Grilled Chili fish Steak

Grilled Chili fish Steak

Preparation time- 5 mins
Cooking time-  20 mins 
Total time- 25 mins

Ingredients :

1. Fish Steak- 1 (Tuna)
2. Lemon Juice- 1 tablespoon
3. Chili Powder- 1/2 teaspoon
4. Turmeric Powder- 1/2 teaspoon
5. Pepper Powder- 1 tsp
6. Salt - as needed

Method:

Step 1: Mix chili powder, turmeric powder, pepper powder and lemon juice with salt, apply it on fish steak.
 
Step 2: Take high rack for grilling, spread aluminium foil paper and keep the fish steak. Apply oil on one side with oil brush.

Step 3: Keep it in oven and switch on 'Grill' mode for 10 mins.

Step 4: Take the fish out, turn it upside down, apply oil and grill it for 10 mins.
Try it.....really very tasty...like crispy spicy fish steak!!

            Now, crispy spicy fish steak is ready

Plum Cake

Plum Cake

Plum Cake

Preparation time- 10 mins
Cooking time-  35 mins 
Total time- 45 mins

Ingredients :

1. Corn flour-3 tsp
2. All purpose flour/Maida- 1 cup
3. Baking powder-1 tsp
4. Salt-1/2 tsp
5. Egg-3 no.
6. Powdered sugar- 1 cup
7. Vanilla essence-1 tsp
8. Butter- 20 gm
9. Milk- 2 tsp
10. Cloves-2
11. Nutmeg-1
12. Raisins- 50 gm
13. Cashew nuts- 50gm
14.  Rum/Wine- 100 ml

Method:
Pre-preparation

1. Soak raisins and cashewnuts in rum/wine in a glass bottle for a week.
2. For caramel solution, take a pan, put sugar and butter, stir it in low flame. When it melts, add warm water. 

Step 1: Take maida, corn flour, baking powder, powdered nutmeg and cloves and salt in a strainer,sift it two times and keep it aside.

Step 2: Take three eggs and powdered sugar in a bowl, stir it well and double boil it until the sugar dissolves. Using handheld electric beater, beat it continuously till the mixture turns into thick paste. Then, add vanilla essence and caramel solution and mix it well with beater.

Step 3:Take butter and milk in a bowl and heat it in microwave mode at 540 F for 2 minutes and allow it to cool.

Step 4:Add sifted flour, soaked raisins, cashew nuts and melted butter into beaten mixture. Fold it gently with wooden spatula. Take cake pan, apply butter liberally and dust it with maida and spread butter paper. Pour the prepared mixture in the cake pan and tap it on both sides to expel the air bubbles.

Step 5: Pre heat the oven at 180 Degree Celsius and bake the cake in conventional mode at 180 Degree Celsius for 35 minutes. After 35 minutes, insert a long stick into the baked cake and withdraw it. If the stick is sticky, you have to bake it for another 5-10 minutes.

Step 6: Take the pan from oven and allow it to cool.

This cake is very soft and even if you keep it in refrigerator for 2-3 days, still it will be very soft....really!!

Suggestions

'Please be noted that mothers, who are pregnant and lactating should avoid during this period, as it contains alcohol.'

Diet for diabetic persons

• Reduce sugar to half amount, as it increases blood sugar level
• Suggest for minimum intake
• Reduce butter, as it increases cholesterol level

Diet for hypertensive persons

• Reduce sugar to half amount, as it increases blood sugar level
• Suggest for minimum intake
• Reduce butter, as it increases cholesterol level

Diet for cardiac persons

• Reduce sugar to half amount, as it increases blood sugar level
• Suggest for minimum intake
• Reduce butter, as it increases cholesterol level

Diet for kids

• Suggest minimum intake for kids, as it contains baking powder.                  Now, plum cake is ready

Ragi Koozh to beat summer

Ragi koozh

Ragi Koozh

Preparation time-  12 hours for fermentation

Cooking time-20 mins

Total time- 12 hours and 20 mins

Ingredients:

1. Raw rice- 1 cup
2. Ragi flour- 1 cup
3. Curd- 1/2 cup
4. Green chilly sliced- 1 
5. Onion sliced- as needed
6.  Salt- as needed

Methods

1.Take ragi flour and mix it with water nicely and keep it overnight for fermentation.

2.Cook raw rice in a thick vessel by adding two cups of water.

3.Add ragi paste to cooked raw rice and stir it well low flame. Add water slowly and cook it in low flame for ten minutes.

4.Then, turn off the flame and keep it in the same vessel for 6 hours.

5.After that,add curd, onion, green chilly, salt and water as needed and smash it nicely without any lumps.

6.You can serve it after garnishing with curry leaves.

Tips and warnings

• Cook ragi koozh in low flame.
• Don't forget to use thick vessel
• You can store it under refrigeration for 2-3 days.
• Cook ragi very well in order to avoid stomach upset. 
• You can add sliced ginger (optional). 

