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Posted by on Monday, April 2, 2012,
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Prawns
 Ingredients:
1 kg. (small) prawns 6 pieces kodumpuli 4 curd (dahi) chillies 2 green chillies 2 raw mangoes 2 sprigs curry leaves (kari patta) 4 red chillies whole 1 tblsp red chilli (lal mirch) powder 1 tsp turmeric (haldi) powder 1 tblsp coriander powder (dhania powder) 1 tsp fenugreek seeds (methi seeds) 6 tblsp oil (tel) 1 tblsp coconut (narial) oil (tel) salt to taste 1/2 cup sambar onions ( pyaj) 2 drumsticks 2 cups coconut (narial) (scraped)
Method • Clean, de-vein and wash the prawns. Pat them dry ... Continue reading ...
Chicken Stew
Posted by on Monday, April 2, 2012,
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Chicken
 Ingredients • 1 Kg Chicken meat -Cut into bite size pieces • 1 kg of mixed vegetables (potatoes, carrots, peas, cabbage, beans) • 5 green chillies, slit length wise • 1 bunch coriander leaves • 2 large onions chopped • 1 tablespoon each chopped ginger and garlic • 2 cups coconut milk (thick) OR 1 tin coconut cream • 8 pieces green cardamom • 8 pieces whole cloves • Salt and pepper to taste • 2 tablespoons of oil Method • Heat the oil in a pan and add green chillies,... Continue reading ...
Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
Posted by on Saturday, March 31, 2012,
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Cookies
 Ingredients
• 2/3 cup sugar • 2/3 cup packed brown sugar • 1/2 cup butter, softened • 1/2 cup butter shortening • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1 teaspoon vanilla • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 2 large eggs • 3 cups old fashioned or quick cooking oats • 1 cup all purpose flour • 1 cup raisins
Method:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix all ingredients, except oats, flour and raisins, in a large bowl. Stir in oats, flour, and raisins.... Continue reading ...
Vegetable Kebab Recipe
Posted by on Saturday, March 31, 2012,
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kebab
 Ingredients:
2 potato (alu) 1 cup cottage cheese (paneer) 1 cup cauliflower (phool gobi) 1 cup cabbage (patta gobi) 2 green chilly (hari mirch) 1 tbsp coriander (dhania patti) 1 cup refined flour (maida) 1/2 tsp red chilly powder (lal mirch) oil for frying 1 tbsp clarified butter (ghee) 1 tsp salt (namak)
How to make vegetable kebab : • Boil, peel and grate potato. • Grate paneer also. • Finely chop dhania and hari mirch. • Grate both the gobis. • Heat oil in a pan and fry both gobi... Continue reading ...
MOONG DAL WITH PALAK
Posted by on Saturday, March 31, 2012,
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palak

Ingredients:
1 cup split Green Gram Lentil (Moong Dal) 3 cup chopped Spinach (Palak) a pinch of Turmeric Powder (Haldi) 1 tsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi) 1 tsp Asafetida (Hing) 2 tblsp Butter 1 tsp chopped Garlic (Lasun) 1 tsp chopped Ginger (Adrak) a pinch of Sodium bi carbonate 1 tblsp fresh Cream
How to make moong dal with palak: • Wash and soak the gram for 30 minutes. • Boil some water in a pan. • Add the spinach leaves and the sodium bi carbonate and cook the leaves for a minute ... Continue reading ...
Paneer butter masala
Posted by on Thursday, December 1, 2011,
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paneer
 Ingredients
200 gms paneer 2 tsp oil 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 1 big tomato 2 cloves Small piece of cinnamon 2 cardamoms 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tsp red chilli powder Salt to taste 2tbsp cream 2 tbsp butter
Method Cut the paneer into medium size pieces. Grind the tomato along with cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.
Heat oil, add cumin seeds. Add the tomato paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt. Let it come to a boil.Add the paneer pieces, cream and butter and cook for 2 minutes. If the gravy i... Continue reading ...
Vegetable Korma
Ingredients • 1 Cup Beans • Half cup Carrot • 1 Potato • Half cup Peas • Half cup Ground coconut • Small piece Ginger • 3 flakes Garlic • 1 Onion • Half tbs Cumin seeds • 1 tbs Corriander powder • Few Corriander leaves • Half tbs Chillie powder • Half Lime • Half tbs Turmeric powder
Method • Take oil in a pan. Add the sliced onions. • After that add ginger, garlic, corriander powder, chillie powder, salt & fresh corriander leaves . • Fry it ni... Continue reading ...
ALOO METHI RECIPE

