Carrot balls

Ingredients:

Carrot                      : 2

Condensed milk      : 2 tbsp

Sugar                       : 1cup

Besan                       : 1/4 cup

Ghee                        : 4 tbsp

Cardamom powder  : a pinch

Method:

Grate carrot and boil it with the condensed milk. Then grind it to a paste.

Boil sugar with little water and make a syrup.

Add the carrot paste to this, mix well. Add ghee, mix  and  seive the besan to this, stirring frequently. Cook it till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan completely. Then transfer this to a plate, let it cool for sometime. Then make small balls out of it.  Looks like bengali sweets!!!

  

       

Cabbage Dosa

Ingredients:

Idli rice                             : 1 cup
Raw rice                           : 1 cup
Shredded cabbage            : 1 cup
Green chillies                   : 2
Coriander leaves              : 1/2 cup(chopped)



Method:

Soak rice for 2 hours.
Boil the shredded cabbage and drain.
Grind rice with green chillies and coriander leaves.
Mix the cabbage and salt to the batter. The batter resembles like ada dosa batter.

Heat the dosas tawa and pour one ladle full batter and spread it evenly.
Sprinkle oil and when it changes colour slightly to brown turn it and cook the other side also.
Serve  it hot with tomato chutney!

Egg curry

 

 Egg Curry

Ingredients:

 Eggs                                        : 4 nos
Shallots                                    : 5 or 6 nos

Chilli pdr                                  : 1 tsp
Coriander pdr                           : 2 tsp
Ginger                                      : 1/2 " pc
Garlic                                       : 2 cloves
Turmeric pdr                            : 1/4 tsp
Grated coconut                         : 1 cup
Tamarind paste                         : very little
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves


Method: 


Boil the eggs and remove the shells and keep aside.
Heat a tawa and roast the chilli pdr and coriander powder until the raw smell goes. Then add shallots, ginger, garlic and grind it into a smooth paste.
Grind the coconut seperately into a paste.
Mix the masala paste and tamarind paste, add 2 cups of water and let it boil for 2 or 3 mins. The add the coconut paste and boil it in reduced flame for 4 mins. Cut the boiled eggs into two and add this to the curry and cook for 1 more min. Remove from fire. Add curry leaves. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

Tomato rice(Thakkali sadham)

Ingredients:

 Raw rice                  : 2 cups
Tomatoes                  : 3 nos
Green chillies           : 2 nos
Turmeric pdr            : 1/8 tsp
Cloves                      : 2 nos
Cinnamon                : 1/4"pc
Onion                      :1 sliced
Garlic                      : 4 cloves
Chilli pdr                 : 1/4tsp
Salt to taste
Curry leaves            :1sprig
Oil                           : 1tbsp


Method: 

Cook rice in a rice cooker adding salt.  You can use the left over rice also. The rice should not be overcooked.

Heat oil in kadai, add cinnamon and cloves. When it is done add garlic cloves and fry. Then add the finely sliced onion and slit green chillies,  saute till the onion is light pink in clolour. Add the chilli pdr and turmeric pdr, mix well.

Now add the chopped tomato and saute it well. When it becomes mushy add  a little salt and mix well. Now add the cooked rice, mix well. Check salt and garnish with curry leaves. Serve it with potato chips or kondattam!!

Vegetable semiya upma

Ingredients:

Semiya(vermicelli)        : 1 cup
Carrot                             :1
Beans                             : 4nos
Peas                                :1/4 cup
Onion                             : 1
Ginger                            : 1/2" pc
Green chilli                    : 1-2
Turmeric pdr                  : 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds                : 1 tsp
Urad dal                         : 1 tbsp
Red chillies                    : 2 break into 2
Oil                                  : 2 tbsp
Ghee                              : 1 tbsp
Curry leaves                  : 1 sprig
Cashews                        : 6-8 nos
Water                             : 3 cup


Method:

Heat ghee in a kadai and fry the cashews till golden brown Remove from the ghee and roast the semiya in the same ghee. Roasted semiya also available in the market.

Chop onion, green chillies and ginger  finely.
Cut carrot and beans  into small pieces.

Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutters add urad dal, broken red chillies and curry leaves.
Add chopped onion, green chillies and ginger and saute till the onion becomes transparent. Then add the vegetables to this and saute for 1 more minute, add salt and turmeric powder and 3 cups of water. When it boils add the roasted semiya and let it cook in a low flame till the water got absorbed.
Stir it frequently and finally garnish with fried cashews and coriander leaves. Serve it hot with coconut chutney!!

Puthina paratha

Ingredients:

Wheat flour             : 2 cups
Mint (puthina)         : 1/2 bunch
Salt to taste
Chat masala            : 1/4 tsp
Butter/Ghee            : as required



Method:

Seperate mint leaves from the stem and wash it.

Pat dry a handful of the leaves and dry roast it in a hot tawa. Then crush it to a powder, keep aside.
Chop the remaining mint leaves.
Mix the wheat flour, salt and mint leaves together and add required water and knead it to a dough and cover it with a wet cloth and keep aside for 20 mins.
Take a lemon sized ball and roll it into a medium sized chappathi.

Mix the mint powder with the chat masala.
Cook it on a tawa, when cooked on one side flip it over to the other side. when the brown spots appear brush with oil or ghee and sprinkle the mint &  chat powder over it.
Repeat the process with the remaining dough.

Serve hot with any side dish of your choice.

Meen Porichathu ( fish fry)

Meen porichathu:

Ingredients:

Here I used seer fish for this purpose. Any fish such as Pomfret, King fish, Sardines or Mackerals also can fry like this.

Seer fish                      : 4 thin slices
Kashmiri chilli pdr     :  1 tsp
Pepper pdr                  : 1 tsp
Ginger                        :1/4"pc
Garlic                         : 2 cloves
Turmeric pdr              :1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil as required
Lemon juice               : 1 tsp

Method:

Grind the garlic and ginger with all the masala powders and salt together.
Cut the  fish into thin slices and wash it well.  Then marinate the fish slices with the masala and lime juice. Keep it for 1 or  2 hours in fridge.

Heat  a nonstick pan  apply a little oil and place the fish on the  pan. Turn the fish pieces frequently till it turns golden brown colour.  Serve it hot with onion, lemon wedges etc.

You can also deep fry this in hot oil till golden brown. But tawa fried fish needs less oil, so here I tried that.

Carrot Rice

 Ingredients:

Carrot                      : 2 grated

Cooked rice            : 2 cups

Onion                       : 1 no.chopped

Grated coconut     : ¼ cup

Mustard seeds       : 1tsp

Urad dal                   : 1tsp

Green chillies         : 2 nos chopped

Salt to taste

Curry leaves

Oil                              : 2 tbsp

Lime juice                : 1 tbsp

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds. When it pops up add urad dal and curry leaves. Then add the chopped onion and sauté for 1 min, add the green chilies, grated carrot and sauté it . Then add the cooked rice and salt. Mix well. Finally add the grated coconut and lime juice. Serve it with potato chips.

Ghee rice

Ingredients:

Basmathi rice                   : 2 cups
Onions(thinly sliced)       :2
Green chillies                   : 2 slit lengthtwise
Garlic                               : 2 cloves
Ginger                              : small piece

Cloves                              : 3
Cardamoms                      : 3
Cinnamon                         : 1" piece
Bay leaf                            : 1
Cashews                           : 10
Coconut milk                   : 2 cups
Salt
Ghee                                 : 5 tbsp



Method:
Crush garlic, ginger and green chillies together.
Heat 3 tbsp of ghee in a pan and add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and bay leaf. Fry for a minute and add crushed ginger garlic paste and saute. Now add half the sliced onions and saute well.  Add the rice and fry for 2 mins. Transfer this to a rice cooker and add coconut milk and one and a half cups of water, salt and let it cook till the water got absorbed.
Heat the remaining ghee and fry cashews and remaining onions to golden brown and garnish the rice.

Variety Dosa

We can make different types of Dosas using the same batter with raw rice, adding tomato, chilli, coconut or drumstick leaves.

1.Tomato Dosa:

Raw rice          : 2 cups
Tomato            : 1 chopped
Oil as required
Salt

Method:

Soak raw rice for 1 hour and grind it with tomato  and salt to a smooth paste, like usual dosa batter.
Heat a tawa and make thin dosas, sprinkle  oil  and serve it  hot with coconut chutney!





