Lemon Chicken Tikka

Happy Dussehra to alll... and Subho Bijoya to all bong souls!!!!

The festival is the mark of good's win over evil and is celebrated with great joy and warmth. One of the most joyous moment is that of entire family feasting on delicious bengali delicacies. Infact bijoya dashami has always been an excuse to gorge on delicious bengali dishes. I always liked lemon chicken with strong tastes of wine and tangy taste of lemon. There are different ways of cooking lemon chicken and that makes huge differences. Ask any punjabi and he will say that add lemon in the tomato rich gravy and that's lemon chicken( ya! that's absurd)..I know! punjabis are not good with non veg food. They can eat but they cannot cook a "tasteful" non-veg dish.

Well, to be honest i also used to cook that way. But i guess i have evolved a lot. There's a more elegant and tasteful way of cooking lemon chicken. Here's the way out

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup cornflour
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 750g chicken thigh fillets, cut into 2cm-thick slices
• 1 tsp salt2 Tbsp Chinese rice wine
• 1 cup salt-reduced chicken stock
• Extra 1 Tbsp Chinese rice wine
• 1 Tbsp hoisin sauce
• 2 tsp oyster sauce
• 2 tsp salt-reduced soy sauce
• 3 tsp caster sugar
• 2 lemons
• 2 Tbsp plain flour
• Oil(mustard), for deep-frying

• Put 2 tablespoons of cornflour in a large mixing bowl, add water and stir until smooth. Add chicken slices, egg yolks, Chinese rice wine and salt and stir to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
•  Put chicken stock, extra wine, sauces and caster sugar in a medium heavy-based pan and stir to combine. Bring slowly to

the boil and simmer for 10 minutes or

until slightly reduced. Juice 1 lemon and add 1/4 cup juice. Thinly slice remaining lemon and add to sauce. Simmer for

2 minutes. Remove from heat.

• Add remaining cornflour and flour to chicken and stir until well combined. Heat oil in a wok or medium, deep pan. When hot, add one-quarter chicken slices and cook for 3 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a large plate covered with paper towel. Repeat with remaining batches of chicken. Serve chicken with lemon sauce.

Corn flour really tastes well with chicken and than it gives that rusty and crispy feeling to the pieces.

Enjoy the meal and enjoy the day with your family!!!

About The Author

Iam a Lifestyle Photographer, SEO Consultant and Database expert.I studied Biological Engineering at Amity University.I grew up in India,Can't mention a single area here.. My family was like a japanese bagpacker. Roamed to many indian cities.I have several ideas of what I might do with myself in this lifeworld. Although I feel very much a part of this world, I spend a lot of time questioning it. That's the social scientist in me.People say i am full of attitude and i think that's good.I'm idealistic and maybe naive, but at this point in time I can't imagine living any other way.I have two business ventures- XpressoStill and OptSEO.Xpressostill is a lifestyle photography venture which i started in early 2010.Currently it has two portfolios for wedding photography and travel photography.OptSEO is a new idea, atleast for me. OptSEO is about managing e ventures. My main objective is to try to create,develop and execute a cost effective program to maximize the communication between enterprises and their customers and generate high quality sales inquiries. And if that is not enough..Iam also training to become a pro deep-sea diver. You Can write to me at rakesh.mahato@live.com

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