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!

Onion Omelette

Ingredients:

2 large eggs (beaten with 2 tbsp of water and salt)
1 tbsp of coriander leaves (chopped)
2 tbsp of grated cheese
2 onions (diced)
3 cherry tomato (cut into half)
A pinch of salt
A pinch of pepper
1 tbsp of olive oil

In a pan, heat oil and fry onion until translucent and pour beaten eggs, top it with grated cheese and pepper. Let it cook and add chopped coriander leaves, then flip the omelette to cook on the other side. Now our Onion Omelette is ready to be served, garnish with cherry tomato. Best eaten while its hot.

Do try and enjoy!

Chicken and Mushroom in Oyster Sauce

Ingredients:

250g of chicken boneless (cut into big chunks)
5 dried shiitake mushroom (soaked and cut into half)
5 dried red chillies (cut into half)
2 inches of young ginger (sliced)
3 cloves of garlic (minced)
1 tbsp Shao Hsing cooking wine/ white vinegar
2 tbsp of spring onion
1 tbsp of corn starch
1 tbsp of chilli sauce
2 tbsp of oyster sauce
1 tsp of dark soy sauce
1 tsp of light soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp of cooking oil
1 cup of water

In a pot, pour cooking oil add dried red chilies when its plumped up add in garlic and ginger fry for a minute then add chicken that have been mixed with corn starch, fry until the chicken releases water. Then add sesame oil, oyster sauce, chilli sauce, dark soy sauce and light soy mix well then add water and let chicken cooks well. Now add in Shao Hsing cooking wine or white vinegar (this give some tangry sharp taste), now add mushrooms and let it cook further until the gravy thickens. Now our Chicken and Mushroom in Oyster Sauce is ready, add in the spring onion and our dish is ready to be served.

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

Chicken Sambal Fried Rice (One Pot Meal)

Wow, I'm so excited because this is my first ever guest post and I'm glad that I'm doing it for sis Love. The moment she messaged me regarding the guest post I agreed immediately without even thinking whether I would be able to prepare a special dish for her. Sis Love is someone very dear and special to me, you know why? I got to know the blogging world after visiting her blog in 2010, before that I seriously didn't something called blog existed and hers was the first Indian blog I ever got to know. Thank you so much sis, you must be surprised to know this info because I think I have never told you this.

I always admire her photography skills from the day I got to know her not forgetting her wonderful recipes that she posts, all the clicks makes you crave for some. I was planning for so many days on what to cook for the guest post since she's someone special to, then I thought since both of us are chicken lovers, cooking a chicken dish would be apt for it. I have decided that I should make a one pot meal, so I made Chicken Sambal Fried Rice to celebrate our friendship/sisterhood. Do visit sis Love's Love2cook Malaysia for the recipe.

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!

Fried Meehoon (Rice Noodle)

Ingredients:

A pack of meehoon (rice noodle, boiled and drained)
2 pcs of chicken breast (cubed)
1/2 cup of shredded cabbage
5 pcs of dried red chilli
1 tsp of dark soy sauce
1 tbsp of light soy sauce
3 cloves of garlic
1 onion (chopped)
1/4 cup of dried shrimp
1/4 cup of water
2 bird eye chilli
2 eggs beaten
Oil

Blend dried red chilli, garlic, dried shrimp and water until smooth and keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan and fry the chicken pieces until half cooked, drain and keep it aside, fry the beaten eggs and scramble it until you get small pieces.

Now in the same pan pour oil and simmer chilli paste until it changes in color to deep red and oil separates. Then add chicken, cabbage, dark soy sauce and light soy sauce mix well until everything is well incorporated then add in boiled noodles, toss well so that the chili paste and noodles are mixed perfectly. Adjust seasoning depending on your preference and Fried Meehoon is ready to be served. Garnish with scrambled egg and bird eye chilli that have been sliced.

Fried Meehoon is ready to be served, do try and let me know how it turned out for you!

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!

Grilled Chicken Sandwich

Ingredients:

2 slices of wholemeal bread
2 slices of tomato
2 slices of onion
1 chicken patty
1 slice of cheese
Chilli sauce/ Tomato Ketchup
Butter

Grill chicken patty until its cooked, top it with a slice of cheese and keep it aside. Toast both the bread slices applied with butter. Now time to assemble the sandwich, layer a slice of bread top it with the grilled chicken patty, tomato and onion, chilli sauce and finally another slice of bread. Now slice into half and now our Grilled Chicken Sandwich is ready to be served. 

