Friday, October 14, 2011

Yellow Pepper Curry




Ingredients:

  1. 4 hot yellow peppers
  2. 3 onions
  3. 1 tomato (optional)
  4. 3 tblsp gram flour
  5. 1/4 cup tamarind juice
  6. 1 tsp channa dal
  7. 1 tsp urad dal
  8. 1 tsp mustard seeds
  9. 2 tblsp oil
  10. a pinch of turmeric powder
  11. a few corriander leaves
  12. salt to taste

How to make Yellow Pepper Curry:

  1. Cut peppers into small pieces, if it is too hot remove some seeds or soak the pepper in the hot water for 5 minutes.
  2. Cut onions and tomato (if you like).
  3. Take a thick bottomed vessel, pour 2 tbsp of oil add channa dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, when it pops, add pepper, onion, tomato pieces to that.
  4. Spray some water and cover with lid.
  5. While cooking add turmeric powder and salt.
  6. Finally add gramflour and tamarind juice.
  7. If you use tomato use less tamarind juice.
  8. Make them boil till flavour comes out.
  9. Finally, garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
  10. You can serve with Chapathy, Poori and Rice.

Egg Kabab




Ingredients:
4 eggs
2 tsp gramflour
1 small onion
2 green chillies
egg white Of 1 egg
1 tbsp mint leaves
1 tbsp green coriander leaves
chilli powder to taste
1/2 tsp black pepper powder or to taste
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

How to make Egg Kabab:

--- Hard-boil the eggs and grate them.
--- Chop chillies, onion, mint and coriander.
--- Combine the grated eggs with all other ingredients except oil.
--- Mix well and knead into a smooth dough. Divide mixture into 10-12 equal portions.
--- Shape each portion into medallions and keep aside.
--- Heat oil in a pan and fry kababs, few at a time, until crisp and golden brown.

Aloo Tikki




Ingredients:

500 gm boiled potato
25 gm chopped ginger
10-15gm chopped green chilly
salt to taste
10 gm garam masala
5 gm coriander powder
10 gm dried mango powder(amchoor)
25 gm cornflour
25 gm oil

How to make Aloo Tikki:

* Add all the ingredients except oil in mashed potato.
* Make small rounds and press them in the centre.
* Now deep fry them until golden brown.
* Serve with chutney.

Bottle Gourd Curry




Ingredients:

1/2 bottle guard (sorraikai)
1 tsp mustard
a bunch of curry leaves
1 tsp.cumin seeds

For Masala:

6 red chilly
2 tsp mustard
1 tsp pepper
2 tsp cumin seeds
4 garlic
a bunch of curry leaves
2 tsp rice
3/4 cup grated coconut
Salt to taste

How to make Bottle Gourd Curry:

* Fry red chilly in little oil. Soak rice in water atleast for an hour.
* Grind fried red chilly, mustard, pepper, cumin, garlic, curry leaves, coconut and soaked rice with little water to a fine paste. Set aside.
* Peel bottle guard and cut them into big pieces. Pressure cook them and keep aside.
* Pour the ground masala in a vessel and add cooked bottle guard. Bring to boil.
* Keep boiling till flavour comes out.
* Season the curry with fried mustard, fried curry leaves and fried cumin seeds. Remove from the flame and serve hot with plain rice.