Chicken Oreganato

Chicken: 6 pieces...breast and thighs

Oregano: 1 tbsp

Salt: to taste

Pepper; 1 tbsp

Vegetable Oil: 1/4 cup

Lime: 1/2 a lime squeezed

Preheat oven to 230 degrees C.

Clean the chicken properly and pat dry.

 Mix oregano with salt and pepper.

marinate the chicken pieces with the oregano mix.

Line a baking dish with aluminum foil.

Place the marinated chicken on it.

Whisk the oil with the lemon juice and drizzle half over the chicken. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. 

Turn the chicken pieces and drizzle with the remaining oil/lemon mixture. Bake for another 15 to 20 minutes.

 Serve warm.

Recipe got from  here

Orange Cake in Microwave Convection

I hate baking in Microwave. For me all the perfect cakes are made in electric ovens or the Cooking range. But I have had so many people asking me how to do cakes in microwave. So now for them Iam trying to do it. This Cake is from The Cake Bible. Ive tweaked the recipe a lil bit, I mean, very slight changes.
 So how do I like it? Well, the cake is good, came out well but still I love the plain old regular oven (old habits die hard!!!!... :)

Maida: 11/2 cup or 300gms ( remove 3 tbsp from this)
Vanilla Flavoured Custard Powder; 3 tbsp
Baking Powder: 1.5 tsp
sugar: 3/4 cup (powder it)
Butter: 3/4 cup
Orange zest: of 1 orange
Orange Juice: 3 tbsp
Milk: 3 tbsp
Eggs:3

Sift together the maida, custard powder and baking powder.
Mix the orange zest and powdered sugar thoroughly.
Cream the butter and the sugar.
Beat the eggs and the milk and add to the butter mix and beat again.
Mix in the Flour mix. Beat slightly till all is mixed (Do not overbeat)
Add the orange juice.
Grease and flour a cake tin.
Pour the batter into it and smooth the top.
Press the convection button for 180C and press the start button.
When the Oven beeps, place the tin on the grill rack and keep it inside the oven.
Press convection again for 170C and start the oven.
After 10 minutes, change to 160C and bake for another 40 minutes. (keep an eye after 30 minutes)
Let it cool before turning into a wirerack.
Slice and enjoii... :)

 If you are using regular oven, Preheat to 180C and then bake at 180C till done.

Sausage Pizza for Beginners (In Microwave Convection Mode)

This is for beginners who has just started experimenting with baking. I will do a detailed post later where you will make the pizza dough, pizza sauce etc from scratch and in a regular oven. But this one is done with all readymade stuff but you get the satisfaction of assembling it and also baking it. And also, my first post on how to do it in a microwave convection oven. My favourite on lazy evenings. Okay, here is how...

Sausage: 5 large thinly sliced
Pizza Base (store bought): 2 medium
Pizza Sauce (store bought): as required
Mozarella Cheese grated: generously or as much or as little as u like

Spread the Pizza sauce on the base (starting from centre outwards and make sure it reaches till the end.
Add a little grated cheese on top followed by sliced sausages.
Now generously add the grated cheese on top of it.
 Turn on convection mode and press for 240C and then press on weight button and choose the weight (in this case, it will be between 450-500gm) and preheat till you hear the beep.
(alternately, take ur user manual and check for pizza recipe and follow the instruction for the temperature and weight)
As soon as you hear the beep, place the prepared base on the grill rack and place this inside the oven and press start.
As soon as it is done, you will hear a beep.
(In case you have not entered the weight correctly, like youve entered a higher weight, then it might burn, so keep an eye if you are not sure of the weight and take it out when the cheese melts and the sausage is browned. Again, if youve entered a lower weight, it will be undercooked, so again you will have to cook at 240C till done)
Take this out and serve warm