Posted on 05 November 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
For the balls:
- Small onions-3/4 cup
- Green chillies-3
- Shredded coconut- ½ cup
- Fennel seeds- 1 tsp
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Posted on 21 August 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Basmati rice – 2 cups
- Water – 3-1/2 cups
- Eggs – 6
- Onion (thin-sliced) – 1
- Ginger paste – 1 tsp
- Garlic paste – 1 tsp
- Green chilli (thin-sliced)- 2
- Cloves – 3
- Black pepper – 7
- Bay leaves – 2
- Cardamom – 2
- Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp
- Cinnamon sticks (thin) 3-4
- Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- Vegetable oil – 4 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Chopped coriander leaves
Method:
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add cumin seeds, green and brown cardamom, cinnamon
- sticks, cloves, black pepper and the bay leaves.
- Fry for a minute. Reduce the heat.
- Add sliced onion, green chilly, ginger garlic paste and fry
- until light golden brown.
- Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala and
- salt. Mix well.
- Add rice and water. Stir well. Cover it and cook for 20
- minutes on medium heat. Slowly toss the rice upside down
- once, while its getting cooked.
- Meanwhile keep three eggs for boiling.
- Take the remaining three eggs and beat in a bowl. Add salt to it and beat again.
- Heat oil (1 tbsp.) in a pan. Pour the beaten eggs. Continuously stir it and cook until golden
- brown.
- Cut the boiled eggs into rings (thin slices). Arrange in the corners of the serving dish plate.
- Once you are done with the rice, add the scrambled eggs to the rice and slowly mix it taking
- care that you do not break the rice grains.
- Put the rice in the center of the serving plate.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
Posted on 25 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Basmati rice 500gms
- Eggs 3
- Onions 1
- Green chillies 2
- Ginger 1″piece
- Cinnamon 1
- Clove 2
- Bay leaf 1
- Pepper powder 1 tbsp
- Salt as per taste
- Oil 4 tbsp
Method:
- Beat egg and add pepper.Make a big omelet and cut it into small pieces.
- Heat oil,add all the masala.Saute till they are fried.
- Add onions,ginger and green chillies.Saute till they are pink in colour.
- Now add rice to the above mixture and mix thoroughly.
Posted on 17 June 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Boiled eggs-3
- Small Onion- 15 to 20
- Tomato- 1
- Chili powder- 1/4 tsp
- Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
- Oil and Slat- as required
- To paste:
- Coriander seeds- 2 spoon
- Red Chili- 2
- Garlic- 2 cloves
- Ginger- 1/2 inch
- Curry leaves- few
- Rice- 1/2 tsp
- Pepper corns- 1/2 tsp
- Fennel seeds- 1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds- 1/4 tsp
- Grated coconut- 4 spoon
Method:
- Peel Small onion and fry with little Oil. Fry till it turns into light brown in color.Crush the fried onion with a knife. Hard boil the eggs in water.
- Chop the tomato and keep this aside. Remove the shell of boiled eggs and cut it lengthwise.
- In medium flame, heat 2 teaspoons of Oil in a pan . Add all the ‘To paste’ ingredients except grated Coconut. Fry till the rice becomes pure White in color.
- Finally add grated Coconut and fry for a min.
- Grind all fried ingredients with Water and make a fine paste.
- Heat Oil in a pan. Add the crushed Onion and fry for a min. Then add Tomato and saute till it turns soft.
- Then add Chili powder, Turmeric powder, ground paste,Salt and a cup of Water. Cook for 7 to 10 min in medium flame.
- Finally add the boiled eggs and cook for a min.
Posted on 15 May 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- Egg – 2
- Onion – 1
- Tomato – 1
- Grated coconut – 3 spoons
- Turmeric powder – a pinch
- Chicken masala powder – 1 spoon
- Chili powder – ½ tspn
- Black pepper – 1 tspn
- Coriander seeds – 1 tspn
- Poppy seeds (kasakasa) – ½ tspn
- Fennel seeds (perunjeeragam) – 1 tspn
- Mustard seeds and Black gram– ½ tspn
- Curry leaves – a string
- Coriander leaves – a string
- Oil, salt – As required
Method:
- Cut the Onion and Tomato into small pieces.
- Grind Coriander seeds, Poppy seeds (kasakasa), Fennel seeds and Black pepper with Grated coconut. Take coconut milk out of this ground mix and keep aside.
- Heat Oil in a pan, add Mustard seeds and Black gram. Once it splutters add Curry leaves and Onion. Fry till the onion becomes golden brown in color.
- Then add Tomato and fry till it becomes soft.
- Then add Chili powder, Chicken masala powder and Turmeric powder. Fry till the raw smell of masala goes.
- Once the raw smell goes add a cup of Water, Salt and already prepared Coconut milk. Let it boil once.
- Finally break each Egg and drop into the curry, one at a time. Do not stir or mix after this. Let it boil for a few minutes.
- Once the Eggs cook on both sides, garnish with Coriander leaves.
Posted on 15 April 2009 by Sarmila
Ingredients:
- 4 large hard-boiled eggs
- 2 medium sized potatoes skinned and cubed
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced shallots
- 1 tsp thinly sliced ginger pieces
- 1 tsp garlic pieces
- 2 small green chilies slit
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp cumin powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper powder
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground garam masala (cardamom + fennel seeds + cloves + cinnamon)
- 3/4 cup coconut milk
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 tbsp oil
- salt to taste
Method:
- Heat oil, and add the shallots, green chilies, ginger and garlic pieces and saute till the shallots start to brown.
- Mix the red chili, coriander, cumin, turmeric and black pepper powders with a little water to make a paste. Add the paste to the pan, and fry on medium heat till the spices are aromatic and oil starts to separate.
- Add the potatoes and mix well. add 1 cup of water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and add the coconut milk and vinegar. Cook covered till the potatoes are soft. Add the garam masala and salt and mix well.
- Cut the eggs in half, or make large slits on the eggs, and place them in the gravy. Make sure the eggs are completely immersed in the gravy, use a spoon to pour some over the eggs. Simmer for a couple of minutes and remove from the heat.