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Saturday, 10 March 2012

Buffalo Wings

Who doesnt love to dig into spicy and saucy chicken wings.

You can make them for appetizers at a dinner party or have them as a whole meal, like I did :D

I've been searching for a perfect buffalo wing recipe for a few days now, bookmarking this and that, but when i came across this recipe, i was game.

I saw this recipe on a recipe page on facebook.

You can check it out HERE

They have some wonderful recipes. Go ahead and browse through!

I did add a little variation to the recipe and I serves them with creamy mashed potatoes to cut out the heat.

So here goes

Ingredients :

(For Marination):

1 kg of Chicken wings

1 tsp of Black pepper

Salt according to taste

1/2 tsp of White pepper

2 tbsp of Chili garlic sauce or ketchup

(For the Sauce)

2-3 tbsp of Butter

2-3 cloves of Freshly crushed Garlic.

3-4 tbsp of Hot Sauce

1/4 cup of Tomato ketchup

1/4 cup of water

1 tbsp of Brown sugar

Salt to taste

1 tbsp of Soy sauce

1 tbsp of Red Chili Flakes or Cayenne Pepper (Adjust according to taste, i made them super spicy)

a few drops of Tabasco Sauce (optional)

1-2 cups of All purpose flour to coat the wings.

Method :

You can purchase whole wings or as the butcher to cut them up for u.

If you,re buying whole, Cut chicken wings in 2 parts, drumette and winglet. Some may include a wing tip as well, discard the tips or keep them for later use in making chicken stock.

Marinate the chicken in the ingredients for Marination for at least 30 minutes.

Meanwhile Make the sauce.

Heat butter in a sauce pan, when melted add garlic. Cook till fragrant...

...than add all the other ingredients.

Cook on low flame till thick and saucy.

While the sauce if cooking...

coat chicken wing in flour. Shake off the excess...

...and deep fry till light golden brown. Being careful not to overcrowd the pan, as the wings will become soggy, do this is batches.

Add the hot sauce and toss to coat.

I served them with Creamy Mashed Potatoes

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Thursday, 8 March 2012

Xbox

This was the second cake I made this week.

The client ordered this for his younger brother.

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Hey guys

I made 2 cakes this week

One of the client wanted a pair of converse shoes, i was overly excited about it !

I thought it wouldnt take much time, but there was so much detailing to do, and i had to make a pair !!

By the time i was done, my feet were aching and i was totally cursing myself for taking this order !

but in the end it was all worth it !!

I think i did a pretty decent job, all things considered !

Browse through the pictures and enjoy !!

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Sunday, 26 February 2012

Calzone

Calzone originated from Italy. It is shaped like a semicircle, with the dough folded over and stuffed with ingredients common to pizza.

Remember the Mughlai Malai Chicken recipe that i posted yesterday? I used the same chicken in the filling for this !

This recipe yields 2 Calzones.

So for my version of the Calzone, you'll need,

(For the dough)

2 1/2 cups of All purpose Flour

1/2 tsp of Salt

3 tbsp of Oil

2 tbsp of Yeast

1 tbsp of Sugar

(For the Sauce)

2-3 large Tomatoes

1 Onion finely diced.

1 tsp of freshly crushed Garlic

3-4 tbsp of Tomato ketchup

Salt to taste

1 1/2 tsp of Red chili flakes (adjust according to taste)

1/2 tsp of Oregano

1/2 tsp of Thyme

(For the Filling)

1 cup of Any type of prepared chicken (I used Mughlai Malai Chicken)

2 large Capsicum diced

1 large tomato diced

1 large Onion diced

1 cup of Mozzarella Cheese shredded

1/2 cup of Cheddar cheese

Method :

(For the Dough)

Mix Yeast and Sugar with 4-5 tbsp of warm water. Place it in a water bath (Boil water, turn off heat and place this glass in the water) Leave to froth for 5-6 minutes.

Mix flour, salt, oil and the yeast sugar mixture to make a soft dough.

Add warm water if needed.

Leave to rise for 1 hour.

(For the Sauce)

Blend tomatoes with a little bit of water. Keep aside.

Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a sauce pan. Add onion, cook till transparent.

Add freshly crushed garlic, cook till fragrant.

Add purred tomatoes...

...salt, red chili flakes, oregano, sugar and a little water.

When a little thick, add thyme.

Cook till saucy and thick.

Leave to cool.

(To Assemble)

Knead the dough a little, divide the dough in half. Roll out 1 half and place it on the baking tray in a circle.

Do the same with the other half, placing it on the other sheet. Leave for 20-30 minutes to rise.

Add the sauce , chicken, vegetables and cheeses on one side only.

Fold it over. I used butter paper underneath it, to lift it, as i baked both of these in the same tray.

Pinch in the sides so that the filling does not leak out. Make 2-3 indentations on the top.

I baked both of these together on a cookie sheet :D

Bake for 15-20 minutes in a preheated oven at 200 degree centigrade.

Enjoy !!

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Saturday, 25 February 2012

Mughlai Malai Boti

My parents were going to someone's wedding today,

so we decided to make something for ourselves, and as usual my brother wanted pizza

I was not going to give in to that, I've had my share of pizzas, and they r quite a lot, and yea, you guessed it, I wanted to try something different.

But he wouldn't eat anything else, so i had to come up with something that revolves around a pizza.

Calzone, thats what came to my mind ! (I'll post the recipe for that tomorrow!)

I had this a few months back at Port Grand, and i thought about making it at home, but literally forgot about it till today.

So, for the filling i had to have chicken.

I thought about doing teriyaki chicken, chicken tikka, and blah blah. You have no idea how many possibilities came to my head. I finally settled on chicken tikka, but i didnt have yogurt on hand, but there was cream, why not make malai boti, thats what i did !

I just added everything i could find ! :D

so yea, this recipe is totally mine !!

The chicken pieces can be added to spaghetti, pizza, sandwich or can be eaten as it is !

Super Juice and Totally Delicious either way !

Ingredients :

1/2 kg Chicken boneless (cut in cubes)

5-6 tbsp of Cream

2 tbsp of Cream cheese

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp of Black pepper

1/4 tsp of Chaat Masala

1/4 tsp of All Spice