Onion Raita My Style

Ingredients:

5 onions (chopped finely)
3 tbsp of mayonnaise
1/2 cup of plain yogurt

Mix all the above ingredients together and chill before serving.  Garnish with chopped coriander. Best served chilled.

This is very simple to prepare isn't it? Do try and let me know how it turned out for you!

Tandoori Chicken Briyani

Hi friends, I'm glad to share another recipe with you all Tandoori Chicken Briyani, some of you may have tried this dish before but this is the very first time for me. I got this idea from sis Love's Grilled Chicken Briyani, I fell in love with the preparation the moment she post it on her blog, thanks sis. I have used her idea and made some changes in my briyani, I have used Tandoori Chicken that I have prepared earlier (purposely to use for this briyani). We loved the Tandoori Chicken Briyani, it was so delicious and healthy. Now let us see how to make this briyani:

Ingredients:

500 gm of Tandoori Chicken
2 cups of Basmathi rice or any kind
2 1/2 cups of water (ratio depending on the rice you use)
1 large onion (chopped)
1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp of tandoori powder
A bunch of coriander leaves
2 large onions (deep fried until brown)
A  few drops of yellow coloring/saffron
1 tomato (chopped)
1 green chilli (slit)
1 pc of cinnamon stick
2 cardamom pods
2 star anise
2 cloves
Salt to taste
1 tbsp of ghee

You have to prepare the tandoori chicken before you cook the rice, you can prepare in advance or right before you cook the rice. Now let us prepare the ingredients for rice, make sure you wash the rice until the water runs clear, then drain and keep aside.

In a pan, pour ghee and add cinnamon stick, cardamom, star anise, cloves, green chilli, onion and ginger garlic paste, stir all these until it releases the wonderful aroma. Next add chopped tomato and tandoori powder and fry until tomato turns mushy, then add rice and mix well.

Transfer all the ingredients above to a rice cooker and add water and salt, let the rice cook until its fluffy and dry. Now add the yellow coloring, place the chicken pieces on the rice, add fried onions and coriander leaves, close the cooker's lid until you are ready to serve the rice.

Gently mix the cooked rice, and now our Tandoori Chicken Briyani is ready to be served. I have served this with Onion Raita.

Do try and let me know how it turned out for you!

Coriander Pepper Chicken Guest Post for Priya's Versatile Recipes

Wow, blogging is an awesome experience getting to know many sisters all over the world, even without meeting face to face the chemistry is fantastic....hehehe, I got to know Priya Suresh ka of Priya's Versatile Recipes last year while blogging and she have even done a guest post for my blog. I was so happy when akka asked newbies to write a guest post for her blog to introduce us the newbies to blogging world. Thank you so much for the opportunity ka, want to know more on the recipe do visit Priya ka's blog Priya's Versatile Recipes for Rendezvous with a Foodie.

Do visit and let me know how is it!

Spicy Chicken Briyani

Ingredients:

(Serves 4)
4 pcs of chicken drumstick
4 hard boiled eggs
2 cups of Basmathi rice (70% cooked)
1 tbsp of coriander powder
1/4 tsp of cumin powder
1/4 tsp of fennel powder
1 tsp of red chilli powder
1/4 tsp of turmeric powder
1/4 tsp of garam masala
2 onions (chopped)
2 tomatoes (chopped)
2 green chillies (slit)
1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste
2 tbsp of cashew nuts
2 tbsp of raisins
A bunch of coriander leaves
1/2 cup of mints (chopped)
1 cinnamon stick
2 star anise
4 cloves
2 cardamom
3 tbsp of ghee
1 cup of water
Salt to taste

In a pan, heat ghee and add cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves, cardamom and stir for a minute then add  chopped onions fry until translucent. Now add in ginger garlic paste, mix well and add chopped tomatoes and cook until tomatoes turn mushy. Then add green chilli, chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, fennel powder and cumin powder, mix everything together so that the spices incorporates well and add in chicken drumsticks, half a cup of water. Let all this cook on medium flame until the chicken is cooked and the liquid is evaporated.

