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Monday, October 18, 2010
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Friday, July 09, 2010
fried rice
Chicken(diced) - 1/3 lb
or
Meat(cooked, cubed or shredded) - 2 cups
Onion - 1 no
(diced)
Salt - As reqd
Pepper - As reqd
Garlic pods - 3 nos
(finely chopped)
Fresh ginger - 2" piece
(peeled and finely chopped)
Whole scallions - 3 nos(spring onions)
(thinly sliced;white and green separated)
Frozen corn, peas, carrots - 1 1/3 cups
Eggs(large) - 4 nos
(lightly beaten)
Cold cooked long-grain rice, white or jasmine rice, grains separated - 4 cups
Preparation Method of Chicken Fried Rice Recipe
1)Heat a tbsp of oil in a large heavy-bottomed nonstick skillet on a high heat.2)Add the chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned.
3)Add onions, salt and pepper.
4)Cook for 1 - 2 mins, until onion is fragrant.
5)Add the garlic, ginger and scallion whites and stir-fry, until fragrant, for about 30 secs.
6)Add the frozen vegetables.
7)Cook, until just defrosted, but still crisp.
8)Transfer contents of the skillet to a large bowl.
9)Heat 2 tbsp of oil in the same pan.
10)Add the eggs and season with salt and pepper.
11)Stir the eggs constantly and cook, until almost set, but still moist.
12)Transfer the egg to the bowl.
13)Heat up the remaining oil in the same pan.
14)Add rice and use a spoon to break up any clumps.
15)Add salt and pepper and stir-fry the rice to coat evenly with oil.
16)Stop stirring and then let the rice cook undisturbed, until its gets slightly crispy, for about 2 mins.
17)Stir the rice again, breaking up any new clumps.
18)Add the scallion greens.
19)Transfer to the bowl.
20)Stir all the ingredients together with the rice.
:- Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper, if necessary.
:- Serve hot.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Meat Vindaloo
- Meat Vindaloo
- 1 kg: Lean pork cleaned
- 2 medium size: Onions, chopped fine
- 10 Cloves: Garlic
- 1 inch piece: Ginger
- 10 pcs: Dried red chillies/peppers
- 10 pcs: Peppercorns
- 8 pcs: Cloves
- 1 inch piece: Cinnamon
- 1 tsp: Cumin seeds
- ½ tsp: Mustard seeds
- ½ tsp: Sugar
- ½ tsp: Vinegar
- 2 tbsp: Oil
- ½ peg: Coconut feni
- 2 cups: Water
- Salt as per taste
- Cut the cleaned pork into ½ inch sized pieces.
- Apply salt and keep aside.
- Grind all the spices and blend it with vinegar, adding the ½ tsp sugar.
- Apply the ground spices to the meat and marinate for 3 hours.
- Heat the oil in the pan on medium heat and add the meat.
- Fry the meat for few minutes, then add the chopped onion, coconut feni, rest of
- the vinegar and the water gradually.
- Cover the pan and lower heat. Stir cook till meat is tender and the oil rises to the top.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Custard Caramel Pudding
Egg - 4nos
Milk - 2 glass
Vanilla Essence - few drops
Sugar - to taste or 8 heaped tbs
Custard powder - 2tbs
Method :
Mix the custard powder in 1/2glass of cold milk. Beat the eggs thoroughly. Add sugar to it. Warm up the milk and mix it with custard powder and egg. Stir it well. Add vanilla essence. Take some sugar and water in a pot and heat it. When it is of slight brown colour, remove from the heat and let it cool. Pour the pudding mixture into the dish. Close the dish tightly with a lid. Take some water in a pressure cooker and keep the pudding dish inside. Steam without the weight for 1/2 an hour.
