Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Ingredients:-

Chicken – 4 split -(2 whole chicken breast,skin removed)

Mayonnaise – 1/2 cup

Aragula leaves / any salad leaves – 1 cup

Grapes – 1/2 cup (cut into 2 pieces)

Vinegar – 2tsp

Salt ans Black pepper – to taste

Bread – 8 – 10 slices

Method:-                                                                                                                                                

Cook the chicken in the oven at 350 degree for 35-40 mins and remove the skin or else cook in a pressure cooker and keep aside.

Place the chicken in a bowl and add mayonnaise, grapes, salt, pepper, vinegar and toss well.

Serve: Toast the bread by adding little butter or oil and top with the chicken salad ,aragula and cover with other slice bread. Cut in half and serve.

Variations: Instead of grapes you can add orange pieces (without the inner skin)

                            Apply some mayonnaise in the bread – while serving.

                            Add some Tomato ketchup while serving.

                            Instead of bread you can add more salad leaves and serve as a salad too.

Meen Kolambu / Fish curry

Ingredients:-

Fish – 7-8 pieces

Onion – ½ cup

Tamarind – Big lemon size

Garlic – ¼ cup

Red chili powder – 3 tsp

Tumeric powder – ½ tsp

Curry leaves – 10-12

Coconut – ¼ cup

Oil – 3 tsp

Salt – to taste         

For Seasoning:-

Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp

Fenugreel seeds – ¼ tsp

Method:-                                                                                                                                                                

Clean the fish and apply turmeric powder and little salt and rub into the fish and keep aside for 5 mins.

 Wash the piece again and keep aside. Grind the coconut and keep aside. Soak tamarind for 5 mins and then squeeze the juice and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan and the mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and allow it to splutter. Once it is done add onions, garlic and curry leaves and fry till onions turns into translucent. Then add tumeric powder, red chili powder, salt and fry for few minutes.  Add the tamarind juice, coconut paste and bring it to boil.

Let this simmer for 15 mins or till the raw smell goes. Finally add the fish pieces, cover and cook on low heat for 5 minutes. Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice.