Sweet n Sour Pineapple Chicken

Chilli Paneer (Paneer or Cottage Cheese in a hot spicy Chinese gravy)

Chilli Chicken  is a very popular item in any Chinese restaurant  in India.Chilli Paneer  is a modified  vegetarian  version of chilli chicken. Here,paneer  or  Indian cottage  cheese are cooked in flavourful  Chinese spiced gravy.I often make this dish at home.It is very easy to make if you have all the ingredients  at home. Do you believe  I made this chilli paneer  along with veg fried rice at 6'O clock in the morning for my daughter  lunch box?

Veg Manchurian

                                  VEG MANCHURIAN 
 
-:Ingredients  for Veg Manchurian  balls:-

1 cup grated carrot
1 cup finely chopped cabbage
1/4cup finely chopped spring onion
1/4cup finely chopped  french beans
1/2tsp freshly  black pepper powder
2 tbsp all purpose flour/maida
2 tbsp cornfloursalt to taste
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Ginger  Garlic paste
1tsp Soya Sauce

for the sauce:

2 tbsp onion chopped
1 or 2 green chilies/hari mirch
4-5 Garlic  Cloves Chopped
Green Bell Pepper -cut into thin strips
Green  Chillies -3cut into  slits
1 tbsp corn flour dissolved in 2 tbsp water
1tbsp soya sauce
1tsp Red chilly Sauce
1tsp Green  Chilly Sauce
1/2tsp Tomato sauce
½ tbsp vinegar - 
1tsp black  pepper powder
salt to taste
sugar to taste
some chopped spring onion for garnishing

INSTRUCTIONS

How to make veg manchurian balls:

mix all the ingredients listed under veg balls.
keep aside for 15-20 minutes.
shape into small round balls 
Heat  oil in a pan and shallow fry  on medium flame till golden browned 
drain on kitchen tissues and keep aside.

How to Make  Gravy 

heat oil. Add chopped  garlic,fry until  light brown 

Add Chopped  Onions  and Capsicum  
Add green chilies on high flame.
Mix all the sauce except tomato sauce with 1/2cup water...and add 1/2tsp black pepper,mix well and add let the sauce simmer for 1-2 minutes
add the cornflour paste to thicken the sauce.thicken 
add vinegar, salt, sugar and the fried veg balls.
 stir and simmer for a minute.
Add tomato sauce and remaining  blackpepper powder. .mix well...cook for  1 minute
serve veg manchurian garnished with spring onion greens.

NOTES

1. the best part of any chinese dish is you can change the consistency as per your liking. if you want a thin consistency, add some  water.

2. i have not added any msg to the recipe. if you want ,you can do so. but  msg or mono sodium glutamate is not good for the health.

3. remember to fry the veg balls on medium heat. if they are fried on a high heat, then the outside will get cooked and the inside will be not cooked ,and if they are fried on a low heat, they will absorb oil ...balls will  be  very oil.

                            

Chinese Fried Rice

                  
                                            

                                 CHINESE FRIED RICE

Chinese fried rice is a dish of steamed rice stir fried in a wok mixed with  vegetables like Carrots, French beans,Green Bell Pepper, Spring Onion etc..and also  mushroom  can be added. ...if you want to make Chicken Fried Rice...then can add Chicken pieces....or just can add Egg for Egg fried rice. ...or can add Shrimp along with Chicken, Eggs and Vegetables for making Mixed Fried Rice...

