Simple Sambar

Ingredients

Toor Dal/Moong dal - 1 cup

Garlic -3 cloves

Asafetida - a pinch

Small Onion -  5-7 or Big Onion - One slice

Tomato - 1

Green Chilli - 2 or as per your spice

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp

Saute

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard seed/Urad dal - 1 tsp

Red chilli whole - 1

Cumin seed

Curry leaf - 1

small onion - 2

Method

Cook the toor dal in the pressure cooker with Garlic, Onion, Tomato, Green Chilli and Asafetida. Once it cooked let it cool and then  add some water and mash the dal little bit. Add turmeric, cumin powder and salt. Aside saute with the above ingredients and add into the sambar. Very simple and yummy sambar ready for Idly, Dosai, Chapathi or even rice too.

Chicken Curry(Kulambu)

Ingredients

Chicken - 1 lb
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Mint Leaf(optional)
Cilantro - as per your wish
Ginger/Garlic Paste - 2 tsp
Curd - 2 tsp
Red Chilli powder - 11/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 3 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Cardamon - 2
Cloves - 4
Cinnamon stick - 3 small pieces
Star Anise - small piece
Fennel seed - 1 tsp
Pepper - 5
Cocount - 3 tsp
Kuskus - 1 tsp
Oil - 3 tsp

Method

Marination

Wash the chicken and put 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp - coriander powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 2 tsp ginger/garlic paste, 2 tsp curd and salt and marinate well.

For Grinding the Masala

Coconut, 1 cardamon, 2 cloves, 2 cinnamon stick, 1/2 tsp fennel seed, pepper and kuskus grind and then add 1/4 onion and 1/2 tomato grind well and keep a side.

Cut the onion and tomato and keep a side. In the pressure cooker pour the oil let's heat, then add the fennel seed, 1 cardamon, 2 cloves, star anise, 1 cinnamon stick then add the onion and add lttle bit salt saute it untill transparent. Add the marinated chicken and mix well with the onion after 3 minutes put the tomatoes and cilantro. After 2 minutes add 1/2 tsp red chilli powder, 3 or 21/2 tsp coriander powder and 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and mix well. After 1 minute add the ground masala and salt then mix well. Add some water according to the curry consistency you want. Check the salt and spice level. Now close the lid and put the whistle wait for 20 minutes after that switch off the stove and keep a side. Once the whistle gone open the lid the yummy Chicken kulambu is ready to serve and eat. It's good with Rice, Idly and Chapati. Enjoy!

Another simple way of Mushroom Rice

Ingredients

Basmati Rice - 2 cups
Onion - 1
Green Chilli - 2
Tomato - 1
Mushroom - 1 packet
Fennel seed - 1/4 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/4 tsp
Corriander powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Salt - as per taste
Ghee - 1/4 tsp
Water - 3 cups

Method

Cut the onion, green chilli and tomato in thin long slices. And cut the mushroom slices into half. Soak the rice for 15 - 30 minutes.

In the cooker, pour the ghee and oil and heated and put the fennel seed once it splutter add the onions and green  chilli and little bit of salt and saute for 3 minutes. Then add tomatoes and saute for 2 minutes. Then add all the powders(red, corriander and turmeric). After one minute add the half sliced mushroom and saute well. The mushroom itself leave some water on that it will cook or if necessary add little bit water. After 5-8 minutes add the rice and saute then add the water. Put the lid on and the whistle too. After 10 minutes it all done very simple mushroom rice is ready to eat.

Bread Uthappam

Ingredients

White Bread - 4
Semolina(Sooji) - 4 tbsp
All purpose flour(Maida) - 3 tbsp
Curd(Yogurt) - 1 tbsp
Salt - as per taste
Water - as per need to grind
Onion - 1/4
Green pepper - 2 tbsp
Yellow pepper - 2 tbsp
Curry leaf
Cilantro
Green Chilli - 1 (optional)
Oil


Grinding

Remove the crust from the sides and cut into cubes and keep aside.

Put the bread, sooji, maida, curd, salt and water into the blender or mixer. Blend well until to a thick smooth paste or till consistency for the uthappam.


Method

Finely chopped the onion, both peppers, green chilli, curry leaf and cilantro and keep aside.

Now add all the chopped items in the batter and mix well, taste the salt and if need add some. The batter is not be too runny or not be too thick, medium consistency to pour the uthappam. Heat athe skillet or pan in a medium heat. Pour the batter into thick small uthappam and pour little oil around that. Lets cook for 2 minutes each side in slow heat and the bread uthappam should be light brown both sides. Now the yummy bread uthappam is ready to serve and eat. Serve with the coconut chutney or sambar or tomato or onion chutney asper your taste.

Avocado Smoothie

Ingredients

Avocado - 1
Milk - 2 cups
Sugar - 3 tsps

Method

Take medium ripped avocado, put it in the blender put the sugar and milk blend well. Tasty avocado smoothy is ready. Kids love to drink adults too.

Lemon Rice

Ingredients

Cooked Rice - 2 cups
Lemon - 1
Oil - 2 tsp
Red Chilli whole - 2
Mustard Seed - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 1 tbsp
Cumin Seed - 1 tsp
Ginger chopped - Very tiny piece
Channa Dal - 1.5 tbsp
Curry Leaf
Peanut - 2 tbsp
Cashew Nut - 1 tbsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

Method

Extract lemon juice and keep aside.

In the pan heat the oil, then add red chilli whole, mustard seed, urad dal once it splutter add the curry leaf, chopped ginger and saute. After 30 seconds add cumin seed, channa dal, peanut and cashew nut and allow to fry. After two minutes slow the stove and add the turmeric powder and lemon juice and add little salt once it come to little bit boiling then add the cooked rice stir well. Yummy lemon rice is ready. Serve it with Parrupu thogayal or any vadagam or boiled egg.

Chicken Cutlet

Ingredients

Chicken thigh/breast pieces
Potato - 1
Onion
Green chilli - 1/2
Garlic - 1clove
Ginger - small piece
Egg - 1
Bread crumbs - small amount
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
Cilantro
Oil
Salt

Method

Boil the potato and mash it and keep aside
Marinate the chicken pieces with Chilli, coriander, turmeric powder and salt

Saute the marinated chicken in the oil once it cooked keep aside and cool down. Once it cool down grind the chicken with garlic and ginger. In the pan pour oil and put the chopped onion, green chilli. After 2 minutes put the potato, little bit of all the powders and salt saute it and then add the ground chicken and in low flame 3 minutes. Allow it for cool down then add 2 tsp of bread crumbs for binding and add cilantro. Now take a frying pan with oil, keep ready with one beaten egg in a bowl and bread crumbs in the plate. Roll out small portion of the mixture into lime size ball flatten it between the palms to give it shape(oval or circle). Dip the cutlet into the beaten egg and roll them in the bread crumbs to nicely coated then put it the heated oil fry pan, till they are golden brown. Chicken cutlet is ready to eat and serve with tomato ketchup.