Recipes from Amitav's kitchen

Ingredients •1/2 kg de-veined and de-shelled medium sized prawns •1 tbsp ginger garlic paste •Juice of 1/2 lime •1 tsp turmeric powder •Salt and black salt as per taste •1 tbsp cornflour powder •1 tbsp each of honey, tomato sauce and chilli sauce •1 tsp soya sauce •Oil for frying •5-6 garlic pods roughly sliced •1 medium onion cut into square size Marination •Mix all ingredients except honey, tomato sauce, chilli sauce and soya sauce and marinate for 15-30 minutes. Process •Shallow fry the prawns for 3-4 mins on each side •In the same pan, fry the onions and garlic for 3-4 mins and put in the prawns. Toss the mixture well. •In 1.5 cups of water, mix the honey, tomato sauce, chilli sauce and soya sauce and pour it over the prawn mixture. •Simmer it for 5-10 mins and increase the flame to have a slightly thicker consistency. •Remove and serve hot You can garnish with ginger julienne and green coriander leaves. Also when frying the onions and garlic, you can use ...

Ingredients •1/2 kg boneless chicken breast piece sliced •1.5 tbsp ginger garlic paste •Juice of 1/2 lime •2 tsp red chili powder •1 tsp turmeric powder •1/2 tsp home made garam masala •Salt and black salt as per taste •Crushed and powdered Hajmola tablets 4-5 •3-4 drops of Worcestershire sauce •1 cup Orange juice •1 tbsp honey •Oil for frying Marination •Mix everything except Orange juice and honey and marinate for 3-4 hours Process •Shallow fry the chicken slices, 3-4 mins on each side. •Mix Orange juice and honey and pour it in the pan to cover the chicken slices. •Lower the heat to the lowest and let the chicken slices get poached in the liquid for 10 mins. Check the quantity of the liquid left and if needed add 1/2 cup of more Orange juice.