Shrimp/Prawn Curry

Ingredients:

Shrimp/Prawns - 2lbs or 1kg

Onions - 2,chopped

Tomato - 1,chopped

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Coriander powder - 1tbspn

Chilli powder - 1tspn

Green Chillies - 4,chopped

Red Chillies - 3

Cumin/jeera - 2tspn

Vinegar - 2tbspn

Warm water - 2tbspn

Coconut - 1cup,grated

Turmeric powder - 1/4tspn

Ginger garlic paste - 1tbspn

Cloves,Cardomom,cinamon,bayleaf - 2 each

Corainder leaves - for garnishing

Method:

1. Soak the cumin and R.Chillies in Vinegar and warm water

2. Grind the soaked items with coconut and tomato to a fine paste and finally add 4-5 raw shrimps and grind it.

3. Heat the oil in a skillet,add the whole garam masala and fry for a minute

4. Add the onions,G.Chillies,C.leaves and fry for couple of minutes then add the ginger garlic paste,turmeric powder

5. Now add the ground paste and fry for 3mins without adding any water

6. When the oil gets seperated from the mixture,add the corainder,chilli powder and fry for a minute and add some water to it

7. When it comes to a boil,add the shrimp and the coriander leaves and let it cook for 2mins and cover it

8. Add fresly ground pepper and coriander leaves when serving with Roti's or Rice.

Paella - Spanish Rice

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1 lb

Shrimp - 1 lb

Rice - 1 cup ,preferably long grain Rice

Chicken stock - 2-3 cups,preferably low-sodium and fat free

Onion - 1,chopped

Tomatoes - 2,Chopped

Red Bell Pepper - 11/2,thinly sliced

Frozen peas - 1/2cup

Chilli powder - 1tspn

Turmeric powder - 1/2tspn

Coriander powder -1tspn

Black pepper powder - 1 + 1tspn

Oil & Salt - to taste

Coriander leaves - for garnishing

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a wide skillet

2.Fry the onions until transulent and add the Tomatoes,fry for 1min

3.Add chicken and half salt to it and cover the pan for 2mins

4.Now add the powders ,Bell pepper fry for a min and add the rice,Peas,chicken stock

5.Mix it well and cover and cook until the rice is done

6.In the Meanwhile , Heat the oil in a seperate pan,add the Shrimp and season with salt and pepper ,toss it and cook for 2-3mins.(Do not over cook the shrimp)

7.When the rice is done,mix the cooked shrimp in to the pan and cover it.finally switch off the flame right away.

8.When serving, garnish with remaining pepper and coriander leaves.

Note: Any kind of meat or Sea-food can also include in this rice.

Garlic-Egg Fried Rice

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice -1 1/2cup ,preferably Refridgerated
Garlic - 4 big cloves,Grated or finely chopped
Onion - 1/2 medium ,Chopped
Frozen Veggies - 1/4 cup(Carrots,Peas)
Egg - 5
Soy sauce - 1+1 tbspn
Chilli Garlic Paste - 1 tspn+2 tbspn
Scallion/Green Onion - 2 sticks
Salt - to taste
Pepper - to taste
Olive Oil - 2+1 tspn

Method:

1. Heat the 1 tbspn oil in a Pan and fry the Grated Garlic in a very low flame for 2mins and add the onions , Frozen Veggies,salt to it and cover for 3mins or until the veggies are done.
2.Once the Veggies are done,Remove it from flame and tranfer to different bowl.
3.Mix the Eggs with 2 tbspn oil,salt,1 tbspn Soy sauce,1 tspn Chilli Garlic paste in a cup and pour it in the same pan,leave it for 1min in a medium flame and scrammble the eggs into pieces.

4.When its done,add the Veggies,cooked Rice ,Remaining ingredients to it and toss for couple of times and cover it for 2mins or until the Rice gets Seasoned.
5.Garnish with Scallions.

Authentic Pallipalayam Chicken/Aasari Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken Breast - 1 lb/1/2kg -Preferably boneless,skinless(Cut into small 1-inch pieces)
Onion - 1(small),chopped
Red chillies - 2(cut into half,seeded)+16(cut into 1/2inch pieces,seedless) or to taste
Salt - to taste
Oil - as required

Method:

Heat the oil in pan,add 2(cut into half) Red chilles and Onion to it and fry for 2mins
Now add the Chicken,salt and the remaining red chillies at the same time and turn the flame into low and cook it for 20-30mins or until the chicken tends-Do not cover.

