Fish Pickle

The recipe I got from Deepann's site and its a good and easy recipe...

Method:-

Any type of fish with flesh – 500 g

Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp

Red Chilly powder -1 tsp

Salt – 1 tsp

Marinate the fish with Chilly pdr, Turmeric Pdr and salt. Keep in the refrigerator for 30 minutes and fry it till it becomes crispy.

Ginger – 2 inch piece - sliced
Garlic – 4 pods - sliced
Green Chillies - 5

Red Chilly Powder - 2 tbsp

Vinegar – 1/2 cup
Curry leaves
Mustard Seeds
Salt
Oil

In the same pan where the fish is fried, add little more oil if needed. 
When the oil becomes hot, splutter mustard seeds. 
Add Ginger, Garlic and green chillies and saute. 
Mix the red chilly powder with 2,3 tbsp of vinegar to make a chilly paste. 
Add this chilly paste to the oil and mix for some time. 
Add the rest of the vinegar and salt and allow it to boil.
Add the fried fish pieces.
Simmer it for another 5 minutes. 

Happy Onam...

The sadya may not be served in the order :)

INJIPULI

AVIYAL

PACHADI

ERISSERY

BEETROOT PACHADI

BEETROOT MEZHUKKUPURATTI

CHERUPAYAR THORAN

PARIPPU CURRY

SAMBAR

RASAM

MORU

PARIPPU PAYASAM

PAAL PAYASAM

ENJOY....

Chettinad chicken curry

This recipe also I got from Maria's menu and  it is a super recipe. 

I made a little changes in the method.... 

How I Made:-

Chicken – 1 kg – cut into small pieces.

Grated coconut – 1 1/2 cup

Fennel seeds (perumjeerakam) – 1 tsp
Coriander seeds – 1 tsp
Jeera – 1/2 tsp
Red chilli (whole) – 6-8
Cinnamon stick – 1 medium size piece
Cardamom – 4
Cloves – 3
Star anise – 1/2

Heat little oil in a pan, add the grated coconut and fry for a while. Add the other ingredients and fry till it becomes golden brown. Grind it without adding water.

Onion- 2 - sliced

Ginger - 2 inch piece crushed

Garlic crushed – 4 Nos

Tomato – 2 – cut into small cubes

Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Chili powder – 1 tsp

Lemon – ½ piece

Curry leaves
Salt

 Heat oil in a pan, add the onion, ginger and garlic and fry till golden brown. Add chilli powder and turmeric powder and fry till the raw smell goes. Add the tomatoes and curry leaf and mix well. Add the coconut mixture. Mix it well and fry for some time. Add the chicken piece and stir till the chicken is mixed with the masala. Add lemon juice and 1 cup water. Close the lid and cook on small flame till the chicken is done.

It's a nice combination with any type of rice.....

Chinese Chicken Friedrice

How I Made:-

Rice - 1 cup

Water - 1 1/2 cup

Soak the rice for 30 minutes and then wash and drain it. 

Boil 1 1/2 cup water and add the rice on it. 

Add enough salt and cook till all the water is absorbed.

Close the lid of the vessel and keep some weight on top of the lid, and allow the rice to get cooked on vapour for some time.

Boneless chicken - cut into small pieces - 1/2 cup

Egg - 2

Onion - 1

Spring onion - chopped - 3 tbsp

Soy Sauce - 1 tbsp

Pepper powder - 1 tbsp

butter/ghee - 2 tbsp

Heat oil in  a pan and fry the chicken pieces till it is properly cooked. Keep it aside.

Scramble the eggs, and keep aside.

Cut the onion into small pieces and fry it in the same oil till it becomes transparent. Remove and set aside.

In the same pan heat the butter/ghee and add the boiled rice. Carefully fry it for 1 minute. Add the pepper powder, salt  and soy sauce. Add the fried chicken, scrambled eggs, onion and chopped spring onions and mix thoroughly.

Garnish with spring onions.

Steamed Chocolate Cake

This cake recipe I got from divyascookbook. Originally it is a Lakshmi Nair recipe.

How to Prepare:-
Milk – 1 cup
Vinegar – 1 tbsp
First you have to make the sour milk. For that add the vinegar to milk and mix well with a spoon,keep it for 15 minutes.


Egg – 1
Melted butter/ghee – 1 tsp
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp


Cocoa powder – 4 tbsp
Powdered sugar – 1 cup
Baking powder – 1/2 tsp
Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
Salt – a pinch
Maida – 1 cup

Beat powdered sugar, egg, essence and melted butter/ghee.Add cocoa,baking powder,baking soda and salt and beat again. 


Add maida and the sour milk alternately and mix till it become a smooth batter without lumps.


Pour on a baking dish / greased pan and steam the cake for 45 minutes.

Keep the cake in the pan till it is completely cool and then take it out. Decorate according to your choice..

