Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Onion Kurma


         Ingredients
Onion : 1 medium size (thinly slice it )
Tomato : 1 medium size (chopped)
Coriander leaves : little

To make coconut masala
Coconut : 1/4 cup
Fennel (sombu) : 1 tsp
Fried grams : 3 tsp
Red chili powder : 2 tsp
Salt : 1/4 tsp
water : 250 ml

To make Onion kurma
  • Heat the oil and add mustard, urud dal and onion. Fry untill onion turns golden brown
  • Add tomato and fry it.
  • Add coconut masala and mix it well and add 250 ml of water
  • If more spicy required can add more chilli powder.
  • Add salt and mix it will
  • Finally add little coriander leaves and serve hot with chapatti, Idly, Dosa

Crab masala

    Ingredients
Crabs : 3
Onion : 1/2 medium size 
Tomato : 1/2 medium size
Cashew :  5 
Kasa kasa : 1 tsp
Fennel (Sombu) : 1 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Garlic pods : 4 + 2
Green chilli : 2
Red chilli : 2
Block pepper : 1+2 tsp

Clean the crab and keep it aside
To make paste for Crab
  • Heat the oil, add Fennel seeds, Cumin seeds, Black pepper, Garlic pods 4, Green chilli, red chilli, kasa kasa, cashew.
  • Fry it and leave it to cool down.
  • Grind it in the mixi.

To make Crab masala
  • Break the crab's legs and claws from the body.
  • Heat the oil and add onion. Fry it until it turns golden brown.
  • Add tomato, garlic 2 pods. Fry it and add cleaned crabs.
  • Fry it till crab is half cooked or 8 mins in medium heat.
  • Add salt, turmeric powder and mix it well.
  • Add coconut paste and add little water and mix it well in medium heat.
  • If spicy required can add block pepper
  • Switch off after 15 minutes.
  • Serve it with coriander leaves added to the top.

Chicken Tandoori

      Ingredients
Chicken leg piece : 3 
Red chilli powder : 5 tsp
Ginger garlic paste : 1 tsp
Curd : 7 to 10 tsp
Salt : 2 tsp
Orange color : pinch
Egg : 1



To make Tandoori
  • Mix all the ingredients and marinate the chicken for 6 hours in the refrigerator 
Marinated chicken
  • Place the marinated chicken in the aluminium foil paper and close the oven. 
  • Bake it for 20 mins at 350 degree F.
  • Open the oven and turn the leg pieces to the other side.
  • Leave it in the oven for 20 mins at 350 degree in the Bake mode.
  • Change the Oven to Broil mode and leave it for 5 mins at 500 degree F.

  • Open the oven and turn the leg pieces to the other side.
  • Leave it for 5 mins at 500 degree F.
  • Take out the Chicken Tandoori immediately from the oven as leaving inside will make it over cooked.
  • Serve hot with lime and tomato ketch-up.

Pepper masala Chicken

       Ingredients
Chicken : 1 lb (1/2 kg)
Onion : 2 medium size
Tomato : 2 medium size
Green chilli : 1
Red chilli powder : 2 spn
Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp
Black pepper : 3 tsp
Salt : 2 tsp
Bay leaves: 2 leaves
Cloves: 4
Cinnamon stick: 1
Anise star flowers: 2

To make Pepper masala chicken
  • Heat the oil and add Bay leaves, Cloves, Cinnamon stick, Anise star flowers.
  • Add onion and fry till it turns golden brown
  • Add Tomato and fry it. After 5 mins add green chilli 
  • Add chicken and fry it till chicken is cooked.
  • Add salt,  turmeric powder  and mix it well
  • Once the chicken is ready switch off and add black pepper and mix it 
  • Finally add coriander leaves.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Aviyal


   Ingredients
Carrot : 1
Potato : 1 medium size
Green peas: 1/4 cup
Bay leaves : 2
Onion : 1/4 small size onion
Tomato :1/4
Salt : 1/4 tsp

To make paste
Coconut : 1/2 cup
Fennel : 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds: 1/2 tsp
Fried gram : 1 tsp
Green chilli : 3

To make Aviyal
  • Grind all the ingridients for the paste with water 
  • Heat the oil in pressure cooker and add bay leaves, onion and tomato
  • Add all the vegetables, fry it for 5 minutes and mix the coconut paste 
  • Mix it well and add 2 glass of water. 
  • Add salt to it.
  • Switch off after 2 whistles.  
  • Serve it hot with Adai, Idly, Dosa, Chappathi.

Beetroot kola urundai


      Ingredients
Beetroot : 1 medium size
Onion : 1/2 chopped small size
Salt : 1/4 tsp
Chana dal (kadala paruppu) : 4 tsp
Toor dal : 8 tsp
Fennel (Sombu) : 1 tsp
Cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Red chilli : 4 to 5

To make Beetroot kola urundai
  • Soak the chana dal, toor dal, fennel, cumin seeds, red chilli for 3hours
  • And grind it to coarse (little rough) in the mixi. Don't make it paste. While grinding pour little water, make sure not to add more water.
  • Peel the skin of beet root, scrap it and grind it to coarse (little rough) in the mixi.
  • Mix the grind beetroot with the already made paste and mix with hand. 
  • Add chopped onion and salt.
  • Add chopped coriander and curry leaves
Beetroot mix
  • Make it as round shaped ball and fry it in the oil. 

Adai


     Ingredients
Boiled Rice (Pulungal arisi) : 1/2 cup
Raw Rice (Pacha arisi or Jasmine rice) : 1/2 cup
Toor dal : 2 spn
Chana dal : 2 spn
Urud dal : 1 tspn
Moong dal : 1 tsp
Red chilli : 6
Perungayam : litle
Fennel (sombu) : 1 tsp
Onion : 1/2 small size chopped
Curry leaves : little chopped
Coriander leaves : little chopped

To make Adai
  • Soak all the ingredients toor dal, chana dal, urud dal, moong dal, red chilli, perungayam, fennel, raw rice and boiled rice for 2 hours
  • Grind it to coarse (little roughly) and make it as batter in mixi. Don't make it as paste.
Batter for Adai
  • Add chopped coriander curry leaves and onion. Mix it well.
  • Heat the dosa thawa and make thick dosa.
  • Serve it hot with Aviyal, Kurma.
Adai with Aviyal