Brinjal, tomato and bottle gaurd pachadi (chutney).

My mother in law is very creative when it comes to cooking. Today morning she was going through fridge and she found nothing to cook but only 2 brinjal and 1/2 bottle gaurd. so she decided to make pachadi ( chutney) and my 4yr old daughter ate everything with this yummy pachadi :).

Brinjal - 2 small - chopped
Tomato - 2 - chopped
Bottle gaurd - 1/2 cup deseeded
Green chilli - 4 0r 5 - chopped
Garlic cloves - 2 or 3 ( small)
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Tamarind - 1/2 lemon size soaked in little water
Salt - as needed.

Tampering :
Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds- 1/4 tap
Dry red chillie - 2 broken
curry leaves - 5 or 6
Hing - apinch
oil - 2 tbsp

Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan
2. Add Cumin seeds, Garlic, Green chili and Bottle guard and fry nicely . let bottle guard become soft.
3. Add brinjal and cook till soft
4. Add tomato and cook till soft
5. Add tamarind n fry for 1 min
6. Now grind everything with salt

Now do tampering with tamepring ingredients.

Spice Indian Chicken Fried Qunioa (Chicken Fried rice type)

Quinoa - 1 cup ( cook with 2 cups of water in rice cooker)
Chicken - 1 cup ( chopped in cube peices)
Eggs - 2
Mixed Vegetables - 1 cup ( frozen) ( add little water and Microwave for 5 mins)
Onion - 1 small chopped
Green chilli - 2 chopped
Garlic - 5 cloves finely chopped
Chicken noodles masala powder - 1 tsp ( the masla packets you get in noddles) ( or add pepper)
Salt - as per taste
Soya sauce



Preparation:
1. Fry Chicken peieces with pepper and salt and keep aside
2. Make an omellete with egss with pepper and salt and keep aside
3. Cook Mixed vegetables with 2 or 3 tbsp of water in Microwave for 5 mins.

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add garlic, let it sizzle.
3. Add onions n green chilli, fry till onion turns light brown
4. Add mixed vegetables and give a good stir for 1 min , it does not need cooking as we already cooked in MW.
5. Add Soya Sauce  and chicken masala powder n mix
6. Add cooked quinoa, chicken and mix well.
7. Add omellete pieces.
8. check the salt and saya sauce if u need more.

Imp Notes:

* Soya sauce and chicken masala have lot of salt, please be careful adding salt.
* If you dont have Chicken masala , you can add peeper and salt or use curry powder.

Lemon Quinoa (Lemon Rice type)

Quinoa - 1 cup ( cook with 2 cups of water in rice cooker)
Onion - 1/2 small chopped
Green chilli - 2 chopped
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Chana Dal - 1tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Dry Red Chillie - 2
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Cashews - 5-10 (as per your wish)
Salt - as per taste
Lemon juice - 1lemon juice
Caoriander leaves - 1 tbsp


Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add mustard ,cumin seeds, let it sizzle.
3. Add chana dal and urad, let it become light brown.
4. Add cashews, dry red chilli, curry leaves fry for 1 min.
5. Add onions n green chilli, turmeric ,fry till onion turns light brown
6. Add cooked quinoa and mix well n switch off the flame.
7. Add lemon juice and Salt . mix well
8. Garnish with Coriander leaves.

Tomato Qunioa Pulav with Sambar powder

Quinoa - 1 cup ( cook with 2 cups of water in rice cooker)
Onion - 1 small chopped
Green chilli - 2 chopped
Tomato - 1 M - chopped
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Chana Dal - 1tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Sambar Powder / Curry Powder - 1tsp
Salt - as per taste
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
Caoriander leaves - 1 tbsp


Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add mustard ,cumin seeds, let it sizzle.
3. Add Chana Dal and Urad, let it become light brown.
4. Add onions n green chilli and curry leaves, fry till onion turns light brown
5. Add Tomato and cook till oil separates from tomato.
6. Add Sambar powder / Curry powder and salt n mix , cook in slow flame for 5 mins.
7. Add cooked quinoa and mix well n switch off the flame.
8. Garnish with lemon juice and Coriander leaves.

