Saturday Special- Paneer Tomato Curry

Ingredients

1. Paneer-200gms
2. Tomato-4
3. Onion - 2
4. Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
5. Chilly powder-1tsp
6. Cumin powder-1/4tsp
7. Mustard seeds
8. Cumin Seeds
7. Oil
8. Salt
9. Curry leaves


Preparation

• Soak the Paneer in hot water for 5 min
• Shallow fry the paneer cubes.
• Remove the fried paneer and soak it in salted hot water.
• Remove the skin of the tomatoes
• Puree until the tomatos have become a very smooth sauce.
• Heat Oil in a pan, put cumin and mustard seeds
• Add Chopped onion and saute till it become translucent.
• Add turmeric powder, cumin powder and chilly powder,
•  Stir it for 1 or 2 min
• Then add the tomato puree slowly and bring it to boil.
• Keep it low flam for 10-15 minutes till the gravy thickens
• Drain the paneer cubes from water, and add to the gravy. 
• Add salt to taste. Increase heat to medium, and let it cook for about 5 minutes.
• Remove from flame and Garnish it with Corriander or Curry leaf.

         Serve paneer and tomato curry with rotis or chapatis.

Special Dosa

 Ingredients

1. 1cup rice
2. 1 cup chana dal (Kadala parippu)
3. 1 cup urad dal
4. 1 cup tuvar dal
5. Pepper powder-1 tsp
6. Red chilly 4 nos 
7. Onion- 1 medium
8. Curry leaves
9. Hing 2-4 pinch,
10. Salt  to taste

Preparation

• Soak all the dals and rice together after washing them thoroughly. Let them soak overnight. 
• When soaked, grind them in a blender coarsely along with  red chillies, curry leaves
• Add pepper powder and hing. 
• Add chopped onions and salt to taste.
• Heat a nonstick tawa or griddle and pour one ladleful of batter. Make thick dosa and serve hot.

Note: This recipe was given to me by my maid. Thanks to Mary aunty.

ഇന്ന് അത്തം

ഇന്ന് ഓഗസ്റ്റ്‌ 31 , 2011 .... അത്തം.

ഓണാഘോഷം ഇന്ന് തുടങ്ങും.  മഹാബലി തമ്പുരാന്‍ കേരളത്തിലേക്ക് വരാനുള്ള തയ്യാറെടുപ്പുകള്‍ ഇന്ന് തുടങ്ങുമെന്നാണ് വിശ്വാസം.  എല്ലാരും പൂക്കളം ഇടാന്‍ തുടങ്ങുന്നതും ഇന്നാണ്. ഞാന്‍ നാട്ടിലായിരുന്നെങ്കില്‍ എന്ന് ആഗ്രഹിച്ചു പോകുകയാണ്. പൂനെയില്‍ എന്ത് പൂക്കളം :( പക്ഷെ ഇന്നേക്ക് പത്താം ദിവസം .... അതായതു തിരുവോണം അടിച്ചു പൊളിക്കാന്‍ തന്നെ തീരുമാനിച്ചിരിക്കുകയാണ്.  ലീവും എടുത്തു. എന്‍റെ ദിയ കുട്ടീടെ രണ്ടാമത്തെ ഓണമാണ്. ഓണക്കോടി  വാങ്ങണം...പൂക്കളം ഇടണം , സദ്യ ഒരുക്കണം....  

അങ്ങനെ ഒത്തിരി ഒത്തിരി കാര്യങ്ങള്‍....

 

 

 

Green Peas Pulav

Ingredients:

1. Basmati Rice- 1 &1/2 cup
2. Green Peas(cooked)-1cup
3. Onion-1 medium
4. Tomato-1
5. Green Chilly-2
6. Curry leaves
7. Ginger -1 small piece
8. Garlic -3-4 cloves
9. Lemon juice-half lemon
10. Cardamom-3
11. Cinnamon-1-2
12. Cloves 3-4
13. Ghee
14. Water
15. Oil or ghee
16. Salt

Preparation:

• Wash and soak rice for 15min
• Grind garlic ginger and green chilly
• Chop onion and tomato
• Boil water, put cinnamon, cardamom, cloves,salt and 1 tsp ghee
• Add lemon juice
• Allow rice to cook
• Take a pan, saute onion till it turns transparent
• Add ginger, garlic and green chilly paste and saute it 
• Add chopped tomato, curry leaves, coriander leaves
• Once tomato is cooked, add rice and peas 
• Stir well
• Serve hot :)

      

My Favorite Recipe's

1. Chicken Roast

 Ingredients:

1. Chicken(1Kg)
2. Small Onions(20 Shallots)
3. Tomato(3)
4. Garlic paste(2 tsp)
5. Ginger Paste(2 tsp)
6. Pepper Powder(3-4 tsp)
7. Chilly powder( as per taste)
8. Turmeric powder(1tsp)
9. Red Chillies dry(4-6)
10.  Salt
11. Curry leaf
12. Coconut Oil

Preparation :

• Cut and clean chicken
• Crush Red chillies, Onion shallots
• Chop Tomatoes
• Mix all the ingredients (1to 10)
• Keep it aside for 15-30min
• Heat the pan, Add little water to the chicken and cook it on low flame
• Stir occasionally to avoid sticking to the Pan
• Once the chicken is cooked, allow the remaining water to reduce by keeping it on low flame
• Heat another wok, Pour coconut oil, put curry leaves
• Put the heated oil on top of the dry chicken gravy and mix it well

Delicious Chicken Roast is ready.. (Courtesy: Seena)

2. Chicken Fry


Ingredients

1. Chicken -1/2 Kg
2. Ginger paste-2tbsp
3. Kashmiri Chilly(piriyan Mulaku)-75gm
4. Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp
5. Green Chilly: 2
6. Curry leaf
7. Grated coconut-1cup
8. Vinegar
9. Salt
10. Cocunut Oil 

Preparation

• Cut and clean Chicken
• Mix the chicken pieces with 1 tbsp ginger paste, 1 tbsp vinegar and salt
• Marinate  chicken for 15-20min
• Meanwhile soak and boil the Kashmiri chilly and ground it to a thick paste
• To the marinated chicken, add the chilly paste(80%), turmeric powder, ginger paste, little salt, vinegar.
• Mix the remaining chilly paste with grated coconut
• Marinate for another 15min
• Heat the Wok, Add coconut oil
• Once the oil is hot , reduce the flame and put the marinated chicken pieces one by one
• Cook it on Low flame
• Once Chicken is cooked, Put the grated coconut , green chilly and curry leaf
•          Wait for another 2 min and then drain the chicken out from the oil
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
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