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I'm back...Galangal Fried Chicken with Onion Crisps :)

noreply@blogger.com (Sri Love) — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:59:00 +0000

Hello friends and readers of Love2cook Malaysia. Apologies for missing in action for more than a month! So, who missed me, who not? ;)

Unexpected things happened and I had to put my Blog and FB temporarily on hold until everything gets back on track. Thank God for keeping my family strong. Now, it's time for me to return to Bloggywood. I know I've missed one month long updates from the bloggers worldwide. I'll do my best to keep up with you as soon as I can.

Hearty thank you and welcome to new visitors and bloggers. Hope I've replied all your queries under the comments section.

To the rest of my cyber friends, thank you very much for all those messages, checking on my whereabouts. Gratitude!

As a comeback dish, let me serve you with yet another Fried Chicken from my kitchen. You should all know by now that I'm a chickenlover! Yes, a hardcore chickenlover :)

GALANGAL FRIED CHICKEN WITH ONION CRISPS

Ingredients :~

1/2 chicken ~ cleaned and pat dry *
2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste *
3 tbsp galangal paste *
2 tbsp chilli powder *
1 tsp turmeric powder *
1/4 tsp garam masala *
1/4 tsp cumin powder *
1/4 tsp coriander powder *
4 tbsp buttermilk / yoghurt *
3 tbsp any chicken frying flour *
salt to taste *
3 large onions ~ sliced into rings
2 sprigs curry leaves
oil to fry

Method :~

In a large bowl, mix together ingredients marked * and allow to marinade for an hour or longer.
Deep fry the marinated chicken pieces in oil until cooked. Rest on paper towel or wired rack with a plate to collect excess oil.
Now, mix the onion rings and curry leaves into the leftover marinade mixture.
Deep fry until they turn crispy. Spread over the fried chicken before serving.
Enjoy the dish while hot!

Note: Blend chopped galangal with very little water to get the paste thick.

Need to get my hands more on the dslr again!

By the way, I do have couple of Guest Posts coming up on my space. Stay tuned for the loveliest food bloggers on earth!

Signing off for now,

Andhra Chicken Curry ~ My Guest #8...Swasthi, Indian Healthy Recipes

noreply@blogger.com (Sri Love) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:30:00 +0000

Welcome back!

How many of you are true curry lovers? I love curries that are made thick with loads of spices. My chicken and mutton curries must have the most spices because they can simply make your curry really aromatic and super delicious. But of course not over the quantity needed.

Today, I feel so proud to have Ms Swasthi to make a guest post in my space. I happened to know Swasthi after she left a comment in my space. That took me straight to her irresistible and tummy grumbling page, Indian Healthy Recipes. Swasthi claims herself as a budding food blogger but I would say she is a fantastic cook. The recipes she has shared along with fabulous clicks can make you easily hungry. You have no idea how much I craved for her dishes whenever I visit her space, lol! I found Swasthi a very down to earth, polite and sweet person. I personally liked her simple food presentation with an easy to browse-through blog layout. Those who've already visited her, would agree with me ;) If you haven't, do hop over to Swasthi's Indian Healthy Recipes and show your love! Now let's check out her Andhra Chicken Curry, specially for all my readers! :)

Over to Swasthi now...

Hello! Dear blogger friends and Readers of Love2cook-malaysia,

I am Swasthi , the writer at Indian Healthy Recipes. Currently I am a stay at home mum to 2 kids aged 9 and 2, living in Singapore. I am happy to be a guest on Love’s space for her "Guest Posting @ Love2cook Malaysia”.Thanks a ton dear for giving me this opportunity.

I have known Love from the initial days of my blogging. I know her as a cheerful, very lively lady and a wonderful cook and we have been visiting each other’s space often.

Today I will share with you all a popular recipe Andhra Chicken Curry| Kodikura. Just like each state has a different and unique version of chickencurry, even region has a different version of making this dish. Today iam going to share a special Andhra Chicken Curry recipe that is mostly prepared in the coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh, where coconut is an integral part of their dishes. This is very much different from the simple Andhra Chicken Curry | Kodikura that is posted in my blog HERE.

