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K, I think ur aunt is right... the chicken pieces were softer than those in the usual naatu kozhi dishes I've had...so I guessed it was boiled till the meat falls off the bones stage and then sauteed with some masala... I'm very keen to know abt the masala as it had a very nice mild flavour and taste...
kugan,
thanks for finding tiffon sambar. peanut chutney is awesome i tried for breakfast.
thanks kugan
K, Inniku dinner kerala style pasta... turned out well...:) Thanks a lot for the recipe...
Here's Kugan's vegetarian pizza recipe...
VEGETARIAN PIZZA
Ingredients:
PIZZA DOUGH
150 grms high protein flour
130 grms plain flour
½ tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
3 grms dry yeast
15ml olive oil
160 ml lukewarm water
PIZZA SAUCE
1 onion chopped
1 ½ tbs olive oil
6 large red tomatoes chopped fine
3 pips garlic chopped
15 fresh mint leaves chopped
2 tbs coriander leaves chopped
1 small piece of cinnamon stick
2 cloves
3 tsp red chillie powder
¼ tsp cumin seed powder
Salt to taste
PIZZA TOPPINGS
1 capsicum cut into slices
2 green chillies cut into thin slices
1 small onion cut into thin slices
2 pineapple rings cut into cubes
1 tomato remove the seeds and cut into cubes
6 tinned button mushrooms sliced
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
Method:
Pizza Dough:
In a mixing bowl, add the two flours, yeast, sugar and salt.
Add water and the olive oil and knead for 10 minutes,
Until the dough is smooth and elastic.
Lightly grease a bowl with the olive oil, put the dough and cover.
Set aside in a warm spot until the dough has almost doubled in volume. Divide dough into 2 equal portains.
Flatten out to form a dics. Use a rolling pin to stretch out the disc.
Use this as your base for the pizza.
PIZZA SAUCE
Heat the olive oil, add the garlic, onions, cinnamon stick, and cloves.
When the garlic browns , add in the mint leaves.
Fry for a minute, add in the tomatoes, and coriander leaves.
Fry for a second, add in the chillie and cumin powders.
Add salt and sauté well. Remove from the stove and cool.
Blend to a smooth paste.
Now spread the sauce over the pizza base.
Now add little of every thing of the toppins on the pizza.
Now sprinkle the grated mozzarella cheese on the pizza.
Bake in a oven pre heated to 400 deg., fah. Till the crust is crisp
And the cheese melts. Serve hot.
Note; I made thin pizza base, you can make it thick if you like.
You can use shop bought pizza sauce if you find it diffcult to make
This sauce. Nothing like home made sauce.
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Thanks Selviem, I am glad you liked the chutney.
At times small changes makes big differences in the taste.
Take care Selviem, I hope everything is fine.
Come to the thread when you feel free.
Kugan98
Dev, I am also glad that you liked my friend's recipe for the pasta.
There are few more waiting:-D
I will cook and post one by one.
I will be a bit slow in posting, nowadays both my feet swell when I sit for a long time. The doctors advice me not to hang my legs while sitting.
Also not to stand for a long time.
How to sit in the office with legs up:rotfl3::rotfl3:
How to cook without standing:confused2:
Don't know lah Dev, how long this vandi wants to run.
I am taking life very easy. Take care, Kugan98
Thanks Dev for reposting the pizza recipe with pictures.
I have posted pictures until pages 113 so far.
I will slowly update the pictures.
Thanks Kugan98
Try this simple curry and see. The grinding of the tomatoes and onions makes the difference in this simple curry. Kugan98
BLACK EYED BEANS CURRY
Ingredients:
1 cup black eyed beans soaked and boiled till cooked
1 big onion sliced
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tbs oil
Salt to taste
To Grind Together:
2 big onions sliced
2 big tomatoes sliced
1 tbs garlic paste
1 tbs ginger paste
2 tbs thick tamarind pulp
2 tsp coriander powder
½ tsp cumin powder
1 tsp chillie powder
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
1 inch ginger julliened
2 tbs chopped coriander leaves
Method:
Boil the beans with a little salt. Do not over boil.
Strain them. Take about 2 tbs of the beans and mash a little.
Keep away all the beans.
Heat a pot with the oil, add in the sliced onions.
Sauté until light brown. add in curry leaves.
Add in the ground ingredients and sauté till oil separates.
Add in the tamarind pulp and mix well.
Now add in the dry spices and mix well. Fry for about 5 minutes.
Now add in the boiled beans as well as the mashed beans.
Mix well, add in salt and about 1 ½ cups of water.
Add more if you want more gravy.
Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes.
Till the gravy boils well and gravy a bit thick.
Lastly add in the julliened ginger. Mix well.
Remove and garnish with the cut coriander leaves.
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Rose, first accept my humble apologies for posting your request very late.
I was upset with the Imageshack and forgot every thing.:notworthy:
Sorry, I cannot cook to post the picture for you.
This is a simple dish, easy to follow. Try and give us the feed back. Kugan98
SHREDDED CHICKEN FRY
Ingredients:
500 grms boneless chicken breasts
1 tsp garlic juice
1 tsp ginger juice
1 tsp lime juice
1 tsp red chillie powder
¼ tsp coriander powder
1 tbs pottukadalai flour
A tinge of sugar
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry
Fried curry leaves to garnish
Method:
Cut the chicken into fingers about 2 inches in length.
The pieces should not be very thick.
Now mix in all the ingredients and marinate for about
2 hours.
Heat a wok with the oil, when the oil is hot,
drop few pieces at a time and fry till little crisp.
Do not burn the chicken pieces
Drain and put on kitchen towel papers to absorb the oil.
Serve garnished with crisp fried curry leaves.
Good as a snack or starters for a drinking party.
Dev, ask your cousins to try it.
NAATU KOZI VARUVAL
Ingredients:
To Boil The Chicken:
500 grms naatu kozi chicken pieces’
½ tsp coriander powder
¼ tsp aniseeds powder
¼ tsp pepper powder
½ tsp ginger juice
½ tsp garlic juice
1 tbs tomato saaru (very fine pureed)
Little turmeric powder
Little salt
To Fry:
1 tbs peanut oil
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp chillie powder
2 tsp coriander powder
½ tsp garam masala powder
½ tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
Little salt
Method:
Boil the chicken with the above ingredients.
Once cooked remove the chicken pieces.
Make chicken rasam by adding more ingredients.
The chicken pieces would have absorbed all the flavour.
To Fry The Chicken:
Heat the peanut oil in a wok, add in the mustard seeds.
When it splutters, add in the curry leaves.
Now add in the ginger and garlic paste, fry for a second.
Add in the spice powders, and the chicken pieces.
The little rasam from the chicken pieces would mix well
with the the spices and coat the chicken well.
Sauté continuously until you get a rich brown colour.
Remove and enjoy.
NOTE: my aunt says some people like to add in small
broken red chillies, while adding the curry leaves.
Hi Kugan,
How r u? I felt sad after reading ur post. Dont worry! God will be with you.Even I am suffering with Knee problem.I am also thinking that it will bocome ok one day....Anyway take care of ur health....
Friends I want the recipe for Poosanikkai Morkulambu which is done in Kongu style...I think dev will be having this recipe...Dev if u have means pls post it...My hub asked to do this curry....
Thanks in advance!!!
kugan,
nattu kozhi varuval and shredded chicken was tempting. let me try whenever i have party at home.
thanks kugan.
K, thanks a lot for the recipes...will try them when I get a chance to cook nv... will pass on the recipes to my cousins...:)
K, if u r interested, just read thru the books written by nutritionist Rujutha Diwekar... U might not be able to follow all that she says when u r under ayurveda treatment... once the treatment is over, u can try her techniques to gain better health... She has writen 2 books so far..."women and the weight loss tamasha" and "don't lose ur mind, lose ur weight"... The best part about her is that she allows us to eat all categories of food(be it cheese or paneer or pastries or whatever)...but we need to stick to some rules(which are very practical and easy to follow)...and ofcourse workout atleast 3 days a week or min of 3 hrs a week...even if u r not able to follow the changes she recommends, u will have a good time reading the book... The books are available online at flipkart, landmark etc...not sure if they deliver overseas...
K,
Don't worry. Our prayers are with you. Kadavul paarthupaar. Admire your dedication to this thread. Meanwhile, can you drink barley water or barley kanji to reduce the swelling. I read vazhaithandu is good too. Kavalai padaatheenga.
Tried your tomato pnut chutney. It was good.
Dev, thanks for the tips and link. Tried it, still no good results. May be the flour. I am using a whole wheat flour that is reddish in color. A friend is coming over to show me how to make the chappathis. Will keep you posted about the results. Thanks Dev.
Suja
suja,exactly,u r correct.
with that whole wheat flour ,u will not be able to get soft chappattis.
when i was there in india,i used to make soft chappattis very easily,but now here i too bought that whole wheat flour,though it has more nutrients ,and said to be more healthy,the chappatti will not turn soft.
if u come to know frm ur friend,plz lemme know suja.
It will be useful for me.
