Vellarikka Parippu Charu (Cucumber Dal Curry)

Ingredients:

• Toor dal 1 cup
• Sliced cucumber 2 cup
• Coconut 1/2 grated
• Green chilly 3 to 5
• Shallots 2 to 3
• Garlic 3 to 4
• Dry chilly 2
• Turmeric pdr 1/2 Tsp
• Cumin seeds 1/4 Tsp
• Mustard seeds
• Curry leaves
• Water
• Salt
• Oil

Soak dal for 1/2 an hour. Cook dal and cucumber with little salt, water and turmeric pdr. Grind together coconut, cumin seeds, chilly, shallots, garlic and curry leaves. Add this grounded paste and rqd amount of salt into the cooked dal and boil it in low flame. Season it with mustard seeds, shallots, dry chilly and curry leaves.

[Recipe Courtesy: Vanitha]

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Raw Plantain Peel Curry

Ingredients:

• Raw plantain peel (vazhakka tholi) 1 cup
• Garam masala 1/2 Tsp
• Turmeric pdr 1/2 Tsp
• Chopped onion 1 big
• Chilly pdr 1 1/2 Tsp
• Ginger 1 big piece
• Mustard seed
• Curd 1/4 cup
• Curry leaves
• Chilly 2 to 4
• Salt
• Oil

Chop the plantain peels and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When it splutters, saute the onion, ginger, chilly and curry leaves. Saute it well and add the chilly pdr, turmeric pdr and garam masala pdr. Mix it well and add the plantain peels into this and cook well. Remove it from fire and allow it to cool. Then add the curd and rqd amount of salt.

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Pita bread with Garlic yogurt sauce

Ingredients:

Pita Bread

• Dry yeast 2 Tsp
• Warm water 1 cup
• Flour 3 cups
• Salt 1 Tsp

Dissolve the yeast in 1 cup warm water. Sift together the flour and salt. Add yeast and water into the flour and make it into a dough and knead for several minutes. Cover the dough with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place for 3 hours.

Preheat oven to 350°. Divide the dough into 6 equal portions. With a rolling pin, pat and press each portion of dough into a thickness of 1/2-inch. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes or until the pita are light golden brown.

Garlic Yogurt Sauce

• Plain yogurt 1 cup
• Garlic 2 pods grounded
• Pepper pdr 1 pinch
• Olive oil

Beat yogurt gently with a fork or whisk until it's smooth and creamy. Add all the other ingredients and mix well. Cover and chill until needed.

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Diamond Cuts

Ingredients:

• All purpose flour 2 cup
• Beaten egg 2 1/2 Tbsp
• Cardamom seeds 2
• Water 1/2 cup
• Pinch of salt
• Oil

For Sugar Syrup:

• Sugar 1/2 cup
• Water 2 Tsp
• Cardamom seed 1

Mix the all purpose flour, salt and beaten egg. Add water little by little into the flour and knead it into a soft dough, like chappathi. Add crushed cardamom into this and knead well. Cover it with a damp cloth and keep it aside for 15 mins. Divide the dough into medium sized balls and roll it out into thin rounds. Then cut it diagonally from left and from right to get diamond shaped pieces. Heat oil in a kadai and fry the diamonds till it turns into golden colour. Transfer it to a paper towel and cool it.

For preparing sugar syrup, mix together sugar and water and boil it, till it reaches to a consistency that will help coat the fried diamond cuts. Add the crushed cardamom and coat the diamond cuts in syrup. Transfer it to a tray and cool it.

[Courtesy: Mishmash]

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Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients:

For Rice:

• Rice 2 cup
• Lime juice 1 Tsp
• Water 3 1/2 cup
• Oil 2 Tbsp
• Spring onion chopped
• Mushroom 1/2 cup
• Capsicum 1 small
• Cabbage 1/4 cup
• Carrot 1/4 cup
• Celery chopped
• Beans 1/4 cup
• Ginger 1 Tbsp chopped
• Garlic 1 Tbsp chopped
• Soy sauce 1 Tbsp
• Chilli sauce 1/2 Tbsp
• Tomato sauce 1/2 Tbsp
• Salt
• Oil

To prepare rice, wash the rice and drain it for 10 to 15 mins. Add 1 tbsp of oil, salt and 1 tsp lime juice into 3 1/2 cup water and boil it well. Fry the rice in little ghee or oil in low flame. When it starts to crack, pour the boiling water into the rice. Cover it and cook well. When it becomes void of moisture content, remove the rice and keep it aside. Allow it to cool.

Heat oil in a kadai and add chopped ginger and garlic. When it turns light brown colour add beans, carrot and celery and saute well till its soft and crispy. Then add the sauces. Combine well and add celery, mushroom, capsicum and cabbage. Cook it in high flame for few minutes and add the cooked rice and spring onion. Mix well and remove it from fire.

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Fish Molly

Ingredients:

• Fish 1/2 kg (Pearl spot or king fish)
• Onion 2 big
• Tomato 1
• Green chilly 2 to 3
• Garlic 5 to 7 pods
• Ginger 1 big piece
• Turmeric pdr 1/4 Tsp
• Pepper pdr 1/4 Tsp
• Curry leaves
• Cloves 2 to 4
• Cardamom 2 to 3
• Whole pepper few
• Cinnamon 2 to 3 pieces
• Thick coconut milk 1 cup
• Semi thick cococnut milk 1 1/4 to 1/2 cup
• Cashews few
• Oil

Clean and cut the fish into med pieces. Marinate the fish pieces with pepper pdr and turmeric pdr for 15 to 20 min. Then shallow fry it and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan or kadai and add sliced onion, ginger, garlic, salt, few cashews and curry leaves. Saute it for few min and add the crushed whole spices. Pour the semi thick coconut milk into this and boil. Then put the fried fish and cook it. Add the thick coconut milk and sliced tomato. Cook it for few minutes (do not boil) and remove it from fire.

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Onion Chicken

Ingredients:

• Chicken 1 kg
• Onion 2 big
• Tomato 2 med
• Dry chilly 2 to 3
• Ginger paste 1/2 Tsp
• Garlic paste 1/2 T
• Coriander pdr 2 Tsp
• Chilly pdr 1 1/2 Tsp
• Turmeric pdr 1/2 Tsp
• Garam masala 1/2 Tsp
• Mustard seeds
• Curry leaves
• Water
• Salt
• Oil

Clean and cut the chicken into medium pieces. Grind together tomato and onion into a paste and keep it aside. Remove the seeds from the dry chilly and boil it in water for few mins and then grind it well. Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add the dry chilly paste and roast it well. Add the curry leaves, crushed ginger and garlic. Saute and pour the onion paste into this. Mix it for few min and add the coriander pdr, turmeric pdr, chilly pdr, garam masala pdr and salt. Reduce the heat and cook it till the raw smell goes. Add the chicken pieces and rqd amount of water. Cook it in med flame.

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