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Taking a Break for Vacation
2007-10-22 17:11:00 Hi friends, I wish you all a happy and prosperous diwali in advance. I’m going to God’s Own Country on vacation for a couple of weeks. I may or may not respond to your hot ‘n’ spicy comments. See you then. More About: Personal , Break , Vacation , Taking
BeetRoot Pickle (Beetroot Achar)
2007-10-22 17:08:00 Beet is an excellent source of vitamin A and vitamin C.This is an easy and delicious pickle and it can be served with chappathi or rice. Ingredients: Beet (chopped into small pieces) - 200 gms Garlic (cut lengthwise) - 7-8 nos. Green chilly (cut lengthwise)- 3 Ginger (chopped) - 2 tbsp Pickle Powder - 3 tbsp Kashmiri red chilly powder - ... More About: Beetroot , Pickles , Char
Brown Puttu and Potato stew
2007-10-19 08:25:00 Puttu is a speciality of kerala cuisine and a favourite breakfast of keralites.it is served with kadala curry , cherupayar(Green gram)curry,potato stew, pappadam or boiled bananas. .This is considered as an healthier breakfast as brown rice is rich in nutrients & vitamins. Ingredients: Brown rice flour(here I used nirapara chemba puttu flour)- 2 cups Grated coconut - 1 cup Salt Water Preparation: Add salt to wa ter ... More About: Potato
Reliable Blender For Heavy Indian Cooking :)
2007-10-18 11:12:00 I have been looking for a reliable blender and finally found this RELIABLE BLENDER Isn’t this a cool blender for heavy day to day use? This would definitely last long More About: Personal , Cooking , Blender , Indian , Heavy
Mushroom-Matar Miloni
2007-10-17 12:51:00 This recipe is adapted from Nita Mehta’s Great Indian Cooking.This is a less spicy curry and it tastes great with chappathi. Ingredients: Mush room -200 gms Green Peas - 1 cup Ginger - garlic paste - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Kasoori methi powder - 1 tbsp Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp Kashmiri red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp Onion -2 Tomato ... More About: Vegeterian , Matar , Milo
Coconut Burfi
2007-10-16 04:48:00 I have never made coconut burfi before and this is my first attempt at making burfis.This recipe is adapted from a cook book and hope you all will enjoy it.This is my entry to RCI Tamil Festival Event - Diwali Ingredients: Grated coconut - 1 cup Sugar - 2 cups Milk - 1/2 cup Butter - 1/4 tsp cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp Preparation: In ... More About: Coconut , Vegeterian
Vellappam and Green Peas Curry
2007-10-12 09:30:00 Ingredients: Raw Rice - 2 cups Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup Yeast - 1 tsp Rava(semolina) - 1 cup Sugar - 3 tsp Salt Preparation: Soak the rice for 6-8 hrs and drain it. Grind the soaked rice with grated coconut adding enough water in a mixer to a smooth batter. In a pan, heat 1/2 cup of rava with 1 1/2 cup of water on medium flame and keep ... More About: Green , Curry , Peas
Vegetable Kuruma
2007-10-08 16:10:00 Ingredients: Paneer (cut into cubes)- 100 gms Green Peas (boiled) - 1/2 cup Cauliflower - 1/2 cup Baby corn (cut into round pieces) - 4 Pineapple (cut into round pieces) - 2 slices Carrot (cut into round pieces) - 2 French beans ( cut into lengthwise slices) - 4 Onion(big, finely chopped) - 2 Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp Curd - ... More About: Vegetable , Vegeterian
Potato Pickle (Urula kizhangu Achar)
2007-10-04 03:48:00 Ingredients: Potato - 250 gms Gingelly Oil- 3tbsp Mustard seeds -1tsp Garlic(cut into small pieces) -6 flakes Kashmiri chilly powder -2 tbsp Coriander powder -1/4 tsp Jeera powder -1tsp Amchur powder -1/2 tsp Garam masala -1/2 tsp Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp Asafoetida powder - a pinch Tomato paste - 3 tbsp Salt - 2 tsp Vinegar -2 tsp Preparation: Boil potatoes and peel off the skin and cut it to ... More About: Pickles , Char , Pickle , Zhang
Mutter Paneer
2007-10-02 05:39:00 Ingredients: Green Peas(Mutter ) - 2 cups Paneer (cottage cheese)cut into cubes - 250 gms Onion (medium,chopped) - 2 Tomato (medium) - 2 Ginger-Garlic paste - 2 tbsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Red chilly powder - 1 tsp Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp Green chilly (chopped) - 2 kasoori methi powder - 1/4 tsp Salt - to taste Coriander leaves - a few Oil How ... More About: Vegeterian
Makai Paneer( Baby corn and Paneer curry)
2007-09-26 17:09:00 Ingredients: Paneer cubes - 200 gms Baby Corn - 20 nos. Onion (chopped) - 2 Tomato (big,chopped) - 1 Ginger-Garlic paste - 2 tbsp Cumin(jeera) - 1/4 tsp Green chilly - 2 Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp Kashmiri red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp Cashewnut paste - 1 tbsp Salt - to taste Yellow color - a pinch Coriander leaves ... More About: Curry , Vegeterian