Now add in boiled eggs, 70% cooked rice to the chicken mixture mix everything well and pour in the balance water, adjust seasoning and cover to cook until rice is fluffy. Mix in coriander and mint leaves to the rice and cover for a couple of minutes so that the flavor will be infused in the rice. Finally add in cashews and raisins that have been fried in ghee to garnish.

Now our Spicy Chicken Briyani is ready to be served. Do try and let me know how it turned out for you!

My 200th Post:Tom Yum Soup

Ingredients:
100 g of boneless chicken (sliced thinly)
1 cup of oyster mushroom
1/4 cup of shrimp (cleaned)
1/4 cup of carrot (sliced)
2 stalk of lemongrass
3 bird eye chilli (slit)
1 tomato (cut into wedges)
1 onion (cut into wedges)
2 tomyam soup cubes/ paste
A bunch of coriander leaves
2 liters of water
Fish sauce to taste

In a pan boil water and add in the tom yum flavored cubes, once boiled add carrot, lemongrass, bird eye chilli, onion, tomato, oyster mushroom, chicken and shrimp. Let these ingredients cook, add fish sauce if needed and garnish with coriander leaves. Now our Tom Yum soup is ready to be served.

Do try and let me know how it turned out for you!

Hyderabad Chicken Briyani

Recipe Source : VahChef
Recommended by: My Beloved Friend Priya Ranjit

I have made some alteration to the ingredients, I have used chicken instead f
Ingredients:
2 cups of Basmathi rice
500 g of chicken (I used whole leg)
3 large onion (sliced thinly and fried)
2 tsp red chilli powder
2 tbsp of coriander powder
1/4 tsp of turmeric powder
1 tsp of cumin powder
1 tsp of black pepper powder
1 tsp of garam masala powder
1 tsp of cumin seed
1 pc cinnamon stick
1 bay leaf
2 cardamom
2 star anise
2 cloves
1 tbsp of lemon juice
1/2 cup of curd
5 pcs green chilli (chopped)
A bunch of coriander (chopped)
A bunch of mint leaves (chopped)
A few drops of yellow coloring/saffron milk
Salt to taste
3 tbsp of oil

Rice part 

Basmathi rice (washed & soaked for 30 minutes)

Cook rice with whole garam masala, oil and salt. We need to take out rice in two parts (40% and 60% cooked and separated)

Chicken masala

Marinate chicken with ginger garlic paste, green chilli, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, cumin seeds, half of fried onion, salt, whole garam masala, lemon juice, curd, coriander leaves, mint leaves, bay leaf and oil for 30 minutes.

Now put the marinated chicken in a heavy bottomed pan or pressure cooker, layer with 40% cooked rice, coriander leaves, mint leaves, fried onion, then another layer of 60% cooked rice, coriander leaves, mint leaves, fried onion, garam masala powder and yellow coloring.

Let this cooked over medium flame for 30-45 minutes until the rice and chicken are completely cooked. As the chef said the whole house will have a wonderful aroma and you know your briyani is completely cooked.

Now our Hyderabad Chicken Briyani is ready to be served, I served this briyani with Tomato and Onion Raita. Do try and let me know how it turned out for you!

Spicy Tuna Cutlets

Ingredients:

1 can of tuna flakes in water
4 potatoes (boiled and mashed)
1 large onion (chopped fine)
5 bird eye chilli (chopped fine)
1/2 tsp of turmeric powder
1/2 tsp of garam masala powder
1 large egg (beaten and add 2 tbsp of water)
1 tbsp of lemon/lime juice
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

In a bowl add potatoes, tuna flakes (drain out the water), lemon/lime juice, onions, chilli, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, salt and mix everything  until it does not stick to your hands. Leave the mixture to set aside for at least 30 minutes.

Heat oil and maintain on medium flame, roll the tuna mixture into small balls and flatten slightly, keep aside. Dip the prepared cutlets in the egg mixture then fry to golden brown and drain on a kitchen towel. Now our Spicy Tuna Cutlets are ready to be served,best eaten with plain rice and kaara kuzhambu or as snacks dipped in ketchup.

Mouth-watering cutlets they are, aren't they?

