Recipes from Amitav's kitchen

Ingredients •500 grams chicken cut into medium pieces •1 tbsp black pepper powder •8-9 cloves of garlic finely minced •1 tsp hing •Salt as per taste •3 green chillies slit •Mustard Oil for frying •Coriander leaves for garnish Process Marination •Mix the chicken, black pepper powder, minced garlic, hing and salt. Marinate for atleast 2 hours. Final Step •Heat 1 tbsp mustard oil in a wok. •Add the marinated chicken and fry on high flame for 2-3 mins. •Simmer the flame and cook the chicken until cooked. •During the last 1 minute of cooking, add the green chillies. Note: If you want a very little gravy, add ½ cup water atleast 5 mins before the cooking ends. Serving Dish out hot and garnish with green coriander leaves!!!

Ingredients •500 grams of boneless chicken cut into bite sized strips •1 egg •1 tbsp black pepper powder •1.5 tbsp cornstarch •Salt as per taste •1 big onion – cut slightly thick sized west to east •1 medium green pepper – cut slightly thick sized •8 garlic cloves – very coarsely chopped •4 green chillies – cut slightly thick sized •1 tbsp honey •4 lemons and 1 orange •Oil for frying Process Marination •Mix the chicken, 1 egg, black pepper powder and 1 tbsp cornstarch and marinate for atleast 1 hour. Lemon Sauce •Make fine juliennes of lemon and orange skin. Keep aside for later use •Squeeze the juice of the lemon and orange. •Boil the juice of lemon and orange with 3 cups of water and honey until a slightly thick consistency. •Save this for use Final Step •Heat oil in a deep frying vessel and deep fry the marinated chicken until 80% cooked. •Re-fry the chicken for the chicken to be crispy. •Heat 1 tbsb oil in a wok. Add ...

Ingredients •200 grams Linguine •150 grams prawns - descaled and deveined and marinated for 5-10 mins in mirin, salt •150 grams boneless fish - cut into small cubes  and marinated for 5-10 mins in mirin, salt •3-4 medium sized tomatoes - finely chopped •1 small onion - very finely chopped •5-6 cloves garlic - very finely chopped •2 tsp mirin •2 tsp oregano •Black pepper to taste •Salt to taste •Olive oil Process Sauce and Seafood •In a pan heat some oil and fry prawns and fish until cooked. It should not be chewy. Take the prawns and fish out. •In the same pan add chopped tomatoes, onions and garlic and saute them. Add some water, oregano, black pepper and make a sauce from it. Linguine •Heat water in a big vessel, add 1 tbsp salt and 1 tbsp oil in it. Wait until the water starts to boil. •Add the Linguine and cook until its soft. •Drain the Linguine and mix 1 tsp oil in it, so they don't stick to each other. Final Step •In a big pan, ad...

Ingredients •1 Raw Mango (not too sweet or sour) - peeled and cut into small cubes •1 English cucumber - peeled and cut into small cubes •1 Green Apple - cut into small cubes •1 green chilli - finely minced •1/2 cup green coriander and mint leaves - coarsely chopped •2 boiled eggs •250 grams chicken tenderloins or boneless chicken •Black pepper to taste •Salt to taste •Honey - 2 tsps •Olive oil Process •Blanch chicken in water added with a little salt. Once done, cut into small cubes. •Hard boil the eggs. Cut into half, remove the yolk from the whites. Cube the whites. •In a small bowl, whisk the yolk with a little water and 1 tsp of honey. This is for dressing. •In a salad bowl, add cubed mango, cucumber, green apple, chicken, egg whites. Add chopped chilli, green coriander, mint leaves. Add salt and black pepper as per taste and a slight drizzle of olive oil. •Mix well and arrange on a plate. •Slightly drizzle the egg yolk honey dressing and enjoy!!! ...

Ingredients For Marination •1.5 kg goat meat – small cut (I prefer to order from Licious) •1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste •1 tbsp yoghurt •1 tsp turmeric powder •1 tbsp Salt •1/2 tsp black salt •1/2 tsp mustard oil •1/2 tsp Asafoetida •1/2 tbsp chilli powder For Masala •3/4 tbsp cumin •1 tbsp fennel •3/4 tbsp coriander •6-7 whole red chillies •1 whole mace (small) For Curry •4 small cardamom •3 big cardamom •2 sticks cinnamon •1 star anise •4-5 cloves •2 bay leaves •2 small size onions •Mustard Oil •1/2 cup yoghurt finely beaten •3 tbsp ginger powder •1 garlic pod minced •1/2 tsp Asafoetida mixed in 3 tbsp water •Salt as per taste Marination •Mix all ingredients under margination and rest for 2 hours. Masala Powder •Dry roast all the ingredients under Masala except the mace. •Transfer to a plate and let it cool. •Grind them with the mace to a fine powder Process •In an earthen pot (now a da...

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.