Chicken Chukka Varuval

Ingredients:

Chicken (boneless - cut into small pieces) - 200 g

Onion (medium size - fine chopped) - 1
Ginger - 1 inch
Garlic - 3
Oil - 2 tbsp


Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp
Coriander Powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Fennel Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Bay Leaves - 1
Cinnamon Stick - 1/2 inch
Curry Leaves - 1 brig (8-10 leaves)

Roasted Chenna Dal (ground to fine powder) - 1 tbsp

Preparation:

Grind ginger and garlic into a fine paste.

In a small pressure cooker add the chicken with ginger garlic paste. Sauté it. Add 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 tsp of salt. Cover it. put the stove on med-high. Wait for a whistle. After a whistle, remove the cooker from the stove. Let it cool.

In a pan, add 2 tbsp of oil and heat it. Add cinnamon stick, bay leaves, fennel  seeds. fry it until golden brown. Add curry leaves to splutter. Add fine-chopped onions and sauté it until it oozes the oil out. Add red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and mix it. sauté it for 3 mins. Then transfer the chicken (with water) from the pressure cooker and mix it well and let it cook until the water is almost goes off. Mix it occasionally. Then add the roasted chenna dal powder and mix it well until it coats on the chicken pieces. Server hot.

Dont cook it too much time otherwise the chicken pieces will loose the water and will become hard.



 

Keerai Koottu

Ingredients

Baby spinach - 2 bowls

Toor dal - 1 tbls

Moong Dal - 1 tbls

Chenna Dal - 1/2 tbls

To grind:

Coconut (grated) - 2 tbsp
Green chili - 1

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Peppers corns - 1/2 tsp
Rice - 1/2 tbsp (soak it in water for 5-10 mins)

Oil / Ghee - 1 tsp
asafetida - 1 pinch

Preparation:

Pressure cook all dals and mash it. Keep it aside. 

Cook spinach with 1/2 cup of water. It may take 5 mins. Once cooked, grind it to a course consistency.

In a pan add the ground spinach and dal. mix it well. bring it to a boil. Then add the ground paste. Mix it and cook it for 5 mins.

In a small pan, add a tbsp of oil (preferably ghee), add mustered seeds. let it splutter. Remove pan from heat. Add a pinch of Asafetida and mix it. Add it to the spinach. mix it. Server it with Rice.

Thai Coconut Soup

Ingredients:

For boiling:
1. Coconut Milk - 1/2 Can (1 can = 14 fl oz)
2. Water - 2 cups
3. Tofu (diced) - 1/4 cup
4. Onion (sliced) - 1/4 cup
5. Tomato (diced) - 1/4 cup
6. Mushroom (sliced) - 1/4 cup
7. Broccoli Florets - 1/4 cup
8. Carrots (diced) - 1/4 cup
9. Capsicum (diced) - 1/4 cup
10. Basil Leaves - 4
11. Bamboo Shoots (sliced) - 2 tbsp
13. Baby Corns - 5-10 count

For Taste
14. Soy Sauce - 1 tbsp
15. Red Chili Flakes - to taste
16. Salt - to taste
17. Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp

For garnishing:

18. Spring Onion (chopped) - 1 stem

Preparation:

Mix coconut milk and water in a saucepan, stir and bring to a boil. Add onions, broccoli and carrots and cook it for 2-3 mins. 

Add tofu, tomato, mushroom, capsicum and basil leaves and cook it for 3-4 mins

Add soy sauce and salt.

Turn off the heat. Add lemon juice, spring onion and red chili flakes. Serve hot.

Capsicum Rice

Capsicum Rice:

Capsicum Rice is a very flavorful and easy-to-make recipe.

Ingredients:
(for 3 persons)

For dry roast and grind:
1. Red Chilli - 3 numbers
2. Mustered Seeds - 1 tsp
3. Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
4. Coriander Seeds - 1 tsp
5. Urad Dal - 1 tsp
6. Peanuts - 4 tbsp
7. Curry Leaves - 8

For fry:
8. Butter - 2 tbsp
9. Capsicum (diced) - 1 (any one color or mix of colors)


For mix:
10. Basmati Rice - 1 cup

For taste:
11. Salt - to taste


Preparation:

Boil the rice to a firm consistency (fried rice consistency) and let it cool down.

In a heavy-bottom fry pan add red chillies, mustered seeds, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, urad dal and peanuts, one by one and dry roast them until they slightly change the color or you sense the aroma. Then add curry leaves. Keep the pan away from heat and let it cool. Once it is cooled down, grind it coarsely.

In a heavy-bottom fry pan add the butter, melt it, and add diced capsicum and fry it for 3-4 mins (let's keep the crunchiness of capsicum). Add the ground ingredients and mix it well. Add salt to taste. Cook it for 1 minute. Then add the rice and mix it.  Serve hot.