Fried Chilli Chicken, Chocolate Fudge Cake And Sum Pukht Pulao by Shireen Anwer

Ingredients for Fried Chilli Chicken:

• Chicken (cut in 16 pieces) 1-1/2 kg
• Water 1 cup

For Batter:

• Eggs 2
• Corn flour 2 tbsp
• Flour 1/2 tsp
• Black pepper 1/2 tsp
• Salt 1/2 tsp
• Chinese salt 1/2 tsp
• Baking powder 1/4 tsp

For Sauce:

• Oil 2 tbsp
• Crushed garlic 2 tbsp
• Soya sauce 3 tbsp
• Green chilies 6
• Chili garlic sauce 2 tbsp
• Ketchup 2 tbsp
• Stock 1/4 cup
• Salt 1/4 tsp
• Black pepper 1/4 tsp
• Chinese salt 1/4 tsp

Method:

1. For batter: Mix eggs, corn flour, flour, black pepper, salt, Chinese salt and baking powder in a bowl and keep it aside.
2. Now dip chicken pieces in batter, deep fry until golden brown and keep it a side.
3. Heat oil in separate pan and fry chopped garlic until golden.
   
4. Then put chopped green chilies, soya sauce, chili garlic sauce, ketchup, stock, salt, black pepper and Chinese salt and cook until thick.
5. Now put fried chicken pieces and stir fry on high flame until chicken is coated well on sauce. Serve hot.

Ingredients for Chocolate Fudge Cake:

• Butter 8 ounce
• Brown sugar 8 ounce
• Flour 6 ounce
• Coco powder 2 ounce
• Baking powder 2 tsp
• Eggs 4
• Milk 4 tbsp
• Vanilla essence 1-1/2 tsp
• Cooking chocolate 4 ounce
• Walnuts 3 ounce

For Fudge Icing:

• Butter 6 ounce
• Icing sugar 10 ounce
• Cream 3/4 cup
• Coco powder 2 tbsp
• Vanilla essence 1 tsp
• Cooking chocolate 4 ounce

Method:

1. For icing: Put cream, vanilla essence, chocolate, coco powder and butter in one saucepan and mix well.
2. Now cook until chocolate melt. Remove from stove, add strained icing sugar, mix well and keep in deep freezer.
3. Before using, take out it early and beat nicely.
4. For making cake: Beat butter and brown sugar nicely.
   
5. Now add vanilla essence and egg 1 by 1/
   
6. Then mix flour, coco powder and baking powder separate and strain it.
7. Now mix both mixtures. Melt chocolate and add it mixture. Together put milk and walnuts, mix well and put this mixture in two 8 inch greased cake pan.
   
8. Bake in preheated oven on 180 degrees C for 40 minutes.
9. Then take out, cool it and decorate with icing sugar.

Ingredients for Dum Pukht Pulao:

• Rice 1/2 kg
• Chicken 1 kg
• Onion 1
• Ginger garlic 2 tbsp
• White cumin 1 tsp
• Salt 2 tsp
• Red chili whole 10
• All spice 1 + 1 tsp
• Oil 1/2 cup

Method:

1. Put chicken pieces, water, onion, ginger garlic paste, salt, whole red chili and all spice in one pot and cook for 15 minutes until chicken is half tendered.
2. Now take out chicken pieces and strain stock.
3. Heat oil in one pot and fry onion until brown.
   
4. Then put cumin and fry it.
5. Now add ginger garlic paste. Together roast boiled chicken for 5 minutes and add 2 more cup water with stock.
6. When boiled, add soaked rice, salt and 1 tsp all spice, cover it and cook more until rice are tendered.