2. Coconut Dosa


Raw rice            : 2 cups
Grated coconut  : 1 cup
Salt
Oil as required

Method:

Soak rice for 1 hour. Grind it along with coconut and salt  to a paste,  like dosa batter. Heat tawa and make dosas, greasing with coconut oil. Ulii(shallots) sammanthi goes well with that.
Sometimes its hard to spread the batter in the tawa with the spoon, if so just pour the batter in the middle of the tawa and turn around it to spread it evenly.




3.Chilli Dosa:


Rad rice          : 2 cups
Red chillies    : 4 or 1tsp chilli pdr
Shallots          : 8
Salt
Coconut oil as required

Method:

Soak rice and grind it along with chillies and onions. Add salt and mix well and make thin  crispy dosas greasing with coconut oil.The batter should be thin  then only you'll get crispy dosa.  This goes well with coconut chutney!



4. Drumstick leaves Dosa:

Raw rice              : 2 cups
Drumstick keaves : 1/2 cup
Coconut oil
Salt

Method:

Soak rice and grind it smoothly adding salt. Clean drumstick leaves and add this to the batter and mix well.  Make thin dosas, greasing  with coconut oil .  Serve hot with ulli sammanthi or coconut chutney!

5. Palak Dosa:

Raw rice          : 2 cups
Palak               : 1/4th of a bunch

 Method:

Blanch palak leaves. (put palak leaves in boiled water and wash it with cold water)
Grind soaked rice with blanched palak leaves and salt to a smooth batter.  Make thin dosas with that applying oil to the sides of the dosa and serve it hot with coconut chutney!

 

Chicken Kofta curry

Ingredients:

Chicken breast                    : 2 pcs minced
Onion                                  : 1 finely chopped
Tomatoes                             : 2 chopped
Garam masala pdr               : 1/2 tsp
Chilli pdr                             : 1 tsp
Coriander pdr                      : 1 tsp
Ginger                                 : 1/2 " pc
Garlic                                  : 3 cloves
Green chillies                      : 2no
Turmeric pdr                       : 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves                 : 1cup(chopped)
Bread                                   : 1 slice
Cashews                              : 6 nos. 
Salt to taste
Oil as required

Method: 

To make the koftas

Make bread crumbs with the bread slice by grinding it coarsely in a belnder.
Grind green chillies, ginger and garlic together to a paste. 
Mix chicken mince with salt, a pinch of turmeric pdr, a tsp of chopped onions,a tsp of ginger garlic paste, a pinch of garam masala pdr, a tbsp of chopped coriander leaves and bread crumbs together and make even lemon sized balls.

    Fry these balls in hot oil till golden brown colour, keep aside.

To make the gravy:

Soak cashews in warm water for 10 mins and grind it to a paste.
Grind tomatoes in a blender and make a puree and keep aside.
Heat oil in a kadai, add the balance ginger garlic paste. Fry for 2 secs and add chopped onions. Saute it till brown, reduce the flame and add the chilli pdr, coriander pdr and saute for a minute.
Then add the tomato puree and let it cook on a low flame till the oil separates. Now add the cashew paste along with 1/2 cup of water(according to the consistancy of the gravy) and let it boil for 1 min.

 
 Finally  add the koftas and coriander leaves.
Serve hot with chappathi, parotta or rice.

Palada Pradhaman

                                                              

I used to buy priya brand palada which is very good for palada pradhaman. You can see the instructions on the packet itself.

Ingredients:

Palada                       : 1 pkt

Milk                          : 2 ltrs

Condensed milk       : 1 can

Sugar                        : ½ kg

Cashew                     : 10 pcs

Raisins                      : 2 tbsp

Caradamom              : 5 pods

Ghee                         : 1 tbsp

Method:

Soak the palada in hot water for 20 mins.  Drain the water.  Rinse it with cold water.

In a thick bottomed pan add milk and palada and cook till the palada becomes soft.

Mix the condensed milk with 1 cup of water and pour this to the palada. Add sugar and let it boil. Stir it frequently to avoid burning the bottom of the vessel. When the payasam is thickening remove from the fire.

