Thursday, June 14, 2012

Veg Cutlet



Ingredients:


Carrot - 1
French beans chopped - 5
Potatoes - 2
Green peas crushed - 1/2 cup
Onion chopped - 1
Eggs - 2 (optional)
Green chillies finely chopped  - 5 to 6
Ginger garlic paste - 1tsp
Red Chilli Powder - 1tsp
Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric - 3 pinch
Cashewnuts,crushed - 10
Salt
Coriander leaves - a small bunch
Oil to fry.
Bread crumbs - 1 cup


Proceed :


Take peas, Finely chop carrots, french beans and whole potatoes. Cook these 3 in the cooker.
Heat two tablespoons of oil in a pan.
Fry chopped onions, chopped green chillies, red chilly powder, garam masalapowder, turmeric and ginger garlic paste.
Then add the cooked peas, carrots and french beans.
Add crushed cashewnuts, chopped coriander, salt to taste. Remove from Flame.
Peel potatoes, mash them and add to this prepared vegetable.
Shape it to cutlets. The trick here is not to use even a drop of water, then we can get it in cutlet shape.
Beat 2 eggs well.
Dip the shaped cutlets in egg and dip them in bread crumbs.
Then Deep fry them in hot oil.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Liver Fry


Ingredients:

Liver - 500 gms
Onions - 2 medium
Ginger garlic paste - 1 & 1/2 tsp
Tomatoes - 1 small
Chili powder - 1 & 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder a pinch
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cloves - 2
Coconut paste - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil - 2 tbsp


 
Dry Masala powder

Coriander Seeds - 1 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Poppy Seeds - 1 tsp
Clove - 2
Cinnamon - 2"
Cardamon -2


Proceed:

For the Dry Masala powder

Dry roast all the ingredients over sim flame and grind to a smooth powder once its cool. keep it aside.


Then heat the oil, add the clove and cinnamon, then saute the chopped onions. When it turns light pink, add the ginger garlic paste. Fry till its brown.
Add liver pieces, add salt and turmeric powder. Cook on high flame for 5 mins.

Add the tomatoes, chili, coriander powders and Coconut paste. Cover and cook for 15 mins.
Finally when its all cooked, add the powdered masala and stir it all again.
Garnish with coriander leaves.

Veg Kurma


Ingredients:

Carrot - 1
Beans - 7-8
Peas - 100grm
Potato - 1
onion - 1
Clove - 3
Cinnamon - 2 small stick
Coconut milk
Green chilly - 3
Ginger paste - 1tsp
Garlic paste - 1tsp
Chilly powder -1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 2 pinch

Salt
Coriander leaves
Oil -2 tsp

Proceed:

Wash and cut the vegetables. 
Cook green peas, carrot, beans and potato along with the salt and water until it is almost done. 
Heat oil in a pan and add Cloves and cinnamon, garlic ginger paste and green chillies to it. 
Combine onions with it and sauté until golden brown. 
Combine all the powders with it and sauté for a while. 
Add a little salt and all the cooked vegetables to it. 
Pour coconut milk and when the bubbles start coming,
Sprinkle garam masala powder. 
coriander leaves to garnish.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Methi Pulav / Menthya Bath



Ingredients:
 
Oil - 5 -6 Tblspns
Ghee - 2 Tblspn
Cloves - 5
Cinnamon - 2 small
Cardamom - 2
Tomato - 1
Onion - 1
Garic - 3 cloves
Pudina - 5 sticks
Methi - 1 bunch
Rice - 1 1/2 cup
Peas - 1 cup (optional)
Salt
 
To grind(Masala):
 
Onion - 1
Green chillies -8
Pudina leaves - 6 sticks
Garlic cloves - 7 cloves
Cinnamon stick - 1"
Cardamom - 3
Ginger - 1"
Coriander(Dhania) powder - 1 tblspn
Fresh coriander - 10 sticks
Coconut(optional) - 3 tblspns
Turmeric powder - 2 pinches
 
