Amazing and Famous Indian Foods !!

Coconut Tomato Curry

2008-07-27T09:22:00.000-07:00

Easy and Delicious Coconut Tomato Curry

'Coconut Tomato Curry' is an easy making recipe but the taste is not compromised. Try this when you are in need of tasty recipe within 10 minutes.

Ingredients

1. Tomato – 250 gms.
2. Onion (small) – 100 gms.
3. Grated Coconut – 3 tablespoon.
4. Green chilli – 2 nos.
5. Ginger – 1 small pc.
6. Garlic – 5 pods.
7. Fennel seeds - ½ teaspoon.
8. Salt – as required.
9. Oil – 25 ml.
10. Red chilli powder - ¼ pc.
11. Turmeric powder – 1 pinch.

Preparation Procedure

Step 1. Grind the coconut, tomato and fennel seeds (without water).
Step 2. Heat the vessel with oil, fry the chopped onions, green chilli, ginger and garlic.
Step 3. Add the mixture (prepared in step 1).
Step 4. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt, allow it to cook until the raw smell gets
over.
Step 5. Allow it to become thicker gravy.
Step 6. Serve hot with rice or dosa.

Taste Tip:

* Season with mustard and curry leaves.

Tasty 'Minced Mutton Curry' (Mutton Kheema):

2008-07-23T20:14:00.000-07:00

Minced Mutton Curry : ( Mutton Kheema )

Mutton Kheema is a slightly different recipe and give definitely better taste than the traditional mutton curry. The minced mutton curry is delicious one and worth to try it today.

Ingredients:

1. Minced Mutton - 250 Gms.

2. Onion (Small) - 100 gms.

3. Dry Coriander - ½ teaspoons.

4. Red Chilli - 3 nos.

5. Grated Coconut -4 teaspoons.

6. Ginger - 1 pc.

7. Cummin - ½ teaspoon.

8. Tomato - 1 no.

9. Cashewnut - 5 nos.

10. Salt - as required.

11. Oil - 50 ml.

12. Turmeric powder - 1 pinch.

Preparation Procedure :

Step 1. Roast the red chilli, coriander and cummin.

Step 2. Grind the coconut, cashew and the spices as the masala paste.

Step 3. Heat the oil and Fry the onions and ginger.

Step 4. Add the minced mutton and add a pinch of turmeric powder.

Step 5. Add chopped tomato and fry it well.

Step 6. Add the prepared masala paste, salt and some water then allow it to cook.

Step 7. Serve Hot.

Secret Taste Tip:

* This goes well with Puri, Chapathi or Roti.

How to prepare yummy ' Coconut Milk Peas Pulav ' ?

2008-07-13T08:19:00.000-07:00

Preparing Tasty Coconut Milk Peas Pulav :

'Coconut Milk Peas pulav' is the tasty rice recipe that comes with slight masala taste and it is very worth to try. Enjoy.

Ingredients

1. Basmati Rice - 500 gms.
2. Coconut Milk - 1 litre. (or 5 cups)
3. Peas - 300 gms.
4. Onion - 100 gms.
5. Cinnamon - 2 small pieces.
6. Cloves - 3 nos.
7. Cardamom - 3 nos.
8. Bay leaf (Biryani Leaf) - 2 nos.
9. Ginger Garlic Paste - 3 teaspoons.
10. Green Chilli - 2 nos.
11. Chopped Coriander Leaves - 2 teaspoons.
12. Mint leaves - 1 teaspoon.
13. Salt - as required.
14. Oil - 50 gms.
15. Ghee - 3 teaspoons.

Preparation Procedure

Step 1. Prepare the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom into a powder.
Step 2. Heat the oil and fry the onion, green chillies, green peas and add the masala mixture.
Step 3. Add ginger garlic paste, coriander leaves, mint leaves and fry them.
Step 4. Add coconut milk and salt and allow it to boil.
Step 5. Now add the basmati rice and allow it to cook in low flame.
Step 6. Add ghee.
Step 7. Serve hot and enjoy one of the tastiet recipes.

Secret Taste Tips:

* It goes well with lemon-onion side salad.
* Coupled with chicken curry or egg curry will enhance the taste.
* Garnish with roasted cashew-nuts.

How to prepare Chicken Cutlet?

