Grilled shrimp and zucchini skewers

 I made this grilled shrimp skewers with olive oil, honey, lime , garlic and red chilli sauce . These sweet chilli lime shrimp skewers is made on the grilling skillet. Our all time favorite dish... Perfect recipe for Summer.

 

Ingredients

• Skewers- 3 nos
• Zucchini-1, sliced
• Jambo shrimp - 12-15 nos
• Red Chilli Sauce - 1 tbsp
• Honey- 1 tbsp
• Grated garlic - 1/2tbsp
• Lime juice - 2 tbsp
• Olive oil - 3 tbsp
• Salt to taste

  

  

Preparation:-

1. Soak skewers in water for 20 to 30 minutes.
2. Whisk together the olive oil,honey, garlic, red chilli sauce, lime juice, shrimp and salt in a small bowl. 
3. Mix well and  refrigerate for 30 minutes.
4. Preheat an indoor grill/tawa for medium-high heat.
5. Thread the marinated shrimp and zucchini alternately on soaked wooden skewers.
6. Cook the skewers on the preheated grill until the shrimp are opaque, about 5 minutes per side.
7. Garnish with sliced lemon and chopped coriander leaves. 
8. Serve immediately.

  

Air fryer Tandoori Chicken

   

    

 Ingredients:- 

Chicken

Ginger garlic paste
Kashmiri red chili powder
lemon juice
Roasted cumin powder
Coriander Powder
Garam masala powder
Yogurt
Salt and pepper powder
Olive oil
Salt .

 

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For the 1st marination process:
Ginger garlic paste, Kashmiri red chili powder, lemon juice and salt. In a large bowl, whisk all the ingredients  and mix well.
Add chicken and mix it very well in the marinade, then, cover the bowl with a plastic cover and leave it for 1 hour under refrigeration. .
Second marination of chicken:  Roasted cumin powder, ginger paste and garlic paste, Kashmiri red chili powder, Coriander Powder, Garam masala powder, thick or curd , salt and pepper powder, Olive oil
In another bowl, add all the ingredients of a second marination and mix it very well.
Once the first marination is done, transfer the chicken in this second marinade.
Cover the second bowl also with a plastic cover and refrigerate for 7-8 hours or overnight. 

  

  

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In the Airfryer:
Arrange the marinated chicken in the basket and air fry it 30 minutes at 350 degrees. you can flip it once in between.
Then Serve along with chutney, lemon wedges and any sauce . .

 

Air Fryer Chicken Wings

 

Delicious and healthy air fried chicken wings appetizer...

It’s incredible how quick and easy air fried chicken wings are to make. Don’t need to use any oil at all. Just seasoning the chicken wings with salt and pepper.

Place a chicken wings to air fryer basket. Set it to 360 F temperature, it takes 18-20 min to cook the chicken wings with a nice tender texture and a crispy . Within a minutes you have the best chicken wings ever.

Once you have the chicken wings made in batches, you can add what ever sauce you like. But today I added spicy garlic sauce is our favorite one. It’s very tasty and absolutely delicious. .

Oven Fried Chicken Wings with Buffalo Wild Wings Sauce

Ingredients:-

For the Chicken:

• Fresh chicken wings, rinsed - 4 pounds
• Lemon Juice- 2 tbsp
• All purpose flour- 1/2 cup
• Baking powder - 1 tbsp
• Olive Oil - 3 tbsp    

Buffalo Wild Wings Sauces:- 

• Thai Curry sauce- 4 tbsp 
• Mango Habanero sauce- 4 tbsp 

Preparation:-

• Clean the chicken wings. Marinate these with turmeric powder and keep aside for 5-10 mins. Wash chicken wings again and pat dry before cooking.  

• In a small mixing bowl, combine together Chicken wings, olive oil, lemon juice, all purpose flour and baking powder and toss until well coated with the flour mixture.  

• Place into the refrigerator for at least half an hour.
• Place the wings onto the prepared baking sheet rack. 

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees .
• Bake the wings for 1 hour. 

• Turn wings over and bake for 15 more minutes or until crispy and done.   

• Toss wings in Buffalo Wings Sauce to coat.
• Serve hot with Lettuce Salad or veggies.  

Note :-

• Buffalo wild wings selling their sauce separately in their shop. We bought it there. :) 

Falafel | Fried and Baked Chickpea Balls

Ingredients:

• Chickpeas - 1 cup
• Garlic cloves, minced - 4 or 5 nos
• Onion, chopped - 1 nos 
• Pepper powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Cumin powder - 1 tbsp
• Red Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
• Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
• Baking powder - 1 tbso
• All purpose flour - 4 tbsp
• Cilantro - 2 big handfuls of fresh leaves
• Salt as needed
• Vegetable oil, for frying

Preparation:-

• Soak chickpeas overnight. After chickpeas are soaked, drain well, Set aside.

• Chop onion with the food processor.

• Then add chickpeas, garlic, pepper powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder, baking powder, all purpose flour, lemon juice,cilantro and salt in a food processor. 

     

• Pulse for 30-40 seconds until it reaches a coarse texture. No water is added. 

•  Transfer the mixture to a large bowl .Cover and leave it in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

• Take small portions and make a balls. Set aside. 

Deep - Fried Chickpea Balls:-

• Heat oil in a sauce pan/Wok.
• Drop the balls into hot oil and fry the falafels until golden brown on all sides, about 3-4 minutes on each side.   

• When falafels are done, transfer to paper-towel-lined plate to drain.  Serve hot.

Baked Chickpeas Balls:-

• Preheat the oven to 375°F: Brush or rub a baking sheet with a thin layer of olive oil.

• Place the chickpea balls on a greased baking tray and bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown on both sides. 
• Serve hot with Tahini sauce, hummus, Yogurt etc.