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Lettuce & Green moonghdhal Poriyal

Chicken Gravy

Ingredients.
Chicken -2lbs
Onion chopped-11/2 cup
Tomato paste -1tbs
(or chopped tomatoes)-2
Cinnamon-1,cloves-3,cardamom-4,bay leaf-1
Chilly powder-11/2 tsp(according to your spice)
Coriander powder-1tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
Any garam masala powder-1tsp
Kastoori Methi-1 hand full
Curry/Coriander leaf-for garnish
Oil-2tbs(reduce if you want less oil)
Salt-to taste
Grind
Coconut-1tbsp
Fennel seeds(Somph)-1tsp
Ginger/Garlic-Each 1tsp
Method.
Cut , clean & wash the chicken,marinate it with Chilly,turmeric,coriander powder,salt & Garam masala for 30 min.in fridge.Heat oil add the whole garam masala,then add onions fry till light golden colour.Now add tomatoes fry till oil separates.Add the coconut mixture & kastoori methi fry again till the raw smell of coconut has gone.Add chicken fry it well ,pour 1 glass of water.Cook till the chicken is cooked garnish it with curry & coriander leaves.
Tips
Cook the chicken in high flame as it will stop loosing its juice,then add water & cook.If you don't have garam masala,you can replace it with my pulao/biriyani masala in my site.Onions must be light brown otherwise your dish will not get good colour & taste.

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Tomato Pickle(version 2)

Ingredients
Tomatoes any kind-6nos
Turmeric powder-1tsp
Salt to taste
Chilly powder-2tsp(adjust to your taste)
Coriander powder-1tsp
Oil-2tbs(you can reduce if you want less oil)
Hing-1/2tsp
Roasted methi powder-1/2 tsp
Tempering
Mustard-1tsp
Jeera-1/2tsp
curry leaves-little
Whole red chillies-4
Method
Heat oil in a kadai,add chopped tomatoes,turmeric & salt.Cover & cook it till all the water has evaporated.Now add other dry ingredients,cook till raw smell goes.Temper it and mix the methi powder.Store it in fridge.

Sweet Potato Poli Recipe / Sweet Potato Puran Poli Recipe / /Sakkaravalli Kizhangu Poli Recipe

Sweet Potato Poli

Ingredients for filling

Boiled & mashed sweet potato-3

Sugar-6tsp

(Add sugar according to the sweetness of the sweet potato)

Chopped cashew nuts fried in 1tsp of ghee-15

Cardamom powder-1/2tsp

(Mix all above ingredients together)

Ingredients for covering

Maida-2 cups

Salt a pinch

Orange colour-a pinch (optional)

Oil-6tsp

Ghee or oil -to cook poli.

(Ghee will give nice flavour ,but I used only oil)

Sweet Potato Poli

Method
Mix all the ingredients for the covering in a bowl.
Add water & make a soft smooth dough.
Divide the dough into small balls and flatten them on a greased plastic sheet.
Place one ball of filling on the dough and cover it.
Apply oil to your fingers & flatten it like a stuffed paratha.
Cook it on a tawa both sides with little ghee spread on top.
Cook till they are golden brown on both sides.
Serve them hot.

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Tofu & Capsicum Makhani

Ingredients for grinding to a smooth paste

Tomato-3

Kitchen king masala(MDH)-1tsp

Chilly powder-1/2tsp

Green chillies-1

Ginger grated-1tsp

Dry roasted & powdered jeera-1 & 1/2tsp

Cardamom powder-1/2tsp

Cloves-2

Turmeric powder-1/4tsp

Char Magaz(Melon seeds)-2tsp(Optional)

(I used this only for thickening.You can use cream instead but don't grind ,add it at the last.)

Ingredients

Butter-4tsp

Oil-1tsp

Kastoori methi-1tsp

Milk-1 cup

Cubed firm tofu-1/2 pck

Cubed capsicum-1

Method

Heat butter & oil in a pan temper it with kastoori methi.add the ground masala fry till oil separates the pan.Pour milk & enough water ,tofu & capsicum.Cover & cook it till done.At the end add cream for thickness(optional).Garnish it with kastoori methi.

Note:You can also use tomato paste instead of fresh tomatoes.Orange food colour can also be added for a good colour for your dish.

Pudalangai (Snake gourd) Stuffed Cutlets

Ingredients

Fresh long Pudalangai cut into 1''long.

Oil to shallow fry

Bread crumbs- little

Maida diluted it in water-1tsp

Ingredients for stuffing

Boiled & mashed potato-3

Chopped onion-1/4

Grated carrot-1 big

Frozen peas-2 hand full

Salt to taste

Curry powder-1/2tsp

Chilly powder-1/2tsp

Kastoori methi-1tsp

Grated ginger-1/4tsp

Jeera-1tsp

Oil-1tsp

Method

Boil water with salt add pudalangai to it,after 2minutes remove & strain .Heat oil in a pan temper it with jeera.Fry onions till light brown now add all other ingredients .Fry for 2 more minutes.Cool & stuff it inside the snake gourd.Seal both the ends with maida mixture & coat it with bread crumbs.Shallow fry till light brown on all sides.Serve it with any dip .

Konda Kadalai & Butternut Squash Kuzhambu

Ingredients

Chopped butternut squash-1/2

Chopped onion-1/2

Chopped tomato-1

Curry leaves-little

Sliced garlic-4

Konda kadalai-1 cup

(Soak it overnight & boil it with salt)

Turmeric powder-1/4tsp

Red chlly powder-1tsp

Coriander powder-1tsp

Salt to taste

Hing-1/4tsp

Tamarind paste-1/2tsp

(dilute it in water)

Grind to a smooth paste

Coconut-3tsp

Somph/Fennel seeds-1/2tsp

Tempering

Oil-4tsp

Vadavam-1tsp

(Or mustard,jeera,methi -little)

Method

Heat oil in a pan temper it.Fry onion & garlic till light brown.Now add remaining ingredients fry a bit.Pour the tamarind juice & kadalai , cook till the vegetable is cooked.Add the ground paste & boil for 2 more minutes.Garnish it with curry leaves.

Simple Potato & Cabbage poriyal

Ingredients
Potato peeled & cubed-1 big
Cabbage shredded-1/2 cup
Green chillies chopped-1nos
Salt-to taste
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Curry leaves-little
Chilly powder-1/4 tsp
Tempering
Mustard-1/4tsp
Jeera-1/4 tsp
Hing-1 pinch
Oil-2tsp
Method
Heat oil in a kadai,temper it, add curry leaves.Now add potatoes ,salt turmeric powder,hing & chilly powder.Sprinkle water & close it .
Simmer it for 5 mins till potatoes are 3/4th done.
Now add cabbage fry it well till done.
Serve it with roti or rice