2008-07-13T08:05:00.000-07:00

Preparing Chicken Cutlet

Ingredients:

1. Boneless Chicken (Minced) - 300 gms.
2. Pepper Powder - ½ teaspoon
3. Breadcrumbs - 1 cup.
4. Egg - 2 no.
5. Breadslice - 2 nos.
6. Oil - 250 gms.
7. Salt - as required.
8. Maida flour - 1 teaspoon.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Soak the breadslices in the water and squeeze the water out.
Step 2. Add salt and pepper powder to the minced chicken and grind it without water and add the soaked breadslice.
Step 3. Prepare the egg batter adding maida flour and salt.
Step 4. Shape out the chicken mixture into a shape you like.
Step 5. Dip the shaped chicken mixture into the egg batter.
Step 6. Now dip them into breadcrumbs.
Step 7. Deep fry them.
Step 8. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Secret Taste Tips:

* Add garam masala powder in Step 1, if required.

How to prepare the tasty ‘Mutton Cutlet’ ?

2008-07-13T07:39:00.000-07:00

Preparing Mutton Cutlet:

Cutlet is a wonderful snack item to enjoy, particularly at evening times. But you need to take care to bring in the special taste. You can try as follows to get such a taste.

Ingredients

1. Mutton (minced) – 250 gms.
2. Potato – 250 gms.
3. Egg – 2 nos.
4. Red chilli powder – 2 teaspoons
5. Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 teaspoon
6. Garam Masala - ½ teaspoon.
7. Maida Flour (Refined Wheat Flour) – 1 teaspoon.
8. Oil – 200 ml.
9. Coriander leaves – 2 cups.
10.Salt – as requried
11. Turmeric powder – 2 pinch.
12. Breadcrumb – 1 cup.
13. Onion – 4 nos.
14. Pepper powder - ½ teaspoon.
15. Lemon juice – 2 teaspoons.

Preparation Procedure

Step 1. Boil the potato and keep it aside for 15 minutes to dry.
Step 2. Smash the boiled potato.
Step 3. Add the lemon juice into minced mutton and salt and boil it well.
Step 4. Grind the boiled mutton without water.
Step 5. Add red chilli powder, garam masala, smashed potato into the mutton mixture.
Step 6. Now Fry the onions, ginger garlic paste, coriander leaves and add to mutton mixture.
Step 7. Seperately prepare egg (unboiled), maida, salt, pepper powder and make batter.
Step 8. Now shape the mutton mix into the required shape and dip into the egg batter.
Step 9. Now apply the breadcrumbs around. (Dip the shaped mutton-mix into the breadcrumbs, so that it sticks around closely.)
Step 10. Deep fry them.
Setp 11. Serve hot.

Secret Taste Tips:

* Add fennel seed powder (Chombu) in the Step 5, if you want.

How to prepare 'Hot Fish Fry'

2008-07-10T06:41:00.001-07:00

Prepare 'Hot Fish Fry'

Ingredients:

1. Fish - 500 gms. (Flesh only and cut into medium size cubes)
2. Onion - 200 gms.
3. Tomato Sauce - 3 teaspoons.
4. Green Chilli - 3 nos.
5. Capsicum - 1 no.
6. Red Chilli Powder - ½ teaspoon
7. Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 teaspoons
8. Coriander Leaves - 1 cup.
9. Curry Leaves - as required.
10. Salt - as required.
11. Oil - 50 ml.

Preparation Procedure

Step 1. Heat the oil and fry the onions with green chillies and curry leaves.
Step 2. Add chopped capsicum and salt and fry it well.
Step 3. Add ginger garlic paste.
Step 4. Add red chilli powder and tomato sauce.
Step 5. Add fish and fry it along.
Step 6. Add some amount of water and allow it to cook.
Step 7. Keep the stove in low flame and let the gravy dry and thicker.
Step 8. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Step 9. Served hot.

Secret Tips

* Add some lemon juice and keep the fish a while before cooking.

Spicy Mushroom Curry

2008-07-10T06:18:00.000-07:00

Prepare Spicy Mushroom Curry

Ingredients:

1. Mushroom - 400 gms.
2. Onions - 100 gms.
3. Tomato - 100 gms.
4. Green Chilli - 2 nos.
5. Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 teaspoons.
6. Coconut Milk - 100 ml.
7. Red chilli powder - ½ teaspoon
8. Coriander (Dhaniya) Powder - 1 teaspoon.
9. Cummin powder - ½ teaspoon
10. Garam Masala powder - ½ teaspoon
11. Pepper powder - ¼ teaspoon
12. Coriander leaves - 1 cup.
13. Salt - as required.
14. Turmeric powder - 1 pinch.
15. Oil - 50 ml.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Heat the oil and fry the onions and green chillies.
Step 2. Add chopped mushrooms and fry well.
Step 3. Add turmeric powder and chopped tomatoes and fry well.
Step 4. Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, cummin powder and pepper powder and ginger garlic paste and fry well.
Step 5. Add some water and allow it to cook.
Step 6. Add coconut milk and now allow it to boil.
Step 7. Garnish with coriander leaves and Serve hot.

