Chicken Rassa

Rassa chicken Gravy served with Indian soft bread try this combination. flavorful green gravy goes well with Rice or Roti

Chicken is cooked in Onion & Tomato gravy which is flavored with curry leaves try this recipe

Ingredients
Chicken : 500grms
Onion: 2
Tomatoes: 2
Ginger garlic paste: 1sp
Curry leaves: 10-12
Green chilies: 3-4
Poppy seeds: 2sps
Coriander leaves: 1/2 cup
Chicken masala: 2sps
Oil: 4-5sps

Procedure to follow

Wash the chicken thoroughly and keep ready

In a pan add little oil then add 1 onion julian & fry nicely
Add Green chilies & coriander leaves fry for some time
Then add 1 Tomato chopped & poppy seeds and fry it for 2 min
Switch off the flame and let it cool down
Then add all this to a blender jar along with water
Blend to a fine paste

In a Deep dish or Kadai add rest of the oil add curry leaves and Rest of the Onion julians
Fry this till changes colour, then add ginger garlic paste & chicken and fry it for 5 min
Add rest of the chopped tomatoes add salt & cook till tomatoes are mushy
Add chicken masala powder and mix well.
Once chicken is cooked half way add the Grounded paste
and cook it with lid for sometime
Then add water to adjust gravy. cook till chicken falls apart from bone

Spicy & flavorful chicken Rassa is ready to serve

Chicken Pulav Biryani style

Country style Chicken Pulav cooked with Chicken & Rice together. This dish will definetly steal your heart

One Pot Biryani where chicken & Rice are cooked together with spices adding extra flavor & makes it more tasty, so try this easy recipe

Ingredients Required:

Chicken: 500 grms
Basumati Rice: 2 cups(300grms)

To marinate:

Curd: 1 cup
turmeric little

To grind:
Onion:1
Green chilies: 2-3
Coriender leaves: handful
Ginger Garlic pieces 4

To temper:
Oil: 3-4 sps
Cloves: 4-5
Cinnamon: 1 inch
Bay leaf: 2
Onion: 2 
Tomatoes: 2 chopped
Pudina: 1/2 bunch
Green chilies: 2 slit
Chicken masala: 2sps
Salt to taste

Method to prepare:

Wash the chicken thoroughly & rinse, then Marinate with curd & turmeric & keep aside
Soak Basumati rice in water for 15 min
Grind all the Ingredients under to grind with little water to make a Green paste 
Chop all the rest Ingredients & keep it ready

Procedure to follow:

Heat a pressure cooker, Preferably Handi style with Nonstick coating
Add Oil & once heated add whole Garam masalas Cloves, Cinnamon, Bay leaf
Then Add Onions & fry then add the green paste & fry further

Now at this stage add chopped Pudina & fry
Then add Tomatoes & fry it till mushy
Add the marinated chicken & give it a mix cook for 2-3 min
Now add Salt to taste 
Add the Chicken masala(or Garam masala) & mix 

Wash the Soaked Basumati Rice & drain water add this to the cooker
Add 3 cups water(500 ml)(1:1.5 ratio) & mix bring this to a boil
Turn the Heat to medium or low (if its not non stick keep on sim)

Once it starts bubling close the lid & pressure cook for 2 visels

Let the Pressure Cooker Cool down completely, Then once all the pressure is released Open the lid

Wait for 2-3 min let the steam settle down, then with a fork just  remove the Pulav

Dont Over Mix it just seperate with the help of fork, Then Serve Portions using a spatula

Chicken Pulav biryani style is Ready Serve it with simple chicken curry & Yogurt(Raita)

Veggie Kurma home meals

Vegetable Kurma side dish for Chapati/Roti or ac-compliment for rice

This is a dish which has gravy along with mixed vegetables mildly spiced try this colorful side dish

Kurma perfect side dish with Roti for Breakfast or as a meal with Rice

Ingredients:

