"Egg Kebab"

"Egg Kebab"

Quantity:3-4 members

About this Food!

"Egg Kebab" , is a typical classy dish made from egg and with little oil , this dish is variety dish taken independently with tomato sauce as its side dish ...this dish when done in your house party  it will definitely make your guests feel awesome and will remember you for sure when they do this dish at their place.

Note:This dish can be cooked either in non stick pan or grill with little oil coating over the dish.

"Egg Kebab"

Recipe

Ingredients

1. Egg - 2 nos

2. Big Onions - 1 no

3. Green chilly - 2 nos or to your taste

4. Kadalai maavu / chick pea flour batter  - 2 tblspn

5. Salt - to taste

6. Saunf - 1/2 tsp

7. Pav bhaji masala or garam masala - 1 tsp

8. Soya sauce - 1/2 tsp

9. Sugar - 1 pinch

10. Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp

11. Bread crumbs - To your needs or 3/4 cup

12. Curry leaves - 5-6 nos

13. Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup or to your needs

15. Oil - To fry

"Egg Kebab with Tomato Sauce"

Method

1. In a frying pan put some oil and add chopped onions , green chillies , curry leaves , saunf  and cook till onions gets golden brown and then kadalai maavu batter (add some water to 2 tblspn kadalai maavu and make to semi liquid state) and cook for 2-3 mins .

2. Now add salt, pav bhaji masala or garam masala to the pan and then add soya sauce and nicely cook for 2 -3 mins and a pinch of sugar and then add eggs,black pepper and nicely stir the mixture and finish your cooking and allow the mixture to get cooled and now add chopped coriander leaves to this mixture and make to desired shapes or as shown in picture and dip both sides well in bread crumbs and keep it aside.

3. Now in a non stick pan just leave few drops of oil and fry the cutlet shaped egg mixture both sides and finish your cooking and serve hot.

Try it and you will Love it!

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"Thakkali Thokku"

"Thakkali Thokku"

 Quantity: 2-3 members

About this Food!

"Thakkali(Tomato) Thokku" , is a tasty and special variety thokku made in South India with simple ingredients and its especially prepared during trips and you will really enjoy this thokku while in your trip , this thokku can be used for 3 - 4  days together when packed in air tight containers.


Best side dish with chapati, Idly , Dosa and curd rice.

 "Thakkali Thokku"

Recipe

 

Ingredients

1. Ripe Tomato - 6 nos

2. Mustard seeds , curry leaves - 1/4 tsp , 5-6 nos

3. Chilly powder - 1 tsp

4. Sambar powder - 1/2 tsp

5. Gingely Oil - 5 tsp

6. Salt - To Taste

7. Fenugreek powder (Vendhaya podi)- 1 pinch (In a pan add 1 tsp oil and when oil gets heated up add 1 tspn fenugreek and roast it till they become brown color and then make to powder)

8. Jaggery - 1 small piece

Method

1. In a frying pan add 5 tsp of gingely oil and add  mustard seeds , curry leaves , chopped tomatoes and cook for sometime till tomatoes gets nicely cooked up(while cooking nicely smash the tomatoes)

2. Now add red chilli powder, vendhaya podi, salt and sambar powder to tomatoes and again cook for sometime and finally add  jaggery and cook till thokku consistency and finish your cooking.

Try it and you will Love it!

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"Gravy Chicken Fry"

"Gravy Chicken"

Quantity:2-3 members

About this Foodie!!!

"Gravy Chicken Fry", is one of the variety chicken fry made with flour mixture as well as with onions for the formation of the juicy gravy consistency rather to be made as dry one,its look will be glossy and its taste will be mouth watering juicy flavor .

Best side dish for chicken chettinad kuzhambu rice , idly , curd rice and especially good with parotta , naan , roti , and chappati.

