Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Fish Fry

Fish fry



Ingredients:


1.Seer fish - 250 gms
2.red chilli powder - 2 tsp
3.jeera powder - 1/2 tsp
4.coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
5.pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
6.ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
7. salt - 1/2 tsp
8. rice flour - 1/2 tsp
9. lemon juice - 1/2 tsp
10. few spoons of water
11. oil to shallow fry.





Method:
Clean the Seer fish, rub the skin well to get rid off the
slimmery nature of the fish.

Mix the ingredients from 2 to 10 to a consistency of a
smooth paste. heat oil on a pan, shallow fry the pieces in
small groups.

The reason for adding rice flour is it makes the fish fry
crispy even if it is not deep fried..

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Prawns/Shrimp Fry - Eeraal Varuval

Prawns Fry - Eeraal varuval

Ingredients:

1.Prawns - 200 gms( deshelled, deveined)
2.saunf - 1/4 tsp
3.curry leaves - 1 spring
4.green chillies -2 (cut in to small pieces)
5.onion -1
6. garlic - 2 to 3 pods
7.chilli powder - 1 tsp
8.coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
9. tamarind juice - 4 tsps
10. oil - 5 tsps
11.salt
12.pepper powder- 1/2 tsp


Method:


Clean prawns by de shelling, de veining and washing them thoroughly.
Chop onion and garlic finely. now heat a kadai and add oil then saunf, curry leaves green chillies and then onion and garlic.saute well, add salt chilli powder and coriander powder and mix well.
Add a little bit of water and after the raw smell goes away, add the tamarind juice. once it looks like a gravy, add the cleaned prawns, stir as the mixture gets coated over the prawns and cook it covered.
After the shrimp gets rounded, add pepper powder and mix once. leave it until the oil separates and masala gets adhered to the shrimp. yummy prawns stir fry is all set to eat and enjoy...

Creamy Macroni and Chicken

Ingredients:



1.Macroni - 1 cup(any shape)

2. olive oil - 2tbsp
3. butter - 2 tsp

4. garlic - 4 pods (minced)

5. onion - 1

6. capsicum - 1

7. tomato -1

8. coriander leaves - 1 bunch(chopped)

9. origano seasoning - 1 tsp.
10. salt

11. fresh cream - 3 tbsp
12. milk - 1/2 cup
13. cream cheese - 2tsp.
14.chicken - cut in to cubes
15. green chillies - 4 ( chopped in to small rings).

Method:

Boil water in a vessel, once it comes to boil, add the macroni. add a tsp of oil. wait until it is cooked and add few pinches of salt and drain water. take care that it doesnt stick together.
cut chicken in to cubes. marianade it in salt ginger garlic paste and curd and garam masala powder and black pepper. shallow fry on a tava and keep it aside.
cut onion, tomato and capsicum to cubes.

on a cooking pan, heat olive oil and butter together, add chopped garlic,greenchilli,onion, tomato capsicum and coriander leaves and saute till it is half cooked. add add salt and 1/2 cup of milk to it, once milk comes to boil, add the fresh cream and mix it.
now add the cooked macroni add the cheese spread origano seasoning and cooked chicken.
stir once and its ready