Lemon pickle (Naranga achar)

Hai all my blogger friends i realy missed everyones post because i took a short break.Was with my parents in india....enjoyed rain very well....
After a long break i feel so so lazy .......Will be soon very active in blogging..
Pickle is very popular around india.It is also a side dish in most of the indians lunch...There are different kinds of pickle.Here iam sharing lemon pickle with you.

Ingredients:
Limes-12
Pickle masala powder-4 tsp ( i used eastern pickle powder)
Chilli powder-if needed
Vinegar-1/4 -1/2 cup
Green chillies-4
Garlic -5 tsp chopped
Ginger -3 tsp chopped
Curry leaves - 3-4 srings
Mustard seeds-3/4 tsp
Salt to taste
coconut oil-3-4 tsp


Method:
1.Clean limes and cut each into 4 or 8 pieces.
2.Now add vinegar,salt and chilli powder and let it rest for 1 day.
3.Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seed and wait for some times.Now add ginger,garlic,green chillies and curry leaves.Fry till the garlic turns light brown.
4.Now add pockle powder and add the lime pieces and mix well.Now check the salt.If you want you can add 2 pinch of sugar.
5.Remove from fire and let it cool in room temperature.
6.Transfer the pickle to a jar.
7.Now let it rest for 1 week.
8.Refrigerate the pickle after opening.

Uruli Appam

Uruli is an open-mouthed shallow circular vessel made out of bell metal. It is available in all sizes from a diameter of a few inches to even 10-12 feet!Uruli has may important value in hindus life....It is one of an item in vishu kanni.And on the occation of house warming uruli is used for pallu kachal(boilling milk)...Uruli Kamuthal at the famous Mannarsala Naagaraaja Temple ensures child birth to long awaited couples, and after the blessed event, the parents come to the temple with their child, for the blessing of the Nagaraja.Now days urulis are popular for decorative purposes used as water carrier with floating flowers.And food cooked in uruli is great,delisious,yummy......I have no words....My hubby always ask me to prepare naadan chicken,mutton curry in uruli.....There again lots more to say about uruli......

Ingredients:
1 cup rice (raw)
1\4 cup grated coconut
1\4 cup cooked rice
3-4 shellots chopped
salt to taste
oil for roasting

Method:
1. Wash and soak the rice for 3 - 4 hours.
2. Then grind it along with the coconut and cooked rice to a fine paste.
3. Add salt,shellots and water to make a thin batter.Also some grated coconut.
4. Grease the Uruli and heat it.

5. Spread the batter,the center portion should be thicker.
6. Roast on one both side.
7. Serve with chutney, a stew or any non veg dish

Broccoli With Sausage

Ingredients:
Broccoli Florets – 1 Cups
Sausage -1 cup
Bell peppers(Green,Red and Yellow)– 1 cup
Potato,Carrot  -1/4 cup
Sliced Onions – 1 medium
Soya Sauce – 2 tsp
Hot & Sweet Tomato Sauce – 2 tbsp
Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
Salt – to taste
Oil – 2 tbsp

Method:
1.Heat 2 tbsp oil in a skillet. Add all the vegetables,sausage and salt,close the lid and cook in low flame.
2.Add 2 tsp Soy Sauce, 2 tbsp Hot and Sweet Tomato Sauce and mix well.
3.Cover and cook for another 2-3 minutes so that the gravy is coated thoroughly on the vegetables.
4.Serve as a side dish along with Roti or Bread.

Vellarikka / Yellow Cucumber Moru Curry / Buttermilk Curry

Ingredients:
Vellarikka / cucumber - 1 (Cut it into small cubes)
Curd  - 3/4 cup
Shallots - 4 to 5
Tomato - 1
Green chilly - 6 to 8
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds - 3/4 tsp
Turmeric pdr 1/2 Tsp
Cumin seeds 1/4 Tsp
Curry leaves - 1 stem
2 dried red chillies
Coconut grated - 3/4 cup
Water
Salt
Oil

Method:
1.Cook the cucumber in 1 cup of water with turmeric,Shallots,green chillies,tomato and salt.
2.Meanwhile grind the coconut by adding cumin seeds and curd to a fine paste and keep it aside.
3.Add this paste to the cooked cucumbers and mix well and cook for 5 minutes or till the gravy becames thick.And remove from fire.
4.Heat the coconut oil in a pan and temper the mustard seeds, red chillies, curry leaves and fenugreek seeds.
5.Pour immediately over the cooked curry.
Serve with rice.

Uzhunnu Vada

Ingredients:-
Urad dal soaked in water for 2 hours – 2 cups
Finely chopped onion – 1
Green chillies – 3
Chopped Ginger – 1 tsp
Chopped curry leaves – 2 tsp
Crushed pepper – 1 tsp (optional)
Baking Soda – 1/4 tsp
Salt – to taste
Oil – for frying

Method:-
1.Grind urad dal and salt together adding very little water,into a coarse paste.It would be better not adding water at all.just add necessary water little by little.
2.Now add onion,ginger,curry leaves,pepper and baking soda into the ground paste and mix them together.And keep it aside foe 10-15 minutes.
3.Pat your hands with water and make a ball with the paste.Flatten it and make a hole in the center like a doughnut.
4.Drop the vadas into hot oil and deep fry till golden brown in color.Serve with chutney or Sambar.

