Monday, June 29, 2009

Ginger curry (Inchi curry)

Description

Ingredients
Ginger 30-40 gm
Green chillies 2-3
Coconut 30-40 gm
Salt to taste
Coconut oil 20-30 ml
Mustard seed a pinch
Red chillies 10-20 gm
Fenugreek 2-3 gm
Tamarind 10-15 gm
Molasses or sugar 5-10 gm
Curry leaves a few

Preparation
Peel and chop the ginger finely and soak in a little hot water. Chop

the green chillies. Slice and chop coconut into small pieces. Drain

ginger.
Put ginger, chillies, curry leaves, coconut into a pan. Add a little

water and salt. Cook over a slow fire till dry. Roast red chillies

fenugreek seeds and powder fine. Soak tamarind in a little hot water.

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds; when they crackle add cooked

ginger mixture. Sauté as the mixture turns reddish brown, remove from

fire. Add red chilli and fenugreek powder. Add tamarind water. Return

to fire. Add salt. Add molasses and bring to boil.
Simmer for a few minutes. Remove from fire.

spicy channa masala

Ingredients

chenna - 500 gm.
onion -3
tomato -2
chilli powder -tea sp.
coriander powder -tea sp.
green chilli -3
ginger finely chopped -tea sp
garlic finely chopped -4 tea sp
coconut grated -cup
aniseed{saunf} -tea SP
cinnamon -1"pices
3nos
cardamom -3
mustard seeds -1 tea sp
curry leaf -two stems
coriander leaf enough to garnish.


oil -2table sp.
salt - to taste


Preparation
Method.

1. Soak chenna in water 4-5 hr. Until it is tender.

2. cook in a pressure cooker.

3. chop tomato, onion

and green chilli

4.heat the oil, break mustard, add curry leaves

first, then chopped tomato, onion and
green chilli.mix it well.keep in a medium fire, stir occasionally

until golden brown.
5.in a frying pan fry coconut till golden brown, turn the fire to

low, add chilli power, coriander powder,aniseed,cinnamon mix well.

take out from fire, leave for few minutes and grind with water.



6.add this masala to the fried onion, mix well, when oil separates

add chenna,ginger,garlic and salt.boil for 5 minutes.

7. Sprinkle coriander leaves. Serve hot. enjoy.....

Kondaikadalai Pachadi

Ingredients
Kondaikadalai-1 cup
Mango ginger-150gm
Small onion-7-8
Tomato-1
Greenchilli-3
Tamarindjuice-1/4cup
Chillipowder-2tsp
Turmericpowder-1/2tsp
Salt-to taste
Mustard-1sp
Methi-1sp
Urad dal-1sp
Curryleaves-few
Oil-reqd

Preparation
Soak k.kadalai overnight andboil with salt & turmeric powder,drain &

keep aside.
Peel & slice mangoginger.
Slice onions & tomato.
Slit greenchillies.
Heat a kadai, put boiled kadalai, add

mangoginger,onions&tomato&chillies.mix well for few minutes.Add

chillipowder & tamarind juice,salt & little water.cover & cook till

ginger is tender & gravy is thick.Remove.
Season it with mustard,methi & urad dal &curry leaves.Serve with rice

or chappathies.