 1 tsp ginger paste
6. 1 tsp gerlic paste
7. 2 -3 tsp red chili powder
8. 1 1/2 tbsp Coriander powder
9. 1 tsp Turmeric powder
10. Whole garam masala ( cumin , cloves ,1" Cinnamon stick, black peppercorns , green cardamom , black cardamom )
11. Oil
12. Salt to taste
13. Sugar ( optional )
14. 1 cup water

Method :-

1. Heat oil in a pan and add the Sugar till caramelized . Now add whole garam masala .

2. Once they start splutter, add the chopped onions, green chillies and saute well.

3. Once onion become soft add the ginger paste & saute for 2 min .

4. Now add the red chili powder ,Coriander powder , Turmeric powder & saute for another 2 min .

5. Once aroma of the spices is released, add the tomato pieces and saute well.

6. Now add the chickpeas , salt and water . Allow it to boil till the gravy become thick .

Now in a plate put the aloo tikkis , add some chole over it . Drizzle of yogurt , tamarind date chutney , chopped cilantro , chopped onion , black salt & enjoy .

I am sending this post to Served With Love who is hosting this month's RCI "Mumbai Street Food" , originally hosted by dear fellower Lakshmi of " Veggie Cuisine " & also sending this to Simple Indian Food for WYF Fried snack event .