My topping was 3tsp "Complan" powder mixed with 1tsp cocoa powder and 2tsp butter. A way to make my kids eat complan :)

Instant Sausage Roll

Sausages - 4
Puff Pastry sheets - 4 - cut into square pieces 


First grill / fry the sausages till it is cooked. Cover it using the Pastry sheets. Again fry it till it becomes brown.

Note:- It absorbs a lot of oil if you fry. 

Mixed Vegetable Kuruma

Mixed vegetable curry from Nitubala's site. 




Ingrediants:-

1. Mixed Vegetables (Potato, Cauliflower, Peas, Mushroom, Carrot etc) - 2 cup
2. Onion - 1 chopped
3. Ginger - 1 inch piece crushed 
4. Garlic - 2 pods crushed
5. Green Chilly - 2 cut into big pieces
6. Tomato - 1 cut into small pieces
   
7. Jeera powder/seeds - 1 tsp
8. Sambar Powder - 1 1/2 tsp
9. Corainder Powder - 1/2 tsp
10. Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
11. Tamarind/Puli - Juice of a small gooseberry sized ball

Method:-

1. Heat little oil in a pan and fry the coconut till light brown. Keep aside till it becomes cool and grind to a fine paste.
   
2. In the same pan add oil again and pop the mustard seeds. Add the onion and ginger-garlic and fry till the raw smell goes. Add Corainder powder, Sambar Powder,Jeera & Garam Masala and fry.
   
3. Add the tomato and tamarind juice. Mix well with the masala and add the mixed vegetables. Fry it well with the masala. Add 2 cups of water. Keep the lid closed and allow the vegetables to cook properly.
   
4. Once the vegetables are cooked, add the coconut paste and garam masala. Cook till the gravy becomes thick.
   
5. Garnish with curry leaves.

This curry is goes well with chappathi and porotta...

Fish Roast

This is an fast and easy, but tasty recipe. Kids will like it as it is less spicy and colorful...Whenever I am feeling lazy to cook, this will come to my rescue... 


Ingredients:-


For Fish fry:
      Fish - cut into medium size pieces - 12
      Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
      Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
      Salt - as reqd


Marinate the fish pieces with the above spices and keep in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.


For Masala:
     Onion - 3 (sliced)
     Green Chilly - 2 (cut lengthwise)
     Tomato - 1 big (chopped)
     Chilly Powder - 1 tsp
     Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
     Curry Leaf - as reqd
     Salt - as reqd


Method:-


Heat oil in a pan and fry the marinated fish pieces as we do in normal fish fry and keep aside. 

In the same pan, add some more oil if required and saute the sliced onion, green chilly and curry leaf. When the onion turns light brown, add the chilly and turmeric powder and fry it till the raw smell goes. Add the tomato pieces and fry it till the tomato pieces are cooked. Add the fried fish pieces into this masala. Mix the fish pieces very carefully otherwise the fish will break. Keep for another 1 or 2 minutes in  the fire.
Serve with rice, dosa, chappathi etc etc....

Steamed Dates Cake

My first recipe blog... 
             

Since my oven doesn't support baking, I was very much sad seeing the wonderful recipes in different blogs. Recently in Maria's Menu, I saw the recipe of a steamed cake and it gave me the idea that cakes can be prepared in this way also. Started searching for steamed cake recipes and tried making a Banana steamed cake. To my surprise it turned out super... 

Since during this season dates are available easily here, I wanted a dates cake recipe. 

This dates recipe, I got from Aayi's Cooking and originally it is an oven recipe. I made a little changes in the ingredients to make it a steamed cake. I am posting all the steps...

Ingredients:-

20 dates

1 cup milk ( I used 1 cup water and 3 tsp milk powder)

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup oil or butter

3/4 tea spoon baking soda powder

1 cup maida (all purpose flour)

                            

1. If you are using dry dates, soak it in water overnight. I used ripe dates, so no soaking was required.
   
2. Remove the seeds and add 1 cup of milk. Boil it till the dates become tender. ( I boiled it in water and added the milk powder while grinding)
   
   
   
   
3. Grind it to a smooth paste along with the sugar. Add 1/2 cup to 1 cup sugar according to your taste.
   
4. Pour the paste to a dish and 3/4 tea spoon baking soda add 1/4 cup oil or butter and mix it well. Add the flour little by little and mix it slowly.
   
   
   
   
5. Grease the sides of a pan and put a wax paper or butter paper on the bottom. Pour the cake mix on to the pan. Take care that the cake mix should fill only 2/3 portion of the pan. Keep the pan in a steamer/idli cooker/appachembu. ( I kept one idli thattu upside down so that the pan fits nicely on it.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Close the lid and steam on low flame for at least 25 - 30 minutes. After 25 minutes open the lid and insert a knife on the cake and check if it comes out clean.
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. Keep the cake in the pan itself till it is completely cool and then transfer it to a plate and decorate it.