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April 2, 2012
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 and marinate in turmeric powder and little salt.
• Peel and chop the onion, wash and slit the green chillies and the curd chillies.
• Cut the drumstick into 3" pieces. Peel the mangoes and cut into wedges.
• Lightly pound the methi seeds and keep. Soak and grind coconuts with ½ cup warm water and extract thick milk and keep. Keep the coconut residue also.
• Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in a vessel, add the onion and fry till transparent. Add the masala powders and stir.
• Put in the green and curd chillies, curry leaves and the kodumpuli. Add the coconut residue and 4 cups of water. Boil till it reduces by half and thickens.
• Strain the curry through a mesh pressing well to extract all the flavors. Keep aside.
• Heat the remaining oil and coconut oil, add the methi seeds and the whole red chillies and stir well.
• Add the marinated prawns, drumsticks and mangoes. Cook till the prawns are 3/4th done.
• Pour in the curry and simmer till it combines well, add salt to taste.
• Remove from heat and add the coconut milk and reheat to simmering point.
Posted In : Prawns
April 2, 2012
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...
Posted In : Chicken
March 31, 2012
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...
Posted In : Cookies
March 31, 2012
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...
Posted In : kebab
March 31, 2012
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...
Posted In : palak
December 1, 2011
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...
Posted In : paneer
November 30, 2011
 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...
Posted In : Potaoes or aloo
November 30, 2011
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...
Posted In : Potaoes or aloo
November 21, 2011
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...
Posted In : paneer
November 19, 2011
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...
Posted In : Rasam
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