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MALABAR CHEMMEEN KARI(prawns) RECIPE

Posted by on Monday, April 2, 2012, In : 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 ...


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Chicken Stew

Posted by on Monday, April 2, 2012, In : 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,...

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Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

Posted by on Saturday, March 31, 2012, In : 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....


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Vegetable Kebab Recipe

Posted by on Saturday, March 31, 2012, In : 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...


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MOONG DAL WITH PALAK

Posted by on Saturday, March 31, 2012, In : 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 ...


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Paneer butter masala

Posted by on Thursday, December 1, 2011, In : 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...


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Vegetable Korma

Posted by on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, In : Potaoes or aloo 


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...

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ALOO METHI RECIPE

Posted by on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, In : Potaoes or aloo 



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...


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Paneer Rolls

Posted by on Monday, November 21, 2011, In : 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...


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Ginger rasam--spicy tangy

Posted by on Saturday, November 19, 2011, In : 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...


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Gobi Manchurian

Posted by on Friday, November 18, 2011, In : 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 ...


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CHICKEN BIRYANI

Posted by on Friday, November 18, 2011, In : 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...


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Potatoes and Peas Curry

Posted by on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, In : 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...


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Aloo Jeera

Posted by on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, In : 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...


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MATAR PANEER

Posted by on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, In : 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...


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Malai kofta

Posted by on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, In : Potaoes or aloo 


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...


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KADAI PANEER

Posted by on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, In : 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...


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Masala Shrimp

Posted by on Saturday, November 12, 2011, In : 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...


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Egg Biryani

Posted by on Saturday, November 12, 2011, In : 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...


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Chicken Fry

Posted by on Friday, November 11, 2011, In : 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 ...


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