Sweet Pongal /Paramannam

Preparation Time : 10 min

Cooking Time :20-30 min

Yield :4 people

Ingredients:
Rice – 1 cup
Moong dal -1 cup
jaggery – 2 cups grated
Ghee – 2 tblspn
Dry fruits -few
Water – 4 cups
Milk -half cup
Cardamom powder -half tspn  
Directions: 
First wash the rice and moong dal. Now take a pressure cooker and add 4 cups of water ,now add the rice and moong dal and close the cooker. Cook till you get 3 whistles.
let it cool down, then open the lid and put on low flame and add 2 cups of grated jaggery and cook till it melts.
Now add milk,cardomam powder and ghee.Mix it very well and cook for about 3 min.Lastly add the fried dry fruits in ghee and switch off the flame. Enjoy!! 

Mango Pulihora

Mamidikaya Pulihora

Preparation Time : 20 min

Cooking Time :10 min

Yield :4 people

Ingredients:
Green mango - 1 big 
Cooked rice - 3 cups
Salt - to taste
For tempering:
Oil - 4tsp
Cashews - 2tsp
Ground nuts - 4t
Channa dal - 2tsp
Mustard - 1tsp
Jeera - 1tsp
Green chillies - 4
Red chillies (dry)  - 3
Turmeric powder - pinch
Curry leaves - few
Black pepper corns-few
Directions:
Peel the mango & grate it.Take the cooked rice in a bowl and add grated mango and salt.Mix gently with your fingers.Make sure the rice should be completely cool.

Now prepare the tempering (Thalimpu)

Heat the oil in a pan on medium flame.Now add all ingredients one by one and fry them.Next switch off the flame and put a side.

When the mixture is cools down mix with rice. 

Mango pulihora is ready.

Green Mango Halwa

Preparation Time : 10 min

Cooking Time :20-30 min

Yield :10-15 pieces

Ingredients:
Green Mango - shredded 1 cup
Sugar -1.5 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Ghee - 1 tblspn
Food color -optional
Dry fruits - for garnish
Directions:
Heat ghee in a pan and fry the shredded green mango for about 5 min.

Add milk and cook until the milk is fully evaporated.Keep stirring in between.

Add color and sugar.Then cook it on medium low.

After a while the mixture become loosen, keep stirring the halwa until it thickened.

Pour the mixture on to a greased tray with ghee and rest for 2 to3 hours.

Cut the mango halwa into pieces.Sweet and tangy halwa is ready.Garnish with nuts.

Vegetable Pitla

vegetable pitla for Roti

Preparation Time : 10 min

Cooking Time :30 min

Yield :4 people

Ingredients:

Potato - 1 med size

Onion - 1 med size

Tomato - small

Capsicum -1/2 size (Chopped)

Carrot - 1/2 size ( chopped)

Besan/Gram flour - 1/2 cup

Turmeric -1/4 tsp

Salt to taste

Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp.

Green chillies- 3 chopped 

Mustard seeds -1 tsp

Cumin seeds- 1 tsp

Ginger garlic paste -1 tsp

Oil -1 tbsp.

Curry leaves- 5 leaves

Cilantro -for garnish  chopped

Directions:

Wash and peel the potatoes and cut them into small pieces about 1/2 inch size.Keep the potato pieces in water ,they will not turn black.
cut the onion and green chillies into small pieces,take besan in  a small bowl and add 1 cup water to form a smooth batter without any lumps.
Heat the pan and put the oil . When the oil is hot add the cumin seeds and mustard seeds.When they splutters add the turmeric and green chillies. 
Add the chopped potato,chopped carrot,tomato and onion pieces and cook them for 1 min,cover and cook for 5 min.
Add the ginger garlic paste,salt and mix it very well,Add the chopped capsicum and mix it.
Add 2 cups water and let it cook for 5 min,
Mix the besan batter slowly to the curry and add curry leaves and cook it for another 5 min,
switch off the stove and garnish with cilantro leaves.
Enjoy with puri or chapathi. 
It tastes really very well.If you have any leftover vegetables you can use it.You can add any kind of vegetables that you like.

