Baby potto fry ( Andhra style)

Potato is the favorite for most of the people. This baby potato fry is Andhra style and it is very tasty. The preparation time also very less. I have seen this fry at one of my favorite cooking show. In that, the chef prepare one honey dip for this fry. That was very nice to see itself. But i didn't prepare that dip. I prepared this fry for side dish for lunch. We can have as starter or snack item with the dip. I will post the dip menu in this post also. Let us see how to prepare the tasty baby potato fry.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	20 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Baby potato	:	1/2 Kg
Ginger garlic paste	:	1/2 Tsp
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Cumin  powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Rice flour	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste
Oil	:	For fry

Method :
Peel off the baby potatoes, rinse and boil it with adding turmeric powder and salt.

After the potatoes are boiled, drain the water, and marinate with all the ingredients. Keep the marinated potatoes for at least 10 minutes.

Heat oil for fry, deep fry the soaked potatoes well. Potatoes are already boiled. So we need to fry till the masala fried.

After fried well, transfer to serving plate and serve with fried onions or as it is... Fry the curry leaves to garnish the potato.

We can make honey dip for this. Dry fry the peanut and make as coerce powder. Mix honey, pepper powder with the peanut powder. The dip is ready to serve.
Try this wonderful fry and enjoy the good taste...

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Neer dosa - Mangalore special dosa

Dosa  is one of the famous tiffin item in South india. Neer dosa is the very famous dosa in mangalore. for normal dosa  , we need to wait for fermentation. but for this  neer dosa, we need not to wait. we can make dosa  as soon as we grind the batter. we can make this dosa very easily and quickly. Morning we can make this within1 hour. for this dosa, we can have tomato chutney.I made garlic curry for this dosa. We should use coconut in correct quantity. Otherwise, the  dosa will not come in correct consistency. come let us see how to prepare the tasty neer dosa.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	40 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Raw rice	:	500 Gm
Grated coconut	:	100 Gm
Salt	:	To taste

Method :

Soak the re rice for at least half an hour. After the rice soaked well, grind the rice with adding grated coconut. grind the batter nicely as paint. The batter should be watery.

Heat the dosa thava, spray some oil and pour the batter. Need to pour the batter as we make wheat dosa.

Close the dosa with the lid.

Wait for 3 minutes, open the lid and transfer to the serving plate and serve with tomato chutney or garlic tamrind curry.

Try this wonderful easy tiffin neer dosa and enjoy the morning.

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Shredded chicken fry / Idicha kozhi varuval

I love to try different items using chicken. I tried lemon chicken, pepper chicken and many items. This time, my sister-in-law teach me to prepare shredded chicken fry. In Tamil, it will be saying, Idicha chicken fry. Because, the chicken will boil and it will be shredded by stone before fry. For this fry, we need garam masala powder which will prepared at home. This is very tasty and easy way of preparation. All the chicken lovers will like this fry very much.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	15 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Chicken	:	1/4 Kg
Oil	:	2 Tsp
Cumin seeds	:	1/2 Tsp
Fennel seeds	:	1/2 Tsp
Onion	:	1 Big No
Curry leaves	:	Few
Coriander leaves	:	Few
Salt	:	To taste
Pepper powder	:	1 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Ginger Grated	:	1/2 Tsp
Chopped garlic	:	1 Tsp
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Garam masala	:
Bay leaf	:	1 No
Cinnamon	:	2 Nos
Cloves	:	2 Nos
Star anas	:	1 No

Method :
Heat the garam masala ingredients and make powder using stone or mixer grinder.

Wash the chicken pieces well and boil it with adding turmeric powder, salt and little water.

After the cooked well, shred the chicken using stone. (That is why it is called idicha chicken).

Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, fennel seeds. Add chopped onion, garlic, grated ginger, curry leaves and saute well.

Add shredded chicken. Add chilly powder, pepper powder and mix it well. Add ground garam masala powder and mix.

Finally, add chopped coriander leaves, transfer to the serving plate and serve hot.

Try this tasty and easy chicken recipe and enjoy the different taste..

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Solanum Nagram Fry / Manathakali keerai (Kaachi soppu) Poriyal

Manathakali keerai is one of the very healthy greens and it is having a lot of health benefits. It is called as chukuti keerai in Tamil Nadu. This is very useful for Ulcer patients. It will helps to cure mouth ulcer also. It is one of the medical plant which helps to cure all type of stomach diseases. It's botanical name is Solanum Nagram. It is having little bit bitter taste. So we have to add grated coconut for more taste. This fry is very tasty and very healthy for kids as well as elder persons.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time	:	10 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Kerrai	:	1 Bunch
Onion	:	1 No
Green chilly	:	3 Nos
Grated coconut	:	1/2 Cup
Oil	:	2 Tsp
Mustard seeds	:	1/4 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste

Method :

Wash well the bunch of greens and cut it. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. After the seeds pops, add chopped onions, slit green chilies and saute well.

Add washed and chopped greens and saute. Sprinkle some water and close the pan with the lid after adding salt.

After the greens cooked well, add grated coconut and mix well.

Mix well and transfer to the serving dish and serve hot with rice or chapathy.

Try this healthy greens recipe and be healthy... Enjoy...

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Jalebi - Yummy Delhi sweet Recipe

When we were in Delhi, we used to buy jelabi in daily. Hot jalebi with sweet syrup... Wow! we definitely will do finger licking. It is very tasty and my daughter likes very much. The making of jalebi also different and we can use ketch up bottle or a polythene cone to squeeze the batter. In sweet shops, they are using clean cloth. In this festival season, if we make this type of sweets, all of our family members will like and we will get appreciation also. Try this mouth watering sweet recipe and enjoy your festival..  I made this sweet for first time. The taste is very good, but i cant do the correct shape.

