biryani

Palak & Peas Biryani

March 24, 2015

Ingredients:


Palak leaves                   : 1 bunch
Rice                               : 2 cups
Onion                            : 1 big
Peas                               : 1/2 cup
Green chillies                : 2nos
Garlic                            : 2 cloves
Ginger                           : 1"pc
Bay leaf                         : 1
Cloves                           : 3nos
Cinnamon                     : 1"pc
Yoghurt                         : 1 tbsp
Oil                                 : 2tbsp
Sal to taste
Biryani masala              : 1tsp
Coriander leaves           : 1tbsp chopped

Method:

Wash and blanch the palak leaves. Grind it in a mixie to a paste and keep aside.
Chop onion finely.  Crush ginger, garlic and green chillies together and keep aside.
Cook rice adding enough water and salt  and keep aside.

Heat oil in a kadai,  fry  cinnamon, cloves and bay leaves. Add crushed garlic, ginger and green chillies and saute it well. Then add the chopped onion to this and fry it till light brown.  Now add the peas to it  and fry for a few seconds and add the  palak puree to that and  again fry that for one minute. Then add the biryani masala and mix well. 



Then add the yoghurt and salt to this and mix well. Add the cooked rice to this and mix it well.
Garnish with coriander leaves.

Paper roast

Paper roast (Restaurant style)

March 02, 2015






Paper roast can be made by using the same Dosa batter which I posted aleady in this blog. 
The dosa should be thin and crispy.


Ingredients:

Dosa batter               : 3 cups
Ghee                         : 1/2 cup

Method:

Add little water to the dosa batter to make the batter thin, then only the dosa will become thin and crispy. 
Heat the dosa tawa and pour one ladle of batter on the tawa and spread it evenly to make a thin circle. 





Apply one spoon ghee around the dosa, let it cook till golden brown in colour.   Fold it carefully and serve it with coconut chutney!!




Kondattam

Tapioca pappad / maracheeni pappad

March 02, 2015

Tapioca is a root vegetable, also known as kappa or maracheeni in malayalam.  This can be used for making veg curries or upperi.  Boiled kappa and is very tasty with meen curry!

മരച്à´šീà´¨ി / à´•ൊà´³്à´³ി പപ്പടം

Ingredients:


Tapioca                    : 3 roots
Red chillies             :  10nos
Salt to taste
Asafoetida              : 1/4tsp
Water                      : 6cups(approx)
Coconut oil            : 1tbsp



Method:



Wash the tapioca well, since it grows under the soil, care should be taken while washing.  Remove the skin and remove the vein from the middle and cut it into small pieces. Wash it again and grind it along with red chillies into a paste. Add water and  salt and asafoetida to this, make it a thin batter.
Take a thick bottomed vessel, cook the batter adding coconut oil, stir it frequently till it becomes thick paste like a custard.
Take a plastic sheet, spread it under the sun and drop 1 ladle of the paste and spread it thinly about 5 inch diameter, in circular shape. Dry it under the sun for 2 to 3 days.  By this time the pappad is ready for consumption. Store it in an air tight container.
Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry the pappads, it'll be tasty!!


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