How to prepare Hot Shell-less Crab Masala

2008-07-05T05:03:00.000-07:00

Prepare Hot shell-less Crab Masala:

Crab based foods are tasty ones. But this crab recipe is a different one with better taste. Try this by yourself and enjoy it.

Ingredients:

1. Crab – 750 gms.
2. Onion – 250 gms.
3. Red-chilli – 3 nos.
4. Green chilli – 3 nos.
5. Pepper Powder - ½ teaspoon.
6. Cummin Powder - ½ teaspoon.
7. Curry Leaves – as required.
8. Coriander Leaves - 2 cups.
9. Grated coconut – 2 tablespoons.
10. Turmeric powder – 1 pinch.
11. Salt – as required
12. Oil - 3 tablespoons.
13. Chopped Garlic - ½ teaspoon.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Clean the crab and steam it well and then remove the shells.
Step 2. Heat the oil and Fry the chopped onions, chopped garlic, red chilli, green chilli curry leaves and fry them well.
Step 3. Add the shell-less crabs.
Step 4. Add a pinch of turmeric powder, salt and pepper powder.
Step 5. Fry them well.
Step 6. Add grated coconut.
Step 7. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Step 8. Serve hot.

Tasty Tip:

* It goes very well with rice, pulav and biryani.
* Garnish with fried capsicum.

How to Prepare Aloo Mattar Paneer Masala:

2008-07-05T04:38:00.000-07:00

Preparing Aloo Mattar Paneer Masala:

Aloo, by default, is a tasty ingredient. Adding this to Mattar and Paneer, we get the unique taste.

Ingredients:
1. Potato – 500 gms.
2. Mattar (Peas) – 200 gms.
3. Paneer – 200 gms.
4. Tomato – 4 nos.
5. Coriander leaves – 2 cups.
6. Oil – 4 teaspoons.
7. Cardamom – 2.
8. Bay leaf – 1 no.
9. Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 teaspoons.
10. Green Chilli – 3 nos.
11. Onion – 2 Nos.
12. Garam Masala - ½ teaspoon.
13. Dry Mango Powder - ¼ teaspoon
14. Salt – as required.
15. Turmeric powder – 1 pinch.
16. Red Chilli powder - ½ teaspoon.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Boil the potato and cut them into small pieces.
Step 2. Chop one onion, tomatoes and paneer.
Step 3. Grind another onion with cardamom, ginger garlic paste, green chillies.
Step 4. Heat the oil and fry the paneer and keep it aside.
Step 5. Now seperately fry the onion with bay leaves and add the masala mix and mattar.
Step 6. Add chopped tomatoes and fry it well.
Step 7. Now add boiled potatoes and add some water with salt.
Step 8. Now add garam masala powder, dry mango powder, a pinch of turmeric powder and red chilli powder and allow it to cook for 5 minutes.
Step 9. Then add the fried paneer.
Step 10. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Step 11. Servet hot. It goes well with roti, chappathi or paratha.

Tasty Tips:

* Add ¼ teaspoon of sugar to get smoother taste.

How to Prapare Paneer Mushroom Pulav:

2008-07-05T04:16:00.000-07:00

Paneer Mushroom Pulav:

Pulav is the tasty food and liked by many. This when tried with yet another tasty ingredients Paneer and Mushroom enhances the unforgettable taste. You try this once, and you will like it.

Ingredients:

1. Basmathi Rice – 200 gms.
2. Paneer – 150 gms.
3. Carrot – 1 no.
4. Capsicum – 1 no.
5. Mushroom – 100 gms.
6. Onion (big) – 1 no.
7. Ghee – 2 tablespoons.
8. Oil – 2 tablespoons.
9. Cinnamon – 1 peace.
10. Cloves – 3 no.
11. Salt – as required.
12. Green Chilli - 3 nos.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Fry the paneer pieces and keep it seperately.
Step 2. Soak the rice for 30 minutes.
Step 3. Heat the vessel and add the ghee and oil.
Step 4. Fry along with cinnamon and cloves.
Step 5. Add the onion, green chilli, mushrooms, carrot, capsicum (all are chopped)
Step 6. Fry them.
Step 7. Add the fried paneer pieces.
Step 8. Add 400 ml of water and salt and allow it to boil.
Step 9. Now add the rice (soaked).
Step 10.Cook for 15 minutes in low flame.
Step 11.Garnish with coriander leaves and cashewnuts.
Step 12.Serve hot and enjoy the ‘Paneer Mushroom Pulav’.

Tasty Tips:

* Add ½ teaspoon of pepper powder, if you would like it to be very hot.
* Serve pulav with salad, prefereably onion with lemon would add terrible taste.

