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Chicken Kurma

Ingredients:

How to make Chicken Kurma:

Clean the chicken and cut into pieces.

Make paste of coconut,cloves,cardamom and coriander seeds.

Marinate chicken with red chilly powder, turmeric powder,ginger garlic paste, yoghurt and salt for about 2 hours.

Cut the onions and tomatoes into thin slices.

In a pan heat oil and add bay leaf.

Now add chopped onion and saute it till light brown.

Add chopped tomatoes and fry for few minutes.

Now add marinated chicken and fry on high flame for 2 minutes.

Add 2 cups of water and cook it for 10 minutes.

Add red chilly powder if necessary.

Lastly add ground paste and boil for 5 minutes.

Chicken kurma is ready.

Serve with coriander leaves.

September 27th, 2008

Tomato Dal

Ingredients:

How to make Tomato Dal:

Boil dal in a pressure cooker.

Chop tomato,green chilly and coriander seeds finely.

Remove water from the dal and mash it finely.

In a pan heat oil and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.

when seeds started to splutter add curry leaves,asafoetida,tomato pieces and chopped green chilies.

Fry it for 2-3 minutes and cover the pan.

Allow to cook tomatoes finely.

Now add boiled dal,turmeric powder and salt.

Add water if necessary.

Cook on low flame for 4-5 minutes.

Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.

Tomato dal is ready.

Serve hot with rice.

September 22nd, 2008

Khajur Imli Ki Chutney

Ingredients:

How to make Khajur Imli Ki Chutney:

Remove all seeds from khajur and imli.

Grate jaggery finely.

In a pan mix all the ingredients and add 1/2 litre water.

Simmer for it for 30 minutes.

Remove from the heat.

Allow to cool and strain the mixture through a sieve.

Store in refrigerator for further use.

September 18th, 2008

Paneer

Ingredients:

How to make Paneer:

Boil the milk for 4-5 min.

Remove from the heat and keep aside for 5 min.

Then add lemon juice(remove seeds) and stir gently till all the milk curdles.

Cover the pan and keep aside for some time.

Pour over a thin muslin cloth and drain out the whey(water).

Cover with a cloth and place a weight on top to drain out completely.

Paneer is ready.

Cut into pieces as you want.

September 13th, 2008

Veg Lollypop

Ingredients:

How to make Veg Lollypop:

Boil potato in a pressure cooker(6-8 whistles).

Allow to cool and mashed finely.

In a potato mixer add chat masala ginger garlic paste,green chilly paste,lemon juice,corn starch and salt.

Mix finely and put this thick batter on baby corns head and fry it till golden.

Veg lollypop is ready.

Serve hot with tomato ketchup or sauce.

September 8th, 2008

Tomato Curry

Ingredients:

How to make Tomato Curry:

Chop tomato in thick slices.

In a mixer add fresh coconut,red chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander seeds,peppercorns,onion slices and salt.

Grind a fine paste using sufficient water.

In a pan heat oil and add muster seeds.

When they crackle add tomato slices.

Fry in oil for 2 min.

Cover the pan and allow to cook tomato slices for a while.

Now add ground masala and sugar.

Mix well and allow to boil.

Tomato curry is ready.

Serve hot with rice.

September 3rd, 2008