Chicken Shashlik with Lemon Rice

Ingredients:

For the chicken:

500 gm. Chicken, boneless

1 tsp. Garlic paste

1 tsp. Ginger paste

1 tsp. Red chili powder

2 tsp. Lemon juice

1 tsp. Chili garlic sauce

1 tbsp. Tomato ketchup

1 tsp. Soya sauce

1 tsp. Corn flour

Salt and Pepper to taste

1- Red capsicum, cut in cubes

1- Onion, cut in cubes

1- Tomato, remove seeds and cut in cubes

 For the sauce:

1 tbsp. Olive oil

1 tsp. Garlic, minced

½ cup- Tomato ketchup

2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 ½ tsp. Soya sauce

½ tsp. Red chili powder

1 tsp. Mustard paste

1 tsp. Corn flour

½ cup- Water

For the lemon rice:

1 ½ cups- Basmati Rice, soaked

½ cup- Lemon juice

½ tsp. Turmeric powder

Few Curry leaves

½ tsp. Mustard seeds

1 tsp. Gram dal

1 tbsp. Oil

Method:

For the lemon rice:

1. Drain and then cook the rice in boiling salted water until almost done. Drain and keep aside.

2. Heat oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds, add gram dal, curry leaves, turmeric powder and stir for few minutes.

3. Add the cooked rice and lemon juice and mix well. Cook for two more minutes and remove from gas.

For the chicken shashlik:

1. Marinate chicken with ginger paste, garlic paste, red chili powder, lemon juice, chili garlic sauce, tomato ketchup, soya sauce, corn flour, salt and pepper. Set it aside for 1 hour.

2. Now place marinated chicken on shashlik sticks (or skewers) with vegetables.

3. Heat sizzling platter and place chicken on them and cook till golden brown.

4. For the sauce: Heat olive oil and soute garlic in it.

5. Add tomato ketchup, worcestershire sauce, soya sauce, red chili powder, mustard paste and cook for 1-2 minutes.

6. Dissolve corn flour in water and then add it in sauce and cook till it thickens.

7. Now pour this sauce on sticks.

8. Serve this yummy chicken shashlik with prepared lemon rice.