Sunday, May 27, 2012

Kiwi Juice



Ingredients
Kiwi: 10
Sugar: ¾ cup
Chilled water: 7-8 cups
Method of Preparation
Peel the kiwi and put it into the blender.
Add in sugar and water and blend.

Note: I blended the kiwi with seed. It is time consuming to deseed it. It is really healthy and refreshing juice. You can deseed if necessary. You can increase the consistency of water according to your taste.





Friday, May 25, 2012

Egg Stuffed Bread Balls



Ingredients
Bread: 12
Hard Boiled Eggs: 4
Onion: 1 big
Green Chilli: 2
Turmeric powder: a pinch
Boiled and mashed potato: 1
Capsicum: 1 small
Salt: needed
Oil: for deep frying + 3tbsp for sautéing
Method Of Preparation
Heat oil in a pan and add finely chopped onion and salt, when it becomes translucent add green chilli and turmeric powder.
Sauté for a minute and add mashed potato and finely chopped capsicum.
Stir for 2 minutes till it gets well mixed.
Switch off the flame and let it cool.
Cut each hard-boiled egg into three pieces.
Take little water in a flat bowl.
Dip the bread piece in water and place the bread flat on the palm and squeeze the water from it by using both palms. (You can cut the edges of the bread if needed)
Then put one egg piece in the middle of bread and add some potato mix on top of it and roll the bread into a ball gently and carefully.
Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the balls till all sides become reddish brown color.
Note: The oil should not be too hot while placing the bread ball.








Thursday, May 24, 2012

Egg Omelette Curry



Ingredients
Egg: 2
Shallots: 20
Garlic cloves: 5
Ginger: 1” piece
Tomato: 1 small
Coriander powder: 1 ½ tbsp
Chilli powder: 1tbsp
Turmeric Powder: 1tsp
Garam Masala: 1tsp
Coconut Oil: 3tbsp
Salt: needed
Coconut Milk Powder: 4tbsp
Curry leaves: few
Coriander leaves: 1 string
Method of Preparation
Grind coarsely or crush shallots, garlic and ginger.
Heat oil in a pan; add in the above crushed shallots, garlic cloves and ginger.
Sauté to about 4-5 minutes in low flame.
Then add in the coriander powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder and garam masala.
Sauté for a while and add chopped tomato and salt.
When tomato gets cooked add 2 ½ cups water and coconut milk powder.
When it boils lower the flame.
Mean while beat the egg and add a bit salt to it and beat again
Heat a greased non stick pan and add the beaten egg and rotate the pan.
Flip it and take out when the egg is done. Cut the omelette into pieces.
When the curry/gravy becomes slightly thick add the omelet pieces to it.
Let it boil and lower the flame and let it be there for 5 more minutes.
Add in curry leaves and coriander leaves and switch off the flame.










Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Watermelon Juice



Ingredients
Watermelon: 1kg
Sugar: 3 tbsp (or as per required)
Rose essence: 1tsp
Method of Preparation
In a blender add peeled and deseeded watermelon, sugar and rose essence.
Blend it for 3 minutes.
Keep chilled and serve chilled.




Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Chicken Fry With Arabic Spice Mix



Ingredients
Chicken boneless: 600gms
Turmeric Powder: 1tsp
Zatar: 1tsp
Garam Masala: 1tsp
Lemon Juice: 3tbsp
Salt: needed
Oil: Shallow frying
Method of Preparation
Cut the chicken into very small pieces and wash and drain and keep aside.
In a bowl take Arabic spice mix powder, turmeric powder, zatar and garam masala powder, lemon juice and salt.
Mix well with hand and add chicken pieces to it.
Keep marinated to about 1 hour.
Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry the chicken pieces in low flame till it is done on all sides.
Decorate with onion and green chilli and serve.




Monday, May 21, 2012

Bread Fruit/Kadachakka-Chicken Masala



Ingredients
Bread Fruit/ Kadachakka: 1
Chicken: 300gms
Onion: 3
Tomato: 1 big
Garlic paste: 2tbsp
Ginger paste: 1tbsp
Green Chilli: 2
Garam Masala: 1tsp
Coriander powder: 2tbsp
Chilli powder: 1tbsp
Turmeric powder: 1tsp
Curry leaves: few
Coriander leaves: few
Salt: needed
Coconut oil: 4tbsp

Method of Preparation
Cut breadfruit into small pieces. Keep aside.
Cut the chicken pieces, wash and drain and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion to it.
When onion becomes slightly reddish brown, add in ginger and garlic paste to it.
Sauté for a while and add chopped tomato to it.
When tomato is done add garam masala, coriander powder, turmeric powder and chilli powder.
Saute for a minute and add the chicken pieces. Add ¼ cup water and salt to it.
Lower the flame, when the chicken is 75% cooked add in the bread fruit pieces and increase the flame for sometime .
When it boils lower the flame again and cook till it is done and gravy is thick.
When cooked and gravy becomes thick add chopped green chilli, curry leaves and coriander leaves.
Switch off the flame and close with a lid.
Serve hot with chappathi, roti…






Sunday, May 20, 2012

Crispy Pakora



Ingredients
Besan/ Gram Flour: ¼ cup
Rice flour:  2 ½ tbsp.
Baking Powder: ¼ tsp
Salt: needed
Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp
Onion: 3
Green chilli: 5
Ginger finely chopped: 2tbsp
Curry leaves finely chopped: 3tbsp
Coriander leaves finely chopped: 3tbsp
Oil: for frying
Method of Preparation
In a bowl add finely chopped onion, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves and coriander leaves.
Add salt to it and mix well with hand,
Then add in baking powder, rice flour and gram flour.
Mix well with hand. Sprinkle little water to it and mix well.
Heat oil in a pan, take tea spoons of batter and drop it into the oil.
Once both sides become reddish brown and crispy take out from oil and drain on a kitchen tissue.
Serve hot with tea.
Note: While making pakoras to get it crispier and tastier, always use only little water and also don’t use more gram flour.