GREEN CHICKEN

If  there is one word that describes my at-home-personality in full fairness, then undoubtedly it would be “LAZY”. I believe in “Taking Life As It Comes” and nothing reflects my laid back attitude more than the occasional cooking I do. My favourite recipes are the ones i) which do not involve scouting for ingredients in the hyper market and ii) which do not entail spending   whole lot of time near the stove or the oven..I would rather watch CNBC or cuddle up with a P G Woodhouse or a crime thriller than spend the whole morning or evening in the kitchen trying to make one great complicated out of the world dish. According to my philosophy those dishes are best eaten, not cooked (  my salute to all those great cooks who make these dishes possible for us to eat) .

And  this necessity of mine to cook without much ado  has helped me in inventing or customising recipes (borrowed from various sources) to suit my need of “lazy cooking” .  Should I forget all these little inventions  or improvisations of mine which are extremely handy to people like me , I decided to key in some of the recipes, outcomes of which have been not - so -disastrous.

Will start with one simple Chicken recipe – Green Chicken

Ingredients :

Mid size Chicken pieces  (with or without bones)

Green chillies

Ginger

Coriander leaves

Mint leaves (can leave mint leaves if not readily available)

Oil

Salt to taste

Method :

Grind ginger , coriander leaves , mint leaves , green chillies together . This will serve  the marinade for the chicken pieces

Fork the chicken pieces  and marinate in the green paste properly ( chicken pieces should have even coating of the marinade) for 30 min to one hour

1)

Heat oil in a kadai or wok

Once the oil is hot put the chicken with the marinade and fry for 1-2 minutes in low-medium flame

Put salt , mix thoroughly and cover the container and let the chicken cook in low flame till chicken is soft and done

Or

2) Mix oil  and salt (as per taste) to the marinated chicken and microwave it till the chicken is soft and succulent

This chicken dish , I call it Green Chicken , can be taken with both Rice or Bread .

Spl Remark :

When I want my green chicken to have a bit of gravy , I add   1-2 tablespoon of beaten curd to the green marinad and marinate the chicken .  Though this alters the colour , taste does not alter much.

2. If one is particular about the aesthetic part of the dish , it can be decorated with sliced lemon or coriander leaves or mint leaves or even lettuce leaves. Green chicken served on Lettuce base looks quite appealing..

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