Chicken Baffat

Ingredients 

Chicken 1
Radish 150 gm
Lime 1/2
Turmeric 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon 2.5 cm (1") piece
Cloves 2
Garlic 3 flakes
Peppercorns 6-8
Poppy seeds 10gm
Peanuts 5 gm
Split bengal gram 5 gm
Onion 1/2
Coconut  1/2
Vinegar 3 tbsp
Green chillies 2
Ginger 1.25 cm (1/2" piece)
Fat 30 gm
Butter 10 gm
Small Onion 1
Curry leaves 1 spring
Salt to taste

Method

• Clean and joint chicken. Roast lightly the gram and peanuts.
• Grind to a smooth paste with turmeric, cinnamon, cloves, garlic, peppercorns, and poppy seeds using vinegar.
• Separately boil radish in water with the juice of 1/2 lime.
• Heat fat in a pan. Saute sliced 1/2 onion without discoloring.
• Add ground spices and saute for 2-3 minutes more.
• Add Chicken and sliced ginger and broken green chillies. 
• Continue frying, add salt and allow the water to come out.
• Meanwhile make 3 extractions of coconut milk. Add the third extract to chicken and cook slowly till it is nearly done.
• Add second extract and simmer till chicken is tender.  Add boiled radish.
• Now add the first extract and more vinegar and salt if desired. Remove.
• Heat a little butter in a fry pan. 
• Fry one small onion sliced and curry leaves if desired. Pour over curry and serve hot.

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Vegetable Kababs

Ingredients 

Potatoes             100 gm
Carrots               100 gm
Beans                100 gm
Cauliflower         100 gm
Onions               100 gm
Split Bengal gram 50 gm
Coriander Leaves  1/4 bunch
Cumin powder      1 gm
Cloves                1 gm
Cinnamon           1 gm
Green chillies      20 gm
Egg                   1
Lime                 1/4
Oil                    50 gm
Salt                  10 gm

Method 

• Boil Gram
• Peel potatoes and boil
• Chop fine, carrots, cauliflower and beans
• Chop onions and green chilles fine too
• Heat 1 tbsp oil
• Add onions and green chillies saute
• Add finely chopped vegetables
• Stir constantly till the vegetables cooked.
• Add mashed gram (dal) and potatoes.
• Add powdered cumin cloves and cinnamon
• Mix well and put off the fire.
• Add salt and chopped coriander leaves and egg.
• Mix well.
• Add lime juice
• Shape like shammi kababs and fry in hot oil.
• Serve hot.

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Bhindi Fry

Ingredients

Ladies Fingers (okra) 10
Red Chillies 5
Peppercorns  10
Garlic  1 flake
Red Onions  2
Turmeric  1/4 tsp
Salt  to taste
Oil  2 tsp

Method

• Wipe ladies fingers with a wet cloth.
• Cut into 2.5 cm (1" lengths).
• Grind together all the spices given on ingredients
• Heat 1 tsp oil.
• Fry ladies fingers
• Add ground spices and salt.
• Mix well.
• Add just enough water to cook dry.
• Remove and fry in remaining oil.

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