Shrimp Biryani
In my recent India trip, my sister (sujatha) cooked this biryani for me. Since then I become a big fan of it. The flavors are too good and not overpowering. Recently I’ve tried this recipe and it came out very well. My sister made this biryani with prawn, but I don’t get prawn here. So I made it with shrimp. I love shrimp and I always wanted to try shrimp biryani. This recipe is very easy to make and it tastes as good as chicken biryani. Preparation Time: 45 minutes Serves: 3-4 Spice level: 3 out of 5 Ingredients: Shrimp : 500gms (washed and cleaned) (deshelled) Onion : 2 (medium) (Finely chopped) Basmati Rice : 2 cups (soaked for 20 minutes) Tomato : 2 (finely chopped) Fennel seeds : 2tsp Cinnamon : 1″ Cloves: 3 Bay leaves : 1...
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Chemba Puttu – Brown Rice cake
Puttu is a breakfast dish popular in Kerala and Tamilnadu. Puttu is served with kadalai curry and banana. It can also be served with sugar and banana. It takes very less time to make this dish. Puttu Podi is available in most of the Indian stores here. There are white rice and chemba rice (red rice) podi available. I have used chemba puttu podi for make this dish. Puttu Kutti or Puttu maker is used to make the cylindrical shape puttu. You can also use idli plates to make this dish. Preparation time: 30 minutes No. of servings: 2 to 3 Ingredients: Chemba puttu podi or Brown rice puttu flour – 2 cups Shredded coconut – 1/2 cup Sugar – 4 tbsp Cardamom – 3 nos. Ghee or Clarified butter – 1 tsp Hot water – 1 cup Salt...
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Masala Sodhi/Masala Kozhambu
Sodhi is actually a tirunelveli dish. But this masla sodhi is completely different from that. I got this recipe from my sister. She is a wonderful cook and she is very innovative. She cooks a lot of dishes in her own style and this is one of that kind :). It is very different and I liked it. Here goes the recipe…. Preparation time: 30 minutes No of Servings: 3-4 Spice level: 3 out of 5 Ingredients: Cumin seeds-1/2 tsp Onion-1 cup(finely chopped) Carrot-1/2 Potato-1/2 Chayote squash-1/2 Coconut milk-1/2 cup Tamarind-Pebble size Sambar powder-1/2 tsp(optional) Oil-1 tbsp Salt-to taste Masala to Grind: Channa dhal-1 tbsp Coriander seeds-1 tbsp Red chillies-4(according to spice level) Cumin seeds-1 tsp Method of Preparation: Heat 1 tsp of oil and fry all the masala to grind. Allow it to cool and make it as...
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Banana-Berry Smoothie
Summer is here and market has long lines of fresh fruits. I am a big fan of berries and I know it has some good nutritional value. Smoothies are a great way to consume these delicious fruits on a hot summer day. In addition to berries, banana always adds a nice twist in flavor to a smoothie. From wikipedia: Berry colors are due to natural plant pigments, many of which are polyphenols such as the flavonoids, anthocyanins, and tannins localized mainly in berry skins and seeds. Berry pigments are usually antioxidants in vitro and thus have oxygen radical absorbance capacity (“ORAC”) that is high among plant foods.[2] Together with good nutrient content, ORAC derived in the laboratory distinguishes several berries within a new category of functional foods called “superfruits”. However, there is no physiological evidence established to date that...
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Green Chili Chicken Curry
Green chili chicken curry is simple and easy dish to make. If you are looking to make a chicken side dish for chapati or Chicken biryani . You should give this recipe a try. When I first saw this recipe name, I thought it’s gonna be too spicy. But it was not that spicy and it depends on how many green chilies and how strong the green chilies are. Adding coconut and fennel gives the dish a rich flavor. My sister Kavitha shared this recipe with me. I tried it last week and it came out awesome and tasty. Thanks to her for sharing this recipe with me. Preparation Time: 45 mins No of servings : 4-5 Spice level : 4 out of 5 Ingredients: Chicken : ½ kg (Boneless or with bone) Oil : 3 tbsp Onion :2...
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Spinach Rice/Palak Pulao
I like Spinach a lot. I usually make kootu or some curry with spinach.I thought I could try this spinach rice for a change. I liked it a lot and it is easy to prepare too. Easy tasty lunch box menu 🙂 Preparation time:40 minutes No of Servings: 2 Spice level: 3 out of 5 Ingredients: Basmathi rice-1 cup Spinach-2 cups(chopped) Onions-1 cup(finely chopped) Bay leaves-2 Cumin seeds-1 tsp Ginger garlic paste-1 tbsp Green chillies-2(slit lengthwise) Coriander-1/2 cup(Grind it to paste) Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp Red chilli powder-1 tsp(according to spice level) Coriander powder-2 tsp Garam masala-1/2 tsp Paneer-1/2 cup(fried)(optional) Peas-1/4 cup(optional) Oil-1 tbsp Ghee-1 tbsp Method of Preparation: Soak the basmathi rice for 20 minutes and drain it. Heat ghee in a pan and fry it for 3-4 minutes and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan then...
