Archive for February 2008
Achari Mutton (Pickled Mutton)
Posted by: cornstarch on: February 28, 2008
This gravy is called “Achari Mutton” as we use the same ingredients that we use for a pickle. This recipe came in a free booklet with our Premier pressure cooker. It was a tad different from the usual south indian gravies we make at home but it tasted quite nice and was relished by all [...]
Amma’s Ragi Adai
Posted by: cornstarch on: February 26, 2008
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This delicious and damn healthy adai is my mother’s recipe. She make this in 2 varieties. The one below is the kaaram version and the other a sweet version ( will upload it a lil later)
Ingredients
Ragi flour – 500 gms
Onion – 3 big ones chopped
Green chilli – 5 chopped finely
Coconut shavings - a cup
Drumstick leaves [...]
Mudaliar Style Fish Fry
Posted by: cornstarch on: February 12, 2008
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I always love fish fries with masala stuck on it. The plain chilli powder, salt, lemon juice combo fish fries you get in the restaurants tastes like “karuvaadu”…….. atleast to me.
This is the way my mom fries fish and this recipe has been in our house for generations. The masala can be modified here and [...]
Thirunelveli Eggplant Discs
Posted by: cornstarch on: February 7, 2008
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This recipe courtesy is my colleague T who is from thirunelveli. She used to bring this for lunch and it was treated as a delicacy by us.
Ingredients
Eggplant(the big variety) – 1
Red Chilli Powder – 2 tbsp
Coriander Powder – 1 tbsp
Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
Rasam Powder – 1 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
oil
Method
Cut the [...]
Crumbled Paneer Thokku
Posted by: cornstarch on: February 5, 2008
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Puris were planned for dinner, but what about the accompaniment??!! Had some homemade paneer in the fridge. So crumbled that and the below picture came out )
Ingredients
Paneer – 200 gms (crumbled)
Onion – 2 medium size chopped finely
Tomato – 2 medium size chopped finely
Green Chillies – 2 slit in the middle
Ginger garlic Paste – 1 [...]
Madras Mutton Biryani
Posted by: cornstarch on: February 4, 2008
- In: Mutton| Non-Veg
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Biryani has always been a festive dish at home. Any kinda occasion, biryani holds the king position.
The madras style of making it involves cooking the mutton and rice together incontrary to the popular way of doing it in layers. This is the biryani I cooked yesterday and it came out really well.
Ingredients
Mutton – 1 kg
Turmeric [...]
