Kugan's Kitchen

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Mutton Bone Soup:
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Mutton - 1/4 kg
sambar onion - 15 sliced
tomato- 3 medium size,chopped
ginger-garlic paste - 1 tblsp
salt- reqd
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
pepper -jeera - 1 1/2 tsp coarsely powdered
pattai (cinnamon)- 1" 2pcs
elaichi - 2 pcs
cloves - 4 pcs
saunf - 1/4 tsp
In a pressure pan, add a tsp of ghee, in that add cinnamon,cloves, elachi, saunf once it pops then add the sliced onions, saute for a minute. Now add a handful of curry leaves, pudhina, coriander leaves(altogether one handful). saute for 2 to 3 minutes. once the flavour comes then add ginger-garlic paste keep stirring so that it mix nicely with onions. Then add mutton bone pieces stir for 2 -3 minutes. Then add tomato chopped, turmeric pdr, pepper-jeera pdr, coconut milk pdr - 1 tblsp, stir nicely till the tomato should mash , then add kalani water 4 cups (kalani water is nothing but, usually we soak the cooking rice for atleast 1/2 hour, the first water we will not use, then wash the rice with some more water, that water will be the kalani water) once it comes to boils, add reqd salt. close the pressure pan and allow it to cook in the slow fire for 5 whistles. After the pressure is realsed check for salt and pepper, if needed we can add at the time of serving. This soup is very good for cold, cough , pregnant ladies and feeding mothers.

Chalna
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This is bascially a side dish for mutton bryani.
toor dhal - 1/2 cup
mutton bones with little mutton - 1/4 kg
tamarind - small lime size soak and take the extract
sambar onion - 15 pcs
green chilly - 1
pudhina ,curry , corainder leaves - 1 handful altogether
gigner-garlic paste - 1 tblsp
tomato - 2 small
turmeric pdr - 1/4 tsp
red chilly pdr - 1 tsp
coriander pdr - 1 1/2 tsp
brinjal - 4 ,cut in lengthwise
mango - 4 slices
salt reqd
oil reqd
make a coarse paste of 1/2 tsp of saunf with 4 tblsp of coconut.

In a presuure pan, add 1 tsp of oil add onions,green chilly, mutton bone pieces, ginger garlic paste saute for 2 to 3 mins, then add pudhina leaves, tomato and saute till the tomato mashes. then add turmeric, red chilly, coriander pdr and fry for 2 minutes. Now add toor dhal and add 2 cups of water, reqd salt and cook for 2 whistles.
once the pressure is released, now add brinjal. when the brinjal is half cooked add tamarind extract, then allow it to boil after 5 minutes add mango slices and coconut paste and allow it to cook for 5 minutes.
Now for tadka in a separate kadai, add 2 tsp of oil put kaduku, urad dhal, cinnamon - 2 pcs, cloves - 2 pcs, elaichi - 2 pcs, one red chilly , when it pops up add curry leaves and transfer this in the dhal mixture. Now let it boil for 2 to 3 minutes. garnish with coriander leaves , serve it for mutton bryani.
We can also make for veg bryani without mutton pieces. This will be good combination for bryani. We can also have this for idli, dosa , idiyappam, appam.

tomorrow let me write the receipe of mutton bryani, sweet patchadi for mutton bryani.
selvi

A good friend of mine gave me this recipe. Easy to make and never fails. Please try it.

Milk and almond Burfi (Peda)

Full cream milk powder 3 cups
Thickend cream 300 ml
Condensed milk 1 tin
Cardamom 4 powdered
Almond meal 100 gr
Almond flakes optional

Mix the first three ingredients in a large microwave bowl and cook in the microwave on high for 3 min.

Add cardamom powder and stir well. Cook the mix in the microwave on high for another 4 minutes. Stir well every minute or more often if its going to overflow.

Take it out and mix the almond meal well and cook in the microwave for 2-4 minutes. Stoping and stiring as required.

It will be like a soft dough. Spread it in a greased plate and sprinkle almond flakes and lightly press.

Cool it down to room temperature and put it in the fridge for 2 hrs. You can avoid keeping in the fridge and just let it cool if prefered. Cut it into small diamond shapes or press the dough in any moulds. Enjoy.

Hi Selvi

I tried your mutton bone soup recipe. It is supper. I added two table spoons of rice and water instead of kalani water. Handy and quick recipe for working mums. Thank you.

Regards
Shanthy

hi shanthy,
thank u so much for ur feedback. As u told i use 1tsp of raw rice and 2 tsp of moong dhal for the vegetable soup as a thickening agent. This is very good for health. This will be a complete meal. Also we can make drumstick leaves soup which is good for cold,cough etc.
selvi

Hi Shanthy,

I am just checking with you.. what is Kalani water? Please advise.


Superspiczy

Hi superspicy,
kalani water- the water in which we soak our cooking rice. Especially u get nice kalani water from pooni boiled rice. Basmati u donot get kalani water.
selvi

Moongdhal veg kuruma:
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yellow split moong dhal - 1/2 cup
brinjal - 2 (small size) chopped in small pieces
potato - 1 (small size) chopped in small pieces
(also u can use either brinjal or potato or both)
tomato - 3 medium size chopped in small pieces
put all the above in the pressure pan, cook it for one whistle. once the pressure is released open the pan, slightly mix with the spoon.
In a pan add 2 tsp of oil, add pattai -2 , cloves - 4; elaichi - 1, onion - 2 (medium size , finely chopped or sliced as per our wish)fry nicely till onion cooks, then add 1/4 tsp of ginger garlic paste to it. Now add little pudhina leaves, little curry leaves and stir for some time. Transfer the dhal mixture to this pan and let it boil for 3 minutes. Now make a paste of 3 green chilly and 4 tblsp of grated coconut, 1/4 tsp of saunf . Add this paste to the dhal mixture and add reqd salt. Let it boil for 5 minutes, garnish with fresh coriander leaves. This smells too good. It goes well with Idli, dosa, appam, iddiyappam, parotta and chapathi.