Monday 9 November 2015
Corn Flour Halwa / Karachi Halwa
Ingredients:-
Corn flour - 1 CupSugar - 2 Cup
Water - 3 Cup
Ghee - 4 Tbls
Cardamom powder - a pinch
Cashew nuts - 1/2 cup
food color - a pinch
Preparation:-
- Take corn flour in a bowl. Add water into it and mix well so no lumps are formed. Add a pinch of food colour and mix well. Keep it aside.
- Take a pan and add sugar and water. Mix it and heat till the sugar completely dissolved in water and become sticky.
- After melting the sugar add the corn flour mixture slowly and mix it well. Stir continuously to avoid lumps
- Stir continuously until gets a halwa texture. Then add ghee and cardamom powder and cashew nuts. stir well.
- Once it is thick transfer it into a greased pan and set it atleast for an hour. Cut into desired shape and serve warm or chilled.
Cheers !!!
Minu
Friday 9 October 2015
Grilled Brinjal Tomato Curry
Hi all, hope you all are doing good…We are meeting after a long gap….Somehow I was away from this beautiful space. Don’t have proper reason…But it happened. Anyway, I am back… 5 years back the same day I shared my first recipe here… Yes, today Ruchikaram turned 5 years old….Thanks all for your support.Special thanks to my friend Asha Sarun for today’s recipe. Today’s special brinjal tomato curry.
Ingredients:-
Brinjal -2
Tomato - 2
Cumin seeds
curry leaves
ginger garlic paste - 1Tsp
Onion - 1
Green chilli -1
Fenugreek - 1/2 Tsp
Turmeric powder- 1 Tsp
Chilli powder - 2 Tbls
Coriander Powder - 1 Tsp
Coriander leaves
Salt
Water
Tamarind pulp- 1 Tbls
Tomato - 2
Cumin seeds
curry leaves
ginger garlic paste - 1Tsp
Onion - 1
Green chilli -1
Fenugreek - 1/2 Tsp
Turmeric powder- 1 Tsp
Chilli powder - 2 Tbls
Coriander Powder - 1 Tsp
Coriander leaves
Salt
Water
Tamarind pulp- 1 Tbls
Method:
- Grill the brinjal
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker
- Season with cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds
- Add curry leaves and ginger garlic paste and saute well.
- When the aroma comes add chopped onions saute them till it becomes golden brown.
- Add green chilli, grilled brinjal and tomato. saute them well.
- Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and coriander leaves, salt and water and saute well.
- Pressure cook for 2 whistles.
- Open the lid and add tamarind pulp. allow the gravy to thicken a bit.
- When done mash the brinjal and tomato.
- Enjoy with chapati.
Cheers !!!
Minu
Thursday 26 March 2015
Potato Long Beans Stir Fry ( Urulakizhangu Achinga Payar Mezhukupuratti)
Ingredients:-
Potato - 2Long Beans - 1 Cup (cut it into 3/4 inch)
Turmeric - 1/2 Tsp
Chilli Powder - 1 Tblp
Salt
Curry Leaves
Oil
Preparation:-
- Boil potato and cut it into lengthwise.
- Heat a pan and add oil into it.
- Add curry leaves.
- Add Long Beans into the pan and saute for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add cooked potato into it.
- Add salt,turmeric powder and chilli powder saute well.
- Cover the pan for 3 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Serve it with rice
Cheers !!!
Minu
Tuesday 11 March 2014
Mulaku Bajji
Ingredients:-
Gram flour - 1/4 CupBajji Mulaku - 3
Chilly poeder - 1/4 Tsp
Turmeric powder- a pinch
Asafoetida - a pinch
Salt
Oil
Water
Preparation:-
- Make a thick batter using Gram flour, salt, chilly powder, turmeric powder and asafoetida.
- Slit the bajji mulaku and remove the seeds if you don't want more spicy.
- Dip the mulaku in the batter.
- Heat oil in a pan. Drop the mulaku in the oil.
- Deep fry the mulaku.
- Serve it with sauce.
Cheers!!!
Minu
Tuesday 7 January 2014
Microwave Sponge Cake
Ingredients:-
Maida - 50 g
Baking powder- 1/2 tsp
Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp
Sugar - 50 g
Butter - 50 g
Milk - 2 tbls
Egg -1
Preparation:-
- Sieve maida and baking powder and keep it aside
- Powder the sugar and mix well with butter.
- Add egg and beat well.
- Add Vanilla essence and milk into the mixture and mix well.
- Add the flour gradually and fold it carefully.
- Add the batter into microwave safe cup or dish.
- Put it into the microwave for 1min.
Cheers !!!
Minu
Friday 13 December 2013
Betroot Payasam
Ingredients:-
Beetroot (grated) - 1 cup
Milk - 1 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Water - as needed
Ghee - 3 Tbp
Cardamom -1 Tsp (powder)
Nuts
Preparation:-
- Add ghee. Roast the nuts and keep it aside
- Add beetroot to the same ghee and saute it for 2 to 3 minutes. Sprinkle a little water and cook the beetroot.
- Boil the milk. Then add cooked beetroot and sugar into it.
- Stir it continuously and cook well till it reaches required consistency.
- Add fried cashew nuts and sprinkle cardamom powder and mix well.
- Serve hot or chill
Tuesday 10 December 2013
Brinjal Dry Curry
Ingredients
Brinjal - 6
Onion - 2 big
Tomato - 1 big
Salt - as needed
Turmeric - 1 Tsp
Oil - as needed
To Grind
Chana dal - 1 Tbs
Coriander - 1 Tbs
Dry chilli - 6
Preparation
Thursday 31 October 2013
Microwave Mysore Pak
Ingredients
Besan -1 Cup
Powdered Sugar - 2 Cup
Ghee - 1 Cup
Milk - 2 Tbsp
Preparation
- Heat 1 Tbsp ghee in a pan . Add besan and gently fry.
- Melt remaining ghee in a microwave safe bowl.
- Mix besan, sugar and milk with the ghee. Stir well until get a smooth paste without lumps.
- Microwave on high power for 2 minutes. Stir it after 1 min.
- Pour it into a greased plate and flatten.
- After 10 min you can cut into desired shape.
Wednesday 1 May 2013
Boneless Chicken Fry
Ingredients
Chicken pieces(boneless) - 200 gms
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder -1 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Lime juice - 1 tsp
Salt
curry leaves
Oil
Preparation
- In a bowl marinate chicken pieces with all the ingredients except oil and curry leaves and keep aside for 15 minutes.
- Pressure cook the chicken without adding water.
- Heat oil in a pan add curry leaves and then add cooked chicken pieces. Then shallow fry the chicken in low heat for 5 minutes, turning it occasionally.
- Serve hot with rice or chapathi.
Cheers !!!
Minu
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