Friday, September 23, 2011

Scrambled Egg For Kids




Onion - 1 finely chopped
Egg - 3 eggs
Pepper - 1 tsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp for seasoning
Salt and oil as required

Method :

In a pan add oil and mustard seeds to this, after splutters add the onion and saute it.In a bowl beat the eggs with salt and keep ready. When onion is cooked add the beaten egg to the pan and keep stirring to give you a scramble. Wait till cooked, when cooked add some pepper and curry leaves. I have not added it as my son doesn't like it.Serve hot with any rice or use it for sandwich. Its fast and easy.

Mutton Kozhambu




Mutton - 250 gms
Potato - Big Diced
1 Onions finely chopped
2 tomatoes finely chopped
3 green chillies slit
Ginger garlic paste - 1-2 Tbsp
Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup
Chilli powder 1 Tbsp
Dhania Powder 2 Tbsp
Turmeric powder 1 Tsp
Garam Masala Powder 1 tsp(optional)
Coconut 1/4 cup
Oil as required
Water as required
salt to taste

Sombu and few chopped onion for seasoning at the end

Coconut and 1/2 onion with 1 tsp of sombu - to be grind into a paste.

Method: In a pressure cooker add mutton, onion,tomato,green chilli,ginger garlic paste, potato and masala powders, salt and water and close the lid and leave it to cook for 5-6 whistle.
Now open the cooker and add the ground paste to this and leave it to boil. Check salt and spice add if necessary. Then when its done in a tadka pan add oil and when it heats add sombu and onion and fry it till golder brown and pour into the gravy and mix well. Switch of flame and add coriander leaves and mix it. Serve hot with chapathi, idly,doasai, idyampam,poori or rice. It goes well with all food.

Mutton Soup





Mutton With bones - 100 gms
Rasam Powder - 1 tsp
Tomato - 1 Medium chopped
Garlic - 4 to 5 cloves crushed
Onion 1 small chopped finely
Soup powder - 3 tsp
pepper - 2 tsp
turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
water and salt as per taste

Method : In a pressure cooker put all the above ingredients except soup powder and pepper and pressure cook it for 5-6 whistle.For the Mutton bones to cook soft.
Now transfer it into a bowl and add more water and leave it for a boil. While boiling add pepper and soup powder to this let it boil. Check salt. When its boiled nicely switch off the flame add coriander leaves and serve hot. You can also eat this with rice like rasam.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Nethili Fry




Nethili - 100 gms
Corn Flour - 1 Tbsp
Rice Flour - 1 Tsp
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Chilli Powder - 1 Tsp
Dhania Powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Vinegar - 1 tsp ( or lemon juice)
Salt, water as required
Oil for deep frying

You can also use Fish masala powders available ready made.

Method :
1. Clean Nethili fish nicely and marinate it with the above masalas and ingredients with salt and little water. Leave for 10 to 20 mins.
2. Deep fry in oil
3.Serve hot with sambar,rasam, fish curry or you can eat it like a snack too.

Nethili Mean Kuzhambu






Nethili - 150 gms
Onion - 1 Big Cut into 4 or 6 pieces
Tomato 2 medium into 4-6 pieces
Green chilli - 4 to 5
Garlic Pods - 5 to 6 cloves
curry leaves few
Coconut grated - 1/2 cup
ani seeds - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1 tsp
chilli powder - 1/2 tsp (optional if you want more spice)
mustard and urud dhall for seasoning 1 tsp
salt and water as required

Method :

1. In a pan add 1 spoon of oil and put aniseeds when it spluters add onion, tomato, green chilli and garlic to this and saute it until its half cooked.cool it and add grated coconut and grind it to a smooth paste.

2.Now in a another pan add oil and put mustard and urud dhall to it and when it spluters add few chopped onion and curry leaves, saute it when its cooked add the ground paste.

3. Add turmeric powder and required salt and water to this and leave ot to a boil. if you think the spice is less you can add little chilli powder.

4. Bring it to a boil when its raw smell leaves add the nethili fish to this and leave it to boil again and stop the flame.

5. Serve hot with white rice.