Mix Vegetables Curry. (Pressure-cooker Version)

Mix Vegetables Curry this is such a incredibly delicious recipe, which can go with everything like Rice, Paratha, Naan or Roti. It doesn't take long time to cook, put all the ingredients in a mixture grinder to make a smooth paste and then add it to the chopped veggie's and pressure cook for 2 whistle. That's it. Do try and let me know.

Ingredient's For Paste.

1 large onion, 2 large tomato

Handful of coriander leaves

1 cup chopped coconut

1tbsp ginger garlic paste.

Ingredient's For Curry.

2 cups of chopped veggie's (cauliflower, Potato, Capsicum, Beans, Field beans, Peas)

Handful methi leaves

1tsp red chilly powder, 1/2tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder, 1tsp garam masala

3tbsp Oil

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method.

In a mixer jar, add all the Paste ingredients and grind it to a smooth paste. Keep it aside

In a pressure cooker add oil, when oil hot, add red chilly powder, then add the ground paste and fry for a minute.

Now add the turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala, Methi Leafs and chopped veggie's and give it a quick mix, add salt and 1/2cup of water. Then close the pressure cooker lid and cook for 2 whistle. Allow the pressure to go before opening the cooker.

serve hot with Rice, Roti, Naan or Paratha.

Dry Baby Prawn Roast.

Dry Baby Prawn Roast is cooked with coconut oil and this dish also I have made exactly the way I cook Egg Roast and it tasted awesome with plain boiled Rice. You can replace the dry prawns to fresh prawns if you don't like the dry ones. This can be even served as a side dish for any drinks too.

Ingredient's.

2 cup of dry baby prawns 

2 medium onion, 1 large tomato (finely chopped)

3 to 4 green chilli's slit

1 tsp red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp coriander powder, 1/2 tsp garam masala

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

2 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

10 curry leaves

2 tbsp fresh grated coconut

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Salt to taste

3 tbsp coconut oil.

Cooking Method.

In a deep earthen pot, add coconut oil, when oil is hot, add curry leaves and mustard seeds, when they splutter, add onion, green chilli and fry to lite brown.

Add grated coconut, red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala and ginger garlic paste and fry for 1 minute. Then add chopped tomato's, lemon juice, salt and cook till the tomatoes are well cooked. Then add black and dry prawns, add little water if needed. Now cover the lid and cook for 4 to 5 minutes on a low flame. After 5 minutes take the lid of and roast the prawns on to high flame for a minute.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with Roti's, Naan, or Rice.

Cabbage And Onion Grill Sandwich With Coconut Oil.

Cabbage And Onion Grill Sandwich With Coconut Oil. This is yet another simple and yummy recipe which I learnt from our house boat chef from our recent trip to Kerala. I must say he use to make delicious food with simple ingredients and the star of the dish was coconut oil. He use to add coconut oil in everything and he made this sandwich also with the same oil and that simple sandwich took a very big place in my heart and I became a big fan of Kerala and there cuisine..

Ingredient's.

4 slices of sandwich bread

1 cup of finely chopped cabbage

1 large finely chopped onion

2 tbsp coconut oil

1/4 tsp red chilli powder

Salt to taste

Butter as needed (to apply on bread)

Method.

In a wok add coconut oil, when its hot, add cabbage and onion, fry to golden brown. Sprinkle the red chilli powder and salt, fry for another minute or 2. Take it out in bowl and allow it to cool a bit.

Then apply the butter on all the sides of the bread.

Now place the filling on one side of the bread and place another bread on top and grill for 4 to 5 minutes or till golden brown.

Serve hot with Tea, Coffee or any Juice..

Akki Roti (Karnataka Style)

Akki Roti (Karnataka Style) is very popular Karnataka Breakfast, can be served with any type of chutney or with chicken curry. It makes a very healthy and filling breakfast. I have  made it in little different way to get a perfect round shape. This roti can be even cooked with raw rice flour but you need a bit of more hard work to roll the roti. This method will give you perfect round shape roti and it solves the purpose of eating akki roti..

Ingredient's.

