Prawns and Peas Masala Curry / Prawns Curry Recipe

Ingredients
Onion - 2 medium suze onions
Green peas - 1/2 kg
Prawns - 200 gm
Green chilli - 1
Few chopped curry leaves
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Tomato - 2
Red chilli powder as per taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Corriander powder - 1 tsp
Salt as per taste
Few chopped corriander leaves

Method
Clean and wash prawns and keep aside.
Heat 2 tbl.sp of oil in a pan,  and add 2 onions chopped, green chilli one chopped, few chopped curry leaves and little salt and cook till it becomes soft.
Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds till the raw smell goes.
Add 2 chopped tomatoes and cook till it becomes soft.
Add all the powdered masala and stir fry for few seconds. Add Green peas, mix it well, add little water and cook till it becomes soft. Add prawns and corriander leaves and mix it and let it cook for 2 minutes.
Sprinkle little garam masala, mix it well and cook for few seconds.
Serve hot with chapati or rice.

Corn And Mushroom Tart

Ingredients

For making dough

Maida flour/all purpose flour -

Butter - 100 gm



For the stuffing

Garlic - 5 to 6 chopped

Spring onion bulbs-  4 to 5

Spring onion leaves

Corn - 1 cup

Red pepper - 1/2

Yellow pepper - 1/2

Green pepper - 1/2

Mushroom - 1 cup

Cream cheese - 2 to 3 tbl.sp

Eggs - 3

Oregano - 1 tsp

Chilli flakes - 1 tsp

Salt and pepper as per taste



Method

In a bowl take all purpose flour and butter at room temperature and mix it well till it froms like bread crumbs. Then add water and knead it to a dough. Refrigerate it for 10 minutes.



Heat a tbl.sp of olive oil and to it add chopped garlic and cook  for few seconds.

Then add chopped spring onion bulbs and saute till it becomes soft. Add all the vegetables , oregano, chilli flakes, salt and cook till it becomes dry.

In the end add chopped spring onion leaves, mix it and off the flame.



In another bowl beat three eggs and cream cheese, salt and pepper and mix it well.

Take out the dough and  roll it half inch thick. Cut small circle and place it in the tart. First grease the tart with oil.Prick the  tart with a fork so that it does not puff up. Bake it in the oven at 180 degree celcius for 10 minutes. Unmould it and  put the stuffing and pour a tbl.sp of  egg mixture and again bake it at 180 degree celcius till egg is cooked. Serve hot.

Kanchipuram Idli

Ingredients

Rice – 1 cup

Parboiled rice – 1 cup

Urad dal/black gram
dal – 1 cup

Poha/rice flakes – ½
cup

Fenugreek seed – ½ tsp

Salt as per taste

Ginger – 1 tsp

Turmeric powder – ½
tsp

For tempering

Mustard seed – 1 tsp

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Chana dal – 2 tsp

Urad dal – 2 salt

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Whole pepper – 2 tsp

Asafoetida – ¼ tsp

Few curry leaves

Method

Wash and soak rice,
par boiled rice and urad dal in water for 3 to 4 hours. Soak rice flakes in
water for half an hour.

Blend it in a
blender along with rice flakes. Cover
and let it ferment for 10 to 12 hours.

Next day to it add
ginger powder, turmeric powder and salt. Mix it well and temper it with the
ingredients given.

Take idli mould. Grease
it with oil and pout the batter. Steam it for 10 to 12 minutes. Serve hot with
coconut chutney.

Veg Paratha with Egg

Ingredients
Wheat flour dough
Onion - 1 medium size chopped
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Small bunch of chopped spinach leaves and fenugreek leaves
Roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
Salt and red chilli powder as per taste
Egg - 2

Method
Heat oil in a pan, add onion and saute till it becomes translucent.
Add spinach leaves and fenugreek leaves and cook till it is reduced.
Take it out in a bowl and add ginger garlic paste, cumin powder, salt and chilli powder and half of  beaten egg.
Mix it well.
Roll two chapati. On one spread a spoonful of this mixture and cover it with another chapati. Cook on both the sides. Brush with little egg on top of both the sides of chapati. Serve hot with yogurt or pickle.

