Lemon Poha / Lemon aval

We can make different dishes using poha or aval. Sweet as well as spicy. In sweets, we can make Aval payasam, Aval laddu. In spicy version, we can make poha upma or lemon poha. It is a very tasty and simple dish which can be have as a breakfast as well as evening tea time snack. This is very simple preparation. This lemon poha is prepared by my husband for his lovable daughter. This is same as upma and we added lemon juice. So it is called lemon poha. Let us see how to prepare the tasty Lemon poha.

Basic information :

preparation time	:	10 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

Poha or Aval	:	1 Bowl
Oil	:	2 Tsp
Mustard seeds	:	1 Tsp
peanuts	:	1 Tsp
Onion	:	1 No
Chopped ginger	:	1 Tsp
Curry leaves	:	Few
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Lemon juice	:	2 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste
Red chilly	:	2 Nos

Method :
Rinse the aval and soak for 2 minutes. Do not soak over time. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, peanuts. Add chopped onion, chopped ginger, curry leaves, red chilly and saute well.

Add soaked aval, turmeric powder, salt. Add lemon juice and mix well.

After mixing well, transfer to the serving dish, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.
Try this simple and tasty recipe and enjoy the taste.

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Chicken pepper fry

Chicken fry with full of pepper flavor... Wow! Great taste and good for health also. Chicken pepper fry is a very tasty recipe. In this fry, i am not adding any other masala. Only pepper powder gives a good taste to the chicken. Pepper is good for our health. When we are adding pepper in the chicken fry, it gives more tasty and helps for digestion. This wonderful recipe goes well with chapathy, poori, and rasam rice. let us see, how to prepare the tasty yummy "Pepper chicken fry". 

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	5 Mins
Cooking time	:	20 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

For marination	:
Chicken	:	1/2 Kg
Lemon juice	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	1 Tsp
For grind	:
Small onion	:	1/2 Cup
Black pepper	:	1 Tsp
Ginger	:	2 Tsp
Garlic	:	5 Cloves
For fry	:
Oil	:	2 Tsp
Curry leaves	:	Few
pepper powder	:	3 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste

Cumin seeds        :  1 Tsp
Method :
Wash the chicken well and marinate with lime juice and salt.

Grind the ingredients.

Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds. Add curry leaves and washed chicken, saute well.

Add ground masala. Add little water and close the pan with lid and allow it to cook well.

When the chicken is almost done cooking, add pepper powder according to your spicy.

Cook the chicken well till the oil comes out and transfer to the serving dish and serve hot..

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Chilly Idly

Normal Idly with chutney or sambhar... Some times we feel boring right!.. Today i tried chilly idly using idly. It is very good evening snack with tea. We don't want any side dish for this. All the kids also like very much and they will eat more. This is tasty, crispy recipe and easy to prepare. I am preparing this fry with home made masala powder. Without any color, preservatives, it will be healthy also. Instead of buying something outside for kids, we can make different  snack item using idly like this. Kids also will like very much. We can make Idly Manchurian also.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

Idly batter	:	1 Bowl
Corn flour	:	4 Tsp
Rice flour	:	1 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Cumin powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Garam masala	:	1/4 Tsp
Ginger garlic paste	:	1/4 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste
Oil	:	For fry

Method :
Make idly with idly batter. Cut the idlies in small pieces.

Mix all the ingredients well and dip the idly pieces. No need to soak.

Heat oil in a frying pan, fry the masala dipped idlies well.

After fried well, transfer to the serving platter and serve hot..

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Chana dal curry for chapathy / poori

Chana dal curry is a very simple and tasty curry which goes well with chapathy and poori. Being lot of carbohydrate in chana dal, i am adding ginger, garlic for digestion. Most of the restaurants, this curry will be available in the name of Dal fry. It is very famous north Indian recipe. 

Health benefits :

Chana dal or Bengal gram dal is very useful to diet for weight loss. It is having Vitamins, minerals like, copper, magnesium etc. We can strongly  recommend for diabetic patents. Chana dal is helps to reduce the cholesterol. It is low in fat and rich in fiber, calcium and protein.

Basic information :

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

Ingredients :

Chana dal	:	100 Gm
Oil	:	2 Tsp
Fennel seeds	:	1 Tsp
Onion	:	1 No
Ginger chopped	:	1 Tsp
Garlic chopped	:	2 Tsp
Tomato	:	1 No
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Coriander powder	:	1 Tsp
Curry leaves	:	Few
Coriander leaves	:	To garnish
Salt	:	To taste

Method :

Rinse the chana dal and pressure cook by leaving 3-4 whistles with adding salt. Heat oil in a pan, add fennel seeds. Add nicely chopped onion and saute well. Add chopped ginger, garlic, curry leaves.

Add chopped tomatoes and saute well. Add cooked chana dal. We can smash the dal brfore adding.

Add masala powders , little water and cook till the raw smell goes.

After the curry became thick, transfer to the serving dish and garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapathy and poori.

