Chicken Wings

CHICKEN WINGS
- Buffalo, New York style

Ingredients:
2 pounds chicken wings-with skin, salt and pepper to taste, oil for deep frying, 2 tsp butter,1 tsp white vinegar, 1 cup Franks cyenne pepper hot sauce, 1/2 cup pickled Jalapeno peppers.

Method:
Sprinkle chicken wings with salt and pepper powder. Heat oil and fry the wings in batches until crisp and cooked or bake them until crisp and cooked. Transfer to paper towel to drain.
In a small pan, melt butter and stir in the hot sauce, vinegar and Jalapeno peppers. Add the wings to the pan and toss to coat thoroughly. Serve hot.

Karahi chicken

KARAHI CHICKEN

Ingredients:
750 gms of chicken, 5 tomatoes-chopped or tomato puree, 3-4 green chillies-chopped, 1 tbsp ginger paste, 1 tbsp garlic paste, 1/4 tsp red chilli powder, 1/4 tsp black pepper powder, 1/2 cup oil, fresh coriander leaves-chopped, fresh ginger- chopped (for garnishing) and salt to taste.

Method:
Heat the oil in a wok (karahi), add ginger- garlic paste and fry for few minutes. Add red chilli powder, pepper powder and salt. Add the chicken and mix well and cook till it turns light brown and almost tender.The water should evaporate completely.
Now add the chopped tomatoes, chopped green chillies and coriander leaves. Cover the pot and cook for another 5- 10 minutes or till the tomatoes are cooked. Garnish with chopped ginger. Serve hot with roti or naan.

Baklava

BAKLAVA

Ingredients:
15-16 sheets of ready made frozen filo/philo sheets, 300 gms unsalted butter, 300 gms of mixed Pistachios, Walnuts and Almonds- roughly chopped, 3 tbsp granulated sugar, 1tsp ground cardamom.
For the syrup:
350 gms sugar, 300 ml water, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 2tbsp orange blossom water(optional).

Method:
Unwrap and thaw the filo sheets at room temperature and keep under a damp tea towel until you are ready to use them. Pre heat the oven to 180 C / 350 F. In a clean bowl, mix together all the nuts, sugar and cardamom.
Grease a baking tray with butter. Melt the remaining butter in a saucepan over low heat or in a microwave.
Layer 4-5 sheets in the baking tray, brushing each sheet with melted butter before adding the next sheets. Spread half of the nut mixture over the sheets in the tray. Layer 4-5 sheets again on the nut mixture, brushing each layer withe butter. Now spread the remaining nut mixture in the tray and layer the mixture again with the remaining sheets.
Using a sharp knife cut the baklava into squares or diamond shape. Place the Baklava in the pre-heated oven for 30-40 mins or until the top is golden brown. Do not allow the top to burn.
Remove and allow to cool slightly. Now drizzle the baklava while in the tray with the syrup and then let cool completely before serving.
For the syrup:
Heat the sugar, water, lemon juice and the orange blossom water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Now simmer for 10-15 mins until the syrup is formed. Cool completely before adding to baklava.