Friday, May 09, 2008
Cochin Fish Fry
2) Red Chilli Powder - 2 Teaspoon
3) Turmeric Powder - 1 Teaspoon
4) Tamarind or Vinegar- 1/2 Teaspoon
5) Ginger-Garlic Paste- 1/2 Teaspoon
6) Salt - To Taste
7) Coconut oil - To Deep fry Fish
PreparationClean the fish and mix ingredients 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 well with 2 teaspoon coconut oil. Wrap the paste on fish and keep it for 1 to 2 hours. Then heat the oil in a pan and fry the fish with closing the pan with a lid and serve hot.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Spicy Cuttlefish
500g cuttlefish(cleaned, scored and cut into slices)3 onions }12 red chillies (seeded) } grounded 4 dried chillies (soaked)}corriander leaves (chopped)125g grated coconut( squeezed into milk)oil for fryingSEASONING INGREDIENTSsalt 1 tsp tamarind11/2 tsp sugar
Preparation
10 heat 65 tbsp oil in deep pan. Stir-fry cuttlefish quickly. Remove and drain. Set aside.2) Reduce heat and add grounded paste and fry3) Add cuttlefish and stir half coconut milk.Add on the seasoning ingredients4) pour remaining coconut milk and bring to boil
beef cutlet-camarao costeleta
BEEF 1/4 KGMINCED COOKED POTATO 1/2 KGCHOPPED GINGER 1/2 INCHONION CHOPPED LENGTHWISE 2CHOPPED GREEN CHILLIES 4 CURRY LEAVES 1 STALKTURMERIC POWDER 1/2 TSPCHILLI POWDER 1 TSPGARAM MASALA POWDER 1 TSPBREAD CRUMBS 1 CUPBUBBLED EGG WHITE 1/2CUPSALT SUFFICIENT
Preparation
MIX SALT , CHILLI POWDER, AND TURMERIC POWDER WITH BEEF. COOK IT WITH A GLASS OF WATER.WATER MUST GET DRIED UP. THEN MINCE IT IN A MIXER .SAUTE ONION, GREEN CHILLIES, GINGER , AND CURRY LEAVES IN A PAN. ADD COOKED MEAT , MINCED POTATO, GARAM MASALA. PUT OFF THE FIRE. KNEAD IT SOFTLY.MAKE BALLS AND ROLL IT IN A REQUIRED SHAPE.DIP IT IN BUBBLED EGG AND COVER IT WITH BREAD CRUMBS. FRY IT IN A HOT PAN TILL IT GETS BROWN IN COLOR.
Kerala chicken
HOW TO PREPARE: - Take a pan and heat half the oil. Add the garlic, coriander, red chilly powder and grated coconut. Sauté on a low flame till the coconut becomes a dark brown colour and an aroma begins to rise. Let it cool and then add a little bit of water and make a thick paste. Now heat the remaining oil in the pan. Add the curry leaves, ginger, green chilly and the chopped onion. Sauté till the onions are golden brown. Put in the chicken, turmeric powder, red chilly, 1 cup water and the coconut paste. Stir well and add salt to taste. Cover, simmer and cook for 25 minutes or till the chicken is nice and soft. Garnish with coriander and serve.
Onion chicken
HOW TO PREPARE : - Finely chop the tomato and green chilly and set it aside. Take the chicken and make slits in all the pieces and put it in a big bowl. Pour the curd and add the coriander paste. Mix it up well and put in the onion rings. Mix everything once again and let it marinate in a pan for an hour. Cover the pan. Then cook the chicken in the same pan for 12 minutes or till the chicken is cooked. Add the ghee and all the remaining ingredients and cook for another 5-7 minutes. The chicken will become soft and well coated with the curry. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve
Cochin Coconut Masala -vegetarian
2 tbsps white poppy seeds
2 tbsps coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
5 cloves
10 black peppercorns
2 oz dessicated coconut
6 tbsps sunflower oil
1 tsp black mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
pinch of asafoetida
2 large green chillies, cut in thin strips
1 tsp ground turmeric
12 curry leaves
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1 large sweet potato, cut into chunky chips
2 medium courgettes, cut into chips
9 oz mooli, cut into chips
4 oz okra, cut in half lengthwise
4 oz green beans, trimmed & cut in half
400 ml canned coconut milk
juice of 1 lime
salt
Instructions...
Dry roast the dessicated coconut in a hot pan until just brown.
Dry roast the red chillies, poppy seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cloves and peppercorns, then grind them all in a spice grinder. Mix with the roasted coconut and a little water to make a paste.
Heat the oil in a large heavy pan. When hot, fry the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida,green chillies, turmeric and curry leaves, then add the onion. Fry until the onion is soft. Add the sweet potato and fry for 3 minutes.
Add the spice paste and all the other vegetables, stirring everything for 5 minutes. Then add the coconut milk, reduce the heat and cook until the vegetables are tender, adding a little water if necessary to keep things loose.