How to prepare Coconut Milk Prawn Curry :

2008-07-02T10:56:00.000-07:00

Coconut Milk Prawn Curry:

Prawn curry is the tastiest dish for rice for sure. Try this unique recipe and enjoy.

Ingredients :

1. Prawn - 250 gms.
2. Coconut Milk - 200 ml.
3. Onion - 100 gms.
4. Tomato - 100 gms.
5. Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 teaspoons.
6. Lemon - 1
7. Green Chilli - 4 nos.
8. Cummin Powder - ½ teaspoon.
9. Curry Leaves
10. Oil - as required.
11. Salt - as required.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Heat the vessel and fry the onions and curry leaves.
Step 2. Add the finely chopped (or grinded) chopped green chillies.
Step 3. Now add the cleaned prawns.
Step 4. Add chopped tomatoes.
Step 5. Add the ginger garlic paste and cummin powder.
Step 6. Allow it to get fried till the raw smell gets off.
Step 7: Add salt, coconut milk and allow it to cook.
Step 8. Serve hot and enjoy one of the tastiest meals in the world.

Secret Taste Tips:

* Marinate the Prawn with salt and lemon juice for over half an hour to bring in the taste.

* Garnish with Coriander Leaves.

Chicken Chops Curry :

2008-07-02T10:33:00.001-07:00

Preparing Chicken Chops Curry:

Chops curry is a spicy masala dish that suits rice, chappathi, roti and dosa. It goes well even with Chick Biriyani. It is a good time to try it and enjoy.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken - 500 gms.
2. Onion - 200 gms.
3. Tomato - 200 gms.
4. Pepper - ½ teaspoon.
5. Cummin Powder - ½ teaspoon.
6. Fennel Seeds (Chombu) - ½ teaspoon.
7. Crated Coconut - ½ cup.
8. Coriander Leaves - 2 tablespoon.
9. Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tablespoons.
10. Green Chilli - 2 pcs.
11. Turmeric Powder - 1 pinch.
12. Red Chilli Powder - ½ teaspoon.
13. Salt - as required.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1: Fry the onions with green chilli.
Step 2. Add the cleaned chicken.
Step 3. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cummin powder, ginger garlic paste, grinded crated coconut with pepper powder and salt and fry it well.
Step 4. Add water and chopped tomatoes and fry it well too and allow it to cook for 10 minutes in pressure cooker.
Step 5. Now keep it in a low flame and allow it to dry to get the gravy thicker.
Step 6. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Step 7. Serve hot and enjoy your meals.

Secret Tasty Tip:

* The masala need to get fried well till the raw smell goes off.
* To get different flavour and taste, add garam masala. It would enhance the spicy taste.

South Indian Chicken Roast

2008-06-28T06:14:00.001-07:00

Chicken Roast prepared in the South Indian tradition has a great taste and we all enjoy it to have it on every Sunday along with all family members. Now this is your turn to try this unique taste and flavour. Enjoy !

Ingredients:

1. Chicken - 1 kg.

2. Red Chilli Powder - 1 teaspoon.

3. Pepper powder - 1 teaspoon.

4. Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 spoons.

5. Lemon - 1 no.

6. Coconut Oil - 100 gms.

7. Ghee - 50 gms.

8. Curd - 2 tablespoons.

9. Red 'Colour Powder' - 1 pinch.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Clean the chicken.

Step 2. Add curd, ginger garlic paste, red powder, lemon juice and marinate the chicken for about 2 hours.

Step 3. In pressure cooker, heat the oil with ghee, red chilli powder, pepper powder, salt and then the chicken pieces.

Step 4. Cook for 20 minutes.

Step 5. Deep fry the chicken until it is roasted well.

Step 6. Serve hot.

Secret Taste Tip

Garnish with fried onions and lemon pieces.
Garnish with coreander leaves on and around the chicken.

How to prepare Tomato Egg Curry

2008-06-28T06:00:00.000-07:00

We all know that the Egg is an universal ingredient in the kitchen. This egg based quick recipe is prepared within 10 minutes. It is tasty and useful in instant preparation. Enjoy it.

Ingredients:

Egg - 4 nos.
Onion (Small) - 2 nos.
Tomato - 3 nos.
Green Chilli - 2 nos.
Red Chilli Powder - 1 teaspoon.
Turmeric Powder - 2 pinches.
Cummin Powder - ½ teaspoon.
Oil - as required
Salt - as required

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Heat the vessel with oil and fry the onion with green chilli.

Step 2. Add tomatoes and fry it well.

Step 3. Add red chilli powder, cummin powder and turmeric powder and fry it for 5 minutes.

Step 4. Add 150 ml of water and allow it to boil

Step 5. Now break-open the eggs (raw & unboiled) and add to the mixture and allow it to cook until the egg is boiled well.

