Hawkins Futura Nonstick All-Purpose Pan, Instruction Manual

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All-Purpose Pan
2.5 Litre 3 Litre
Maximum Preheating
Time on medium heat 4 minutes 4 minutes
Suitable for:
•
Sautéing vegetables, seafood, chicken, meat
•
Stir-frying vegetables, rice, scrambled eggs, seafood, chicken, meat
•
Deep-frying French fries, pakora
•
Stuffed capsicum, whole cauliflower, whole chicken
•
Stews, curries, korma
•
Rice, pilaf, khichdi
•
Cooking and serving food (particularly in the 3 litre pan)
Caution:
1. Oil for deep-frying: do not exceed 3 cups/720 ml in the 2.5 litre
pan and 3
1
∕
2
cups/840 ml in the 3 litre pan.
2.
Do not leave a ladle in the pan while cooking.
Recipe:
The quantity of this recipe is for the 2.5 litre pan. When using the
3 litre pan, the quantity of ingredients may be increased by one-fourth.
Kadhai Masala Chicken (Spicy Stir-Fried
Chicken)
Serves 4
1 x 1
1
∕
2
inch / 3.8 cm piece
(
1
∕
2
oz / 15 g)
fresh ginger
7 small cloves garlic
7 cashew nuts
3
∕
4
cup / 180 ml water
2 tbsp / 30 ml coriander powder
2
1
∕
2
tsp / 12.5 ml red chilli powder
1 tsp / 5 ml cumin powder
1 tsp / 5 ml garam masala powder
1
∕
2
tsp / 2.5 ml pepper
1
∕
4
tsp / 1.3 ml turmeric
1 tbsp / 15 ml lemon juice
3 tbsp / 45 ml vegetable oil
1 medium (3
1
∕
2
oz / 100 g) onion chopped
1 lb 11 oz / 760 g chicken pieces
1 tsp / 5 ml salt
1. Grind into a paste ginger and garlic.
2. Grind cashew nuts into a paste gradually adding 2 tbsp/30 ml water.
3. Mix coriander, chilli, cumin and garam masala powders, pepper,
turmeric, lemon juice and 2 tbsp/30 ml water.
4. Heat oil in pan on medium heat about 2 minutes. Add onion.
Fry till golden brown. Add ginger-garlic paste. Stir a few seconds.
Add chicken and spice mixture. Stir-fry till chicken is lightly browned
(about 15 minutes).
5. Add cashew nut paste. Mix. Add remaining water
(
1
∕
2
cup/120 ml) and salt. Stir. Cover and cook on low heat till chicken
is tender and water in the gravy has evaporated (about 20 minutes),
stirring occasionally. Gravy should be thick but moist enough to
spread over chicken. If gravy is watery when chicken is tender,
uncover pan, increase heat to medium and boil till gravy is thick. Stir.
Serve hot.
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