Shrimp coconut gravy

Shrimp coconut gravy

Shrimp coconut gravy/ Prawn coconut curry/ chemmeen thenga kothu curry

Preparation time-  10 mins

Cooking time-20 mins

Total time- 30 mins

Ingredients:

1. Deveined Prawn/ Shrimp- 250 gm
2. Coconut pieces-250 gm
3. Kodampuli/ Malabar tamarind- 2 pieces
4. Gingelly oil -4tsp
5. Mustard -1 tsp
6. Cumin seeds -1/2 tsp
7. Fenugreek-1/2 tsp
8. Shallots/ small onion-20 no. (sliced)
9. Ginger chopped- 2 tsp
10. Garlic chopped-3 tsp
11. Chilly powder-3 tsp
12. Turmeric powder-1 tsp
13. Coriander powder-2 tsp
14. Salt- as needed
15. Curry leaves - as needed

Methods

1.Soak tamarind in one glass of water and keep it aside.

2.Pour oil in a pan, add mustard, cumin and fenugreek seeds. After a few minutes, add shallots/small onion, ginger, garlic and curry leaves and sort it well till it becomes golden brown color.

3.Then, add turmeric powder, chilly powder and coriander powder and sort it well.

4.After a  minute, add tamarind water and coconut pieces and allow it to boil for 5 minutes.

5.After that, add prawn/shrimp pieces and allow it to boil till it becomes a thick gravy.

6.You can serve it after garnishing with curry leaves.

Tips and warnings

• Do not compromise on adding garlic, as it prevents abdominal distension.
• Cook the prawn curry in medium flame.
• You can store it under refrigeration for 2-3 days, as tamarind acts as preservative.    
  

Veg Pizza / Vegetable pizza

Veg Pizza

Preparation time- 5 mins
Cooking time- 10 mins 
Total time- 15 mins

Ingredients (for 4 servings):

1. Pizza base- 1
2. Chopped tomato- 1/2 cup
3. Chopped capsicum- 1/2 cup
4. Chopped onion- 1/2 cup
5. Tomato ketch up- 2 tsp
6. Mayonnaise - 4 tsp

Method:

Step 1: Take pizza base and apply tomato ketch up and mayonnaise on top of it. Spread equally with a oil brush.

Step 2: In a bowl, mix all vegetables and spread on top of the pizza.

Step 3: Grate cheese on top of it.

Pizza with cheese

Step 4: Preheat the oven 200 Degree Celsius, bake it for 8 minutes and then, grill it for 1 minute. Serve it warm.

Tips and warnings

• For baking and grilling pizza, use high metal rack

Now, yummy cheesy veg pizza is ready

Marie Biscuits

Preparation time- 5 mins

Cooking time-  20 mins 

Total time- 25 mins

Marie Biscuits

Ingredients :

1. Wheat flour- 200 gm
2. All purpose flour/ maida- 200 gm
3. Butter-200 gm
4. Salt- 1/2 tsp
5. Sugar - 200 gm
6. Vanilla essence - 2 drops
7. Baking powder- 1 tsp

Method:

Step 1: Take wheat flour, all purpose flour,baking powder and salt in a strainer,sift it two times and keep it aside.

Step 2: Take powdered sugar and butter in a bowl, stir it well and double boil it until the sugar dissolves. Then, add vanilla essence.   

Step 3: Add sifted flour into above mentioned mixture and mix it well.

Step 4: Spread the dough with roller into a medium thick sheet. Press the dough sheet with moulds. Take a pan, apply butter liberally and dust it with maida and spread butter paper (optional) and keep those on top of it.

 

Step 5: Pre heat the oven at 180 Degree Celsius and bake the cookies in conventional mode at 180 Degree Celsius for 10 minutes.After 10 minutes, if it does not have golden brown color, go for another 5-10 minutes.

Step 6: Take the pan from oven and allow it to cool.

Now, crispy marie biscuits is ready

Sharkarra varatti / Banana chips coated with jaggary

Preparation time- 5 mins

Cooking time-  20 mins 

Total time- 25 mins

Sharkarra varatti / Banana chips coated with jaggary

Ingredients :

1. Banana - 3no.
2. Curd - 200 ml
3. Oil -200 ml
4. Jaggery - 250 gm
5. Ghee - 4 tsp
6. Cardamom - 4 no.
7. Dry ginger - 1 tsp
8. Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp   

Method:

Step 1: Mix two glass of water with curd. Peel the skin of banana, cut into cube sized pieces and put it in the above mentioned solution for 30 minutes. Then, drain the water and keep it aside.

Step 2: Warm the oil on medium flame and fry the bananas till it becomes crispy and golden color.

Step 3: In another pan, boil one glass of water and add jaggery in it. Stir it well, till it becomes moderate thick. Add cardamom, cumin and dry ginger powder in it. 

Step 4: Finally, add fried bananas and ghee and stir it well. Allow it to cool. Store it in a glass air sealed container. Keep it in dry place.

 Now, crispy banana chips coated with jaggery is ready