Step 6. Serve hot and it goes well with chappathi, roti or rice.

Secret Taste Tip:

Do not add excess of water.
Allow the egg to be boiled well.
Garnish the dish with coreander leaves.

How to prepare 'Tasty Crab Curry Masala' :

2008-06-27T11:21:00.001-07:00

Crab curry masala goes well with chappathi, roti and particularly rice. This recipe is for sea food lovers. When you try this amazing taste once, bet you...your Sundays are packed up with Crab, for ever. This is called 'Nandu Kuzhambu' and very famous in Tamilnadu, the southern part of India.

Ingredients:

1. Crab ½ kg.

2. Onion - 100 gms.

3. Coconut Milk - 200 ml.

4. Red Chilli powder - 2 teaspoons.

5. Cummin Powder - 1 teaspoon.

6. Pepper Powder - ½ teaspoon.

7. Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 teaspoon.

8. Turmeric Powder - 2 pinches.

9. Oil - as required.

10. Salt - as required.

11. Coriander Leaves - 2 spoons.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Clean the crabs well.

Step 2. Fry the onions and add the ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, cummin powder and salt.

Step 3. Add some water and allow it to cook well.

Step 4. Add the crabs.

Step 5. Add the Coconut milk into the mixture.

Step 6. Allow it to cook well along until the gravy gets thicker, as you require.

Step 7. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

Step 8. Serve hot and get ready to enjoy one of the tastiest recipes.

Secret Tips:

Add tomatoes to give the smooth taste.
Add some lemon juice for the unique taste and flavour.

How to prepare Prawn Fry:

2008-06-27T10:54:00.000-07:00

Eating prawn based food is a tasty affair and gives a great taste when prepared with care. Here is the way to cook. Enjoy !

Ingredients:

Prawn – 500 Gms.
Onion – 200 Gms.
Tomato – 100 Gms.
Green Chilli – 4 Nos.
Turmeric Powder – 2 pinches.
Ginger Garlic Paste – 4 teaspoons.
Red Chilli Powder – 1 teaspoon.
Salt – as required.
Cummin Powder - ½ teaspoon.
Coriander Leaves – 3 spoons.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Clean the prawns well.
Step 2. Heat the vessel with oil and heat it.
Step 3. Add onions and fry well until it turns brownish.
Step 4. Add green chilli and ginger garlic paste.
Step 5. Add the chilli powder, cummin powder and turmeric powder with salt.
Step 6. Add tomato and fry it along.
Step 7. Then add the prawns, add some water and allow it to cook.
Step 8. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Step 9. Serve hot.

Secret Tips:

* Add chopped capsicum when frying the onions to get the good flavour and unique taste.

Tasty 'Egg Curry'

2008-06-26T09:32:00.000-07:00

Egg Curry:

This is a simple recipe which can be made quickly and easily to serve surprise guests. But the taste is always amazing and mouth-watering. Prepare this within 5 minutes and enjoy its great taste.

Ingredients:

Egg - 6 nos.
Coconut - ½.
Green Chilli – 2 nos
Ginger - 1 pc.
Garlic - 1
Tomato - 2 nos.
Cummin (Jeeragam) - ½ teaspoon.
Refined Oil – 50 ml.
Coriander leaves – 50 gms.
Mint leaves – 25 gms.
Salt - as required.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Boil the egg and remove its shell.
Step 2. Grind the coconut, green chilli, ginger, garlic, mint leaves, coriander leaves into a paste.
Step 3. Heat the oil, then add cumin and fry.
Step 4. Add the chopped tomatoes and fry well.
Step 5. Add the masala paste.
Step 6. Add the salt and boiled egg and allow it to cook.
Step 7. Serve hot and enjoy. It goes well with rice, chappathi and paratha.

Tasty Tip:

* Add ½ teaspoon of sugar to the masala to get the smoothy taste.

Preparing Tasty Masaal Vada (Ama Vadai)

2008-06-22T03:27:00.000-07:00

Tasty Masaal Vada (Ama Vadai):

Masaal vada is the famous and traditional south indian recipe which has the mouth-watering taste and it goes well with rice or curd-rice. Try it today.

Ingredients:

1. Bengal gram - 2 cups.
2. Black gram (Urid Dal) - ¼ cup.
3. Red gram (Toor Dal) - ¼ cup.
4. Green chilli – 8 no.
5. Ginger – 10 gms.
6. Fennel seeds - ¼ teaspoon.
7. Salt and oil – as required.
8. Chopped Coriander leaves and Curry leaves – as required.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Soak the pulses for 2 to 3 hours and grind it half so that it looks not so pasty.
Step 2. Chop the onions, ginger, green chilli and add it to the mixture.
Step 3. Add crushed fennel seeds, coriander leaves and curry leaves and then add required amount of salt.
Step 4. Shape it into rounded pieces and Deep Fry it in the oil.