1 cup rice flour

1 cup water

1tbsp oil

1/2 tsp cumin 

1 large onion, 2 green chillies (finely chopped)

Hand full of chopped coriander leaves

2 tbsp grated coconut

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method.

Bring water to a rolling boil in a sauce pan. Add salt, oil and cumin, give a mix, then add rice flour, onion, green chilles, coriander, coconut and mix well until no lumps remain. 

Turn the heat off. Cover the pan and set it aside for 5 minutes. Now knead the dough while its still hot, make it like a chapati dough.

Heat a tava on medium heat. Once heated, turn the heat to low.

Divide the dough into 2 inch balls and keep them covered under a damp cloth.

Spread some rice flour on the rolling board. Place a ball in the center and sprinkle more flour on top. Keep rolling the ball with the rolling pin into a round with even thickness.

Transfer onto the heated tava with the top surface up and cook the roti both the side. Apply little oil if needed on to both the side.

Follow the same method for the rest of them.

Serve hot with any Chutney or Chicken curry.

Egg Roast (Kerala Style)

Egg Roast (Kerala Style) from our recent trip to Kerala, my hubby developed a new taste of coconut oil. Now all he wants is coconut oil in everything. I should thanks to our houseboat chef because he was cooking everything in coconut oil and that smell use to make us hungry like anything and all we only did was eating and eating. While coming back I bought few bottles of coconut oil and earthen cooking pots and believe me I'm also enjoying cooking in my new pots.. I have many more Kerala style recipes on the way.. I had even cooked this egg roast in a normal cooking oil and in kadai, that also taste good but this was exceptionally tasty. Do try this dish and let me know!!

Ingredient's.

4 hard boiled eggs 

2 medium onion, 1 large tomato (finely chopped)

3 to 4 green chilli's slit

1 tsp red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp coriander powder, 1/2 tsp garam masala

1/2 tsp mustard seeds

2 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

10 curry leaves

2 tbsp fresh grated coconut

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Salt to taste

3 tbsp coconut oil.

Cooking Method.

In a deep earthen pot, add coconut oil, when oil is hot, add curry leaves and mustard seeds, when they splutter, add onion, green chilli and fry to lite brown.

Add grated coconut, red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala and ginger garlic paste and fry for 1 minute. Then add chopped tomato's, lemon juice, salt and cook till the tomatoes are well cooked. Then add black and eggs, add little water if needed. Now cover the lid and cook for 4 to 5 minutes on a low flame. After 5 minutes take the lid of and roast the eggs on to high flame for a minute.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with Roti's, Naan, or Rice.

Dry Fruits And Coconut Kulfi.

Dry Fruits And Coconut Kulfi. Today I'm here with another delicious yet easy kulfi recipe which will leave you speechless after eating this kulfi.. As I have mentioned in my last post that its getting hot in Bangalore and to beat the heat, I just feel like eating kulfi everytime, be it a lunch or dinner. So I'm stocking up my refrigerator with lots and lots of kulfi for upcoming days too.. Since this recipe takes less time and even less ingredients, so why not make and stock up.. Do try and let me know!!

Ingredient's.

1/2 Litre milk

2 pods cardamom

2 tbsp finely chopped almonds, cashews, pista

2 tbsp desicated coconut

2 tbsp fresh cream/malai

1/4 cup sugar.

Cooking Method.

Heat a milk in pan, allow it to boil. Add the cream to the boiling milk. Boil the milk on a medium flame until it reduce to half. keep stirring in between. Once the milk is reduce to half. Now add the chopped dry fruits, sugar and cardamom and allow it to boil for another 5 to 7 minutes.

Then switch off the flame and let the kulfi mixture comes to a room temperature.

Now pour the kulfi mixture into kulfi moulds and cover the top and freeze them for at least 6 to 7 hours or overnight is the best.

Take the kulfi out and by dipping into the water demould the kulfi.

Serve and enjoy.

Coconut and Dry Red Chilli Chutney.

