Ingredients:
1 cup (150 g) 5 oz Split black gram (urad dal), soaked for 1 hour
1/2 cup (80 g) 2 3/4 oz Bengal gram (chana dat), soaked for 1 hour
Salt to taste 2 tbsp (48 g)
1 1/2 oz Ginger (adrak), chopped
2 tbsp (24 g) Garlic (lasan), chopped
1/2 cup (50 g) 1 1/2 oz Unsalted butter
1/2 cup (100 g) 3 1/2 oz Ghee
1/2 cup (60 g) 2 oz Onions, chopped
6 Green chillies, chopped
50 g (1 3/4 oz) Tomatoes, chopped
1 tbsp (4 g) Mint (puclina) leaves
Preparation:
1. Drain both the grams and cook in 5 cups water in a large pan; add salt. Bring to the boil, reduce heat and keep removing the scum that surfaces.
2. Add l1/2 tbsp ginger and garlic each and unsalted butter. Cook covered until the mixed gram is tender and a little water remains. Remove and mash the mixture against the sides of the pan with a large spoon.
3. Heat the ghee in a pan; add onions and fry until light brown. Add the remaining ginger-garlic, green chillies, tomatoes, and mint leaves. Cook until the tomatoes are mashed. Pour this into the above mixture and stir. Serve hot.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Madras Chicken Curry
Ingredients:
2 lb chicken cubed
2 finely minced onions
3 cloves garlic minced
1 inch ginger minced
4 chopped ripe tomatoes
3 oz vegetable oil
3 gently crushed cardamom pods
6 cloves
2 inch cinnamon stick
1 tbsp. ground coriander
1 tsp. ground turmeric
½ tsp. cumin
½ ground red chillies
½ ground fenugreek
1 tsp. paprika
2 tbsp. lemon
Salt
Preparation:
1. In a deep saucepan heat the oil to a high temperature. Add the onions, fry until the onions take on a rich golden brown.
2. Add ginger and garlic. Stir and cook for a minute. Now add all the spices. Fry for a minute or two.
3. Turn heat to medium-low and add salt, chillies and tomatoes. Fry till tomatoes cook into a paste.
4. Add chicken and coat the chicken with the spices. Saute the chicken and then add a cup of water.
5. Bring the dish to boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes or more. Turn heat on low and cook on low until the meat falls easily off the bone and the curry thickens about 30 minutes.
6. Add a cup of water. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
7. Just before serving, add lemon juice. Serve with rice.
2 lb chicken cubed
2 finely minced onions
3 cloves garlic minced
1 inch ginger minced
4 chopped ripe tomatoes
3 oz vegetable oil
3 gently crushed cardamom pods
6 cloves
2 inch cinnamon stick
1 tbsp. ground coriander
1 tsp. ground turmeric
½ tsp. cumin
½ ground red chillies
½ ground fenugreek
1 tsp. paprika
2 tbsp. lemon
Salt
Preparation:
1. In a deep saucepan heat the oil to a high temperature. Add the onions, fry until the onions take on a rich golden brown.
2. Add ginger and garlic. Stir and cook for a minute. Now add all the spices. Fry for a minute or two.
3. Turn heat to medium-low and add salt, chillies and tomatoes. Fry till tomatoes cook into a paste.
4. Add chicken and coat the chicken with the spices. Saute the chicken and then add a cup of water.
5. Bring the dish to boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes or more. Turn heat on low and cook on low until the meat falls easily off the bone and the curry thickens about 30 minutes.
6. Add a cup of water. Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
7. Just before serving, add lemon juice. Serve with rice.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Mushroom Chilli Fry
Ingredients:
Mushroom 500gm
Chopped onion 1 big
Chopped garlic 5 pods
Chopped ginger 1 inch
Chopped coriander 1 tbsp
Chopped spring onions 2 tbsp
Green chillies slit lengthwise 6 nos
Red chilli powder 1 tspn
Coriander powder 1 tspn
Soya Sauce 1 tspn
Tomato sauce 1 tspn
SweetChilli sauce 1 tspn
Corn flour (mix 1 tspn flour with 2 tspn water)
Oil 4 Tbspn
Salt
Preparation:
1. Cut mushroom into 4 pieces and marinate with 1 tspn of each sauces (soy, tomato,sweetchilli ) and little salt for 15 minutes.
