Beef curry

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Description:

             Beef can be grilled, roasted, stirfried .. and all of these tastes good. Lets check out my recipe.

Ingredients:

1. Beef - 500gms

2. Onion - 1

3. Ginger

4. Garlic

5. Pepper powder - 1tsp

6. Chili powder - 1/2tsp

7. Turmeric powder

8. Corinder powder - 1tsp

9. Meat masala - 1tsp

10. Gram masala or we can use home made masala also.

11. Curry leaves

12. Green chili

13. Oil

14. Lemon juice

15. Tomatoes

16. Mustard

17. Salt to taste

Procedure:

                  Take the cleaned beef in a bowl and add the chili powder, turmeric powder, corinder powder, pepper powder, salt into it. Mix everything throughly in the bowl and make sure the beef is coated properly with all the masalas. Leave the beef to marinate for 1-2 hrs. 

                  Chop the tomatoes, ginger, garlic, tomatoes, green chilies and Onions into thin slices. Heat the meat masala and grind it to make a fine paste. Now take a skillet and pour little oil, then splutter mustard and add the curry leaves, chopped ginger, garlic and green chilies. Saute it for few seconds. Next add the onions and saute it till the oinions starts becoming transparent. Now add the tomatoes and cook for few minutes. After that add salt, garam masala and the masala paste that we had made. Allow the curry to boil and also don`t make the curry very watery. Allow the water to evaporate so that the curry will have a thick consistency. Take a cooker and add the marinated beef into it. Add the curry also into the cooker. Mix everything well and check for salt. Add if required. Close the cooker and let 4-5 whistles go. Open the cooker and shift the beef curry to a separate skillet, make it dry if required on low flame. Add the lemon juice also. Beef curry is ready to be served with chapatis, rice, appams etc.

Simple Lady`s finger curry

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Description:

                 This recipe is very simple and easy lady`s finger curry.

Ingredients:

1. Lady`s finger 

2. Onion - 1

3. Tomato - 1 small

4. Green chili(optional)

5. Ginger and garlic

6. Dry red chili.

7. Chili powder - 1/2 tsp

8. Turmeric powder 

9. Coriander powder - 1 or 2 tsp

10. Mustard

11. Curry leaf

12. Coconut milk - .5 cup or even less

13. Salt to taste

Procedure:

                   Wash the lady`s finger and slit it into two halves, again cut the halves into small pieces(any shape is fine). Chop the ginger, garlic and green chilies into small pieces. Cut the onions  into small cube pieces. Take a skillet, pour oil and splutter mustard. Add dry red chilli, curry leaves, ginger, garlic and the green chilies. Saute it for few seconds. Then add the onions and saute till the onions slightly starts getting transparent. Add the lady`s finger and cover the lid to let it cook. After few minutes add the salt, chili powder, Turmeric powder and coriander powder. Mix all the ingredients well. When the lady`s finger is half cooked pour some water and add the tomatoes. Check for salt in between and add if required. When the lady`s finger is almost done, simmer the flame and add little coconut milk. Allow the curry to boil slightly and then turn off the stove. Lady`s finger curry is ready to be served. It goes good with rice, chapatis etc.

Murukku

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         Idiyappam mould with different attachments, the one with single star is used for making murukku.

Description:

                 Murukku is a very common snack made of Urad dal and rice flour. Below is my recipe for this snack.

                   For making the Murukku we require the Murukku mould(same Idiyappam press with different attachment). The mould will be same, but it have different attachments that we get with it. So for making Idiyappam, Murukku etc we use same mould with different attachments. Murukku attachments comes with different number of stars, I use one star attachment.

Ingredients:

1. Rice - 1.5 cup

2. Urad dal(whole/split) - .5 cup

3. Cumin seeds

4. Oil

5. Aluminium foil/ plastic food wrap.

5. Salt to taste

Procedure:

                    Soak the rice in water for 5-6 hours. After that grind the rice to a thick batter. Avoid using water while grinding, or if water is needed then pour very little. The batter should have a thick consistency. Take a pan and add the urad dal. Dry roast the urad dal nicely. Keep on stiring in between so that the urad dal donn`t get burnt. Once it is done, grind the urdal dal to make it a smooth powder. Now take a bowl and add the thick batter into it, then add the urad dal powder. Knead it properly as we do it for Atta(making chapatis). We don`t have to add extra water for kneading because the rice batter already contains moisture. If its difficult to knead then add little water/Coconut milk to knead. Add salt and cumin seeds also while kneading. The dough should be  soft. 