Proceed:
 
Grind all the ingredients listed in the masala section to a smooth paste.
Wash and soak the rice in water for 1 hour.
Heat the oil.
Add the spices-cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and fry until you get a nice aroma.
Add the garlic followed by sliced onions and fry.
Add the tomato and greens(pudina and Methi). fry for 1 minute .
Lower the heat ,add the masala and fry till you get rid of the raw smell.
Now drain the water from the rice and add the rice along with the peas and fry for a while.
Add the required amount of boiling water to cook the rice. Add the salt to taste.
Serve hot with a onion and tomato raita.
 

Monday, June 4, 2012

Soppina Saru (Gowda's Style) - First method



Ingredients :

Greens (Palak, Fenugreek leaves; Dill leaves)– 3 small bunches
Thoor dal – ¼ cup
Onions - 2 medium
Tomato - 2
Garlic – 1 whole peeled
Chilies - 6-7
Cumin (Jeera) - 1tsp
Coconut- 1/4 cup
Mustard seeds- ¼ tsp
Curry leaves - 8-9
Salt ( as per taste)
Oil - 1tsp

Proceed:

In a pressure cooker, add the thoor dal, whole onions(if too big then cut it to half ), whole tomatoes, garlic, chilies & all greens.
Add jeera on top and pressure cook for 2 whistle.
After the cooker has cooled down, remove the boiled greens, onions, tomatoes, garlic and chilies.
Grind the above along with coconut.
Add the paste to the boiled thoor dal water along with salt.
Heat ghee/oil in a small pan, add mustard & curry leaves once it splutters add it to the Soppina saaru and boil for few minutes.

Koli Saaru /Chicken Curry (Gowda's style)



Ingredients :

Chicken - 1 lb cut into 1cubes
Peanut oil       3 tsp
Salt to taste

For the masala paste:
Garlic - 3 cloves
Ginger - 1" piece
Cloves - 3
Cinnamon - 1/2" piece
Poppy seeds - 2 tbsp
Chilly powder -  3 tsp

Dhania powder - 2 tsp
Coconut - 1/4 cup grated
Onion - 1


Proceed :

Heat a pan. Toast the poppy seeds in the pan till fragrant. Remove from heat and crush coarsely. Set it aside.
In the same hot pan, toast chopped onion till golden in colour.
Combine the toasted onion, poppy seeds and all the other ingredients for the masala paste and grind till smooth.
Heat oil, Drop the chicken cubes and cook.
Pour over the masala paste and enough water to cover the chicken very well. 
Cover and simmer till the chicken is cooked through and the masala is well cooked. 
Adjust salt.
Fresh coriander on top of the curry if desired.

Chicken Gravy




Ingredients:

Chicken - 1kg
Juice of 1 lime
Red chilli powder - 1tsp
cloves (Lavanga) - 6
peppercorns (kari Menasu) - 8
cinnamon (chekke) - 2 small piece
Cashew 8-10
Cardamom (Yalakki)- 3-4 pods
Yoghurt - 1 cup
Oil - 3 tbsp
Onions - 2
Ginger and Garlic paste - tbsp each
Coriander Powder - 2 tsps
Cumin powder (jeerege) - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Tomatoes (smooth paste)
Kasuri methi - 2tbsps
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves to garnish


Proceed :

Heat a flat, roast  cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon, bay leaves and cashew till they darken slightly and add the cardamom seeds. Now grind into a coarse powder.
Mix the chicken, lime juice, salt and red chilli powder, Yoghurt, and above spice powder, coriander, cumin and turmeric powders and allow to marinate for 1 hour.
Heat the oil, add the onions and then add the ginger and garlic pastes.
Add only the chicken and cook.
Add the tomato paste and Kasuri methi.
Cook till the chicken is tender.
Garnish with coriander leaves.