Ingredients:
(makes 40 medium to small size burger)
2 1/2 lb chicken mince
2 1/2 tsp garlic ginger
2 1/2 tsp green chillies
1 tsp salt
2 tsp black pepper
3/4 mug breadcrumbs (fresh bread blended till crumbs)
4 onions finely diced and juice squeezed out
3/4 bunch of fresh coriander
Method:
1. Blend together all the above ingredients.
2. Shape the mixture to form shapes.
3. Shallow fry in a little oil.
Serve with homemade chips.
Enjoy x
Love from Foodie Safiya Bangee
Ingredients for sauce:
350g pasatta
2 tbsp tomato puree
salt to taste
3 cloves garlic sliced
1 tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 medium onion
Ingredients for meatballs:
500g Chicken breast
Crushed green chillies
Coriander powder
salt to taste
pepper
1 slice of bread
1 small onion
Method:
1. Blend together all the meatball ingredients and shape into balls.
3. To make the sauce firstly fry the garlic slices in oil. Add dry spices and sauté for a few minutes.
4. Then add diced onions. Leave to cook till they soften. 5. Now add the pasatta and let it simmer for 5-10 minutes until oil bubbles appear at the top.
6. Then add the meatballs and let it cook.
7. Boil spaghetti and pour the meatball sauce on top before serving.
Serve with sliced tomatoes, onions and peppers.
Enjoy x
Love from Foodie Zaynab Kalang
Ingredients:
2 chickens cut into small pieces
150ml single cream
4 tbsp natural greek yogurt
1tsp tumeric powder
1tbsp coriander & cumin powder
1/2 tspn red chilli powder
1/4 tsp black pepper
3tbsp crushed ginger and garlic
1tsp lemon juice
4tsp Jamila’s Chicken Spice
Oil
Sliced onions
Sliced green and red peppers
Freshly chopped coriander
Method:
1. Marinate the chicken overnight in the ingredients upto and including the Jamila’s spice.
2. Fry the onions in oil till they are soft.
3. Then add the marinated chicken and a cup of water. Cook till chicken is cooked and the water has evaporated. 4. Add the peppers and cook till curry/masala becomes thick. The chicken is ready to be served.
Garnish with fresh coriander. Serve with rice, roti or chips.
Note: This dish tastes best cooked in a pizza pan/electric pan. Also if you wish to serve this as a starter (see second pic) add less cream and cook till all the curry has evaporated.
Enjoy x
Love from Foodie Aiysha Haji
Ingredients:
1 baby chicken (cut know pieces)
1 tbsp crushed ginger & garlic
2 tbsp coriander powder
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp cumin powder
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
1 cube green chutney (combo of green chillies and fresh coriander)
2 tbsp peri peri sauce
Method:
1. Marinate the chicken in the above ingredients overnight or for atleast 4 hours.
2. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Place marinated chicken on a greased baking tray. Be sure to leave some of the marinade mixture for later.
2. Bake in the oven for 30-35 mins. Then turn the chicken pieces over and brush some of the marinade onto each piece. Cook for a further 30-35 minutes till chicken is cooked through.
Serve with spiced wedges, boiled vegetables and sweet chilli sauce.
Enjoy x
Love from Foodie Fatema Hansrod
Ingredients:
1 tbsp ground peanut
1 tbsp white poppy seeds (Khus khus)
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tspn chilli powder
2 fresh tomatoes
1 chicken cut into pieces
2 & 1/4 tbsp crushed ginger
1 & 1/4 tbsp crushed garlic
1 & 1/8 tbsp green chillies
3 glasses water
3/4lb Spaghetti
1 tin coconut milk
1/4 piece of coconut cream block
1tbsp chickpea flour
2 tsp crushed red chillies
Method:
1. Make a paste with the first 5 ingredients on the list till tomatoes using a mini blender.
2. Warm a little oil and add the chicken. Allow to cook till most of the water is burnt away but leave a little so not totally dry.
3. Add salt to taste, ginger, garlic, green chillies and the blended paste. Allow to cook.
4. Then add 3 glasses water and cook on med heat.
5. Once half the water is burnt away mix in a paste created from the tin of coconut milk, coconut cream, flour and water. Allow to cook.
6. In a seperate pan add 1 sliced clove of garlic cut when golden do not use. But add the red crushed chillies and mix thoroughly. Then add this to chicken mix.
7 . boil the spaghetti in water. Drain and add to the chicken mix. Combine it all together. Garnish with coriander. Serve with red onions and fried and flaked filo pastry (samosa par).
