Weekend Barbecue

We usually don’t get the opportunity to eat barbecues out too often here as u all very well know how unpredictable UK weather is. I remember last year, we did have good summer but my mom and sis were here and we are busy holidaying, so we didn’t have many sit outs. This year, we decided that as soon as the sun is out with some decent sunshine, so comes out our barbecue.

As we had 23 degrees Centigrade on sunday, It was perfect to take out the barbecue and we enjoyed grilled sticks and many other grilled delicacies.

Most people think of BBQ as throwing a few chicken breasts, sausages, ribs on the grill and flipping them so often.
I think BBQ is all about preperation and marinade.
If u plan ahead, it will trun out to the best BBQ ever

I love to marinade whatever i want to grill, over night and the prawns, chicken pieces will be succulent when u put them on the BBQ.

Here is the marinade:

Prawns Tikka:
Lemon: 1
Ginger Garlic paste: 2 tbsp
Turmeric: 1 tsp
Chilli powder: 2 tbsp( if u want it spicy)
Salt to taste
Oil : 1 tbsp
Mix all these ingredients in bowl with prawns and leave overnight.
Next day soak bamboo skewers for 1/2 hr in cold water so that they don’t get burnt and thread these prawns onto the skewers and Cook over barbecue until tender, turning after two minutes on each side and serve immediately
An Enticing BBQ treat thats looks fantastic.

Chicken Tikka:

I add tikka masala for chicken breasts cut into small cubes.
And the same method explained above goes for this as well.

For us the pleasures of a Wonderful Barbecues has just started and many more to come with many dishes to try and experiment and most importantly enjoying family n friends

Padmaja 17 April 2007 Chicken, Prawns 18 Comments