A delicious Tanduri chicken dish

A delicious, satisfying recipe that the whole family will enjoy. Tandoori chicken is a chicken dish that originated in India, it is still popular throughout that area. Tandoors cannot cook meat properly unless you prepare it in special way. The very high temperature at the bottom of the oven would burn the outside of any meat in about 20 minutes, leaving the inside raw. How do they do it then? The secret is to prepare the meat to reduce the cooking time, by scoring it and marinating it. Why bother? Because the high temperature gives the meat a taste you just can't get with any other process.

TANDOORI CHICKEN

Prepration Time: 24 hours

Cook Time: 1 hours

Ingredients:

Chicken drumsticks-10
Curds –1/4 cup(plain yogurt)
Soysauce –4 tbsp
Worcestershire sauce-2tbsp
Lime juice-1tbsp
Chilli powder-1tsp
Tandoori masala –2tbsp
Ginger garlic paste-1tsp
Turmeric –2 pinch
Pepper –2 pinch
Honey –1 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:

Wash the chicken in cold water and pat it dry.
Add the curds,soysauce,Worcestershire sauce,lime juice,chilli powder,tandoori masala,ginger garlic paste,turmeric,pepper,honey & salt.
Marinate maximum with 10 hrs to 24 hrs.
Heat the 400 degree oven and cook chicken 20 mts on each sides.
Serve hot with rice and curry.

Food Hygiene in the Home

Food and cooking hygiene includes a number of routines which should be followed to avoid potentially severe health hazards. Food can transmit disease from person to person as well as serve as a growth medium for bacteria that can cause food poisoning.

Bacteria are all around us, and also on and in our bodies. Most of them are helpful or harmless. But some cause disease. Among these are food-poisoning bacteria. To prevent food-poisoning at home, we need to understand how to control these bacteria.

The most obvious way to do this is to wash our hands and all raw food, and keep food covered as much as possible. The most heavily contaminated food is likely to be raw meat. Make sure that raw meat never touches, or drips onto, any other foods, as bacteria could get transferred across (this is cross-contamination). Bacteria can get transferred between foods via utensils and chopping boards as well! So these need to be thoroughly washed in very hot water after raw meat has touched them.

We need to be aware that bacteria are present on our hands, and on the surfaces of all raw foods.
For bacteria to make us ill, they usually need to grow in the food.

All bacteria are destroyed by thorough cooking. So make sure that meat is cooked all the way through, that re-heated foods get piping hot, and always follow the manufacturer's instructions for bought foods. But some bacteria produce toxins when they grow, and these aren't all destroyed by cooking. So thorough cooking will not compensate for sloppy hygiene at the earlier stages!

Controlling bacteria in food:

-18ºC (0º F):
The temperature that freezers should be running at. Freezing does not destroy bacteria, pathogens or their toxins and spores. In a freezer bacteria are merely in a state of suspended animation or a hibernation state. They will not multiply, but nor will they die.

0ºC to 4ºC (32º to 39ºF):
The temperature that refrigerators/chillers should be running at. Chilling food does not destroy bacteria, pathogens or their toxins and spores. In a chiller bacteria merely slow down their rate of reproduction to a virtual stop, they will however continue to multiply, all be it very slowly

65ºC (149ºF):
Most bacteria will start to die at this temperature

75ºC (158ºF):
The internal temperature of foods should reach this to ensure any bacteria has been destroyed. To achieve this solid foods such as roast meats and steaks need to be thoroughly cooked until the juices run clear (no signs of blood). Liquid style foods such as sauces, soups and stews etc should be brought to a boil (while stirring) and simmered for a minimum of three minutes.

NEVER reheat foods more than once or the bacteria in the food will not only multiply as the food is cooled down and stored, but they will also become heat resistant. Bacteria are capable of producing spores; this heat resistant shell will resist the most ardent cooking temperatures and food poisoning is inevitable.

Homemade Dinner For Your Family

We live in a very busy world. It is often hard to keep up with the laundry and daily house chores after working all day, let alone try to prepare a good meal for your family that is not just quick, but nutritious for them as well. Homemade cooking can allow you to not only prepare nutritious meals, but they will think you have been cooking all day. After working all day, it is very tempting to just stop and buy take out food, but this isn't really very good for your family to eat on a regular basis.

We live in a world that is full of convenience. Homemade cooking can be very simple all you have to do is be a little creative. Cooking could be fun if it's not a complicated recipe. After all, self-cooking food assured with top class of "quality control" and less expensive!

There's nothing quite like eating a home cooked meal. It's also very satisfying to know that you have cooked a tasty and healthy meal for your family.


Home-Style Chicken Dinner.
Family dinner doesn't get any better than this convenient yummy-in-the-tummy chicken dish.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon butter or margarine,
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 1/4 pounds),
1/2 teaspoon salt,
1/4 teaspoon pepper, if desired,
3/4cup water,
1 envelope (0.87 ounce) chicken gravy mix,
1 bag (14 ounces) frozen baby whole potatoes, broccoli, carrots, baby corn and red pepper strips,
1 jar (4.5 ounces) Green sliced mushrooms, drained,
Chopped fresh chives or parsley, if desired,

Makes: 4 servings.

Method:

Melt butter in 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Cook chicken in butter 15 to 20 minutes, turning once, until juice is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Remove chicken from skillet; keep warm.

Mix water and gravy mix (dry) in small bowl; pour into same skillet. Stir in frozen vegetables and mushrooms. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until largest pieces of potatoes are hot. Add chicken; cover and simmer about 2 minutes or until chicken is heated through.

Serve vegetable and gravy mixture over chicken. Sprinkle with chives.

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