A Recipe From Our Menu - Chinese Chilli Chicken

When it comes to Chinese food, Chilli Chicken is an unparalleled and unanimous favorite in our Country. This spicy and delicious chicken dish is a definite favorite for people of all ages. Here is a recipe that lets you recreate the magic of your favorite restaurant at home - 

Ingredients-

STEP ONE

8 nos Chicken (Boneless)
4 tbsp Flour
2 tbsp Corn starch / corn flour
1½ tsp Salt (for mixing)
¾ tsp Ginger garlic paste
1 pinch Ajinomoto (Optional, add a pinch of sugar or white pepper powder instead)
1 tsp         Dark soy sauce
2 tsp         Vinegar
1 tsp          Green chillies (finely minced) (optional)
3 cup Oil (for deep frying)

STEP TWO

3 nos Onion
2 no         Green capsicum / bell pepper
4 no         Green chillies (long)
1 tsp         Ginger garlic paste (for sauteing)
1 tbsp Dark soy sauce ( for gravy)
2 tbsp Tomato ketchup
2 tsp          Red chili sauce (for sauteing)
½ tsp Sugar
1 tsp Salt (or as per taste)
1 pinch Ajinomotto(for sauteing)(optional, add a pinch of sugar or white pepper powder instead)
2 tbsp Oil
1 tsp         Cornstarch (for mixing in water)
¼ cup Water
1 stks Green onions for garnishing
1 no         Green chili for decoration


INSTRUCTIONS

STEP ONE

Wash the chicken tenders and cut into bite size pieces. Add flour, cornstarch, salt, soy sauce, ginger garlic paste, vinegar and minced green chilies to the washed chicken pieces and mix well. Make a tight batter, water from the chicken should be enough for mixing, add water only if necessary.

Heat oil and deep fry the chicken pieces in small batches. Drain excess oil using a paper towel and keep the fried pieces aside.

Slit open the long green chillies, roughly chop the onion and green peppers (about size of a nickel) and make a paste of ginger garlic.

Combine tomato ketchup, dark soy sauce, vinegar, red chilli sauce, ajinomotto and corn starch.

STEP TWO

Heat the oil given under table -2 and fry the green chillies, onion, bell peppers and ginger garlic paste.

Saute them for few minutes over high flame. Add soy sauce and mix.

Add tomato ketchup and chilli sauce to that and mix.

Add sugar, salt and ajinomotto.

Mix well over medium high flame for few minutes.

Add fried chicken pieces to this thick gravy.

Saute over medium high flame until well coated and the gravy thickens.

Garnish with slit green chillies and green onions.

A Recipe From Our Menu - Prawn Cocktail

The quickest, and simplest starter dish is a Prawn Cocktail. With this Prawn Cocktail recipe you can see just how quick it is. Use a mixture of king prawns and smaller prawns for the maximum texture and taste in this classic starter.

INGREDIENTS

For the dressing:
275g/10oz mayonnaise
2 small garlic cloves, crushed
6 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander
2 tbsp lime juice
1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper

900g mixed cooked unpeeled prawns, shells removed

To garnish:
½ lime, thinly sliced
small handful fresh coriander leaves
½ red chilli, deseeded and cut into thin strips

PROCEDURE

Place all of the dressing ingredients into a food processor and blend until combined and smooth, then season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Place into a bowl and store in the fridge until ready to serve.

To make the prawn cocktail, place the prawns and dressing into a bowl and mix together gently and arrange in cocktail or shot glasses.

Garnish with a slice of lime, a few coriander leaves and a few shreds of red chilli and serve.