Coriander pesto..
Big bunch of coriander
1 whole bulb of garlic, peeled
few raw almonds or macadamia nuts/
about 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 green chillies
salt and black pepper to taste

In a blender, addthe almonds, then coriander and garlic m chilly until all chopped into little pieces. Add oil until the mixture looks wet but not soupy. Add salt and black pepper to taste

Keep in refrigerator until use...or serve with tortilla chips.

Happy cooking...

umita

Dahiwala Baigan..

Ingredients

Brinjal 4
Yogurt 1 cup
Fresh milk 3 tbsp cup
Green chilies chopped 4
Coriander leaves chopped ½ bunch
Mint leaves chopped ½ bunch
Black pepper crushed 1 tsp
Roasted & crushed cumin 1 tsp
Oil as required
Salt to taste

Ingredients for Baghaar tadka,

Whole red chilies 4
Fenugreek seeds few
Curry leaves few
Oil 1 tsp
cumin seeds ½ tsp

Method

Cut brinjal into round slices and soak in water as required. n shallow fry in oil.

In a bowl mix yogurt, fresh milk, salt to taste, 4 chopped green chilies, chopped coriander leaves, mint leaf, cumin and 1 tsp all spice powder. Mix well and keep aside

Pour the yogurt on top. n mix the fried brinjals.


In separate pan heat oil, add in a pinch of fenugreek seeds, few curry leaves, whole red chilies and , cumin seeds. Pour baghaar on top of yogurt mixture and serve with briyani ...

Lemon Rice




Lemon rice..

Cooked Rice - 2 cups prefer cold rice
turmerici -- 1/2 tsp
peanuts 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
curry leaf
corainder leaf few for decoration
oil - 1 tsp
lime or lemon juice of 1 ..
green chilli 2 or 3
redchilli 1


method : Heat a pan add oil and mustard seeds when crackle add curry leaf, red chilli green chilli peanuts and let the peanuts cook ...add haldi and slowly add the cooked rice and mix till all the rice is coated ..add lime juice on the rice and mix well , corainder leaf for garnishing and salt per taste. serve with pickle n pappad
yummy like rice like the way they serve as prasadam in temples is ready....try using basmati rice for a change ...tastes different...

Yummo!!!

STRAWBERRY PRESERVES or jams

1 cup. strawberries, chopped into chunks..
Sugar 1 cup or 1/2 cup if u need less sugar..

In a Pot mix the cut strawberries n cook until the berries are soft add sugar n heat Bring slowly to boiling. Boil until berries are clear and syrup thick. Skim and pour into hot jars. Seal the jam preserves..

Enjoy!!
Happy cooking

Garlic Murukku ..chakli..

Chakli....Murukku...

Ingredients

Butter – 1 -tbsp

chilli powder – 1 tsp

Oil – to fry

rice flour – 1– cup

salt – -as needed

sesame seeds -1 – tbsp

Basin– 1 /2– cup

Ajwain 1 tsp

Garlic 4 cloves grated

water – as needed

Instructions

In a bowl add Rice flour, Basin, grated garlic, sesame seeds,ajwainsalt,chilli powder,butter, mix well and add water as need.Make into a soft dough.

Now take the murukulu press add the dough into it and press on top into the oil and make a round.

Fry till light golden...Ready ...

i didnt use sesame this time..but u can add some for extra flavour..

Enjoy!!!

Aval with Jaggery..

Ingredients

1 cup - Beaten rice / poha/ Aval

1/2 cup - Freshly grated coconut

3/4 cup - Jaggery syrup

2 pods - Cardamom, powdered

Method

1 ) Fry the beaten rice with little oil.

2) Make a syrup out of jaggery n strain

Mix all the ingredients listed with beaten rice.

enjoy this jaggery sweetened Aval...

Bread Dahi Vada....Thayir Vada....Bread yougurt dumpling..

Bread DAhi Vada

Ingredients

5 slices Bread (remove sides)

1 cup Plain Curd (yogurt)

1/4 tsp chat masala

1/2 tsp Red chillies powder

1/2 tsp Roasted Jeera powder (Cumin powder)

For Tadka curd

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

2 whole redchilli

few curry leaf

Salt to taste

GArnish

Coriander for garnish (Cilantro)

Grated Carrot for Garnish.

Directions

Whip Curd with little salt & litle sugar to remove the sourness..keep aside.

Make shapes out of bread with a steel glass ...n small hole in between with help of a bottle cap// place it in a serving bowl.

