Spicy Mushroom Curry

Ingredients :

1. Mushroom's - 200gms
2. Onion - 1 ( of Medium size, Finely Chopped)
3. Tomatoes - 2 (Chopped)
4. Dry Red Chilli - 2
5. Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
6. Turmeric Powder - a pinch
7. Corriander Powder - 2 tsp
8. Curry Leaves - 5
9. Corriander Leaves Finely Chopped - 2 tsp
10. Mustard - 1/2 tsp
11. Sombu - 1/4 tsp
12. Oil - 2 tbsp

To Grind:

1. Garlic - 5 pod's
2. Ginger - 1/2 inch size
3. Green Chilli - 1

Recipe:

1. Wash the Mushroom's and Let them dry. You can also wipe them with a clean cloth.

3. Chop the Onion's and Tomatoe's finely.
4. Heat the Oil in a  Pan. Add Mustard, when it pop's, add sombu, Red chilli's and the minced ginger-garlic-green chilli pieces. Saute them, till the raw smell goes off.
5. Add Onion's and fry them. add tomatoe's and fry along with onion's.
6. Add Turmeric Powder, Salt, Corriander powder and Pepper Powder to the

onion, Tomato mix and mix them well.

7. Add the Mushroom's, and mix well with the masala. Mushroom's get cooked in 2-3

minutes. add Curry leaves and Leave the pan in slow flame, till the oil seperate's from

the masala. Garnish with Corriander Leaves.

Dhal Paalak

Dhal Palak goes well with steamed rice..


Servings - 2 nos

Ingredients:

1. Pasi payiru - 1/2 cup
2. garlic - 5
3. Jeera - 1 tsp
4. Curry leaf - few
5. Paalak spinach - 1 bunch
6. Gree chillies - 2
7. Onion - 1 chopped

Recipe :

•  In a pressure cooker, heat some oil.
• Add the jeera, onion, green chillies, salt and saute for few minutes.
• Add the garlic pods and fry well.
• Add the dhaal and mix well
• Add 1 1/2 cup water to it and close the cooker lid
• Leave for 2-3 whistles and open the lid
• Now add the chopped Paalak and allow it to cook for 5 mins.
• Cool it and blend them and serve with hot rice.

Enjoy the richness of paalak with dhaal...!!

Tomato Macroni

I have always hated eating macroni earlier, but when i have gone to my sis-in law home, she prepared this delicious macroni and truely i cant stop eating it since then.. Its my husband's favourite dish...!!!
Try this out and am sure you too will like it...

Ingredients:

1. Macroni -  1 cup
2. small onion - 1 cup chopped
3. Tomatoes - 2 chopped finely
4. Garam masala - 1 tsp
5. chilli powder - 1 tsp
6. salt as needed
7. Soy sauce - 2 tsp
8. Curry leaf

Recipe:

• Heat water in a pan. allow it to boil. add the macroni to the boiling water and cook for 5 mins. Make sure the macroni is soft nad cooked well.. You can add few drops of oil to the boiling water so that the macroni does not stick together
• Then strain the hot water and pour cold/plain water to the macroni and strain again and spread it in a plate. allow it to cool.
• In a pan, add oil. after it is hot, add the chopped onionsand salt. Saute it for few minutes
• Then add the chopped tomatoes, curry leaves and fry for few minutes
• Now add the garam masala and chilli powder and mix well.
• Add the macroni to it and keep in simmer for few minutes so that all the masala is blended with the macroni
• Now add the soy sauce and mix well..

Hot and Tasy Macroni is ready...!!!

Ragi Roti

Try this Ragi roti which is tastier and healthy..!!!

Ingredients:

1.  Ragi floor - 1 cup
2. Wheat floor - 1/2 cup
3. green chilli - 3-4
4. Corriander leaf - few
5. salt - as needed
6. onion - 2 chopped
7. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Grind the green chillies and cumin seeds by adding little water
2. Add this paste to the floor and add the chopped onion and corriander leaves, salt.
3. Add water and mix well and make it to the chappathi dough consistency
4. heat the dosa griddle
5. Take a some amount of dough and spread it on the tawa with fingers
6. Before spreading , dip your fingers in water so that it will be easy to spread it on the tawa and the dough will not stick in your hand.
7. Now cook on both sides like chappathi

The Ragi roti is ready..!!
It goes well with coconut chutney...

Raggi Pakkoda

Its been rare including ragi in our diet though its of rich in Fibre and the least on Fat... Its also a rich source of calcium...
Lets include Ragi in our diet altleast once in a week....!!
In the next post, let me post the recipe for a delicious  Ragi Roti..!!


Bored of regular vazhakkai/onion bajjis...? Try this new tasty healthy dish...!!

Ingredients for Ragi Pakkoda:

1. Ragi Floor - 1 cup
2. Wheat floor - 1/2 cup
3. Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
4. Red chillies / Green chillies - 3-4 nos chopped
5. Salt
6. Corriander leaves - chopped
7. Onion - 2 chopped

Method:

1. In  a bowl, mix all the above ingredients well... Sprinkle less water to the floor and mix..
2. Make sure it just got blended with water and a binding s made. Dont add more water and make like chappathi dough..
3. Heat 2 tsp of oil and mix it to the above.
4. The more dry it is the more crispy..
5. Heat oil in pan to fry. After the oil is hot, take small small pinch from the dough and fry n the oil.
6. Tast pakkoda ready...

Bread Bajji

This is as simple as that.. Quick enough to prepare...

Recipe:

• If you have the ready mix bajji bonda, then just prepare the bajji bonda mix dough, by mixing water to the floor and dilute to the idly floor consistency
• And toast the bread slices and cut into two pieces.
• Dip the sliced toast bread in the mixed dough and deep fry in oil.

Delicious bajji ready..!!1

For those who do not have the ready made bajji mix, below is the method to prepare bajji floor

1. Kadalai mavu - 1 cup
2. Rice floor - 3 tbsp
3. Chilli powder - 1 tsp (as per taste)
4. Salt - as needed
5. Perungayam - 1 pinch

Mix all the above and prepare the dough...

Pepper Chicken Fry

Awsome to taste chicken with pepper... I just invented this recipe when caught up with severe cold.. :) Yeah..!! Its really hot that it hits your buds with the taste of chicken and pepper.


Ingredients:

1. Chicken - 1 kg, cut into small pieces
2. Dry red chillies - 8-10 nos (chopped)
3. Big Onion - 2 (chopped)
4. Tomato - 1 (chopped)
5. Pepper corns - 2 tbsp
6. Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
7. Kasa kasa - 1tbsp
8. Cumin- 1 tbsp
9. Chilli powder - 1 tsp (as per taste)
10. Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
11. Salt (as needed)
12. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
13. Oil

Recipe:

• Grind kasa-kasa, cinnamon and pepper and keep the dry powder aside
• In a pan, heat oil, add the cumin seeds. let it roast for few seconds and add the onion and saute for few minutes.
• Add the tomato , ginger garlic paste and  fry for few minutes.
• Now add the grounded powder, turmeric powder add the chilli powder if you need it more hot.
• Add salt as per needed. 
• Add the chicken pieces and cook by closing the pan with lid. Just sprinkle less water as the chicken itself will let more water.
• Allow the chicken to cook well
• If there is excess water, cook in open to get a dry chicken

Enjoy the rain or cold with this hot pepper chicken...!!!