Chettinad Chicken Pepper Fry

Ingredients:

• Chicken - 1 kg cut into small pcs
  
• Curry Leaves - 8-10 whole
  
• Onions - 4-5 medium, finely chopped
  
• Ginger - 1/2 inch, cut into juliennes
  
• Garlic - 8-10 cloves, grated
  
• Tomato - 2 large, finely chpped
  
• Green Chillies - 3, chopped
  
• Coriander leaves/Cilantro/Dhonepata - 1/4 cup, chopped
  
• Black pepper - 1 tbsp fresh coarsely ground
  
• Coriander powder - 2 tsp
  
• Cardamom - 2 whole
  
• Salt - To taste
  
• Ghee - 1 tbsp
  
• Oil - 3 tbsp
  

Cooking procedure:

1.In a kadhai, heat the oil and ghee.
2.Add cardamom to oil, when it sputters, add the chopped onions and garlic and ginger.
3.Fry onions and chopped green chillies well for 3-4 min on medium heat. Add the curry leaves.
4.Add coriander powder and ground pepper. Continue frying for 3-4 minutes.
5.Add the chopped tomatoes, and fry for 6-7 minutes until tomatoes melt into a paste.
6.To the paste, add the chicken pieces, and coat them well with the masala. Fry on high heat for 6-8 minutes until you see the oil separating from the masala.
7.Reduce heat to medium, cover the pan and cook the chicken to completion. Do not add water unless you have to, and if you do, add warm water.
8.After chicken is cooked, simmer to evaporate any gravy to desired level of dryness. Add the coriander/cilantro and remove from heat.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve hot with steamed rice, fried rice, peas pulao, or bread. Goes well with rice and buttermilk or sambar. Effective for relief from a cold or congestion.

Source:
http://www.senskitchen.com/recipes/non-vegetarian/Chicken/chettinad_chicken_pepper_fry%20redone.htm

General Tso's Chicken

Gaurav's Fav chinese food is General Tso's(pronunciation: toes) Chicken.This dish was created during the letter part of the Chan Dynasty by the chef of a scholarly Hunanese general Tso Tsung Tang!!This is not hot but a sweet preparation.I googled it last night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_dkYNq8G9Y


Thanks to KAI for sharing such a tasty recipe.

You can watch the video instead of reading the below crap.The bad dream of "video is not available" compelled me to write down the recipe in my own shortcut English.
Following are the steps:Preparing sauce :

1/4 cup of chicken stock
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp white vinegar
1 tbsp Hoisin sauce
1tbsp sesame oil
1tsp cornstarch
1 tbsp dark soya sauce

Mixed all those ingredients until the sugar dissolved fully.

Alternative Sauce:
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons rice vinegar (or white vinegar)
2 teaspoons rice wine
1 tablespoon honey
1 to 2 teaspoons Hoisin sauce
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 tsp sesame oil
1tsp cornstarch


Fry the chicken:
Now take 3 cup of cooking oil in a kadai and heat it to 300-450F.
Take 1 pound of chicken breast(diced),mixed that with one egg.Then lightly coated the chicken pieces with flour and deep fry it until it becomes golden brown.Remove the fried chicken pieces and kept aside.Final Step:
Take the following vegetables and cut them
2'' ginger
1 small garlic
2 green onion (peyaj koli r nicher angso)

Heat two tablespoon oil, set the heat high and fry the veg for 1 minutes.
Then add the sauce stir it and mix it with vegetable.heat for sometimes until the sauce get bubbled. Now add the chicken, mix it well. cook it on medium flame for 3-4 minute. You are done.You can sprinkle 2 tbs sesame seeds if you wish.It will add good flavor.

Healthy General Tso's chicken recipe:
http://www.steamykitchen.com/30918-healthy-general-tsos-chicken-recipe-video.html