Chutney Chicken Curry!! Pressure Cooker Version

Chutney Chicken Curry this is a very simple and one pot chicken curry. Which you can make in no time and serve with Hot Rice or Roti.. All you need is only few basic ingredients which is easily available in  house and the end result is very delicious chicken curry.

Ingredient's.

1/2kg chicken

Hand ful of coriander leaves

Hand ful of mint leaves

6 green chillies

10 to 15 curry leaves

1tbsp ginger garlic paste

1tsp black pepper

1/2tsp turmeric

2tbsp oil

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method.

In mixing jar, grind all the above ingredients to smooth paste (except oil and salt)

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when its hot, add washed chicken, turmeric and salt, fry for 3 to 4 minutes.

Then add the ground masala and give a quick mix. Close the lid and cook for 2 whistle (1 in high flame and 1 in low flame).

Serve hot with Rice or Roti.

Ven Pongal. Pressure Cooker Version

Ven Pongal is a very easy and comfort food and it is one of the most famous breakfast in South India. Even it is cooked at temples to offer to god and even during several puja/festival specially in Pongal festival it will be cooked in each and every house along with few more different varieties of rice dishes. If your not in mood to cook something spicy or heavy food then this is the best option to cook, because it is very lite on stomach and does not take time at all. But tastes simply awesome along with some coconut chutney..

Ingredient's to boiled rice.

1 cup rice

1/4cup split moong dal

4 cups water

Ping of hing

Salt to taste.

Ingredient's for tempering.

1tsp cumin

1/2tsp black pepper

2 green chillies (finely chopped)

10 curry leaves

2tbsp ghee.

Cooking Method.

Dry roast moong dal until slightly browned, set aside with raw rice. Pressure cook rice, moong dal, hing and salt with 4 cups of water for 3-4 whistles until mushy.

Meanwhile you can get ready with the tempering ingredients. In a frying pan add ghee when it is hot, add the rest of ingredients and fry for 2 to 3 minutes on a low flame.

Once the pressure releases, open and add the tempered items. Mix well, add more ghee if needed.

Serve hot with chutney of your choice and sambar.

Mutton Kheema Pulao. (Pressure Cooker Version)

Mutton Kheema Pulao. This dish can be called Briyani or Pulao. I always love anything which is one pot-meal and gets cooked in no time. This dish takes no time when you cook in pressure cooker all you have do just put all the ingredients together and you have delicious pulao ready in 10minutes. I do prepare many other version but some how I always like this, very soon I would be putting other recipes also for kheema briyani. Do try and enjoy..

Ingredient's.

100gram mutton/lamb kheema

1 cup normal rice

1 small onion, 1 medium tomato (cut into julienne)

2 green chillies

1tsp red chilli powder, 1/2tsp turmeric

1/2tsp garam masala, 1tsp coriander powder

1/2tsp cumin

1tsp ginger garlic paste

1tbsp lemon juice, 2tbsp curd

2tbsp green peas

2tbsp coriander leaves and mint leaves (finely chopped)

2cups water

Salt and Oil to taste.

Cooking Method.

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when oil is hot, add cumin when they splutter, add onion and whole green chillies and fry for a minute. Then add kheema, red chilli powder, turmeric, garam masala and coriander powder and fry for 2 minutes, add tomato, ginger garlic paste, lemon, curd, green peas and salt, mix them nicely.

Now add rice and water, adjust the seasoning and close the lid and cook for 3whistle (1 in high flame and 2 in low flame) allow the pressure to go before opening the cooker.

Serve hot with Onion Raita.

Baby Prawn And Vegetable Masala Khichdi.. Pressure Cooker Version.

Baby Prawn And Vegetable Masala Khichdi.. I cook this masala khichdi when ever I feel low and to enlighten my mood this is food I would prefer. This particular dish has no recipe from any where, actually one day I wanted to make pulao but I end up adding all the ingredients what ever I got into my hands and that's how I innovated this masala khichdi and this is a dish which you put everything together in a pressure cooker and give 2 whistle and you have a delicious masala khichdi ready to eat... I have also tried many other ingredients but I always thought the first recipe was the best, so since then I'm stick to this recipe only and believe me it taste real good.

Ingredients.

1/4 cup of baby prawn (pre cooked)

1/2 cup mix vegetables

1/2 cup of rice

3 tbsp toor dal

1 small onion, 2 green chilli, 1 small tomato ( finely chopped)

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

1/4 tsp coriander powder, 1/4 tsp garam masala

1 bay leave, 1 black cardamom, 2 cloves

1 cinnamon stick, 1 green cardamom, 1 star anise

1/4 tsp cumin seeds

Salt and Oil to taste

3 cups of water.

Cooking Method.

In a large mixing bowl add rice, prawns, dal and vegetables, wash them nicely and set aside.