Ingredients: Potatoes - 5 (medium sized) Finely chopped onions - 1/2 cup Fenugreek leaves - 3 or 4 small bunches Green chillies - 2 Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Oil - 2 tbl sps Fresh thick curds - 3 tbls sps Tomato paste - 3 tbl sps Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsps Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
Method: 1. Pressure cook potatoes. Peel outer skin and cut into large pieces 2. Slit green chillies length wise. 3. Wash and chop fenugreek leaves. 4. Heat oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds, slit c... Continue reading ...
Paneer Rolls
Posted by on Monday, November 21, 2011,
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paneer
 Ingredients 2 cup cottage cheese(paneer) 2 tsp fine flour(maida) 1/4 tsp red chilli powdwer 1/4 tsp pepper powder salt bread crumbs 1 onion finely chopped 1 cup potatoes mashed coriander leaves chopped 1 tsp green chillies chopped oil
Method Mix maida, salt, pepper ,chilli powder with paneer. Mix onion,green chillies, coriander leaves, salt with mashed potatoes for filling. Make equal portions of the stuffing and the paneer mixture. Take a ball of the paneer mixture on your pre greased palms and roll i... Continue reading ...
Ginger rasam--spicy tangy
Posted by on Saturday, November 19, 2011,
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Rasam
 Ingredients
¼ cup ginger 2green chillies 2 tomatoes-quartered Halp a spoon rasam powder Half a spoon moong dal Half a spoon turmeric 2 tsp fresh lime juice 2 tsp salt 1/8 tsp asafoetida Half a spoon mustard oil , curry leaves ,coriander leaves
Method
Peel the ginger cut it and grind them with chillies. Pressuere cook the dal with a pinch of turmeric powder. Add salt, rasam powder, tomatoes to a litre of water and allow it to boil . Add chilli- ginger paste ,cooked dal ,lime juice, asafoetida and bring to... Continue reading ...
Gobi Manchurian
Posted by on Friday, November 18, 2011,
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Gobi
Ingredients Cauliflower - 1 medium or small one Tomatoes - 3 Ginger - 1 1/2 sp chopped Garlic - 1 1/2 sp chopped Onion -1 Chilli pr - 1 1/2 sp Garam masala - 1sp Coriander seed powder - 1/2 sp Cumin seed -1 sp Cashewnuts - 10 White corn flour - 50 gm Oil for fry Salt
Method Cut the cauliflower into medium size florettes. Boil the water in a pan and add 1sp turmeric powder, 1tsp salt and put the florettes in it. Turn off the flame. Cover the pan with a lid for 5min. Make ginger, garlic ... Continue reading ...
CHICKEN BIRYANI
Posted by on Friday, November 18, 2011,
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Biryani
 Ingredients: 2 cups Basmati Rice 3/4 kg Chicken Pieces 1/2 cup Milk 1 cup Yogurt (curd) 3 sliced onion 1 tsp Ginger Paste 1/2 tsp Garlic Paste 1 tsp Green Chilli Paste 1/2 cup Tomato Puree 2 tsp Red Chilli Powder 1 tsp Turmeric Powder 1 tsp Roasted cumin powder 2 tsp Garam Masala Powder 1/2 tsp Green Cardamom Powder Saffron a pinch 1 tsp Coriander Powder 2 tbsp Green Coriander Leaves Salt to taste 7 tbsp Oil
Preparation: Mix tomato puree, yogurt, ginger garlic paste, green chilli paste, red chilli powd... Continue reading ...
Potatoes and Peas Curry
Posted by on Wednesday, November 16, 2011,
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potatoes

Ingredients 2 big potatoes 2 tomatoes Half kg green peas 1tsp mustard seeds Half tsp cumin seeds Asoefetida a pinch 1 tsp chilli powder Half tsp turmeric powder A pinch of garam masala 1 cup coconut milk Small piece of jaggery or half tsp sugar Salt
Method
Heat 1tsp oil in a kadai, put the mustard seeds in it, after they crackle add cumin seeds and asoefetida then put in the chopped potatoes, tomatoes and green peas. Add 2 cups of water and the turmeric powder,chilli powder,jaggery (or... Continue reading ...
Aloo Jeera
Posted by on Wednesday, November 16, 2011,
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potatoes

