Ginger chicken

Ingredients

Chicken -2pounds

Salt to taste

Chilly powder-1tsp( optional)

Pepper powder-3tsp

Turmeric powder-1tsp

Any garam masala or Meat masala-2tsp

Kastoori methi-1 hand full

Ginger strips-1/4cup

Diced onion-2

Diced Capsicum-1

Curry leaves

I used the fat of the chicken instead of oil.

For Garnish

Lemon juice-2tsp,Curry leaves & Ginger strips.

Method

Heat a kadai add the chicken fat add all above ingredients together except capsicum & keep frying in high flame.Cook it till chicken is cooked & all masala get into the chicken.Before removing from fire add capsicum & garnish it.

Tips

For this dish the masalas are altered to your taste.It takes only 10 minutes to do this dish.No need to add any oil ,the chicken will leave lot of fat.

Tomato Mint Chutney

Ingredients For frying
Chopped onion-1
Chopped tomato-3
Green chillies-2
Mint leaves-1 cup
Grated Coconut-1/4cup or less
Salt to taste
Urad dhal-2tsp
Channa dhal-2tsp
Ginger-1/4''
For Tempering
Oil-2tsp
Mustard-1tsp
Urad dhal-1/2tsp
Red chillies-2
Method
Heat oil fry above ingredients till light brown.Cool & grind it to a smooth paste.Temper it.Serve it with any tiffin or snack.

Vazhai Poo Sambar

Ingredients

Masoor dhal-1cup

Turmeric powder-1tsp

Salt to taste

Chopped Vazhai poo-1 cup
Tamarind paste-1/2tsp

Onion diced-1/2

Tomato-1

Curry & Coriander leaves-little

Chille powder-1/2tsp

Hing-1tsp

For Grinding

Channa dhal-1tbsp

Methi-1/4tsp

Coriander seeds-2tsp

Jeera-1/2tsp

Coconut-3tsp

Red chillies-2

(Dry roast & powder it)

For tempering

Oil-3tsp

Mustard-1/2tsp

Jeera-1/4tsp

Urad dhal-1/4tsp

Methi-1/4tsp

Method

Boil masoor dhal with turmeric,mash it well keep it aside.Heat oil in a pan add the tempering .Now add the onion,tomato ,Vazhai Poo and all dry masalas.Fry it well ,add the tamarind paste.Pour water & cook the Vazhai Poo .Once its cooked pour the dhal & the ground masala , give a boil.Garnish it with curry & coriander leaves.Serve it with rice.

Whole Wheat Zucchini Muffins

Ingredients

Shredded Zucchini-1 & 3/4 cup

Brown Sugar-1 cup

Sugar-2tbsp

Oil-2/3 cup

Vanilla essence-2tsp

Egg-2

Whole Wheat flour-1 & 1/2 cup

Baking Powder-1/2tsp

Baking Soda-1/2tsp

Cinnamon powder-1tsp

Salt-3/4tsp

Nuts chopped of your choice-1/4cup (optional)

Method

Pre heat oven at 350 deg.C.Mix above ingredients together.Grease muffin pan and pour a ladle in each hole.Bake for 10 minutes or till done.

Ragi Buttermilk Kali

Ingredients

Ragi-1 cup

Butter milk-to dilute it.

(Mix it with ragi & ferment it overnight)

Salt to taste

Tempering

Oil-2tsp

Mustard-1tsp

Urad dhal-1/2tsp

Channa dhal-1/2tsp

Jeera-1/4tsp

Hing-1/4tsp

Curry leaves-little

More Milaga-3

or you can use green chillies

Method

Heat oil in a pan (i used non stick pan) temper it.Add the ragi mixture & keep mixing it till ragi is cooked(leaves the sides of the pan).Cool it & serve it with any spicy gravy like Vatha Kuzhambu & Appalam.

Mamidikaya Pappu (Mango Dhal)

Ingredients

Chopped Mango-1/2 cup

(I used dry mango,you can reduce the amount if your mangoes are too sour))

Masoor dhal-1 cup

Turmeric powder-1/4tsp

Hing-1/4tsp

Salt tp taste

Onion chopped-1/2

Tomato chopped-1

Garlic-3

For tempering

Oil-2tsp

Mustard-1tsp

Uraddhal-1tsp

Jeera-1/2tsp

Chille powder-1tsp

Method

Pressure cook above ingredients.Mash it well.Temper it & serve it with hot rice.

Chocolate Short Bread

Trying this recipe from Joy of Baking.....it turned out very good.

Ingredients for the crust.

Butter-1 & 1/2 stick

Maida-1 & 1/2 cup

Sugar-1/4 cup

salt-1/8tsp

Vanilla essence-1/2tsp

For the filling

Semi sweet chocolate chips-6oz

( I used Hershey's)

Butter-1tsp

Method

Heat oven to 350 deg.C.In a bowl combine all the crust ingredients together.Grease a tray & press it evenly.Bake for 20 minute or till light brown colour.Remove from oven & let it cool slightly.Melt chocolate & butter in microwave for 20 sec.Pour it on top of the warm crust. Cut into squares.Store it in fridge.

Tomato Mint Juice

Ingredients

Ripe tomatoes-2

Mint-3 leaves

Salt & Pepper to taste

Homey-1/2tsp

Lime juice-3drops

Ginger-1/4''

Water to dilute

Method

In a mixi blend tomato,mint & ginger.Filter & dilute it.Add other ingredients mix & serve it cold.