Ginger Chicken - Dr. Damodaran - Tamil

How to cook Ginger Chicken by Dr. Damodaran



Instructions in English


Ginger Chicken by Dr. Damodaran


Ingredients

• Boneless Chicken cut into small / medium pieces - 0.5 Kgs or 1 lb
• Make a paste of Ginger - 100 grams & Garlic - 25 grams
• Maida (All purpose flour) - 2 handful
• Corn flour - 1 handful
• Rice flour - 1/2 handful
• Egg with yolk - 1
• Finely chopped Onion - 1 handful
• Red chilli paste - 2 tsp
• Tomato sauce - 2 tsp
• Soy Sauce - 2 tsp
• Sugar - 0.5 tsp
• Salt - As required
• Ajinomoto(MSG, China Salt) - One pinch
• White Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
• Red color powder - 1 tsp
• Spring onion - one handful
• Oil - As required to fry the chicken

Instructions

• In a bowl take Maida, Corn flour, Rice flour and Egg
• Then add salt, Soy Sauce, White pepper powder, Ajinomoto & Sugar to it and mix thoroughly
• Add chicken and let it marinate for a while
• Heat oil in a pan and deep fry chicken
• In another pan heat little oil, saute onion and add ginger-garlic paste.  Saute until the raw smell leaves the mixture
• Add  Red chilli paste, Soy Sauce, Tomato Sauce, Salt, Sugar, White Pepper Powder, Red color powder, Ajinomoto and Spring Onion. Saute thoroughly
• Add chicken to the mix and add a little water
• For thick consistency of the gravy, add corn flour mixed in water
• Cook until the gravy thickens
• Garnish with spring onion and serve hot
• Ginger Chicken goes well with Szechuan Noodles or Fried Rice

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How to cook Szechuan Noodles by Dr. Damodaran







Instructions in English


Szechuan Noodles by Dr. Damodaran


Ingredients

• Noodles 1 packet
• Onion - 1
• Capsicum- 1
• Carrot - 1
• Cabbage - 50 grams
• Red chillies - 3 or 4 nos
• Finely chopped Ginger(one small piece) + Finely chopped Garlic - Together One Handful
• Red chilli paste - 2 tsp
• Tomato sauce - 2 tsp
• Soy Sauce - 2 tsp
• White pepper powder - Half tsp
• Sugar - Half tsp
• Ajinomoto (china salt / mono-sodium glutamate) - One pinch
• Spring Onion - One handful
• Salt - As required
• Oil - As required
• Butter - 2 tsp

Instructions

• Chop all the vegetables & onions finely
• Cook the noodles (Check below for detailed instructions)
• Heat oil & butter together in a pan
• Add red chillies to oil then add all chopped vegetables and onions
• Fry vegetables until they are 3/4th cooked. Vegetables should not be over-cooked
• Add Noodles and mix thoroughly
• Add Red chilli paste, Soy Sauce and Tomato sauce
• Add chopped Ginger-Garlic mixture, Ajinomoto (MSG), Salt, Sugar, White Pepper powder and Spring onion, then mix thoroughly
• Cook until the noodles and vegetables get mixed with sauces evenly
• Serve the noodles in a bowl or plate, garnish with Fresh Spring Onion
• You can serve the noodles as is or it goes well when served with Gobi Manchurian or Ginger Chicken or Garlic Chicken or Chilli Chicken
• (adding butter to oil in the beginning makes the noodles taste soft)

Instructions to cook noodles

• Boil water in a pan
• Add salt and noodles
• Once the noodles is cooked, filter the water from noodles using a strainer
• Rinse noodles thoroughly in cold tap water and let it dry completely
• Toss the dried noodle in oil which will make the noodles not sticky

Additional instructions for adding non-vegetarian

• If you wish to add chicken or mutton, add fresh chicken or boiled mutton after adding red chillies to oil and before adding vegetables. If you want to add egg, add it after adding vegetables.