Jayamma's Kitchen

Kalmi Kabab

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Sun, 1 Mar 2015 21:17:00 GMT

Ingredients :

500g Chicken, cut into pieces
50g Cashewnuts
1/4 cup Cream,
1/4 cup Cheese, grated
2 spoons White pepper powder
Salt, according to your taste
2 spoons, Green chilli paste
Butter for coating

How to make it :

Make kaju paste by blending kaju, cream, grated cheese, green chiili paste, white pepper powder and salt in a mixer. Marinate chicken with kaju paste for 1/2 an hour. Cook chicken in clay oven with butter coating on it. Garnish with mint chutney and salad.

Aloo Bhath

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:27:00 +0100

Ingredients :

2 Potatoes, washed and chopped
3 cups Basmati Rice, soaked in water
1 spoon jeera/cumin seeds
5 laung/cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
2 Bay leaves
1/2 spoon turmeric powder/haldi
1 spoon garam masala powder
2 spoons red chilli powder
1 spoon dhania powder
Salt according to your taste
Chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut for garnishing
Oil for cooking

How to make it :

Heat oil in a kadai, fry jeera, laung, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks for 5 minutes. Add chopped potato and fry for 5 more minutes. Add soaked basmati rice, dhania powder, garam masala powder, haldi, salt and chilli powder and mix well. Pour enough water. Cover and simmer until rice and potatoes are cooked properly. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and grated coconut.

Chinese Style Ginger Chicken

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:53:00 +0100

Ingredients :

4 boneless, skinless chicken pieces
1 medium red capsicum, thinly sliced
1/2 cup water
Soy sauce, 2 tablespoons
Rice vinegar, 2 tablespoons
1 Ginger root, peeled and grated
1 tablespoon oil
Chopped green onions, to garnish

How to make :

Saute chicken pieces in oil until cooked, drain and keep aside. Heat remaining oil, fry red capsicum until crisp. Add water, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger root and boil for 4-5 minutes. Add the sauted chicken and fry for 5 minutes. Garnish with green onions and serve hot.

Masala Buttermilk

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:19:00 +0100

Ingredients :

• 3 cups Curd (yogurt)
• 1/2 inch Ginger
• 5 cloves Garlic
• 1 tsp Jeera
• Coriander powder(as desired)
• Salt (to taste)

For Seasoning :

• 1 tsp Oil
• 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
• 5 to 6 leaves Curry leaves
• A pinch of Asafoetida (hing)

How to make it :

Grind ginger, garlic jeera, and coriander to make a fine paste. Blend the paste with curd and salt. Add water, if required. Heat oil for seasoning, add mustard seeds, curry leaves and hing. Allow them to splutter. Pour this seasoning in the buttermilk and mix well. Garnish with coriander leaves and jeera before serving.

Corn Dippers

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:19:00 +0100

Ingredients :

4 Corn cobs, halved
2 spoons of Grated Coconut
1 spoon of Cinnamon Powder
1 spoon of Castor Sugar
1 spoon of Butter.

How to make it :

Boil the corn cobs in water for 10 minutes or till corn is tender. You can also grill the corn till they are cooked. Meanwhile, roast the grated coconut in a hot pan until it turns golden in colour. Add cinnamon powder and castor sugar and mix well. Toss the hot corn cobs in butter. Using a fork, roll and dip the corn cobs in the coconut mixture. Serve as evening snacks.

Paala Beerakaya Koora (Milky Ridge Gourd Curry)

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:18:00 +0100

Ingredients :

2 Beerakayalu (Ridge Gourds), washed, scrapped and chopped
1/4 cup Milk
1 spoon jeera/cumin seeds
2 Onions, chopped
1/2 spoon turmeric powder/haldi
2 spoons red chilli powder
2 Green chillies, chopped
Salt according to your taste
Oil for cooking
Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

How to make it :

Heat oil in a kadai (pan), fry jeera and chopped onions for 5 minutes. Add red chilli powder, salt and chopped ridge gourd pieces. Mix well. Cover the kadai (pan) with a lid and simmer till ridge gourd is cooked and becomes soft. Now add chopped green chillies and fry for another 10 minutes. When ridge gourd is completely cooked, add milk. Simmer for 5 minutes and remove from the stove. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve with roti or steamed rice.

Liver Masala

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Mon, 4 Jun 2012 21:43:00 +0100

Ingredients :

1kg liver
2sp ginger-garlic paste
4sp red chilli powder
5-6 cloves
4 cardamoms
2 onions, chopped
2sp dhania powder
1sp haldi
2sp coconut powder
2sp garam masala powder
a bunch of coriander, chopped
4sp lime juice
salt as per your taste
oil for frying

How to make it :

Wash liver and soak it in milk for 30 minutes. Wash again and keep aside. Mix liver, ginger-garlic paster, chilli powder, salt, oil and mix well. Saute this mixture in hot pan for 10 minutes or till liver is golden in colour. In the same pan, heat oil and fry cloves, cardamoms for 4 minutes. Add chopped onions and salt and fry till onions are crispy and golden in colour. Add ginger-garlic powder, haldi, chilli powder, dhania powder, coconut powder and little water. Simmer for 5 minutes. Now add liver and mix well. Cover and cook till liver is cooked. Sprinkle garam masala powder. Garnish with chopped coriander, lime juice.

