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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Vendakka Mezhukkupuratty

Ingredients:

• Okra (ladies finger) 1/4 kg
• Onion 1 big
• Garlic 7 pods
• Chilly pdr 2 Tsp
• Turmeric pdr 1/2 Tsp
• Coriander pdr 1/2 Tsp
• Garam masala 1/2 Tsp
• Mustard seeds
• Curry leaves
• Salt
• Oil

Clean and cut the okra (vendakka) into thin pieces. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add curry leaves, sliced onion and garlic. Saute till it turns goldren brown and add okra. Stir it for few minutes and add the turmeric, chilly, coriander and garam masala pdr into it and combine well. Reduce the heat. Stir it occassionally till it turns dry and crispy. Finally add the rqd amount of salt. Remove it from fire.

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Idiyappam

Ingredients:

• Rice flour 2 cup
• Coconut 1/2 grated
• Water as rqd
• Salt as rqd

Mix together salt and rice flour. Boil water and pour little by little into the flour and mix immediately using a big spoon. Keep it aside for few minutes and mix it well. Put the dough into the idiyappam maker and press little on the idli steamer and put grated coconut on the top. Then press rest of the dough to the top of the coconut. Steam it well.

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Peanut Chutney

Ingredients:

• Peanuts 1 cup
• Garlic 2 pods
• Onion 1 small
• Dry chilly 2 to 3
• Coconut 1/4 cup
• Tamarind pulp 2 Tsp
• Mustard seeds
• Curry leaves
• Shallots few
• Salt
• Oil
  

Roast the peanuts in low flame for 5 mins. Remove it from fire and allow it to cool. Heat oil in a pan and saute the onion, garlic, dry chilly and curry leaves for few mins. Grind together roasted peanuts, coconut, onion, garlic, dry chilly, curry leaves, salt and tamarind paste using little water. Transfer it to a bowl and season it with mustard seeds, curry leaves and shallots.

[Recipe Courtesy: Kothiyavunnu.com]

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Sponge Cake with Walnuts

Ingredients:

• Maida 1 cup
• Sugar 1 cup
• Butter 2 Tbsp
• Baking pdr 1 Tsp
• Hot milk 1/2 cup
• Chopped walnuts 1/2 cup
• Grated lemon rind 1 Tsp
• Vanilla essence 1 Tsp
• Honey 1 Tsp
• Salt 1/4 Tsp
• Egg 2

Preheat the oven to 180 deg C. Grease the baking pan with butter and maida and keep it aside. Sieve together maida, salt and baking pdr and keep it aside. Add butter to the milk and heat it. Beat egg until it thickens and slowly add the sugar. Beat it for another 5 min. Add the dry ingedients into it and mix well. Then add the hot milk, vanilla essence, honey and lemon rind and combine well. Finally add the chopped walnuts into the batter. Pour it into the greased pan and bake it for 35 to 40 mins.

[Recipe Courtesy: niyasworld.blogspot.com]

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Spicy Chicken Fry

Ingredients:

• Chicken 1
• Cumin seeds 1/4 Tsp
• Fennel seeds 1 Tsp
• Turmeric pdr 1 Tsp
• Pepper pdr 1 Tsp
• Vinegar 1/2 Tsp
• Bread crumbs
• Maida 2 cups
• Egg 2

Clean and cut the chicken into medium pieces. Beat the eggs and keep it aside. Ground together cumin seeds to vinegar and add salt to it. Marinate chicken with this paste and keep it aside. After half an hour, roll marinated chicken pieces in maida and then dip it in beaten egg and roll it in bread crumbs. Fry it well.

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The Wonderful News

My dearest friends.... By the grace of the Almighty, we had this wonderful baby girl, Nia, born to us on the 2nd of July, 2010. Everyone is doing good....!! Thanks for all your prayers....!!

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