Kuganka,
Dont worry!
everything will be alright soon.
Our prayers are always there for u and ur health.
Thanks for the recipes.
Dev,thanks for the information reagrding the nutritionist.Came to know about her frm ur message only.
U r a great Information Bank dev!
Thanks once again
Kugan, thank you very much for the shredded chicken recipe.
I will try it out soon. Then I can make for my husband's drinking parties.
Kugan, it is o.k take your time to post the recipes. We are all very lucky to get you.
I read about Kerala fish curry and Goan fish curry in another thread.
Can you post for us the recipe. No hurry take your time. It does not matter if no pictures.
We all love fish curries. Thanks.
Friends ,i need the recipe for kadai vegetable.
Can anyone plz the post a nice restaurant style of making it.
Kuganka,have u posted this recipe before?
Aarthi,
My friend came over and showed be parathas, stuffed parathas, and rotis. I had made the dough with water and salt and left it covered for 30 min. She told me that whole wheat flour is not good for the chappathis. She said best is Sujata atta. I had made the dough with Pilsbury atta, which was whitish in color. She suggested for a beginner like me Golden Temple atta would be good to start with. The chappathis were soft even without adding ghee or oil. Hope this helps. Will try to make it in a couple of days. Friend made enough for 2 days!!!.
Suja
Hi K - even when you aren't well, you still cook/post recipes/photos for us.
We salute you!
BUT, please take care of yourself.
bkarthika, thanks for your nice mail.
It's all the will of God.
I will soon post the recipe for poosini moorkulambu.
Cooking tomorrow. I do not know it is kongu or not.
That's how i cook. Thanks, Kugan98
Selviem, thanks for your mail.
Please try out the chicken recipe and post us the feed back.
Thanks, Selviem. Kugan98
Dev, thanks for your concern.
I will ask my niece to get the books.
Friends are always coming from India.
She can pass on to them. Thanks, Kugan98
Suja, thanks ma for everything.
I am happy that you liked the chutney.
There you see, you have to use the ( She said best is Sujata atta):-D
Your brand .Just making fun, glad your chapattis will be softer here after.
I too make mine with only salt and water.
Thanks and take care, Kugan98
Rose, try out the recipe and post us the feed back.
Rose if you want I will post the recipes for the two fish curries.
Thanks, Kugan98
Dear Aarthii, thanks for your nice mail.
I am having a hard time remembering the recipes that I have posted.:banghead:
I will post the recipe for the kadai vegetables for you.
Its another dish with mixed vegetables and spices.
I hope you can get the brand of atta flour as Suja.
Then you too can make soft chappathis.
Thanks and take care, Kugan98
NM, thanks for your nice mail.
How are you feeling now?
Hope everything is fine with you.
Take care, Kugan98
bkarthika, here is how I do the mor kuzhambu.
Cook for your husband. Thanks, Kugan98
MOR KUZHAMBU
Ingredients:
1 cup poosini cut into cubes and boiled with with little salt
2 cups thick curds (not so sour) beaten well
½ tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
To Grind Fine:
½ cup grated coconut
1 small piece of ginger
4 green chillies
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp kadalai paruppu soaked
1 tsp oil
1 sprig curry leaves
½ tsp mustard seeds
A pinch of asafoetida
Boil the poosini (ash gourd) with little salt and just enough water.
Keep aside.
Beat the curds well with the turmeric powder and salt keep aside.
Now grind the ingredients fine. Add it to the curds mixture.
Mix well. Now add the cooked poosini to the curds.
Pour the mixture into a pot.
(R emember this should not be boiled at all.)
Keep the mixture on the stove, and when the mixture gets heated,
stir well, give a minute and take it off the stove.
Heat the oil in a pan, add in mustard seeds, curry leaves and
asafoetida powder. Pour the seasonings on the mor kuzhambu.
Stir and serve.
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Hi Kugan,
Thank You very much for the MOR KUZHAMBU recipe. Tomorrow i am going to make this one. Take care of ur health....
I made this, after seeing my friend doing kaya balls:-D
PEANUT BUTTER BALLS
Ingredients:
150 grms self rising flour
30 grms corn flour
1 tbs custard flour
70 grms sugar
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
1 egg (optional)
180ml milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbs oil
6 tbs of peanut butter
Little oil for greasing.
Method:
Mix all the flours, salt and baking powder.
Mix well and keep aside.
Whisk the sugar with the egg, until well mixed.
Add in the milk, mix well again.
Now add in the flour and mix until you get a smooth batter.
Add in the oil and the vanilla essence. Mix again and keep aside
for about 30 minutes.
