Corn Pulao

Working from home and I had to make a quick lunch!! This corn pulao was just perfect!! We ate it with some leftover prawn curry..Best lunch ever! Give it a shot people...you won't regret it! Its an easy dish to make when you don't want to labor over a biryani but plain rice is too boring :)

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups basmati rice
3 1/2 cups water, washed
1 cup sweet corn kernels
1 bay leaf
2 cloves
2 cardamom pods
3 green chillies, sliced length wise
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon oil

Method:

1.Bring the water to a boil in a big pan.
2. Heat the oil and add the bay leaf, cloves and cardamom. This is the main seasoning for the dish.
3. When you start to get the aroma of the spices, add this oil/spice seasoning to the water. Let the oil cool down, you don't wanna burn yourself when you add it to the water!
4. Add the washed rice, corn, salt and split green chillies.
5. Let this boil until the water is almost completely absorbed and you start to see little bubbles form in the rice.
6. Shut the pan and simmer for 5 minutes before you take this off the heat.

Your yummy corn pulao is ready!

Alternatively, you can make this in an electric rice cooker. Just add all the ingredients (prepare the oil/spice seasoning separately) in a regular rice cooker and let it do all the work!

Barbecue Chicken Wings..YUM!

Ok so I haven't been very good with this blog and it has been more than a year since I posted..but these chicken wings are absolutely delicious and I had to share the joy :D This recipe is easy breezy peeps! you gotta try it!

 Ingredients:
 10 whole chicken wings (not split into thigh and baby wings)
 Marinade:
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons vinegar
4 tablespoons hot sauce (Tabasco or lousiana or anything you have at home)
3 tablespoons green chilli sauce(or) 5 finely chopped green chillies
5 cloves garlic ( smashed, microplaned, chopped ..whatever you prefer)
2 teaspoons red chilli powder
2 teaspoons sugar (or) 1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon olive oil (optional, the skin on the wings has enough fat to keep this thing going in the oven so you can totally skip the oil)

 Method: 

1.Mix all the ingredients for the marinade and combine with the chicken wings.
2. Set aside for 2-3 hours or longer, I usually let it marinate for  the entire day if possible.
3. Place wings on a wire grill rack and pop them in the preheated oven for 35 minutes or slightly longer depending on the size of your wings.
4. Take them out after 35-40 minutes or when the meat leaves the bone. You can turn the oven temp up high and broil them for another 5 minutes if you want them extra crispy :) Serve immediately!

Tips:
1. Use a wire grill rack that has been coated with Pam or some kinda cooking spray or oil. Set your oven to heat from the top and bottom so you don't have to turn these around half way through. If you don't have a wire grill rack you could do these in a baking tray or cooking sheet but remember to turn the wings around after 20 minutes.
2. You can split the wings into the thigh/wing portions but I prefer not to cos the skin on the wings helps to seal the moisture and keeps the chicken really soft and tender. I personally feel that splitting the wings will break that seal :)