Kugan's Kitchen

Sardine Bread Rolls

Ingredients:

1 can of Ayam Brand Sardine- Clean the fish
1 large Onion- Sliced
1tsp Ginger & Garlic paste
1tbsp Lemon Juice
3tsp Chilli powder
salt
oil
Bread Loaves- trim the sides
1 egg- well beaten

Method:

In a pan of hot oil, add in the onions, ginger & garlic paste and saute it till nice aroma and onions turn golden brown. Add in the chilli powder and a little bit of water. let it boil well. Add in the salt and lemon juice.Letit boil another 5mins. Lastly add in the sardine and let it cook well. The sardine has to be very dry and remove from heat and let it cool.
In a frying pan, add enough oil for deep frying. on a board, place the bread, add abit of the sardine and roll it nicely and deep it into the beaten egg and fry it till golden brown. Drain oil and serve it with a cup of hot tea.


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Thanks Superspiczy for the bread rolls.
I am sure it will make a good tea snack.
Thanks Kugan98

[tscii] Try this Rava kichadi.


RAVA KICHIDI

Ingredients:

300 grms rava
100 grms moong dal
2 green chillies cut into small bits
½ tsp pepper crushed
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp young ginger cut into bits
a pinch of asafeotida
10 cashew nuts fried in ghee
4 tbs ghee or oil ( less or more as it suits you )
salt to taste
21/2 cups of water

Method:

In a tablespoon of ghee, fry the rava till you get a good aroma, remove.
Dry roast the moong dal till you get a good aroma.
Boil it in water till its fully cooked, but still retains its shape.
In a wok,add 2tbs of ghee.
Add the pinch of asafeotida, followed by the cumin, crushed pepper,
Green chillies, and ginger. Fry for a second and add 21/2 cups of water.
Let it boil. When it boils, add salt and the cooked moong dal.
Now slow the fire, and add the rava little by little, and cook
Till its cooked. Add the last tablespoon of ghee and remove it.Garnish it with the fried cashew nuts.
Serve it with kara chutney.



KARA CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

a peanut size asafotida
half a tablespoon bengal gram dhal
half a tablespoon urud dhal
8 nos. red chillies ( more if you like hot or less )
one big onion
one big tomato
salt to taste
tamrind to taste
oil

method:
In a kadai put one tablespoon oil. Fry asafotida,bengal gram dhal,urdu dhal, red chillies,separately.Cut the onion and tomato into big pieces and fry in a teaspoon of oil till the raw smell goes. Add tamrind and salt to it and grind all the above to a fine paste.
No need to temper.

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Kugan, nice recipe... we call it rava pongal here...

Dev,here is how I make rava ponggal

SWEET RAVA PONGGAL



Ingredients:

1 cup rava roasted with 2 tsp of ghee

cup channa dal lightly roasted and boiled till soft.

5 cashew nuts roasted in ghee

10 raisins roasted in ghee

tsp cardamom powder

1 cup sugar

cup coconut scrapings optional

3 tbs of ghee

3 cups water

A pinch of salt.



Method:

In a wok add the ghee, when it is a little hot add in the water

And the channa dal and allow the mixture to boil.

Slow the fire and add in the roasted rava little by little

Stirring all the time. Once the rava is cooked, add the sugar

The cashew nuts, the raisins and stir continuously till

The sugar melts and one boil comes.

Add the grated coconut, and cardamom powder, mix nicely.

Remove from stove when it comes to thick consistency.

Serve hot or cold.

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oh, u make sweet pongal as well using Rava... I've only tried the kara pongal using rava... also ur sweet pongal is a lil diff-using channa dhal... will try it sometime...

Try it out Dev, when you have the time.
Thanks Kugan98

[tscii]
Superspiczy here is a chicken recipe for you.
Of course I used mock chicken.

HONEY CHICKEN

300 grms chicken pieces
Oil to fry
Salt to taste

3 star anise
2 cardamoms
2 young pandan leaves sliced very fine (optional) (A)
2 lemon grass smashed
2 sprigs curry leaves

½ inch ginger sliced fine
2 pips garlic chopped
1 big onion chopped

1 tbs chillie powder
2 tbs coriander powder
2 tsp cumin powder

3 tbs chillie sauce
3 tbs tomato sauce
2 tbs honey
20 grms sesame seeds roasted
1 tbs lemon juice
Salt to taste
2 tbs oil

Method:

Marinate the chicken with salt and fry chicken until semi cooked.
Heat oil in a wok, and fry the ingredients in (A) until the pandan leaves are crisp.
Then add in the ginger, garlic and onions. Sauté well.
Add in the half cooked chicken. Stir well.
Add in the chillie, coriander and cumin powders.
Add about ½ a cup of water and salt.
Bring to a boil, add in the chillie sauce, tomato sauce,
Honey, and lemon juice, add salt if needed.
Cook in slow fire until the dish is dry. Remove and
Sprinkle with the roasted sesame seeds


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[tscii]Imm why the thread seems to be very quiet?

Here again Superspiczy lemon mutton foryou.
As before I made it with mock mutton.


LEMON MUTTON

Ingredients:
250 grms mutton pieces
½ tsp tumeric powder
Salt to taste
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tbs cut coriander leaves
1 tbs lemon juice or more to taste
2 tbs oil


To Grind Fine:

2 tbs coconut scrapings
1 tbs cumin seeds
1 tbs black pepper
2 one inch cinnamon sticks
4 cloves
1 big onion chopped
½ inch ginger chopped
5 pips garlic
5 dry red chillies

Method:
Put the mutton with the tumeric powder and salt
In a pot, add little water and cook till mutton is cooked.
Or you can pressure cook the mutton for 2 whistle.

In a wok, add the oil, curry leaves and the finely ground paste.
Cook stirring till oil seperates. Add in the cooked mutton.
Cook till the gravy is thick, add in the lemon juice.
Remove and garnish with the cut coriander leaves.
Serve with rice or chappati.

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[tscii]
POTATOES IN CREAMY MASALA

Ingredients:
300 grms potatoes boiled and cut into cubes
2 bay leaves
1 big onion chopped
4 garlic pips mashed
1 inch ginger minced
1 tomato chopped
2 green chillies chopped
1 tsp coriander powder
Little garam masala powder
Little tumeric powder
4 tbs curds
¼ cup green peas
Salt to taste
1 tbs oil
Little cut coriander leaves.

Method:

Heat oil in a wok, add in the bay leaves.
Now add in the garlic, ginger and onions.
Sauté nicely, add in the chopped tomato.
Add in the coriander powder, tumeric powder
And garam masala powder. Cook till the tomato
Turns muchy.
Now add in the green chillies and the boiled cut potatoes.
Add salt and stir nicely and slowly. Add little water if needed.
Now add in the curds and green peas. Cook for a minute.
Remove and garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve with rice or chappathi.

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