Try this and am sure you will say this is one of the best Andhra chicken curry you ever had. Are you wondering what is so special about this curry? It is the browned onions that give a different smoky flavor and taste to the curry.

ANDHRA CHICKEN CURRY / KODIKURA

Ingredients

½ kg Chicken (skin or skinless, with bones)
1 cup of finely chopped onions
½ tsp ginger garlic paste
1 green chili
10 to 12 mint leaves / pudina
fistful of coriander leaves
1 medium sized red ripe tomato (about ¼ cup)
1 sprig curry leaves
90 ml coconut thick milk or 120 ml thin coconut milk
1 ½ tbsp poppy seeds (slightly roast and powder first finely, then add coconut milk and grind to very smooth) (can use blanched almonds instead of poppy seeds)
2 to 3 tbsps oil
½ tsp red chili powder

Marination

½ tsp ginger garlic paste
¼ tsp red chili powder
pinch of turmeric
60 ml buttermilk (to tenderize the meat) or Meat tenderizer
salt as needed

Garam masala powder

1 tsp coriander powder
1/8 tsp cumin powder
1/8 tsp pepper powder
4 to 6 cloves powdered
½ “cinnamon stick powdered

Dry spices

2 to 3 green cardamoms
4 cloves
1” cinnamon stick
¼ tsp cumin or shahijeera

Method

1. Marinate chicken with marination ingredients and set aside for atleast 45 mins in the refrigerator.

2. Heat a pan with oil; add curry leaves &the dry spices and sauté till you get an aroma. usually takes a minute.

3. Add green chili, onions, sprinkle salt and fry till the onions are browned (like the brown onions or fried onions for biryani).

4. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté quickly as this tends to burn faster with brown onions (could not take a pic).

5. Add tomatoes and sprinkle some salt and turmeric and fry on medium high till the tomatoes turn mushy and begin to leave the oil.

6. Add chicken and fry on medium high heat till the chicken become white, takes around 2 minutes.

7. Add red chili powder and fry for a minute.

8. Add garam masala, mix and sauté for a minute.

9. Pour the coconut milk and poppy seeds mix, add mint and coriander leaves.

10. Mix well and add little water to adjust the consistency.

11. Cover and cook on a low flame till the chicken is cooked thoroughly & is tender.

12. If the gravy is too thin, cook and evaporate some liquid without closing the pan.

Serve hot with rice or chapati

Note of Thank You;

Dearest Swasthi,

Hearty thank you for an excellent guest post ma! You are one of the sweetest bloggers I've found via blogging and glad I did! It's such a privilege to have you as my guest. Thank you so much for such kind words about me and my blog too, am so touched! My bookmark list is getting longer but your curry is definitely worth to try! I shall make it this weekend. Keep blogging and keep sharing! My hugs to your children ;)

Sura Varuval / Shark fish Fry...

noreply@blogger.com (Sri Love) — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:59:00 +0000

My Amma's special again!

This time it's Sura Varuval. Yup, using shark again :)

SURA / SHARK VARUVAL

Ingredients :~

*700gm shark pieces, skinned and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
*2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
*2 tbsp chilli powder
*1 tsp turmeric powder
*1/4 tsp ground blackpepper
*1/4 tsp ground cumin
* salt to taste
oil for frying
3 onions ~ thinly sliced
2 sprig curry leaves
4 pcs dried chillies ~ sliced

Method :~

Rub fish cubes with all the ingredients marked *. Allow to marinade for 1 hour.
Deep fry the marinated fish cubes in oil until cooked. Set aside on a paper towel.
Leave about 2 tbsp oil in the wok and stir fry sliced onion, curry leaves and dried chillies until they turn a little brown.
Add in the fried fish cubes and mix evenly. Dish out and serve ;)

I can have these with plain rice!

Have a pleasant weekend!

Fish Fingers ~ My Guest #7...Priya; House Of Spice

noreply@blogger.com (Sri Love) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:30:00 +0000

House Of Spice, this name attracted me just too much! A blog with various recipes made homemade by Priya, is truly a tummy winner. When I happened to stumble upon Priya's blog sometime in February this year, I couldn't help myself from drooling at her dishes and the way she presents them. I decided right away to invite her for my Guest Post event. I had no second thoughts before clicking the send button on my Gmail. and Priya replied me with a green signal and was ready to send me her mouthwatering Fish Fingers recipe despite her busy chores at home.