Prawns Fried Rice

Ingredients

Cooked
rice – 1 cup

Prawns
– 10 to 15

Ginger
– 1-inch piece chopped

Garlic
– 5 to 6 chopped

Green
chilli - 1

Soya
sauce – 1 tsp

Black pepper
and salt as per taste

Mix
vegetable – capsicum, spring onion, carrot, French beans cut into small pieces

Salt
– 1 tsp

Method

Use
cooked rice. Best rice should be rice cooked one day before.

First
clean and wash prawns and keep aside.

Heat
olive oil in a pan. Add ginger, garlic and green chilli and sauté for few
seconds.

Add
mixed vegetable and saute on a high flame for 2 to 3 minutes. Then add soya
sauce, salt and pepper and mix well.
Make a hole in the centre and put prawns.  Let the prawns get cooked and then mix
vegetables to it.

Add
cooked rice, mix well, serve hot.

Beetroot Idli Recipe

Ingredients

Rice – 1 cup

Parboiled rice/ukda chawal – 1 cup

Urad dal/black gram dal – ½ cup

Fenugreek seed/methi seed – 1 tsp

Salt – 1 tsp

Cooked rice or poha/rice flakes soaked in water – 1 cup

Beetroot – 1 chopped

Whole black pepper – 1 tsp

For making chutney

Daliya/roasted chana dal – ½ cup

Ginger – 1 inch piece

Coconut pieces – 2 tbl.sp

Green chilli as per taste

Salt as per taste

For tempering

Mustard seed – 1 tsp

Few curry leaves

One red chilli  chopped

Method

Wash and soak rice, parboiled rice, urad dal and fenugreek seed in water for 3 to 4 hours.

Blend it to a fine paste by adding cooked rice or poha.

Cover and leave it to ferment for 8 to 10 hours or overnight.

Next day in a blender, blend one beetroot and whole black pepper and add to the batter. Mix well.

Grease idli maker with oil and pour this batter. Let it steam for 10 to 15 minutes.

When cooked, let it cool down for some time. Demould it and serve hot with chutney.

For making chutney

Blend all the ingredients given and  temper it with mustard seed, curry leaves and red chilli.

Kurdyacha Upma

Ingredients

Kurdiya – 200 gm

Onion –  1 big chopped

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Tomato – 1 chopped

Red chilli powder – as per taste

Turmeric powder –   ¼ tsp

Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp

Juice of half lemon

Salt as per taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method

Soak kurdiya in water for 2 hours and then drain the water and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seed and cook until it splutter.

Add ginger garlic paste and sauté for few seconds.

Add onion and curry leaves and cook till onion turns translucent.  Add chopped tomatoes and cook till it is totally mashed. Now add all the powder masala and fry on a low flame till oil separates.

Add kurdiya to it, mix well. Add juice of half lemon and cover and cook on a slow flame till done.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Baked Cheese Pizza

For making pizza dough
All purpose flour - 3 tbl.sp
Wheat flour - 2 tbl.sp
Dry yeast - 2 tsp
Little sugar and salt
Lukewarm water

To spread
Mozzarella cheese
Cheddar cheese
Chopped onion/onion powder
Garlic powder
Salt and pepper as per taste


Method
In a bowl, take two tbl.sp of lukewarm water and to it add dry yeeast, salt and sugar and leave it till it becomes frothy.
Mix with the flour and knead it to a soft dough. Cover and keep in a warm place till it doubles in size.

With ther help of a rolling pin, roll two chapatis and  on one spread all the ingredients given.

Cover with other chapati. Keep a round cup in the centre and make cut on sides as shown in video. Roll it and then place it in a baking dish and bake it for 10 to 12 minutes till cooked.

Grilled Chicken Breast without Oven

Ingredients

Chicken breast – 2

For marination

Yoghurt  - 3 to 4 tbl.sp

Kashmiri chilli powder and salt as per taste

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp

Juice of half lemon

Salt as per taste

Method

Make few cuts on the chicken breast and  marinate with the ingredients given. Leave it for half an hour or more.

Take a grilled pan, add little oil and cook this chicken breast on a slow flame till done.

Now place the chicken breast in a bowl. Take hot charcoal piece or coconut shell, burn it.

Take a bowl, place this burn piece into it and put 2 to 3 tsp of ghee/butter and 2 to 3 cloves. Place in the chicken bowl and cover it for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove . you will get nice smoky flavour like restaurant. Garnish with onion, tomato, cucumber,  pieces of lemon and corriand er and mint leaves and serve hot.

