Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Setting up a Home BBQ

I was wondering why the Mallus are not copying the BBQ or Grilled Chicken format from the Gulf to their homes in Kerala. Over in the Gulf you can buy everything you need for a BBQ setup in your villa. The foldable BBQ grill, charcoal bags, skewers, liquid to burn the coal, and marinated chicken etc. A lot of Mallus make BBQ chicken there. Here it is not available in the stores. Marinated chicken was available in Varkey's in their good days. It is big business opportunity for the Chicken shops in Kerala. Sell marinated chicken and BBQ grill and accessories like they do in the "Bakkalas" and Super Markets in Gulf.

I am going to set up my Professional Grill at home. I will cut a Old Iron paint drum(20Ltrs) into half horizontally. Fabricate a stand in the Welding work shop to hold the drum. Place an Iron mesh on top. This is the same we use as Grill in our homes to cover up the Work area in the back. The Grill is ready. Now buy some Coal from the shops that sell wholesale charcoal. Or you can use even Coconut shell (Chiratta) Pour some Kerosene and burn it. The fire pit is ready. Buy chicken, marinate and put it on the skewer. Home made BBQ chicken is ready. I does this on top of our Car porch. The smell of the BBQ chicken and the wafting smoke and smell is a spark for the taste buds of our neighbours.

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