Monday, November 16, 2015

Vegetable Stock with Omelette

                                                     

Preparation time- 5 mins
Cooking time-  10 mins  
Total time- 15 mins
Ingredients :
  • Vegetables sliced - as needed
  • Egg -1 no.
  • Worcestershire Sauce- 3 tsp
  • Fresh cream or mayonnaise- 3 tsp
  • Garlic - 7 no.
  • Ginger (chopped)- 6 no.
  • Pepper powder- as needed  
  • Salt- as needed  
  • Oil- as needed
Method:
Step 1:Take a pan, pour a teaspoon of oil after a few minutes, break the egg on top of it carefully and sprinkle pepper powder and salt. Keep it aside.

Step 2:Boil the vegetables in the water, add worcestershire sauce and fresh cream or mayonnaise, stir it well and salt and pepper as needed. 

Step 3:Serve it in a plate by keeping cheese (optional), fresh cream and omelette on top
         Now, warm vegetable stock with omelette is ready

Vegetable stock with grilled fish and mushrooms

                                                     

Preparation time- 5 mins
Cooking time-  10 mins  
Total time- 15 mins
Ingredients :
  • Vegetables sliced - as needed
  • Grilled Fish -1 no.
  • Mushrooms - as needed 
  • Worcestershire Sauce- 3 tsp
  • Fresh cream or mayonnaise- 3 tsp
  • Garlic - 7 no.
  • Ginger (chopped)- 6 no.
  • Pepper powder- as needed  
  • Salt- as needed 
Method:
Step 1:Take a steak of fish,apply pepper powder, lemon juice and salt and then, grilled it or fry it. 

Step 2:Boil the water in a pan with turmeric powder, add mushrooms in it and keep it for 4 minutes to remove poisonous chemicals. Then, wash the mushrooms under tap water and dry it.  

Step 3:Boil the vegetables in the water, add worcestershire sauce and fresh cream or mayonnaise, stir it well and salt and pepper as needed. 

Step 4:Serve it in a plate by keeping cheese (optional), fresh cream, grilled fish and mushrooms.
         Now, warm vegetable stock with grilled fish and mushrooms is ready

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Pineapple Juice

Pineapple Juice
Preparation time- 3 mins
Cooking time-  2 mins  
Total time- 5 mins

Ingredients : 

  1. Pineapple - 200 gm
  2. Sugar - as needed
  3. Ice cubes  - 4 no.
Methods:
Step 1: Cut the pineapple into small pieces and remove inner stem and outer flowers.

Step 2: Take a mixer grinder, put pineapple pieces, ice cubes and sugar. Crush this mixture by using pulse mode (anti clock wise) 2-3 times and then, grind it for 2 minutes using mode no.3.

Step 3: Strain the mixture and pour it in a glass and decorate with a pineapple piece.
             Now, cool pineapple juice is ready

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Sambar

Preparation time- 5 mins
Cooking time-  10 mins  
Total time- 15 mins
Ingredients :
  • Vegetables in square pieces - 250 gm ( in total, you can take 2-3 pieces of vegetables from any category).
  • Drumstick - 5-6 pieces
  • Ladies finger - 5-6 pieces
  • Toor dal - 150 gm
  • Salt - as needed
  • Water - 3 glasses
  • Oil - 4 tsp
  • Mustard - 1 tsp
  • Jeera - 1/2 tsp
  • Fenugreek - 1/2 tsp
  • Shallots - 7-8 no.
  • Dried chilly - 4 pieces
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Sambar powder - 4 tsp
  • Tomatoes - 3 no./ mango pieces - 6-7 no. or you can use tamarind pulp as needed.
  • Garlic - 3 no. (helps to prevent gaseous problems in the stomach)
  • Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp (helps to get  taste and prevents gaseous problems in the stomach).
  • Curry leaves -10 no.
  • Coriander leaves - as needed 
Method:
Step 1: Take pressure cooker, put all vegetables, dal, water and salt and cook it till one whistle blows.
Step 2: Take a pan, add oil, mustard, jeera, fenugreek, curry leaves and dried chilly.
Step 3: Add onion, saute it well till it becomes golden brown color.
Step 4: Add turmeric, chilly and sambar powder, saute it for 30 seconds on low flame.
Step 5: Add tomato pieces or mango pieces and allow it to get cooked. If you are using tamarind pulp, add it last.
Step 6: Add ladies finger, drumsticks with 1/2 glass of water and allow it to boil. Cook it for 5 minutes by covering with a lid.
Step 7: Add the mixture to pressure cooker, add asafoetida and stir it well. Allow it to boil for 3 minutes and regulate the salt as required.
Step 8:Finally, you might use coriander leaves if needed.                         

Now, warm sambar is ready

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Fruit cake salad

Preparation time- 10 mins
Cooking time-  10 mins  
Total time- 20 mins

Ingredients :

Method:
Step 1: Keep Sponge cake piece on a bowl.
Step 2: Pour custard milk.
Step 3: Then, keep sliced fruits.
Step 4: Beat whipped cream in cooled water and keep it fridge for 10 minutes. After repeating four times in the same method, you will get a creamy texture like an ice cream and keep on top of it.
                                                                     
Now, tasty fruit cake salad is ready

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Dal Curry

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

Ingredients : 
  1. Toor dal - 200 gm
  2. Salt - as needed
  3. Oil -3 tsp
  4. Mustard - 1 tsp
  5. Jeera -1/2 tsp
  6. Dried chilly - 3 no.
  7. Curry leaves -10 no.
  8. Sliced shallots - 5 no.
  9. Green chilly - 2 no.
  10. Garlic - 3 no.
  11. Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
  12. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Methods:
Step 1: Soak the dal in the water for 1 hour. Boil it in one glass of water with salt in pressure cooker for two whistles. Smash the toor dhal well and keep it aside.
Step 2: Take a pan, add oil, mustard, jeera, dried chilly and curry leaves.

Step 3: Then, add shallots and green chilly and saute it well till it becomes golden brown color.

Step 4: Add asafoetida and turmeric powder, saute it for 30 seconds on low flame.

Step 5: Add cooked toor dal and boil it for three minutes.
                                                                                                    
Now, warm dal curry is ready

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Jackfruit cooked / Chakka vevichathu / Chakka puzhukku

Jack fruit cooked

Preparation time- 5 mins
Cooking time-  7 mins  
Total time- 12 mins

Ingredients : 

  1. Jack fruit -1/2 kg
  2. Curry leaves -20 no.
  3. Coconut-1/2 cup
  4. Onion -5no.
  5. Green chilly - 3 no.
  6. Garlic - 3 no.
  7. Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp
  8. Salt - as needed
Methods:
Step 1: Crush the coconut, onion, green chilly, garlic and turmeric powder into a moderate paste. If you are using mixer grinder, crush it in pulse mode 2-3 times.                     
Step 2: Take a pan with jackfruit, curry leaves. Add crushed mixture and one glass of water. Add salt as needed.                         
Step 3: Cook it on moderate flame for 5-7 minutes.                            
Step 4: With the wooden stick or spoon, mix the cooked jack fruit well.                                   
Step 5: Serve it with fish, mutton, chicken, beef or egg curry.                                                  
Tips: Cover the pan with lid, only after the water gets boiled.
          Adding garlic helps to prevent gaseous problems in the stomach.
                          Now, warm chakka vevichathu is ready