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Reshmi Kebab has a special little place in my heart! I used to eat it in restaurants in India, where they served it with mint-coriander chutney (pudina and dhania chutney). It is a great appetizer! When done right, it really melts in your mouth. I think marination is the key.

My friend Tehsin is into barbecuing these days, and she happened to experiment with a few ingredients, and she says, this recipe is pretty close to the Reshmi kebabs served back home in India.

I am going to try it this weekend. And I will let you all know for sure, what I think. But till then if you would like to try it out, here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

2 Onions (grilled on barbecue or in oven, wrapped in aluminum foil) till smooshy
few green hot peppers,
Whole Spices: 2 tsp coriander seeds (akha dhania) , 2-3 cardamom (elaichi), 4-5 cloves (laung) , cinnamon stick (daalchini)
3 tbsp yogurt,
1 tbsp garlic,
salt, black pepper

Chicken breast (or boneless chicken, any part)
skewers (bamboo, or metal)

Method:

Grind all the listed ingredients in a blender (except the chicken). Cut chicken in little cubes and marinate it in the prepared marinade for atleast 5-6 hours, the longer the marination, the velvety your kebabs will be.

Put them on the skewers, and at this point, you have 2 options. Either you can grill them, or if you dont have a grill, then you can just fry in the pan, with a little oil. (If you dont have a pan big enough to hold the skewers, trim off the skewers to the desired size).

Serve hot with mint chutney!!

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I got this Betty Crocker Cooky recipe book from Mrs. Vanard, and it is a really old book. I have to look up the book details, it has wonderful cookie recipes (including brownies, bars, etc). Here is the website address: http://www.bettycrocker.com/
I made the stir and drop cookies(sugar and oatmeal), what it means is, you put your ingredients and stir, and then with a tsp drop them on a cookie sheet.

The sugar recipe yielded lots of cookies (unfortunately, I put either too much of the vanilla essence or the fresh grated lemon rind) because it has a bitter after taste. I have to see how to use them with something else, so the bitter taste gets neutralized. Other than that, it is really easy, and they look so cute!!
Click here for the recipe on Betty Crocker website, or go to: http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/recipe.aspx?recipeID=7280&Source=SearchResultPage
The only thing extra in my recipe is the 1/2 tsp lemon rind (grated lemon skin, but I think you leave that out, maybe that was what gave the bitterness, I must have not grated it right!)
The oatmeal cookie made a small batch of cookies (about 20 something). But they are soooooo good! I think i am going to make another batch if possible. I couldn’t find this recipe on the website.
And did I mention, I am not a baker, and I could still manage these recipes!

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