Friday, February 28, 2025

N Chicken curry



Oil - 3 tbsp
dry garam masala - Cinnamon, cloves, black cardamom, green cardamom.
Chicken - 2 lbs
Onion - 1 big chopped fine
green chili - 2 chopped fine
Curry leaves - 10 chopped
Ginger garlic paste
Turemeric - 1/4 tsp
red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Kashmiri chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 3/4 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt
Meat masala - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - few chopped
Water - 1.5 cups

Grind to a paste
Tomato - 2 medium red ones
Cashews - 10
Coconut powder - 2 tbsp

Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan, add dry garam masala's and fry for a min.
2. Now add onion, green chili, curry leaves and fry till onions are light brown
3. Now add chicken and fry for 5-10 mins until water is dried out.
4. Now add ginger garlic paste and mix for 2 mins
5. Now add red chili, turmeric, Kashmiri chili and salt and mix well for 2 mins
6. Now add ground paste and add 1/2 cup of water and cover and cook for 5 mins
7. Now add coriander powder, cumin powder, meat masala and mix well.
8. Now add 1 cup water and cover and cook for 15 mins on low flame.
9. once u see oil on top, garnish with coriander leaves and switch of the flame and serve.

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Tasty Chicken Quesadilla

Chicken Quesadilla

Set 1 - Marinate below ingredients and keep aside for 30 mins

Chicken breast - 2 lbs. (chop them into small bite size pieces)
Yogurt - 2 tbsp
Red chili powder - 1/2 tsp
Paprika powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder - 2 pinches
Coriander powder - 1/4 tsp
Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Onion powder - 1/4 tsp
Garlic powder - 1/4 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
Oil - 1tbsp

Set 2

Oil - 2-3 tbsp
Tortilla - as needed
Onions - 2 tbsps. Chopped
Tomato - 2 tbsps. chopped. 
Mozzarella cheese - grated and as needed.
Butter - as needed for applying on Tortilla's 

Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan, add marinated chicken and cover and cook for 5 mins.
2. Now add onion, tomato and cook for 2 mins.
3. Now heat a griddle
4. Now on tortilla spread all over - mozzarella cheese, chicken and mozzarella cheese again and cover with another tortilla and press tightly.
5. Now on a griddle spread butter, place prepared tortilla and toast on both sides till it nice crunchy.



Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Hyderabadi Bagara rice

 


Rice-2 cups - basmati (soak for 30)

Oil - 3 tbsp
Ghee - 1tbsp
Cashews - 1 tbsp
Onion - 1/2 sliced long
Tomato - 1 small - sliced long
Green chili - 6
Curry leaves - 2 stems
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Mint - 2 tbsp
Cilantro - 2 tbsp



Dry masala
Shahi jeera - 1 tsp
Cinnamom - 2 inch
star anise - 1
Anasa mogga - 1
flower
Clove - 4
Cardamom - 4
bay leaf - 1


Wet Masala - Grind to powder and then add water n grind into paste
Cinnamon - 2 inch
Cloves - 6
Cardamom -4
Star anise - 1
Biryani akku - small
1.5 tbsp - coriander seeds
Cumin seeds - 1tsp
Melon seeds - 1/2 tbsp
Casgew - 1 tbsp
Coconut - 2-3 inch
Poppy seeds - 1 tsp


Method:

1.Heat oil and ghee in a pan.
2. Add dry masala's and fry for a min
3. Now add cashews and fry for a min
4. Now add onion, green chili, curry leaves and fry till golden shade
5. Now add ginger garlic n fry for min.
6. Now add mint, cilantro n fry well
7. Now add tomato and fry till oil separates.
8. now add water and let it boil
9. Add salt n ghee and add soaked rice.
10. Transfer everything to rice cooker and cook.


Monday, December 9, 2024

Chikudu kaya fry

 
Chikudu kaya - 2 cups - clean n cut into 1.5 inch size
Valvor lilva lima beans( swad) - 2 cups
Oil - 2 tbsp
Onion - 1/4 chopped
Green chili - 2 chopped
Ginger garlic paste
Red chili powder - 3/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin podwer - 1/4 tsp
Coconut powder - 2 tbsp

Seasoning items
Urad dal,
Chana dal
Mustard seeds
Cumin seeds

Preparation:

Steam chikudu kaya with 1/2 cup of water for 3 mins in Instant pot in steam mode with vent closed.

Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan, add seasoning items and fry for a min.
2. Now add onions, green chili and cook till they are light brown color.
3. Now add steamed chikudu kaya and fry till water is evaporated with closed lid.
4. Now add ginger garlic paste and cook for a min
5. Now add red chili powder, tuermic powder and salt and mix well.
6. Now add coriander powder, cumin powder and mix well for a min or 2.
7. Now add coconut powder and mix well and cook on low flame for 2 mins.
8. switch off and eat with cooked rice.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Crispy Potato fry

 

List 1:
Potato - 8 big one (chopped into small slices)
Oil - 1/4 cup

List 2:
Oil - 2 tsp.
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbsp.
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbsp.
Black gram - 1/2 tbsp
Chana dal - 1/2 tsp
Dry red chili - 2 broken into half's
Garlic - 10 pods lightly crushed
Curry leaves - few

List 3:
Onion - 1/2 small chopped fine.
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp

List 4:
Red chili powder - 3/4 tsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp
Aam chur powder - 1/4 tsp


Method:

1. From List 1, Heat oil in a pan, add potatoes and shallow fly till they are 3/4 cooked and turn slightly brown.
2. Now strain potatoes and keep them aside.
3. Now in the same pan, drain oil except 2 tsp
4. Once oil is hot, add ingredients under list 2 and fry for a min or two.
5. Now add onion and fry for 3-4 mins and add garlic and cook for a min.
6. now add fried potato, List 3 ingredients and mix well.
7. Now make the flame high and fry nicely for few more mins until potato turns crispy.

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Dosakaya Pappu in Instant pot

Set 1

Toor Dhal – 3/4 cup  - washed and soaked for 2 hrs
Green chili -  5 & 6 cut into 
Dosakaya  - 1 large cut into big chunks ( add 1 tbsp seeds with this not more than that)
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 1 tsp
WWater 3 cups

Set 2 -

Oil – 3 tbsp
Garlic – 4 cloves
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Dry Red Chillies – 1 No
Curry leaves – 2 sprigs 
Onion - 1/2 m chopped long (optional)
Hing - 1/4 tsp


Tamarind paste - 1/4 tsp (optional)



Method :

1. Add set 1 ingredients in Instant pot and cook for 20 mins pressure with vent closed ( or give pressure for 3 whistles in pressure cooker)
2. Once pressure is cool down, cancel and keep it sauce mode on  Instant pot.
3. Now add tamarind paste and mash the dal nicely
4. From 2nd set ingredients, heat oil in a pan,
5. Add Urad Dal, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and fry till dal change color to light brown.
6. Now add garlic, dry red chili, onion, curry leaves and fry till onions are light golden brown.
7. Now add hing and add this mixture to dal in instant pot.
8. let dal boil for 5 mins and add ghee and serve with hot rice.
9. switch off and serve with hot rice

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Coconut rice in rice cooker

 



Ingredients 
Soon masoori Rice: 4 cups - wash n keep aside ( for 4 cups rice you need 10 cups of liquid)
Coconut milk can - 2 can ( measure this can to see how many cups you have and rest you can use water)
Oil - 3 tbsp
Ghee - 2-3 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
green chili - 3
Mint - 1/4  cup
Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup (optional)
Onion - 1 L sliced long
Salt - 1 tsp or to taste ( water should taste a little salty for pulao)
Water + coconut milk  = 10 cups

dry garam masala :  
bay leaf - 2
Cinnamon - 4 pieces ( 1 inch)
Shahi jeera - 2 tsp
Green cardamom - 6
Black cardamom - 3
Cloves - 8



Instant Pot Method :
1. Wash rice in rice cooker bowl and keep aside
2. Heat oil and ghee in a pan and add ingredients under dry garam masala, and fry for 2 mins.
3. Now add Onion and green chili and fry till the onion is light brown color.
4. Now add ginger garlic paste, fry for a min.
5. Now add mint and coriander leaves and fry for a min
6. Now transfer this mixture to rice cooker with rice
7. Now add salt, coconut milk, water and mix well
9. Now turn on rice cooker and cook until its done.
10. Now open the lid and transfer the rice to the serving dish and enjoy.

Stovetop Method:

1. Heat ghee in a big vessel and add ingredients under dry garam masala, and fry for 2 mins.
2. Now add Onion and green chili and fry till the onion is light brown color.
3. Now add ginger garlic paste, fry for a min.
4. Now add mint and coriander leaves and fry for a min
5. Now add tomato and cook for 2-3 mins.
6. Now add rice n roast for 1 min.
7. Now add salt, coconut milk, water, mix well and make sure salt is on a little higher side.
8. Now close the lid and make the flame to medium and cook for 5 mins and 
9. Now after 5 mins make the flame too low and cook the pulao with the lid on for 6-8 mins or till water is evaporated.
10. Switch off the flame and let the pulao sit for more than 10 mins before serving.
11. Now open the lid and transfer the rice to the serving dish and enjoy.




for 4 cups

Basmati Rice: 4cups - soak for 15-20 mins
Coconut milk can - 2 can ( add 1 cup of water n mix, measure this can to see how many cups you have and rest you can use water)
Ghee - 2-3 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
green chili - 5
Mint - 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 small sliced long
Tomato - 1 small sliced long
Salt - 1 tsp or to taste ( water should taste a little salty for pulao)
water: 1 cup basmati rice  = 1.25 cups of water
(For this recipe it should be 3 cups so mix coconut milk and water to make it 3 cups)