Fry the cashews (broken) and raisins in the ghee and pour it over the payasam. Grind the cardamom along with 1 tbsp of sugar and sprinkle it over the payasam. Serve it hot or cold.

 

Badam kheer

Ingredients:

Badam                       : 1 cup

Sugar                          : ½ cup

Milk                            : 2 cups

Condensed milk      : ½ cup(optional)

Badam flakes           : 1 tbsp

Cardamom                : 3 pods

Method:

Soak badam in water for 1 hour. Then remove the skin and grind it to a smooth paste.

Mix this with milk and boil it for 5 mins. Stir it

and add the condensed milk  and sugar. 

Cook it for 2 more mins stirring  frequently.

Remove from fire. Powder the cardamom and add this to the kheer. Cool it,  garnish with badam flakes and serve it.

If you are adding condensed milk  you can adjust sugar as the condensed milk also is sweet.

Chicken fingers

Ingredients:

Chicken (boneless)          : ½ kg

Ginger garlic paste          : 1tsp

Salt to taste

Soya sauce                       : ½ tsp

Egg white of 1 egg

Bread crumbs                   : 1 cup

Oil for frying

Method:

Chicken breast is the best part for this dish.

Beat the chicken with a tenderizer to make it soft. Cut the chicken pieces like finger shape.  Marinate the chicken with salt, ginger garlic paste and soya sauce.

Keep it in the fridge for 30 mins.

Take care while adding the salt as the soya sauce is also salty.

Heat oil in a kadai. Dip the chicken piece in egg white and roll it in the breadcrumbs and fry it in hot oil till golden brown. Repeat the same process with the remaining chicken pieces. Serve it with tomato sauce.

Fish curry

Ingredients:

Fish (Mackerals)                        : 6 nos
Eastern fish masala pdr              : 2 tbsp
Turmeric pdr                              : 1/4 tsp
Grated coconut                           : 1 cup
Green chillies                             : 2 nos
Ginger                                        : 1" pc
Garlic                                         : 2 cloves
Tamarind paste                           : 1 tsp
Tomato                                       : 1 no chopped
Shallots                                      : 6 nos
Onion                                         : 1  chopped
Lime juice                                  : 1tsp
Salt to taste
Oil as required
Curry leaves 

Method:

Clean and wash the fish and cut into two pieces.
Marinate the fish pieces with salt, turmeric pdr and lime juice.
Dry roast eastern fish masala till the raw smell goes. Add green chillies, garlic and ginger and shallots to this and grind it to a paste and keep aside.
Grind grated coconut  to a paste and keep aside.

Heat oil in a kadai, add chopped onions and saute it. Add the ground masala to this and saute well. Now add the chopped tomato  and saute again until the oil comes out.  Add the tamarind paste and 2 cups of water  and let it boil for 4 to 5 mins.

Add the coconut paste and mix well. Now add the fish  pieces and cook again for 2 or 3 mins. Garnish with curry leaves and slit green chillies. Serve hot with steamed rice!!

Chicken curry

Ingredients:

Chicken                   : 500gms

Onion                      : 2 chopped

Tomatoes                 : 2 medium

Ginger                     :1" pc

Garlic                      : 2 cloves  

Green chillies          : 2

Turmeric pdr           : 1/4 tsp

Chilli pdr                : 1 tsp

Coriander pdr         : 1 tbsp

Coconut milk          : 1 cup

Salt to taste

Oil as required

Corainder leaves     : 1/2 cup chopped

Method:

Grind ginger, garlic and green chilli to a paste and keep aside.

Marinate chicken pieces with salt, a pinch of turmeric pdr and  a little ginger garlic paste. Keep aside for 20 mins.

Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a kadai and saute the chopped onions till it turns into light pink. Then add the ginger garlic paste to this and saute again for 1 more minute. Now reduce the flame and add the chilli pdr, coriander pdr and turmeric pdr.  Now add the chopped tomatoes, salt and stir it well. When the tomatoes become soggy add the marinated chicken, mix well and close it with a lid and let it cook till the chicken becomes tender. Now add the coconut milk and mix well. Simmer it for a few secs till the gravy becomes thick. Remove from fire  and garnish it  with coriander leaves. Serve it with rice or chappathi.