Chicken Curry
2007-09-25 02:55:00 Ingredients: Chicken - 1/2 kg Onion (chopped) - 1 Tomato (chopped) - 1 Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup Ginger - 1 piece Garlic flakes - 4 Red chilly powder - 2 tbsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Coriander powder - 1 1/2 tsp Cumin(jeera) - 2 tsp Sugar - 1 1/2 tsp Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp Ghee - 4 tbsp Cashew nuts - 10 Salt Coriander leaves - to ... More About: Curry
Banana Samosa
2007-09-20 16:22:00 Ingredients: All purpose flour(Maida) - 200 gms Butter - 2 tbsp Salt Water Oil Ripened banana - 2 Crushed jaggery (sharkara or Gur) - 1/4 cup Grated coconut - 1/2 cup Preparation: Cut bananas into 2-3 pieces and steam cook. Peel off the skin, cut it through the center and remove those soft black seeds inside it. Mash well using a spoon or something similar and mix it with coconut ... More About: Snacks , Banana , Nana , Amos
Kesari Bhath Aka Rava Kesari
2007-09-13 17:30:00 Ingredients: Semolina (Rava ) - 1 cup Sugar - 2 1/2 cups Ghee - 1 cup Milk - 2 cups Cashew Nuts - 1/4 cup Raisins - 1/4 cups Food Color - A pinch or saffron - a few strands. Cardamom powder Preparation: Heat ghee in a pan and roast cashew and raisins. Now, roast rava and stir continuously on low flame for 5 minutes ... More About: Desserts , Sari
Corn Curry
2007-09-11 14:37:00 Ingredients: Fresh corn kernels - 4 cups Milk - 1 cup Jeera(cumin) seeds - 1 tsp Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Dry red chilly - 2 Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Maida (all purpose flour) - 1 tbsp Asafoetida powder(Hing) - 1/2 tsp Curry leaves - A bunch Green chilly - 2 Ginger - small(1″) piece Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup Oil - 4 tbsp Salt - To taste Preparation: Make a green ... More About: Corn , Vegeterian
Dhania Paneer
2007-09-04 17:23:00 Dhania Paneer is paneer cubes cooked in thick and colorful gravy.This recipe is adapted from Nita Mehta’s ”Great Indian Cooking” with little changes. Ingredients: Paneer (cut into cubes) - 200 gms Cashew nuts (soak in warm water for 15 mins and grind to a paste) - 2 tbsp Onion (Big,finely chopped) - 1 Ginger-Garlic Paste - 2 tsp Coriander powder - 1 tsp Milk - ... More About: Vegeterian
Dal Darbari aka Palak Dal
2007-08-30 01:49:00 Ingredients: Moong Dal - 250gm Palak (Spinach) chopped into small pieces - 1 small bunch Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Red Chilly Powder - 1/2 tsp Green Chilly - 1 Ginger (chopped) - 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeera) - 1/2 tsp Ghee - 2 tsp Preparation Wash daal well and soak in 3 cups of water for 30 minutes Pressure cook with turmeric powder and ... More About: Vegeterian
A cute recognition from my fellow & humble blogger :-)
2007-08-27 08:08:00 I’m so happy and excited to get these two awards from Bharathy at SpicyChilly Thank you very much Bharathy! ”The Rocking Girl Blogger Award” is for blogger’s ,who are girls or women, who blog and who Rock!!.” I would like to pass on this to my friend Seena at Simple And Delicious More About: Cute , Recognition , Humble
A cute recognition from my fellow & humble blogger :-)
2007-08-21 16:38:00 I’m so happy and excited to get this award from Bharathy at SpicyChilly Thank you very much Bharathy! “The Rocking Girl Blogger Award” is for blogger’s ,who are girls or women, who blog and who Rock!!.” I would like to pass on this award to my friend Seena at Simple And Delicious More About: Cute , Recognition , Humble
Rice Gulab Jamun
2007-08-20 15:26:00 Normally, Gulab Jamun’s are shining golden brown made of small thick milk dough balls immersed in sugar syrup and often flavored with cardamom, but the one I’m going to suggest today is totally different. This one is a unique blend of Gulab Jamun as well as everyone’s common - rice. These are rice balls immersed in milk instead of sugar ... More About: Rice , Desserts
Baby Corn Fry
2007-08-13 14:47:00 I’ve been thinking about making something unique in snacks and came up with this one. Needless to say, those who are cholesterol conscious can keep away from such snacks Let’s see how to make this in 15 minutes. Ingredients: Baby Corn -10 Egg(beaten)-1 Red Chilly Powder-1 1/2tsp Turmeric Powder-1/2 tsp Fennel seeds Powder-1/2tsp Besan (chick pea flour)-1 cup Salt (to taste) Coconut Oil Preparation: Slit baby corns Except baby ... More About: Snacks
Reliable blender for heavy Indian Cooking :-)
2007-08-10 15:20:00 I have been looking for a reliable blender and finally found this RELIABLE BLENDER Isn’t this a cool blender for heavy day to day use? This would definitely last long More About: Personal , Cooking , Blender , Indian , Heavy
Hey Folks!
