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Tandoori Chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken drumsticks - 6
Chili powder - 1 tbsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Curd - 6 tbsp
Salt as req.

Direction:

• Cut slashes over the  drumsticks using a knife to allow for marination.
• At first marinate the chicken with chili powder and salt.Rub well in the slashes.
• Then in a bowl add remaining ingredients.
• Marinate chicken with the above paste for at least 3 hours.
• Preheat the oven for 450 degrees.Place the chicken on a roasting pan and cook for 30 minutes.

Pancake

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 1 cup
Egg - 1
Milk - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 3 tsp
Honey - 1 tsp

Direction :

• Take all purpose flour in a bowl.
• Bear egg and separate yolk and white.Keep them in different bowls.
• to the yolk add sugar & milk and beat it well.
• Add the above mixture to the flour.
• Mix them really good to make a batter.
• Beat the egg white till it turns to fluffy.
• Pour this to the batter and mix them gently.
• Heat a pan to medium heat and pout 1/4 cup of batter.
• Do it like dosa..
• Serve with honey....

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Egg Briyani

Ingredients:
Basmathi Rice - 1 cup
Sliced onion - 1 cup
Egg - 2
Clove - 2
Black cardamom - 1
Bay leaves - 2
Cinnamon - 1
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Briyani masala - 2 tsp (or as for your taste)
Salt to taste
Oil - 1 tsp
Ghee - 1 tsp

Direction :

• Boil 2 eggs.
• Soak basmathi rice for about 10 minutes.
• Add oil and ghee in a pan and heat it.
• when oil is hot,add clove,cinnamon,black cardamom and bay leaves.
• Fry them until they spread nice aroma.
• Add curry leaves and ginger garlic paste.
• Fry them till the raw smell goes.
• Add salt and briyani masala and saute well.
• Add the above masala into the soaked rice.
• Add 2 cups of water and cook using rice cooker or pressure cooker.

Option 1 : Cut the eggs and place them while serving.
Option 2 :

•  Break one egg and add 1/4 tsp chili powder,1/4  tsp coriander powder,1/4 tsp cumin       powder and  required salt.
•  Mix them well in a bowl.
•  Take one egg and apply the above masala.
•  Heat oil in pan and add the egg.
•  Fry them for 5 minutes.
•  Cut them and serve hot with the briyani.

Crispy Poha

Ingredients:

Poha - 1 cup
Channa dal - 2 tsp
Urad dal - 2 tsp
Peanut - 2 tsp
Cashew - 5
Curry leaves
Chili powder - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt

Direction:

• Heat oil in pan,add curry leaves,channa dal,urad dal,peanuts and cashews.
• Saute them well and add chili powder,turmeric powder and salt.
• Now add poha and saute for 5 minutes.
• Easy...crispy...poha is ready!!!

Pepper chicken

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1/2 kg
Onion - 1 cup
Tomato - 2 cups
Chili powder -1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
crushed pepper - 2 tsp
Clove - 2
cinnamon - 2
Black cardamom - 1
Mustard seeds

Direction:

• Marinate chicken with chili powder,turmeric powder and salt for half an hour.
• Heat oil in a pan,add clove,cinnamon,black cardamom,mustard seeds and curry leaves.
• Add onion and saute well till they turn to brown color.
• Add tomato and immediately add all powders.
• Close the lid and let it till oil oozes out from tomato.
• Now add marinated chicken and do not add water.
• Saute chicken gravy now and then.
• Let it cook for 20 minutes.
• Finally add crushed pepper.
• It goes well with rice,briyani,pulao and parotta...

Beetroot Poriyal 1

Ingredients:

Beetroot - 1
Chopped onion - 2 tbsp
Green chili - 3
Red chili - 1
Channa dal - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves

Direction:

• Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seeds,curry leaves,channa dal,urad dal,red chili and onion.
• Saute well and required salt.
• Add 1 cup of water and allow to cook.
• After 20 or 25 minutes add shredded coconut and serve with sambar sadham.

Urulaikizhangu(Potato) Kola Urundai

Ingredients:
Potato - 3
Egg - 1
Onion - 1/4 cup
Chili powder - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Bread crumbs - 1/4 cup
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Oil to fry



Direction:

• Boil potatoes in a pressure cooker.
• Mash them well and add onion,chili powder,cumin seeds,curry leaves,coriander leaves and salt.
• Break an egg in a bowl and beat it well.
• Spread the bread crumbs in a plate.
• Make small balls from the mashed potatoes.
• Dip each balls in the egg and apply the bread crumbs.
• Fry them in hot oil.

Parathas without stuffing

To make the dough :



Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 2 cups
Salt - 1/4 tsp

Direction :

• Mix together wheat flour and salt..add hot water little by little.
• Knead well the dough.It should be soft.
• Make 4 balls from the dough.
• Roll out the balls and make parathas.

Pudina paratha:

Ingredients:

Chapathi dough
Dry pudina - 1

Direction:

• Mix pudiana to one ball which we made earlier.
• Divide the ball into 2.
• Roll a ball into a circle.
• Put chapathi on an hot skillet and let it cook for 1 minute.
• Turn and cook the second side until small bubbles form.
• Turn again and cook the other side.

Coriander paratha:

Ingredients:

Chapathi dough
Fresh coriander leaves

Direction:

• Cut the coriander leaves finlely.
• Knead them with one ball of the dough.
• Divide the ball into 2.
• Roll a ball into a circle.
• Put chapathi on an hot skillet and let it cook for 1 minute.
• Turn and cook the second side until small bubbles form.
• Turn again and cook the other side.

