Ingredients:
Cardomon/Elaichi - 2
Cinomon stick/Chakka -1
Cloves - 5
Bayleaf -2
Onions -1 Fibely chopped
Onion - 1 Make fine paste
Tomatoes-3
Green chillies - 3 Finely Chopped
Red chilli powder - 1 tsb
Turmeric Powder - a pinch
Salt - 1 tsb
Lime Juice - Optional
Pudina leaves - hand full
Coriander leaves - hand full
Curry leaves -1 string
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsb
Chicken - 8 pieces
Basmati rice - 2 Cups
Paprika Powder - 1/2 tsb
Ghee - 1tsb
Oil - 2 tsb
Method:
1) Soak 2 cups of basmati rice and keep aside.
2)Take a pressure Cooker and add oil to the pan.
3) Add Curry leaves,Bayleaf,Cardomon,Cinomon stick and Cloves to it and fry them.
4) Add finley chopped onions and green chillies and fry hem till golden Brown.
5) Add Ginger garlic paste and onion paste to the cooker and fry them too.
6) Then add pudina leaves and Coriander leaves.
7) Add Chilli , paprika, turmeric powder to the paste.
8) Add chopped Tomatoes to the mixture and fry them till the tomoatoes become soft.
9) Add chicken pieces and salt to the mixture and fry them till chicken is half cooked.
10) Add soakes basmati rice to the cooker and add 2 n half glasses of water to it.
11) Add lime juice to it its optional.
12) When the water starts to boil add 1 tsb of Ghee and mix well.
13) Now close the cooker with the lid and wishtel.
14) Cook it till 3 wishtel and serve hot.
15) Goes well with Raitha and Chiken Kabab.
16) See recipes for Raitha and Chicken Kabab in the blog.
Ingredients:
Rice - 3 cups
Urad dal - 1 cup
Boiled rice - 1 cup
Salt - 1tsb
Method:
1) Take a bowl and soak 3 cups of rice and 1 cup urad dal for 12 hrs.
2) In a blender add the soaked rice and urad dal along with fist full of boiled rice and make it into a fine paste.
3) Add salt to the paste and keep it aside for 12 hrs to ferment.
4) Now the batter is ready for Dosa.
5) Heat a flat pan and spread the batter in a circular form , fry it on both sides and enjoy it.
Tip:
Goes well with Sambar,chutney and chicken curry.
Ingredients:
Upma ravva /Sooji - 1 cup
Green chillies - 3
Onions - 1
Tomato - 1
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder a pinch
Curry leaves - 1 string
Coriander Leaves - Finely chopped
Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsb
Bengal Gram dal /Senagapappu - 1 tsb
Urad dal - 1 tsb
Channa dal - 1 tsb
Oil or Ghee - 3 tsb
Lemon Juice as required
Fried Cashew Nuts
Water - 1 n half cup
Method:
1) Heat a pan and fry Sooji on low flame till it becomes Golden brown and Keep aside.
2) Heat oil in the pan and add mustard seeds,curry leaves, Bengal gram dal,channa dal ,Urad dal and fry till they splutter.
3) Add finely chopped onions and green chilles and fry till golden brown.
4) Add salt , turmeric powder and tomato and cook them on low flame.
5) Add water to the pan and let it boil.
6) Add fried sooji and mix well.
7) Keep it on low flame and stir it till it becomes thick.
8) Take the pan from flame and add lemon juice .
9) Garnish with Coriander leaves and fried Cashew nuts.
10) Serve hot.
Tip:
Goes well with any Indian pickel.
Ingredients:
1 cup sliced Green beans(Boiled)
1/2 Sliced Onion
Salt to taste
Turmeric Powder a pinch
Curry leaves
Pappula podi to sprinkle
Oil 2 tsb
Method:
1) Heat a pan with 2 tbs of oil.
2) Add sliced onions to the pan and fry till golden brown.
3) Add Boiled green beans and mix well.
4) Add Salt and Turmeric Powder .
5) Sprinkle the Powder( Pappula podi- see my recipe for that) and mix well and serve hot.
6) Can be served with Rice or taken as side dish.
Ingredients:
Saggubeeyam- 1 Cup
Green chillies-4
Rice flour-3 Tsb
Finely Chopped Onion-1
Grated potato-1
Redchilli Powder-1/2 tsb
Curry leaves-handfull
Turmeric powder-a pinch
Coriander Leaves-1 String
Salt as required
Oil to fry
Method:
1) Soak saggubeeyam in water for 4 hours and rinse it thoroughly.
2) Take a bowl and add saggubeeyam, chopped green chilies, coriander leaves, chopped curry leaves, red chili powder, chopped onion, rice flour, Turmeric powder and salt.
3) Sqeeze grated potato and add it to the bowl.
4) Mix well and make dough till its not sticky.
5) Heat oil in a kadai.
6) Make small balls and flatten them and fry them in oil till they turn golden brown.
7) Serve hot.
Ingredients:
Milk Powder-1 Cup
All purpose flour/Maida-1/4th cup
Butter-2 sticks(Salted)
Milk-1/4th cup
Baking soda-1 pinch
Water-1 Cup
Cardomon seeds/Elaichi-4
Sugar-1 1/2 Cup
Method:
1) Take a bowl and add milkpowder,all pupose flour and baking soda and mix well.
2) Add butter stciks one by one ans mix well.
3) Add milk to the bowl and mix till it becomes a soft dough.
4) Keep it aside for 15 minutes.
5) Heat water in a pan and add sugar,Cardomon seeds to it and stir well till it becomes a bit sticky syrup.
6) Now make small balls from the dough.
7) Heat oil in a pan and add the dough balls and fry them till golden brown.
8) Keep them aside till they come to the room temperature.
9) Add them to the syrup, make sure the syrup is not boiling and it should be hot.
10) Gulab jamun is ready to serve.
Tip:
It goes well with Icecream also.
Note:
You can use any Ready made Gulab jamoon Powder to make the Dough.
Maida/All purpose Flour-1 cup
Sugar-1/2 Cup
Water-1 Cup
Oil for Deep fry
Method:
1) Take a bowl and mix all the ingredients till it becomes a thick paste.
2) Heat the oil and take handfull of mixture and drop it into the oil as small balls.
3) Fry them till theu turn Golden Brown and serve them hot.
