Product Launch By Godrej Tyson Food

This Wednesday I attended a product launch by Godrej Tyson, India’s premier poultry and vegetarian products manufacturer.

These are pre-marinated chicken foods that serves as instant food when unexpected guests turn up. Just stir fry and they are done.

However, for the housewife who likes to give her personal touch, these can be turned a surprisingly innovative dish. It is not easy to replicate the original taste each time we churn out something new, (personally speaking, I can never reproduce the same taste) but, with its’ marinated standard chicken, there can be some closeness to the original taste.

Mr Arabind Das, (COO, Godrej Tyson Food Ltd) and Chef Micheal Swamy (of MasterChef fame) demonstrated some wonderful dishes during the cook-off.

The recipes were later shared with us.

Recipe: for Pahadi Chicken

Spiced Potatoes with Pahadi Chicken

 

Ingredients:

            2 Sliced potatoes with skin on

            4 pods of Garlic

            ¼ teaspoon turmeric

            ¼ teaspoon red chilli flakes without the seeds

            1 table spoon olive oil

            1 tablespoon butter

            2 sprigs of rosemary

            ¼ teaspoon chaat masala

            1 pkt of Pahadi chicken

Chutney

            200 grams    Mixed berries

            100 grams    Sugar

            100 ml                       Vinegar

            Red chilli        1 nos

Garnish

            Micro Greens

            Fried onion crisps

            Fried tulsi leaves

Wash and slice the potatoes fine

In a bowl mix the chilli, turmeric and oil together

Heat the pan and drizzle a tablespoon of oil on it.

Layer the potatoes on the pan and cook it to a golden brown on both sides

Sprinkle chaat masala over it

Heat oil in a pan and on a slow flame cook the chicken for 8 minutes turning it gently

Layer the potatoes and serve the tikkas on top garnish with fresh basil or toasted tulsi leaves

Recipe: for Achari Tikka

Salad with Asian Balsamic and Panco Encrusted Achari tikka

Ingredients:

            Strawberries

            Mixed lettuce greens

            Arugula lettuce

            1 red onion

            2 tablespoons of Asian Balsamic dressing

            ½ teaspoon sea salt

            ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper

            ½ teaspoon pink pepper

Chicken:

            1 pkt achaari tikka

            250 grams Panko Crumbs

            1 teaspoon Pink Pepper corns crushed

            1 teaspoon garlic powder

            1 egg

            500 ml Curd

In a large bowl whisk the egg

In another bowl mix the dry ingredients together

Heat oil in a large kadhai

Dip the chicken in the egg mixture then coat it with panko crumbs

Deep fry the chicken pieces for 6 minutes

Remove and serve with Asian salad

Pour the Asian style balsamic vinegar reduction over the salad

Asian style balsamic vinegar reduction

Ingredients:

            1 bottle    balsamic vinegar

            1 litre grape juice

            1 teaspoon pink peppercorns

            1 teaspoon green peppercorns

            ½ kg sugar

            1-2 tablespoons angostura bitters

            6 nos       star anise

Bring all the ingredients to a boil

Simmer and reduce to half

Stuffed flower

This was another interesting creation by chef Micheal Swamy. Fried achari chicken was stir fried, stuffed into zucchini flower, dipped in the cornflour and miada batter and deep fried. I was able to taste and this had very good flavor and chicken was extremely tender.

I am definatedly going to try that…will you?