4/10/2006

American food, desi flavor


Ham on the Street

The name of the show itself turned me off initially since I'm not a big fan of red meat (ham, beef, etc). But the other day I was watching the Food Network and Ham on the Street had an interesting show on making some quick fix guilty pleasures (desserts). The host George Duran showed a quick recipe on how to make some chicken fingers, which is not normally considered desi food. Besides chicken fingers are fried which is a big turn off. But the twist here was that, these were healthy baked chicken fingers with curry powder in them.
The (approximate) recipe:
1. Take skinless boneless chicken breasts and slice them into finger sized pieces.
2. Take light mayonnaise and mix curry powder in it and stir till it turns light brown in color. (You can add other spices also depending on your palette)
3. Dip chicken finger in mayonnaise-curry powder mix till they are completely coated.
4. Dip the coated chicken fingers in a bowl full of bread crumbs till they are completely coated with crumbs.
5. Preheat oven to 350°.
6. Place chicken fingers on cookie sheet and bake in oven for 15 minutes or until the crumbs start turning deep golden brown.
(This is my own twist to the recipe)
7. Pull out of oven and devour them with a side of Maggi hot n sweet tomato chilli sauce, it's different boss.

Disclaimer: I tried this at home and it worked for me. It's an easy to make recipe even for people with minimal cooking skills, like me. But I'm not responsible for any mishaps encountered by other desis while trying this recipe, which may or may not include getting your dharma-brashta.

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