Salt and Spice

Ingredients Chicken – 1 kg cut into pieces Potatoes – 4 cut into pieces Carrots – 4 cut into pieces Peppercorns – 1 tsp Bay leaves – 2 small Cardamom – 5 Cinnamon – 3 (2″ pieces) Cloves – 6 Onions – 2 big sliced Ginger – 2 tbsp chopped Green chillies – 6 slit [...]

Ingredients Prawns – 1/2 kg Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Water – 1/4 cup Salt – to taste Onion – 2 sliced Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Tomatoes – 2 chopped Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp Kashmiri chilly powder – 4 tsp Pepper powder – [...]

Ingredients Crab – 1 kg Garlic – 6 crushed Ginger – 2″ piece crushed Onions – 2 big sliced Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Coriander powder – 3 tsp Chilly powder – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp Garam masala – 1 tsp Tomato [...]

Ingredients Beef – 1 kg cut into cubes Onion – 1 sliced Ginger – 2″ piece minced Garlic – 10 small minced Coriander powder – 4 tsp Chilly powder – 2 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp Garam masala – 1 1/4 tsp Vinegar – 3 tsp Salt – to [...]

Ingredients Fine rice flour/ Appam podi – 2 cups Coconut milk powder – 1/4 cup Rice flakes/ Aval – 1 cup Small onions – 4 Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp Dry yeast – 1/2 tsp Warm water – 1/2 cup Sugar – 2 tsp Salt – to taste Water – as required Oil – as [...]

Ingredients Dried prawns – 1 cup Small onions – 10 sliced Curry leaves – 1 sprig Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp Salt – to taste Coconut oil – 3 tsp Method Heat oil in a non-stick pan and add the dried prawns.  Fry on a low flame.  Stir continuously while frying so that the prawns [...]

My Mom used to make this simple yet yummy ‘Tomato Curry’ as a side dish for rice.  Since we all like it so much, I make it very often.  It can be served as a ‘charu’ or ‘kulambu’ with other dry items for a satisfying meal! Ingredients Tomatoes – 5 sliced Onion – 1 sliced [...]

Ingredients Black Channa – 1 cup Water – 2 cups Onion – 1 medium sliced Garlic- 4 small crushed Ginger – 1 tsp chopped Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Red chilly flakes – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Salt – to taste Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Oil [...]

Ingredients Ridge gourd/ Peechinga – 2 big Onion – 1 medium chopped Garlic – 2 small crushed Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Red chilly flakes – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Thick coconut milk – 1/2 cup Salt – to taste Oil – 1 tbsp Method Remove the [...]

Ingredients Chicken – 1 kg cut into pieces Onions – 2 big chopped Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp Green chillies – 3 slit Curry leaves – 3 sprigs Tomato paste – 4 tbsp Maggi coconut milk powder – 3/4 cup Chicken masala – 2 tsp Coriander powder – 2 tsp Pepper powder – 1/2 [...]