Pepper chicken

Ingredients:

• Chicken: 1/2 kg.


• Turmeric powder:1 tsp.


• Pepper:15 to 20.


• Tomato pieces:1/2 cup.


• Onion pieces:1/4 cup.


• Coriander Powder:2 tsp.


• Cloves:3.


• Curry leaves:5.


• Garlic paste:1 tsp.


• Oil:2 tbsp.


• Salt:adjust to taste.

Procedure:

• First clean the chicken and keep it aside.


• Grind the pepper into pieces(not into powder).


• Mix the pepper,salt,turmeric powder thoroughly and add chicken and mix the chicken pieces with pepper,turmeric powder,salt and keep it aside for 30 minutes.


• Now add oil in a kadai and heat it.


• After heating the oil add cloves,onion pieces and fry until it turns into brown color.


• now add chicken pieces and curry leaves and fry it for 1 -2 min.


• Now add 1/4 cup water and close the lid and allow it to boil.


• Now garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with rice.

Spicy Upma

 

 

Ingredients:

• sooji(regular)/upma ravva:1 cup.


• Bay leaves:8


• Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp.


• urad dal(split):1 tsp.


• chana dal:1 tsp.


• turmeric powder:a pinch.


• salt:adjust to taste.


• Garam masala powder:1/2 tsp.


• Red chilli powder:1/2 tsp.


• Fresh coconut(grated):2 tbsp.


• lemon:1


• coriander:2 tbsp.


• Ginger garlic paste:1 tsp.


• Green chillies:4(slit).


• Onion:1(medium sized).


• Carrot:1(finely chopped).


• Tamotoes:2(medium sized).


• oil:2 tbsp.


• Ghee:2 tbsp.


• Water:3 cups.

Note:

• Ginger garlic paste is optional.you can use only ginger pieces which is finely chopped into very small pieces.

Procedure:

• Roast the ravva(Dry roast) until it turns golden brown color or otherwise until nice aroma occurs.


• Heat oil in a kadai and cracle mustard seeds and then fry urad dal and chana dal until they turn golden brown.


• Now add bay leaves,green chillies,ginger garlic paste(or)thin ginger pieces as you prefer and fry for half a minute.


• Now add thin sliced onionsuntil they turn golden brown color.


• Now add chopped carrot and tomato pieces(cut the tomato into very small pieces) and cook until the tomato turns into pulp.


• Add red chilli powder,turmeric,garam masala and cook for one minute.


• Now add water and cover the lid and let it boil.


• Add the salt,ghee and add sooji slowly by continuously stirring(so no lumps aer formed) the water in kadai.


• Cover it and cook it in low flame for 5 minutes until it is cooked.


• Now turn off the flame


• Add chopped coriander,lemon juice and give mix it nicely.

Pongal

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Ingredients:

• Rice:1 cup


• Green gram(moong dal):1/4 cup.


• pepper:1tsp.


• Jeera:1 tsp.


• Ghee:1/4 cup.


• Bay leaves:5


• cashew: 10


• water:6 cups.


• onion:1 medium sized.


• salt:adjust to taste.

Procedure:

• Wash rice and green gram .


• cut the onion into long and thin pieces


• Grind pepper roughly.


• Heat ghee in a pressure cooker and add ground pepper and then jeera,bay leaves,cashew nuts,onion.


• Fry until the cashew turns into light golden brown.


• Now add green gram,rice and fry for two minutes.


• Now add water and salt and then pressure cook.


• Now the pongal is ready.


• coconut chutney or sambar is the good combination of pongal.