Chicken Biriyani

Ingredients:

To marinate for 1 hour:
500 g chicken cut into pieces,
2 tbsp thick fresh curd,  1 tbsp ginger garlic paste,
1 tsp red chilli powder,
1 tsp salt
Grind together:
3 cloves,
2 cardamoms,
1 inch cinnamon stick,
2 inch ginger,
10 cloves garlic,
a small bunch of coriander leaves
For seasoning:
1 tsp cumin seeds,
2 cloves,
1 inch cinnamon stick,
1 big bay leaf,
3 green chillies
Others:
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
Salt as reqd
2 big onions thinly chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
1 1/2 cup rice
1 cup coconut milk
2 cup water
Garnish:
Mint leaves and cashews fried in butter

Cooking Method:
1. Heat oil in pan, and splutter the seasonings.
2. Add the ground paste and saute for 1 min
3. Add chopped onions and tomatoes and fry well
4. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and red chilli powder and saute for 1 min
5. Add marinated chicken and required salt and saute for 5 mins
6. Add coconut milk and bring to boil
7. Transfer the contents to an electric rice cooker and add rice and water and cook till done
(if you use pressure cooker, the ingredients can be fried in that itself and then covered with lid and cook for 3 whistles)
8. Garnish and serve with raita

2-step-vanjara meen fry, seer fish

This is my Mother-in-law's "easy to cook tasty to eat" recipe. Though i dont eat fish i am tempted to include this recipe as all people praise her on this dish.

Ingredients:
Seer fish - 10 slices
Chilli powder - 1/2 tbsp
Rice flour - 1 tbsp
Salt - as required
Oil - to deep fry
Optional - turmeric powder - a pinch

The 2 step Method:
1. Mix chilli powder, rice flour and salt (turmeric powdre if using) to the fish slices and marinate for 2 hours. (DON'T REFRIGERATE)
2. Deep fry the slices in low flame till the fish is well cooked and crispy.

Serve it with anything or eat it as a main dish too.

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.

Egg rice in minutes

Hai,
are you lazy today to make a meals? here is a very simple dish which you can have with just onion raita or even plain.. only thing you havr to do is cook rice.

Egg rice

Ingredients:

2 cups boiled rice (any rice will taste good)
2 eggs
2 onions, grated
1 small tomato, finely chopped
1 capsicum (optional, thin slices)
4 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 small bay leaf
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 green chillies slit in two
1 tsp turmeric powder
salt to taste

method:

1. heat oil, add cloves and cinnamon stick and let it splutter.
2. Add onions, ginger garlic paste and green chillies and saute for 2 minutes.
3. break the eggs in the onion and fry till the eggs are scrambled.
4. Add capsicum and saute for 2 minutes.(optional)
5. Add tomatoes and saute for another 2 minutes.
6. Now add turmeric powder and salt and saute for 2 minutes.
7. Add the cooked rice, mix well and simmer with lid closed for 3 minutes.

tasty egg rice is ready to eat with raita or just plain.