Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Coconut Chutney

Samayal :

Mixie Contents:

Tamarine - size of a lollypop
Garlic - 2 pieces
Coconut - half of a coconut
Green Chilli - 3
Pottu Kadalai (Bengal Gram) - 3 teaspoon
Salt - to taste

Seimurai [Method]:

To Fry:
Curry Leaves
Mustard
Urad dal

* Grind the mixie contents, add water as necessary
* Heat a pan with little oil and add mustard, urad dal and curry leaves
* Switch off the gas and mix it with the mixie contents
* The coconut Chutney is ready

Happy Cooking !! Happy Tasting !!

Monday, June 13, 2011

Indian Style Vegetable Pasta

Samayal :

Pasta - 200 gms
Onion - 2
Green Chilli - 4
Cumin Seeds - 2 teaspoon
Tomato Sause or 4 Tomato
Ginger - 2 teaspoon Chopped
Garlic - 2 teaspoon Chopped
Green Peas - 1 cup
Brocolli - 50 gms
Capsicum - 50 gms
Olive Oil - 5 teaspoon
curry leaves and corriander leaves

Seimurai [Method]:

* In a pan, bring water to boil
* Add Pasta and salt. Let it boil for 10-15 minutes
* Once the pasta is cooked, drain excess water
* Heat a pan with olive oil and add Garlic to fry
* Add Cumin seeds, curry leaves and fry
* Add chopped chilli and onion to fry till golden brown
* Add chopped Ginger
* Add Tomato Sause, let it cook for 3 minutes with occasional stir
* Add the cut vegetables, sprinkle water and close the lid and let the vegetables cooked to become soften
* Add salt to taste
* Add the cooked pasta and mix well for 5 minutes with constant stir
* Garnish with corriander leaves and the Pasta is Ready

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Rava Dosai

Samayal :

Rava - 200 gms
Maida - 100 gms
Rice Flour - 100 gms

Mustard - 1 teaspoon
Black Pepper - 1 teaspoon
Green Chilli - 3
Jeeragam - 1 teaspoon
Curry Leaves, Salt as necessary

Seimurai [Method]:

* Fry Rava in a non-stick pan without oil and cool down
* Add Maida, Rice flour, salt, 4 Cups of water and mix the contents
* Make sure the mixed content is not thicken, add more water as necessary
* In a frying pan, add oil and fry mustard, black pepper, green chillis, Jeeragam and Curry leaves
* Add the Contents to the above Mix
* Allow the contents for 30 mins
* Rava Dosai mix is ready, Mix the contents again, add water whenever necessary
* With medium heat, Place the dosa mix, make sure you sprinkle the dosai mix around (not in center like dosa)
* Wait, Wait and Wait untill the dosa bottom becomes golden brown and turn it over and wait (it requires a lot of patience for a good rava dosai)
* Rava Dosai is ready. Serve with Chutney

Happy Cooking !! Happy Tasting !!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Half-Boil Egg

Samayal :

Egg - 1/2
Salt, Pepper - as necessary

Seimurai [Method]:

* Heat a tawa and put 3 drops of oil to spread
* Once heated, break and egg and put the content in the tawa
* Sprinkle salt and pepper over the egg
* Wait for 1 minute and transfer the contents to a place
* Half boiled or otherwise called Soft boiled egg is ready
* Flip-over the egg in the tawa for full-boil

Absolutely Quick Side Dish :)

Happy Cooking !! Happy Tasting !!

Simple Mushroom Biryani

Samayal :

Mushroom - 1/2
Big Onion - 2
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 teaspoon
Green Chilli - 4 [dont chop it, need in whole]
Biriyani Masala - 1 teaspoon
Chilli Powder - 1 teaspoon
Corriander Powder - 1 teaspoon
Patta, Brinji Leaf, Krambhu, Ghee, Jeeragam, Salt, Mint Leafs, Oil - as necessary
Rice - 250 gms

Seimurai [Method]:

* Chop Mushroom and Onion.
* Heat Oil in a pressure cooker and fry Patta, Brinji Leaf, Krambhu and Jeeragam
* Put the whole Green Chillies
* Add chopped Onion and fry till golden brown
* Add Ghee
* Add chopped mushroom and mix for less than a minute
* Add Water as necessary for the rice content
* Add Chilli powder, corriander powder and biriyani masala and cook the content till water boils
* Add Rice and mint leaves mix well, close the lid and allow for 3 whistle
* Mushroom Biriyani is Ready

Happy Cooking !! Happy Tasting !!