Coconut chutney is a very easy and common side dish made in every South Indian households and served with idli, dosa, vadai and even with upma etc. The recipe is so simple and so easy and can be made in no time, there are many variation that can be made in a basic ingredients. Almost every chutney need tempering with mustard and curry leaves, but this recipe no need of any tempering it taste very good without even tempering and this chutney can be served with hot plain rice topped with ghee. Do try out this recipe and enjoy.

Ingredient's.

1 cup chopped coconut

10 dry red chilli

3 garlic cloves

5 to 6 curry leaves

1tsp tamarind paste

Salt to taste.

Method.

Dry roast all the above ingredients.

Then blend everything together with little water to a smooth paste.

Serve with idli, dosa.

Mix Vegetable Korma/ Coconut Base Vegetable Stew.

Mixed vegetable korma is a coconut based vegetable stew that is served as a side dish along with roti not only that, it goes well with one pot meals such as pulaos, biryanis and dosas as well. You can find this korma in almost all the vegetarian restaurants in India. There are several version of making veg or non-veg korma, but I find this is easy to cook as this requires no grinding of any masala. I have used coconut milk into this curry, you can even use freshly grated coconut to enhance the flavour. Do try this korma and enjoy with Paratha, Roti or Dosa.

Ingredients:

2 cups of chopped mix veggie's (carrot, cauliflower, potato, green peas, beans)

1 onion, 3 green chillies, thinly sliced

2tbsp tomato paste

1/2tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder, 1/2tsp garam masala

1tsp ginger garlic paste

1/2tsp mustard seeds

1cup coconut milk

1 green cardomom

1 cinnamon stick

1 star anise

1 spring of curry leaves

2tbsp oil

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method.

Boil the veggies with bit of salt and set it aside. Heat a deep frying pan with oil. Add star anise, cinnamon, cardamom and sauté till the aroma arises. Now add mustard seeds, curry leaves and let it splutter.

Add onions, green chillies and sauté till the onions turns translucent. Now add tomato paste, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala, salt and mix well and fry for another 2 to 3 minutes.

Now add the coconut milk and enough water to the consistency you prefer the korma to be and mix well and cook over low flame. Let it come to a boil.

Add the par boiled vegetables, give it a quick stir, check the consistency of the korma now and add more water if necessary. Close the pan with a lid and cook over medium low flame for 7-10 mins.

Serve hot with Rice, chapathi, poori or parotta.

Baked Tilapia Fish With Tomato Gravy/ Meen Pollichathu.

Baked Tilapia Fish With Tomato Gravy. This is a very famous kerala dish called Meen Pollichathu. Meen Pollichathu is basically fish covered with a spicy masala and wrapped in banana leaves and shallow fried. But since I did not find banana leaves here, so I wrapped it with foil paper and baked it to give a healthier touch. And I have made a little changes in masala too by adding more tomato's to have a little gravy. It is all up to us to add or remove the ingredients according to our taste and it taste as good as the traditional dish. This can be served with rice, roti and even as a side dish.

Ingredient's to marinate the fish.

1 Medium size Tilapia fish

1/2tsp red chilli powder

1/4tsp turmeric

1/2tsp coriander powder

1/2tsp ginger garlic paste

1/4tsp black pepper powder

Salt to taste

1tsp oil.

Ingredient's for the gravy.

1 onion, 2 green chilli, 2 large tomatos (finely chopped)

1/2tsp red chilli powder, 1/2tsp turmeric, 1/2tsp coriander powder

1/2tsp garam masala

1/2tsp mustard seeds

2tsp lemon juice

1tsp ginger garlic paste

10 curry leaves

2tbsp thick coconut milk

2tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Salt to taste

2tbsp oil.

Cooking Method.

Clean the fish. Make gashes on both the sides.

Add all the marinated ingredients into a mixing bowl and make a thick paste by adding little water. Then apply it nicely on the fish and set it aside for atleast 30 minutes.

In a tava add oil and fry the fish both the side for a minute or 2.

In a deep frying pan, add oil, when oil is hot, add curry leaves and mustard seeds, when they splutter, add onion, green chilli and fry to lite brown.

Add red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala and ginger garlic paste and fry for 1 minute. Then add chopped tomato's, coconut milk, coriander leaves, lemon juice, salt and cook till the tomatoes are well cooked. Allow the masala to cool.

