Spinach - Dal Curry

Ingredients:-

Chopped Spinach - 2 Bunches
Moong Dal - 1/2 Cup
Copped Onion - 1/2 Cup
Chopped Tomato - 1/2 Cup
Chilli Powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Mustard
Dried Red Chilli
Curry Leaves
Chopped Coriander Leaves
Salt

Method:-

1. Cook the Dal in a Pressure Cooker adding water, turmeric and salt.
2. In a deep frying pan, add oil and once heated, add Mustard, Dried Red Chilli, Curry Leaves and stir well.
3. Once the mustard splutters, add Chopped Onion and saute well.
4. Once Onion turns translucent, add Chilli Powder and saute well.
5. Add Chopped Spinach and cook this for some time.
6. Once the Spinach is cooked in low flame, add the cooked Dal and mix this well.
7. Garnish this with chopped Coriander Leaves and the Curry is ready.

Ulli Thandu(Spring Onion) Thoran

Ingredients:-

Chopped Spring Onion - 2 bunch
Grated Coconut - 3/4 Cup
Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

Curry Leaves
Mustard
Dried Red Chilli
Salt

Method:-

1. In a bowl, add the Chopped Spring Onion, Grated Coconut, Chilli Powder, Turmeric Powder, Salt and mix well.
2. In a frying pan, add some oil and add Mustard, Dried Red Chilli and Curry Leaves.
3. Once splattered, add the mixture made in First Step to this and mix well.
4. Cook this for few minutes with lid in low flame.
5. Once cooked, saute this well until its dry.
6. The Thoran is ready to be served.

Mathi(Sardine) Mulaku Curry

Ingredients:-

Mathi (Sardines) - 8 nos cleaned well.
Sliced Ginger - 1 tbsp
Sliced Garlic - 1 tbsp
Sliced Green Chilli  - 2 nos
Sliced Shallots (small onion) - 8 nos
Kudam Puli - 2 pieces
Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 6 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Water
Curry Leaves
Coconut Oil
Salt

Method:-

1. Clean the fish and make slits on the sides.
2. In a small bowl soak the Kudampuli in water.
3. Heat oil in a frying pan and add sliced Ginger, Garlic, Green Chilli, Shallots and saute this well.
4. Add 1/4 tsp of Turmeric Powder and Salt to taste to this and mix well.
5. In a small bowl, add the Kashmiri Chilli Powder and make this a paste by adding water to this.
6. Add this Chilli paste to the frying pan and stir well.
7. Add water to this, so that the fish could be submerged in the gravy.
8. Add the already soaked Kudampuli into this mixture and mix well.
9. Once boiled, add the fish and cook this for about 10 minutes in low flame.
10. Please do not use the spoon to stir this once fish is added.
11. Once fish is cooked, add the curry leaves and Coconut Oil and Mathi Mulaku Curry is ready to be served.

(Note:- This Fish Curry is good with Naadan Kappa puzhuku.)

Steamed Fish in Coriander Paste

Ingredients:-

Fish Fillet - 3 nos (preferably Thilapia)
Lime Juice - 1 Lemon
Garlic - 2-3 Cloves
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Grated Coconut - 3 tbsp
Green Chilli - 4 nos
Coriander Leaves - 1 Cup
Curd - 2-3 tbsp
Salt - to taste

Method:-

- Grind all the ingredients other than Fish Fillets with no water to make a thick paste.
- Clean the fish and make few slits so that the masala goes in well.
- Marinate the fish with the ground ingredients and keep this aside for 30 mins.
- Take a frying pan and place the fish in it and heat this with a lid and cook for 8 - 10 mins until the water evaporates fully.
- Serve this with Roti or Rice...

(Note:- If you have Banana Leaf readily available, you can wrap the fish in banana leaf and cook this in a pressure cooker for about 15 mins.)

Tiramisu - Italian Dessert...

Ingredients:-

Mascarpone Cheese - 1 tin
Vanilla Essence-
Sugar
Rum
Instant Coffee
Italian Biscuit (Lady's Finger)
Cocoa Powder
Whipped Cream - 1 1/2 cup

Method:-

- Add Rum to the Coffee and mix well.
- Take a big bowl and add the Mascarpone Cheese into it.
- Add a teaspoon of Vanilla Essence and 1/2 cup of sugar and mix it well.
- Add some whipped cream to this mixture and mix it well.
- Add the rest of the cream and fold it in the mixture.
- Take the long tray which can accommodate the lady fingers to be a layer.
- Take the lady fingers and  dip in the coffee-rum mixture and make a layer in the tray.
- Spread half of the Mascarpone Cheese-Cream mixture on top of this and spread this evenly.
- Pour some Cocoa powder through a strainer to spread the powder evenly across the cream.
- Make another layer of ladyfingers dipped in coffee-rum mixture.
- Spread the remaining cream mixture evenly.
- Finish it with the Cocoa Powder spread evenly across.
- Refrigerate this for about 4-6 hours and leave it to set.
- Cut them and serve it.
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American Chopsuey...

Ingredients:-

 

Hakka Noodles - 1 Pkt
Boneless Chicken - 200 gm
Onion - 1 Big (Cut in Julian)
Carrot - 1 (Cut in Julian)

French Beans - 100 gm (Cut in Julienne)
Cabbage - 50 gm (Finely shredded)
Spring Onion - Few
Green Pepper - (Cut in Julienne)
Garlic - 3 cloves chopped
Ginger - 1 inch chopped
Egg - 1
Chicken Stock - 1 Cup
Corn Flour - 1 tbsp - For thickening
Soy Sauce - 1 tsp
Tomato Sauce - 2 tsp
Salt - For taste
Pepper powder
Sugar - a pinch

Method:-

- Heat oil in a frying pan. And prepare fried egg.
- In a deep frying pan, heat oil and fry the boiled noodles to bring it to a nest like shape.
- Take a frying pan for preparing the gravy.
- Pour some oil in the pan. Add chopped garlic and chopped ginger on to it. Saute it well.
- Add sliced onion on to this and saute until translucent.
- Add the Julienne cut boneless chicken to the mixture.
- Once the chicken turns crispy and cooked, add the vegetables and keep sauteing and leave the crispy texture of the vegetables.
- Add salt to taste, pepper powder and a pinch of sugar.
- Pour in generous amount of Tomato sauce and Soy sauce.
- Once the mixture is evenly stirred, add 1 Cup of Chicken Stock.
- Once the stock starts to boil, add the Corn starch mixed in water to the mixture.
- Once the gravy thickens, keep it aside.

Setting the plate:-

 - On a serving dish, place the fried noodles as the base.
- On top of this, pour in the gravy
- And over this place the fried egg.
- Serve Hot...
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Strawberry Spread...

Ingredients:-

Strawberry - 16 Oz (20 nos)
Sugar - 1/2 Cup
Lime Juice - 1 tbsp



Method:-

-  Grind the cleaned strawberries in a blender.
- Pour this into a saucepan.
- Add the sugar to this.
- Add the lime juice to this.
- Boil the mixture in medium to low flame until this reduces to a thick paste.
- Let the mixture cool down a bit and then transfer to a dry container.