Preparing Spicy Tomato Omlet

2008-06-22T03:07:00.000-07:00

Preparing Spicy Tomato Omlet

A different recipe from the usual omlet we eat. Worth trying. Enjoy.

Ingredients:

1. Egg – 3 nos.
2. Onion – 2 nos.
3. Tomato – 2 nos.
4. Green Chilli – 2 nos.
5. Turmeric powder - 1 pinch.
6. Red Chilli Powder - ¼ teaspoon.
7. Cummin (Jeeragam) Powder - ¼ teaspoon.
8. Coriander leaves – 3 table spoons.
9. Curry Leaves.
10. Oil – 3 tablespoons.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Heat the vessel, add the oil.
Step 2. Fry the onions, green chilli, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and cummin powder, curry leaves and coriander leaves with the required salt.
Step 3. Add chopped tomatoes.
Step 4. Fry it boiled half and allow it to cool a little bit.
Step 5. Now the mixture to the egg and prepare omlets as you prepare normally.
Step 6. Serve it hot to get amazing taste.

Preparing Prawn Biriyani:

2008-06-22T02:36:00.000-07:00

Prawn Biriyani

This is the different recipe and you can definitely try at odd times. Combining sea food with variety of spices give unique flavour of South Indian taste. Enjoy.

Ingredients:

1. Prawn - ½ kg.
2. Onion - ¼ kg.
3. Green Chilli – 10 no.
4. Tomato – 3 no.
5. Lemon (Lime) – 1 no.
6. Red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon.
7. Basmathi Rice - ½ kg.
8. Oil – 50 ml.
9. Ginger – 20 gms.
10. Garlic – 25 gms.
11. Cinnamon – 2 pcs.
12. Cardamom – 3 nos.
13. Cloves – 3 nos.
14. Turmeric powder – 1 pinch.
15. Chopped Coriandor leaves – 50 gms.
16. Mint leaves – 50 gms.
17. Fennel seed (Chombu) – 3 teaspoons.
18. Coconut Milk (Extracted from crated coconut ) – 200 ml.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Clean the rice.

Step 2. Heat the vessel and add oil and add cinnamon and cloves. After a while, add onion, coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilli and fry.

Step 3. Add cleaned prawns and chopped tomatoes.

Step 4: Add a pinch of turmeric powder and red chilli powder.

Step 5: Prepare a paste containing fennel seed, ginger, cardamom, garlic with green chilli.

Step 6. Add this paste to the mixture and then add coconut milk.

Step 7: Add 500 ml. of water and allow it to boil well and add rice.

Step 8. Now add lemon juice into the mixture.

Step 9. This needs to be cooked in low flames in the pressure cooker for over 10 minutes.

Step 10. Serve it hot and enjoy.

Secret Tips:

Fry the masalas until it is cooked well.
Add 2 teaspoons of ghee finally to enhance the taste.
Biriyani goes well with lemon-mixed-onions. To avoid over-hotness, wash the onions well before it is mixed with lemon.

Preparing Paneer Masala:

2008-06-22T02:10:00.000-07:00

Paneer Masala:

This is the unique recipe that everybody likes to have with Roti (Chappathi), Dosa. It even gets along nicely with Paratha. Try this today and enjoy.

Ingredients:

1. Paneer - 200 gms.
2. Onion - 3 No.
3. Ginger - 1 pc.
4. Green Chilli - 1
5. Chopped Coriandar leaves - 1 table spoon.
6. Tomato (Chopped) - 1 no.
7. Curd - ½ cup.
8. Butter - 2 spoons.
9. Oil - 2 spoons.
10. Turmeric Powder - 1 pinch
11. Red Chilli Powder - 1 teaspoon.
12. Garam Masala - 1 teaspoon.
13. Cinnamon - 1 piece.
14. Salt - as required.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Take the vessel and add butter and oil and heat it.
Step 2. Add onion and fry it till it gets brown in colour.
Step 3. Add ginger, turmeric powder, chilli powder and garam masala powder and allow it to be
fried for a minute.
Step 4. Add tomato, green chilli and cinnamon and fry it well.
Step 5. Add curd with resultant with the salt.
Step 6. Now mix ½ cup of water and allow it to cook.
Step 7. Add the important ingredient Paneer pieces and allow it to cook.
Step 8. Garnish with coriander leaves and get ready to eat one of the tastiest food in the world.