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Chilli Paneer
Recently, I’ve become very fond of paneer. I am either making lot of paneer dishes or I am trying to clean up my refrigerator by cooking all the paneer bags sitting in my fridge 🙂 Chilli Paneer is one of the popular Indian dish you will find in most of the Indo-chinese restaurants. In my college days whenver we go out for dinner I used to order this. It’s one of my favorite dish. Surprisingly, it is also one of the easy-and-quick dishes to whip up when you are short of time. Ingredients: Paneer cubes : 2 cups Oil : 2tbsp Garlic : 2 tbsp (finely chopped) Ginger : 1 tbsp (finely chopped) Green Chilies : 4 (finely chopped) Lime juice : 1 tbsp Coriander Powder : 2 tsp (optional) Onion : 1 (Medium and finely chopped) Corn flour...
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Idly and Indian Hot Sauce
Idly is a South Indian breakfast dish made of parboiled rice and white lentils. You can find Sambar idly in any restaurant or fast food’s breakfast menu. It is one of my favorite dish too. Once I grind the idly/dosa batter, I don’t have to worry about dinner for a week. Idly with Indian Hot Sauce or chutney is another favorite combination of mine. Here you go… Ingredients for Idly: Par-boiled rice – 4 cups (ponni or sona masoori) Whole urad dal (white lentil) – 1 cup Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp Salt to taste Ingredients for Hot Sauce: Medium size onion – 1 Tomatoes – 2 Garlic pods – 3 Dry red chillies or Chili pepper – 5 (adjust to taste) Tamarind – marble size Curry leaves – 2 tsp Cilantro – 1 cup Sesame oil – 1/4...
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Paneer Sandwich
Paneer is my favourite and I love to try any Paneer recipes. My sister-in-law gave the recipe for this paneer sandwich. I love this paneer sandwich and now I am making this often. It is very easy to make as a quick snack and we can enjoy it for the breakfast too. Preparation time: 20 minutes No of Servings: 2 Spice level: 3 out of 5 Ingredients: Bread-8 slices Paneer-100g(grated) Onion-1/2(finely chopped) Ginger garlic paste-1 tbsp Tomato-1/2(finely chopped) Capsicum-1/4 cup(finely chopped) Red chilli powder-2 tsp(according to spice level) Garam masala-1/2 tsp Salt- to taste Masala to grind: Coriander-1/2 cup Green chilli-2(according to spice level) Salt-to taste. Method of Preparation: Grind coriander, green chillies and salt with very little water and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan and fry the oninon till they become translucent. Add the ginger...
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Matar Paneer – Cottage Cheese and Peas Curry
Matar (peas) Paneer (cottage cheeses) is one of the most popular North Indian dish. And it’s one of my most favorite dishes too. Back home in India, whenever I go to a restaurant I used to order matar paneer or paneer butter masala and naan without skipping a beat. My family and friends used to tease me for it. I always wanted to try matar paneer in my kitchen. I’ve tried Butter paneer masala so many times but never tried matar paneer. So I tried making matar paneer and it came out awesome, if I say so myself. As usual my best critic (my husband) loved it. Try this yummy recipe and definitely you will love it too. Ingredients: Paneer cubes / Cottage cheese : 2 cups (fried paneer) Green Peas : 1/2 cup (I’ve used frozen green peas)...
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Aloo Gobi Mutter Masala – Potato cauliflower Peas Curry
Aloo Gobi Peas Masala is a delicious entrée with potatoes, cauliflower and peas and a perfect blend of spices. It goes well with chapathi as well as rice dishes. Today, I am sharing my version of Aloo-Gobi-Peas masala here. I hope you will like this. Here you go… Preparation time: 45 minutes No. of servings: 4 to 5 Spice level: 3.5 out of 5 Ingredients: Potatoes (medium size) – 3 Cauliflower florets – 2 cups Chopped onions – 1 cup Tomato – 1 Frozen peas – 1/2 cup Chopped green chilly – 2 tbsp Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp Red chilly powder – 1/2 tsp Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp Garam masala – 1/4 tsp Amchur powder – 1/2 tsp Kitchen king masala or Achar Gosht masala – 1/2 tsp Kasoori methi (fenu greek leaves) – 1 tsp...
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Potato Stew
Potato stew is a typical Keralite dish and it is very easy to make. It will be very tasty and it goes well with Aapam and Idiyappam. In a typical stew, they wont add tomatoes. My husband is not a big fan of stew. So I tried making the stew by adding tomatoes. It came out well and now he likes to have it. Preparation time: 15 minutes No of Servings : 3-4 Spice level: 2 out of 5 Ingredients: Coconut milk-1 1/2 cup Potato-1(boiled) Green chillies-5(according to spice level) Garlic-6 cloves Onion-1(finely chopped) Tomato(small size)-1(finely chopped)(optional) Cinnamon-1/2″ Cloves-2 Curry leaves Oil-2 tsp Salt-to taste Method of Preparation: Heat oil in a pan and add cinnamon, cloves,curry leaves, garlic, green chillies followed by the chopped onions and salt. Fry them till they become translucent and add the chopped tomatoes....
