Basic Chicken Filling- How to freeze.. (Ramadan Preparations)

Ramadan is near and hence , the time for preparation has already arrived. I always think of doing a series on Ramadan preparation much before Ramdan; but never happend it on time. But still I hope this would help some or the other.

Ramadan ,as you all know is a month of devotion. Thirty days of fasting (refrain from eating or drinking) from dawn to dusk ;when every muslim is devoted towards his creator. We try to get more closer to Allah by more and more prayers, charity, seeking for forgiveness and extra prayers. We don't really get time to do daily chores. So we try and prepare our house and kitchen in such a way that we don't have to spend lots of time in irrelevant activities. We do all major cleaning jobs ,prepare some snacks and freeze, do some smoothie preparations etc. Here, I'll try to post some of the preparations I do during this month.

This is the basic chicken filling which is used almost in all malabar snacks. We stock this in the freezer usually for 1 or 2 months so that we can make any snacks  when guests arrive in a short notice. You can use this for toasted sandwiches too..

 Ingredients:

Chicken 500 gm
Ghee 1 tbsp
Oil 2 tbsp
Onion 4cups
Garlic 5 cloves

Ginger 1" piece
Green Chilli 6-10
Turmeric powder 1/2 + 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder 1 tsp
Garam Masala 1 tsp
Coriander leaves few

Method:
1. Cut the onions lengthwise into 2 or 3 equal parts and then slice them.


2. Cook the chicken till done  alongwith little water, salt,pepper and 1/2 a tsp of turmeric powder. Let it cool.

3. Shred the meat using a food processor or a grinder or even using hands.  Just pulse them if you are using a grinder. If you grind it more, the chicken will return to kheema consistency or a meat paste which we do not want.Just one or two seconds is enough.


4. Now heat ghee and oil in a pan. Add the sliced onions to it and saute it for a while till it turns translucent. Add ginger-garlic & green chilli paste to it. It'll take about 10 mts or so in medium -high flame. Adjust the flame so that  there is no moisture left in the pan.

This is picture from Beef Filling

5. Now add salt and turmeric powder to it. Mix in the shredded meat to it.


6. Season with the remaining spices like pepper and garam masala. Pop in the Coriander Leaves.

7. Freezing tips: Let it cool and then freeze it either in freezer bags or containers. If you are storing in a freezer bag, you can beat with a roller pin so that you get it separated or if storing in a container, just use a fork or knife to separate it. Defrost only the portion which is required.