CHILLI CHICKEN WITH PITA & SPICED APPLE :)

Chilli Chicken !! The easiest, tastiest and the most popular of all non-veg dishes for a weekend lunch! Many of you have your variations I am sure but here is my quick easy version. Usually you should cut the chicken in strips just as you do with peppers to stir try but I thought I will just cut into bite sized pieces. Tastes the same though.Finish it off with either warm or chilled spiced apples! Done already!! Go take a nap now:D

The most delicious tasting chilli chicken I have ever eaten was in B'lore many years ago! There was a restaurant in Majestic near Kamath's who would cook chicken with spices in these little earthen pots and serve you in those pots themselves with a spoon, warm and sooo yummy. Well! I can't reproduce that ,so here's my style chilli chicken...:)

Chilli Chicken with Pita bread!


YOU NEED:
2 Cups diced or strips of chicken, 1 cup sliced onoins,1 cup hot green chillies or mild green bell peppers( capsicums),2 tomatoes sliced,2 tsp each of ginger strips and garlic strips, 2 tsp Cumin pd,1 tsp Chilli pd if using capsicums,salt, 1/2 tsp garam masala (optional), salt and cilantro. 2 tbsp Oil/butter for frying.

 

HOW TO:
Heat oil/butter in a non-stick pan on high heat. Add onions and peppers and stir-fry until reddish. Add in chicken, fry stirring frequently until opaque. Put in the toamatoes,mix and add little bit of water not burn the bottom,turn down the heat to medium and cover. Let it simmer until chicken is cooked for 5mins making sure it's not burning, add more water if neccessary.

 

After sometime, open the lid, add all the above spices (or any kind you like)and stir fry until the chicken is almost dry and coated with spices and sauce. Sprinkle cilantro.

  

Onion Relish:Slice a onion very thin, wash,squeeze the water out,put in a dish. Sprinkle salt, little lemon juice and paprika pd for color,mix.

Serve: Hot with toasted Pita bread or naan,onion relish, lemon slices and cinnamon spiced apple!!

Cinnamon Spiced Apple:

  

Here's How To Make It:
1. Heat 1 tbsp butter in a non-stick pan. Add one slightly tart apple(sliced thick), stir-fry until they are little soft but still tender-crisp.
2. Add in 3-4 tbsp brown sugar or as much sugar as you like to your taste.
2. Once melted, take off the heat, sprinkle 1-2tsp sweet cinnamon pd (not dalchini), pinch of nutmeg pd and garnish sprinkled with powdered sugar and whipped cream if you like!! Enjoy!!

Have a Great Weekend!! :)