In a mean time pre-heat the oven at 200c for 10minutes.

Take a large foil paper, spread some masala on it. Place the fish over the masala and spread some more masala over the fish.

Fold the edges and secure. Then baked the fish for 10 to 15minutes.

Serve hot with Rice, Roti or as a Side Dish.

Mutton Kofta And Potato Curry.

Mutton Kofta And Potato Curry. Making kofta use to be always a big task for me in the beginning but now it is one hand game and I try making more and more kofta's using many kinds of meat and even vegetables. Though this recipe takes a bit more time compare to the other recipe but trust me it is worth trying and this yummy curry can making a nice combination with rice or roti.

Ingredient's for kofta.

100 gram mutton kheema

2tsp coconut paste, 2 green chillies

2tbsp chopped coriander leaves

6 curry leaves

1tsp ginger garlic paste

2tbsp besan (chickpeas flour)

1/2tsp red chilly powder, 1/2tbsp coriander powder, 1/4tsp turmeric

1/2tsp black pepper

Salt to taste.

Ingredient's for curry.

2 medium potato (cut into small pieces)

1 small onion, 2 small tomatos, 3 green chillis

Handful of chopped coriander leaves, 8 curry leaves

1tsp ginger garlic paste

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/2tsp red chilli powder, 1/4tsp turmeric, 1/2 garam masala

Salt and Oil to taste.

Cooking Method

Step-1. Mix all the kofta ingredients in blender and blend it together. (Dont add water while mixing)

Remove in a plate and make small balls and set a side. 

Step-2. In a different blender add, coriander leaves, green chillies, curry leaves, ginger garlic paste, black pepper, tomato, onion and blend it to a coarse paste.

In a deep frying pan, add oil, when oil is hot, add the Ground masala, red chilli powder, turmeric and garam masala and fry till oil starts separating from the sides. that will take about 10 to 15 minutes.

Then add the potato and fry for a minute or 2. Now add 1 cup of water and cover the lid and allow the potato to cook for another 2 to 3 minutes. Then add another 1cup of water and give a good mix. then add the kofta's and close the lid and cook for 5 to 6 minutes on a low flame or till gravy becomes thick.

Mutton kofta and potato curry is ready to serve with Roti or Rice.

Tilapia Fish Curry/Kerala Style.

Tilapia Fish Curry. Fish is an integral part of Kerala Cuisine. There are hundreds of variations for Kerala Fish curry. The main part of this curry is coconut and tamarind sauce this curry can be cooked with any fish and it will taste great. To cook this curry the main reason was I got the Indian tilapia fish, there is a new shop has opened near my house who sells even all the Indian fishes, like rohu, mackerel, tilapia etc. and I'm so so happy now I even get to taste Indian fish without even being in India.. This spicy and tangy curry goes so well with plain rice and this was our last Saturday's lunch and we enjoyed it thoroughly. Do cook this curry and make your family happy..

Ingredient's.

2 tilapia fish (cut into 2 pieces)

8 to 10 curry leaves

2 green chilli

4 garlic garlic cloves

1/4tsp mustard seeds

1/2 cup coconut milk

2 tbsp tamarind paste

1tsp red chilli powder, 1/2tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder

3tbsp oil

Salt to taste.

Ingredient's to make a paste.

2 medium tomato

1 medium onion

2tbsp chopped coriander leaves

1tbsp ginger garlic paste

1/4tsp cumin seeds.

Cooking Method.

Wash the fish thoroughly and set it aside.

Grind the onion, tomato, coriander leaves, ginger garlic and cumin to a smooth paste.

In a deep frying pan/kadai, add oil, when oil is hot, add curry leaves, mustard, green chilli and garlic cloves. when they start turning brown. Add the ground paste, red chilli powder, turmeric and coriander powder, fry till the oil starts separating.

Then add coconut milk, tamarind paste, salt and 2cups of water and allow it boil for a minute or 2. Then add the fish and simmer the curry for 5 to 6 minutes.

Serve hot with Plain Rice.