Cheesy Veg Bread Roll

Ingredients
few bread slices
potatoes - 2 big
green peas - 1 cup
corriander powder - 1 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
red chilli powder and salt as per taste
few chopped corriander leaves
onion - 1 chopped
grated cheese - 2 to 3 tbl.sp

Method
Boil two potatoes and grate it.
Boil green peas and keep aside.
In a bowl take all the ingredients given and mi it well.

Remove the sides of bread slices, dip in water and squeeze out the excess water.
with the help of a rolling pin, flatten it and spread one tbl.sp of this potato mixture.
Roll it tightly. Close the sides properly.

Shallow fry in oil and serve hot with chutney or ketchup.

Medu Vada Recipe

Ingredients
urad dal - 1 cup
green chilli as per taste
few curry leaves
few corriander leaves
chopped onion - 1
chopped ginger -one small piece
salt as per taste

for the chutney
few pieces of coconut chopped
few chopped corriander leaves
few chopped mint leaves
2 to 3 cloves of garlic
juice of half lemon
salt as per taste

Method
Soak urad dal in water for 3 to 4 hours and then blend it to a fine paste using very little water. The batter should be thick.
Make a chutney with the given  ingredients

Heat oil in a pan, take a spoon ful of batter and make a hole in the centre. Fry on a medium flame till done. Serve hot with chutney.

Mix Dal Dosa With Cheese

Ingredients
rice - 1 cup
urad dal - 3 tbl.sp
chana dal - 3 tbl.sp
moong dal - 3 tbl.sp
tuvar dal - 3 tbl.sp
one small piece of ginger
green chilli/red chilli as per taste
few corriander leaves
cumin seed - 1 tsp
salt - as per taste
grated carrot
grated cabbage
grated cheese

Method
Wash and Soak rice and dal in water for 3 to 4 hours and blend it to a fine paste by adding little water and ginger, green chilli, corriander leaves.
Leave this to rest for half an hour or overnight to ferment.
Heat a flat pan and with the help of a spoon pour the batter in thin circular shape. Top with grated carrot, cabbage and cheese. Serve hot.

Aloo Masala

Ingredients
mustard seed  - 1/2 tsp
cumin seed - 1/2 tsp
onion - 1 big chopped
potatoes - 1/2 kg chopped
4 to 5 flakes of garlic crushed
one inch piece ginger crushed
green chilli crushed - 2
few curry leaves
corriander powder - 2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
pulp of two medium size tomato
yogurt - 1 tbl.sp
red chilli and salt as per taste
corriander leaves for garnishing

Method
Heat two tbl.sp of oil in a pan and  add mustard seeds and cumin seeds. When they splutter add crushed ginger, garlic, green chilli and curry leaves and saute for few seconds.
Add onion and cook till translucent.
Add tomato puree, turmeric powder, salt, red chilli powder, corriander powder, yoghurt and cook for few seconds.
Add potatoes, mix well. Cover and cook till potatoes are done. Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot with rice or roti.

Soya Bean Dosa

Ingredients
rice - 2 cups
urad dal/black gram dal - 1 cup
soya bean - 3/4 cup
fenugreek seed - 2 tsp
salt - 1 tsp

Method
Wash and soak rice, urad dal and fenugreek seed together and in another bowl soak soya bean for 4 to 6 hours.
Blend this to a fine paste and leave it to ferment for 8 to 10 hours or overnight.
Heat a pan and with the help of a spoon pour one spoon of  batter into the pan and spread it in a circular way. Put little oil on sides.
Remove when ready and serve hot with chutney.

Stuffed Cone Bread

Ingredients
for making dough
refined flour - 1 cup
wheat flour - 1 cup
oats - 1/2 cup
yeast - 1 tbl.sp
salt - 1/2 tsp
sugar - 1/2 tsp
few nigella seed and sesame seed

For the stuffing
soya paneer/tofu - 200 gm
onion - 2 medium size chopped
cumin seed - 1 tsp
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
turmeic powder - 1/4 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
corriander powder - 2 tsp
curry powder - 1 tsp optional
garam masala - 1/4 tsp
juice of half lemon
salt and red chilli powder as per taste
Few choppped methi/fenugreek leaves



Method
Take lukewarm water and add dry yeast and salt and sugar and mix well. When it becomes frothy, add to the flour. Add little more water and knead to a soft dough. Let it rest till it doubles in size.

