Malpuas (Indian Pancakes)

Hi Friends ...
Raksha-Bandhan just gone and many more festivals yet to come ......Coming of guests during the festive season is very common. Make something at home just to impress them :-)
Malpuas are specially made during the festival time in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra. It is served as a dessert or a snack. Loved making it, you can also try this at home......

Ingredients:-
500 ml milk
1 cup all purpose flour (maida)
1/2 cup semolina (suji)
1/4 tsp cardamon powder
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp fennel seeds
Oil for deep frying
For sugar syrup:
3 cups of water
2 cups of  sugar
1/4 tsp cardamon powder (elaichi powder)
For Garnishing: Chopped almonds


Method:

• Boil milk and then keep it on low flame for 15-20 mins.
• Remove from fire and once it will be lukewarm add suji, maida, sugar and fennel seeds. Mix it well so that there should be no lumps in the batter.
• Keep the batter in fridge for 3-4 hrs.
• Meanwhile make sugar syrup, boil water in heavy bottomed pan.
• Add sugar and stir till sugar completely dissolves. 
• Add eilachi powder. Mix well. Cook on low flame till it forms the thick syrup of one string consistency.
• Heat non-stick pan, Add oil.

• Now pour batter with a ladle. Pour 3 times batter in pan to make 3 pancakes at a time.
• Cook on medium flame till pancakes turn golden brown from both the sides.

• Take them out and put them in sugar syrup for 3-4 mins.

• Garnish with chopped almonds and serve hot.
• Enjoy.

                              

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Chicken Fingers (Inspired by KFC)

Hi Friends ...
  Very easy and simple recipe for all the chicken lovers .....This idea I got it from KFC chicken popcorn.
I tried this recipe on boneless chicken cut into long strips , You can try this with chicken having bones (that will give a  look of a chicken basket available at KFC)

Ingredients:
Boneless chicken (Chicken Breast cut into long strips)
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp red chilly powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp all purpose flour (Maida)
3 tbsp bread crumbs
2 tbsp Parmesan cheese
Salt acc.to taste
1/4 tsp chilly flakes
1/2 tsp oregano
1 egg
Oil for frying 

Method:

1. Wash, clean and pat dry chicken pieces. 
2. Marinate them in lemon juice, salt, ginger-garlic paste and red chilly powder.
3. Keep it in fridge for 1 hr at least.
4. Whisk the egg and keep it aside.
5. Now mix  breadcrumbs, chilly flakes, oregano, Parmesan cheese and little salt. Mix well. Keep it aside.
6. Take out the chicken pieces, roll it on maida (see that it coats the chicken evenly from all the sides)
7. Dip the chicken pieces in the egg.
8. Roll them into breadcrumb mixture, see that the mixture is coated evenly on the chicken.
9. Deep fry them on medium flame till golden brown in colour.
10. Serve hot with tarter sauce or any other dip of your choice.

Homemade Breadcrumbs

Hi All ....
  Breadcrumb is an important ingredient in making tikkis, cutlet and other fried starters. I had 2-3 days old bread which became little hard and dry ...I tried breadcrumbs out of it and it worked. Simple and easy way to make breadcrumbs at home.

For plain breadcrumbs
4-5 slices of bread (wheat or white bread)

For flavoured one: 
4-5 slices of bread (wheat or white bread)
2-3 tsp olive oil
Oregano, chilly fakes
Salt

Method:

1. Place the slices on the baking tray.
2. Sprinkle olive oil, oregano, chilly flakes and salt.
3. Keep them in oven at 180 c for 25-30 mins.
4. Keep checking in between.
5. When it becomes brown in colour, remove from oven.
6. Roughly break the toasted bread into the grinder.
7. Grind it into fine powder.
8. Your breadcrumbs are ready.
9. Store it in airtight container.

For plain one:
Same procedure but skip step 2 mentioned above.
But what I personally experienced is instead of keeping the slices in oven for 25-30 mins, keep them in the toaster for 2 mins.
It will also make the slices evenly brown and crispy too.
Remaining from step 6.

Or you can toast the slices on tava till they become brown and crispy.
Once the slices cool down then only break them into the grinder.

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