"Gravy Chicken Fry "

Recipe

Ingredients

1. Chicken - 1/2 kg

2. Maida flour - 1 1/2 tblspn

3. Corn flour - 2 tspn

4. Ginger garlic paste - 2 tspn

5.  Egg white - 1 egg's

6. Cinnamon - 1 inch sized 1 no

7. Big Onions - 1 no

8. Green chilly - 1-2 nos

9. Garam masala - 1 tspn

10. Salt - To taste

11. Oil - To taste

12. Curd - 1 tspn

13. Water - Required quantity

14. Soya sauce - 2 tspn

15. Butter - 2 tblspn

16. Black pepper powdered - 1/2 tspn

Method

1. Nicely clean the chicken and cut to medium pieces and put in a bowl and add maida flour , corn flour , egg white , ginger garlic paste(1 tspn) , curd , salt and nicely mix the contents and soak for minimum 20 mins.

2. In a frying pan add 4 tblspn of oil and add chopped onions , green chillies , curry leaves, ginger garlic paste(1 tspn) and cook till onions become golden brown and then add soya sauce to it and again cook for 2-3 mins and then add that soaked chicken pieces and add some water , black pepper and salt (To taste) to this pan and cook the chicken till it nicely get cooked and finally add 2 tblspn of butter and serve it hot!!!

Try it and you will love it!

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"Kos-Kadalai Paruppu Kootu"

"Kos-Kadalai Paruppu Kootu"

Quantity: 2-3 members

About this Foodie!

"(Cabbage)Kos- Kadalai Paruppu Kootu" , is a favorite and simple to prepare tasteful dish variety of South India made with cabbage , since cinnamon is added in this dish  it subsidizes the raw smell of cabbage and  this dish has a good flavor and consistency will be semi-gravy.

Best side dish with any Puzhikuzhambu rice , dosa and chappati.

"Kos-Kadalai Paruppu Kootu"

Recipe

Ingredients

1. Cabbage - 1/4 kg

2. Kadalai Paruppu(Split Chick peas)  - 1/4 cup

3. Coconut - 1/2 cup

4. Cinnamon - 1 inch sized 2nos

5. Saunf - 1/2 tsp

6. Green chilly - 2 nos

7. Big Onion - 1/2 no

8. Mustard seeds , ulunthum paruppu - 1/4 tsp each

9. Curry leaves - 4-5 nos

10. Oil and Salt - To your needs

Method

1. Now chop the cabbage into small pieces and put in cooker along with kadalai paruppu , chopped onions green chilly and little salt and cook for 3-4 whistles till kadalai paruppu gets nicely boiled up.

2. In a frying pan add little oil and saute mustard seeds , ulunthum paruppu , curry leaves and add them to the boiled cabbage mix in cooker .

3. Now in a mixer grinder add the coconut pieces , cinnamon , saunf  and grind them to smooth paste consistency with required water and add to the cabbage mix in cooker and nicely stir the contents and add some water and cook till water gets dried off  and serve it.

Try it and you will Love it!

Note:This recipe can be even made with "Snake Gourd"(Podalangai)

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"Chutney Kuzhambu"

"Chutney Kuzhambu"

Quantity:2-3 members

About this Food!

"Chutney Kuzhambu" , is a simple and easy to make dish influenced from French rulers in Karaikal district of Tamil Nadu during independence period as told by my grand mother and its famous dish till date,  in this same dish we can add cinnamon and cardamom to give extra flavor ...however if you like that taste, its optional only.It has a mild taste and its color looks mild French origin and its aroma will be pleasant .

Best side dish with Idly,Dosai and Chapati but real taste of this kuzhambu will be felt only when poured over your idly,dosai or chapatti while eating instead of just dipping and eating it, in tamil we say "Peratti Adichu Sappiduvadhu":-)

"Chutney Kuzhambu"

Recipe

Ingredients

1. Coconut - 1/2 cup

2. Roasted gram(Pottu Kadalai) - 2 tblspn

3. Green chilly - 2 nos

4. Salt - To taste

5. Onion - 1no

6. Oil- To saute

7. Mustard seeds , ulunthu - 1/4 tsp each

8. Curry leaves - 5-6 nos

Method

1. In a mixer grinder add coconut pieces , pottu kadalai, salt, green chillies and finely grind like our normal coconut chutney consistency.

2. Now  in a frying pan add some oil and saute mustard seeds , ulunthu , curry leaves and add chopped onions and cook till onions get cooked up and finally add the coconut chutney mix to this pan and add some water , nicely stir the contents and add salt if needed at this stage and then cook for 4-5 mins in medium flame (in Tamil:Kothivarumvarai) and finish your cooking and serve hot.