2. Meanwhile chop all the other items and keep ready.
3. Heat big wok with oil, fry slit chillies and keep aside ,then add chopped garlic- fry, ginger- fry, onion – saute for 2 minutes
4. Add 1 tspn of each(soya, tomato, sweetchilli sauce), corn flour mix, stir well, add chilli powder,coriander powder and stir well for 2 minutes.
5. Add marinated mushrooms , stir fry for 5 minutes by occasionally mixing. Check for salt taste ,if required add little. Once you feel mushroom is sort of cooked ,turn off or else it becomes soggy.
6. Add chopped coriander and fried green chillies and mix, garnish with chopped spring onion.
Mushroom 500gm
Chopped onion 1 big
Chopped garlic 5 pods
Chopped ginger 1 inch
Chopped coriander 1 tbsp
Chopped spring onions 2 tbsp
Green chillies slit lengthwise 6 nos
Red chilli powder 1 tspn
Coriander powder 1 tspn
Soya Sauce 1 tspn
Tomato sauce 1 tspn
SweetChilli sauce 1 tspn
Corn flour (mix 1 tspn flour with 2 tspn water)
Oil 4 Tbspn
Salt
Preparation:
1. Cut mushroom into 4 pieces and marinate with 1 tspn of each sauces (soy, tomato,sweetchilli ) and little salt for 15 minutes.
2. Meanwhile chop all the other items and keep ready.
3. Heat big wok with oil, fry slit chillies and keep aside ,then add chopped garlic- fry, ginger- fry, onion – saute for 2 minutes
4. Add 1 tspn of each(soya, tomato, sweetchilli sauce), corn flour mix, stir well, add chilli powder,coriander powder and stir well for 2 minutes.
5. Add marinated mushrooms , stir fry for 5 minutes by occasionally mixing. Check for salt taste ,if required add little. Once you feel mushroom is sort of cooked ,turn off or else it becomes soggy.
6. Add chopped coriander and fried green chillies and mix, garnish with chopped spring onion.
Potato Chops (My fav dish as a kid)
Ingredients:
Potato - 1 Kg
Salt - as desired
Pepper - as desired
Coriander leaves - few - finely chopped
Jeera Powder - half teaspoon
Eggs - 6 nos.
Hard boiled egg - 1 no.
Rava to coat the chops
Preparation :
1. Boil the potatoes until cooked well and mash it thoroughly.
2. Add salt, pepper, chopped coriander, jeera powder to the mashed potato and keep aside.
3. Boil the eggs well and cut into half.
4. Take a small portion of the mashed potato in your hand, put the egg inside it and cover the egg fully with the potato. Do the same for the rest of the eggs.(***Ofcourse you can shape the chops as you like)
5. Finally beat one egg nicely, dip each of the chops into it and then dip in the rava to coat it completely and fry.
Delicious Egg chops are ready!
Potato - 1 Kg
Salt - as desired
Pepper - as desired
Coriander leaves - few - finely chopped
Jeera Powder - half teaspoon
Eggs - 6 nos.
Hard boiled egg - 1 no.
Rava to coat the chops
Preparation :
1. Boil the potatoes until cooked well and mash it thoroughly.
2. Add salt, pepper, chopped coriander, jeera powder to the mashed potato and keep aside.
3. Boil the eggs well and cut into half.
4. Take a small portion of the mashed potato in your hand, put the egg inside it and cover the egg fully with the potato. Do the same for the rest of the eggs.(***Ofcourse you can shape the chops as you like)
5. Finally beat one egg nicely, dip each of the chops into it and then dip in the rava to coat it completely and fry.
Delicious Egg chops are ready!
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