It goes well with White Rice.Simple and Easy.Try out soon.Very YUM!!!!

Crab Masala-Chettinad Style

CHETTINAD CRAB MASALA- Sounds Interesting to Crab lovers..
I wont prefer Crab eating/Cooking for long time..But my hubby,crazy of Crabs,rather I would say, mostly all the seafoods..Really, I have no idea of Crab.One of my friend(MUTHU),Contacted me after very looong time,and she is from Core Chettinad and the whole recipe belongs to her's,So you can expect 100% chettinad taste.And you can cook this within 15min or not more than 20mins...Seems very YUM YUM!!!try it soon...

Ingredients:

Crab - 1 lb/ 1/2kg

Onion - 1

Tomato - 2

Garlic - 5

Chilli powder -11/2 tspn

Pepper powder - 2 tspn

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn

Salt - to taste

To Grind:

Ginger - 1 inch

Garlic - 5

Coconut - 3 tb spn

Fennal seeds - 1tspn

Jeera/Cumin - 1tspn

Pepper Corns - 1 tspn

To fry:

Fennal seeds - 1/2 tspn

Pepper - 1/2 tspn

Curry leaves - 1sprig

Oil - as required

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a pan, add all the ingredients to fry(Fennal,pepper ,curryleaves) and toss for 1min

2. Add the nicely chopped onion, garlic, tomato fry for 4 minutes

3. Add all the powders(Chilli,Pepper,Turmeric)

4. Now add the ground masala and fry for 5mins or until the smell leaves out

5. Atlast add the crab( do not add water) and stir it for 5 minutes and keep it in low flame for 5 min,make it to dry.

Enjoy with Rice!!!!!

Note: While washing the Crab,wash 3 times in the cold water and add the turmeric powder cook the crab immediately within 1 hour. If the Crab is in large size, break the legs slightly with meat breaker, it makes easy to serve and eat.

Tomato Briyani

Ingredients:

Tomatoes - 6 Riped,large - cubed

Rice - 1cup

Onion - 1,medium - Chopped

Green Chillies - 6,slit

Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tspn

Curry leaves - 1sprig

Sambar powder - 1tspn

Chilli powder - 1 tspn

Mint leaves - 3,sprigs
Coriander leaves - 2 sprigs
Oil/Ghee - 1tbspn

Mustard seeds - 1/4tspn
Salt - to taste

Lime/lemon - 1/2,sqeeze out the juice

Garam Masala:

fennel seeds - 1/2tspn

Bay leaf - 1

Cinnamon stick - 1/2inch

Cardomom - 2,small

Cloves- 2

Method:

Heat the oil in a Pressure Cooker,pop up the mustard seeds and fry all the whole garam masala for 1min

Add the onions,Curry leaves,Green chillies and fry till the onions become tender

Add ginger-garlic paste,Mint leaves and coriander leaves and fry till the raw smell goes,now add the Tomatoes and fry till it leaves out all its water

Add the Sambar powder,Chilli powder and fry for 2mins.

Now add the water ,Rice and the salt and pressure cook it upto one whistle.

Switch off the stove and open after the pressure leaves out all the air and sprinkle lemon juice and toss the rice once.

Enjoy with Raitha!!!!

Apple Cake

Ingredients:

All-purpose Flour - 1/2cup,70gms

Sugar - 60gms(5 tbspn)

Apple - 4,peeled,cut into 1/4inch sliced

Butter - 60gms, unsalted,melted

Egg - 3,large

Milk - 1/2cup

Vanilla extract - 1tspn

salt- a pinch

Powdered/Confectioners sugar - 2tbspn

Method:

Pre-heat the Oven in 425 degree F.

In a Sauce pan,Melt half of the butter(30gms),Add the apple slices,sugar(3tbsn) and leave it until the apple becomes tender

Mix all the remaining ingredients in the food processor for the batter.

In a baking pan,pour the Apples in the bottom and the batter on top of the Apples.

Bake for 20mins or until the cake is puffed.

Finally Dust with the powdered/Confectioners sugar

Note:Do not open the oven often until 20mins.

