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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.

Chicken Briyani using coconut milk

Ingredients : Chicken pieces - 8 Basmati Rice - 1 cup coconut milk of 1 /2 coconut Onion-1, tomato -1 To grind: Coriander leaves -1 big bunch green chilles - 4 cloves - 3 cinnamon - 1 inch garlic - 2 pods ie 2 whole garlic ginger - 1 big piece Method: First grind all the items mentioned to a smooth paste. Fry onion sliced in ghee. Then also fry tomato chopped. Put the ground paste and fry till raw smell goes off. Then put the conout milk and chicken and rice . Transfer to a pressure cooker and add required amount of water and salt. Do not put the weight. First keep on a high flame . When steam starts coming keep on sim for 10 minutes and them remove from fire.

SOYA NUGGETS GRAVY

Ingredients: 1 cup soya chunks 1 big onion chopped 1 big tomato 1/2 coconut grated few coriiander leaves 1 tbsp chicken masala powder Method: Heat 3 cups of water in a vessel till it boils. Now put the soya chunks in the boiled water and soak in this hot water for 10 minutes. Then squeeze the water from each soya chunk and keep aside. Grind the grated coconut into a thick paste. Fry the chopped onions in oil. Then put the chopped tomato and fry for some time. Then put the coconut paste and fry for 2 minutes. Put the soya chunks and put the chicken masala powder. Add more powder if required. Also add little water to make required thick gravy. Put salt for taste. Cook for 10 minutes till soya is cooked . Finally garnish with coriander leaves

CHICKEN COCONUT GRAVY

Ingredients: 1 kg chicken 2 tbsp coriander seeds 1 tsp mustard seeds 2 onions 12 long dry red chillies 1/2 cocunut pinch of turmeric 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp pepper corns 4-5 garlic flakes 4 cloves small ball of tamarind Method : Cut the chicken into medium pieces and marinate the chicken with salt and keep for 15 minutes. Fry the above ingredients in oil for 3-4 minutes. Also fry 1 tbsp boiled rice in oil. Grind both to a paste. In a deep bottomed vessel, pour two tbsp ghee . Fry 1 sliced onion and till brown. Then add 2 chopped tomotoes and fry for another 2 min. Then add he the chicken pieces and fry till the colour of the chicken changes. Then put the ground paste and fry with the pieces for 2 minutes. Add enough water to make gravy and keep for 25 minutes until the chicken is cooked. You can also add potato pieces for the gravy.

TOMATO CHUTNEY

Ingredients: 2 tomatoes ( 2 medium) garlic pod ( 1 small) Jeera - 1/2 tsp Chilli powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Method: Grind to thick paste with little water season with mustard and curry leaves. Garnish with coriander leaves.

RAJMA ( RED KIDNEY BEANS) GRAVY

Ingredients: 2 onions chopped 10 garlic flakes 1 1/2 piece ginger 3 tomatoes garam masala -1/2 tsp chilli powder -1 tsp dhania powder - 2 tsp 1/2 cup coconut 2-3 spices- cloves and cardomom Pepper - 1/2 tsp few coriander leaves. Method : Roast the above ingredients except tomatoes and coriander leaves and grind to a paste. Soak Rajma overnight and boil with littl e salt. Put the ground paste in the boiled rajma and bring to boil. Garnish with coriander leaves. Note : The same method can be used to cook to Kabuli Chana Gravy

FRUIT SALAD

Ingredients: 6 Plantains 1 apple 1 pineapple ( small) 1/2 kg grapes. 1 mango( thotapuri) 1 papaya ( small) 2 oranges 4 tsp sugar Skin or peel all the fruits except grapes.Cut them into small cubes. Drop the bits, together with grapes in a vessel. Mix sugar. Keep in fridge for an hour. Then take out and serve the salad, with a little ice-cream ( method as given) on top in a small glass bowl.