Monday, September 27, 2010

EGG CURRY

INGREDIENTS

Eggs - 5
Onion- 2
Tomato - 1
Cardamom - 2
Star anisin - 2
Cinnamon stick - 1 small piece
Cloves - 2
Ginger and Garlic pods - 2 tbsp
Green chillies - 6
Curry leaves - few
Coriander and Mint leaves - few
Oil - 3 tbsp
Salt - as per taste

Masala to grind

Coconut - 1 cup( as per required)
Chilly powder - 1/2 tbsp
Coriander - 1/2 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp


Method

Boil the eggs and cut it in the middle and keep it aside.

In a kadai pour some oil and add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon stick, star anisin. Add ginger, garlic and fry for a while. Add green chillies and curry leaves, coriander and mint leaves and fry for a while.

Add onion and saute till translucent.

Add tomato and masala and allow to cook with enough water. Once it was cooked and eggs and allow to cook for some times in low flame.

Ready to serve with rice and appam.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Green peas cabbage poriyal

Ingredients

cabbage - 1 cup
green peas - 1/2 cup
coconut - 2 tablespoons
salt - as per taste

Grind to a fine paste

green chilly - 1 or 2
jeera - 1/4 teaspoon
garlic - 1 pod

For seasoning
oil - 2 tablespoons
mustard - 1 teaspoon
shallot - 2(cut into small pieces)
curry leaves - for seasoning

Method
chop the cabbage and keep it aside.

In a kadai pour some oil and when it is hot add the mustard. When it pops up add the shallot and curry leaves. Add the peas and bring to cook. When it is half cook add the cabbage and allow it to cook. Add salt.

Add the grind paste and mix it together. Ready to eat.

PAAL KOLLUKATTAI

Ingredients

Rice flour - 1 cup
coconut - 1/2 cup
sugar - as per taste
coconut milk - 1/2 cup

Method

Mix the rice flour, coconut and sugar together. Boil some water and pour little by little to the mixture and make it a dough. Take some quantity and make small balls r whatever shapes you want. Keep it aside.

In a kadai boil some water and put all the balls and bring to cook. Once it was cooked add enough sugar and after 3 minutes add coconut milk and bring to cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Serve hot.

Note: If you want it thick you can add some rice flour to the water.

Friday, January 29, 2010

EGG CURRY















INGREDIENTS

Egg - 3
Onion - 2 (medium)
Tomato - 1 (medium)
Ginger - a small piece
Garlic - 1 pod
cinnamon - a small piece
cloves - 3
star anise -1
cardamon - 3
Green chillies - 3
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - a few
coconut - 1/2 cup
oil -2 tbsp
salt - as per taste
Coriander leaves for garnishing


METHOD

Boil the eggs and deshelled it. Slice and keep it aside. Grind the coconut and keep it aside.
Chop the onion and the tomato into thin long slices. And also chop the ginger, garlic into small pieces.Keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan. When it is hot add ginger, garlic and green chillies along with curry leaves and saute for 2 minutes. Then add cardamon, cloves, star anisin, cinnamon and saute for 1 minutes.

Add onion and saute till translucent. Then add chilly, coriander, pepper, turmeric and saute for 2 to 3 minutes. Add tomato and saute till the oil to come out.

Keep the flame low and add the coconut and bring to boil for some times. Then add the sliced egg and bring to boil. Garnish with coriander and serve with chappathi briyani and rice