What's For Dinner?

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Originally Posted by Natalka

:top: Well, aren't you awesome? Could you pass along the recipes, and do you make your butter chicken really spicy?

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Here it is,lol sorry it took so long. Its funny my cousin said a week ago don't print it out because you will lose it. ;)



1 kg boneless chicken skin removed
Juice of 1 lime
Salt to taste
1 tsp red chilli powder
6 cloves
8-10 peppercorns
1" stick of cinnamon
2 bay leaves
8-10 almonds
Seeds from 3-4 pods of cardamom
1 cup fresh yoghurt (must not be sour)
3 tbsps vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil
2 onions chopped
2 tsps garlic paste
1 tsp ginger paste
2 tsps coriander powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 can (400g or 14 oz) of tomato paste
1/2 litre chicken stock
3 tbsps unmelted, soft butter
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves to garnish
Preparation:

Mix the chicken, lime juice, salt and red chilli powder in a large, non-metallic bowl. Cover and allow to marinate for 1 hour.
Heat a flat pan or griddle on medium heat and gently roast (stirring frequently) the cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon, bay leaves and almonds till they darken slightly. Cool and add the cardamom seeds. Now grind into a coarse powder in a clean, dry coffee grinder.
Mix the yoghurt, above whole spice powder (from previous step), coriander, cumin and turmeric powders together and add them to the chicken. Allow to marinate for another hour.
Heat the oil in a deep pan on medium heat. When hot, add the onions. Fry till a pale golden brown in color and then add the ginger and garlic pastes. Fry for a minute.
Add only the chicken from the chicken-spice mix and fry till sealed (chicken will turn opaque and the flesh will go from pink to whitish in color).
Now add the tomato paste, chicken stock, and remaining part of the yogurt-spice mix to the chicken.
Cook till the chicken is tender and the gravy is reduced to half its original volume.
Melt the butter in another small pan and then pour it over the chicken.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
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I hope this sounds good to you..:flowers:

I have never made homemade samosa's yet and I'm still looking for a good recipe. :)

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Originally Posted by cabmonk

Here it is,lol sorry it took so long. Its funny my cousin said a week ago don't print it out because you will lose it. ;)



1 kg boneless chicken skin removed
Juice of 1 lime
Salt to taste
1 tsp red chilli powder
6 cloves
8-10 peppercorns
1" stick of cinnamon
2 bay leaves
8-10 almonds
Seeds from 3-4 pods of cardamom
1 cup fresh yoghurt (must not be sour)
3 tbsps vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil
2 onions chopped
2 tsps garlic paste
1 tsp ginger paste
2 tsps coriander powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 can (400g or 14 oz) of tomato paste
1/2 litre chicken stock
3 tbsps unmelted, soft butter
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves to garnish
Preparation:

Mix the chicken, lime juice, salt and red chilli powder in a large, non-metallic bowl. Cover and allow to marinate for 1 hour.
Heat a flat pan or griddle on medium heat and gently roast (stirring frequently) the cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon, bay leaves and almonds till they darken slightly. Cool and add the cardamom seeds. Now grind into a coarse powder in a clean, dry coffee grinder.
Mix the yoghurt, above whole spice powder (from previous step), coriander, cumin and turmeric powders together and add them to the chicken. Allow to marinate for another hour.
Heat the oil in a deep pan on medium heat. When hot, add the onions. Fry till a pale golden brown in color and then add the ginger and garlic pastes. Fry for a minute.
Add only the chicken from the chicken-spice mix and fry till sealed (chicken will turn opaque and the flesh will go from pink to whitish in color).
Now add the tomato paste, chicken stock, and remaining part of the yogurt-spice mix to the chicken.
Cook till the chicken is tender and the gravy is reduced to half its original volume.
Melt the butter in another small pan and then pour it over the chicken.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
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I hope this sounds good to you..:flowers:

I have never made homemade samosa's yet and I'm still looking for a good recipe. :)

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Wow! I just go down the street to the best Indian place ever for takeout ;)

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Originally Posted by harbie

Wow! I just go down the street to the best Indian place ever for takeout ;)

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Well this is Timmins,lol..:biggrin:

I had the garlic ribs at Red Robin

(lazy girl here):twisted:

Thanks to cabmonk for the neat recipe - I don't have some of those exotic spices, though!

Tonight we had leftover chicken soup and chicken.

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Originally Posted by Natalka

Thanks to cabmonk for the neat recipe - I don't have some of those exotic spices, though!

Tonight we had leftover chicken soup and chicken.

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Yeah its often hard to find certain things here too, this is Timmins after all lol. I often can't find things I want around here bc this is still a true meat and potato and poutine city. ;):biggrin:

Last night I had Chicken Parmesan and rice.

Tonight I'm having homemade Mac N' Cheese! Yum.

porkchops with mushroom soup, long grain white rice and brocolli (only veg my 2 year old will eat but i guess i can't complain) and maybe some pillsbury crescent rolls. dessert is vanilla pudding

Veggie spag Bol...simmering gently as i type(yum)

DH and I had a late luch at Moxie and I had the citrus chicken salad (with edamame beans, figs, avacado,sunflower seeds,and chicken;)),and DH had the greek steak wrap.

I did stop in at Ikea and they had a great deal on 1 bag meatballs, 1 jar lingonberry (sp?), 2 packs of gravy and 1 box of potatoe pancakes for $11.99 so I picked that up. That will be our dinner tomorrow :P

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Originally Posted by cabmonk

Well this is Timmins,lol..:biggrin:

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Yeah the closest Indian restaurant is at Jane and Finch. :P

Spaghetti and meat sauce tonight for din din.

Baked jerk chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy.

We had spaghetti with a meat sauce made from ground deer and mushroom soup. Yummers!

Beef noodle - recipe courtesy of Natalka.
I have made it a few times now and yum yum :)

desert was tiramisu. my daughter's fav, and since mascarpone was on sale and had coups guess what we'll be having a couple of times in the next few weeks ;p

there's a bit left in the fridge, that'll be her breakfast tomorrow!

Great butter chicken recipe!
We had homemade winter veg soup,tuna with veggie salad and xmas cake for dessert.(last of it thank goodness as Ill be getting fat if I keep eating it!DH never puts weight on)