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when oil is hot, add cumin seeds, bay leave, cinnamon, cardamom, star anise and cloves, when they splutter, add chopped onion and green chilli, fry to light brown,

Then add tomato, red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder and garam masala, fry for 1 minute, Add prawn, vegetables, dal, rice and salt. Give a good mix and add water, close the lid and cook for 2 whistle (1 in high flame and 1 in low flame) allow the pressure to go before opening the lid.

Serve hot with little ghee on top.

Fried Egg And Potato Curry.. (Aaloo Aur Anday Ki Sabji)

Fried Egg And Potato Curry.. This is a authentic North Indian curry, which goes very well with Plain or Jeera Rice. This is very often cooked in my In-Laws place in a little different way, even I follow the same steps but with my own touch and little variation... I prefer this curry as rich and spicy but this days I'm not eating that spicy food so I cooked with less oil and less spicy. I have already posts of Egg curry, which is almost a same procedure, you can change or add ingredients according to your taste...

Ingredient's.

4 hard boiled eggs

2 potato (cut into big chunks)

2 medium size onion, 2 green chilly, 2 medium size tomato (finely chopped)

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

1tbsp ginger garlic paste

1/2tsp cumin seeds

1 green cardamom, 1 clove, 1 cinnamon stick

2 bay leaves

2 dry red chillies

3tbsp oil + 2tbsp for frying eggs and potato

Salt as per taste.

Cooking Method

In a non-stick pan, add 2tbsp oil and fry the eggs and potato to golden brown and keep it aside.

In a pressure cooker add oil, cumin, bay leaves, dry red chillies, cardamom, cloves and cinnemon, when they splutter, add onion and chilly fry till it become’s golden brown, add all the masala powder and ½ cup water fry till it starts leaving oil, add tomato and cook till all the masala has come together, that will take about 5 to 6 minutes.

Then add fried eggs, potato, salt and mix. Add another 2cup of water, cover the lid and cook for 3 whistle (1 in high flame and 2 in low flame).

Garnish with coriander leafs

Serve with Ghee Rice, Plain Rice or Jeera Rice and Roti.

Black-Eyed Peas And Potato Curry.. (Pressure Cooker Version)

Black-Eyed Peas And Potato Curry.. A wonderful dish to go with Rice, Roti, Bread or it can even make a delicious chat, just topped with some chopped onion, green chilli and coriander leaves and from curry to chat is ready in no time.. This curry has been the most favourite for me, I don't know from when, and I never want to replace this curry with any other dish in my favourite list. When ever I cook this I always cook in a bulk, so that I can eat 2 to 3 times and the next day the taste becomes even more better.. In-front of this curry if you give me chicken, mutton or fish, but I will choose this curry only... Serve with almost anything of your choice it will taste great..

Ingredient's.

1+1/2 cup black-eyed peas (Lubia)

3 potato (cut into chunks) 

2 onion, 3 tomato, 3 green chillies (finely chopped)

2tsp red chilly powder, 1/2tsp turmeric 

1tsp garam masala, 1tsp coriander powder

1tbsp ginger garlic paste

1/2tsp cumin seeds 

Oil and Salt as per taste

Copped coriander leafs for garnishing.

Cooking Method 

Soak the black-eyed peas over night.

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when it is hot add cumin seeds, when they splutter, add onion, and green chillies fry it to golden brown. Then add all the masala powder and ginger garlic paste and fry for 5 to 6 minutes, then add tomato and fry till it starts leaving oil.

Now add soaked black-eyed peas, potato and salt, mix them all together nicely and add 2cups of water, close the lid and cook for 4 to 5 whistle (1 in high flame and rest in low flame).

Garnish with chopped coriander leafs and Serve hot with Rice, Roti or Bread.

Masoor Dal Makhni.. (Whole Red Lentil Curry)

Masoor Dal Makhni... After I started cooking this whole masoor dal makhni I totally forgot about the dal makhni... I really feel this dal is more tastier and easier to cook. You don't need to add cream or milk it taste delicious even without any of the heavy ingredient's and gives the same taste as Dal Makhni.. I have tryded even with cream, but I like with out cream or milk.. You can change or add ingredients according to your taste.. Serve with Jeera Rice and Naan and take my words you'll also forget about the other dals...

Ingredient's

1 cup whole masoor dal

1/4 cup rajma

1 medium onion, 1 large tomato, 2 green chillies

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

1tbsp ginger garlic paste

1/2tsp cumin

Hand full of chopped coriander leaves

1/4 cup cream or milk (optional)

Butter 2tbsp

Oil 1tbsp

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method.

Soak the rajma for 3 to 4 hours, then in a pressure cook add whole masoor dal, rajma, salt and 2 cups of water and boil for 4 to 5 whistle on a low flame. After boiled take out from the pressure cooker and set it aside.

