Simple chicken Kurma

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1/4 kg
Onion - 1 cup
Tomato - 1cup
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
Shredded coconut - 1/2 cup
Sambar masala - 2 tsp
Clove - 2
Cinnamon - 1
curry leaves
Mustard seeds
Poppy seeds - 1 tsp
Cashew nuts - 4
Salt to taste

Direction :

• Wash chicken and cut them into small pieces.
• Soak poppy seeds for about 15 minutes and blend it with coconut and cashew nuts.
• Heat oil in a pan,add cloves,cinnamon,mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• Add onion and saute well until it turns translucent.
• Now add ginger garlic paste,saute until  raw smell goes.
• Then add tomato and saute until it cooks well.
• Add masala powder and salt and close the lid.
• Keep aside for about 5 minutes.
• Now it looks like a gravy.(check salt and masala)
• Add chicken and coconut paste.
• Close the lid and allow to boil until oil oozes out from the chicken and gravy.
• Now you can serve it for rice,dosai,roti or poori.

Mutter Paneer

Ingredients:

Green peas - 1 cup
Paneer - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1/2 cup
Tomato - 1 cup
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Chili powder - 1 tsp
Ghee - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

Direction:

• Heat ghee in a pan and roast the paneer.
• Cut them into small cubes.
• Heat oil in another pan and add onion and tomato.
• Saute them well and blend them using a blender.
• Pour the tomato puree in the pan and add coriander powder,cumin powder,chili powder and salt.
• Add green peas in it.
• Let it boil for 15 minutes.
• Then add paneer and let it be simmer for 5 minutes.

Egg kurma

Ingredients:

Egg - 2
Onion - 1 cup
Tomato - 1/2 cup
Greeen chilli - 1
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste

Direction:

• Grind coconut in a blender.
• Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seeds,curry leaves,onion and little bit of salt.
• Saute well and add tomato.
• Now break two eggs and stir continously until eggs are cooked.
• Add the coconut paste with little amount os water.
• Then add sambar powder and required amount of salt.

Tomato kurma

Ingredients:
Tomato -3 cups
Oninion - 1 cup
Onion - 1 cup
Cinnamon - 1
Clove - 2
Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Poppy seeds - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves

Direction:

• Soak poppy seeds for about 15 minutes.
• Grind coconut,fennel seeds and poppy seeds together.
• Heat oil in a pan add cloves,cinnamon,mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• Add onion with pinch of garam masala and saute well.
• Then add tomato and allow to cook.
• After tomatoes are well cooked,gently mash the to make gravy.
• Now add coconut paste,garam masala,sambar powder and salt.
• Give a boil and tomato curma is ready to serve with chapathi.

Muttai(egg) kuzhambu

Ingredients:

Eggs - 3 or 4
Onion - 1/4 cup
Shredded coconut - 1/2 cup
Poppy seeds - 1 tsp
Cinnamon - 2
Clove - 1
Black cardamom - 1
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
sambar powder - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Oil
Salt to taste



Direction:

• Boil the eggs and cut partially on white.
• Heat oil in a pan,add one cinnamon,poppy seeds,fennel seeds,onion and coconut.
• Saute well for 10 minutes and then grind them in a blender.
• Heat oil in the same pan,add mustard seeds,cinnamon,clove,black cardamom and curry leaves.
• Now add the ground mixture.
• Add sambar powder and salt and allow to boil.
• Now add eggs slowly one by one.
• This kuzhambu is perfect for idly and dosai.

Egg curry

Ingredients:

Egg - 4
Onion - 1 cup
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Sambar powder(optional) - 1 tsp
Green chilli - 3
Red chilli - 2
Tamarind juice - 1 cup( thick consistency)
Coconut powder - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil 2 tsp


Direction:

• Boil eggs and cut them partially on the white.
• Soak tamarind in hot water.
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds,cumin seeds,red chilli,curry leaves and then onion.
• Saute well until onion turn into golden brown.
• Add turmeric powder as well as ginger garlic paste.
• Now add a small amount of water in the above mixture.
• Add coriander powder,cumin powder,chilli powder,sambar powder and salt.
• At this stage add coconut powder.
• Extract the juice from tamarind and add to the mixture.
• Let it boil for 15 minutes.
• Put eggs one by one slowly.
• After half an hour the egg absorbs the paste and it will taste awesome when you eat with Paruppu Sadam with ghee.

White kurma

Ingredients:

Potato - 2
Tomato - 1
Onion - 1
Green chilli - 2
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves
Coconut - 2 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp
Split chick peas(pottu kadalai) - 2 tsp

Direction:

• Boil potato,peel off them and cut into small cubes.
• Grind fennel seeds,green chilli,coconut and split chick peas.
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seed and curry leaves.
• Saute well the onion and the tomato for a few minutes.
• Add the grinded paste and saute well for 10 minutes.
• Then add potatos and allow them to boil.

Tomato chicken kurma

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1/2 kg
Tomato - 2
Onion - 1 cup
coconut - 1 cup
Clove - 1
Cinnamon - 1
Green chilli - 3
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Garlic - 3 nos
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Corriander powder - 2 tsp
curry powder(red chilli,cumin seed,kus kus) - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Ginger garlic paste
Salt to taste
Oil as required

Direction:

• Wash the chicken and cut into small pieces.
• Take oil in pan and put mustard seeds,clove,cinnamon,green chillies,fennel seeds,cumin seeds and garlic.
• Add onion and ginger garlic paste and saute well.
• Blend tomatos and add this tomato juice to the above mixture.
• Close the pan and leave it for 15 minutes.
• At that time grind coconut and keep aside.
• After 15 minutes add chilli powder,sambar powder,curry powder,corriander powder,turmeric powderans salt.
• Now add coconut and chicken pieces.
• It will take 15 or 20 minutes to become a good kurma or gravy.
• So keep aside and enjoy this with idly,dosa,chapathi or rice.

Potato & lima beans

Ingredients:

Cinnamon - 2
Cloves - 2
Potato - 3
Lima beans
Chopped Tomato - 1 cup
Chopped Onion - 1 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Sambar powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala - a pinch
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
curry leaves
Mustard seeds
Cumin seeds
Grated Cocunut - 1 cup
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

Direction:

• Boil the potatoes,cut into small pieces and keep it in a bowl.
• Heat oil in the pan.
• Add cinnamon,clove and other spicy items u have.
• Add mustard seeds,cumin seeds and curry leaves.
• Once seeds start spluttering,add chopped onion.
• After it turns to golden brown,add tomatoes.
• Saute well for few minutes.
• Now add the turmeric powder,corriander powder,sambar powder and garam masala.
• Blend the grated coconut in the blender and add into our spicy mixture.
• Add salt in this to your taste.
• Now add the potatoes and lima beans.
• Boil it for 15 minutes.
• Serve it with chapathi.

Aloo palak

Ingredients

spinach - 2 cups
garlic - 2 nos
ginger - little bit
onions - 1
green chilies - 2
potatoes - 2
turmeric - 1 tsp
cumin seed - 1/2 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
coriander powder - 1 tsp
cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
salt to taste

Directions

• In a pan cook the spinach with garlic, ginger, onions and the green chilies for about 5-10 minutes.
• In the meantime boil the potatoes with salt  and set aside when done.
• Add the cooked potatoes, garam masala, corriander and cumin powder and a little water if needed.
• Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Eat this with chapathi..