Chicken soup for my soul

I once tried making chicken soup when I was in delhi.....the result....TOTAL DIASTER...I added so many things that it turned into some kind of weird "kangsoi" ....that was then..many years back and now I guess I've turned quite a pro. when it comes to cooking..... I made chicken soup this time and the recipe was simple...I boiled some chicken...the left over from making chicken boneless, the recipe..super simple:

-2-3 chicken pieces, Two cups of water and add lil salt and red Chile flacks to it.

-Two whistles in the pressure cooker.

-Once done let the chicken stock cool.

- Added thinly chopped french beans, raddish (gajar) and shredded chicken....when it comes to a boil....add paste of corn flour and at the end..salt to taste and black pepper powder...yummy...the soup is ready...I enjoyed this meal alot...when I am not hungry and still want to make my food interesting.....next time I'll add some mushroom also...m sure it'll taste awesome...

How abt some oosoi ooti, khichdi and lafuu iromba

Rath yatra or Kang as it is populerly known in Manipur was an interesting festival when I was a kid....participation is kang chingba and have khichdi and oosoi ooti on lotus leaves at the bamon mantop was awesome. Now only faded memories remain of those days when the word fun had a different meaning, ooti happens to be one of my all time fav. meitei dish and to have ooti with khichdi and lafuu iromba is like sone pe suhaga....cheery on cake....I like to make food interesting and have a balance diet...ooti is not easy to digest so the best combination is lafuu which is very fiberous and helps in digestion.....Meitei dishes are sure balanced...

Learning from TV

I like watching cook shows for the simple reason that I get to learn a new dish to cook....I learned a very simple recipe y'day while watching Rhodes to India...a simple chicken wrap...in other words Chicken Roll...its easy to make and good to taste...m planning to make it this weekend..will soon upload the pic.

How abt some biryani........

Chicken Biryani...I've always loved it...esp the chicken Biryani at Lucky's, Bandra, Mumbai....to me chicken briyani is another thing of beauty...like chicken tandoori I feel its another human's best invention....I learned making biryani from Nita Mehta's cookbook....I've tried few ways of cooking a biryani and from all my experiments I feel Nita Mehta's one is the best and easiest....at home everyone loves the biryani I cook... I cooked at che-tra's flat in delhi and at my cousin che-Noucha's place back home...the biryani was yummy and well...I got some good compliments....the most imp. thing about chicken biryani is masala's we use and the correct proportion of all ingredients....but the secret I guess for making anything yummy is the care and attention one pay during cooking

Yummyyy

Hilsh/ Ilish mach

I absoultely love illish mach, I can have ilish for breakfast, lunch, dinner and for tea also . The first ilish mach I had was at Kolkata, at Amrita's grand dad's place.....amrita's granny made the most amazing ilish mach I've ever had in my life...better then the Sankar's here.

This one I cooked few days back...it does cost quit alot these days. I bought for 250 bucks a kilo, sometimes it can go up to 400/500 bucks a kilo but those ilish are the really big ones. This recipe is simple but requires some bit of patience but the result......... too good.