Kathirikai Gothsu (Brinjal curry)

Ingredients:

Brinjal - 1 finely chopped

Onion -  1/2 chopped

Tomato - 1 big

Garlic - 2 or 3 finely chopped

Moong dal - 1/4 cup

Chilli pwdr - 3/4 tsp

Turmeric pwdr - 1/4 tsp

Asafoetida - 1/8 tsp

salt to taste

In the pressure pan add all of the above ingredients and add water. Cook it for one whistle. In a separate pan, season by adding 3tsp oil, mustard seeds and curry leaves  and add it to curry and mix it. 

Serve it with ven pongal. 

Ven pongal

Ingredients:

Ginger - 1inch piece chopped finely
Jeera - 1/2 tsp
Pepper - 1/4 tsp
curry leaves
Rice - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1/2cup
Oil - 6 tsp

In the pan pour oil,and add ginger,jeera, pepper, curry leaves and asafoetida. Then add the washed rice and dal and fry it for 2 mins.                                                                                                                             

Add water in the ratio 1:3, I used 4and 1/2 cups of water. Add salt and stir. Cover and cook it for 3 sounds in medium high heat.If u want you can fry cashews in ghee and add it to pongal now. (Non ghee and cashew is healthier version :)   ) 

Serve it  hot with gothsu or chutney!! 

Avarakai kathirikai poriyal

Ingredients:

Avarakai -1 lbs
kathirikai -3
chilli pwdr - 3/4 tsp
coriander pwdr -1 tssp
turmeric pwdr - 1/4tsp
pepper and jeera pwdr - 1/2 tsp
salt
onion - 1/4 cup
tomato - 1

In a pan add chopped onion, tomato, avarakai, brinjal and masala pwdrs(except pepper and jeera pwdr) and salt. Close it and let it cook by adding little water. Once the vegetables are cooked keep it aside. Season in a separate pan by  adding  3tsp oil, mustard and curry leaves. Now add the cooked vegetables in the seasoning pan and mix it by adding the pepper and jeera pwdr and cook for a min.

Serve it with rice.

Bisibelabath

Ingredients:

Rice - 1cup

Toor dal - 1/2 cup

Urad dal - 2 tsp

Red chillies - 10

Coriander seeds-4tsp

Pepper - 10

Fenugreek - 1tsp

Khas khas - 2tsp

Kadalai paruppu - 1tsp

Tamarind juice - 2 handsfull

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1

Cilantro

Lots of vegetables like brinjal, carrot, beans, peas,chayote squash(banglore kathirikai), Peerkangai, Sambar onion, White poosanikai, Cauliflower, Kohlrabhi(nookal), Radish, Bottle gourd(surakai). 

You don't have to have all of  the above veggies, any 5 or 6 veggies should do.

Fry  urad dal ,red chillies, pepper, fenugreek, khas khas,coconut(grated), kadalai paruppu and grind it

without adding water.

 

In the cooker add oil, mustard and jeera. Then add onion, tomatoes and all the veggies and fry till tender. Now add the ground powder, salt,  turmeric pwdr, tamarind . Add the water in the ratio 1:3. For ours I used 4 1/2 cups of water. Add coriander leaves and cook in medium heat for 3 sounds.

Before serving add ghee and serve with appalam.  

 
 

Muttai masala (masala egg)

This is vishruth's favourite side dish. Whenever I make this, he never complains to eat his food. Actually he is the one who started calling this as masala egg. In our home we call this puli pottu varuthathu.



Ingredients:
Egg-6
Tamarind juice- 3tsp
Garlic crushed- 1tsp
turmeric pwdr- 1/4 tsp
Chilly pwdr-  1/2 tsp
Pepper and jeera pwdr- 1/2 tsp
Salt- 3/4 tsp or to taste
Oil- 3tsp

Boil the eggs for 8 -10 mins by adding a tsp of salt(It helps to peel the eggs nicely). Then peel it and cut it into halves.

Combine the tamarind juice, garlic, salt and masala powders in a small cup and mix it by adding little water.

In a pan add oil and pour the mixture and spread it. Now add  the eggs and saute it carefully for sometime
(5 mins)with out breaking the eggs.

Take it out now and Serve it with rice.

Mutton Biriyani

         My friend Adline gave me this recipe. This is a very popular dish in our family. We all love it very much!

Ingredients:

Rice-4cups
cinnamon sticks-4
cloves-4
elaichi-4
star ani-4
Bay leaves-2
G.chillies-4


In oil add the masalas except rice and saute it, then add it to the rice and cook it with 5 cups of water.


Ingredients for gravy

Onion-3 big
Tomato-5 tomatoes
Cinnamon-4
Cloves-4
Green chillies-4
Ginger garlic paste-4 tsp
chilly pwdr-1/2tsp
sombu pwdr-1 tsp
jeera pwdr-1tsp
pepper pwdr-1/2tsp
coriander pwdr-1tsp
mutton -3 lbs
Oil - 2 cups

         In oil add cinnamon, cloves, green chillies, and onions. Saute it for some time, then add the ginger garlic paste. Saute it in high heat. Now add chilli, sombu, geera, pepper, and coriander powders, and saute. Then add the mutton and cook in slooooooow flame for 1 hour, by adding salt, cilantro, and mint.

         Mix the cooked rice and mutton gravy. Add 1/2 cup - 1 cup milk, and mix with the rice. Spread the rice in a oven-safe tray, and cook it for 30 - 45 mins in 375°.

        

         Serve it with your fav curry, or eat it just like that!

                                 Bon Appetite!