Do try and let me know how it turned out for you!

Potato and Soy-Made Chicken Masala (Vegetarian)

Ingredients:

2 potatoes (cut into small pieces)
100 g of soy-made chicken
1/4 cup of frozen mix vegetables
1 large onion (sliced)
1 tomato (chopped)
1 tbsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 sprig of curry leaves
1 green chilli (slit)
1 tsp cumin seeds
Salt to taste
Water

In a pan, heat oil and fry soy made chicken until its slightly browned and keep aside.

In the same pan, fry onion, cumin seed, curry leaves and green chilli then fry for a couple of minutes. Now add tomato and fry until it turns mushy, add potatoes, salt and turmeric powder with some water let the potato turn soft. 

Now add fried soy-made chicken and frozen mix vegetables to the above mixture, then add coriander powder and let the gravy simmer and thickens. Our Potato and Soy-Made Chicken Masala is ready to be served with chapati or poori.

Do try and let me know how it turned out!

Spicy Crab Masala

Crab is so delicious if cooked in the right technique, for me my mom is the best cook who cooks the crabs so deliciously. Mom makes it spicy and the aroma of crab masala travels throughout the house, just the gravy is enough to be eaten with piping hot plain rice. Every time my husband and me go back to my parents house he will definitely request my mom to cook Spicy Crab Masala.

Come let's join me to check this recipe;

Ingredients:

2 kg of crab (cut into small pieces)

2 large onions (sliced)

2 large tomatoes (chopped)

1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste

2 tbsp of fish curry masala

1/2 cup of coconut milk

1 sprig of curry leaves

1 tbsp of chilli paste

1 tbsp of tamarind paste

1 cinnamon stick

2 star anise

2 tbsp of oil

Salt to taste

Water as needed

Heat oil and fry cinnamon stick, star anise, curry leaves, ginger garlic paste and onion. Stir all these ingredients until onion turns translucent, then add tomatoes and fry until tomato turns mushy. Now add in the cleaned crab, fish curry masala, chilli paste, water and salt, let everything boil make sure you cook this covered.

Crab cooks very fast so do not cook for too long as it will be rubbery, we need soft and fresh crab meat which gives a sweet taste. Now add coconut milk, let it simmer for 2 minutes then add tamarind paste, simmer again for another 2 minutes then turn off the flame.

Now our Spicy Crab Masala is ready to be served. Do try and let me know how it tasted!

Mutton Pepper Fry

I cooked this dish so specially for Diwali for my mom as she don't eat chicken and loves mutton dishes a lot. I cooked this twice in a week during Diwali as the first time mom said she couldn't get enough of the dish as we served for visitors also. This dish is so spicy and delicious, the thick gravy best eaten as it is or with pepper rasam.

Now off to the recipe;

Ingredients:

1kg of boneless mutton

3 large onions (sliced)

1 tomato chopped small

2 sprigs of curry leaves

1 tsp of cumin seed

2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste

2 tbsp of meat curry masala

1 tbsp of coarse pepper powder

1 tbsp of chilli paste

1 tsp turmeric powder

2 tbsp of roasted coconut paste (kerisik)

1 cinnamon stick

3 star anise

3 cloves

1 tbsp of oil

Salt to taste

3 cups of water

A bunch of coriander leaves

I have used pressure cooker to cook mutton, clean mutton add turmeric powder, water and salt then pressure cook until 5 or 6 whistle depending on the tenderness needed. Once done drain the mutton and take out the excess fat on the meat, keep aside the mutton and save the water for later use.

In a pan, pour oil then add cinnamon stick, star anise, clove, curry leaves, cumin and fry for a minute. Then add ginger garlic paste, onion, tomato and let the tomato turn mushy. Now add mutton, meat curry masala, chilli paste, pepper powder and salt then pour 2 cups of water from boiling the mutton let all the ingredients incorporate well and the gravy reduces to half.

Once gravy reduced, add coconut paste and let gravy completely thicken. Adjust seasoning if needed and our Mutton Pepper Fry is ready to be served with a bunch of coriander leaves.

Do try and let me know how it turned out!