Finally, add the lime juice and a little salt to taste.
Friday, May 02, 2008
chicken curry
1 Whole Chicken
1 piece Fresh (3cm) Turmeric (Peeled And Roughly Chopped)
50ml Water
1 teaspoon Peppercorns (Heaped)
6 Green Bird's Eye Chilli's
4 Cloves Garfish (Roughly Chopped)
1 piece Fresh Root Ginger (3cm - Roughly Chopped)
200g Tomatoes (Chopped)
100g Sliced Shallots
3 tablespoons Coriander Leaves (Chopped)
Method
Cut the chicken into twelve pieces and set aside.
Soak the turmeric in about 50ml water for 30 minutes.
Using a mortar and pestle or food processor, grind the turmeric, its soaking liquid, the peppercorns, chillies, garlic, ginger, tomatoes and shallots until they become a smooth paste.
Mix this paste with the chicken in a large pan and simmer for about 20-30 minutes until the chicken is tender.
The sauce should still be quite thin.
Garnish with chopped coriander and serve the curry with a mound of steaming rice.
Fried chicken
Coriander powder -1.5 tbsp
Chilly powder -1 tbsp
Turmeric powder -1\2 tsp
Ginger paste -2 tsp
Garlic paste -2 tsp
Curd -1.5 tbsp
Lime juice -2 tsp
Salt -to taste
Oil -for frying
Method:
Wash and squeeze the chicken pieces to make them dry. In a vessel, mix together the spice powders, ginger paste, garlic paste, curd, lime juice and salt. Add the chicken pieces and mix well. Keep it aside for an hour. Fry them in oil till golden brown.
mathi curry(chala curry)sardinha cozhido
Method:
Clean and wash the sardines thoroughly with salt and vinegar. Grind the grated coconut to a fine paste. Heat oil in a pan and add the onions, ginger, garlic, green chillies and curry leaves. Fry till the onions are light brown. Now add the chilli powder, turmeric powder and fenugreek powder. Fry for a few seconds and add the ground coconut paste, salt and 2 cups of water. Cover with a lid. Let it boil. Open the lid and add the sardines. Keep covered and cook till 3\4th done. Now add the mango pieces, cover and cook till the oil starts floating on top.
Pachoroo
Raw rice -1 cup
Grated coconut -1 cup
Water -6 cups
Cumin seeds -1 tsp,
crushedSalt -as required
Melted jaggery -as required
Method:
Cook the rice along with 4 cups of water in a pressure cooker for 7 minutes. Grind the coconut to a fine paste. Open the cooker and add the ground coconut paste, salt and 2 cups of water. Mix well and simmer it for about 5 minutes till it is thick. Finally add crushed cumin seeds and mix well. Transfer it to a serving dish and let it cool. Cut it into pieces and serve topped with melted jaggery. It can be served chilled or at room temperature.
Prawns fry
Prawns -1\2 kg
Onion -1 sliced
Ginger -1″ piece chopped
Green chillies -2 slit
Curry leaves -1 sprig
Chilli powder -1 tsp
Turmeric powder -1 tsp
Kudumpuli -2 small pieces
Coconut pieces -1\4 cup
Water -1\4 cup
Salt -to taste
For frying:
Small onions -5 sliced
Curry leaves -1 sprig
Chilli powder -1 tsp
Coconut oil -2 tbsp
Method:
Cook the prawns along with onions, ginger, curry leaves, green chillies, chilli powder, turmeric powder, coconut pieces,kudampuli,salt and 1\4 cup of water. (If kudampuli is not available, you can add 1 tsp vinegar.) Stir in between and see that the prawns does not stick to the bottom of the pan. Evaporate excess of water and keep aside. In a non stick pan, heat oil and add the small onions and curry leaves. Fry till the onions turn golden brown. Add the chilli powder and fry for few seconds. Then add the cooked prawns. Fry for about 5 minutes. and prawns fry is ready ..
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Mambazha Pulissery
Method:
Boil the mangoes in small quantity of water and remove the skin. You can sqeeze the mango juice from the skin. If you wish to eat mango pulp from the seed you can put the skined mangoes in the curd or you can remove the seed by squeezing the mango pulp and add the pulp with the curd.
