Tuesday, 11 December 2012

SPICY POTATOES


Ingredients

½ kg potatoes sliced into circles {with the skin}
2 tsp chilli powder
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
Salt to taste
Curry leaves for garnishing
Oil as required for shallow fry


Method

1. Slice the potatoes as shown in the picture.


2. Pour water till it covers the potatoes and add chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and ginger garlic paste. Stir well and pressure cook on high flame for 2 whistles and simmer the flame for another 5 minutes.



3. If there is too much water left behind, increase the flame until the gravy thickens. Once all the water is absorbed and the potatoes are completely done, its ready to be fried with some curry leaves. 




4. Oil the pan and shallow fry the slices.




5. Serve hot. 


















Monday, 10 December 2012

CRISPY CORN KERNELS



Ingredients

100 gms corn kernels
2 tbsp rice flour
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1 tbsp maida or all purpose flour
 ½ tsp chilli powder
½ tsp kasuri methi
1 pinch yellow food colour
Salt to taste
Oil for deep fry


Method

1. Mix all the dry ingredients.


2. Make a thick batter with required water.


3. Add corn kernels to the batter.

4. Heat oil in a pan and fry the corns.



5. Serve hot with your favourite sauce.































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GREEN CHICKEN








Ingredients

½ kg chicken
2 onions 
1 Tomato
1 bunch mint leaves
1 bunch coriander leaves
½ tsp pepper corns
1 tsp chilli powder
¼ tsp turmeric powder
4 cloves
3 pieces of 1 inch cinnamon
4 cardamoms
½ tsp ginger garlic paste
2 tbsp yogurt
1 tsp oil
Salt to taste


Method

1. Grind onion and tomato to a fine paste and keep aside.


2. Grind mint leaves, coriander leaves, pepper corns, chilli powder, cloves, cinnamon and cardamoms to a fine paste.


3. Boil chicken with yogurt, turmeric powder and salt.


4. Pour oil in a non stick pan and sauté the tomato onion paste for a 
minute.


5. Then add the mint paste and fry for 2 minutes.


6. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for 2-3 minutes. 



7. Now add the boiled chicken to the above gravy and mix well. Fry for 2 more minutes and its ready to be garnished. 


SERVE HOT WITH GHEE RICE OR ROTIS














MUTTON BIRIYANI













Ingredients

½ kg mutton
½ kg rice (basmati or seeraga samba)
3 onions
2 tomatoes
4 green chillies
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
4 tsp yogurt
2 tsp red chillie powder
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 bunch mint leaves
1 bunch coriander leaves
1 lemon
2 tbsp Oil
3 pieces of 1 inch cinnamon
4 cloves
4 cardamoms
Salt to taste
Rice-500gms

Method

1. Pour oil in pressure cooker and season it with cloves, cinnamon and cardamoms.


2. Add onions and chilly together and fry until the onion turns slightly brown.


3. Add tomato and sauté it for 2 minutes.


4. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté for 2 more minutes.


5. Now add mint leaves and coriander leaves and sauté again for another 2 minutes along with salt, chillie powder and turmeric powder. 



6. Now add the mutton pieces and fry until the masala turns dark brown in colour.


7. Add yogurt and fry again for a minute.



8. Now, pour water [double measurement of rice] and pressure cook until the mutton is done.


9. Drain the water from the soaked rice and keep aside [Rice must be soaked atleast for 15 minutes].


10. Open the lid of the pressure cooked and check if the mutton is done. If not pressure cook the mutton until the mutton is completely done.

11. Now, add the drained rice and slowly stir without breaking the rice.

12. When most of the water gets absorbed in the rice close the lid and pressure cook in high flame for 1 minute. After a minute, simmer the flame for 5 to 8 minutes.


13. Serve hot with onion and cucumber raita.
                                 

                         




























Thursday, 6 December 2012

GREEN CHUTNEY



Ingredients

1 bunch coriander leaves

1 green chilli

2 tbsp thick yogurt

1 tsp jeera powder

1 tsp lemon juice

Salt- to taste


Method

1. Grind coriander leaves, green chillies and yogurt with salt into a fine paste.



 2. Squeeze a teaspoon of lemon juice and sprinkle a little bit of jeera powder before serving.




 3. Great dip for kebabs, koftas or for even papads.





PANEER TIKKA IN PAN



Ingredients

200 gms paneer
2 onions
2 tomatoes
2 capsicums
1 tsp chilli powder
1 pinch of red colour powder
½ tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp kasuri methi
Salt- to taste
Some toothpicks
Butter for shallow frying

Method

1.Cut  the paneer slab into small pieces.


2.Boil the paneer pieces in water for a minute


3. Drain the water and keep aside for 2 minutes,

4. Now marinate the boiled paneer pieces with chilli powder, red colour powder, salt , ginger garlic paste and kasuri methi. 




5. Cut the vegetables into small squares or in triangle shapes

6. Thread the marinated paneer and the veggies onto the toothpicks.

7. In a buttered pan, place the sticks and cover it with a lid. 


 8. Turn sides until slightly brown

9. Serve hot with green chutney.