Heat a kuzi paniyara chaty. Brush it lightly with some oil.
Pour some batter into each holes about ½ full.
Add a little dollop of the peanut butter in the middle of the batter.
Top up again with little batter to cover.
Once bubbles appear on top of the balls, and the bottom slightly browened,
Flip the balls over to cook the other side.
Once it is brown, remove the balls to a plate.
Serve with tea or as a snack.
NOTE: You can use jam , kaya or any filling of your choice.
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Karthika, my recipe for Poosanikkai Morkulambu is the same as Kugan's... we add lil water to the curd while churning it... avalo thaan...
K, peanut butter balls looks so so soooooo yummy... :slurp:
Suja, sry tht ur chapathis din't turn out well... maybe the flour... try the brand ur friend suggested and let us know... As for oil, I always add atleast a lil oil/ghee to any dish I make so that we don't lose out on the fat soluble vitamins... U can leave it out if u want to...
Aarthii, have u tried vahchef's version of kadai veg?... it's good...give it a try...
Hi Kugan akka and co
Nalaiku ellarum ready ah? I mean Shivarathri ku :)
Thanks K. I had my knee arthroscopy on Tuesday. Though the leg is still swollen, i feel better. I am taking it easy for now. The surgeon found a lump in the knee which was probably preventing me from straightening or bending it. Pray all will be good in no time.
Thanks Dev, try the peanut balls for your little one.
NM, I am very happy for you.
I was thinking about you on the 1st.
I thought that you will be warded for few days.
Glad that everything is over.
Thanks to God. Take care, Kugan98
P.S Tamby, every year, I will be hopping from one Sivan temple to another for prayers. The last will be the Sivan temple in Sentul, which is near my house.
This year I was lying down in bed, with my legs propped up in high pillows:cry2::cry2:
Hope others had a nice time.
Thanks and take care, Kugan98
Dev, I was thinking about Rose75's request for the fish recipes.
Suddenly I remembered about your request for vegetarian fish curry:oops:
I felt so bad. I have the recipe and forgot about it:banghead:
Dev, according to my aunty, she learned the recipe from one cook who is the assistant to the famous "six taste king"
Dev, their method of making the fish slices is very confusing.
They ask to get a leaf called aadathodai leaf.
It seems it will be in a shape of a fish:confused2:
spread the mixture on the leaf. put a small banana stem
on the middle of the paste, cover again with a leaf, then steam it.
remove the steam and cut into slices before frying.
Dev I tell you, see my method for making the fish, very easy.
But the gravy according to the recipe is very tasty.
No tomato, no coriander powder.
Happy trying. Kugan98
Dev, here is the recipe for you.
Accept my apologies:ashamed:
Kugan98
VEGETARIAN FISH CURRY
Ingredients:
For The Fish:
50 grms karamani
50 grms green gram dal
50 grms chick peas
25 grms kadalai paruppu
25 grms raw rice
15 grms sago
4 dried red chillies
2 pips garlic
Small piece of ginger
Little salt
For The Gravy:
150 grms tamarind
¼ tsp turmeric powder
3 tsp kas kas paste
3 tsp chillie powder
Salt to taste
2 tbs gingelly oil
2 dry red chillies broken
½ tsp mustard seeds
5 pips of garlic ( slice it if it is big)
2 shallots sliced
½ tsp fenugreek seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 sprig fried curry leaves
Method For The Fish:
Soak the ingredients for the fish
Grind to a thick paste as we would grind for adai.
Take any leaf and shape the paste like a fish slice.
Use a stick to open up one side like a fish slice.
Steam the slices for about 10 minutes.
Remove and fry it in oil like a fried fish
Keep aside.
Method For The Curry:
Make 3 tumblers of tamarind juice.
Heat a pot with the oil.
Add in the seasonings as per order given.
Now add in the chillie powder, turmeric powder, salt
and the kas kas paste.
Let the curry come to a nice boil .
Now reduce the flame to minimum and allow the gravy
to become a bit thick.
Add in the vegetarian fish and bring to one boil
without stirring.
Garnish with the fried curry leaves.
STEAMED FISH:
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FRIED FISH:
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FISH CURRY:
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Hi Kugan,
Today i made the Mor kuzhambu. It came out well...Your Vegetarian fish curry looks tempting. I will try this curry in weekend.. Kugan have u posted the recipe for PARUPPU URUNDAI KUZHAMBU .. If not means pls post it..I am bored of doing Sambar and Sambar sadham...Tomorrow i am planning to make this PARUPPU URUNDAI KUZHAMBU..
Thanks in Advance!!!