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Dal Fry

Ingredients Green gram dal (Moong Dal) - 2 tea cups Onion : 2 Tomato-1 Mustard seeds: few Garlic flakes - 3  Green chilli - 1 Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Dry Red chilli-1 Ginger - 1/2 " Curry leaves - 1 sprig Coriander leaves - few Oil -2 tbsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Method : Wash and cook the moong dal till 3/4 cooked. In a frying pan, heat oil, add mustard seeds, add dry red chillies , cumin seeds . Then add chopped onion fry nicely till it turns white. Now add chopped tomatoes,  garlic chopped, Turmeric and ginger pieces. Fry nicely till tomatoes become soft.  Add this mixture to the dal which is cooked 3/4 th. Cover the vessel with a lid and cook on sim for 10 minutes or till dal is cooked. Garnish with coriander leaves Serve with Rice or chapathi

Prawns and Potato gravy

Ingredients: Prawns - 15 nos Potatoes -3 Grind to fine paste 1. Coconut gratings of half coconut 2. Coriander seeds - 1 tsp 3. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp 4. Mustard seeds - pinch 5. Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp 6. Peppercorns -3 7. Onion - 1/2 8.Tamarind - marble size 9. Red Chillies - 4 METHOD: Wash and devine the prawns . Cut the potatoes into medium pieces and cook along with prawns adding one big cup of water and salt. When the prawns and potatoes are cooked, add the ground masala and cook for another 5 minutes. Also add salt and water if required. Serve with Rice Note : Instead of potatoes you can add ladies finger or ash gourd

Chicken Biryani with Mint (Pudina) Leaves

Ingredients:- Chicken - 8 to 10 pieces Basmati Rice - 2 cups Onions -2 Sliced Tomato- 2 chopped Mint/Pudina leaves - 1 big bunch Coriander Leaves - few Green Chillies - 2 Cloves -4, cardomom -2,  cinnamon  stick -1 Bay leaf -1 Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp Turmeric -1 tsp Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp Curds - 1/2 cup Method: Soak basmati Rice in water for 10 minutes Wash Chicken pices add little salt mix and keep aside Grind  Mint,Coriander leaves and green chillies to a fine paste In a deep frying pan , heat oil and ghee, add spices, bay leaf Then add onion sliced fry till translucent.  Add ginger garlic paste and fry for sometime. Add tomato chopped and fry till mushy.  Add the ground paste and fry till raw smell goes off. Then add curds, Turmeric and chilli powder and the chicken pieces. Add salt. Cook for 10 minutes Transfer the above chicken contents to a pressure cooker. Then add the soaked Basmati Rice. Add 1 cup water and salt if required and take 1 whistl

Spicy Chicken Gravy

Ingredients Chicken - 1 kg Onion - 2 Tomato - 2 Curry leaves - 2 sprigs Turmeric - 1 tsp Coriander leaves - few To Grind Coconut gratings-1/2 of 1 coconut Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp Cumin  /jeera - 1 tsp Red chillies - 12 Methi /fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp Pepper- 1/2 tsp Cloves -4-5 Cinnamon stick - 1 inch Method 1. Wash the chicken pieces. Add little salt and keep aside 2. In a frying pan , put little oil and fry all the items mentioned "to grind" slightly for 3 minutes on low flame. Then Grind to a smooth paste. 3. In a big vessel, put 3 tbsp oil and 2 tbsp ghee  . When it starts heating add the chopped onions and fry till colour changes from pink to white. Then add tomato and fry for 2 min . 4. Now add the chicken pieces fry for 2 min. Then add Turmeric powder and curry leaves. Add the ground masala with 1 cup of water and salt . Cook for 30 min on medium flame stirring occasionally. 5. Garnish with coriander leaves Serve with Rice or chapathi

Instant Vegetable Sambar

Ingredients Tur dal- 1 small cup Carrots -3 Beans- 10 nos Potatoes-2 Brinjal-2 Drumsticks-2 Onion-1 Turmeric -1 tsp Tamarind - marble size Sambar powder - 2tbsp( available in  the market) Salt Curry leaves few , coriander leaves - few Method: 1. Chop the vegetables to medium size and boil in a pressure cooker along with tur dal sliced onion and little salt ( take 2 whistles) 2. Transfer the cooked dal and vegetables into a vessel and keep on a gas stove on medium flame. Add Turmeric, salt and extract juice of Tamarind by dissolving Tamarind in water and add the Tamarind water . Then add Sambar powder. Stir nicely and let it cook for 5 minutes. 3. Finally season the Sambar - in a frying pan by heating 1 tbsp cooking oil , add mustard seeds let it crackle,  crushed 2 flakes garlic , curry leaves and 2 dried red chillies( whole) and pour this seasoning in to the sambar. Also add few chopped coriander leaves. 4. Serve with hot steamed rice

Chocolate Cake in Microwave Oven

Ingredients: Eggs - 2nos Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp Oil - 1/2 cup Maida - 1/2 cup Baking powder - 1tsp Sugar powder - 1/2 cup Cocoa powder - 4 tsp cashewnuts - 3 tsp, almonds 1/4 cup crushed 1. Break Eggs. Beat nicely till fluffy 2. Add 1 tsp vanilla essence mix 3. Add  oil to the mixture. Beat nicely 4. Gradually add maida and mix well. Sltir in one direction only 5. Now add sugar powder, baking powder and stir till you get smooth mixture. 6. Add cocoa powder mix well and add nuts 7. Grease baking tray with oil and sprinkle maida and spread it across the tray. 8. Pour the mixture in the baking tray. 9. Preheat the oven in convection mode to 180 degree . Bake for 20 min. 10. Spread chocolate syrup on the cake once the cake done.

RAVA LADDOO

Ingredients Rava ( Semolina)  - 1/4 kg  Sugar - 1/4 kg cashewnuts fried in ghee little cardomom powder coconut grated - 1 cup Milk - 1/2 litre boiled and hot. Fry Rava in ghee till , light brown. Powder sugar in a mixer.  Mix together t Rava, Sugar, cashewnuts , cardomom coconut grated . Pour hot milk little by little and make round balls immediately. Let it cool for 1 hour and rava ladoos are ready.