Potato Fry

Ingredients
Potato 4
onion 1
chilly powder 2tsp
Amchur powder 1 pinch
Turmeric powder 1 pinch
Curry leaves
Corriander leaves
seasoning items
Salt

Method :
Boil potatoes and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan, add seasoning items. Fry onions till it turns golden brown. Add chilly powder and turmeric powder & amchur powder. Stir for 2 mins in low flame.
Now add the potatoes and check salt. Close the pan and allow it to cook for 5 to 10 mins under low flame. Remove frm stove and garnish with corriander leaves.

Perfect side dish for Lemon rice & Tomato rice.

Athiradi Sambhar....Simple

Athiradi sambhar is a simple dish. Howmuch ever we eat pizza, burgers & bread, we would long to eat rice and sambhar. So this recipe is easy to make.


Ingredients


Thoor Dhal 1cup
Onion 1
Tomato 1
Any vegetable ( radish, pumpkin, drumstick)
Green chilly 1
Chilly powder 1 tsp
Dhaniya powder 1 tsp
Turmeric powder
Tamarind paste (little)
Sambhar Powder 1 tsp
Salt
Curryleaves
Corriander leaves
seasoning items

Method :

Wash and soak thoor dhal for few mins. Heat oil in a pan add seasoning items. Fry onion, curry leaves, tomato and green chilly.
Add vegetable and keep frying. Now add all the powders and fry for 2 mins. Mix thoordhal and add 3 cups of water. check salt.

Transfer it to a pressure pan and allow it to cook for 4 whistles. When it is done open the lid and garnish with corriander leaves.

Athiradi sambhar ready to eat with rice or idli.

Gobi Manchurian

Ingredients

Cauliflower 1
Capsicum 1
Onion 1
Ginger garlic chopped
Green chilles 5
Maida 1 Tspoon
Cornflour 1Tspoon
Riceflour 1Tspoon
Red chilly powder 1tsp
Chicken 65 powder 1tsp
Soysauce 1spoon
Soychilli sauce little
Tomato sauce ( req)
Salt


Method :

Wash and cut cauliflower into small pieces. Make a paste with maida,cornflour,red chilly powder,riceflour,chicken 65 powder and salt. Dip cauliflower into the paste and deep fry till it turns crispy. Keep it aside and let it cool.

Heat oil in another pan and fry onion with some chopped Giner and garlic. Add Capsicum and fry for few mins. Now add all sauces with some red chilly powder and sprinkle some water. Add the fried Gobi and stir for few mins in low flame.
Garnish with corriander leaves.

This Gobi manchurian is my favourite and tastes gud when served with Fried rice.

Fish Curry

Ingredients

Fish (Tilapia / salmon)
Small red onion 1cup
Onion 1
Tomatoes 2
Ginger & Garlic (chopped)
Redchilly powder 2 tspoon
Dhaniya powder 2tspoon
Turmeric powder 1 pinch
Tamarind paste ( juice 1 cup)
curry leaves
Salt

Method :

Wash and cut fish into desired size and keep aside. Grind some ginger garlic with half onion, 1 tomato , 1 spoon chilly powder, 1 spoon dhaniya powder. Make a fine paste and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan,season it with some small onions and curry leaves. Add the remaining chopped onions,tomatoes,chopped gingergarlic to it & keep frying for sometime. Add turmeric powder,redchilly powder & dhaniya powder with some salt. Now add the ground paste and stir.

Mix the tamarind paste to it and add desired quantity of water. Bring it to boil.when oil seperates its the rite time to add the fish. Reduce the flame and cook for about 10 mins.

Turn off the stove after 10 mins. Make a dry powder of pepper and jeera and add to the curry finally. Garnish with Curry leaves.

This fish curry goes well with White rice or idli/Dosa.

Chicken 65 & Shrimp 65

Chicken 65 is one of the favourite appetizer liked by all age groups. I would like to share my style of making Chicken 65. The same recipe can be used for Shrimp 65 too.


Ingredients :

Chicken 1 kg
Chilly powder 2tspoon
Turmeric powder ( 1/2 spoon)
Ginger garlic paste 1tspoon
Curd 1spoon
Corn powder 1spoon
Pepper powder 1spoon
Limejuice ( req)
Chicken65 powder ( shop) 2tspoon
Garam masala ( little)
Food color
Egg white


Method:

Wash and cut chicken into small peices. Add the above mentioned ingredients and mix well. keep it the refridgerator overnight. Fry it in low flame till it becomes crispy !!!

Use the same ingredients for Shrimp also.

Delicious Chicken 65 ready !

Egg Paratha

Dont worry if you have any leftover Chappaties. You can make delicious egg paratha in no time.

Ingredients:

Chappaties 3 or 5 ( as desired)
Onion 1
Tomatoes 1
Curry leaves
Chilly powder 1/2 tspoon
Pepper powder 1/2 tspoon
Green chilles 4
Fennel seeds
Egg 2
Garam masala ( optional)


Method :

Cut the chappaties into small peices and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan , add onions ( cut length wise) and curry leaves. Fry till golden brown and add chopped tomatoes. Add egg to it and mix well. Later add the chappati peices with some chilly powder, pepper powder and salt. Mix well.

If dry, add some oil and mix again. Check salt and garnish with curry leaves.

Instant Egg paratha ready to eat !

Vadakari

Vadakari and idly is Sunday Special in my Mom's place. We usually pack idly and vadakari when we go on a pilgrimage. Very easy to prepare and Delicious too.

Ingredients:

Channa dhal 2 cups
Onion 2
Tomatoes 2
Green chilles 3
Spices ( cinnamon, cloves,elachi, fennel seeds )
Ginger garlic paste 1 tspoon
Chilly powder 2 tspoon
Turmeric powder 1/4 spoon
Dhaniya powder 2tspoon
Corriander leaves
Curry leaves
Salt


Method :

Soak and grind the channa dhal with little water. Make small balls out of it and steam cook in the idli cooker for about 10 mins. When it is done transfer the cooked balls and break it into small peices. keepaside. Grind all spices with ginger garlic. If desired grind green chilles with it !

Heat oil in a pan add the remaining spices, onions and curry leaves. Fry till golden brown. Add the groundpaste and fry for sometime. Add chilly powder, trumeric powder and dhaniya powder and little salt to it. Steam cook for about a minute. Later add chopped tomates and chopped corriander leaves.

When the tomatoes are well cooked add the cooked channadhal balls and mix well. Add desired water, salt and bring it to boil till oil seperates. Make a thick Curry and remove frm stove.

Hot Vadakkari is ready to be served with Idlis.