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Friday, May 27, 2011

Variety Recipe*: The Great Chicken Pickle

I am an explorer of food but i beleive that worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.Here i am presenting before you a variety type of pickle my friend Amit created sorry invented in our room and tested and verified upon several guinea pigs including me.It was awesome if you have guts try it. 
 
Ingredients 
Chicken pieces – 1 cup
Red chilli powder - ½ tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - ½ cup
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
Ginger, crushed – 1 tbsp
Garlic, crushed – 1 tbsp
Curry leaves, chopped – a few
Pickle powder – 4 tbsp
Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
Vinegar – 1 cup
Boiled water, cooled to room temperature – 1 cup
Sugar – 1 tbsp

Preparation 
Cut the chicken into very small pieces. Mix them with red chilli powder and  salt and keep aside. Heat oil in a saucepan and fry the chicken pieces till they turn golden brown. Remove them from the pan and keep them aside. Splutter mustard and cumin seeds in the remaining oil. Add ginger, garlic and curry leaves and stir them well. Add pickle powder, turmeric powder, vinegar and water and continue stirring. Finally add chicken pieces, sugar and salt. Bring the mixture to a boil. Transfer the pickle to a clean jar after it cools.It tastes great with dosas, idllis and rotis, not to mention rice. And what more- unlike most other traditional pickles, it can be eaten right from the day it is prepared.