                      Next spread the plastic food wrap on to a surface. Take the murukku press and put a portion of the dough into it. Now press the mould slowly over the plastic food wrap in a circular motion.  We can make 4-5 circular layers or even more. In the same way make murukku with the remaining dough and keep it aside. Take a skillet, pour oil into it for deep frying the murukku. Once the oil is hot add the murukku one by one into the skillet and fry it until both sides gets slight golden color. Fry all the murukkus and keep it in an air tight container. Murukku is ready, hope everyone likes this recipe.

                  

Prawns curry

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Description:

                 Prawns curry can be made in different styles. My recipe here is one of the Prawns curry made in Kerala style.

Ingredients:

1. Prawns - 500gms

2. Onions/Shallots - 1

3. Green chilli

4. Dry red chili

5. Ginger and garlic

6. Tomatoes - 1

7. Kodampulli(Gambooge/Malabar Tamarind) - 2 pieces

8. Chili powder - 1 tsp

9. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

10. Corinder powder - 1 tsp

11. Oil

12. Curry leaves

13. Mustard

13. Salt to taste

Procedure:

                 Clean the prawns and keep it aside marinated with little salt and turmeric powder. Chop the tomatoes and green chilies into small pieces. Crush the ginger and garlic/ we can even cut it to small pieces. Slice the onions into thin pieces.  Take a small pan and pour little oil. Add tumeric powder, chili powder, corrinder powder into it and heat it slightly. Keep on stiring so that it don`t get burned. Now keep it aside to cool down. Once the powders cools down, grind it in a mixer with little water and make a paste. Next is to cook the Prawns. Take  a clay curry pot(also known as chatti) add oil, once oil becomes hot add the chopped green chilies, ginger and garlic. Saute it for few seconds so that the raw smell goes off. Next add the Onions and saute it for sometime. We don`t have to saute till it becomes golden brown. Once the onions starts getting transparent, add the tomatoes and salt. Now close the pot for sometime and allow everything to cook slightly.  Next clean the Kodumpulli(Gambooge/Malabar Tamarind) properly in warm water. Add the ground paste that we had made into the pot and add the kodumpulli`s also. We can add little water, say like half cup into the pot and allow to boil. Once it starts to boil add the prawns. Close the lid and let it cook. Check the salt and add if required.

                Prawns doesn`t need much time to cook. After cooking the prawns for few minutes with the lids closed, next remove the lid and let all the excess water to evaporate on simmer. So that the curry wonn`t have much watery gravy, if we want we can keep it also. For tempering, splutter the mustard and dry red chilies in a different pan and pour it over the prawns curry that is on low flame. Prawns curry is ready to be served with Rice, baked Tapiaco etc. Hope everyone will like this recipe.

Idiyappam(Rice noodles)

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   Idiyappam mould with different attachments, there are 2  attachments with round holes that can be used for making Idiyappam.
Description: 

                   Idiyappam is a very healthy food as its steamed and is made of rice flour/wheat flour, salt and water. It is served as main course for breakfast or dinner and goes good with Egg curry, potato stew etc. I served Idiyappam with Egg curry as you can see in the picture. 

Ingredients:

1. Rice flour - 2 cups

2. Grated coconut

3. Warm water

4. Salt to taste

Procedure:

                 For preparing Idiyappam we require an Idiyappam press, Idili trays and a cooker or steamer. I use cooker to steam the appams. Take the rice flour in a bowl and add salt. Now pour little warm water and knead the rice flour to make it a smooth/soft dough. We can even add little Ghee/butter while heating the water, though its optional. Once the dough is made, take the Idiyappam mould and fill it. Next take the Idili tray and slightly grease it with oil. Now press the Idiyappam mould so that the dough passes through it like noodles.  Once the trays are full, put little grated coconut on the top of the appams. 

                Take the cooker, pour water into it and allow to boil. Once water starts to boil place the Idili tray into the cooker. Steam it for around 4-5 minutes. Idiyappams are ready. Serve it hot with Egg curry, Potato stew etc. Enjoy!