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Andhra Mutton Curry / Lamb Curry
This is the first time I am making this style of mutton curry. Recently I had the Andhra style mutton curry at one of my friends place and I got the recipe from her. I’ve made some small changes from the recipe and tried it. It’s a very tasty recipe and it has become one of my favorites now. Ingredients : Mutton/ lamb : 600 gms Onion : 2 (medium) (finely chopped) Tomato : 3 (finely chopped) Oil : 4 tbsp Curry Leaves : 6-7 Coriander Leaves : for garnishing Ginger & Garlic Paste : 1 1/2 tbsp Turmeric powder : 2 tsp Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp Masala To grind : Cloves : 3 Cinnamon : 1″ Bay Leaves : 1 Cardamom : 3 Coconut : 1/4 cup (shredded) Coriander Powder : 1 tbsp Whole red chilies :...
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Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani
Hyderabadi Biryani is a Hyderabadi dish based on basmati rice and goat meat. Popular variations use chicken instead of goat.The blending of Mughlai and Telangana cuisines in the kitchens of the Nizam, ruler of the historic Hyderabad State, resulted in the creation of Hyderabadi Biryani. (From wikipedia) I’ve have had great luck with this biryani recipe in the past but this is the first time I gotta chance to take step by step pics to share it with you. I’ve already posted a different version of Dum Biryani before that required and electric oven but you can make this just on a stove top. There are many different types and versions of regional biryani recipes. And Hyderabadi Dum Biryani is one of the most popular of all. The secret to this version of biryani is to make sure you...
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Egg adai kozhambu – Omelete curry
I have moved to Arkansas recently. I got some new friends and here is the chance to learn more new dishes. One of my friends here made this Egg adai kozhambu. Usually I will make the egg curry with eggs. When my friend made this, I feel it is very different and I asked her the recipe. It is very easy to make and I tried this. It came out very well and we can have it with rice or dosa. Preparation time: 20 minutes No of Servings: 2-3 Spice level 3 out of 5 Ingredients: Eggs-3 Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp Curry leaves-a few Onion-1/2(finely chopped) Turmeric-1/4 tsp Oil-1 tbsp Masala to grind: Cumin seeds-1 tsp Pepper-1/4 tsp Red chillies-3 to 4 Split roasted gram(Dalia)-2 tbsp Coconut-2/3 cup Method of preparation: Heat 1tsp oil in a pan and fry cumin...
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Curd Semiya/Semiya Bagala Bath
I love curd recipes a lot. This curd semiya is very famous in our place. After I made this here , I came to know that many people don’t know about this curd semiya. Instead of making curd rice we can make this curd semiya. It will take just 15 minutes to prepare this dish. It will be very tasty and different too. Preparation time: 20 minutes No of Servings: 2-3 Spice level: 1 out of 5 Ingredients: Semiya(Vermicelli)-1 cup Curd-1 cup Mustard seeds-1 tsp Urad dhal-2 tsp Green chillies-2 Curry leaves-few Coriander leaves-1 tbsp Cashews-6 Oil-2 tsp Salt-to taste Method of Preparation: Heat oil in a pan and fry the semiya in a low flame. Stop frying before it turns to brown. Heat 4 cups of water and allow it to boil. Add the semiya in the boiling water...
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Peanut Butter and Chocolate Frosted Cupcakes
Cupcake has to be the perfect comfort food for a person of any age. Even though I’ve had Cupcakes before I kind of got hooked on to it bad, because of an ex-coworker. She used to make Cupcakes and bring in to work so often that I started craving for it all the time. This is the first time am trying Cupcake and I was a little nervous until I was done with the whole baking. If the pictures are any clue the Cupcakes turned out very well indeed. I did have a hard time with the peanut butter and chocolate frosting to look good for the pictures, but after a few tries they came out okay. Ingredients: Vanilla Cupcakes: All purpose flour : 3 cups Baking powder : 2 tsp Vanilla extract : 2 tsp Milk : 1...
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Rice stuffed capsicum
My husband usually comes for the lunch. When I opened the refrigerator I found nothing except for the bell peppers and tomatoes. I was wondering what to make and I thought I could try something different which is very simple too. I tried this rice stuffed inside the capsicum and it came out very well. The tomato and mint flavored rice along with capsicum gives an awesome taste 🙂 Preparation time : 50 minutes No of servings: 2 Spice level: 3 out of 5 Ingredients: Bell peppers-4 Cinnamon stick-1/2″ Cloves-2 Bay leaves-1 Cumin seeds-1 tsp Onion-1(medium size finely chopped) Tomatoes-3( finely chopped) Mint leaves-1/3 cup Coconut milk-1/2 cup Coriander leaves- 3 tbsp Basmathi rice-1 cup Water-1 1/4 cup Oil-2 tbsp Salt-to taste Ingredients to grind: Green chillies-4(according to the spice level) Ginger-1″ Garlic-3 cloves Method of preparation: Soak the...
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