Liver Masala

                                     

                                                   

Ingredients :

1kg liver
2sp ginger-garlic paste
4sp red chilli powder
5-6 cloves
4 cardamoms
2 onions, chopped
2sp dhania powder
1sp haldi
2sp coconut powder
2sp garam masala powder
a bunch of coriander, chopped
4sp lime juice
salt as per your taste
oil for frying



How to make it :

Wash liver and soak it in milk for 30 minutes. Wash again and keep aside. Mix liver, ginger-garlic paster, chilli powder, salt, oil and mix well. Saute this mixture in hot pan for 10 minutes or till liver is golden in colour. In the same pan, heat oil and fry cloves, cardamoms for 4 minutes. Add chopped onions and salt and fry till onions are crispy and golden in colour. Add ginger-garlic powder, haldi, chilli powder, dhania powder, coconut powder and little water. Simmer for 5 minutes. Now add liver and mix well. Cover and cook till liver is cooked. Sprinkle garam masala powder. Garnish with chopped coriander, lime juice.

Creamy Palak Curry

Ingredients :

2 bunches of Palak leaves/Spinach, washed and chopped
1/2 cup Milk
4 spoons single cream or cream layer on top of home-made curd
1 spoon jeera/cumin seeds
5 laung/cloves
3 elachi/cardamom pods
2 cinnamon sticks
2 spoon ginger-garlic paste
2 Onions, chopped
1/2 spoon turmeric powder/haldi
1 spoon garam masala powder
2 spoons red chilli powder
Salt acording to your taste
Oil for cooking



How to make it :

                 Heat oil in a kadai, fry jeera, laung, elachi, cinnamon sticks for 5 minutes. Add ginger-garlic paste, chopped onions and fry till onions turn into golden colour. Add haldi, salt and chilli powder and mix well with the onions. Now add washed and chopped palak leaves. Fry till palak is done. Stir in milk, cream and garam masala powder. Simmer for 5-7 minutes. Serve immediately with roti or steamed rice.

Daddojanam (Curd Rice)

This is a yummy south indian dish which you can serve as breakfast or even for a light lunch. It can be made very quickly. It is normally served as 'prasadam' in the south indian temples.

Ingredients :

2 cups Cooked Rice
1 cup Curd
4 chopped green chillies
1 small ginger, chopped
1 spoon mustard seeds
a sprig of curry leaves
2 dry red chillies
Salt according to your taste



Method :

   Mix curd with cooked rice. If you want the consistency to be very smooth, add some more curds. Add chopped green chillies and salt according to your taste. Keep aside. Heat oil in a small kadai for the seasoning. Add dry red chillies, chopped ginger, mustard seeds, curry leaves and fry for 2-3 minutes. Pour this seasoning on the curd rice and mix well. Serve hot or cold along with pickle and fried chillies.

Egg Fry

Ingredients :



6 Hard boiled eggs.
2sp Salt
2sp Red chilli powder
3sp Garam masala powder
1sp Turmeric powder
1sp Oil for frying
1sp Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing (optional)



Method :



Slices boiled eggs into 2 equal halves. Heat oil in a kadhai. Add boiled eggs and saute for 5-6 mintues. Sprinkle salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder. Mix well and turn the eggs carefully. Make sure that the yolks do not come out while turning. Sim for 5 mins. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves (optional). You can serve this either as a snack or a side dish during dinner.

Macaroni Vegetable Chatpata

Ingredients :

2 Cups of Macaroni

2 Onions, sliced

3 Green chillies, chopped
Tomato puree 100 grams

1/2 sp Jeera

1/2 Cup Mixed Vegetables, Boiled and Chopped ( Carrots, Beans, Cauliflower etc )

Water as per the necessity

Salt, as per your requirement
4sp Chat masala powder
Lime juice, 1sp
1 bunch coriander leaves for garnishing

4sp Oil

How to make it :

    Boil water, add macaroni along with 1sp oil and 1sp salt. After macaroni is cooked, remove from flame. Run under cold water and drain in a colander. Heat 3sp oil in a pan, add jeera and fry well. Then add sliced  onions, chopped green chillies. Saute for 1 minute and add the vegetables. Cover and fry till 5 minutes or till vegetables are cooked.
               After that add cooked macaroni, tomato puree, chat masala powder and mix well. Remove from flame and after 1 minute, mix lime juice. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

                                                

Oats Upma

Ingredients :

2 Cups of Oats

2 Onions, chopped

3 Green chillies, chopped

1/2 sp Mustard seeds

1 sp Dry Red chillies

2 sp Urad dal

2 sp Chana dal

2 sprigs of Curry Leaves

1/2 Cup Mixed Vegetables, Boiled and Chopped ( Carrots, Beans, Cauliflower etc )

Water as per the necessity

Salt, as per your requirement

2sp Oil

How to make it :

    Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, dry red chillies, curry leaves. Saute for 10 minutes. Add chopped onions, chopped green chillies, mixed vegetables and fry till onions are golden in colour. Add water, salt. Mix well and boil.  Add oats and mix well with a spatula so that lumps are not formed. Simmer till oats are done. Serve hot with tomato chutney.

                                                 

                           

Corn - Mushroom Curry

Ingredients :



2 Onions, chopped
500g Mushroom, chopped
200g Boiled corn
4 Tomatoes, chopped
2sp Ginger-garlic paste
3 Green chillies, chopped
2sp Red chilli powder
2sp Dhania powder
2sp Jeera powder
1sp Haldi
1 bunch Coriander, chopped
Salt, as per your requirement
2sp Oil



How to make it :



    Heat oil in a kadai, add the chopped onions, ginger-garlic paste, chopped green chillies. Fry till onions are smooth. Add red chilli powder, salt, haldi, jeera powder and dhania powder. Saute for 10 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes and fry till oil seperates and floats in the kadai. Add boiled corn, chopped mushrooms.
Simmer till mushrooms are done. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with Roti/ Rice or Pitta bread.