My fav...veggies

Fresh Piruk

Piruk kangshu

 

Piruk Kangshu is a very popular dish in Meitei Cuisine and its one of my all time fav dish. The picture above is my version of Piruk Kangshu.

Fruit salad

Chilli chicken with bamboo shoot and mushroom

Chille Chicken with Bamboo Shoot and Mushroom was created by me when I bought a can of Bamboo Shoot just by chance. As a typical Meitei I have had fresh and fermentated bamboo shoot but I have never tried making anything from canned bamboo shoot so just to experiment I tried this recipe and bingoo it turned out so yummy. The preparation is easy and

Recipe:
a) 250 gms bone less chicken (I prefer with bones).
b) 1 Cup of canned bamboo shoot.
c) 100 gms button mushroom.
d) 1 onion and 3-4 Spring onion.
e) 1 whole Garlic.
f) 8-10 Green chillies
g) 1 egg
h) Corn flour
i)2 Capsicum
j) 1 tbsp of Garlic paste and ginger paste each.
k) 1 tbsp vegetable oil
l) Soya Sauce and Chilli Sauce

Method:
For the Chicken-
- In a bowl make a fine batter with 1 egg, 3 tbsp of corn flour, 1 tbsp of Ginger paste and 1 tbsp of garlic paste. Add the chicken and mix it well.
- In a non stick frying pan, fry the chicken coated with batter.

For the Curry:
- On a non stick frying pan add 1 tbsp oil and fry the chopped garlic,onion, spring onion, split chillies for 3-5 mins.
- Add the capsicum and bamboo shoot and fry for another 8-10 mins on low flame.
- Add 1 tbsp of soya sauce and chilli sauce.
- Add 2 tbsp of corn flour in 2 cups of water and put it in frying pan.
- Finally add the fried chicken and salt to taste.

Chilli Chicken tastes best with fried rice. Enjoy

Veggie for the fried rice..