10 Aug 2017

Mutton Kola Urundai - Minced Meat Ball Recipes

Ingredients
  • Minced Mutton   – 150 gm
  • Cinnamon - ½ inch  piece
  • Clove – 1  
  • Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
  • Shallots – 10 Nos
  • Garlic – 4 pods
  • Ginger – 1 inch piece
  • Green chillies – 2Nos ( ad according to your spice taste)
  • Grated coconut – 2 tbsp
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Fried gram  – 1 tbsp
  • Curry leaves  few
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil to fry
  • Egg - 1 (for binding - optional)
Preparation
  • Wash the mutton, squeeze out the water and kept aside.
  • Heat the frying pan with oil and add cinnamon, clove and fennel seeds sauce for a sec.
  • Now add onion, ginger, garlic, turmeric,  green, and saute till nice flavour comes.
  • Then add curry leaves, coconut, fried gram and  saute for 2 mins.
  • Finally, add mutton and saute  till the water dries out, off the flame. Allow the mixture  to cool.
  • Now grind the mixture without adding any water.
  • Transfer the mixture to the bowl and mix well with few coriander leaves.
  • Heat the pan with oil, in the mean time make small balls mutton balls and  kept aside.
  •  Once the oil gets hot, add the balls and fry in low flame till crispy.
  •  Ready to serve mutton kola urundai  as snacks or with rice.

9 Aug 2017

Vanjaram Fish Fry / Vanjaram Meen Varuval - King fish / Seer Fish Fry Recipe

Ingredients
  • Seer Fish - Vanjaram meen - 1/2 Kg cut into steaks
  • Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tbsp
  • Red chilli powder - 2 tbsp
  • Pepper powder - 2 tsp
  • Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil required for shallow fry
Preparation
  • Clean the fish and remove excess water. Set aside.
  • Take all your ingredients  and mix all the spices with salt. add lemon juice, a little water, mix well make it masala paste.
  • Apply the paste on both sides of the seer fish. Kept aside for 30 min  to 1 hour.
  • Heat the pan with oil,  place the fish over it shallow fry the fish for  1 - 2minutes on each side (golden colour)Drain the fish  and serve hot.
  • Ready to serve spicy and healthy Vanjaram - Seer Fish Fry with rasam rice.

1 Aug 2017

Pudalangai Kootu - Snake Gourd Curry recipe

Ingredients
  • Snake gourd - 2 small chopped
  • Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
  • Jeera – 1 tsp
  • Green chillies – 2  
  • Curd – 1 cup  
  • Moong dal dal - 1 cup cooked
  • Coconut gratings – 2 tsp
  • Coriander leaves few 
For seasoning
  • Oil - 1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds -1 tsp
  • Urad dal – 1 tsp
  • Red Chillies - 2
  • Asafoetida Powder - a pinch
  • Curry leaves few
  • Salt to taste
Preparation
  • In a mixer grinder add coconut, green chillies and jeera grind fine paste.
  • Beat the curd well and keep aside.
  • Heat the oil in a pan,  add mustard, urad, turmeric powder, red Chillies,  asafoetida, curry leaves, saute for a min, then add snake gourd and salt saute for 3 mins, then add sufficient water just to cover the vegetable.
  • Cook till the snake gourd is soft.
  • Now add mashed dal allow to cook for 3-4 mins and add the  grounded paste, mix well.
  • In a low flame allow to boil for 5 mints and add the curd, stir well and remove from flame. Sprinkle few coriander leaves on the top.
  • Ready to serve the tasty Pudalangai Kootu with rice and chappathi, dosa too.