Let's hear more from Priya who blogs at House Of Spice. Do drop by her space and say Hi!

" Hi all, its with much pleasure that i write this post my very First Guest Post, being invited to do a guest post isn't something small for me, and Sri inspite of me being a new comer( after years of time ) she gave me chance, and I'm so much thankful for that. If I take my blogging history I started blogging in 2008, but couldn't continue for pretty long time.

Eagerly waiting for so long, now i've reached a point where i can't wait any longer away from blogging which i used to enjoy a lot. Nowadays it isn't much easy for me to do blogging, photographing and following up other blogs with a very extra hyper active kid at home. But inspite of all that, its friends and fellow bloggers like Sri and You who encourage me so much. I'm so much pleased Sri.

Now a little about me, myself Priya a full time stay at home mom , having deep roots from Kerala ( a beautiful state in India) with mixed cultures from South, is now happily residing in US with hubby dear and the sweetest little daughter. So, now hope you all would enjoy my fish fingers along with Sri :)

As kids, my brother and myself had a weakness towards Fish fingers, every time we went out for a dinner at our favourite restaurant we used to order a plate crispy yummy fish fingers. While watching tv on a usual afternoon time, I got to see a cooking show on fish fingers, and that just reminded me of how long have I made these yummy crisps.

FISH FINGERS

Recipe Source: a Cooking show

Ingredients:

1 lb Fish fillets ( cut in finger size)
2 tbsp All purpose Flour / Maida
2 tbsp Corn flour
1 tbsp Red Chili powder ( adjust accordingly )
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp Lemon Juice
1 tsp Pepper
Salt to taste
1 Egg ( beaten )
1 - 1 1/2 cups Bread Crumbs
Oil

Method:

Marinate the Fish with flour, cornflour, chili powder, sauce, lemon juice, pepper and salt for atleast 2hrs.
Beat the egg well. Dip fish in egg and then roll in bread crumbs one by one.
Heat oil in a Kadai and deep fry until cooked.
Serve hot with a sauce of your choice.

Notes: I used Tilapia Fillets, you can use Salmon or any of your choice. I served along with a bowl of Guacamole.

Note of Thank You

Dearest Priya, thank you so much for a wonderful guest post dear! Your time and effort much appreciated. Your fish finger recipe is sure to try. I can literally imagine dipping them in chilli sauce and having them all by myself, haha. I'm so tempted!!! Thank you once again for the opportunity to make you my guest ;)

God bless you. Hugs!

See also....

Guest #1 ~ Amelia ( Pineapple Tarts )
Guest #2 ~ Veena ( Agar-agar Milk Pudding with Chia Seeds )
Guest #3 ~ Rafeeda ( Baked Chicken, Kerala Style )
Guest #4 ~ Jay ( Kashmiri Pulao )
Guest #5 ~ Marsita ( Rendang Pedas Ayam Kampung )
Guest #6 ~ Kavitha ( White Chocolate Blondies )

Do you want to guest post in my space? Please click the image for more details ;)

Thanks for stopping by...yours,

Cream Cheese Spring Rolls...

noreply@blogger.com (Sri Love) — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Hello to one and all!

Glad to be seeing you all again on this beautiful Sunday. Well, we just returned home from a short holiday in Port Dickson. We took the kids to their favourite spot...Grand Lexis (formerly known as The Legend International Waterhomes). Yup, it's the same hotel that has chalets with attached pools. I've said about it HERE before. You may also check out my FB Page for more pic of our recent holiday ;)

Now, coming to the snack for today...this is another easy to make spring rolls for cheese lovers. Get ready your spring roll sheets and cream cheese!

♥ LOVE2COOK MALAYSIA♥

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Andhra Chicken Curry ~ My Guest #8...Swasthi, Indian Healthy Recipes

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Fish Fingers ~ My Guest #7...Priya; House Of Spice

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