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Basic information :

Fermentation time	:	24 Hrs
Cooking time	:	10 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Maida	:	1 Bowl
Corn flour	:	2 Tsp
Yellow color	:	1/2 Tsp
Baking powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Curd	:	1/2 Cup
Sugar syrup	:
Sugar	:	200 Gm
Water	:	1 Glass
Saffron	:	1 Pinch

Method :

Mix in a wide bowl, maida, corn flour, baking powder, curd with yellow color. Mix well without any lumps. Mix the batter in thick dosa batter consistency. Keep the batter for 24 hours to fermentation.

Mix sugar in water and allow it to boil. After fermentation, mix the batter well and pour it into the ketch up bottle or polythene cone or we can do with clean cloth itself. Heat oil in a pan, squeeze the batter in round as jalebi shape.

Fry the jalebi well and put it in the sugar syrup.

Within 2 minutes, transfer to the serving plate and serve hot. The hot, crispy and sweet jalebi is ready to eat..Have fun..

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Boondi Laddu

Boondi laddu is a very famous and favorite sweet recipe in India. When i have this boondi laddu which is bought from sweet stall, i thought to prepare this at my home in one day. Now i got a chance to prepare in this Diwali season. It came very well and it is very tasty. It is a very famous festive recipe which is made with gram flour or Basan. It is mixed with sugar syrup, ghee and cashews. Let us see how to prepare the tasty festive sweet recipe Boondi laddu. Must try..

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time 5 Mins	:	10 Mins

Ingredients :

Basan	:	100 Gm
Sugar	:	150 Gm
Cardamom	:	3 Nos
Ghee	:	3 Tsp
Cashew nut	:	4-6 Pcs
Raisins	:	3-4 Pcs

Method :
Mix basan with water well without any lumps. The batter should not be very thin or thick.

Heat oil in a pan, pour the batter in a holed ladle, and spread it. It will become boondi.

Fry the boondi well and keep it aside.

Make sugar syrup with the sugar with adding cardamom. It should be in string consistency.

Heat ghee in a pan, fry the cashews and raisins and add to the boondi.

Add sugar syrup little by little to the boondi, mix well and make lemon size balls. We have to make laddoos in medium heat itself. Make laddu in all the boondi and transfer to the serving plate and serve hot.

Try this yummy sweet recipe and enjoy your festivals..

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Diwali Special - Crispy Muruku / Chakli

When ever Diwali comes, i remember my mother's crispy murukku recipe. Two days before itself she will start to prepare muruku. Now also the taste is in my mouth. It will be very nice taste and crispy. She will prepare with homemade rice flour and urad dal flour. One of my aunt taught me how to prepare muruku. Myself and my sister tried that way and it came very well. And that is easy method also. My aunt taught to grind the soaked rice and mix with urad dal flour (homemade), fried gram dal flour (Pottukadali) with other ingredients. It will be very tasty and crispy. Making muruku is getting the feeling of Diwali came. Enjoy the festival with the wonderful crispy and soft muruku.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	20 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Preserve for	:	2 Weeks

Ingredients :

Steam rice	:	4 Cups
Fried gram dal	:	2 Cups
Urad dal	:	1 Cup
Butter	:	4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Sesame seeds	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste
Oil	:	For fry

Method :

Rinse and soak the steam rice for 30 minutes and grind it as smooth batter without adding more water.

Fry the gram dal and urad dal separately and mix with the rice batter well.

Heat the butter and mix along with  black sesame seeds, chilly powder, salt. Mix all well as smooth dough.

Take a ball size in the dough and put it in the muruku press and press it in the ladle.

Heat oil in a pan, fry the muruku which is pressed in ladle.

After fried well till the  golden color comes. Transfer to the bowl and keep it in air tight container after the muruku got cool. We can preserve for 1-2 weeks in a air tight container.

Try this yummy and crispy festival recipe and enjoy the festival. 

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Tea time snack - Kuzhal appam

Kuzhalappam is one of the very tasty Kerala style snack item. This is prepared with fried rice flour with coconut and other ingredients. Mostly, this crispy snack is prepared by Christians in Kerala. This is a very good tea time snack that everyonr will like very much. We can make this delicious crispy kuzhalappam in this festive season and all will definitely enjoy our day. Crispy with coconut with onion cumin seeds smells very good and tastes delicious.. Please try..

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	15 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	5 Persons

Ingredients :

To grind	:
Shredded coconut	:	1/2 Bowl
Onion	:	1/4 Bowl
Garlic	:	4 Cloves
Cumin seeds	:	1 Tsp
For Kuzhalappam	:
Rice flour	:	1 Bowl
Salt	:	To taste
Oil	:	For fry

Sesame seeds      :  1/2 Tsp

Chilly powder     :  1/2 Tsp
Method :
 Fry the rice flour slightly without burning it.

Grind the grinding ingredients. Mix the ground paste with rice flour, black sesame seeds, chilly powder with salt and make as smooth dough.

Make lemon size balls in the dough and press it in a oil greased paper as disc. Roll the disc. make all the balls as rolled disc.

Heat oil in a pan, deep fry the rolled disc well.

After fried well, transfer to the serving plate and serve hot. We can preserve for 1 week.

Try this yummy and crispy recipe and enjoy the festival..

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