Leftover Grilled Chicken Patties

Got bored of having the same grilled chicken in lunch, dinner or in sandwiches, then this recipe is for you.  

I, usually do not have leftover grilled chicken, it's always over in two days.  But this time since we had to many outings, this was lying in my refrigerator.  

Converted the leftover into patties and they tasted very good. Make them is so easy since it's a mixture of chicken, eggs, bread crumbs,  onion, etc., with extra addition of seasoning make patties  you'll  love it! My mother used to make  these with leftover meat from the curry,  I made these to use leftover grilled chicken.

These patties can be frozen and stored in an airtight container in a single layer, fried without thawing directly whenever required. 

Ingredients
2 Cups Leftover Grilled Shredded Chicken meat
1 Cup Fresh bread crumbs
2 Eggs - lightly beaten
1 Medium Onion  - finely chopped
1 Tablespoon Coriander Leaves - finely chopped

1 Teaspoon  Black pepper powder

1/4 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder

1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

1 Tablespoon Rice Flour - optionalSalt  to taste

Method

In a food processor add the chicken, onions  and run  it till the chicken is finely chopped. 

In a large bowl combine the chicken mixture, bread crumbs, rice flour,  eggs, garam masala and pepper powder, salt, lemon juice and  coriander, mix well; if mixture is too dry to form patties, mix in another lightly beaten egg. 

Mix well and form into  a nice dough.  

Form small patties, arrange them in tray. At this stage you can freeze these and then store in an airtight container to use whenever required.

Heat oil in a large skillet / pan over medium heat and fry patties in oil until golden brown.  Serve these with Sweet Chilly Sauce.  These make a great appetizer for a party too.

Labels : Chicken, Leftover series, Patties, Appetizer, Chicken Patties, Snacks, Party pleasers

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Instant Onion Bread Uthappam

A simple instant breakfast or an quick easy dinner made with leftover bread, semolina  and buttermilk.

Ingredients 

7 Big Bread Slices - Used the sides slices of bread 

A Pinch Baking soda 

1/2 Cup Fine Semolina 

1/2 Cup All Purpose Flour 

1 Cup Water 

1 Cup Buttermilk 

Salt to taste 

1 Medium Onion - finely chopped 

5 -6  Curry Leaves - finely chopped 

1 Green Chilly- finely chopped  

2 Tablespoons Finely Chopped Coriander leaves 

Method 

Cut the the bread slices into small pieces and grind in a blender to make bread crumbs. Take this out into a big bowl, add pinch of baking soda in the bread crumb mixture and mix well. Keep aside.

In the same blender, add semolina, all-purpose flour, water, buttermilk, salt and grind to make batter to make it lump free. Keep this covered in the blender itself for 30 minutes or more.

After the soaking time blend the breadcrumbs into the semolina mixture to make a nice slightly thick batter. If necessary add more water.

Mix the onion, curry leaves, green chilly and coriander leaves with salt to taste and keep aside. 

Heat a hot griddle and drizzle little oil on it . 

Pour one or two ladles full of batter and spread the mixture gently in circular motion to make round uthappam. 

Immediately spread a little of the onion mix and press it with a spatula. Cover and cook the bread uttappam until done or golden brown at the bottom. 

Drizzle some oil on the sides and over the top of the uthappam.  

Flip the utthappam. and cook till the onion sides browns nicely. 

Serve hot with chutney, yogurt or sauce of your choice. This was our quick easy and light dinner.

Labels : Instant Mixes, Bread Uthappam, Leftover series, Bread Slices, South Indian, Onion, Curry Leaves, Green Chilly, Coriander Leaves, Kids delight, Breakfast, Healthy snacks, Savory Snacks

Sardinian Fennel, Chickpea & Tomato Soup#SoupSwappers

This month for Soup Swappers our Host of the month Camilla M. Mann , asked us create and share some soups that feature the darlings of Spring. Think fennel, peas, and whatever tickles your fancy. 

Made my first every fennel soup.. a Sardinain one and fell in love with fennel.  Thanks Camilla for choosing this wonderful theme, it's a delight to be part of this wonderful group of soup swappers which pushes us to try and make different cuisines.

This soup serves 4 as a complete healthy meal, we had  it as  our dinner.  Soup is so tasty and very satisfying, the fennel, chickpeas add different textures to it.

Ingredients
1 Cups Dried Chickpeas
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 White Onion - chopped
1 Big Clove Garlic - finely chopped
2 Tablespoons Fresh Parsley - chopped
1 Bulb Fennel - sliced
2 Tablespoons Fresh Fennel fronds - finely chopped
1 Medium  Potato
200 Grams Tomato Puree

1/2 Teaspoon Sugar
Salt and  Freshly Ground Black Pepper as per taste

6 Cups  Water

2 Chicken Stock cubes
1 Cup Mini pasta -I used a mini Macaroni pasta
For Garnishing 
1/2 Tablespoon Fresh Fennel fronds - finely chopped
1/4 Cup coarsely grated or shredded Cheese - optional

Method

Wash and soak the chickpeas in water for at least 4 - 6 hours . Then pressure cook it with 1/2 teaspoon salt and water one inch above the chickpeas on high flame for one whistles then on low flame for 10 minutes. After soaking this makes 2 cups of cooked chickpeas.   When the cooker cools, open it and take 1/4 cup of chickpeas and mash it with a potato masher, keep aside.

Boil the potato till half done.  Peel and diced it into small cubes, keep it aside.

Boil the pasta till 3/4 done and keep aside.

Remove the stalks and fronds of the fennel, core it and thinly slice it. Keep aside.

In a large pot, heat the oil. Add the onion, garlic, and sliced fennel bulb,  cook gently, 

stirring occasionally until they are light pink or starts to caramelize, about 5 minutes.