Egg Roast

Ingredients:

Eggs                                    : 2nos boiled
Onion                                  : 2 medium chopped
Green chilli                         : 1 no
Tomato                                : 1 big

Ginger garlic paste              : 1tsp
Green chilli                         : 1 no
Chilli pdr                             : 1 tbsp
Coriander pdr                      : 1 tbsp
Turmeric pdr                       : 1/4 tsp
Garam masala pdr               : 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves                        : 1 sprig
Salt to taste
Oil as required


Method: 

Mix chiili pdr, coriander pdr and turmeric pdr in 1 tbsp of oil and keep aside.
Heat oil in a kadai, add chopped onion and saute. Then add the ginger garlic paste and saute it well. Add green chilli slited lenthwise.
Add the mixed masala paste to this and stir well and add tomato pieces, salt to this and saute it till the oil seperates.  Finally add the boiled egg to this . Remove from fire when the gravy becomes thick. Garnish with curry leaves.

Chicken 65

Ingredients:


Chicken (boneless)          : 1/2 kg
Turmeric pdr                   : a pinch
Chilli pdr                         : 1tsp
Ginger garlic paste          : 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Lime juice                       : 1 tsp
Egg                                  : 1 no       
Corn flour                        : 1 tbsp
Yoghurt                            : 1tbsp
Oil for frying
Red colour (optional)      : few drops


For garnishing:

Onion                              : 1 cubed
Capsicum                        : 1/2 cup cubed



Method:

Cut the chicken into bite size pieces and wash thoroughly.
Mix all the other ingredients except oil  in a bowl and marinate it for 1 hour.
Heat oil in a kadai, add chicken pieces to this and fry it till the chicken is done.
Remove from the oil.
Fry the onion cubes and capsicum cubes in the same oil.
Garnish the chicken with this fried onion and capsicum and serve hot!

Semiya Payasam

Ingredients:

Vermicelli                    : 1 cup
Milk                             : 1 ltr
Sugar                            :1 cup
Fried cashews              
& Raisins                     : 2 tbsp
Ghee                            : 1 tbsp
Cardamom pdr             : 1/4 tsp
Condensed milk           : 1 cup ( optional)


Method:

Heat ghee in a kadai and fry cashews and raisins and  remove from the kadai. If the vermicelli is not roasted, ( now you can get roasted vermicelli from the market)  roast it in the same remaining ghee and keep aside.

Heat milk in a heavy bottomed pan and add the roasted vermicelli and cook till it become soft.
Keep stirring to prevent it from getting burnt.

Then add sugar and mix  till it dissolves.  Add the condensed milk to this and mix well.  Stir it frequently until it gets slightly thickened. You can adjust the sugar according to your taste, as the condensed milk itself is sweet.
Add the cardamom powder and garnish with fried cashew and raisins.

Palak rice

Ingredients:

Palak                             : 1 bunch
Basmathi rice                : 2 cups
Green chillies                : 2 nos
Ginger garlic paste        : 1 tsp

Onion                             : 1no (chopped finely)
Cinnamon                      : 1/2 " pc
Cloves                            : 3
Cumin seeds                   : 1/4 tsp
Oil                                  : 2 tbsp
Lime juice                      : 1 tsp
Ghee                              : 1 tsp
Fried cashews                : 4 or 5
Salt to taste



Method:

Wash and blanch the palak.  Grind palak with the green chillies to a smooth paste and keep aside.
Wash the rice and soak it for 5 to 10 mins, drain and keep aside.

Heat ghee in a kadai and fry cinnamon and cloves. Add the drained rice to this and saute for a few secs. Then cook it in a rice cooker adding 3 and a half cups of water and required salt. Keep it aside.

Heat oil in kadai, fry cumin seeds. The add chopped onions and saute till it turns pink colour. Then add the ginger garlic paste and saute again. Now add the palak puree to this, add little salt to this and saute till it eaves from the side of the kadai. Now add the cooked rice and mix well. Finally add the lime juice, remove from fire and mix well. Garnish with fried cashews...Serve hot with pappad or chips.