Country style Chicken Biryani

Country style Chicken Biryani cooked with Chicken & Rice together with the creaminess of coconut this dish will definetly steal your heart

One Pot Biryani & chicken are cooked together with coconut gives this dish 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:
Coconut: 3/4th cup
Green chilies: 2-3
Coriender leaves: handful

To temper:
Oil: 3-4 sps
Cloves: 4-5
Cinnamon: 1 inch
Bay leaf: 2
Onion: 2 sliced
Ginger Garlic paste : 2sps
Tomatoes: 2 chopped
Pudina: 1/2 bunch
Green chilies: 2 slit
Biryani masala: 2sps

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 paste of coconut
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 gingergarlic 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 the Ground coconut & coriender & chilies paste & fry nicely
Add the Biryani masala(or Garam masala) & mix add salt to taste
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

Coconut flavoured Biryaniis Ready Serve it with simple chicken curry & Yogurt(Raita)

Potato Cheese Croquettes

Potato cheese Croquettes super easy side dish or make these for quick snacks. This cheese centered crispy Potato Croquettes are easy to make and can be served for any lunch or tea party

Ingredients

Potatoes(Boiled and mashed) - 2 cups
Onion - 2 tbsp chopped finely
Turmeric powder - a generous pinch
Kashmiri Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp finely chopped
Salt - to taste
Bread crumbs - 1 cup

For filling:

Mozzarella cheese cut to cubes or sticks 1- 1½ inch

Method

Pressure cook potatoes until mushy. Cool down remove skin & mash it nicely

In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients & little Breadcrumbs till its thick dough consistency

Take a portion of this mix in your hands & make like a flat tikki then Place Mozarella cheese in middle cover from all sides & make oval shaped balls

Dip each in corn flour paste then
Roll in the breadcrumbs & press nicely do that breadcrumbs stick to it & coat properly

Heat up Oil for deep frying

Once hot turn to medium & fry the balls keep turning in 2-3 mins....
Once colour changes to slight brown this is ready remove on absorbent

Note: I have just used Potato you can add cooked veggies carrot & peas or paneer
Crispy Potato Croquettes are ready to serve, enjoy evening snacks with tea/ cofeee

Rice Rava Jaggery Kheer

Sweet Dish for Ugadi, Rice Rava Kheer

Easy to make healthy Sweet dish using Rice Rava( Broken Rice/Akki Tari). Along with Jaggery coconut milk & Chana Daal

Also known as Madgane in Konkani. This is wholesome sweet dish. You can add groundnuts & cashewnuts for this to make it more rich.  Try this recipe today

Ingredients
Coarsely powdered Rice: 1cup( bowl)
Chana Daal(gram daal) : 1 cup
Jaggery: 1+1/2 cup
Groundnuts: 1/2cup
Cashew: few
Cardamom powder: 1sp

To grind
Coconut: 1/2
Jeera: 1/2 sp
Turmeric little

In a Blender dry blend the Raw uncooked Rice to a coarse powder( it must resemble Rava)
Wash it and keep aside
Boil the chana Daal till cooked & keep aside
Make a paste of coconut jeera along with little turmeric

In a Pan add 4-5 cups(bowl) water to boil
Once it boils add the Rice rava & cook stiring in btwn till it softens
Then add cooked Chana Daal

Mix well and add coconut paste& cook for 2min
Add Jaggery and cardamom powder mix till it all melts

Lastly add fried destined groundnuts & cashew along with ghee.
Once it comes to boil. Switch it off

Relish this healthy Rice rava Jaggery Kheer for Ugadi.

Pumpkin Avial with Peas

Pumpkin Avial with Peas 
This is a coconut based gravy, with the combination of fresh Green peas & Pumpkin you will get this delicious & creamy Avial

Pumpkin Avial is from kerala cuisine and has much use of coconut in the gravy. this is a creamy gravy and sweeter compared to kurmas. 

You can add any veggies of your choice I have added Fresh Green peas & Pumpkin in this recipe

Ingredients:
Fresh peas: 1 cup
Pumpkin: 1+1/2cup
Onion: 1
Tomato: 1big
Oil: 2-3 sps
Mustard seeds: 1sp
Curry leaves: 4-5

For the Green masala
Coconut grated: 3/4th cup
Green chillies: 4
Coriender leaves: ½ cup

Method:
Fresh peas cooks fast so no need to pre-boil it can cook in the gravy itself
(If using Green peas soak it & pressure cook for 1 vissel)
Grind all the Ingredients (under to grind) to a fine paste using enough water
In a Deep dish add Oil & splatter mustard seeds add curry leaves
Add Onion chopped & sauté till transparent, then add Tomato chopped, add cubed pumpkin after removing its skin

Fry tomato add salt, so that tomato will get mushy..if req add 2 sps water, once tomatoes are mushy you can see the pumpkin has also changed color
Then add this Green paste (blended) & fry a min add fresh peas(or boiled peas)
Mix & add 1 cup water & cook with lid till Peas are cooked
Adjust salt & add more water if you want to make it desired consistency
Pumpkin Avial with Green Peas Ready to Serve with Appam or Rice.

