Salt and Spice

This is a very tasty chinese dish. It can be served as a side dish with noodles, fried rice or pulao. Or it can also be served as a snack for parties! I have garnished it with home-grown spring onions.

Ingredients:
Babycorn -200 gm
Onion -1 chopped
Garlic -2 tbsp chopped
Egg -1 beaten
Red chilly sauce -2 tbsp
Tomato sauce -2 [...]

I have been making this sandwich for years whenever there is a kids’ party at home. It is a healthy sandwich and is yummy too! Coriander leaves and mint leaves are used to make the green chutney which enhances the nutritive value of this sandwich.
This is my entry for this week’s Weekend Herb Blogging which [...]

Chicken Pulao is a South Indian Dish in which chicken is cooked along with rice. In Kerala, we make only Chicken Biriyani in which the chicken is prepared separately and then rice and the chicken are arranged layer by layer and then put on dum or baked. I learnt to make Chicken Pulao only after [...]

Padavalanga Parippu Curry

Ingredients:
Snake gourd -1\2 kgToor dal -1\2 cupGrated coconut -1\2 cupGreen chillies -4Turmeric powder -1\2 tspCumin seeds -1\4 tspWater -2 cupsSalt -to taste
For Tempering:
Mustard seeds -1 tspSmall onions -4 slicedDry red chillies -3 brokenCurry leaves -1 sprigOil -1 tbsp
Method:
Scrape the skin of the snake gourd and remove the seeds. Wash it and chop into [...]

What you need:
Paneer -200gms cubed
Capsicum -1 cubed
Tomato -1 cubed
Onion -1 cubed
Green chillies -2 chopped
Ginger – garlic paste -1 tsp
Tomato sauce -2 tbsp
Chilli powder -1 tsp
Turmeric powder -1\4 tsp
Garam masala -1\2 tsp
Water -1 cup
Coriander leaves -1 tbsp chopped
Salt -to taste
Oil -2 tbsp
Method:
Heat oil in a non stick pan. Put the paneer cubes and fry them till [...]

Ingredients:
Mutton -1 kg
Onions -2 sliced
Ginger -2″ piece chopped
Garlic -5 chopped
Green chillies -4 slit
Dry red chillies -3 broken, seedless
Curry leaves -2 sprigs
Mutton masala -2 tsp
Coriander powder -2 tsp
Chilli powder -1 tsp
Turmeric powder -1 tsp
Gram masala -1 tsp
Curd -1 cup
Salt -to taste
Oil -2 tbsp
Coriander leaves -2 tbsp chopped
Method:
Clean the mutton pieces and marinate it with turmeric powder, [...]

Pachoru is an ancient Christian delicacy. It is usually made during Church Festivals. In olden days, when one’s wishes come true, people used to make Pachoru and take it to the church and distribute it to the devotees, on the festival day. It is served with melted jaggery and can be eaten as a snack [...]

This is an Indo – Chinese recipe that I often make at home. It is my daughter’s favourite chicken dish. No frying is required in its preparation. But it is very tasty!
Ingredients:
Chicken -1 kg
Onion -1 large, chopped
Green chillies -5 slit
Ginger – garlic paste -2 tsp
Chilli powder -1 tsp
Turmeric powder -1\4 tsp
Vinegar -3 tsp
Water -1 cup
Salt [...]

This is a Tamil recipe which I learnt from one of my friends. Here, Sambar powder is used as the masala. Let me tell you, it really tastes good and goes well with rice, rotis and dosas!
This is my entry for the Click event hosted by Bee and Jai of Jugalbandi.

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Now that winter is approaching, it is time that I started making soups. This soup is made with green peas and potatoes. It is a healthy and filling soup and is easy to prepare.

Ingredients:

Dry green peas -1\2 cup
Potaoes -2 medium
Water -1 cup
Onion -2 tbsp finely chopped
Water -2.5 cups
Milk -1.5 cups
Cream -1 tbsp
Butter -1 tbsp
Pepper [...]