Mutton Biryani

Mutton Biryani Recipe

Preparation Time : 40 min
Cooking Time :30 min
Yield :4 people
Ingredients:
For Marinate:
Mutton/Goat -2 lb
Curd /Yogurt - 1 and half cup
Shan Mutton Biryani mix -2 tblspn      
Mint leaves - 1 cup
Coriander leaves -1 cup
Fried onions - 1/2 cup
Red chilli powder - 1 tspn
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn
Garam masala - 1/2 tspn
Salt -To taste
Lemon juice - 1 tblspn
Oil - 1tspn
For rice:
Basmati rice -4 cups
Cumin seeds - 1 tspn
Cardamom & cloves - each 3
Water - 6 cups
Salt - 1 tspn
Oil - 1/2 tspn
For Toppings:
Fried onions - half cup
Mint leaves - half cup
Coriander leaves -half cup
Butter - 1tblspn
Directions:

First, wash the mutton and marinate it with the ingredients above and put it a side for about 2 hours.

Meanwhile cook the rice with the ingredients above and cook it for about 70% done.

After 2 hours cook the mutton in a pressure cooker for up to 2 whistles.Don't add any water.

                                  Mutton is cooked perfectly.

                   Now,drain the rice and put it in a colander.

Heat the butter in a big pan and add the cooked mutton and cover it with rice.

Add mint,coriander leaves and fried onions on top of the rice.Put the tight lid on and cook it for about 20-30 minutes on medium low heat.

Mutton Biryani is ready.Enjoy.

Vegetable Noodles

Veg (or) Egg Noodles Recipe

Preparation Time : 15 min
Cooking Time :30 min
Yield :4 people
Ingredients:
Noodles - 300 gms
Cabbage shredded - 2 cups
Carrot - 1 cup
Beans sprouts - 1 cup
Green pea beans -10 count
Onions - 1/2 cup
Ginger and garlic - 2 tblspn chopped
Soy sauce - 2 tblspn
Chilli sauce - 1 tblspn or to taste
Oil - 2 tblspn
Salt - to taste
Hoisin sauce - 1tblspn (optional)
Eggs - 3
Ajinomato -1 tspn
Coriander leaves - for garnish
Directions:

These noodles i used for this recipe.You can use any Hakka or Chinese noodles.

First cook the noodles according to the directions.When they are cooked drain out the water and put a side.

Chop all the vegetables.Wash them properly and put it in a colander

Take a wide open pan and add oil in it.When the oil is hot add chopped ginger garlic and fry it.

Add vegetables and fry them for about 1 min.

Add all the sauces and salt one by one and mix it very well.

Cook them for about 30 sec and mix it in bet ween.

Add cooked noodles and mix it very well.Add salt if you need.

If you like eggs you can use scrambled eggs.Make scrambled egg with little oil ,salt,and pepper.

Vegetable noodles are ready.Garnish with coriander leaves.

Mix scrambled eggs with vegetable noodles and make it into egg noodles.

Chicken 65

Preparation Time : 15 min
Cooking Time :30 min
Yield :4 
Ingredients:
Chicken - 1 lb (Boneless and skinless)
For marinate:
Corn flour -2 tblspn
All purpose flour -1tblspn
Egg -1
Salt - to taste
Red chilli powder -1 tspn
For fry:
Oil - for deep fry
Curd/yogurt -2 tblspn
Curry leaves -5-6
Green chillis -4 to 5
Ginger garlic crushed -2 tblspn (This is not paste)
Color - 1 pinch (optional)
Directions:
First wash the chicken and drain the water with strainer.

Take a bowl and mix all the above ingredients for marinate the chicken.

  Keep a side for about 1 hour.

Heat the oil for deep fry.Fry the chicken pieces until it is done.

            Remove from the oil and put it on the paper towel.

Heat 2tblspn oil in a pan.Add crushed ginger garlic and fry it.Add green chillis, curry leaves and fry them.Add chicken pieces and mix it.Add little salt. 

Add curd/Yogurt and mix it very well.When the curd is evaporated switch of the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.Enjoy!!