 Now  add the  parsley, fennel fronds and potato and saute for  5 minutes. 

Add the tomato puree , sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste , pepper, stock cubes and chickpeas along with stock and water.  

Stir well, cover, and cook for 25 to 30 minutes over medium low heat.

After half an hour the stock will reduce  a little (ie. 2 cups ) and the chickpeas will absorb the flavor of the fennel.  

Now add the pasta and the mashed chickpeas, taste for salt, and continue to simmer, uncovered, until the pasta is just tender. 

Serve this hot with finely chopped fennel fronds and a dash of pepper powder.  Enjoy.

We loved the soup a lot,  without the cheese. The broth is so  flavorful.  

Had a bowl of it remaining the next day the pasta had swelled  up so much,  added more water, since the pasta  had absorbed so much liquid and it tasted ever more yum.

My Notes:

I have added 1/2 teaspoon sugar to the soup, to cut the sour taste that the puree sometimes has.

Many of the recipes that I read had added cheese,  which I did not add, loved this without cheese, it was healthy, low in calorie and  yum.

Can make this Vegetarian and Vegan add vegetable stock or stock cube.

Lables : Soup, Fennel, Chickpea, Tomato, Sardinia, Italy, Healthy, Soup Swappers, Gluten free, Internaional Cuisine

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Camarones Empanizados Con Coco y Salsa De Mango#FishFriday

Camarones Empanizados Con Coco y Salsa De Mango it means Fried Breaded Shrimps In Coconut Served With Mango Sauce.  This is a must try recipe,  yummy to have as a starter.  

It’s time for me to post my fish recipe for #FishFridayFoodies and for April, the topic is all about Latin American Fish Recipes and our Host is Sue.

Ingredients
For the Marination
8 Cleaned Large Shrimp - tail in tact
1/2 Teaspoon Black pepper powder
1/2 Teaspoon Chilly Flakes
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
Salt to taste 
Other Ingredients 
1 Egg 
1 Cup Seasoned All Purpose Flour
1/4 Cup Shredded Coconut
1/4 Cup Dry Bread Crumbs
Oil - As required for deep Frying
For the Mango Sauce  
2 Tablespoons Sugar
2 Tablespoons Vinegar
Pulp of 2 Mangoes
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
Crushed Red Chilly powder to taste

Method
To prepare the Mango Sauce
Peel the mangoes and pulse it  in the blender to get a smooth pulp. Melt the sugar in a small deep pan until it has a light amber color. Carefully add the vinegar and cover it immediately, so that it does not splash, as soon as it evaporates, add the mango pulp. Cook over low heat until thick and season with salt and red chilly powder to taste. Remove it on to a serving bowl and keep it in the refrigerator to chill. This has to be served cold.
For the Shrimps

Mix the shredded Coconut and bread crumbs well, keep aside. 

Peel the shrimp, de vein them from the back, leaving only the tail to hold them.  Marinate them in the given ingredients and keep aside for 15 minutes.

Coat each shrimp with the seasoned flour mixture. Place them in a sieve and shake it a little to remove the excess flour. 

Beat the eggs in a bowl with a balloon whisk until they are fluffy. Then dip each in the beaten egg and shake it a little to remove excess egg coating. Then dredge them in the shredded coconut bread crumbs mix and press very well so that they are well coated to the shrimp. Repeat these steps until you have breaded all the shrimp. 

Refrigerate the shrimp for at least 1 hour before frying.(If the shrimps are not cold, they will drop the coconut when they are fried, so it is VERY important that you refrigerate them for at least 1 hour ! I kept them overnight!!)

Now that the  shrimps are very cold, its time to fry them.  Heat enough oil , in a deep frying pan and fry the just 2 shrimps at a time in the oil for about 3 - 4 minutes, or until golden brown.  (Flip the side of the shrimp in the oil only once) Once they are ready, remove them from the oil and place them on paper towels so that the towels absorb the excess oil.

Serve the Shrimps with the mango sauce! Enjoy!!! 

Labels :  Shrimps, Prawns, Mexico, Mexican, Latin American, Fried Shrimps, Coconut, Starters, Seafood/Fish, Fish Friday, Mango Sauce, Jams & Sauces, 

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Eggless Gulkand Bundt Cake#BundtBakers

For this month the theme is "Flowers" Event for Bundt Bakers  our Host is Wendy Klik.  Made this cake for my friends birthday and frosted it with Gulkand Mousse.  This cake we had for dessert.

Ingredients
200 Grams All Purpose Flour

250 Ml Plain Yogurt

165  Grams Granulated Sugar 

1/2 tsp Baking soda 
1.1/4 tsp Baking powder
2 Tablespoons Heaped Gulkand
1 Tablespoon Rose Petals
125 Ml Vegetable Oil
1 Teaspoon Rose Essence

Method 

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. 

Grease a bundt pan  well. Keep aside

Sieve flour and add the gulkand keep aside.

Add rose petals and mix well.

Cream sugar and curd until sugar completely dissolves. Add baking powder, baking soda to the creamed mixture and mix well.   Leave aside for 5 mins and you can see the bubbles appearing. Now add vanilla essence,cooking oil and mix well.

Slowly add flour little  at a time and blend with wet ingredients. Beat well with a whisk until creamy and thick.

Pour the batter to the  bundt pan and bake in preheated oven a for 30-35 minutes or till a tooth pick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. 

Allow the cake to cool down for 10 minutes, then invert.

For the Glukand Mousse check the recipe here , the only addition is 1 tablespoon  each of Gulkand and Rose Petals

Labels :  Bundt,  Cakes, Bundt Bakers, Flowers, Eggless, Gulkand, Rose Petals, Mousse

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