Idli Upma

Ingredients:

LeftOver Idli - 6,make it to pieces
Onion - 1/2,medium-chopped
Turmeric powder - 1/4tspn
Green Chillies- 2,slit
Red Chillies- 2,cut into half
Curry leaves- 1 sprig
Mustard Seeds - 1tspn
Channa dhal - 2tspn
Urad Dhal - 1tspn
Oil- as req
Salt- to taste

Method:

Heat the oil in a Pan, let pop-up the mustard seeds,Add Channa dhal,urad dhal fry till it becomes golden brown
Now add the chilles,Onions,curry leaves and fry for 2mins
Now add the Idli pieces,turmeric powder,salt and fry for 3mins in a medium flame.
Enjoy with egg or curd for your Dinner or as a evening snack.

Stuffed Spinach in Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken Breast - 4,thinly sliced for 4cm - check for it,stuffing should be done
Oil - 1 tbspn
Cheese - 1cup (of your choice),I used Parmesan,Chedder Jack and Mozz

Stuffing:

Spinach - 1 bunch-chopped

Jeera/Cumin seeds - 1tspn

Onion - 1,small-Chopped

Chilli powder - 1/4tspn

Black Pepper - 1/2tspn

Coriander Powder - 1/2tspn

cayenne Pepper - 1/2+1/2 tspn or to taste

salt - to taste

Oil - as req

Salsa:

Tomato - 2,large

Onion - 1,large

Salt - to taste

Oil - as req

Method:

Salsa:

Heat the oil in a Pan,Fry the onions till light brown in color and add the Tomatoes and fry till it leaves out its water,add the salt,cayenne pepper to taste and switch it off and keep aside.

Stuffing Process:

1. Heat the oil in a Pan,fry the Jeera/Cumin and let it pop and add onions,fry till it becomes light brown

2. Add the Spinach and all the dry powders to it and fry till it becomes complete dry

Switch off the stove and divide the stuffs into 4.

3. Now Wash the Chicken and slice it into 2 like a open Book,stuff the spinach fry into the Chicken and roll it,lock it with Tooth stick on both Ends.

4. Do the Same steps for all the 4 slices of Chicken and take a broad Non-stick pan,add the oil and fry the Chicken rolls with salt and pepper seasoning till the Chicken becomes Tender.

5.Now take the oven Roasting Pan (14x10 inch),sprinkle some of the cheese in the bottom of the pan and arrange the Chicken on the top.

6.Spread the Salsa on top of the Chicken and add the remaining Cheese.

7.Bake it until the Cheese melts out.

8.Serve it hot.

Note:

Pre-heat the Oven in 350 degree F for 15mins.

Spicy Potato - Oven Roasted

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 6,medium

Salt - to taste

Ground Pepper - 1tspn

Sambar Powder - 2 tspn

Coriander Powder - 1tspn

Garam Masala - 1/4tspn

Method:

Preheat the Oven in 400 degree farenhiet

Cut the Potatoes in thinly lenthwise

Mix all the Masala Powders and Salt to it

Spread it in a Oven Tray and drizzle some Olive oil on it

And cook it for 30 mins and let it cook for another 15mins after tossing it.

Leave until it becomes crispy.

Enjoy this with sidedish of Variety Rice or even as snack in evening time.

Cauliflower-Broccoli Oven Roast fry

Ingredients:

Cauliflower - 1,florets

Broccoli - 1,florets

Lime - 1,juice

Olive oil  - as req.

Ground Pepper powder - to taste

Salt - to taste

Method:

 Boil the Water with little salt and wash the Cauliflower and Broccoli and drain it

Again wash it with the Cold running water.

Now spread that florets into a oven sheet and sprinkle olive oil,lime juice,salt and pepper.

Pre-heat the oven in 400 degree and Roast this for 30-35mins or until it turns Brown-crispy .

Toss it occassionally.

Enjoy for Appetizer with some dippings.

Soup and Chicken Fry

Soup

Soup Ingredients:

Chicken - 2 pounds

Shallots - 10-12

Onion - 1,medium

Tomatoes - 2,medium

Green Chillies - 3

Ginger - 1inch

Garlic - 5cloves

Curry leaves - 1+1 Sprigs

Turmeric powder - 2pinch

Hing - a pinch

Black bell pepper - 1tspn

Cumin/Jeera - 1tspn

Oil - 2tb spn,for frying and for seasoning

Salt- to taste

Method:

Heat the oil in a pan fry the Black pepper,Cumin seeds,Curry leaves,Ginger,Garlic and Shallots till it becomes light brown in color

Let it cool and grind it.

