Kugan's Kitchen

Probably they will comment after trying out the recipes. :lol:

Good work Kugan; wish I was staying near you and collect food on the way home. :cry:

Thanks Mr. Nov, that was a consolation.

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There are many ways to make this kothu parotta.
This is how I make.

KOTHU PAROTTA

Ingredients:

1 big onion chopped
10 grms young ginger chopped
10 grms garlic chopped
1 capsicum chopped
3 stalks of spring onion chopped
3 green chillies chopped
3 parottas cut into 1 inch long pieces
1 egg optional
½ tsp chillie powder
¼ tsp tumeric powder
3 tbs tomato sauce
2 tsp soya sauce
2 tbs oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Heat oil in a wok. Add in the onions, green chillies
Ginger, garlic capsicum and spring onion.
Sauté till they become transluscent.
Now add in the chillie powder, turmeric powder and salt.
Stir for a minute, add in the sauces mix well.
Now add in the parotta and cook for a minute.
Now add the egg into the mixture, stir and cook till
The egg dries up. Remove and serve hot.

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For a change have tom yam for lunch.

TOM YAM WITH SEAFOODS

Ingredients:

100 grms baby corn quarter and cut lengthwise
150 grms oyster mushrooms
3 tomatoes quartered
200 grms squid cut into rings
400 grms medium prawns.
5 cups prawn / chicken stock
Salt and sugar to taste
2 stalks lemon grass bruised
4 kaffir lime leaves tear into halves
5 fresh birds eye chillies slit
Lime juice to taste
2 tbs chopped coriander leaves
2 big onions cut into rings
2 tbs tom yam paste

Method:
Shell and devein the prawns. Leave the tail intact.
The heads and shells can be boiled to make prawn stock.
Bring to boil 5 cups of prawn / chicken stock.
Add all the ingredients except the prawns, squid, lime juice
And coriander leaves. Simmer till the corn and mushrooms
Are cooked. Add prawns and squid and cook for 3 minutes.
Stir in the lime juice to taste, making it nicely piquant.
Serve sprinkled with coriander leaves.

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[tscii]A good combo for rotis and puris.

POTATO AND PANNER CURRY

Ingredients:
250 grms potatoes cut into 1 ½ x 1 inches and fried lightly
250 grms panner or tofu also cut like above and fried lightly
2 big onions chopped fine
250 grms tomatoes chopped
1 cup coconut milk
2 tsp of ginger and garlic paste
2 tsp chillie powder
2 green chillies sliced
1 small piece of cinnamon stick
1 brinji leaf
2 star aniseed
Salt to taste
Little lime juice to taste
oil
Little coriander leaves chopped for garnishing

Method:
Heat 2 tbs of oil in a wok.
Add in the brinji leaf, cinnamon stick, star aniseed,
Onions and green chillies.
Saute nicely than add in the ginger garlic paste.
Stir well and add in the chopped tomatoes.
Cook till the tomatoes are slightly mashed.
Add in the coconut milk, and let it boil.
Add in the fried potatoes, tofu, chillie powder and salt.
Cook for a minute, remove and add the lime juice
And garnish with the chopped coriander leaves.
Goes well with puris or chappatis.


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Keep up the good work Kugan....write some of yr paati's / mom's best recipes too...plz....ty

Thank you very much Suvai.
I want to revive dishes that are slowly disappearing.

[tscii] This is one recipe which my great grandmother cooks.

VEGETABLES IN SESAME SAUCE

Ingredients:
1 firm green plantain , peeled and cubed
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp tumeric powder
1 ½ tsp oil
1 ½ tbs urad dal }
½ cup fresh coconut flakes }
1 ½ tbs sesame seeds } Fry the four items till brown with the oil.
5 dried red chillies }
1 tsp tamarind paste

For seasoning and garnish:
1 tbs oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
1 dried chillie cut into pieces
¼ tsp asafetida powder
2 sprigs curry leaves
1 tbs brown sugar.

Method:
Boil the plantains with just enough water, tumeric and salt over a medium heat, till the plantains are fork tender.
Grind the four items into a fairly thick puree.
Stir the puree into the cooked plantain.
Dissolve the tamarind in a cup of water and add it to the pot.
Cook over medium heat till the mixture is fairly thick.
Now heat the oil in a wok, add all the seasoning items.
Stir for a minute and pour it over the gravy.
Mix nicely and serve.


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[tscii]This dish goes well with ghee rice.

MANGO TOMATO DELIGHT

This recipe was given to me by my very good friend.

Ingredients
3 red juicy tomatoes slice into 4 pieces each.
½ a ripe mango cut into thick slices.
8 birds eye chillies slit into half
2 tbs yellow rasinis
5 dried prunes cut into halves
½ a cup chillie paste
1 big onion sliced
6 pips garlic sliced
½ a cup of tamarind juice
Sugar to taste
Salt to taste
3 tbs oil

Method:
Heat a wok with oil, add the onions ,garlic and sauté.
Let the onions brown a little, add in the bird eye
Chillies. Stir a while then add in the chillie paste.
Cook till the oil rises to the top, add in the sugar, salt
And the tamarind juice, cook till it boils.
Add in the prunes, rasinis, tomatoes and the mango slices.
Cook till the tomato slices and mango slices are slightly cooked.
Remove from the stove. It goes well with ghee rice.


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wonderful kugan! :clap: andha batu malai murugan ungalukku sagala sowbaakkiyangalai alli tharattum....