Enjoy x
Love from Foodie Afifa Batan
Ingredients:
Chicken drumsticks/pieces
Green
Salt
Black pepper
Tbsp margarine
Chip shop batter
Chicken fry mix
Hot oil
Method:
1.Boil water and add the ingredients above up till the margarine.
2. Boil for 30 minutes then drain the chicken.
3. Make chip shop batter ( not too thick) and add chicken fry mix. Deep fry. Serve with chips!
Enjoy x
Love from Foodie Amina Batan
Ingredients:
Oil
1 Chicken
Chicken breasts (cubed)
Poatatoes
Green pepper
Sweetcorn
White Pepper
Single Cream
Cheese
Ready Roll Puff Pastry
Egg
Green Chillies
Cumin
Crushed Ginger and Garlic
Salt
Fresh Coriander
Method:
1. In a pan, heat oil and fry onions. Once they are fried add chicken cubes and spices. Allow to cook.
2. Meanwhile boil potatoes till par boiled. Add the peppers and sweetcorn to boil with the potatoes at this point. Drain the vegetables.
3. Add the vegetables to the chicken mix , white pepper, salt and single cream; then stir.
4. Add the grated cheese and stir till melted. Let the mixture cool.
5. Lay out the pastry on a lined baking tray and prick all over (top and bottom) with a fork. Add the mixture and fold over the pastry and seal.
6. Bake in the oven. Turnover halfway so both side cook well.
Enjoy x
Love from Foodie Shereen Bham
Ingredients:
1 1/2 pound meat/chicken.
1/2cup oil
1 tbsp crushed garlic and ginger
1/4 tsp salt
Pinch of critic acid
Couple of drops of lemon juice
1 medium finely chopped onion
2-3 level tbsp plain flour
1/4 -1/2 pk Shan Nihari curry mix pk (use less if want a milder taste)
Method:
1. Fry onions in a pot using oil till golden. Then add meat and all the above ingredients except the flour.
2. Them add 2pints of boiling water and let it simmer till meat is cooked. Meat can be cooked in a pressure cooker before hand.
3. Dissolve flour in 3 cups of water and mix till there are no lumps.
3. Gradually pour this into the pot and stir as you pour.
4. Simmer the nihari for 39 minutes. Garnish with chopped fresh coriander. Serve with buns, fried onions and sliced lemon.
Enjoy x
Love from Foodie Aiysha Haji
Chicken Ingredients;
500 g bones less chicken breast (cubed)
1 tsp chilly powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp garlic and ginger
1 tbsp tandoori masalo
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbso oil
2 tbsp yoghurt
1 tsp salt
Chicken Method:
1.Marinate chicken in the above Ingredients and leave for a minimum of four hours or overnight.
2. Grill for 15 mins (or over cook for 10 mins at 200 degrees) turning chicken a few times until just cooked. Be careful not to over cook.
3. Once cooked chop into smaller bitesize chunks.
Pita Bread Ingredients:
(makes 6)
270g plain flour
4 1/2 tlb oil
1 tsp salt
3/4 tsp dried yeast
3tbsp milk
Warm water
Pitta Bread Method:
1. Mix the flour, yeast, salt and oil.
2. Add warm milk and enough water to make a dough.
3. Knead with oiled hands the place in a bowl and cover. Leave it to rise for 30 mins.
4. With light hands roll out 6 equally sized pittas and cover and leave for 10 mins.
5. Cook on a hot flat romantic pan (tawa).
6. Once cooked assemble the chicken into the pitta bread with salad (grated carrots, red onions, lettuce and cucumbers).
Enjoy x
Love from Foodie Safiya Bangee
Ingredients:
1 chicken breast
1 tsp Amina’s Spices: Hot chicken tikka
1 tsp tandoori powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
Salt
Pepper
Splash of vinegar
Red chilli powder (optional)
Potatoes
Small onion
Mayonnaise
Grated cheese
Method:
1 . Preheat oven to 180 degrees and marinate chicken in spices. Adjust salt and chilli according to taste.
2. Cut four medium sized potatoes thick chips. Slice the onion into thin wedges.
3. Put the potatoes in a roasting pan and drizzle with oil, salt and pepper. Place in oven for 10mins.
4. Put the chicken and onions evenly over the potatoes. Cover with foil, and place back into oven for 40 minutes.
5. Check the roast, toss the potatoes and chicken over in the oil a bit. Add more oil if needed and place in the oven for longer if needed.
6. When cooked immediately cover with cheese (so it melts) and mayonnaise.
Enjoy x
Love from Foodie Yusairah Batan
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