Capsicum and Potato Curry

Ingredients

Capsicum                     3

Potato                          2

Onion                           1 small

Mustard Seeds             1 tsp

Chilly Powder              1 tsp

Turmeric Powder         1/4tsp

Oil                               as required

Curry leaves                1 stem

Preparation

Cut potatoes and capsicum in to small pieces (same length).

Splutter mustard seeds.

Fry finely chopped onion and curry leaves in 2 tbsp oil till golden brown

Add chilly and turmeric powder.

Add the vegetables to the above mix and cook till vegetables are cooked.

Dal Curry

Ingredients

Toor Dal                                 250 grams

Curry leaves                            a few leaves

Red Chilies                             2

Mustard                                  ½ tsp

Cumin Seeds                           ¼ tsp

Garlic                                      4 pieces (optional)

Small onion                             7 pieces cut into small pieces

Coriander Leaves                    1 tbsp finely hopped

Preparation

Cook dal with turmeric and salt.

Heat oil in a pan; Add red chilies, mustard seeds and cumin seed.

Add chopped garlic, small onion and curry leaves.

Fry till golden brown.

Add cooked dal to above mix and allow it to boil.

Garnish with coriander leaves (if required)..

Easy Rasam

 

Ingredients

Toor Dal                                  ½ cup

Green chillies                            4

Tomato                                    1

Turmeric Powder                     1 tsp

Tamarind                                 1 lime size

Jaggery                                    a little (optional)

Red Chillies                             2

Mustard                                   ½ tsp

Asafoeteda                              ¼ tsp

Cumin Seeds                           ½ tsp

Fenugreek                               ¼ tsp

Curry Leaves                           a a few leaves

Coriander Leaves                    1 tbsp finely hopped

Garlic                                      4 pieces (optional)

Salt                                          to taste

Oil                                           1 tbsp 

Method

Cook dal with turmeric and green chilies and cut tomato. 

Extract tamarind juice after soaking it in water. 

Add this to the dal with salt and sufficient water. 

Boil for some time. 

Heat oil in a pan, add red chilies broken into two, add mustard and asafoeteda. 

When mustard splutters, add the mashed garlic and fry till golden brown. 

Now add cumin seeds, funugreek and curry leaves. 

Add the seasoning to the rasam. 

Granish with coriander leaves. 

Add little jaggery if required while boiling.

Kerala Red Fish Curry (Meen Patichathu)

 This curry can be used with kappa (tapioca) or  rice

Ingredients:
Fish                            1/2kg cut in to small size pieces
Red Chilly Powder      3 tblsp
Turmeric Powder        1 tbsp
Coriander Powder      1tsp
Cocum/kudampuli       2,3 pieces
Mustard seeds             1 tsp
Ginger                         1 small piece
Garlic                          6 to 7 pods
Fenugreek (Uluva)      ½ tsp
Small onion                 3 pieces
Curry leaves               2 stems
Salt                            As required
Coconut oil                As required

Preparation:
Mix the powders (chilly, turmeric and coriander) with little water in a small bowl to make a thick paste.
Soak cocum in 1/4^th of a cup for 10 min
Heat the oil in an earthen pot. Splutter mustard and fenugreek seeds
Add chopped garlic, ginger and small onion to the hot oil.
When it becomes brown, Add the masala paste and fry it till the raw smell is gone. (or till oil starts appearing).
Add cocum along with enough water for gravy.
When it starts boiling, add fish pieces to it.
Cook till the fish is cooked well and gravy becomes thick.
Put curry leaves on top of the curry and add few drops of coconut oil.
Close the pot with a lid and switch of the flame.

Parippu Vada recipe

Ingredients

Tuvar /channa dal parippu       2 cups

Ginger                                    1tsp

Onion                                     1 small onion chopped to very small pieces

asafoitida                                1 pinch

green chillies                           2

Red chillies                             2

Curry leaves                          2 stems (leaves finely chopped)

Salt                                       as required

Oil                                         for fry

Preparation:

Soak dal for 2 - 3 hours. Drain well to remove entire water.

Grind the soak dal and red chillies and salt in a mixer grinder.

The dal should be ground to a coarse paste - even if some dal remains not ground, its okay.

Do not add extra water

Mix the chopped onion, green chili, ginger, curry leaves and mix well.
Make small balls of this mixture

Take a small plastic cover and pat with little oil.

Put small amount of the dal mixture to this plastic cover and flatten to a round shape.

Deep fry the vada in hot oil in medium flame till both sides become golden brown color.

Remove from oil and drain.

Enjoy your vada with hot coffee/tea

Chicken Fry

Ingredients

Chicken                           1 kg

Pepper Powder                1 tbsp

Chilli Powder                   2 tbsp

Turmeric Powder             1 tsp

Salt                                 As required

Ginger/Garlic paste         1 tbsp

Vinegar                          2 tbl spoon

Preparation

Marinate chicken pieces with all the above ingredients.

Keep it aside for 15 min to 30 min.

Deep fry the chicken pieces.

Beef Fry

Ingredients

Beef                                1 kg

Pepper Powder               1 tbsp

Chilli Powder                   2 tbsp

Turmeric Powder             1 tsp

Coriander Powder           1 tblsp

Salt                                 As required

Ginger/Garlic paste         1 tbsp

Vinegar                           2tbl spoon

Curry Leaves                  1 pod

Garlic                             10 pods

Small onion                     15

Preparation

Mix cleaned beef with pepper powder, chilly powder, Turmeric powder, 

coriander powder, salt, ginger/garlic paste and vinegar.

Pressure cook it till the beef is cooked well (8 to 9 whistles in medium flame).

Heat the oil in a pan. Add curry leaves and garlic pods.

Add beef to the oil and fry it in medium flame till dark brown

Pour little amount of vinegar to the beef to add up more taste.

NFC (Neena’s Fried Chicken)!

Ingredients:

Chicken                         ½ kg

Maida                            1 cup

Pepper Powder               1 tbsp

Salt                                 as required

Ginger/Garlic paste        1 tsp

Vinegar                          1tbl spoon

Preparation

Marinate chicken pieces with Ginger/Garlic paste and vinegar.

Mix maida flour(All purpose flour), Pepper powder and salt in a bowl.

Add marinated chicken pieces to the above maida mixture.

Shake well to make the powder mix well with chicken 

Keep the marinated chicken aside for 15 min.

Fry these chicken pieces in low flame.

Enjoy KFC like chicken!

Pepper Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken                       1kg
Onion                           4
Ginger/Garlic paste     1 tbl spoon
Salt                              As required
Turmeric powder        1tsp
Curry leaves                2 stems
Pepper Powder            2tbl

Vinegar                       2tbl spoon

Preparation
Fry chopped onions till golden brown. 

Add ginger/garlic and curry leaves paste to it.

Add pepper powder and turmeric powder and saute well.

Add cleaned chicken pieces and enough salt and vinegar to this and wait till chicken is cooked well.

Bread Uppuma

Ingredients:
Bread                           1 packet
Onion                           1
Green Chilly                  2 nos
Mustard seeds              1tsp
Curry leaves                 1 stem
Oil                                As required




Preparation:
Grind bread in mixer to make it small pieces.
Put pan in stove and add oil. Splutter mustard seeds.
Add onions, green chilly ad curry leaves.
When it become brown, add bread pieces to it and
sprinkle little water and cook for 10 mins in low flame.

You can add left over chicken curry or chicken pieces to above for making chicken Uppuma!

Or add cooked vegetables to make it Vegetable bread uppuma