It's beautiful, sunny morning but you can't predict weather here.... it was cloudy an hour back. I woke up healthy after "dahi-poori" session around 8pm yesterday, in fact feeling refreshed. Ask me why? There are couple of reasons you know. Until 1am I was hooked to Ustad Rashid Khan, his fan, can listen to him for hours.... "albela sajan ayoo to yaad piya ki aaye".... Indian community in the island is smaller than that of bahargaon.... I can understand it is difficult to arrange sessions with such talents every year. I saw him on stage some 4 years back. Another reason of joy was to get some fresh "data" in local shop yesterday, amazing na? My side of family cooks hard stem either with potato & jackfruit seeds or with potato & prawn. I am going to cook with prawns, hopefully to blog about it once I am back from Kolkata. I do have Bengali themed chicken recipes in hand to share, I wished to share this vegetarian & non vegetarian snack combo OVEN COOKED PEPPERY CHICKEN & AAMCHOOR ALOO be shared today.
I was surfing my Google photos, found Bengali fish recipe pictures from 2017-2018 which I am yet to blog about, okay I will. The mother too is causing irritation trying to relate everything that is Indian here to Bengal, Bengali.... I dislike it.... "dekh Bangali money hocchey" I am like "stop it mani, there is a country called India, of which Bengal is a state which will become a non-entity if they don't live in present, even Tagore cannot save them".... People migrate there from different states, build palace even selling "khaini", "amra Bangali" do 'doshta-pachta apish", give big talks, calling people "unpar-gawar, uncultured".... totally oblivious of the fact majority of Bengalis work "under" these "uncultured"..... we have to realise, accept and do something. I am with Bengal's cultural & food circuit, not with those who at all times deny themselves to be part of sovereign State, India. I was telling mother she, her son are influencing each other wrongly. I will not give in to that, I have my father, husband's ideologies working inside too. I told mother when it comes to talent, appreciate quality wholeheartedly, don't be regional. "Bengalis criticise each other most, look at brotherly feelings among people of other states and learn.
From Ustad Rashid Khan, I have reached Kaushiki Chakroborty, she inherited qualities of her father in right amount. Each day, I have to listen to music, from one genre to another, few genres I love.... raps, loud music isn't for me. Once back from Kolkata, I should be able to sit with music home alone, at times would visit my music teacher for a therapy. Yesterday, my entire time outside was spent listening music, walking from this store to another. On way back, I saw three dedicated, elderly souls practicing outside our condominium around 8:30pm, my mother-in-law has a bag full of complaints at all times, it irritates me..... all day she is sitting at home, watching television and complaining. I don't like dying long before they are brain dead. I enjoy being with positive, spontaneous people, they help me go on with life! Three of such kinds you can see below.
Don't you think I should share combined vegetarian, non-vegetarian snack recipe of OVEN COOKED PEPPERY CHICKEN & AAMCHOOR ALOO today? Done using ground black pepper, dry mango powder, its simplest marination I ever used. Kids who enjoy cooking can prepare them too, at this home mumma has to do it. Although they fall under snacker category, we had them for dinner a month back, the rest got toasted butter bread, I had that salt, pepper marinated tomato!
INGREDIENTS FOR OVEN COOKED PEPPERY CHICKEN :
CHICKEN LEG OR BREAST OR BOTH : 5-6 PIECE
FRESH COARSELY GROUND BLACK PEPPER : 1/2 TSP
LEMON JUICE : 3-4 TBSP
GINGER EXTRACT : 1TBSP
GARLIC EXTRACT : 2TBSP
SALT : AS REQUIRED [SEA SALT PREFERRED]
OIL : 2-3TBSP + 2TBSP TO BRUSH
INGREDIENTS FOR AAMCHOOR ALOO :
POTATO : 2-3
AAMCHOOR / DRY MANGO POWDER : 2TSP
RED CHILLI POWDER : 1TSP
TURMERIC POWDER : 1/2TSP
LEMON JUICE : 2TBSP
SALT : AS REQUIRED
OIL : 2-3TBSP + 1TBSP TO BRUSH
PROCEDURE :
Let us do PEPPERY CHICKEN first.
Wash chicken pieces thoroughly. Pat dry.
Marinate with 2-3tbsp of oil, lemon juice, ginger and garlic extract, fresh coarsely ground black pepper, salt as required.
Fold in well. Keep refrigerated in an air tight container for 5-6 hours or overnight.
Take out an hour before cooking. Grease an oven proof tray with oil. Place chicken pieces in single layer. Pour over marinade evenly.
I have convection mode microwave oven, used microwave+grill mode.
I took chicken pieces along with marinade in greased oven proof plate! Then I placed bake stand inside & on top of it the plate!
I cooked in microwave+grill mode for 15 minutes; paused & brushed oil! I turned over, brushed oil & cooked for 5-6 minutes; again turned over & cooked for 3 minutes! We should be done.
I am diabetic, love potato! I peeled, washed, cut potatoes lengthwise!
I marinated them with aamchoor / dry mango powder+turmeric+red chilli powder+lemon juice+salt as required.
The marinated potatoes are to be kept aside for an hour or so. We will then place them in single layer on greased grill proof tray.
We will place bake stand inside with plate atop if using convection mode microwave oven.
We will cook in microwave+grill mode 10 minutes; pause, brush oil; cook for another 3-4 minutes!
Always serve, have them hot & fresh.
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