Spicy Quinoa Vegetable with curry powder ( Vegetable rice type)

Quinoa - 1 cup ( cook with 2 cups of water in rice cooker)
Onion - 1 small chopped
Green chilli - 2 chopped
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry Powder - 1tsp
Mixed Vegetables - 1 cup ( frozen) ( add little water and Microwave for 5 mins)
Salt - as per taste
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
Caoriander leaves - 1 tbsp


Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add cumin seeds, let it sizzle.
3. Add onions n green chilli, fry till onion turns light brown
4. Add mixed vegetables and give a good stir , it does not need cooking as we already cooked in MW.
5. Add curry powder and salt n mix and close the lid, cook in slow flame for 5 mins.
6. Add cooked quinoa and mix well n switch off the flame.
7. Garnish with lemon juice and Coriander leaves.

Vijay’s Mutton Korma Special

 

Today is Saturday, Vijay is relaxed and asking everyone at home what they want to eat, I said Mutton kurma ..so here it is, his own orginal creation, so we named it as Vijay’s Mutton Korma Special. The taste was heavenly. To believe it, you need to try it.

Vijay’s Mutton Korma Special

Mutton (Goat) : 2 ~ 2.5 lb (medium pieces)

Onions: 2 Large (thin diced)

Green Chilli: 4 medium (thin diced)

Tomato: 1 medium (medium diced)

Curd: 1 cup

Green Chilli: 4 medium (thin sliced)

Oil: 7 tbsp

Ginger Garlic Paste: 1.5 tbsp

Cinnamon: 1 ~2 peels

Elaichi : 2 cloves

Star anise: 1

Bay leaf: 1

Mace: 3~5 petals

Coriander Powder: 2 tbsp

Cumin Powder: 1 tsp

Red chilli powder: 1 tsp

Turmeric powder: ½ tsp

Black Pepper: ½ tsp (fresh ground)

Salt: 2~2.5 tbsp

Cilantro: ½ cup (finely chopped)

 

 Method:

1.       In a 4~5 quart pressure cooker. Pour 6 tbsp of oil and heat it up.

2.       Put the cinnamon, star anise, mace, bay leaf, elaichi, let them sputter for 30 seconds

3.       Add the diced green chillies, while they are sputtering add the diced onions.

4.       Sautee the mix till the onions are fried to a golden brown (this takes about 10 ~ 12 minutes)

5.       Add the washed mutton (goat) pieces mix well, (the mutton will begin to ooze out water) till the mutton pieces turn brown.

6.       Add salt per taste (usual measure is 1 tbsp per lb of meat) adjust per your taste. The mutton will ooze more water after this.

7.       Add ginger garlic paste and mix well, make sure the water oozed from the mutton is evaporated and the mix becomes very thick and begin to stick to the bottom of the cooker.

8.       Add diced tomatoes and Red chilli powder, mix well, and cook for 2 minutes

9.       Add Coriander powder, Cumin Powder, Black Pepper powder, Turmeric powder, mix well and cook for 5 minutes.

10.   Add 1 cup of curd and cook for 5 minutes.

11.   Add 1 ~ 1.5 cups of water and mix well.

12.   Cover the pressure cooker lid and put the whistle on, leave this on medium flame till you get 3 ~ 4 whistles (adjust the cooking /# of whistles depending on the tenderness of the meat).

13.   Shut off the heat and let the pressure completely release from the cooker before you open the lid (the sure way to check if the pressure is gone is to slightly try pulling on the whistle, if it’s not tight then the pressure is gone, you can take of the whistle and then open the lid)

14.   Check for the consistency of the gravy, you can thicken it if you wish by bringing it to a boil without covering.

15.   Finally add the chopped cilantro and transfer to a serving bowl.

Quinao Vegetable pulao:

Ingredients

Quinoa-1 cup ( washed and soak for at least 30 mins)

Coconut milk-1/2cup

Water-1.5 cup

Frozen mixed vegetables-1cup

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder-1/4tsp

Sliced onion- 1/2 sliced long and thin

green chillies- 2 slit

mint leaves-2tsp chopped

ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Oil-2tsp

Dry masala's 

Cloves - 3

Cardamom- 2 small n 1 big ones

Cinnamon-a small piece

Bay leaf-1

• heat oil in pan  and dry masala's n fry them ...
• add onion n saute them till light brown...
• now add ginger garlic paste, turmeric  n green chilli and fry well..
• add vegetables , salt , mint n fry till veg's r soft...
• now add quinao n roast for 2 mins..
• add coconut milk n water mix well..
• cook for 15 mins ..on stove or transfer everything to rice cooker n cook ..
• garnish with cilantro n serve with raita..