Aug
15
2010
Ingredients:
- Urad Dal – 1 cup
- Moong Dal – 1/2 Cup
- Idly Ravva – 1 Cup
- Coriander Leaves – 1/4 Cup
- Salt – to Taste
- Mustard Seeds – 1/2 Teaspoon
- Curry Leaves – 1 Stem
- Hing – 1 Pinch
- Oil as required.
Method:
- Soak Urad Dal, Moong Dal for 2 hours and grind it in a mixture.
- Wash the Idly Ravva and squeeze the water out of it and put this in above dough, then add salt and mix it well.
- Take a small pan and put 1 tablespoon of oil and bring it to heat and put mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves and let them crackle and put this in the idly dough.
- Add cilantro to this dough.
- Put this in idly maker and make them like regular idlies.
Tip: serve this with any kind of Chutney.
Jul
21
2010
Ingredients:
- Chicken – 1 lb – cut into medium pieces.
- Raw Mango – 2 small – Cut into small pieces.
- Onion – 1 big – Cut into small pieces.
- Green Chillies – 2 – Cut into small pieces.
- Curry Leaves – 1 Stem
- Ginger-garlic Paste – 2 Teaspoons
- Turmeric – 1/4 Teaspoon
- Red Chillie Powder – 1 Teaspoon
- Tadka Seeds – 1 Teaspoon
- Cilantro – Handful
- Special Masala powder – 1/4 Teaspoon
- Salt – to Taste
- Oil – 4 Tablespoon
Method:
- In a pressure cooker add 4 tablespoons of oil and let it heat. Now put the Tadka Seeds and let them crackle.
- Put the curry leaves, onion and green chillies and fry for 5 minutes.
- Put the ginger-garlic paste and fry this until he raw smell goes off.
- Add red chillie powder, turmeric, salt and special masala powder. Mix it well and put the chicken pieces and saute it for couple of minutes.
- Add mango pieces and put 3/4 cup of water and put the lid on and cook this for 3 whistles.
- Once the pressure is off, garnish it with cilantro.
It goes well with white tice & Roti.