In the same pressure cooker, add butter and oil, when hot add cumin, onion and green chillies, fry to golden brown, then add all the masala powder, ginger garlic paste and tomato, fry all the masala till the oil start separating and keep smashing the tomato in between.

Now add the boiled dal and little water if required and give a nice mix, adjust the salt and close the pressure cooker lid and cook for another 2 whistle on a low flame.. Allow the pressure to go completely before opening the pressure cooker. Then mix in the coriander leaves and (cream or milk) give a quick mix and again close the pressure cooker.. Whole Masoor Dal Makhni is ready to serve.

Serve hot with Jeera Rice or Naan..

Egg & Potato Masala Moong Dal.. (Pressure Cooker Version)

Egg & Potato Masala Moong Dal.. From past few weeks I'm feeling like to cook only that food which I use to eat before my marriage.. After my marriage my eating habit and food has changed completely. I use to be hardcore non-vegetarian I change my self to be just non-vegetarian.. I changed my cooking and eating habit just because of my hubby, because he don't prefer to eat non-veg that much and I don't wanted to eat alone. So instead of eating every day I made it to twice a month or sometime once in a week... Me being south Indian I love north Indian food from the beginning , I think for that only god gave me a my Husband :) I have just started cooking some selective food slowly and he is also eating. I'm sure if I cook south Indian food at least once in a week it is good for him to try out new dishes.. It is not like he don't eat completely, he eats some foods which favourite of all (Dosa, Idli, Sambar, Rasam etc) now enough of my story. Let me come to the recipe..

This masala moong dal with potato and egg is my family curry, we use to eat this most of the time for breakfast with hot roti's but I prefer with rice. So I use to save my dal for the lunch and then eat with rice.. Do try this unique combination to serve a different dish to your family member..

Ingredient's.

4 hard boiled eggs

2 medium potato (cut into big chunks)

1 cup split moong dal

1 medium onion, 2 green chilli, 1 large tomato (finely chopped)

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

1tsp ginger garlic paste

Hand full of chopped coriander leaves

Salt to taste.

For Tempering.

1/4tsp mustard seeds

10 curry leaves

3tbsp oil.

Cooking Method.

In a pressure cooker, add oil when it hot, add mustard seeds and curry leaves, when they splutter, add chopped onion and green chilli and fry them to golden brown.

Then add turmeric, coriander powder, ginger garlic paste and tomato, fry till oil start separating.

Now add moong dal. potato, coriander leaves and salt, give them good mix and add 2 cups of water, boiled eggs, again mix them and close the lid and cook for 2 whistle and allow them pressure to go completely before opening the pressure cooker..

Serve hot with Roti or Rice..

Mutton And Potato Curry (Oil-Less)

Mutton and Potato Curry (Oil-Less). To cook this mutton curry I have not used a single drop of oil. It is cooked in it's own fat. When ever we think of non-veg dishes we always think spicy and rich. But I'm assuring you after cooking this curry you'll forget the other curries.. The most important ingredients in this is the meat, if you have not got right meat then the curry will not be tasty. You just need to asked the butcher to give the meat which has fat and bones...

This is a very good curry to cook for the people who don't like to eat oily and spicy.. I cook this mutton curry when I'm on diet and still want to eat mutton and this curry gets cooked in no time. But this time I have added more green chillies because I wanted to eat something spicy but not oily.. You can adjust the ingredients according to your taste..

Ingredient's

1/2kg mutton

2 large potato, cut into big chunks (optional)

1cup chopped coriander

8 green chillies

1tbsp ginger garlic paste

1tsp black peppercorn

15 curry leafs

1 medium tomato

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method

Soak and wash the mutton for 15 minutes.

Grind all the above ingredients (except potato) to a smooth paste and set it aside.

In a pressure cooker add the mutton and cook till the water is evaporated and keep stirring in between to avoid sticking at the bottom of the cooker.

Now add the grounded masala, potato and salt, give a nice mix and add 1cup water and cook till the meat is tender. That will take about 3 to 4 whistle. Depending upon the meat.. Then allow the pressure to go before opening the pressure cooker.

Serve hot with Rice or Roti.

Coriander Chicken Gravy.. (Hariyali Murgh Masala)

Coriander Chicken Gravy!!! This chicken gravy can be cooked in many ways and it can be dry or gravy. Even I try different version while cooking this gravy, sometime I make it dry or gravy.. Usually this is cooked in a rainy season, because this spicy gravy suits to the weather with hot hot roti's. You can change the ingredients according to your taste, but in my family we prefer hot and spicy. It is very easy to cook with simple ingredients and delicious chicken gravy will be ready with in 10 to 15 minutes...

