Suddenly came across an old file I had stashed away in some deep recess in a directory called "et cetera". It has two chicken recipes. I feel I got them from someone while chatting. It has ym written all over it : the emoticons, the shortened words, the weblingo, the misspellings. I just do not remember who gave them to me. I took a quick account of the ids I knew – Rajkonya, Priya, jit, susd….drew blank. Sad feeling this – more than the guilt of publishing it without giving the right credits, it pains you because you feel that the file must have had some happy memories which you have let slip…

So I am publishing them almost verbatim, changing them somewhat, putting them together in coherent sentences to ensure readability:

CHICKEN SOFTY

cut 500 gm. of chicken intpo reasonable sized pcs. boil in water with a tsp of turmeric pdr. when pcs are tender seperate chicken from the stock and reserve seperately. heat oil in a pan. add 200 gm of onion paste , 50 gm. ginger paste, required amt of red chilli powder, salt, sugar, 50 gm. of beaten curd, 20 gm of cashew nut paste, 1 tbsp tomato sauce. saute all ingredients till brown. add chicken pieces and saute well. pour in the stock. add garam masala. remove from the pan when gravy thickens. Aint that B-)?

CHICKEN 65

take 500 gm. Boneless Chicken wash and pat dry. take 1 tsp of red chilli powder, 1-1/2 teaspoon cumin powder, the paste of 5 cloves of garlic. break 2 eggs and seperate the yolks. beat the egg whites till smooth, add 1 gm of saffron colour, the masala paste referred earlier , 2 tsp of lemon juice, 25 ml of refined oil and salt to taste. mix very well and then marinate the chicken in it for at least 2 hours. heat oil in a pan and fry the chicken till golden in colour. garnish with lemon slices and serve hot. :):)

=d> my friend - whoever you are