Sunday, August 3, 2008
Spicy Onion Chutney
Onion - 2 nos finely chopped
Coconut - 2tsp grated
Chilly powder - 3tsp
Garlic - 1tsp chopped
Tamarind - as per taste
Salt - as per taste
Oil, Mustard seeds, Urad dhal, Curry leaves for seasoning
Method:
Keep a pan on the gas and pour oil, put mustard seeds, urad dhal and curry leaves for seasoning. Put chopped onion and fry for some time until it turns to browninsh. In the meantime grind coconut, chilly powder, garlic, tamarind by adding water. Make this paste little watery. Then if the onion have fried nicely add the paste and allow it to boil. Switch off the gas once the curry becomes thick.
This spicy onion chutney goes really good with Idlis.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Mutton Curry
Mutton - 1/2kg
Onion big - 2nos
Ginger, garlic paste - 2tsp
Chilly powder - 3tbsp
Coriander powder - 4tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1tsp
Green chilly - 4nos
Salt as needed
Coconut milk - 2cup
Curry leaves as needed
Method:
Wash the mutton. Marinate the mutton with ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder for ½-1 hour. Pressure Cook the marinated mutton for 4 whistles. Take another pan, pour oil, put mustard seeds, sliced onion and shallow fry until light brown. Then add all the masalas and again shallow fry until the masala’s raw smell goes. Then put the cooked mutton, salt and curry leaves. Allow it to boil and add the coconut milk. At last garnish the dish with coriander leaves.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Simple Microwave Soup
Take all the green vegetables and cut it into cubes (carrot, snake guard, cabbage, tomato, okra, cucumber, spinach etc)
Take a non stick pan and put 1/2 tsp ghee. Put 1/2 tsp jeera, sliced small onion, ginge, garlic and a small piece of green chilly. Fry for a minute and add all the vegetables again fry for a minute and take out all the fried vegetables and put it in a microwave dish.
Keep it in a microwave for 5-7 minutes for 60% power. Once all the vegetables are cooked mash it nicely. Strain all the juices. Keep the juice in microwave and allow it to boil. Serve with pepper powder and salt.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Sprouted Green Gram Salad
Sprouted green gram - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1/2 chopped
Green chilles - 2-3 chopped
Ginger - 1/2 tbsp chopped
Carrot - 1 grated
Coconut - 3 tbsp grated
Salt-to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Asafotedia - a pinch
Oil - 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds and curry leaves- for seasoning
Method:
To make sprout:
Wash the green gram and soak in water overnight. Next day morning drain it and cover it in a wet cotton cloth. By evening sprout will be ready.
To make salad:
Take a pan and pour oil and put mustard seeds and curry leaves and asafotedia. Then add the sprout to it and salt. Cover it for few minutes and switch off the gas. Keep it aside to cool.
Then add all the chopped ingradients to it. Mix the contents well. Salad is ready!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Chole Masala (Chenna Curry)
Chenna - 1 cup
Onion - 1 chopped
Tomatos - 1 chopped
Home made garam masala - 3/4 tsp
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds and curry leaves for seasoning
Method:
Soak the chenna overnight and pressure cook it for 4-5 wistles. Keep it aside.
Take a pan and heat oil in it. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Then fry the chopped onion and tomatoes. Add the chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and masala, and add salt. Fry it for some time.
Then add the previosly cooked chenna. Mix it well. Chole masala ready!
To make home made masala:
Take a pan and put cardomom, cinnamon, cloves, bayleaves, sombu, khuskhus. Heat everything. Be careful not to burn the ingradients. Then put it in a mixer and powder it.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Kootanchoru
Ingredients: 
Rice - 1cup
Toordhal - 1/2 cup
Carrot - 1 (cut into length wise)
Brinjal -1
Drumstick- 1/2
Cucumber- 1/2
Potato - 2
Asafotedia - a pinch
Grated cocounut- 1/2 cup
Tamarind water- 1/4 cup
Chilly powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/2tsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Salt, Cocnut oil and curry leaves
Method:
Wash the rice and
dhal separately and cooks separately in pressure cooker. Keep it for 5 whistles. Cut all the vegetables into length wise.
Take a pan pour 1-2tbsp oil(coconutoil optional). Put curry leaves and all the cut vegetables and shallow fry for sometimes and add tamarind water and salt . In the meantime grind coconut, turmeric powder, chillypowder, jeera by adding water
. Once all the vegetables are halfcooked add the grinded paste. If u need u can add some water or tamarind juice.
check whether the vegetables are cooked. Then switch of the gas and add the rice and dhal.
Mix it very nicely. Now the Kootanchoru is ready.
Tips:
If ur making Kootanchoru for lunch make it two hrs before lunch. So that it will be very tasty.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Pepper Coffee
Pepper - 1 tablespoon
Garlic - 4 pieces
Coriander seed - 1 teaspoon
Sugar - 2 teaspoon
Method:
Take 1 cup water. Boil the water. When boiling, add pepper seeds, garlic, coriander seeds and sugar. Allow it to boil for 3 minutes.
Pepper Coffee is ready.
Note: This is a medicine and not to be taken as a regular drink. Prepare and take it in small quantity to get rid of throat pain. Add more sugar if required.