Tomato Rice

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Tomato Rice

Ingredients

1. Rice - 3/4 to 1 cup
2. Onion thinly sliced - a small one
3. Ginger chopped - 1 tspn
4. Green chilly sliced - 3 nos.
5. Tomato chopped - 3 Nos.
6. Chilly Pdr - 1 tspn
7. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tspn
8.Garam MAsala - 1/2 tspn
9. Asafoetida - a pinch
10. Curry leaves and coriander leaves - a few
9. Whole urad dal and channa dal - 1 tspn each

Method

Boil rice with enough salt and keep aside. In a pan, take 3 tablespoon of oil (gingelly oil is best) and fry both the dal. Saute onion and green chilly. Add the powders and fry for a few seconds and then add the chopped tomatoes.  Fry until it becomes soft. Add the leaves and the rice. Fry for 2 minutes.

Enjoy!

Chilly Beef

Found a good recipe for Chilly chicken which I tested and found to be very good. Thought I shall try the same recipe with beef and it turned out good.

Chilly Beef

Ingredients

For marinade

1. Beef (thinly sliced) or chicken (in cubes) - 1/2 Kg
2. Soya Sauce - 2 tblsn
3. Vinegar - 1 tbspn
4. Pepper powder - 1 tspn
5. Chilly powder - 1 tspn
6. Flour - 2 tbpsn
7. Cornflour - 1 tbspn
10 - Egg - 1 (optional)
11- Ginger/garlic paste - 2 tspn



To make sauce

1. Onion thinly sliced - 1 number
2. Ginger and garlic thinly sliced - 2 tbspn
3. Spring onion leaves and Celery leaves - 1 tbspn each (optional)
4. Soya Sauce - 1 tspn
5. Tomato Sauce - 3 tbspn
6. Chilly Sauce - 2 tbspn (optional)
7. Cornfour mixed in water - 1 tbspn
8. Onion cut into cubes - 1
9. Capsicum cut into squares - 1

Method

Marinate the beef/chicken in the mentioned ingredients and leave it in the fridge for minimum one hour.

Fry the beef/chicken in oil and keep aside. In the same oil saute Onion, ginger and garlic. Once well sauted add the fried item and saute well. Add the leaves and the sauce. After frying for a while add the cornflour and water. Finally add the cubed onion and capsicum. Let it cook for a while. Check the water and add more hot water if you need gravy.

Enjoy with butter nan!

Butter Nan

Finally I found a recipe which worked for butter nan. It is soft and tasty.

Butter Nan

Ingredients

1. Flour - 2 cups
2. Milk - 1/2 cup (warmed)
3. Yeast - 1/2 to 3/4 tspn (mix in 1/2 cup of warm water with a teaspoon of sugar)
4. Egg - 1 number
5. Curd - 1 tbspn
6. Sugar - 2 tspn

Method

Knead the flour well and leave it aside for minimum 2 hour or more depending upon the room temperature. The dough will feel sticky but that is fine.

Once the dough has risen pat your palms with some flour and divide it into equal balls. Roll it and cook it on a tava. Apply butter on both sides while each side has been cooked.


Enjoy!

Dahi Potato

There are many potato fans and in my household all of them are. Potato in any form and they relish it. Came upon this recipe and found it to be good with chappathi or even rice.

Dahi Potato

Ingredients

1. Potato (baby potatoes are desirable else cubed potatoes) - 1/2 kg
2. Curd - 3/4 cup (not sour)
3. Chilly powder - 1 tspn
4. Dried mango powder - 1 tspn
5. Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tspn
6. Chopped onion - 2 medium
7. Sliced green chilly - 2
6. Sliced ginger - a few pieces
8. Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tspn
9. Whole spices - 3 cardamom, 2 cloves, a piece of patta, 2 red chilly, 2 bay leaves, 1 tspn of cumin seeds
10. Fenugreek powder - 1 tspn
11. Coriander leaves - a few

Method

Mix the curd, chilly and mango powder and keep aside.

Shallow fry the potatoes until slightly browned and keep aside. In the same oil, fry the whole spices and then add the chopped onions. Fry until brown and then add the ginger/garlic paste. Fry until the raw smell leaves. Add the mixed curd and keep stirring it until the water evaporates and oil separates. Add some water and cook covered for a while. Add the potatoes along with sliced chilly and ginger and cook until potatoes are done. Sprinkle the fenugreek powder and coriander leaves if you are suing. Finally sprinkle the garam masala and switch off the fire.

Enjoy!