Roast Chicken/Duck

Protein
1 Kg	Chicken or Duck cut into pieces (If using Duck Pressure cook it first)
For the Marinade				For the Curry
Qty	Ingredients			Qty	Ingredients
12 nos	shallots (small onions)			4 nos	big onions
1 inch	Ginger			1 tbsp	Cashewnut Pieces
6 flakes	Garlic			3-4 nos	Broken Red Chillies
1.5 tsp	Chilli Powder			3-4 nos	Green Chillies
1/2 tsp	turmeric			A few Curry Leaves
2 tsp	Saunf
1 tsp	Pepper
4 nos	Cloves
1/2 tsp	Salt
2-3 tbsp	Vinegar
A Handful of Curry Leaves
Method for Marinade
Step 1	Grind Together all ingredients with the Vinegar and add water if required
Step 2	Marinate and Protein in the marinade for atleast 2 hours
Method for Curry
Step 1	Heat oil, fry the cashewnut pieces, red and green chillies and curry leaves. Remove and
	keep aside
Step 2	Add the sliced onions, fry till crisp and remove
Step 3	Cook the chicken separately till it is done, then strain it to separate the Gravy
Step 4	Fry the chicken pieces in oil till crisp till crisp and set aside
Step 5	Strain the oil and take 2 tbsp of oil, put cashew powder and fry till color changes.
Step 6	Add chicken gravy and 1/2 the fried onions and brong to boil. Cook for another 2-3 minutes
Step 7	Now put the fried chicken mix well with gravy, and keep heating on a low flame for 3-4
	minutes till semi dry.
Step 8	Garnish with the rest of the fried onions, cashews and chillies.
Optional: Can also add potato while cooking chicken or fried potatos cut into circles to garnish.

Fish Peera

Qty	Ingredients
1/2 kg	Fish Pieces Cleaned and Washed
6 nos	Red Chillies
4 nos	Green Chillies
1 tbsp	Coriander Seeds
6 flakes	Garlic
1 inch	Ginger
1 tsp	Chilli Powder
1/2 tsp	turmeric
12 nos	shallots (small onions)
A few Curry Leaves
Prep
Grind coarsley without water, powdered coriander and red chillies, coconut first and then add set aside
Soak the Tamrind and 1 cup water set aside
Method
Step 1	Heat 2 tbsp coconut oil - put 1/2 tsp methi and 1 tsp mustard and a 3-4 curry leaves.
Step 2	When the mustard pops, add the ground masala and fry well for 5-6 minutes till well browned
Step 3	In another pan, add the fish along with the tamrind soaked in water, add salt to taste and,
	boil for 5 minutes.
Step 4	Add the roasted masala and bring to a boil and cook on a high flame
Step 5	Reduce fire and cover and cook for 5-7 minutes till it dries out.

What is food to me

As a first post on this blog i wanted to share with you my reader(s) as to what food means to me

What is food to me?

Food to me is an expression of ones inner most thoughts and dreams. it's art on a plate even if it doesn't look like it. food can be something simple like some Roti and Dhal to something more complex like a Adrian Zhumbo creation. but food ultimately nourishes the soul and every person needs food to live...

The purpose of this Blog

I've asked myself what i really want to do with this blog a few hundred times and the answer to me is yet to really become clear. i want to do a mix of food reviews of different restaurants, dhaba's, roadside eateries etc that i personally have visited and also to share a few recipes that i've inherited from some excellent cooks in my family or friends or sometimes even something that i've conjured up in the kitchen myself.

I love new kinds of food but find myself confined to having to eat what is available in the city and sometimes the range stops after the usual, Indian, Italian and Chinese. however i have no training in food i haven't studied anything about food and with this lack of knowledge i hope i am able to express the true taste of what i've had in terms that appeal to a wider audience.

with this i hope to have my first review of many up soon.....