 
Try it and you will Love it!

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"Kollu Gravy"

"Kollu Gravy"

Quantity:2-3 members

About this Food!

"Kollu Gravy", is a typical South Indian dish variety rich in giving a good stamina for our health condition, so only its name as "Horse gram" in English since its the food variety mainly given for horse, however humans can also take part as we all know it already:-)

Best side dish with  rice .

"Kollu Gravy"

Recipe

Ingredients

1. Kollu(Horse gram) - 1 1/2 cup

2. Dry coriander seeds - 1/2 tsp

3. Green chilly - 2 nos or to your taste

4. Salt - To taste

5. Mustard seeds , ulunthu - 1/4 tsp each

6. Curry leaves - 4-5 nos

7. Coriander leaves - To your taste or 1/4 cup

8. Oil - To saute

Method

1. Boil kollu with water in cooker and keep it aside.

2. Now in a mixer grinder add the boiled kollu, coriander seeds , green chilly , coriander leaves and grind to coarse consistency and add some water stir it well and keep it aside.

"In Mixer Grinder"

3. Now in a frying pan add some oil and saute mustard seeds, ulunthu , curry leaves and add to kollu and finish your cooking and serve hot.

Try it and you will Love it!

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"Potato Pizza"

"Pizza"

Quantity: 1-2  members

About This Foodie!

"Home made Potato Pizza", no need much introduction , its good for a home made type pizza  however you can practice it and give it a try with your own creative toppings.

You can try it with non-veg like chicken or even you can try it with mushroom or use any toppings as per your creativity.

"Potato Pizza"

Recipe

Ingredients

Dough(Pizza Base) making

1. Maida Flour - 2 cups

2. Baking powder - 1/4 tsp

3. Salt - to taste

4. Water - required quantity

5. Vanaspathi or Dalda  - 1tblspn

6. Oil - 2-3 tsp

7. Egg white - 1 egg's


Method

1. Mix all the ingredients mentioned above in a bowl and make a dough to a soft consistency like we do for poori dough or even a little bit softer than it will be good consistency and keep it aside for atleast 1 hr.

2. Then flatten the dough like we do for chapatti but with minimum thickness of 1/2 an inch as shown in picture.

Ingredients for Toppings

1. Potato - 1/2 no

2. Tomato - 1/2 no

3. Big onion - 1/2 no

4. Chopped Mint leaves - (6-7 leaves)

5. Chopped Coriander leaves - To your required quantity

6. Butter - 2 tblspn or Cheese scraps- for topping

7. Green chilly - 1 no

8. Capsicum - 2-3  slices or to your required quantity

9.  Salt - To taste

10. Tomato sauce- 2 tblspn

Method

1. Slice the onions, tomatoes, green chillies , capsicum  and using a scrapper thin slice potato and put some salt and black pepper powder and mix all of them in  a bowl and keep it aside.

Ingredients for Potato dipping

1. Egg white - 1 tsp

2. Red chilly powder - 1/4 tsp

3. Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp

4. Salt - to taste

5. Vinegar - 2-3 drops

6. Sugar - 1 pinch

Method

1. Mix all the ingredients and dip the thin sliced potato both sides well and keep it aside.

Final preparation for Pizza

1. Take the base and spread with tomato sauce first and then put the chopped mint leaves and then add the onion , tomato toppings prepared and then place the dipped potatoes and then butter or cheese finally and then place inside oven(pre heat for 2 mins at 700 degree centigrade before placing pizza inside) for 4 mins at 420 degree centigrade and finish your baking and serve hot.

Try it and you will Love it!!!

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"Muttai Kos Poriyal(Violet Cabbage Fry)"

"Cabbage Fry"

Quantity:2-3 members

About this Foodie!

"Cabbage(Violet) Poriyal(Muttai Kos Poriyal)", is a typical South Indian dish made very easily and tastes good and its color will be different from our regular green cabbage variety.Normally in South Indian hotels you can see this dish frequently , this dish can be done with green colored cabbage also however violet colored cabbage has much less raw smell than green colored cabbage.

Best side dish with chappati,  dosai , sambar rice , puzhi kuzhambu rice and curd rice too.