How easy can that be? Do try and enjoy!

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!

Egg and Sausage Stir Fry

Ingredient:

3 sausages (cut thinly)
2 eggs (beaten)
2 large onion (chopped)
2 garlic pods (chopped)
2 bird eye chilli (chopped)
1 tsp of meat curry powder
2 tbsp of coriander leaves
A pinch of salt
1 tbsp of oil

In a pan heat oil, add in chopped onions, garlic and chilli stir for a minute then add in the sausages and fry the sausages until its slightly browned, now add in meat curry powder and salt stir for a couple of minutes. Finally add in the beaten egg and fry like making scrambled eggs but to smaller pieces just like the above picture. Add in coriander leaves and mix well, now our Egg and Sausage Stir Fry is ready to be served. Best eaten with white rice, bread and roti.

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

Karuvadu Varuval/ Salted Fish Fry

Ingredients:
200g of salted fish (soaked in hot water for 30 minutes if salty)
2 tbsp of chilli paste
3 onions (sliced)
1 tsp of chilli sauce
2 cups of water
Oil to fry

Drain the salted fish and shallow fry until golden and keep aside. Blend chili paste and 2 sliced onions with 1 cup of water. Heat oil and fry balance of the sliced onions until translucent then pour the blended paste and balance 1 cup of water until, boil this until the raw smell is gone and sambal thickens, now add in the chilli sauce and mix well. Add the fried salted fish and pour slightly more oil so that the paste will be really cooked and color turns darker just like in the picture above. You can remove the excess oil after cooking, the sambal should completely cover the salted fish until then you have to let the gravy thicken. Now our Karuvadu Varuval is ready to be served.

I have used salted shark fish/sura

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

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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!

Onion Chutney

Ingredients:
5 large onions (sliced thinly)
5 pcs of dried red chilli
1/2 tbsp of whole urad dal
1 tbsp of tamarind paste
A pinch of hing
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

Tempering:
1 tsp of mustard seeds
1 tbsp of oil
1 sprig of curry leaves


In a pan, fry urad dal, sliced onions, dried chilli, hing until onions turn slightly soft and translucent. Let it cool for a while, once its cool blend without adding any water, add tamarind paste and salt to a fine/ slightly coarse paste, do adjust the seasoning as per your preference.

For tempering, heat oil in a pan, crackle mustard seeds and pour the blended paste, mix for a couple of minutes and our Onion Chutney is ready to be served for Idli or Dosa. Do try and let me know and tell me how it turned out for you!

Stir Fried Penne Pasta

Ingredients:

2 cups of penne pasta 

1/2 cup of minced chicken

3 dried red chilli

1 onion (sliced thinly)

3 garlic (chopped)

3 tbsp of oyster sauce

3 tbsp of oil

Salt to taste

Boil the pasta, with salt and a few drops of oil, once its cooked drain the pasta and set it aside.

In a pan, heat oil and fry garlic and onion then add dried chilli and onion, fry until the chicken is completely cooked. Now add in the oyster sauce and cooked pasta, mix well and season with salt, make sure you taste it before adding as oyster sauce gives saltiness too.

Now our Stir Fried Penne Pasta is ready to be served. 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!

Onion Masala Chicken

Ingredients:

For Marinate:

500 g of chicken (I used drumsticks)

2 tsp of red chilli powder

1/2 tsp of turmeric powder

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

1 tbsp of lemon juice

1/2 tsp salt

 Marinate all the ingredients above for at least 30 minutes.

For Gravy:

5 large onions (thinly sliced)

2 large tomatoes (chopped)

1 tsp of ginger garlic paste

2 tsp of red chilli powder

1 1/2 tsp of coriander powder

1/2 tsp of cumin powder

Handful of coriander leaves

1 pc of cinnamon stick

1 pc of star anise

2 pcs of cardamom

4 pcs of cloves

1 bay leaf

4 tbsp of oil

1 1/2 cup of water

Salt to taste

Heat oil in a pan, fry all the whole garam masala and 2 onions until onions are soft, then add ginger garlic paste, coriander powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder and fry in the oil. Now add chopped tomato and cook until tomatoes turn mushy. The oil will separate and masala will be cooked well.

Now to the above masala add the marinated chicken and incorporate well with the masala, then add water and salt, let the chicken cook and gravy thickens. Now add balance 3 onions that have been sliced and let it soften. Finally add coriander leaves, now our Onion Masala Chicken is ready to be served.

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