Safna's Cook Book

Chicken Al-Faham is popular Arabic dish with chicken marinated in spices and barbequed in the charcoal grill or oven.we must have tried this from restaurants but believe me, it is very easy to make this at home.Try this and please let me know your feedbacks. Ingredients Chicken - 1 medium ( cut into 4 pieces) Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp Green chillies - 2 nos Onion - 1  Tomato - 1  Cashew nuts - 10 nos Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp Curd -  4 tbsp Cumin seed powder - 1 tsp Red chilli powder - 1 tsp Pepper powder - 1 tsp Garam masala - 1 tsp Vinegar - 2 tsp Salt - to taste Olive Oil - for brushing Preparation Wash the chicken pieces and wipe off the water using a towel. Make deep insertions in each piece. Soak cashew nuts in water and grind this to a smooth paste. Grind onion, tomato, green chillies and coriander leaves. Marinate chicken with all ingredients except oil. Keep this for 4 - 5 hours. Heat barbeque well in advance, to get charcoals burning

Ingredients Boneless chicken - 250 g Fresh cream - 1 cup Ginger- garlic paste - 2 tsp Nutmeg powder - a pinch Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp Lemon juice - 1 lemon Grated processed cheese - 1 cup cornflour - 1/2 tbsp Green cardamom powder - a pinch Oil - for greasing Salt - to taste  Preparation Marinate chicken pieces with ginger - garlic paste, salt, black pepper powder, lemon juice, nutmeg powder. Mix well and set aside for 30 minutes. Take cheese in a bowl, add cornflour and mix well. Add the marinated chicken pieces, cardamom powder and mix well. Add fresh cream and set aside to marinate for 30 minutes. Preheat oven at 180 c . String the chicken pieces onto skewers and Place  in the preheated oven for 20 - 25 minutes at 180 c or till evenly done. Serve hot with mixed vegetable salad.

Most of us are familiar with butter chicken masala because this is the dish we select for kids when we place an order in restaurants.This is kids all time favourite dish due to its less spiciness and taste.It is an Indian dish with chicken cooked in butter and rich creamy tomato sauce.Super delicious restaurant-style butter chicken that can be made easily at home with simple ingredients. Ingredients   1           Chicken or boneless chicken pieces - 500 g   2           Onion - 1 big ( finely chopped)   3           Tomatoes - 3   4           Garlic paste - 3 tbsp   5           Ginger paste - 2 tbsp   6           Green chilly - 1   7             Fresh cream - 2 tbsp   8              Tomato sauce - 1 tbsp   9            Kashmiri chilli powder - 1 tbsp 10           Coriander powder - 1 1/2 tbsp 11           Cumin seed powder - 1 tsp 12           Garam masala - 1 tsp 13           Kasoori methi - 1 tsp 14           Salt - to taste 15            Oil -