For the stuffing
Heat little oil in a pan, add cuminseed. When it splutters add onions chopped and cook till soft. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds till raw smell goes.
Add all the powdered masala, crumbled tofu,juice of half lemon mix well and let it cook for few seconds.
Then add methi leaves and cook till it becomes dry.

Take any cone mould or even ice cream mould. Roll the dough into long thick and start wrapping round the mould. Bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degree celcuius for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove and put the stuffing inside and serve hot.

Egg Roll Recipe

Ingredients
Wheat flour dough for making chapati
egg - 2
salt and chilli powder as per taste
few sliced onions
few chopped corriander leaves
chaat masala for garnishing

Method
Make chapati from wheat flour dough and keep aside.
Take two eggs and break in a bowl. Add salt and chilli powder as per taste. Beat the eggs.
Heat little oil in a pan, add eggs to it and cook for few seconds. Turn it and place one chapati on top of it and let it cook turning both the sides till done.
Remove from fire, place few chopped onions, corriander leaves and sprinkle chaat masala on top and serve hot.

Eggless Lemon Tuti Fruiti Cake

Ingredients
refined flour - 150 gm
powdered sugar - 100 gm
oil/butter - 75 gm
yogurt - 50 gm
baking powder - 1 tsp
baking soda - 1/4 tsp
lemon zest - 1 tsp
lemon juice - 1 tbl.sp
tuti fruiti  - 1/2 cup
hot water - 1/2 cup
vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Method

In a bowl take oil, powdered sugar, yogurt, vanilla essence, lemon zest, lemon juice and whisk it till creamy.
In another bowl, sieve together refined flour, baking soda and baking powder and gradually mix into the batter. You can add little hot water if the batter is too thick. Add tuti fruiti  by first coating it with
one tsp of refined flour so that it does not get settled down.

Take a baking mould and grease it with oil or butter and  then dust it with flour. Pour this batter and
bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree celicus for 30 to 40 minutes.

Remove and frost it with a mixture of icing sugar, lemon and little milk if required and apply all over it. Serve.

Chatpata Mutter/Black Peas

Ingredients
white/black peas or chana/whole gram - 100 gm
cumin seed - 1 tsp
ginger green chilli paste - 1 tsp
puree of tomato - 1
roasted cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
tamarind pulp - 2 to 3 tsp
salt as per taste
chopped onions to garnish
chaat masala to sprinkle

Green chutney
few mint and coriander leaves
green chilli - 1
garlic cloves - 1 or 2


Method
Soak peas in water for 4 to 5 hours and then boil it by adding little water and turmeric powder.
Heat one tbl.sp of oil in a pan and add 1 tsp of cumin seed. Cook till it splutters.
Add tomato puree and cook for few seconds. Add one tsp of roasted cumin seed, red chilli powder and salt.Fry for few seconds.
Add boiled peas and tamarind pulp  and cook it becomes thick. Remove in a bowl.
Add green chutney and mix well.
Garnish with chopped onion and sprinkle chaat masala.

Corn Kabab

Ingredients
corn kernels - 4 to 5 tbl.sp
boiled potato - 4 to 5
ginger green chilli paste - 1 tsp
red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
roasted cumin powder - 1 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
oats - 1/2 cup
juice of half lemon
chopped coriander and mint leaves
salt as per taste

Method
Boiled coarsely corn kernels and mash or grate boiled potatoes.
Mix all the ingredients given above and make small round flat balls and shallow fry in oil.
Sprinkle chaat masala on top and serve hot.

Set Dosa Recipe

Ingredients
rice - 1 cup
rice flakes/poha - 1/2 cup
urad dal/black gram dal - 1/4 cup
fenugreek seed - 1/2 tsp
salt as per taste

Method
Soak rice and dal separately for 4 to 5 hours. Add fenugreek seed in dal while soaking. Soak rice flakes separately.
Wash and Blend this in a blender using little water as the batter should be thick.
Let it ferment for 8 to 10 hours.
Keep pan for heating and with the help of a spoon pour the batter on a pan, do not spread it as we want thick, soft and spongy dosa. Pour little oil on the sides.
Remove and serve hot with chutney or sambar.