Secret Tip:

To get the magic taste, add ½ teaspoon of cashewnut paste.
The good and tasty paneer should be pure in white.
The tomato should be fried well to get the correct taste.
Instead of curd, you may also use fresh cream.

How to prepare tamilnadu Idly 'Sambar' :

2008-06-10T23:51:00.000-07:00

Idly Sambar :

Sambar, particulary when having it along with idly is the famous and tasty affair in Tamilnadu, the southern part of India. The taste is the main reason for it to become so popular all over the world. Since it contains many vegetables and dal , it is also a healthy food.

Ingredients:

1. Toor Dal - 1 Cup.
2. Onion - ½ cup.
3. Drumstick - 1 (4 pieces)
4. Brinjal - 100 gms.
5. Potato - 100 gms.
6. Tomato - 4
7. Green Chilli - 4 pcs.
8. Tamarind - 25 gms.
9. Mustard (Kadugu) - ½ teaspoon.
10. Urid Dal - ½ teaspoon.
11. Red Chilli - 2 pcs.
12. Asafoetida (Perungayam) - 2 pinch.
13. Curry leaves, Coriander leaves and salt as required.

Preparation Procedure :

Take the dal and boil it well.

Take all the vegetables, onion, tomato, green chilli and fry it using frying pan adding the oil slightly. (Fry vegetables slightly before you proceed rather than using vegetables raw. )

Now place the thick bottom wessel and heat it with oil to prepare for seasoning.

Add mustard, curry leaves, red chilli and urid dal.

When it starts popping, add the mixture of dal and vegetables and add coriander leaves.

Now allow it to boil well.

Before you take it off the stove, add ¼ cup of taramind juice.

Now add asafoetida powder and stir it till this powder and taramind juice get mixed.

Serve hot and taste the incomparable Sambar which goes very well with Idly.

Secret Tips:

Adding too much of taramind juice would make it more suitable to rice than to idly.

In step 2, there is a secret tip that many do not know. Frying all the vegetables slightly before you proceed gives the unique and better taste than using vegetables raw.

How to prepare 'Paneer Omlet' :

2008-06-10T23:23:00.000-07:00

Paneer Omlet:

Paneer omlet is the different dish for sure. The omlet gives the unique flavour when it is made this way along with paneer.

Ingredients:

1. Paneer - 100 gms.
2. Onion (medium size) - 2 no.
3. Green Chilli - 2 no.
4. Curry Leaves - as required.
5. Egg - 4 no.
6. Pepper powder - ½ teaspoon.
7. Red Chilli Powder - ½ teaspoon.
8. Cummin (Jeeragam) - ½ teaspoon.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1: Add 2 teaspoon of oil in a frying pan and add chopped paneer, onion, green chilli, curry leaves, cummin, pepper and red chilli powder and fry it.
Step 2: Now add this mix to eggs and stir it till it gets mixed.
Step 3: Now heat the tawa and prepare omlets in the usual way.
Step 4: Serve it hot and enjoy.

Secret Ingredients and Taste Tips:

Add tomato pieces just before the omlet is boiled fully.
Garnish with coriander leaves to get the unique flavour.
Apply pepper powder over omlet before you take it off the tawa.
Do not get it boiled 100%, take it off before while it still looks gravy.
Apply oil slightly before you take the omlet off the tawa.

How to make 'Paneer Chilly Fry' :

2008-06-10T23:05:00.000-07:00

Paneer Chilly Fry:

Ingredients:

1. Paneer - 200 gms.
2. Chopped Garlic - 5 pods
3. Coriander Chopped - 1 table spoon.
4. Corn Flour - 2 table spoon.
5. Salt - as required.
6. Pepper (powdered) - ½ tea spoon.
8. Soya sauce and Chilly sauce.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Dip the square shaped paneer in corn-flour paste and deep fry it. Keep it ready.
Step 2. In a wessel, heat the oil and add green chilly, garlic, soya sauce, chilly sauce, salt and pepper, then fry it. Allow it to cook till it gets brown in colour.
Step 3. Now, add paneer and garnish the dish with coriander leaves and serve it hot.

How to prepare 'Traditional Chicken Soup' :

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Chicken Soup:

Chicken soup is a very good apetizer and a good starter. The following procedure would make a good traditional and tamilnadu based chicken soup. Enjoy.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken - 1 kg.
2. Ginger - 25 gms.
3. Onion(big) - 2 no.
4. Pepper - 2 teaspoons.
5. Turmeric powder - 2 pinch. (1/2 teaspoon)
6. Salt - as required.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Clean the chicken and cut into pieces.
Step 2. Cut ginger and onions and keep it ready.
Step 3. Place thick bottom wessel and ignite the stove with medium flame.
Step 4. Add the chicken pieces, ginger, onion, pepper, salt and turmeric powder.
Step 5. Allow it to boil and let it become a litter thicker as you require.
step 6. Now serve hot and enjoy it before your sumptuous meal.

