Mushroom with Green Peas Thoran

Mushroom Thoran

Servings:4
Recipe:
Ingredients:

• Mushroom - 1/2lb
• Green peas - 1/2 cup
• Tomato - 1
• Onion Chopped - 1 cup
• Garlic chopped - 1tbsp
• Ginger chopped - 1/2tbsp
• Green chillies - 3-4
• Mustard - 1tsp
• Turmeric - 1/4tsp
• Red chilly powder - 1/4tsp
• Salt
• Grated Coconut - 1/4cup
• Coriander leaves for garnishing
• Cooking oil
• Curry leaves

Preparation:

1. Pressure cook the previously soaked green peas with some salt and keep it aside.Tip:Make sure green peas won't get overcooked.
2. Heat a pan and pour some cooking oil to it.Splutter the mustard seeds and then add some curry leaves to it. 
3. After that, add chopped onion, garlic, ginger, green chillies and saute them.Then add turmeric and red chilly powder to it.
4. Meanwhile, add the cleaned and cut mushrooms along with a little salt to the pan.Mix them well.
5. While the mushroom get cooked, add the chopped tomato as well.Mix the mixture well, and make sure it forms a thick gravy.
6. After that, add the cooked green peas.At last, add the grated coconut and mix them again.
7. Before serving, garnish the curry with coriander leaves.

Chicken Dry Roast

Chicken Dry Roast

Servings:2

Recipe:

Ingredients for marinating:

• Chicken - 1/2lb
• Coriander powder - 1tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
• Chilly powder - 1tsp
• Garam masala (home made) - 1/2tsp
• Lemon juice - 1tbsp(optional)
• Salt

Rest of the ingredients:

• Onion big (chopped) - 1 1/2cup
• Ginger-garlic paste - 1tbsp
• Coriander powder - 1tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
• Chilly powder - 2tsp
• Garam masala - 1/2tsp
• Tomato - 1 chopped
• Green chilly - 1
• Coconut oil

Preparation:

1. First wash the chicken pieces and marinate the pieces with ingredients for marinating.Keep it marinated for 40 minutes.
2. Heat a pan and pour some oil to it.When the oil gets hot, add half of the chopped onion to it and saute them.When it turns golden, add all the powders.Saute it, till their raw smell go.
3. After that, add the chicken pieces and mix them well.Cover the cooking pan and allow it to get cooked.
4. Meanwhile, grind together tomato, green chilly, rest of the onion and ginger-garlic paste together.When the chicken pieces get half cooked, add the blended mixture to the chicken pieces.
5. Mix them well together.Cover the pan and let chicken get cooked well.Let the gravy get thick on the chicken pieces.When the chicken gets coated well with the gravy or when the oil oozes out of the chicken, switch off the stove.

Fish Curry

Fish Curry

It's only after trying this dish, that I started to like the fish.Actually, this recipe takes the whole credit for making me eat the fish.So, if there is anyone out there, who hates to eat fish, just try this one!!


Servings:4
Recipe:
Ingredients:

• Fish - 1/2kg or 1lb ( I used salmon.You can use sardine,mackerel or king fish.)
• Red chilly powder - 3tbsp(Tip: to get the red color, you can use Kashmiri chilly powder.Then use 4tbsp.)
• Coriander powder - 2tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
• Ginger - 1inch piece chopped
• Green chillies - 4 chopped
• Onion - 1/2 cup
• Kodampuli or gamboogi - 3 or 4 pieces.
• Salt
• Coconut oil
• 1 cup water

Preparation:

1. At first, soak the kodampuli pieces in water for 15 minutes.Cut and wash the fish pieces and keep it aside.
2. Later, take a copper bottom pan or an earthenware(manchatti).Tip:(Fish curry is more tastier if  you prepare it in earthenware). Heat the pan and add the coconut oil to it.
3. While the oil gets hot, add the chopped onions, green chillies and ginger.Saute them well.
4. Then add coriander powder, turmeric powder and chilly powder.Saute them until their raw smell go.
5. After that, pour the kodampuli pieces along with 1 cup of water.Add needed salt to it. 
6. When the water starts boiling, put the fish pieces to it and simmer the stove.
7. After the fish gets cooked or when the gravy becomes thick, switch off the stove.

Note: Fish prepared like this will not be spoiled for 4-5 days.