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May 31, 2015
Achari Murg
Yum
Pickle is one of the ingredients in the curry hence the name.
Ingredients:
Boneless Chicken - 500 g(Cut in bite size)
Mustard seeds - ½ tsp.
Cumin seeds - ½ tsp.
Fennel seeds - ½ tsp.
Fenugreek seeds - ½ tsp.
Dried red chillies - 6
Onion, finely sliced - 1 large
Garlic, left whole - 6 cloves
Ginger, grated - 1 inch
Garlic, crushed - 4
Tomato purée - 2 tbsp.
Sugar - 1 tsp.
Water - 200 ml
Lime juice - 3 tbsp.
Lime Pickle - 1 tsp., heaped
Natural Yoghurt - 200g
Oil - 4 tbsp.
Salt as required
Coriander leaves, chopped for garnishing
Method:
Pickle is one of the ingredients in the curry hence the name.
Ingredients:
Boneless Chicken - 500 g(Cut in bite size)
Mustard seeds - ½ tsp.
Cumin seeds - ½ tsp.
Fennel seeds - ½ tsp.
Fenugreek seeds - ½ tsp.
Dried red chillies - 6
Onion, finely sliced - 1 large
Garlic, left whole - 6 cloves
Ginger, grated - 1 inch
Garlic, crushed - 4
Tomato purée - 2 tbsp.
Sugar - 1 tsp.
Water - 200 ml
Lime juice - 3 tbsp.
Lime Pickle - 1 tsp., heaped
Natural Yoghurt - 200g
Oil - 4 tbsp.
Salt as required
Coriander leaves, chopped for garnishing
Method:
- Heat the oil in a deep pan and cook whole garlic cloves until they turn golden brown on all sides.
- Splutter the whole spices and add the sliced onions until they soften. Add the ginger and garlic and sauté for a minute or two.
- Stir in the tomato purée and water. Bring to boil and reduce flame and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the chicken in the above gravy and cook for 50 minutes(until cooked) on low flame.
- Combine the sugar, lime juice, lime pickle and salt.
- Lightly whisk the yoghurt and add it to the gravy keep stirring. Make sure it doesn't split when adding to the gravy. Cook on low flame(not boil) for a few more minutes, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve with ghee rice, mutton biryani, dum biryani or any kind of rice.
May 30, 2015
Ghee Rice
Yum
This is a perfect dish when your pressed for time and you also have a side dish to go with it like a meat based curry like achari chicken or paneer curries.
Ingredients:
Basmati or any long grained rice - 2 cups, washed and drained
Ghee - 4 tbsp.
Cashew nuts - 12 broken in small pieces
Raisins - 15
Onion - 1, large, finely sliced
Green chillies - 3, slit length wise
Cloves - 4
Cardamom - 3
Cinnamon stick - 2" stick
Bay leaf - 2
Garam masala powder - ¼ tsp.
Coriander leaves - a few, finely chopped
Salt to taste
Method:
This is a perfect dish when your pressed for time and you also have a side dish to go with it like a meat based curry like achari chicken or paneer curries.
Ingredients:
Basmati or any long grained rice - 2 cups, washed and drained
Ghee - 4 tbsp.
Cashew nuts - 12 broken in small pieces
Raisins - 15
Onion - 1, large, finely sliced
Green chillies - 3, slit length wise
Cloves - 4
Cardamom - 3
Cinnamon stick - 2" stick
Bay leaf - 2
Garam masala powder - ¼ tsp.
Coriander leaves - a few, finely chopped
Salt to taste
Method:
- Heat a heavy bottom vessel and saute the cashew nuts and raisins in 3tbsp. of ghee until golden brown and keep aside.
- Caramelize the sliced onions in the same vessel and keep aside.
- Add another tablespoon of ghee and splutter cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf. Add the green chillies and saute for a minute or two.
- Now add the drained rice and saute for 4 to 5 mins.(Take care not to break the rice)(Do not omit this step)
- Add 3¾ cup of hot water, garam masala and required salt to the rice.
- Once it starts boiling reduce the flame to low setting and cover and cook till the rice is cooked.
- Switch of flame and mix well.
- Garnish with coriander leaves, fried nut and raisins and the caramelized onions and serve.
- Goes well with any meat based curries.
May 24, 2015
Vegetable Stew
Yum
This is a Kerala style dish which is a combination of vegetables cooked in coconut milk and spices served as a side dish for various appams.
Ingredients:
Combination of your choice of vegies cubed (small) - 2 cups
( I used potatoes,peas,corn, green beans,carrot and cauliflower florets)
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 heaped tablespoon
Onion finely sliced - 1 medium sized
Green Chilli - 4 to 5 no.
Cardamom - 3 pods
Cinnamon - 3 or 4 inch piece
Cloves - 3
Black Pepper - 5
Thin Coconut Milk - 1½ cup
Thick Coconut Milk - ¾ cup
Curry leaves - a few sprigs
Oil (Pref. coconut) - 2 tbsp.
Salt as required
Method:
This is a Kerala style dish which is a combination of vegetables cooked in coconut milk and spices served as a side dish for various appams.
Ingredients:
Combination of your choice of vegies cubed (small) - 2 cups
( I used potatoes,peas,corn, green beans,carrot and cauliflower florets)
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 heaped tablespoon
Onion finely sliced - 1 medium sized
Green Chilli - 4 to 5 no.
Cardamom - 3 pods
Cinnamon - 3 or 4 inch piece
Cloves - 3
Black Pepper - 5
Thin Coconut Milk - 1½ cup
Thick Coconut Milk - ¾ cup
Curry leaves - a few sprigs
Oil (Pref. coconut) - 2 tbsp.
Salt as required
Method:
- Heat oil in a deep bottomed pan and splutter the spices and sauté for 3 minutes or so.
- Add the curry leaves, sliced onion, ginger garlic paste and green chillies and sauté till onions turns transparent.
- Combine the mixed vegetables and mix well and add salt to it.
- Add the thin coconut milk and bring to boil.
- Lower the flame and allow to simmer until all the veggies are cooked.
- Once all the vegetables are cooked add the thick coconut milk and simmer for few more minutes(say 4 to 5 min.).
- Remove from flame and serve. Goes well with palappam and vellayappam.