"Cabbage Poriyal"

Recipe

Ingredients

1.Violet cabbage - 1/4 kg

2. Big Onions -1 no

3. Green chilly - 2-3 nos or to your taste

4. Coconut scraps - 1/2 cup

5. Mustard seeds , Uluntham paruppu - 1/4 tsp each

6. Curry leaves - 4-5 nos

6. Oil - To saute

7. Salt - To your taste

Method

1. Nicely wash the cabbage and scrap the cabbage as shown using scrapper and keep it aside.

2. Now in a pan add some oil and saute mustard seeds, uluntham paruppu, curry leaves and add chopped onions and green chilles and fry till onions become mild golden color.

3. Now add the scrapped cabbage, coconut scraps and salt to taste and cook for 10- 15 mins in medium flame or till cabbage gets nicely cooked and finish your cooking and serve hot.

Note: While using green colored cabbage use small ginger piece inorder to remove the cabbage's raw smell.


Try it , its simple and tastier.

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"Malai Kofta"

"Malai Kofta"

 Quantity:2-3 members

About this Foodie!

"Malai Kofta", is special dish originated in Middle Eastern countries and widespread across the world eventually this dish is made with vegetables with the touch of Indian spices here,which gives us a replacement for meatballs type of dish specially for vegetarians. Its aroma and thick consistency will really shoot up our taste buds.Here sweet potato is used as main ingredient than our regular potato for better health point of view.

Best side dish with parathas, naan and even with jeera rice.

"Malai Kofta"

Recipe

Ingredients for Kofta

1. Sweet Potato and carrots  - 1 cup each

2. Grated Paneer - 1 cup

3. Coriander powder - 2 tblspn

4. Red chilly powder - 1 tsp or to your taste

5. Cumin powder - 1 tsp

6. Chopped coriander - 1 tblspn

7. Chopped green chillies - 1 tblspn or to your taste

8. Salt - To taste

9. Corn flour or Maida - 1 to 2 cups just for binding koftas

10. Cashew nuts , pista or any nuts of your taste - 1/2  cup chopped

11. Oil - To brush

Method for Kofta

1. Boil the carrots and potatoes  smash them well and mix together and completly drain the excess water if any using a neat thin cloth or strainer and keep it aside.

2. Now in a bowl add grated paneer, boiled vegetables, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilly powder , chopped green chillies , chopped coriander leaves, salt , nuts and nicely mix them all and shape it to small balls(Koftas) and brush with little oil on the surface of  balls made and roll in corn flour for final binding and keep it ready to fry. 

3. Fry in Oven: In an oven set temperature to 450 deg centigrade and cook the ball sized koftas for 30 mins and keep it ready.

 (OR)

4. Fry in Oil: Take pan add 1/4 ltr cooking oil and golden fry the balls and keep it ready.

"Kofta - Oven Made"

Ingredients for Gravy :

1. Big onions - 2 nos

2. Tomatoes - 2 nos 

3. Ginger garlic paste - 2 tblspn

4. Cumin seeds powder - 1 tsp

5. Black jeera  - 1 tsp

6. Cashew nut powder - 1/2 cup

7. Cream - 1/2 cup

8. Coriander powder - 2 tblspn 

9. Red chilly powder - 1 tsp or to your taste 

9. Chopped coriander - 1/2 cup

10. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

11.  Salt - To taste

12. Grated paneer - 1/4 cup

13. Oil - To Fry

Method for Gravy

1. Take a frying pan and add some oil and add chopped onions and fry till it becomes golden brown color and then add ginger garlic paste and cook till raw smell goes off , then add turmeric powder , chopped tomatoes , coriander powder , cumin powder , red chilly powder and cook for 2 mins and some water if your gravy is little dry and cook till contents become tender and allow them to cool little bit and using a blender make them into a smooth paste and keep it aside.

2. Now in a frying pan add some oil and add black jeera and wait till it crackles and then pour the blended smooth paste of gravy to the pan and add some water and cook till it gets bubbles(in Tamil:Kothikavaipathu)

and then add cream and cook for sometime and add cashew nut powder and cook for 2 mins and finally and gently add the fried koftas to this gravy and finish your cooking.

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