In a kadai pore one teaspoon oil and fry the red chillies and methi seeds. Grind them with the grated coconut. Add the masala with the mango curd . Add turmeric powder, jaggery, salt and heat the mixture. Take precaution not to boil.
When the mixture raises, turn off the stove. Pore one tablespoon oil in the kadai. Heat it add kaduku, methiseeds and read chilli and kari leaves. Pore it in the mambazha pulissery.
Cochin Attin Soup
5 ml
Mutton stock
200 ml
Mutton meat
20 gm
Shallot
20 gm
Garlic
5 gm
Coriander leaves
5 gm
Turmeric
1 pinch
Rice flour
5 gm
Thick coconut milk
30 ml
Coconut oil
5 ml
Mustard
1 pinch
Curry leaves
1/2 sprig
Salt
to taste Method of preparation Heat oil in thick bottom sauce pan. Add oil, tempered, mustard, curry leaves, garlic shallot. Add tender mutton pieces. Add turmeric coconut slices and flavour. Sauté well. Pour rich mutton stock boil. Add salt. Pour thick coconut milk. Simmer. Add ghee and serve hot.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Cochin Jew Chicken recipe
I chicken skinned and cut in to small pieces
2 onion chopped fine
1 tbl spn each ginger and garlic paste
10 fresh green chill.
cut 5 in to rings and the other half split in to two
2 small tomatoes chopped1/2 tsp
turmeric1 tsp chilli powder
walnut size tamarind soaked in 3 tbl spn hot water
1 1/2 tspn sugar
salt to taste
Curry leaves..one sprigoil
1 tbl spnHeat oil,
fry the onion, ginger and garlic and the chilli cut in to rings, when the onion is slightly browned add the curry leaves and tomatoes, saute for 3 mints, add the turmeric and chilli powder, fry for another minute, add the chicken, saute for 5 mints. add a cup of water and the salt, cover and cook till the chicken is almost done. Now add the tamarind pulp and the chilli split in to half and the sugar. Turn the heat to medium and cook uncovered for another 10 mints..taking care that you stir often so the chicken isn't burned.
Njandu (Crab) Masala
Onion 200 g
Ginger 25 g
Green Chilli 4 no
Garlic 25g
Curry Leaves little
Tomato 100g
Coconut milk 2 no (11/2 glass)
Garam masala little
Turmeric Powder 1tsp
Coriander powder 25g
Chilli powder 30g
Salt To taste
Coconut oil 100g
Method of preparation of Crab Masala
Heat oil in a pan.
Sauté together sliced onion, garlic, ginger, curry leaves, green chilli till get browned.
Add all spice powder and little chopped tomatoes.
Add the diced crab to the masala and cook it with some water.
Finally finish with coconut milk and diced tomatoes can be added to make it attractive
Fort Cochin Meen Moiley (Fish Curry)
2 tbs (30 ml) coconut oil
1 tsp (5 g) mustard seeds
8 flakes (16 g) garlic, chopped fine
2.5 cm ginger, julienne
6 green chillies, slit lengthwise, deseeded and julienne
150 g onions, sliced into rings
salt to taste
24 curry leaves
3 (225 g) tomatoes, cut into 8 slices each
1/2 tsp (2 g) turmeric powder
1/2 cup (120 ml) coconut milk (third extract)
3/4 cup (180 ml) coconut milk (second extract)
3/4 cup (180 ml) coconut milk (first extract)
1 tbs (15 ml) lemon juice
Procedure of Cooking Fort Cochin Meen Moiley (Fish Curry)
Heat oil in a pan and season with mustard seeds. Stir over medium heat until they begin to splutter. Add garlic and ginger and stir for a minute.
Add green chillies and stir lightly. Add the onions and sauté until translucent and glossy. Add turmeric powder and stir well.
Add fish and the third extract of coconut milk. Bring it to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer, turning carefully once, for three minutes. Add salt and stir well.
Add curry leaves, tomatoes and the second extract. Cover and simmer for three minutes.
Remove the pan from heat and gently (to make sure that the fillets do not break) stir-in the first extract of coconut milk. Return the pan to heat and bring to a boil over low heat.
Sprinkle lemon juice and stir carefully.
Remove from heat and adjust the seasoning Remove to a bowl and serve with steamed rice.