Sunday 30 July 2017

Prawns fry fish platter


Crispy & Spicy Prawns fry

Summer vacation special my fish platter lunch from home visit, fresh fish from Karwar

Jumbo prawns; Neel( Blue oysters) Bangda Fish fry

Jumbo tiger prawns are a treat....These juicy prawns have sweet meat so coating them with spicies and frying is Ideal.....

I have shallow fried these tiger prawns Recipe is quiet simple & easy to follow

Ingredients:

Tiger prawns: deviened 10
Redchili powder: 2sps
Turmeric 1 pinch
Tamarind paste 1 sp
or Lemon juice: 1/2 lemon
Rava/ Semolina: 1/4 th cup
Oil to shallow fry: 5 sps
Salt to taste

PROCEDURE

  • Clean the prawns removing its head & shell also devien these & wash

  • Apply salt to the cleaned prawns
  • Make a paste of Rechili powder, turmeric & tamarind paste with little water
  • Can use lemon juice instead of tamarind
  • Apply the paste on prawns & let it marinate for 10 min

  • Then roll prawns in Rava & shallow fry in a pan with Oil
Crispy Prawns Rava fry Ready to be served
Enjoy Fish Platter

Sunday 23 July 2017

Mutton Gravy


Mutton Gravy, Mutton or lamb cooked with spices in a thick gravy 
Serve this Mutton gravy with Rice or with Chapati

Easy to make Mutton gravy cooked in pressure cooker to save time, this way the meat is cooked nicely till it falls apart


Ingredients:

For Marinate
Mutton(lamb): 500 grms
Turmeric: 1pinch

Red chili powder: 2sps
Onion: 3
Tomato: 2
Ginger garlic paste: 2sps
Coriander powder: 2sps
Coriander leaves: 1cup
Cloves: 4
Cinnamon; 1 inch
Coconut: grated 1/2 cup

Oil: 3-4 sps


Method of preparation:

Wash the Mutton 2-3 times thoroughly

Fry the Onion for few min then transfer to blender & make a paste & removeAdd Tomatoes to blender and blend to a fine paste
Make a paste of Coconut with little water & keep aside
I have used pressure cooker to cook the meat
Keep the cooker on heat add oil then add Cloves, cinnamon & bayleaf

Add Marinated Mutton & fry it nicely

Then add the ground Onion paste(Masala) & fry nicely till it leaves sides

Next add the Pureed tomato & mixAdd salt to taste & add the coriander powder
check the taste if you want more spicy add red chili powder mix


Lastly add Ground coconut paste & coriender leavesAdd 1cup water & close cook for 5-6 vissels till the mutton is cooked

Monday 17 July 2017

Jackfruit Dumplings


Jackfruit Dumplings are sweet jackfruit fritters. This seasonal fruit is very sweet and has a unique taste. Its aroma usually fills up the room everywhere you can smell the sweet jackfruit scent.

This is the easiest sweet you can make of jackfruit, so make these sweet fritters and enjoy tasty dish
This is usually deep fried, I have made these in Paniyaram/appe pan with less oil, Enjoy these glutten free Sweet Jackfruit dumplings


Ingredients:
Jackfruit flesh chopped: 6-7 pcs
Grated Coconut: 3/4th cup
Jaggery : 1cup
Semolina(Rava): 1+1/4th cup


Procedure:
In a blender add Chopped Jackfuit flesh along with jaggery and coconut, (do not add water)
Make a fine paste and remove then add Semolina till it becomes a rough paste form like this:

This you must be able to make balls shape, if the mix is little runny can add little more semolina
Make small dumplings you can give a round shape ,this can be deep fried in oil or else you can fry in Paniyaram pan(muffin like pan with small slots)

Heat up paniyaram/appe pan add 1 sp oil ii each slot, place the dumpling one in each slot & fry on medium heat for 2 min then turn & cook for 2-3 min

This sweet dumplings usually gets dark colour once they fry bcoz of the jaggery

Remove on a tissue and cool it, crispy sweet Jackfuit dumplings are ready to eat





Thursday 6 July 2017

Chow Chow & Avarekalu Gravy


Chow Chow is a vegetable belongs to the squash family. Chow Chow vegetable, also called Chayote Squash cooks easily and has soft flesh after cooking, unlike other squashes doesnt get mushy

I have combined Chow chow with Avarekalu(Hycath beans), This combination works good for gravy.

Being a Bangalorean my love for Avarekalu is same as every one else, this Hycath beans tastes so good when de-skined that every season we make a lot of gravies with this; some of popular gravies includes: Avarekalu Misal and also breakfast varieties such as: Averekalu Upma

So grab this easily available veggie chow chow when avarekalu is available and enjoy this lip smacking gravy with Chapati or with Rice


Ingredients:

For the masala

Coconut grated: 1 cup
Red chillies: 4
Coriender seeds: 1tbsp
Onion: 1
Garam masala: 1tsp

Vegetables: 
Chow Chow: 1-2 cut into pcs
Avarekalu: 1+1/2 cups soaked de-skined
Tomato: 2 chopped

For Tempering:
Oil: 2-3 sps
Mustard seeds:1 tsp
Curry leaves: few

Preparation of gravy:

Wash the veggie chow chow, then peel off the outer layer
Cut into cubes or small pieces 
Use the Soaked & de-skined Avarekalu
Combine both & pressure cook with little water for 3 visels

For the masala: add all ingredients under masala in a blender & make a fine paste

Heat up a Pan(deep dish) add Oil then add Mustard seeds 
Once it splatters add curry leaves then add the chopped tomatoes & fry till its mushy,(add little salt to speed up cooking) add litte water & make it mushy

Add the ground masala paste & cook for 2 min
Then add the cooked chow chow & avarekalu & little salt mix and cook with lid for 2-3 min

Adjust water, if the gravy is too thick add little water & mix

Chow chow with Avarekalu gravy is ready, serve it hot with chapati enjoy it for breakfast or lunch