Heat oil in a pan tadka mustard seeds redchiili, curry leaf... Cover bread completely with beaten Curd.

Sprinkle Red chillies powder, Jeera powder & chaat masala over it.

Garnish with Coriander leaves & grated Carrot.

yummy n no cooking recipe......n tastes yumm...

Garlic Onion karakuzhambu..

Curry made with garlic n onions in a tamarind sauce..typical tamil cuisine....goes well with rice n pappadams

Ingredients

Garlic-20 to 30 pods

Pearl onion (small onion)-20 or big onions 1

Curry leaves-little

Coriander powder-2 teaspoon

chilli powder 1 teaspoon

Turmeric powder-1/2 teaspoon

Tamarind-gooseberry size

Gingelly oil-1 table spoon

For seasoning

Mustard seed-1 teaspoon

Fenugreek seed-1/2 teaspoon

Curry leaf-little

Procedure

Soak the tamarind in three cups of water . Cut the onions and garlic into length wise pieces. Heat kadai add1 ½ table spoon of gingerly oil or cooking oil. add Mustard and fenugreekseeds once splutter add the onions, garlic and sauté nicely.mix corainder pwd chilli pwd n turmeric pwd. Now add the tamarind dissolved water .Wait for the gravy to boil nicely for 3 minutes. Now reduce the flame to minimum and allow the gravy to cook till it becomes thick. wait till the oil separates.

u can add vathal like sundakkai or manathakkali this kuzhambu can be called vathal kuzhambu)

Serve with Rice n pappadams...

Boiled egg Sandwich...quick n easy..

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons mayonnaise

4 roughly chopped hard-boiled eggs

1 chopped tomatoes

3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh chives opt or can use coraninder leaf or any fresh herbs..

Brocolli steamed few

Olive oil

salt

pepper

12 slices bread

preparation

.

In a small bowl, mix 2 tablespoons mayonnaise with 6 roughly chopped hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, and finely chopped fresh chives or corainder leaf. broccoli add salt n pepper.. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.

Take 1 slice bread and layer it with egg mixture. Top with another slice of bread. . Using a knife, cut off the crusts and slice into rectangles, and toast it with butter ..

Serve hot...

Pepper Rasam..Tamarind n tomato soup...

Ingredients:

3 cups of tamarind juice by soaking and squeezing lime size tamarind in water

1 tsp turmeric powder

4 cloves garlic smashed and roughly chopped

1 medium size tomato..can omit tomato n squeeze with tamarind pulp if u want to drink rasam

1 tsp whole pepper

1tsp Cumin seeds

few chopped coriander/cilantro leaves

salt as needed

For tempering:

1 tsp mustard

1 tsp jeera seeds

1 red chilly

a pinch of hing optional can omit..as i didnt use for this version

few curry leaves

Method:

Take the tamarind juice in vessel. boil well Add turmeric pwd ,smash garlic jeera n pepperin a blender . add the garlic mixture n tomato , once the tamarind is boiled n let it simmer for a minute ...Add the coriander leaves and keep aside.

Take a kadhai add 2 tsp of oil. add mustard seeds jeera seeds redchilly and hing n curry leaves...n add to the rasam..can use ghee for better taste...

serve hot as a soup or with rice...

note after adding garlic n peper dont over boil the rasam as the flavour will be less...close the rasam once u add the seasoning//my grandmas secret//

IDly with Tomato Kurma

Chettinad Tomato Kurma

2nos Tomatoes chopped (big)

1no Onion chopped

1/2tsp Cumin seeds

1/2 tsp fennel seeds

2tbsp Coriander leaves chopped for garnish

Ginger garlic cut pieces or paste 1 tsp

Salt

Oil

To Grind:

8nos Cashew nuts optional can avoid if ur dieting..

1/2cup Grated coconut

1/2tsp Fennel seeds

3nos Green chillies

2nos Cloves

1inch Cinnamon stick

Grind everything as fine paste ' n keep aside...heat oil in a kadai, cumin seeds n fennel seeds n fry them until they turns brown..add the chopped onion pieces n stir them for a while,add ginger garlic add the chopped tomato pieces to the already cooked onion n saute fry well ...add the grounded paste now with enough salt , bring them to boil with enough water n cook in simmer for few minutes.off the stove n garnish the gravy with chopped coriander leaves....

Yummo Chettinad Tomato Kurma!!!! can have it with idly or chappati..