Egg Curry

Ingredients

Eggs hard boiled & slit : 5 nos
Onions sliced : 3 nos
Ginger : 1 tbsp
Garlic : 1 tbsp
Greenchilly slit : 2 nos
Curryleaf : 2 sprigs
Chilly powder : 1 tsp
Kashmiri chilly powder : 2 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder : 2 tsp
Garam masala powder : 3/4 tsp
Chicken masala powder(optional) : 3/4 tsp
Tomato : 1 no
Water : 3/4 cup
Thick Coconut milk : 1/2 cup
Salt : as needed
Oil : 3 tbsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan.Add onion,ginger,garlic,greenchilly and curryleaf..Saute till the onions turn light brown.To this,add tomato and cook for sometime.Then add coriander powder,kashmiri chilly powder,chilly powder, turmeric and salt.Saute it again  for few seconds and add garam masala and chicken masala.Add water and allow it to boil,till the gravy thickens.Then add eggs and coconut milk and cook for few seconds.

Coconut Sevai

Ingredients


Sevai / Rice Noodles : 1 cup
Mustard : 1/4 tsp
Dry red chilly : 2 nos
Greenchilly finely chopped : 1 no
Curryleaf : 1 sprig
Coconut  grated : 1/4 - 1/2 cup
Onion finely chopped : 1/4 cup
Hing :  1 pinch
Oil : 1 tsp
Salt : as needed


Method


Take water in a vessel and boil it.To this add sevai,oil and salt.Cover and cook till sevai/rice noodles gets 3/4 cooked .Allow it to drain and keep it aside for sometime.Heat oil in a pan,splutter mustard seeds and then add dry red chilly,onion,greenchilly and curryleaf.Saute till the onions becomes soft.To this add hing and grated coconut,saute it again for few seconds.Finally add the cooked sevai/rice noodles and mix everything well gently.


Tip
If you are using rice noodles instead of sevai,cut it into small pieces before cooking

Crab Roast

Ingredients

Crab(cleaned) : 10 nos
Coriander powder : 1 1/2 tbsp
Chilly powder : 1 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Salt : as needed
Water : 1/2 cup
Curry leaf : as needed
Ginger : 1 tbsp
Garlic : 2 tbsp
Onion : 2 nos
Tomato :  1 no
Garam Masala : 1 1/2 tsp
Oil : as needed

Method

Take the cleaned crabs in a pan.Add coriander powder,chilly powder,turmeric powder,salt and water.Cover the pan and cook it  until water is completely absorbed..Heat oil in another pan .To this add onion,ginger,garlic and curryleaf.Saute it till the onions turn light brown and add tomato and cook.To this add the cooked crabs,garam masala and mix well.Fry it again till the crabs turn brown color.

Jam cookies

Ingredients

Maida : 1 1/2 cup
Powdered sugar : 1/2 cup
Butter : 100 gms
Sugar : 1/2 cup
Vanilla Essence : 1/2 tsp
Egg : 1 no
Jam : as needed

Method

Mix the butter and powdered sugar in a bowl  and beat gently to make it as a cream.Add egg and vanilla essence  to the cream and mix well.Add maida slowly  into the butter mixture and mix well.Knead it into a soft dough.Keep the dough in refrigerator for 15 minutes.Make small balls and roll it  in sugar.Keep the balls about 2cms apart on a baking tray covered with baking sheet.Preheat the oven to 180 degree celcius and bake for 5-6 mins.Take the cookies out and press  with your thumb in the middle of each cookie.Bake it again for 8-10 mins.Allow it to cool and fill the holes with jam of your choice.

Raita

Ingredients

Cucumber(finely chopped) : 1 no
Crarot (grated) : 2 tbsp
Onion (chopped) : 1/2 no
Low fat yoghurt : 1 cup
Tomato : 1 no
Green chilly(finely chopped) : 1 or 2 nos
Salt : as needed

Method

Whisk the curd in a bowl.Add all the ingredients and mix.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Cheera Parippu Curry

Ingredients 

Parippu/Toor dal : 1/2 cup
Cheera / Palak chopped : 4 cups
Turmeric : 1/4 tsp
Grated coconut : 1/2 cup
Greenchilly : 2 nos
Cumin seeds : 1/4 tsp
Curry leaf : 1 sprig
Salt : as needed
Water : as needed

For Tempering

Mustard : 1/2 tsp
Dry red chilly : 2 nos
Small onions : 3 nos
Curryleaf : 1 sprig

Method
Cook dal with water and salt in a pressure cooker.To this add chopped palak/cheera and cook it again for sometime.Grind coconut,greenchilly,cumin seeds,curryleaf and turmeric together to a fine paste in a mixie by adding little water.Add the paste to the cooked dal and cook it  for somemore time.
Heat oil in another pan and splutter mustard seeds,add redchilly,small onions,curryleaf and fry it.Add this to the prepared dal..



Tip
 Swiss chards,beet leaves can also be used instead of palak/cheera.

Chicken Tikka (Masala)

Ingredients

Chicken  boneless : 3/4 kg(cut into medium sized pieces cleaned & drained)

For Marination

Chilly powder : 1 teaspoon
Pepper powder : 1/2 teaspoon
Garlic paste : 1 tablespoon
Garam masala powder : 1 teaspoon
Lime juice : 1 tablespoon
Curd : 1/2 cup
Oil : a little
Salt : as needed

Other ingredients

Onion chopped : 1 no
Ginger garlic paste : 1 tablespoon
Tomato (ground) : 2 nos
Butter : 1 tablespoon
Chilly powder : 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder : 1/4 teaspoon
Coriander powder :  1 teaspoon
Cumin powder : 1/4 teaspoon
Cream : 1/4 cup
Coriander leaves : as needed


Method

Take the chicken  pieces in a pan,add all the ingredients for marination and mix well.Cook for 10-15 minutes in the pan.Heat oil in another pan,add onion and ginger garlic paste.Saute till the onions are translucent.Add chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder and cumin powder.Saute for few minutes.Add tomatoes and cook for sometime.Add butter to the cooked chicken and mix well.Heat it for 2 minutes under low flame..Finally add cream and heat  again for 2 more minutes.Garnish with coriander leaves.