Spinach paratha:

Ingredients:
Chapathi dough
Spinach

Direction:

• Cut the spinach finlely.
• Knead them with one ball of the dough.
• Divide the ball into 2.
• Roll a ball into a circle.
• Put chapathi on an hot skillet and let it cook for 1 minute.
• Turn and cook the second side until small bubbles form.
• Turn again and cook the other side.

Onion paratha:

Ingredients:

Chapathi dough
Sliced or finely chopped onion.


Direction:

• Heat oil in the pan,add onion and saute well.
• Knead them with the dough.
• Divide the ball into 2.
• Roll a ball into a circle.
• Put chapathi on an hot skillet and let it cook for 1 minute.
• Turn and cook the second side until small bubbles form.
• Turn again and cook the other side.

Tomato paratha:

Ingredients:

Chapathi dough
Thakkali thokku

Direction:

• Roll a ball into a circle.
• Put chapathi on an hot skillet and let it cook for 1 minute.
• Turn and cook the second side until small bubbles form.
• Turn  and add tomato thokku on top of it.
• Turn again and cook the other side.

Thakkali(Tomato) Thokku

Ingredients:
Tomato - 4
Chopped onion - 1/2 cup
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Oil - 2 tsp

Direction:

• Boil tomatoes and remove the peels.
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds,curry leaves and onion.
• Saute well for 5 minutes and add ginger-garlic paste.
• Cut the tomatoes and add to the pan.
• Mash them well using a spatula.
• Now add chili powder and salt.
• Add 3 tbs of water and boil them for about 15 minutes.
• And then saute well until the gravy turned into a thick paste.

Carrot rice

Ingredients:

Cooked rice - 1 cup
Grated carrot - 1 cup
Sliced Onion - 1/4 cup
Clove - 2
Cinnamon - 1
Cardamom - 1
Green chilli - 1
Red chilli - 1
Mustard seeds
Channa dal - 1 tsp( optional)
Curry leaves
Salt to taste

Direction:

• Heat oil or ghee in a pan,add cloves,cinnamon,cardamom,mustard seeds,curry leaves,red chilli and channa dal.
• After that add onion and saute well.(add little bit salt here)
• Now add grated carrot and saute well until carrot is well cooked.
• Sprinkle little bit water now and then if required while sauteing the carrot.
• Add cooked rice and mix well.
• Decorate it with coriander and serve hot.

Evening crackers

Ingredients:
Rice flour - 1 cup
Besan flour - 1/2 cup
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

Direction:

• Mix all of the above ingredients except oil.
• Add water little by little to make a dough.
• Divide the dough into 6 parts and roll them into balls.
• Roll out the balls into circle like chapathi and cut them into shape you want.
• Fry them in oil.
• Simple evening crackers are ready now....

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Green Apple Juice

Ingredients:

Green Apple - 2
Soy milk or Milk - 1 cup
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Saffron
Almond
Pistachio

Direction:

• Cut apples and put them in a blender.
• Pour milk and add sugar.
• Blend them well and strain if you want.
• Sprinkle almond,pistachio and saffron.

Carrot Juice

Ingredients:
Carrots - 3
Milk - 1/2 cup
Almond - 5
Pistachio - 5
Cashews - 5
Saffron
Sugar - 2 tbsp

Direction:

• Soak all the nuts for 1 hour.
• Remove peel of the alomnds and carrots.
• Cut the carrots and wash all the nuts.
• Put them together in a blender and blend them well with sugar.
• Strain the juice if you want.
• Decorate with almond and saffron.

Simple Egg Noodles(without soy souce)

Ingredients:

Egg - 2
Noodles - 500 grm  
Onion - 1/2 cup
Green chilli - 1
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumim powder - 1/2 tsp
Sambar powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

Direction :

• Boil nooles in 1 cup of water for about 10 minutes.
• Drain water and keep noodles in a plate. 
• Heat oil in a pan, add chopped onion and saute well.
• Add the egg and scramble it.
• Now add noodles.
• Add little amount of water and add green chilli,salt and all powders.
• Give a boil 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.

Avarakai poriyal

Ingredients:
Avarakai - 2 cups
Onion - 1/2 cup
Shredded coconut - 2 tsp
Channa dal - 2 tsp
Red chilli - 2
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Salt to taste

Direction:

• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds,curry leaves,channa dal and red chilli.
• Then add avarakai and salt,saute well for 20 minutes.
• Finally add coconut.

Avial

Ingredients:

White pumpkin - 1/4 cup
Raw banana - 1/4 cup
Carrot - 1/4 cup
Potato - 1/4 cup
Drumstick - 1/4 cup
Green peas - 1/4 cup
Kidney beans - 1/4 cup
Beans - 1/4 cup
Raw mango - 1 or 2 pieces
Onion - 1/4 cup
Cumin seed - 1 tbsp
Shredded Coconut - 1/2 cup
Green chilli - 4
Salt tp taste
Coconut oil - 2 tsp

Direction:

• Grind coconut,cumin seed and green chilli in a blender.
• Peel and chop all the vegetables into 3 inch lengths.
• Cook all the vegetables in a pan with little amount of water for about 20 minutes.
• Add salt and turmeric powder.
• Then add the coconut paste.
• Add coconut oil and curry leaves.