In Chinese Fried Rice. .Leftover Rice is generally used because the moisture in freshly cooked rice will cause it to steam instead of fry. (Source:Wikipedia)


INGREDIENTS:-for 3

• Cooked Basmati rice-3cup
• Carrot-2 (finely chopped)
• Beans-1/2 cup chopped
• Capsicum-1/4cup chopped
• Spring onions (white Part)chopped-1/2 cup
• Spring Onions (green part )Chopped-1/2 cup
• Onion - chopped - 1/4 cup
• Soya sauce-2tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper -1tsp
• Oil-1/4 cup
• Ajinamoto-1/4sp (optional)
• Chopped Garlic-1tbsp

METHOD

• Heat oil in wok
• Add chopped Garlic
• Add all chopped vegetables except spring onions green part
• Fry on high flame...stir continuously
• Add soya sauce. ..mix it with all veggies properly
• Add cooked rice....mix and stir continuously on high flame
• Add salt, black pepper and ajinamoto....mix and stir...cook for 2 minutes. .turn off the gas. ..
• Add chopped spring onions ...

Vegetarian people can add paneer....serve hot with spicy chilli paneer

Non vegetarian people can add  Egg,Chicken, Shrimp, Mushrooms also....and serve hot with Chilli Chicken

                               

                                   

ORANGE CHICKEN

             

                         

                 ORANGE  CHICKEN 

Orange Chicken  is an American Chinese dish of Hunan origin in China. Orange chicken is a fried chicken pieces coated in a sweet orange-flavoured  sauce, which thickens or caramelizes to a glaze.

In China, the dish is always known as  "old peel chicken", referring to dried orange  peel which is used  for cooking Orange  Chicken.  For restaurants outside of Asia, fresh orange peel is often used instead, or even no peel at all.
Here I used fresh Orange  zest or peel..it gives a nice aroma to the dish.


INGREDIENTS  FOR  CHICKEN

Vegetable  Oil-1/2 cup For Frying Chicken
2whole Egg Whites
1Tablespoons Cornflour 
2 whole Boneless, Skinless Chicken Thighs, Cut Into Bite Sized Pieces

 INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING GRAVY 

1/2 cup Orange Juice (Store Bought or Homemade )
1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
1 Tablespoon Packed Brown Sugar (OR White Sugar OR Honey)
1 Tablespoon  Vinegar 
1/4 teaspoon Sesame Oil or Vegetable  Oil
 Salt  to Taste 
 Crushed Red Pepper-1tsp
Garlic-2 (Chopped )
 Ginger-2 minced
 Cornflour-1tbsp 
Sesame  seeds -1tsp (roasted)
Zest Of 1 Orange-1tsp  (just peel the skin of the orange)
Water-1/2cup
Spring  Onion -2tbsp  (chopped )  for garnishing



PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

FOR CHICKEN

In a large bowl, whisk together the Cornflour  and egg whites with a fork until almost frothy, about 1 minute. Add the chicken to the mixture about 1 minute ,allow to sit for 5 to 10 minutes.Meanwhile you make the sauce.

HOW TO MAKE THE SAUCE

Add oil in a pan...
Add chopped garlic fry them until light brown Add minced ginger
Add orange juice, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar,salt, crushed red pepper and 1/2 tsp orange zest, whisk together. Heat until bubbling and starting to thicken, about 3-4 minutes.

Whisk together the cornflour and 1/4 cup water in a small bowl and add  to the sauce. Mix in and thicken for 1 minute. (If sauce gets overly thick, just add  little bit water and whisk in.)

HOW TO  FRY CHICKEN

Heat about 2 inches of vegetable oil in a heavy-bottomed pot .
 In batches, carefully drop a few pieces of chicken into the oil (drop them in one by one to keep them from sticking together) and move it around on medium  flame for  2-3 minutes or until light golden.
Let the pieces drain on a plate lined with paper towels for 2 to 3 minutes.

HOW TO TOSS CHICKEN INTO THE SAUCE

Add the chicken into the sauce,
Toss the chicken in the sauce an
 Serve immediately with orange zest , Rosted Sesame seeds and chopped spring onions on the  top.

Enjoy it with any Chinese  Fried Rice....I will post Fried Rice  Recipe  very soon.

If you liked this dish....Please  give your valuable  feedbacks  how it was...what more ingredients  neef to be added. ..

Happy  Cooking.

                             

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