Chicken Gold Coin

Ingredients

• Chicken breast - 250g
• Ginger (chopped) - 2 tbsp
• Garlic (chopped) - 2 tbsp 
• Onion (chopped) - 1 small
• Green chilly (chopped) - 2 tbsp
• Coriander leaves (chopped) -2 tbsp
• Pepper powder - 1 tsp
• Soy sauce - 1 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Egg - 1 
• Bread crumbs - 1/4 cup
• Corn flour - 1 tbsp
• Bread slices - 6 to 8 slices
• White sesame seeds - 2 tbsp

   
      For dipping:

• Egg - 1 (for dipping)
• Water - 2 tbsp
• Salt - to taste

Method

Grind the chicken in a grinder till it becomes a very fine paste. Transfer the chicken into a mixing bowl and add chopped ginger, garlic, onion, green chillies, coriander leaves, corn flour, pepper powder, soy sauce, salt and egg to it. Mix it well with your hands. Then, add the bread crumbs to it and mix well again and keep it aside.

Take one egg in a bowl, add salt and water to it and beat it well. Cut the bread slices into a round shape using a round cookie cutter. Take each of the cut round slices and dip them in the beaten egg mixture. Spread some of the prepared chicken mixture on it and dip them again in the egg mixture. Sprinkle the sesame seeds on the side where the chicken mixture is spread and press lightly on it. Shake off excess seeds and refrigerate it for 10-15 minutes. Repeat the same process for all the other slices.

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry each of these chicken coins that were refrigerated earlier on a medium flame till it turns golden and crispy. Drain the excess oil on a kitchen tissue. The easy and delicious chicken gold coins are now ready to be served hot with condiments like tomato ketchup. Enjoy.

Kesar peda /Apple peda

Ingredients

• Milk powder     -    1 cup
• Condensed milk     -    1/2 cup
• Milk     -    1/4 cup
• Cardamom powder     -    a pinch
• Saffron     -    a pinch (soaked in 1 Tbsp hot milk )
• Unsalted butter     -    50 gram
• Cloves     -    16 - 18
• Red food colour     -    a drop (mixed in 1/2 tsp water )

Method

In a non stick pan combine together milk powder,condensed milk and milk till creamy without forming lumps. Heat this mixture over low flame and bring to boil  stirring continuously scraping the sides occasionally.
Add cardamom powder and soaked saffron milk to this and  combine evenly. Cook till the mixture is thick and leaves the sides of the pan.
Add butter to this and combine. Cook over low flame till it leaves the sides of the pan nicely. Move it to a greased plate and let it become warm for about 6 - 8 minutes. Knead it to a smooth dough.
Make about 16 - 18 smooth balls out of this and make a small dent at the center of each ball. Press lightly a clove at the dent of each ball.
Take a clean painting brush and paint the pedas with the red food colour mixture.