Ladiesfinger fry/Okra

who doesnt love ladies finger!! and if it is made crispy too!!!

Ingredients

250 g ladies finger (chop very thinly with no more then 2 mm a piece)
salt as needed
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp cumin powder (if you have it at home)
oil to fry

Method

1. heat oil and add the ladies finger, salt, chilli powder and cumin powder mix well and simmer stove and cook with lid closed for 2 minutes
2. open the lid mix well once, check if you need extra oil and add if needed, bring flame to medium and let the l'finger cook by itself. check out once in 3 minutes to stir once so that it doesnt catch to the pan
3. once your desired crispiness is obtained (which may take some 10 minutes atleast so be patient and dont stop it half cooked) remove from flame and eat it as you like
(i love it with hot plain rice and ghee)

Tomato chicken

for those who love the flavour of tangy tomato..

Ingredients

200 g chicken cut into cubes
1 big onion chopped finely
1 big tomato chopped finely
1 tsp cumin seeds
3-4 cloves
1 inch cinnamon stick
1 tsp pepper corns
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
salt to taste
oil to fry
2 tbsp water
1 strand curry leaves

Method

1. Fry "without oil" cumin, cloves, cinnamon and pepper corns and crush into a fine powder
2. Heat oil in a frying pan splutter curry leaves and add onions and ginger garlic paste and saute for 5 minutes
3. Add tomatoes and saute for another 3 minutes
4. Add the ground powder, turmeric, chilli powder and saute for 1 minute
5. Add chicken pieces and salt and fry for 3-4 minutes
6. Add water and simmer the stove and cook with closed lid till chicken is well cooked
7. Remove lid and fry til the water is absorbed.
8. Serve with rice/roti.

Vegetable biriyani

Vegetable biriyani

you can easily prepare this with a pressure cooker in which you are used to fry foods directly, else you can fry everything in a pan and add to an electric rice cooker or to a vessel that you use inside a pressure cooker and make it...

ingredients

1 cup - basmati or regular rice
2 cup - water
1/2 cup - chopped french beans
1 big carrot - cut into small cubes or however you wish
1 capsicum - small pieces
few florets - cauliflower (optional but very tasty if added)
2 medium onions - chopped
1 tbsp - ginger garlic paste
1 bay leaf
3-4 cloves
1 inch cinnamon stick
2 cardamoms
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp coriander powder(dhania)
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste
oil to fry

Method
1. heat oil in pressure cooker and splutter dry spices
2. Add onion and saute for a minute and add ginger garlic paste and saute for 4 minutes
3. Add capsicum and saute for 2 minutes
4. Add the all the powder ingredients and saute for a minute
5. Add the vegetables, add salt and saute for 5 minutes
6. Add washed rice mix well and add water
7. check the content of salt by tasting the water : if the water is salty than mornal then it means that you have added correct amount of salt
8. close the lid and cook for three whistles or how you are used to at your cooker.
9. Serve with raita