Kugan's Kitchen Part 6

[kugan98]

Dear Aarthii, thanks for your nice post.
I am sure Pranay would like the baked potatoes.
Try out and see. You can bake the bread without the softner.
Thanks and take care. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Dear friends, my aunt gave me this recipe, which goes very well with vegetable biriyani or non-vegetable biriyani. I tried it and it came out very well.
Since we add in vegetables for the biriyani, we need not add any to the gravy.
Thanks Kugan98


EMPTY BIRYANI GRAVY

Ingredients:

1 tbs coriander seeds
3 red dry chillies
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp aniseeds
1 tsp black pepper corns
½ inch cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1 cardamom pod
1 small star anise.
Combine all the ingredients and powder them. Need not roast.


5 pips garlic
1 inch ginger chopped
3 green chillies sliced
15 shallots.
Mince all ingredients nicely, or grind to a very coarse paste. No water.

3 tbs ghee or oil
2 bay leaves
½ tsp dry funugreek leaves
2 sprig curry leaves

2 tomatoes chopped
1 tsp red chillie powder
1 tsp coriander powder
¼ tsp tumeric powder
Salt to taste
½ cup water

1 tbs ground coconut paste
2 tbs chopped coriander leaves

Method:

Heat the ghee in a pot. Add in the bay leaves, funugreek and curry leaves.
Let them sizzle, then add in the minced ingredients. Saute well.
Add in ground spice powder and saute again well.

Now add in the chopped tomatoes, red chillie, coriander and tumeric powders.
Add in the salt and the water. Cook on medium heat till oil separates.
(At this stage, you can add any veges, or non-veges)

(If adding any veges or non –veges, add little water to cook them through.)

Lastly add in the ground coconut paste. Mix well and simmer for few minutes.
Remove and garnish with the cut coriander leaves.

NOTE: you can add mushroom, potato, or sliced capsicums.
OR small pieces of chicken, prawns, or boiled eggs.

[dev]

Surprise,surprise!!!... I tried the same recipe a couple of months back(had some guests tht day n unfortunately, my biriyani was a bit bland. So did a google search and ended up trying this gravy n it did makeup for the spiceless biriyani ) ... they have stepwise pics for this recipe in the website which I love... super taste gravy idhu... leftovers can be had with chapathi, dosai also...

For those interested in stepwise pics, here is the link...
http://www.spiceindiaonline.com/side-gravy-for-biryani/

[rose75]

Kugan had been very busy lately. Thanks for all the nice recipes.
Take care Kugan98

[selvieam]

kugan
tried baked potato wedegs, came out nicely. we had it with broken wheat kanji. excellent combo.

[selvieam]

kugan,

empty bryani gravy is very interesting, will try. i think, it goes well with chapathi, parotto, appam, idli, dosa, puri etc.
thanks kugan.

[selvieam]

dev,
thanks for referring the link, nice step up step instructions, it wil be very useful.will try the gravy.

[gulabjamun]

Kugan how are you. Thanks for all the nice recipes. You are missing for 2 days. Are you all right Kugan? I tried your empty biriyani. Very super Kugan. Take care, come back fast Kugan. Thanks. Gulabjamun.

[rose75]

Kugan how are you? You are missing for few days. I hope you are well. Kugan a friend served us a meal of vegetables in cheese sauce. She said she steamed the veges and then put them in cheese sauce then bake it. I cannot understand her explanations. You are good at writing down the recipe in order. Please Kugan, it does not matter if you do not have a picture. Just post the recipe. My children loved it very much. She called it AU something. like grating. Thanks Kugan.

[NOV]

She called it AU something. like grating. .

Au Gratin - french for baking with cover of breadcrumbs and cheese