Creamy Palak Curry

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:52:00 GMT

Ingredients :

2 bunches of Palak leaves/Spinach, washed and chopped
1/2 cup Milk
4 spoons single cream or cream layer on top of home-made curd
1 spoon jeera/cumin seeds
5 laung/cloves
3 elachi/cardamom pods
2 cinnamon sticks
2 spoon ginger-garlic paste
2 Onions, chopped
1/2 spoon turmeric powder/haldi
1 spoon garam masala powder
2 spoons red chilli powder
Salt acording to your taste
Oil for cooking

How to make it :

Heat oil in a kadai, fry jeera, laung, elachi, cinnamon sticks for 5 minutes. Add ginger-garlic paste, chopped onions and fry till onions turn into golden colour. Add haldi, salt and chilli powder and mix well with the onions. Now add washed and chopped palak leaves. Fry till palak is done. Stir in milk, cream and garam masala powder. Simmer for 5-7 minutes. Serve immediately with roti or steamed rice.

Daddojanam (Curd Rice)

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:39:00 GMT

This is a yummy south indian dish which you can serve as breakfast or even for a light lunch. It can be made very quickly. It is normally served as 'prasadam' in the south indian temples.

Ingredients :

2 cups Cooked Rice
1 cup Curd
4 chopped green chillies
1 small ginger, chopped
1 spoon mustard seeds
a sprig of curry leaves
2 dry red chillies
Salt according to your taste

Method :

Mix curd with cooked rice. If you want the consistency to be very smooth, add some more curds. Add chopped green chillies and salt according to your taste. Keep aside. Heat oil in a small kadai for the seasoning. Add dry red chillies, chopped ginger, mustard seeds, curry leaves and fry for 2-3 minutes. Pour this seasoning on the curd rice and mix well. Serve hot or cold along with pickle and fried chillies.

Egg Fry

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Thu, 6 Oct 2011 16:44:00 +0100

Ingredients :

6 Hard boiled eggs.
2sp Salt
2sp Red chilli powder
3sp Garam masala powder
1sp Turmeric powder
1sp Oil for frying
1sp Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing (optional)

Method :

Slices boiled eggs into 2 equal halves. Heat oil in a kadhai. Add boiled eggs and saute for 5-6 mintues. Sprinkle salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder. Mix well and turn the eggs carefully. Make sure that the yolks do not come out while turning. Sim for 5 mins. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves (optional). You can serve this either as a snack or a side dish during dinner.

Macaroni Vegetable Chatpata

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Fri, 3 Jun 2011 22:47:00 +0100

Ingredients :

2 Cups of Macaroni

2 Onions, sliced

3 Green chillies, chopped
Tomato puree 100 grams

1/2 sp Jeera

1/2 Cup Mixed Vegetables, Boiled and Chopped ( Carrots, Beans, Cauliflower etc )

Water as per the necessity

Salt, as per your requirement
4sp Chat masala powder
Lime juice, 1sp
1 bunch coriander leaves for garnishing

4sp Oil

How to make it :

Boil water, add macaroni along with 1sp oil and 1sp salt. After macaroni is cooked, remove from flame. Run under cold water and drain in a colander. Heat 3sp oil in a pan, add jeera and fry well. Then add sliced onions, chopped green chillies. Saute for 1 minute and add the vegetables. Cover and fry till 5 minutes or till vegetables are cooked.
After that add cooked macaroni, tomato puree, chat masala powder and mix well. Remove from flame and after 1 minute, mix lime juice. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Oats Upma

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:53:00 +0100

Ingredients :

2 Cups of Oats

2 Onions, chopped

3 Green chillies, chopped

1/2 sp Mustard seeds

1 sp Dry Red chillies

2 sp Urad dal

2 sp Chana dal

2 sprigs of Curry Leaves

1/2 Cup Mixed Vegetables, Boiled and Chopped ( Carrots, Beans, Cauliflower etc )

Water as per the necessity

Salt, as per your requirement

2sp Oil

How to make it :

Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal, dry red chillies, curry leaves. Saute for 10 minutes. Add chopped onions, chopped green chillies, mixed vegetables and fry till onions are golden in colour. Add water, salt. Mix well and boil. Add oats and mix well with a spatula so that lumps are not formed. Simmer till oats are done. Serve hot with tomato chutney.