Now Heat the remaining oil in a pan,add the Mustard seeds,Hing and let it splutter then add the Onion,Curry leaves fry for a minute

Then Add the tomatoes,fry till it leaves out the water and add the Half of the Ground masala, Chicken,salt and fry for 3mins

Add 2cups of Water into it and close the lid and cook it for 10mins in medium.

Once the Chicken is Done,Filter the soup and sprinkle the black pepper powder and serve hot.

Garnish with Coriander leaves

Chicken Fry

Ingredients:

Chicken - 2pounds,Take the Filtered Chicken out of the Soup

Cloves- 2

Cinnamon - 1/2inch stick

Bay leaf - 1

Onion - 1,medium

Tomato - 1,large

Curry leaves - 1sprig

Green Chillies - 2,slited

Chicken Masala powder - 2tspn

Ground Masala - Remaining Masala from Soup Version

Salt- to taste(be easy here,though the Chicken Masala will have salt in it)

Oil -  as req.

Method:

Heat the oil in a pan, add the Cloves,Cinnamon,Bay leaf fry till it leaves the aroma

Add the Onion,Curry leaves fry for 2mins,add the Tomatoes fry till it leaves out the water

Now add the Chicken,Ground Masala,Chicken Masala and cover it for 3mins (toss it occassionally)

Garnish with Coriander leaves.

Note:

If you or your kids have running Nose for long time,this Soup is the best.

Add little more pepper while u drink and serve it hot.

Egg Curry

Ingredients:

Egg - 3, boiled and slit into 2

Onion - 1,thinly slit

Tomato - 1,Sliced

Curry leaves - 1sprig

Ginger-Garlic paste - 1tspn

Coriander powder - 11/2tspn

Curry powder- 1/2tspn

Sambar powder - 1/2tspn

Garam Masala-1/4tspn

Mustard Seeds - 1/2tspn

Coriander leaves - 1sprig

Coconut Milk - 1tb spn,Thicker

Method:

Heat the oil in a pan,let the Mustard seeds splut,add the Onions,curry leaves,Ginger-garlic paste

Add Tomatoes and fry until it leaves out its water,then add the Masala powders(Coriander,Curry,Sambar powders) and fry for 2mins

Now Add the Coconut milk and bring it to a boil and add the Egg,leave it for 1min

Finally sprinkle Garam Masala and Coriander leaves for Garnishing.

Thai Basil Fried Rice

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice - 1 cup

Chicken - 11/2 pound(I used Breast Chicken),that taste good for Thai Dishes or preferably Boneless

Fresh Basil leaves - 1cup

Capsicum/Green pepper - 1/2,thinly sliced

Garlic - 6-7 cloves

Green Chillies - 2 or to taste

Fish Sauce - 2 tspn

Oyster Sauce - 1tspn

Salt - just sprinkle,dont add too much,the Sauce will have salt

Oil - 1tb spn

Dry Red chilly Flakes - 1tspn

Method:

Grind the Garlic and Green chillies coresly

Heat the oil in a Wok,add the Ground paste and just toss it and add the Chicken,fry for 4mins in medium flame or until the chicken becomes tender

Now add the sauces(Fish sauce and Oyster sauce) and Capsicum cook for 1min and add the Cooked Rice, toss it until the flavour touches

Now add the Basil leaves and fry for 1min and switch it off.

Garnish or sprinkle Chilly flakes.

Note:

Instead of Grinding the Garlic and Chillies,if you have Mortar,just give a nice press.

Coriander Rice

Ingredients:

Corainder leaves - 6+1+1 sprigs

Cooked Rice - 1cup

Channa Dhal - 2+1tspn

Urad dhal - 1tspn

Black bell Pepper - 1/4tspn

Jeera/Cumin - 1/2tspn

Red chillies - 2

Grated Coconut- 2tspn

Mustard Seeds- 1/2 tspn,for seasoning

Salt- to taste

Oil - 2tspn or as req.

Method:

 Dry roast the following ingredients and Grind it. Channa Dhal(2tspn),Pepper,Jeera,Red chillies,Coriander leaves and finally just toss the Grated Coconut.

Heat the oil in a same pan,splutter the Mustard seeds and add Channa dhal,urad dhal,coriander leaves(1sprig) and fry till the dhal becomes light brown.

Now add the Ground masala and fry for 1min and add the Cooked rice and toss until the flavour touches the rice.

Finally Garnish with remaining Coriander leaves.