Stir Fried Moth(Matki) beans

Stir Fried Moth beans goes well with Chapati, or a side dish with Rice & Daal
Nutritious Moth beans are very easy to digest & very tasty. 

For this healthy stir fry all you need are basic onion & tomatoes.

Ingredients required:
Moth beans soaked: 1cup
Onion: 1
Tomato: 1
Garam masala: 1sp
Red chili powder: 1/2sp
Coriender leaves: handfull
Lemon: 1/4

Soak the Moth beams(Matki) overnite. then drain and leave it(you can even sprout it)

In a dish add Oil, add mustard seeds and curry leaves
Add Chopped Onion, fry it the add chopped tomato & little salt
Fry till tomatoes are mushy add garam masala & chili powder then add the soaked Moth beans

Fry nicely then add water 3 cups & let it cook with lid till the beans are soft
Lastly add little more salt to adjust & coriender leaves. mix well
Add few drops of lemon juice

Tasty Stir Fried Moth beans are ready to serve

Prawns Butter fry

Crispy Prawns Butter fry, good starters for party. Crispy prawns fry with Garlic flavor & tossed in butter, Make this Delicious juicy prawns fry follow this step wise procedure

Recipe for Prawns fry:

Ingredients

For the Marinade:

Prawns: 10
Lemon juice: 1/2 lemon
Pepper powder: 1-2 sps
Salt to taste


For coating
Corn flour powder

For frying

Chopped garlic: 4-5 sps
Oil for deep frying

For tossing:

Butter: 2sps
Spring onion little
Chopped garlic little

Method:

Clean the prawns by removing its head & de-skin keep the Tail intact
Devein & wash the prawns nicely

Marinate the Prawns in lemon juice, salt & pepper powder for 15 min

Squeeze excess marinate then Squeeze each prawns nicely & coat with cornflour

Tab a little so that cornflour sticks then Dust off excess cornflour, do this for each prawn

Meanwhile to make Garlic oil, Take just enough Oil to slightly deep fry the prawns

(Little more oil than shallow frying dont use too much oil as we will fry garlic in it)

Chop garlic very finely & fry it in oil till gets brown & remove...

discard the garlic use just the Oil. (This is optional you can fry the prawns in Normal Oil also)
Next step is to deep fry these coated Prawns in the above prepared Garlic Oil
Can fry 4-5 at a time,  just for a minute or so
Remove on an absorbent Paper, Once all Prawns are fried.

Tossing:

Take a Pan keep on low heat add butter

Once changes bit colour add spring onions & chopped garlic fry it then add Fried Prawns & give it a toss. 

Crispy prawns butter fry ready to serve

Creamy Mushroom Pasta

Creamy Mushroom Pasta  Saucy pasta, Macaroni or Pene kids love this with creamy sauce 

Pasta is easy to cook snack special when kids keep demanding it
So give it a go, my kid loves this pasta, this was a hit with his little friends also, they all gulped it down in no time. This time tried pene paste with Mushrooms. For my previous pene pasta recipe click here: 

You can make this Creamy Saucy pasta with just macaroni or just pene or spaghetti which ever you like

Ingredients:

Cooked pasta: 2 cups

Seasoning: Italian seasoning
Amul cream: 1cup
Pasta sauce: 2tbsp or(can use tomato sauce)
Noodles masala: 2tsps
Mushrooms chopped: 1 cup
Butter: 2tbsp

Follow this easy procedure:

In a large dish add 1 liter water add salt & add pene & cook the pasta for 5-6 min
Check if uncooked cook further till everything cooks & is soft
Then drain keeping little water separately

Keep this cooked pasta in a bowl of water until use

In a deep dish add butter then once medium hot add the mushrooms  & mix cook till it changes color
Then add Italian mixed seasoning & Noodles Masala

Mix add the cream & stir add very little salt(noodles masala will be salty)

Keep steering till its thickened a bit then add the cooked pasta and mix

Now add the Pasta sauce(I've used tomato sauce) & mix if its too thick add the reserved water little

Nutritious Creamy Saucy Mushroom pasta is ready to serve, Kids enjoy this a lot as its creamy & tasty, You can sprinkle any cheese of your choice on the Pasta & serve