Piri piri chicken with coleslaw

    Still remember the introduced flavour for frech fries in McDonalds, called as 'Spicy African seasoning, Piri Piri'  Yes, this chicken is flavoured with the same piri piri sauce.  Piri piri, the name derives from African Birds Eye chilli.

Piri piri sauce, which was Portugese in origin, and got prevalent in Mozambique, Angola, South Africa is made from these chillies, Bayleaf, peppercorns, oregano, onion, garlic, lime juice, basil, cilantro, citrus peel etc.  Now, lets make this piri piri sauce, marinate it with chicken and cook till done.  This spicy, red hot starter is accompanies by South American Coleslaw... It was super-duo combination.

Coleslaw

    Coleslaw is an salad of shredded raw cabbage, carrot and other optional fruits. This Southern US based dish is dressed with mayonnaise, vinegar and includes an pinch of mustard sauce too.  Preparations is soo simple and can be made in jiffy...This dish is usually had in barbeque chicken, chicken tikka etc.

Ingredients required

For the main salad

• 1 cup cabbage, cut into thin strips
• 1/2 cup carrot, cut into thin strips

Punjabi rajmah

My mother used to prepare most yummiest rajmah.  I like her curry/gravy/any dal preparation which she smartly accompanies with roti.  This punjabi rajmah is dedicated to my dear mother.

Ingredients required

To temper

• 4 tsp butter
• 1 bayleaf, crushed
• 2-3 cloves
• 2 tsp crushed black cardamon

Spice mix

• 1/2 tsp haldi/turmeric powder
• 1 tsp punjabi garam masala
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1tsp dhanya powder
• 1/2 tsp aamchur powder
• 1 tsp salt

Choclatey pop sticks

    My second choclate task was soooo easy on me and went sooo tasty for my kid....

Ingredients required

•   50 grams white choclate 
• 100 grams dark choclate
• Pinch of butter 
• Some lollypop sticks.

Kothe momos

    Many would now have familiarized the word 'momo', steamed dumpling from tibetian cuisine.  Momo is usually served as an starter with an spicy, tangy dipping sauce.  There are many varieties of momo, of that we are going to see Kothe momos, these are steamed half-moon shaped dumplings which are pan-fried and served.  Kothe momos usually have an juicy chicken filling, here I replaced chicken mince with soya chunks mince and product was GREATTTT.....

Ingredients required

For dough

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Enough water, to knead the dough
• 1 tsp oil