HOT & SPICY FRIED CHICKEN

Any time of the day, fried chicken sounds great and appetizing snack for chicken lovers especially the aroma at the time you're frying them. It is a great appetizer or side dish to serve along with main course. It is quite easy to prepare, just require time for marinating, the longer time it takes will make them more tastier.

Using dry chili but chili powder works well too, adjust to suit your taste. If you're using wet blender, kindly add some water to grind. In case the lemon grass is not available at your place, do omit them, this is for fragrance only.

This is my favorite recipe, do you believe that one of my sons can complete them in one sitting. What you need are:

HOT FRIED CHICKEN

12 pieces chicken drumstick/breast
salt to taste
oil for shallow frying

GRIND

1 in ginger
4 cloves garlic
2 stalk lemon grass
15 dry chili - soak to soften
1 tsp turmeric powder

METHOD

* Place cleaned chicken, ground ingredients and salt in a bowl. Mix well.

* Marinate for at least 1 hour in a refrigerator.

* Heat the oil, shallow fry the marinated chicken until both sides turn golden brown. Transfer onto plate lined with kitchen towel to absorb excess oil.

* Serve hot.

BAKED POTATO WEDGES

Once a while, my kids love to eat western food and instead of buying from popular fast food joint, I cook my own, not only cost effective but healthier and delicious.

For the potato, you could leave the skin on but I peeled them, first half the potato, then cut into wedges. If possible cut almost all the same size to ensure even baking. Do adjust the chili used according to your taste. These tasted great even without any chili or tomato sauce, just eat on its own.

MILK ROLLS

As you all know the aroma of homemade roll is irresistible. These are really easy to prepare and the taste is far superior from the store bought. These could easily serve as a snack, lunch or party food and you can decide how big or small you want them to be.

Kneading is essential for bread making in order to develop gluten, you need about 10 minutes to do this which help rolls to retain the shape and accumulate a volume of carbon dioxide gas while rising. Try not the add too much flour during shaping and rolling. This makes the dough tougher.

Rising or proofing brings out flavor especially from the yeast. If your kitchen is on cool side, leave the dough in the oven with pilot light on.

EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

I'd been searching for perfect and low fat chocolate chip cookies which are chewy but soft inside. This recipe really fits my taste. This is good for those who are egg-allergic

You could use 2 cups of all purpose flour but I used only one and half cup of flour, the balance is half cup of rolled oat, just run them in a mixie.

The texture of the dough is great, easily shape and with this dough I got about 45 cookies. It's all depend on the size you've made.

Used milk to combine but you could add water if you prefer. My family loves this cookies so it will be regular on our dining table.

EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

1 and 1/2 C all purpose flour
1/2 C rolled oat (grind)
1/2 C sugar (if you want it sweeter use 3/4 C)
1/2 C melted butter or oil
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 C chocolate chip
1/2 C milk/water
1 tsp vanilla essence

METHOD

* Sift flour and baking powder.

* Combine flour, oat, salt, chocolate chip and baking powder in a mixing bowl.

* In a small bowl, beat butter, vanilla with sugar until well blended.

* Pour butter mixture onto flour and mix until pliable dough is formed. Preheat oven @ 180 C.

* Drop teaspoonful of dough onto non greased baking sheet, bake about 8-10 minutes until light brown.

* Cool on pan 5 minutes, transfer onto wire rack to cool.

* When completely cool, store into airtight container.

BEST COCOA BROWNIES

I'm looking for brownies that is healthy and eggless but unfortunately can't find any that suit my taste, either high in sugar or fat.

So I came up with this recipe after going through various sources and so glad I did, I can assure you, this is seriously good. It is really remarkable that with mere cocoa powder it turns out great. It is very healthy, guilt free as a dessert or afternoon snack that does not hurt your diet.

Since most brownies called for eggs but now I use buttermilk. To make your own add a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to a cup of milk, let sit for 5 minutes or until curdled, now it is ready to be used in your cooking. Next time I need to double up this Best Cocoa Brownies  recipe since it is a huge hit with my family.