Squid Soup

Ingredients:
1/2 cup squid (cut it into rings)
1onions
2 cloves of garlic
2 tsp corn flour
1 Egg white
2 cup of water
2 pinch Termeric powder
Salt to taste

Method:
1.In a deep cooking vessel add water,squid,onion,garlic,termeric powder and salt and cook till the squid and other ingrediants are coked well.
2.Now add the corn flour and when it starts to thicken add egg white and remove from fire.
Serve hot.

Broccoli-Egg Thoran / Stir Fry

Iam cooking the broccoli for the first time...Last week one of my hubbies friend gived us lots of vegetables...In that there was many broccoli....So i was confused what to do with these much of broccoli...I tried 3 dishes with broccoli all was delisious...Other two i will post soon....This was my first try with the broccoli..The taste is similar to cauliflower...

Ingredients:
Broccoli - 1/2 kg
Egg -2
Chopped Onion - 1
Green chilli - 4
Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
Curry leaves
Salt
Oil

Method:
1.Wash broccoli and cut into small pieces.
2.Heat oil in a pan.Add onion,turmeric and green chillies.Saute well till the onion become soft.
3.Pour 1/2 cup of water , broccoli and required salt.Cover it and cook it on low heat.
4.Beat egg well by adding some salt.
5.Heat oil in a frying pan and add the beaten egg.mix well and cook untile done.
6.Add this to cooked broccoli and cook again for 5 minutes in low flame.
Serve hot with rice.

Chicken 65

This is for jaya of (Tasty Appetite) “I Love My Dad”.....
Ingredients:
Chicken pieces (I used boned)- ½ kg
Lemon juice - 2 tsp
Red chilly powder - 2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Corn flour - 3 tsp
Egg  - 1
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
Yoghurd - 2 tsp
Food colouring (Red)- ¼ tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
Corindar leaves,curry leaves and oninon for garnishing

Method:
1. Cut chicken into small pieces.
2. Except oil mix all the ingrediants together in a bowel and marinate with chicken.
3. Set aside for 3-4 hour.

4. Heat oil in a pan, deep fry the chicken pieces.
5. Remove from oil.
6. Garnish with Corindar leaves,curry leaves and oninon

Rava Dosa

Ingredients:
Rava – 1/2 cup
Rice flour – 1/2 cup
Maida – 1/4 cup
Onion – 1 small
Curry leaves – 1 twig
Green chillies – 2 no
Ginger
Asafoetida(Kaayam) -2 pinch
Cumin seeds -3/4 tsp
Salt – 1/2 teaspoon
Water – 2-3 cups
Gee for cooking
Method:

1.Finely chop the onions, green chilli,ginger and curry leaves.
2.Mix the rava , flours, salt,Asafoetida,Cumin seeds  and chopped ingredients with water in a large bowl.
3.Leave to soak for minimum half an hour.The batter should not be too thick,but watery.
4.Heat a non stick dosa tawa in a high flame for 1 minute.
5.Smear 1 teaspoon oil on the tawa with a clean white cloth.
6.Add the batter to the tava .The dosa will not be a perfect circle sometimes and you will find holes here and there.Well that is rava dosa.. spread 1/4 teaspoon gee on the dosa.
7.When the dosa is golden yellow brown , turn it the other side.

Have this dosa with chutney or sambar.
Recipe Courtesy:Kairali TV Magic Oven

Mixed Vegetable Sabji / Subzi With Soya Chunks

Ingrediants:
Carrot – 1
Beans – 4-5
Potato – 1 medium sized
Capsicum – 1
Onion – 1
Tomato – 1
Soya chunks -8-10
Ginger + Garlic Paste – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves
Green chillies -3-4
Cumin Seeds or Jeera – 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Coriander Powder – 1/2 tsp
Salt
Coriander Leaves / Cilantro

Method:
1.Chop Carrot, Beans, Potatoes, Capsicum lengthwise.Cook these chopped/cut vegetables in a pressure cooker for 1 whistles.
2.Soak the soya chunks in water for 10-15 minutes.Than squeeze the water from soya chunks and add this to cooked vegetables.Cook in low flame for 10 minutes
3.Heat Oil in a pan, add Jeera/Cumin Seeds. Once the Jeera seeds splutter add Curry leaves, chopped Onions, Turmeric Powder and Ginger + Garlic paste and saute until the Onions turn transparent.

4.Now add Tomato ,Garam Masala, Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder,Salt and 1/4 cup of water and cook for 3 min.
5.Then add cooked Vegetables, soya chunks and cook for 5-6 min more until the water content blends well with cooked Vegetables.
Garnish the Sabji/Subzi with Coriander leaves.
Serve Mixed Vegetable Sabji/Sabzi hot with Chapati, Roti or Nan.