Corn - Mushroom Curry

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Sun, 6 Feb 2011 11:40:00 GMT

Ingredients :

2 Onions, chopped
500g Mushroom, chopped
200g Boiled corn
4 Tomatoes, chopped
2sp Ginger-garlic paste
3 Green chillies, chopped
2sp Red chilli powder
2sp Dhania powder
2sp Jeera powder
1sp Haldi
1 bunch Coriander, chopped
Salt, as per your requirement
2sp Oil

How to make it :

Heat oil in a kadai, add the chopped onions, ginger-garlic paste, chopped green chillies. Fry till onions are smooth. Add red chilli powder, salt, haldi, jeera powder and dhania powder. Saute for 10 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes and fry till oil seperates and floats in the kadai. Add boiled corn, chopped mushrooms.
Simmer till mushrooms are done. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with Roti/ Rice or Pitta bread.

Cabbage Poriyal

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Sat, 1 Jan 2011 17:33:00 GMT

Cabbage Poriyal is a popular dish of southern part of Tamilnadu and Kerala. It is very easy to make and good for health.

Ingredients :

1 Cabbage, chopped

1 spoon of Urad dal

1 spoon of Mustard seeds

4 Green Chillies, Sliced

2 Dry red chillies

Curry leaves, a handful

1/2 spoon of Turmeric powder

4 spoons of Coconut, grated

Salt, as per your requirement

Oil for frying

1/4 cup of Water

How to make it :

    Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and urad dal and fry for 5 minutes. Add sliced green chillies, red dry chillies, curry leaves, turmeric powder and mix. Fry for 5-7 minutes. Add chopped cabbage, salt and mix well. Add 1/4 cup of water and simmer till cabbage is tender. Add grated coconut and mix well.

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Sat, 1 Jan 2011 17:08:00 GMT

Happy New Year Everybody.......Happy Cooking :)

Have a delicious New Year 2011

Christmas Cookies

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:21:00 GMT

Enjoy the festive season with this yummy cookies.

Ingredients

50g - Almonds
50g - Hazelnuts
280g - Plain Flour
70g  - Caster Sugar
Pinch of salt
200g - Butter
2      - Egg Yolks
1/2 cup - Icing Sugar

How to make

Grind the nuts very finely or crush with a rolling pin. Sieve the flour onto a large baking bread. Place the ground almonds, hazelnuts, caster sugar, salt, small flakes of cold butter and egg yolks in the middle.

     Bring all the mixture together with your hands and knead into a dough. Wrap the dough in aluminium foil and leave to rest in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Pre-heat the oven to 190 C. Divide the dough into about 4 pieces and roll each piece into a log 1/2 and 3/4 inch thick. Cut the log into pieces about 2 inches long. Bend each piece into a crescent and taper the ends. Place on a baking sheet and bake in the middle of the oven for about 10 minutes until golden brown.

     Mix together the orange rind and icing sugar. When the cookies are cool enough to handle, dredge each cookie in the sugar mix. Tap off any excess and leave the cookies to cool on a wire rack.

Basic Mutton Curry

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:49:00 GMT

Things to Use

1Kg Mutton, chopped

4 Onions,chopped

3 Green chillies, sliced

4 Ripe tomatoes, chopped

2sp Turmeric powder

3sp Garam masala powder

4sp Ginger - garlic paste

Salt and red chilli powder as per your requirement

Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

4sp Oil for frying

Method

Mix mutton pieces, ginger - garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder in a pan. Don't add salt as the mutton doesn't cook properly with it. Marinate for 30 minutes. Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add chopped onions and green chillies. Fry till onions are golden in colour and are soft. Add marinated mutton and mix well. Cook for 10-15 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes and cook for another 5 minutes. Add 2 cups water ( Don't add more water as some water already comes out of mutton ). Close the lid and pressure cook till 4-5 whistles. Remove from the fire and keep aside till the pressure is gone and you can open the lid easily. After you open the lid, mix well and bring it back on the fire. Simmer for 5-10 minutes. Add salt, chopped coriander leaves, garam masala powder and mix well. Serve with hot rice or chapatis.

Tomato Masala Curry

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:31:00 GMT

A simple and delicious tomato curry which can be served along with chapatis or rice.

Things to use

4-5 Ripe tomatoes, chopped

3 Sliced onions

3 Chopped green chillies

2sp Ginger-garlic paste

1sp Turmeric powder

Salt and red chilli powder as per your requirement

2sp Garam masala powder

2sp Oil

Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

Method

Heat oil in a pan. Add onions and green chillies and fry till 10 minutes or till onions are golden brown in colour. Add tomatoes and cook till oil floats on top. Add ginger-garlic paste, salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder and let it simmer for a few more minutes. Lastly, add garam masala powder and mix well. Cover the pan and cook simmer till the tomatoes are well cooked. Add little water if want more gravy. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve with hot rice or chapatis.

noreply@blogger.com (Prashanti Reddy) — Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:43:00 GMT

Welcome to Jayamma's Kitchen......Happy cooking......:)