                   

Chicken hamburgers with Onion sauce

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Descriptions:

                    Hamburgers are usually made of  ground Beef, Pork etc. Meat patties are also refered to as Hamburgers or burgers. This burgers can be  placed between sliced breads with Lettuce, mayonaisse etc. In my recipe `m preparing the burger with ground chicken.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken breast - 250 gms

2. Onion - 1

3. Ginger and garlic paste(optional)

4. Green chili(optional)

5. Nutmeg

6. Breadcrums

7. Egg -1 

8. Soya sauce

9. Butter

10. Oil

11. Salt to taste

Description:

               Wash the chicken and cut it into small pieces then put it into a food processor or mixer and mince the chicken. Now put the minced chicken into a bowl and keep aside. Take a pan and pour little oil into it. Take the onion, chop it into small pieces and add it to the pan. Saute the onion untill golden brown. Chop the green chili also into very small pieces if you are using it. Now take the bowl with the chicken and add salt, 3/4th of the saute onion, ginger/garlic paste, chopped green chilies. Knead the mixture properly then add the breadcrums and egg white into the bowl. Mix everything and keep  aside in the fridge for sometime.

                 Now take  the chicken and divide mixture into different portions. Apply little oil on to your hands and take a portion of the chicken. Make a ball and then toss from one hand to another to remove the air in between. Then shape the ball it into  oval  and make indent in the center. Take a pan to fry the hamburger. Pour 1 tsp of oil and place the hamburger. Rotate the meat  in between so that it cooks evenly. Cook it till they are golden brown on both the sides. Next remove any excess oil in the pan and pour 1/2 cup of water. Close the pan with a lid and allow the hamburger to steam and fry untill the water is evaporated. Chicken hamburger is ready. Now lets make the onion sauce

Onion Sauce:

               We took only 3/4th of the saute onion for the hamburger preparation. Take a pan, add little water and soyasauce to it. Next add the remaining saute onions to the pan and cook for few minutes. When it starts to boil add butter and little garlic paste. Onion sauce is ready.

                  Place the hamburger in a plate and pour this onion sauce over it. This hamburger can be also place in between sliced bread, bun etc.

Lotus root sabzi

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Description:

                  Lotus roots are very low in saturated fats and rich in fiber, Vitamin C etc.

Ingredients:

1. Lotus root - 1 

2. Tomatoes or canned tomatoes - 2

3. Corinder powder - 1/2 tsp

4. Chili powder - 1/2 tsp

5. Turmeric powder

6. Ginger/Garlic paste

7. Garam masala

8. Oil

9. Cilantro leaves to garnish

10. Cumin seeds

11. Mustard

12. Salt to taste

Description:

  

                Take the Lotus root, wash and peel off the skin. Cut it into small rounds pieces. Chop the tomatoes into really small pieces. We can use canned tomatoes also, but I prefer to use the fresh tomatoes. Take a pan, pour little oil into it. Add mustard and allow to splutter, then add turmeric powder, cumin seeds,  ginger/garlic paste and stir for few seconds so that the raw taste of ginger/garlic paste will go. Next add the chopped tomatoes, chili powder, corinder powder and salt into the tomatoes. Allow it to cook for few minutes. Then add little water into pan and put the Lotus root. Cover the pan with a lid and allow it to cook for like 10-15 minutes. Give stirs in between and add the garam masala also when its half cooked. After 10-15mnts, when the Lotus roots are cooked and soft, shift it to a serving plate and garnish with cilantro leaves. This sabzi goes good with rice etc.

Sambar Medu vada/Uzhunnu Vada

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Description:

                  This vada can be a teatime snack/breakfast snack along with some masala dosa etc. Vadas are of different types and made with different ingredients as well.

Ingredients:

1. Urad dal - 1.5 cups

2. Crushed black pepper

3. Ginger

4. Green chili - 3

5. Asafoetida - pinch

6. Oil
7. Curry leaves

8. Salt to taste

Procedure:

                     Soak the Urad dal for almost 6-7 hours. Then drain off the water and grind the dal with very less water.  The lesser the water in the batter it will be easy to make the shape. . Chop the green chili and ginger into very small pieces. Now transfer the batter into a bowl,and add salt, pepper powder, green chillies, ginger and Asafoetida . Whip the batter throughly with a spoon.  Take the pan and pour oil for deep frying. Wet your hands and take a scoop of the batter in the hand. Make a small hole in the center of the batter and gently flip it into the oil. Allow both the sides of vadas to get medium golden brown color. Cook on low/medium heat. Repeat the same process for the remaining batter. Serve the hot vadas with chutney/dosa. I served the vadas with some sambar.  Just place the vadas in a serving plate and pour the sambar over it. Sambar medu vada ready to be served.