Ingredients
10 gm: Cumin seeds 20 gm: Ginger 30 gm: Garlic 10 gm: Turmeric 20 gm: Red chilli powder 100 gm: Tomatoes 05 gm: Garam masala 20 gm: Coriander powder 10 gm: Coriander leaves Salt to taste
Method Boil potatoes and dice them. Chop onions, garlic, ginger, coriander and the tomatoes. 2eat oil and sauté cumin seeds until they crackle. Add garlic and ginger and sauté until golden. Stir in chopped ginger and add the potatoes. Sprinkle turmeric and chilli powder and stir. Add tomatoes a... Continue reading ...
MATAR PANEER
Posted by on Wednesday, November 16, 2011,
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paneer

Ingredients
200 gms paneer 1 cup boiled peas 1 Big tomato 4 cashews 1/2 tsp ginger paste Salt to taste 2 tsp oil 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp garam masala powder 1/2 tsp red chilli powder 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 2 tbsp kasuri methi Finely chopped coriander leaves 2 tbsp fresh cream
Grind tomato, cashews, ginger and 1/2 tsp cumin seeds.
Heat oil, add cumin seeds and then the tomato paste. Add garam masala powder, turmeric powder, salt and red chilli powder and cook for 2 minutes. Add peas, paneer and crush... Continue reading ...
Malai kofta
 Ingredients
1 cup Grated Paneer 1 Green chillies 1 tsp Maida 2 Baked Potatoes Salt to taste 2 tsp Oil 1 tsp Chilli powder 4 tbsp Cream
For the masala paste
Tomatoes-2 1 tsp of cumin seeds 1 piece of ginger 1 piece of cinnamon stick 2 tsp of coriander seeds 1 finely chopped onion
Coriander leaves and kasuri methi to garnish
Mash the potatoes and add the grated paneer, maida, salt, finely chopped green chilly. Mix well and make small balls of it and micro high them for around 30 to 40 seconds in a mi... Continue reading ...
KADAI PANEER
Posted by on Wednesday, November 16, 2011,
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paneer

Ingredients
200 gms paneer cut into long strips 1 medium size capsicum cut into long strips Salt to taste 2 tsp oil 2 tbsp tomato puree 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tsp red chilli powder 1/2 tsp garam masala powder 1/2 tsp cumin seeds powder 1/2 tsp coriander seeds powder 1/2 tsp grated ginger 2 tsp fresh cream Finely chopped coriander leaves to garnish
In a microwave safe bowl, add the oil, ginger, tomato puree and all the dry masala powders. Micro high for 30 seconds.
Add capsicum, some water and mi... Continue reading ...
Masala Shrimp
Posted by on Saturday, November 12, 2011,
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Shrimp
Jumbo Shrimp (15 in number) 1 big onion finely diced 1 big onion chunky pieces 4 garlic cloves (mashed) 1" ginger (mashed) 2 Tomatoes (cut into slices) 2 Green chillies 1 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp Turmeric powder 3 tbsp Oil Salt to taste
Method
Clean the Jumbo Shrimps and drain the water. Marinate with 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder and 1/2 tsp salt. Heat 2 tbsp oil in the pan. Add Shrimp and deep fry. Remove the Fried Shrimp to another bowl. Heat 1 tbsp oil in the pan. Add garlic, ginger, onion... Continue reading ...
Egg Biryani
Posted by on Saturday, November 12, 2011,
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egg
 Ingredients 2 cups of washed basmati rice (soaked for 10 minutes) 6 large eggs 1 onion sliced thin 10 green chillies slit 1 bay leaf 4 cloves 1/2 tsp peppercorns 1 inch cinnamon 1 tsp each of ginger and garlic paste 1tsp pulao masala Salt to tast and 2tbsp of oil
Method Hard boil and remove shell 4 of the 6 eggs.Heat oil in a large dish and add the whole spices. After a few seconds add the onion and green chillies along with the ginger garlic paste. Fry till light brown. Now break the two r... Continue reading ...
Chicken Fry
Posted by on Friday, November 11, 2011,
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Chicken
Chicken 1kg chilly powder 4tsp ginger garlic paste 1tsp vinegar 2 tsp salt to taste Onion 1, finelly chopped Oil 1 tbsp
Method Marinate the Chicken with chilly powder,ginger-garlic paste, vineger and salt for 1/2 hour. Fry onions till golden brown. Add chicken to this and mix well. Do not add any water. Cook in a low flame till the chicken becomes tender with closed lid. Now open the lid and cook in highflame till water drys and it turns little black. Garnish with corriander. Serve with ... Continue reading ...
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