Kuttanadan Fish fry

Ingrediants:
4 Piece of fish of your choice
1/2 tsp garlic ( adjust as per your taste)
1/2 inch piece of ginger
1 1/4 tsp Pepper crushed
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp lime juice
7-8  Curry leaves
Salt to taste
Coconut oil for frying

Directions:
1.Take a bowel and mix all the ingrediants execpt curry leaves and oil to a fine paste.And marinate this with fish and keep it aside for 1-2 houres.
2.Place a pan and pour the oil and add curry leaves and wait for 15 seconds,now layer the fish piece and fry both the sides till done.
3.Remove from the fire and drain in a paper towels.

Rava Idlis

Iam very very happy to start this day morning.Today u can read more about me in nithus blog.Here u can check out.And enjoy reading about me.....he he he he he
I saw this recipe in one of the television cookery programme.All the days morning break fast is the usuall breakfast with dosa,vellayappam,puttu etc..So i thought why not make a change..So i plan to try this rava idlis for last days break fast.

Ingredients:
2 cups of Rava/Semolina
1 1/2 cup Butter Milk/Sour Curds
1 tbsp Ghee/Oil
1 tbsp Mustard
1 tbsp Urad Dal
1 tbsp chopped Curry Leaves
1 1/2 tbsp finely chopped Green Chillies
2 tbsp chopped Coriander Leaves
¼ cup grated Carrots
Salt to taste

Method:
1.Heat ghee in a pan mustard.Wait to splutter.Now add urad dal ,chopped curry leaves, green chillies and saute for few minutes.
2.Now add the rava/semolina and fry them in a low flame till semolina turns golden and switch off the gas. Let the mixture cool down.
3.To this add salt, butter milk, chopped coriander leaves, grated carrots and mix well.
4.Add enough water to make a batter of idli consistency (little thicker than dosa batter) and keep aside for one hour.
5.Greece some oil in idli plates and Pour a ladle full of batter into idli plates and steam cook them for 15-20 minutes till they are done.
Serve hot rava idlis with Sambar and Coconut Chutney.

Recipe Courtesy:Asianet Cookery Show

Idiyunni

This is a malabar recipe.I followed this one from Vanitha.Its realy tasty and easy to make...Same as idiyappam,But the difference is it is little thicker than the normal idiyappam..And adding jaggry makes it extra taste.

Ingredients
Raw Rice Flour - 1 Cups
Salt - To Taste
Oil - 1 teaspoon
Water - 1 cups
Coconut milk -1/2 cup
Grated Jaggery -3-4 tsp
Grated Coconut - 1/4 cup

Method:
1.Boil water in a bowl and salt and a teaspoon of oil
2.To this add the rice flour and mix it well and make it a soft dough.
3.Divide it into small balls and keep it aside
4.Cook this in coconut milk.When its cooked romove from fire.

5.Take the idiyappam press and fix the idiyappam mould (it should be the bigger hole, note the small) and lightly grease the press with oil to avoid stickiness.
6.To this add cooked dough balls and close the idiyappam press
7.Take a plate and squeeze the cooked dough onto the plates.Cut usuing a nife in between squeezing.
8.When it is ready add grated coconut and jaggry,or mix grated coconut and jaggry when serving.serve hot or cold.
The yummy Idiyunni is ready to serve with Tea.
Recipe Courtesy :Vanitha

Beet Root Chapathi

This beet root chapathi i followed from Yummy Team.You can check there recipe here.

Ingredients :
Wheat flour – 1 cup
Beet root – 1 medium size
Green chillies – 3
Garlic – 2
water – as required
Salt – to taste
Method:

1.Grate the beetroot,and cook in 1/4 glass of water in low flame.
2.When it is cooked remove from fire and let it be cooled.
3.Grind the beetroot,green chillies and garlic using some water.

4.Now add this to flour ,add some salt to taste and kneed to a soft dough.

5.Make smal balls and roll them out with a chappathi roller.
6.Heat a pan and cook the chapathi untile done.

Mathi / Sardine Chomma

This recipe i learned from my neighbour brother in kerala.He is working in army.

Ingredients:
For Sardine marination
Sardine - 4(Cleaned)
Chilly powder - 1  tsp
Termeric powder-1/2 tsp
Black pepper -1/2 tsp
Lime juice -1tsp
Salt to taste

For chomma masala
Oninon -2 medium size
Tomato -1 medium size
Ginger chopped -1 tsp
Garlic chopped -1tsp
Green Chillies -3-4 spit
Termeric powder -1/2 tsp
Chilli powder -3/4 -1 tsp
Corindar powder -1/4 tsp
Curry leaves

Method:
1 Mix all ingredients under marination except the fish by adding 1-2 tsp of water.
2 Mix this with the cleaned fish and let it marinate for 1-2 hours.
3 Heat oil in pan, add these fishes in batches and  fry in simmer fry till it turns crispy.
4.Now remove the flesh from the bones (mull) and keep it aside.

5.Heat oil in a pan and saute the onions till brown,add salt to taste.Now add ginger,garlic and green chillies,When the colour of green chillies starts to change add all the powders and saute for few minutes.
6.Now add the tomato and saute for 2-3 minutes.
7.Now add the flesh of sardine and mix well and cook in low flame for 5-10 minutes.add curry leaves and remove from fire.