LEMON RICE

Ingredients:

2cups boiled Rice
1/3rd cup Lemon Rice                         
6Tbsp Oil
1/2tsp Black Mustard seeds
Few curry leaves
3-4 green chilies
Salt to taste
1/4th tsp. turmeric powder
1/4th cup peanuts

Preparation:

• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, allow to splutter.

• Add turmeric powder and peanuts, fry till brown.
• Now add green chilies, curry leaves, salt and fry for 2 minutes.
• Take it off from the flame and add lemon juice and mix well.
• Now add this to the boiled rice and mix well.Lemon rice is ready to be served.

COCONUT RICE

Ingredients:

400 gms biryani rice
120 gms coconut
40 ml     ghee                                                 
25 gms  black gram dhal
25 gms  broken pieces of nuts
6 gms    dry chillies
2 gms    curry leaves
2.5 gms asafoetida powder
20 gms  (minced) coriander leaves
Salt to taste

Preparation:

• Boil rice and keep aside.
• Fry coconut evenly to a golden colour on a slow fire.
• Heat 3 dessertspoon of ghee. Fry the cashewnuts and remove.
• Fry the broken pieces of dry chillies, black gram dhal, and curry leaves well.
• Mix rice, coconut, nuts, 1 teaspoon of ghee and salt.
• Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.

EGG CURRY

Ingredients:


4 Eggs (hard boiled)
1 onion
1/2 tomato (pureed)
3-4 flakes of garlic
1/2-inch piece of ginger
1-2 green chilies
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves   
Salt To Taste
Red chili powder to taste
3/4th tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
3/4 tsp garam masala
2-3 tbsp vegetable oil / ghee
1 cup green peas or 250 gms paneer

 

Preparation:

• Remove the shell of boiled eggs & keep aside. If using Paneer  cut into cubes and fry till golden & set aside for later use.
• Make a paste of onion, garlic, ginger and green chilies in a  mixer or chopper.
• Heat oil in a kadhi or wok  and add onion-garlic paste and fry till golden brown.
• Add all the spices (salt, turmeric, coriander & chili powder) except garam masala and fry for a minute and add tomato puree. Fry  till it starts leaving oil.
• Add a cup of water and cook till it dry's.
• Now add the fried paneer cubes or green peas (which ever using) and boiled eggs.
• Add 1 cup of water and bring to boil and reduce the flame.
• Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Garnish egg curry with garam masala and coriander leaves and serve hot with paratha, roti or rice.

Meat Cutlet

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Meat Cutlet

Ingredients:

Any Meat : 1/2 lb /220 grms (You can use Chicken /Mutton /Beef, Preferably boneless, i have used chicken)
Turmeric powder : 1/4 tsp
Green Chilly Paste : 1 tsp or to your spice level
Gram Masala powder : 1/2 tsp
Black pepper powder : 1/2 tsp
Ginger-Garlic paste : 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Onion : 1 (large,finely chopped)
Potato : 2 (large,boiled and smashed)
Ginger : 1 tbsp (finely chopped)
Green chillies : 2 (finely chopped)
Garam masala : 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves : few (finely chopped)
Bread crumbs : 1 cup
Eggs : 2
Corn flour : a pinch
Oil for frying

Method of Preparation:

1. Cook the meat with little water,turmeric,gram masala powders,green chilli paste,ginger-garlic paste and salt.Evaporate excess water and allow it to cool.
2. Mince the cooked meat and set it aside.
3. Boil the potatoes; peel and smash well.
4. Heat oil in a pan/kadai,saute chopped onions until it turns to translucent.
5. Add chopped ginger,green chillies and saute for few seconds.
6. Add garam masala,chopped coriander leaves and salt.
7. Add the minced meat,mashed potatoes and mix well.
8. Remove from the fire and allow it to cool and mix well with your hands.
9. Make lemon sized balls out of it and roll into desired shapes.
10. In a bowl, beat the eggs with pinch of corn flour & salt.
11. Dip each cutlet in eggs and coat with bread crumbs.
12. Deep fry it in oil.
13. Serve hot with tomato ketchup or any sauce of your choice and enjoy!!