Potato: 1

Cauliflower florets: 1cup

Carrot cubed: 2
Fresh green peas: 1cup

Tomato: 1

Oil: 3sps

Mustard seeds:1 tsp

Curry leaves few

Aachi garam masala: 1sp

For the masala

Coconut grated: 3/4th cup
Green chillies: 2

Coriender leaves: 1/2 cup

Make a paste of coconut & Green chili & coriender leaves with little water & keep aside

Then In a pan add Oil when heated add mustard seeds & curry leaves

Then add Onion & sauté Add Tomato & cook till soft (Add little salt so that tomatoes will soften)

Add all Veggies & give it a mix, add water little & cook it

Then add this coconut chili paste (blended) & mix well

Add garam masala & cook with lid for 2 min

Adjust salt & add more water if you want to make it Gravy consistency

Kurma is ready enjoy with meals.

Oats Cutlet with 2 ingredients

Lockdown Recipe one more with just 2 ingredients make Oats Cutlets. Healthy & tasty best use of available ingredients. 

Where you dont need many ingredients to make a snack best for this lockdown time.

For this healthy vegetable cutlet all you need are Oats & Potato follow this simple procedure below

Ingredients Needed

Boiled Potato(2) : 1cup
Oats(Regular Rolled): 1cup
1 tbsp Redchili powder
1tbsp All spice( Garam masala) powder
Salt to taste
Lemon juice: 1sp
Coriander leaves little 
4-5 sps Oil to fry

Procedure to follow:

Firstly boil the potatoes(I have pressure cooked it)
Once cooled down mash it nicely without any lumps
Add all the spices, red chili powder, garam masala

Add salt to taste & Oats mashed with palms to make powder 
Add Coriander leaves & lemon juice mix it all together 
Check the consistency, if the mix is too soft add more oats powder

Take a portion of this mix in your hands,make  small balls and shape like tikkis.....

In a pan Add Oil & once heated shallow fry 4min on medium heat flipping in between till both sides are golden
Enjoy crispy Oats cutlets for evening snacks, try this healthy snacks for your Kids.

Egg Curry with Boiled Eggs

Egg Curry make it with Boiled Eggs or You can poarch eggs in the curry also.
Spicy Egg Curry is a gravy dish can be served with Dosa, chapati or Rice

Ingredients
Onion:2
Tomato:2
Red chiles: 5-6
Garam masala powder: 1sp
Ginger garlic paste:1sp
Coconut grated 1cup
Oil: 4-5 sps
Boiled Eggs: 5-6
Curry leaves

For the gravy:

Take 2sps Oil in pan, add sliced Onions & sauté add redchilies fry 
Then to this add tomato thin stripes fry till mushy
Remove cool down then add coconut to the mixer make fine powder
Add rest fried onion tomatoes red chilies grind to a fine paste with gingarlic & little water

Boil the Eggs in water for 5-6 min. 
In the pan add Oil & curry leaves then add this paste & fry add salt & garam masala powder mix it
After one bubble add the boiled peeled eggs & cook for 2-3 min
Mix together till everything comes together adjust consistency by adding water 
switch off let it cool down serve with Dosa/Chapati

Mango Rice

Mango Rice or  Mavinkai Chitrana is a tangy Seasoned Rice made on special occasions  like Ugadi Festival 

Now it's raw mango season so make this Delicacy and relish this summer

Ingredients 
Raw mango grated: 1cup
Cooked Rice: 3cups
Coconut grated: 1/2cup
Oil: 3-4 sps
Mustard seeds: 1/2sp
Curry leaves: few
Chana daal: little
Turmeric: 1/2 tsp
Groundnuts: little 
Green chilies: 2
Coriander leaves: little 

Procedure for Mango Rice
In a Pan add oil once heated add mustard seeds then curry leaves 
Add Chana daal & groundnuts & fry 
Then add Green chilies & turmeric 
Now add grated green mango mix well
Add salt to taste, and add cooked rice mix well. Finally add coconut & coriander leaves 

Tangy Mango Rice is ready to serve