2007-08-08 19:26:00 What do you think about my new website? Thanks!Prajusha More About: Personal
Aloo Roast Curry
2007-08-07 09:35:00 Ingredients: Potato(cut into pieces)-1/2 kg Curd-4 tbsp Red Chilly Powder-3tsp Turmeric Powder-3/4 tsp Coriander Powder-3tsp Jeera Powder-1 tsp Pepper Powder-1/2tsp Garlic pods-7 Ginger-1 small piece Tomato-2 Green Chilly-3 Oil Salt How To Make: Peel and cut the potatoes into cube pieces.Boil potatoes for 5 mins and keep aside.Heat oil in a pan and fry potatoes pieces till brown in colour.Then heat oil in another pan and add ginger- garlic paste.Add ... More About: Curry , Vegeterian , Roast
Simple Mushroom Curry
2007-07-30 16:46:00 Ingredients 1.Mush room s - 500 gms 2.Shallots - 12-15 nos 3.Dry Red Chilly- 6nos 4.Turmeric Powder-1/4 tsp 5.Mustard seeds-1/4 tsp 6.Curry Leaves 7.Oil for frying 8.salt to taste How to Make: Grind red chilly and shallot into a fine paste.Marinate with mushrooms and keep aside for 30 mins. Heat oil in a Pan.Splutter mustard seeds, curry leaves.Then Add chopped shallots and saute well.Add mushrooms ... More About: Vegeterian , Simple
Paneer Vada
2007-07-25 10:23:00 Ingredients: Paneer (cut into cubes)-200gms Besan-1/4 cup Curd-3tbsp Ginger-Garlic paste-1tsp Chilly Powder-1tsp Corn Flour-1tsp Lemon Juice-1tsp JeeraPowder-1 tsp salt How to Make: Make a batter by mixing all the ingredients except paneer cubes.place the paneer cubes in batter mix to coat well for 30 mins. Deep fry in oil. sprinkle Chat masala on top. More About: Snacks
Water Melon Subji
2007-07-18 13:46:00 Usually watermelon is used to flavour summer drinks.This is a special curry with indian spices . It really tastes great and a good curry for chappathi. This is my entry to A Fruit A Month (AFAM) - July. Thanks to Jai & bee for hosting the event Ingredients: water melon-1/2kg Onion(chopped)-1 Tomato(chopped)-1 Green Chilly-2 Ginger-Garlic Paste-1tbsp Chillypowder-1tsp Turmeric Powder-1tsp Coriander Powder-1tsp Garam Masala-1/2tsp Chicken Masala Powder-1/2tsp Curry leaves Salt Oil How ... More About: Water , Melon
Pepper Chicken
2007-07-18 09:47:00 Ingredients: Chicken -1/2 kgOnion(chopped)-2Tomato(chopped)-2Pepper Powder-5 tbspGinger-Garlic paste-2tbspGreen Chilly-2Capsicum(medium)-2Turmeric Powder-1tspCoriander Powder-1tbspChilly Powder-1/2tspSoy sauce-1tspCurry LeavesCoriander LeavesSaltCoconut oil How To Make: Mix chicken pieces well with 4tbsp pepper powder and salt and boil in a pressure cooker for 1 whistle.drain the water into a bowl and keep aside.This water u can use it while cooking. Heat oil in a pan.Add ginger-garlic paste ...
Okra Masala
2007-07-11 09:37:00 Ingredients: Okra -250 gms Onion(chopped)-2 Tomato-2 Green Chilly-2 Ginger-Garlic paste-1 tbsp Cinnamon-1 piece Cloves-2 Bay leaf-1 Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp Jeera-1/4tsp Chilly Powder-1 tsp Coriander Powder-1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder-1/2 tsp kasoori methi powder-1/4 tsp Salt to taste Coriander Leaves Oil-1 cup How to Make: Wash and clean okra well.To avoid stickiness of okra Pat dry with a paper tissue.Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the okra pieces till light brown.place the pieces ... More About: Vegeterian
Butter Paneer masala
More articles from this author:2007-07-05 12:08:00 Ingredients: Paneer -1 cup Big Onion-2 Tomato -2 Green Chilly-1 Ginger-garlic Paste-1 tbsp Almond Paste(u can use cashewnut paste also)-2 tbsp Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp Red Chilly Powder-1tbsp Coriander powder-1/2 tsp Kasoori Methi(Dry fenugreek Leaves) powder-1tbsp Garam Masala-1/4 tsp Coriander leaves Butt er -3tbsp Salt Fresh Cream-1 tbsp How to make: Saute onions,green chilly in little butter till light brown colourand let it cool .Grind it to a thick paste. Make tomato puree by boiling tomatoes in ... More About: Vegeterian 1, 2, 3 |
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