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Chicken Cutlet

Ingredients: Chicken – ¼ Kg boneless Garlic – 4 cloves Ginger – 1 inch piece Green chillies – 2 Potato – 2 large Onion – 1 chopped finely Pepper powder – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Salt – to taste Oil – 3 tbsp (as needed for deep fry versus shallow fry) Coriander leaves – chopped. Curry leaves- 1 sprig chopped fine. Egg – 1 for egg wash Bread crumbs Method: Wash and clean chicken. Marinate with salt and turmeric for half an hour. Make a paste of the garlic, ginger and green chillies. Take oil in a kadai. Add the garlic/ginger/gr chilli paste. Saute for a while.  Add curry leaves. Add onion and fry until golden brown. Add the chicken and mix well.  Fry until the chicken is cooked. Boil and peel potatoes. Mash well. Add salt to taste, chopped coriander leaves and pepper. Blend the chicken to get a coarse mixture. Mix with the potato and shape into cutlets. Beat an egg in a bowl for egg wash. Take the bread crumbs in another

Tangy Spicy Bittergourd

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Ingredients: Bittergourd – ¼ Kg (2 large) Garlic – 4 cloves Crushed/chopped fine Onion – 1 chopped finely Tomato - 1 chopped finely Chilli powder – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Coriander powder – ¼ tsp Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp Salt – to taste Oil – 3 tbsp Mustard – ¼ tsp Curry leaves- 1 sprig Dry red chilli – 1 Jaggery – 3-4 tbsp (according to taste) Kachampuli – 1 tbsp (substitute with tamarind pulp of a lemon-sized ball of tamarind) Coriander leaves – chopped, for garnish. Method: Wash and clean the bittergourd. Chop them into small pieces. Take oil in a kadai. Add mustard and let it splutter. Add curry leaves and dry red chilli. Add onion and fry until golden brown. Add tomato. Saute until the tomato softens and is mushy.  Add coriander powder, garam masala powder, turmeric, chilli powder, and salt. Add the bittergourd.  Mix well. Add a little water. Cover and cook on a low flame stirring in between until almost cooked. T