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Potato recipe - Dum Aloo / Shahi Aloo

We all like potato. We can make many variety of curries and fries using potato. Dum aloo is one of the famous North Indian recipe. When i tried at my home, my family members liked very much. It goes well with chapathy, poori, roti, naan and also with rice. When mixing fresh cream, it gives more tasty to the curry. Instead of fresh cream, we can use thick milk. let we see, how to prepare the tasty potato recipe "Dum aloo".

Basic information :

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

Ingredients :

Potato	:	1/4 Kg
Oil	:	3 Tsp
Onion	:	2 No
Ginger	:	1 Inch
Garlic	:	4 Cloves
Tomato	:	2 Nos
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Coriander powder	:	2 Tsp
Garam masala	:	1/2 Tsp
Cumin powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Fennel seeds	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste
Kasuri methy	:	1 Tsp
Fresh cream	:	3 Tsp

Method :
Boil the potato, peel off. Heat oil in a pan, add Onion slices, chopped ginger, garlic, curry leaves and saute well.

Add chopped tomatoes and saute well till the tomatoes smashed.

Switch off the flame, add some cashew-nuts and grind it as fine paste, after getting cool. Heat oil in a pan, add  fennel seeds. Add the ground paste, saute well.

Add all the masala powders, salt and leave to cook till the raw smell goes.

Add cooked potatoes. Add fresh cream and  crushed kasuri methi.

Cook for 5 more minutes and transfer to the serving dish, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.

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Mushroom recipe - Stuffed Mushroom thava fry

Mushroom is very healthy one. We can make Mushroom pepper fry using this button Mushroom. Also we can make Mushroom gravy. This time i tried a different stuffed thava fry. It is stuffed with dry fruits, paneer, potato and other ingredients which gives more tasty and the best health benefits. I learnt this from my favorite Chef at my favorite Tv show. My daughter liked this very much. While we adding all the dry fruits, we can get a lot of Vitamins, minerals and also great immune power. Dry fruits, paneer, potato with Mushroom... Wow!.. What a full energy we can get when we are eating this. Let us enjoy with complete food.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	15 Mins
Cooking time	:	15 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

Mushroom	:	2 Packs
For stuffing	:
Chopped cashew	:	2 Tsp
Chopped Badam	:	2 Tsp
Chopped Pista	:	2 Tsp
Grated paneer	:	2 Tsp
Potato	:	1 No
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Garam masala	:	1/4 Tsp
Green chilly	:	1 No
Coriander leaves	:	Few
Salt	:	To taste
Oil	:	For fry

Method :
Cook the potato, peel off and grate it for stuffing. Heat water in a bowl. When the water started boiling, add washed mushrooms. Add salt and cook well.

After the mushrooms cooked, drain the water and wash it in cool water. Take the center stem of the Mushroom and make cups.

Mix all the stuffing ingredients well with the grated potatoes.

Stuff the stuffings in the Mushroom cups.

Heat oil in a flat thava or dosa thava, fry the stuffed mushrooms in low flame.

After 4-5 minutes, turn the other side, and fry well.

After fried well, transfer to the serving plate and garnish with badam and pistha slices.

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Chicken Potli / Chicken samosa

Chicken potli is a very tasty portli or samosa with nice chicken fry. When i made this, my family members all are liked very much. I made this with maida dough. We can use potli sheet also. If we use that sheets, it will be much more easier. But, i made maida dough and then made sheet myself. The fry masala also very different method from my normal fries. This is a very good snack item in non-veg. Using the same fry, we can make rolls also. chapathy role with chicken fry will be perfect. Try this yummy chicken snack item, "Chicken Potly".

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	15 Mins
Cooking time	:	10 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

For marinate	:
Chicken	:	250 Gm
Mixed herbs	:	2 Tsp
Pepper powder	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	1 Tsp
Olive oil	:	1 Tsp
For dry powder	:
Mustard seeds	:	2 Tsp
Kalonji seeds	:	1 Tsp
Methy seeds	:	1/4 Tsp
Fennel seeds	:	1 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
For fry	:
Onion	:	1 No
Turmeric powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Mint leaves	:	Few
For potli	:
Maida	:	1 Cup
Salt	:	1 Tsp

Method :
Cut the boneless chicken in very small pieces. Wash and marinate the chicken with the given ingredients.

Fry the dry powder ingredients exept chilly powder and dry grind it with chilly powder as powder.

Heat oil in a pan, add nicely sliced onion and saute well till the onion gets transparent.

Add marinated chicken and saute. Add little water and cover the pan. Wait for 5 minutes to cook.

After 5 minutes, the chicken cooked well, add the ground dry powder 2 Tsp and chopped mint leaves.

If you want, you can add chilly powder for more spicy. Add salt. Fry well the chicken till it comes dry. Switch off the flame and allow it to cool in room temperature.

Make maida smooth dough and spread like sheets. Add the chicken fry stuffing and make potli or samosa.

Heat oil in a pa frying pan, fry the potlies in all the sides equally.

Transfer to the serving plate and serve with sauce dip.
Making Dip sauce:
 Grind tomato, garlic, mixed herbs well as chutney. Heat oil in a pan, add the ground paste, salt, chilly powder, 1 Tsp of sugar and cook till oil comes out and raw smell goes. Serve with the tasty chicken Potli.

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