NIMKI.... flour crisps

Nimki my favorite tea time crispies

Ingredients:

• Maida - 1 cup
• Kalonji seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Whole black pepper - 20
• Water - less than 1/2 cup
• White Oil - 3 tbsp + 2 cups (for deep frying)

Preparation:

1. Take maida in a bowl. To it add kalonji seeds, salt, baking powder, and 3 tbsp oil. Mix well for 5-6 min.

2. Then add water to make it into a tight dough. Knead well for 7 min.

3. Make 20 small balls. Using a rolling pin, flatten the balls to a very thin pancake.

4. Fold into half 2 times consecutively giving it the shape of a quadrant.

5. Seal the open edge corner with one whole pepper (as shown).

Cooking procedure:

1. Heat oil in kadai.

2. Add the prepared nimki/crackers to oil and fry on slow heat.

3. Remove the nimki/crackers when brown and keep aside. Drain excess oil by keeping the fries on a paper towel.

Done
Yummy in my tummy....

TANDOORI CHICKEN...

Tandoori Chicken is a popular Indian dish and every time i go for a meal i will definitely have that for a starter. Tandoori Chicken is very famous in Punjab and they will not go a day with out it well thats how much they love tanddori chicken so much.
Tandoori Chicken is mainly cooked in the Tandoor but don't worry ill give alternative cooking method because no one has a tondoor in there homes, well i surly don't.
The recipe is pretty straight forward but does contain touching chilli so ill wear a glove if i was you.

Here's the ingredients:

INGREDIENTS:

• Chicken (6 pieces)
• 6 tbsp Yogurt
• 2 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
• salt to taste
• 1 tsp pepper
• 2 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp dried fenugreek leaves crushed
• 1 tbsp garam masala
• 2 tbsp cumin powder
• 1 tbsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp red food colouring (diluted in water)
• 2 lime juices.
• 2 tbsp oil
  

That was the ingredients so lets start start with the cooking.

How to prepare the chicken...
Step 1... Slit the the chicken on the thick parts so the marination could soak in.

Step 2... In a small bowl make the lime and chilli mix which is just 1 tsp of the chilli powder with one lime juice and salt with 1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste.
Step 3... Rub the lime and chilli mix in to the chicken slits that you have done. If your scared of chilli then put some gloves on or just do it with a spoon.
Done...
Now put the chicken to a side and start with the marination.
Marination...
Step 1... In a bowl add the yogurt, salt and pepper, chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala, fenugreek leaves, turmeric, lime juice, red food colouring, oil and the rest of the ginger and garlic paste.
Step 2... Put the chicken in the marination and mix and marinate for 2 hours or more, the more you leave it the more flavour goes in.

Cooking the chicken...
Step 1... After the chicken has marinated grill it under a medium flame for 30mins.

Done...

Take it out the grill and squeeze some lemon over it.
Emmm Yummy in my Tummy.