Sunday, December 8, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Chicken Liver Pepper
Ingredients
Liver
Onion
Tomato
Ginger garlic paste
Turmeric powder
Cardamom
Cinnamon
Cloves
Bay leafs
Curry leaves
Chilly powder
Coriander powder
Pepper powder
Water as req
Coriander leaves
Lemon juice - 1tsp
Method
1.Heat the oil in pan.Add cinnamon,cardamom,clove and bay leaf,curry leaf
2.Then add onions and sauté till oil separates.
3. Add ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder.
4. Add tomato to it…Smashed well
5. Add chilly powder, coriander powder and salt.Mix well..Add some water into the masala
6. Cooked masala with oil on top…Add liver pieces,
7. Saute nicely…Allow to boil
8. Once the liver are cooked add the pepper powder/crushed pepper on top.Mix well
9. Add lemon juice after switch off
10.Garnish with coriander leaves..
Friday, June 7, 2013
Spicy Chicken Gravy
Ingredients
Chicken
Small onions
Ginger garlic paste
For Masala
Red chilly-8 to 10
Coriander seeds-1tsp
Cumin seeds-3/4tsp
Fennel seeds-1tsp
Pepper corns-1/4tsp
Preparation
Dry roast the above masala ingredients and make it into powder.
Method
Dosa
Ingredients
Idly rice-4 cup
Urad dal-1cup
Fenugreek seeds-2tsp
Salt
Method
To make batter
1.Soak the rice in water for about 3hrs..
2.Soak the urad dal and fenugreek seeds in water for about 3hrs..
3. First grind the urad dal into a fine smooth batter. While grinding just enough water to make it into a very very smooth batter. The batter will look fluffy.
4.Grind the rice into a smooth paste, adding just the required amount of water to grind into a almost smooth batter.
5. Adding too much water will make the mixture too watery.
6.The rice batter is a little coarser, but the urad dal batter is super smooth.
7.Combine the urad and rice batter, add salt to taste and mix again 4-5 times.
8.Keep the mixture in a warm place for fermentation.Overnight is best...
9.You will notice the batter would have risen in volume.
10. Before making dosa, once again mix the batter well 2-3 times...
To make dosa
1.Heat a dosa tawa,take a laddle full of batter and spread it thin.
2.Drizzle a tsp of oil and cook on both sides
3.Serve hot with spicy chutney or sambar
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Mango Dal
Ingredients
Raw mango-1/2(peel the skin and chopp in to medium sized pieces)
Toor Dal-1 cup (u can use any type of dal)
Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
Salt as per req
Green chilly-1 finely chopped(optional)
Asafoetida –1/4tsp
Sugar-a pinch
Mustard seeds-1/2tsp
Cumin seeds-1/2tsp
Red chilly-2
Garlic-2
Curry leaves
Method
1.Pressure cook the dal along with raw mango, green chilly,turmeric,salt, sugar asafoetida and water..
2. Wait till pressure settles down and then mash it...
3.Heat oil add mustard seeds,urad dal,garlic and red chilli, curry leaves...
4.Add mango dal mixture.If u need water, add water and cook it till you get the consistency of ur choice.
5.Garnish with coriander leaves.
6.Serve hot with rice and pickle
Monday, April 29, 2013
Agra Petha
Ingredients
Ash gourd/White pumpkin
Baking soda-1/2tsp
Sugar
Water
Lemon juice-1tsp
Food color-a pinch (optional)
Method
1.Remove the skin and seeds.Cut into pieces of desied size,...
2.Prick all over with a fork.
3.Place the pieces in a large pan and pour sufficient water so as to just cover the pieces.Add baking soda and soak for 4 hrs,,,,
4.After 4 hrs,Drain it...Wash under clean running water...
5.Combine sugar with one cup of water and heat till sugar dissolves...Add 1tsp of lemon juice to remove scum...
6.After boiling,put drained pieces in syrup....Continue cooking till pieces get softened and till syrup becomes thick again.
7.Remove pieces from syrup and keep aside
8.Serve when cool
Note
In original recipe they used alum powder,,,
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Spicy Chicken Curry Andra Style
Ingredients
Chicken-1/4kg
Onion-1 finely chopped
Tomato-1 finely chopped
Curry leaves-few
Fennel seeds-1/2tsp
Chilly powder-1tsp
Coriander powder-1tsp
Ginger garlic pase-1tsp
Coriander leaves for garinshing
Salt to taste
Oil
Cinnamon stick-1inch
Cloves-3
Curd-11/2tsp
Preparation
Dry roast cloves and cinnamon..Then make it powder.
Method
1.Heat oil in a pan,add fennel seeds.When seeds starts spluttering add chopped onions..Saute it they become transparent...
2.Then add ginger garlic paste.Saute it well..
3.Now add chicken,salt and turmeric powder..Cook for 5 to 10 mints with cover.Then add chopped tomatoes.Saute well.
4.Now add all dry masalas and saute it well so that it gets mixed with chicken.Add curd and mix well,,,
5.Add water and allow the chicken to cook.
6.When the chicken is done,increase the flame for all the moisture to get evaporated.Cooked till the gravy is really thick.
7.Garnish with coriander leaves,,,
8.Spicy chicken curry was ready to serve.Serve with chapathi or rice....
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Plantain Chips
Ingredients
Plantain-1
Salt as per taste
Oil for deep frying
Turmeric Powder -1/4tsp
Method
1.Mix the turmeric, salt and water in a small bowl, until the salt dissolves completely in the water and set aside.
2.Peel the plantain and slice it thin...Silce it directly into above bowl of water.keep it for 5mints.
3.After 5mints,remove the plantain from water.
4.Heat the oil in a kadai over mediium heat.
5.Put the slices into a oil.Deep fry it.