Secret Tips :

Add sweet corn to get a differnt flavour.
Add some amount of noodles to get it yummy.
Garnish with coriander leaves before you serve, to get the traditional tamilnadu taste.

How to make 'Chicken Pepper Curry' :

2008-06-10T21:55:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1. Chicken - 750 gms.
2. Onion - 2 no.
3. Pepper - 1 table spoon.
4. Red Chilli - 5 no.
5. Green Chilli - 1 no.
6. Turmeric Powder - 2 pinch. (1/2 teaspoon)
7. Refined Oil - 3 table spoon.
8. Chopped Garlic - 1 table spoon.
9. Curry Leaves & Salt as required.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1: Grind the spices and make a masala paste.
Step 2. In a frying pan, heat the oil and fry the onion along with curry leaves and green chilli.
Step 3. Add the masala paste and allow it to cook, till the colour turns to brown.
Step 4. Now add the cleaned/marinated chicken with 200 ml of water and required salt, then allow it to be boiled and get it thick.
Step 5. Now serve it hot and enjoy. It goes well with Rice, Chappathi, Roti or Dosa.

Taste Secrets to get different flavour of Pepper Chicken !!

Add ginger while making masala paste.

Add tomato paste in step 3.

Fry the chicken slightly in advance before this step 4.

How to make Tasty Carrot Halwa:

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Ingredients:

1. Carrot - 500 gms.
2. Sugar - 300 gms.
3. Milk - 500 ml.
4. Cashewnut - 25 gms.
5. Ghee - 50 gms.
6. Powdered Cardamom (Elachi) - 5

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1: Boil the milk.
Step 2: Grate the carrot, (Scrap them into very thin pieces).
Step 3: Add the grated carrot into the milk.
Step 4: Now add the sugar into the mixture and wait and allow it to cook.
Step 5: Further add the roasted cashewnut, Cardamom and ghee and mix it well.
Step 6: The tasty carrot halwa is now ready.
Step 7: Serve hot and Enjoy it.

How to prepare South Indian Chicken Biriyani

2008-06-04T06:21:00.000-07:00

Chicken Biriyani is the most favourite dish in Tamilnadu, the southern part of India. Let us see how to prepare the tasty Chicken Biriyani.

Ingredients:

1. Basmathi Rice - 400 gms.
2. Onion (Big) - 3 pcs.
3. Tomato (small) - 3 pcs.
4. Grated coconut - 2 teaspoons.
5. Cinnamon - 4 pcs.
6. Cardamom - 5 pcs.
7. Cashewnut - 10 pcs.
8. Garlic - 10 pcs.
9. Cloves (Kirambu) - 10 pcs.
10. Green Chilli - 50 gms.
11. Mint leaves (Pudhina) - 50 gms. (1 kattu )
12. Coriandar leaves - 1/2 cup. (1 kattu)
13. Ginger - 2 small pcs.
14. Chicken - 500 gms.
15. Salt - as required.
16. Biriyani leaves - 3 pcs.

Preparation Procedure:

Step 1. Always clean the rice first.

Step 2. Chop the onions and tomatoes into small pieces. Add grated coconut, cinnamon, cardamom, cashewnut, garlic and cloves together and make the masala paste. Keep it seperately. The secret ingredient here is to have coconut-milk (milk extracted from grinded coconut) instead of grated.

Step 3. Prepare the ginger paste and keep it seperately.

Step 4. Slice the green chillies and clean the mint leaves and coriandar leaves and keep it ready along with chicken cut into pieces (average size).

Step 5. Keep the thick bottom wessel in stove with medium flame. Add oil and ghee, biriyani leaves, prepared masala paste, onions, tomatoes, green chillies, cashewnut (or powder) and fry it till it gets slightly roasted and it would look brownish in colour. Keep this seperately.

Step 6. Also fry the ginger paste seperately and add it to the above-said masala.

Step 7. Now add chicken pieces into the masala and fry for over 5 minutes. Now keep it seperately.

Step 8. Now, In a pressure cooker, add 5 glasses of water (500 to 600 ml) and required amount of salt and allow it to boil. After that, add the fried masala and chicken. Now add the cleaned basmathi rice and stir it together.

Step 9. After it is boiled, close the cooker and apply its weight. Allow it to boil till. After 2 to 3 whistles switch the stove off.

Step 10. After 10 minutes, open the pressure cooker, mix it well once and close it. After 30 minutes, open the cooker. The tasty biriyani is now ready. Enjoy the biriyani.