Ingredient's

1/2 kg chicken (cut into medium pieces)

1 medium onion (thinly sliced)

1cup chopped coriander

5 to 6 green chilis

8 to 10 curry leafs

2tsp black pepper corn

1tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 medium tomato

3tbsp Oil

Salt to taste.

Cooking Method.

Wash and drain the water of chicken and set it aside. In a pressure cooker, add oil and onion, fry the onion for minute or 2. Then add chicken and salt, mix them and allow the chicken water to evaporate.

In a mean time add all the rest of the ingredients into a mixer jar and make a smooth paste by adding little water.

Now add the grounded masala to chicken and 1/4cup of water, give a good mix and check for the salt. Then close the lid of pressure cooker and cook for (2 whistle on a medium to low heat) then allow the pressure to go before opening the pressure cooker. 

Serve hot with Naan, Kerala Poratha or Roti's.

Kasuri Meethi Chicken Curry..(Dired Fenugreek Leaves Chicken Curry. Pressure Cooker Version)

Kasuri Meethi Chicken Curry!!! I have taken this picture almost a year back and never post it.. When ever I plan to post this but some how I use to end up posting some other recipe. As I'm fully prepared to clear all my draft, so this was the first recipe to come up on my blog.. 

Kasuri Meethi has lots of medicinal value and I'm not very good at explaining but I know it is very good for health and I always make a point to add few leaves in my veg or non-veg dishes.. I really love the taste of kasuri meethi. This chicken curry is often asked to cook in my family and I'm sure once you people get the taste of it you can't stop yourself cooking this atleast twice a month..

Ingredient's.

1/2kg chicken (cut into medium size pieces)

2 medium onion, 1 large tomato (finely chopped)

2tsp ginger garlic paste

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

2tsp chicken masala

2tsp kasuri Meethi (dried fenugreek leaves)

1/2tsp cumin seeds

2 bay leaves

3tbsp Oil

Salt to taste.

Ingredient's To Grind.

3 green chilli

1 black cardamom, 2 cloves, 1 cinnamon stick

1 green cardamom, 1 star anise

Handful of chopped coriander leaves.

Cooking Method.

In a mixer jar, add all the grinding ingredients and make a smooth paste by adding little water and set it aside.

In a pressure cooker, add oil, when oil is hot, add cumin and bay leaves, when they crackle. Add onion and fry to golden brown. Add the grounded paste along with red chili powder, turmeric, coriander powder, chicken masala and ginger garlic paste. and fry till the raw smell goes.. Add the tomato and fry till the oil start separating.(keep smashing the tomato in between)

Then add chicken, kasuri meethi, salt and 1 to 2cup of water and close the pressure cooker and cook for 2 whistle on a medium low heat.. Allow the pressure to escape before opening the cooker.

Garnish with some more fresh coriander leaves.

Serve hot with Rice or Roti..

Mutton Kheema And Cabbage Curry.. (Pressure Cooker Version)

Mutton Kheema And Cabbage Curry.. This curry is my most favourite curry and I cook this very often. Sushil don't like to eat cabbage at all but I love cabbage with Kheema, it goes well with Roti, Rice or you can even eat just like that as I eat... I had cooked this curry in India and I have many recipes from India which I'm yet to post. Here in UK I still don't have proper things to start my blogging but I have lots of recipes in draft and I thought till I finish these recipes posting I can manage to buy few things for my blog photography.... It is been a very long time I wrote a post and I'm finding it so difficult to write, never mind it is a matter of few days...

Try out this recipe I'm sure you'll also fall in love with this curry like I have :)

 

 

 

Ingredient's
1/2 cabbage (finely chopped)
150gm Mutton Kheema
1/4 cup chopped beans
1 large potato (cut into small cubes)
1 large onion (finely chopped)
2tbsp of coconut paste or a small pic of coconut
2 medium tomato, 2 green chillies, 3tbsp chopped coriander leafs
1 small cinnamon stick
1tsp red chilly powder, 1/2tsp turmeric, 1tsp coriander powder
1tsbp ginger garlic paste
3tbsp oil
Salt as per taste.

 

 

Cooking method
In a mixer jar add tomato, green chilli, coconut, coriander leafs and cinnamon stick, make a smooth paste and set it aside.
In a pressure cooker, add oil, when it is hot add onion and fry to lite golden brown. Then add mutton Kheema, ginger garlic paste and salt, fry the Kheema till oil separats, keep stirring in between.
Now add red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, tomato and coconut paste and give a good mix and cook for another 1 or 2 minutes.

Then add the cabbage, beans and potato, mix them nicely, adjust the seasoning and close the lid. Cook for 2 whistle (1 in high flame and 1 in low flame) allow the pressure to go before opening the cooker..
Mutton Kheema and cabbage curry is ready.
Serve hot with Roti or Rice as side dish..