6.Drain it from oil to paper towel.
7.Crispy chips was ready to eat...:-):-):-)
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Eggless Chocolate Cake In Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
Maida/All purpose flour-11/2cup
Milk-1cup
Baking Powder-1/2tsp
Baking Soda-1/4tsp
Refined Oil-2tsp
Sugar-3/4 or 1 cup
Vanilla Essence- few drops
Cocoa Powder-1/2 tsp or 2tsp
Preparation
1.Mix the maida,cocoa powder,baking powder and baking soda.
2.Sieve them ensure even mixing.keep aside...
Method
1.Mix milk and sugar.Make sure the sugar gets dissolved.
2.Add the sifted flour,oil and vanilla essence and mix well..
3.Grease bottom and the sides of the pan with oil and dust with some flour.
4.Then pour batter into the greased pan.
5.Pour water into cooker upto 1inch high.Place a stand or someother vessel in cooker.Now place pan with batter on the stand.
6.Close the cooker with lid.Do not put whistle.
7.Steam for 30mints on a medium flame.
8.Open lid and allow steam to escape.Heat without lid for another 5mints.
9.Cake is done when knife or toothstick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
10.After done,cool down the cake for 10-15mints.Then invert into another plate or wire rack.
11.Let it get cooled completely and cut into pieces.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Coriander Coconut Chutney
Ingredients
Coconut
Coriander leaves
Ginger
Garlic
Green chilly
Tarmarind
Salt
Method 1.Put above all the ingreidents in a blender with little water and grind it...
2.Make it smooth paste and add some more water if u need...
3.Transfer it into a bowl.
4.For tempering,heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds.when mustard seeds splutters add curry leaves.
5.Pour it over the chutney...
6.Chutney was ready to serve...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Coriander Paratha/Green Paratha/Chapathi
Ingredients
Wheat flour-1cup
Oil
Water
Coriander leaves-1/2cup
Green chilly-1 or 2
Salt
Preparation
Grind coriander leaves,greenchilly and salt by adding little amount of water.
Method
1.Take a bowl,mix wheat flour,salt,oil and above grinded coriander.Make a dough.Dough should be soft.Let it rest for 30mints.
2.Make small balls from dough.
3.Roll it into chapathi.
4.In a pan,cook the chapathi with the desired amount of oil or ghee on both sides...
5.Serve them hot with any choice of side dish...
Note U can use ginger and garlic also...
Monday, January 7, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Kolhapuri Chicken
Ingredients
Chicken-1/4kg
Onion-1 small finely chopped
Ginger garlic paste-1tsp
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves-few
Oil
To kolhapuri Masala
Coconut-1/4cup grated
Cumin Seeds-1tsp
Cardamom-1 or 2
Cinnamon-1
Pepper corns-1tsp
White sesame-1/2 tsp
Poppy seeds-1/2tsp
Mustard Seeds-1/2tsp
Cloves-1 or 2
Red chilly - 4 to 5 or according to ur taste.
Star aniseed-1
Preparation
Dry roast the above masala ingredients.Allow to cool.Then grind it.Now masala was ready to cook.
Method
1.Marinate the chicken with grinded masala and salt..Keep aside for 15 to 30mints....
2.Heat oil in a pan,add chopped onions.Saute it till turns golden brown..
3.Add ginger garlic paste and salt to it.Stir it well.
4.Now add marinated chicken and mix well.Allow to cook for 5 to 10mints.
5.Then add remaining grinded masala,coriander leaves and water.
6.Let it cook for 15 to 20mints.Adjust the consistency by adding water.
7.Now reduce the flame to low and let it simmer for 5-10mints.Spicy chicken was ready.
8.Serve this spicy chicken with parathas or chapathi or rice.
Pavakkai Fry/Bitter Gourd Fry
Ingredients
Pavakkai/ Bitter Gourd -2big
Ginger garlic paste-1tsp (optional)
Rice flour-2tsp
Corn flour-2tsp
Chilly powder-11/2tsp or adjust according to ur taste
Turmeric Powder-1/2tsp
Coriander Powder-1tsp
Pepper Powder-1tsp (optional)
Asafotida-1/4tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
Water
Method
1.Wash and slice pavakkai into circles.Remove seed or keep it.
2.Mix all the above ingredients to pavakkai and sprinkle little water.Mix evenly.Keep aside for 15 to 30mints.
3.Heat oil in a kadai,when it is hot drop them in sprinkled way and deep fry it till crispy golden brown.Drain it in a paper towel.
4.Crispy and tasty side dish is ready...Serve with rice...
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Laccha Paratha
Ingredients
Wheat flour-1cup (take 1/4 cup for dusting)
Maida -1cup
Salt as req
Milk to knead dough or u can use warm water
Oil
Method
1.Take a bowl mix maida,wheat flour,salt and 1 tsp of oil.Make a dough by adding little by little milk.Dough should be soft.
2.Cover the dough with wet cloth.
3.Close with lid also.Keep aside for 1hr..
4.After that again knead the dough and make a small ball from dough.
5.Roll it into big circle.Apply a tsp of oil evenly on the top.Sprinkle a tsp of flour and spread it evenly..Start folding from one end like saree pleats.
6.Then slightly tap the dough by holding the ends so that it would elongate more.
7.Next again fold it like a swiss roll.
8.Repeat the same for remaining balls.
9.Place it on a plate and cover it with a wet cloth for 30mints.
10.After that dust it with dry flour and roll it gently.
11.Put this on heated tawa.When small bubbles will appear on the top sides of paratha,then flip it and apply oil on that side.Cook on medium flame..
12. Then again turn it to the other side and apply oil.
13.Cook thoroughly...
14.Serve with any curries.I made kolhapuri chicken...
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