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Whole potato fry using Air fryer

2013-10-16T15:49:00.001+08:00

Whole potato fry using Air fryer

Ingredients

Potato	8
Red Chilli powder(Kashmiri Chilli preferred)	3 tsp
Salt	to taste
Pepper	2 tsp
Olive oil	1 tsp
Sunflower Oil	1 tsp
Turmeric Powder	1 tsp

Method:

Preheat the Air fryer to 5 min at 200°C.
Peel the potato skin and rinse it well.
Dry the potatoes using kitchen towel.
Slit into four till half the potato to give space for spices.
Now sprinkle salt, pepper, red chili powder and turmeric powder over it.
Make sure the powders went inside the slits also.
Apply both the oil and make sure is mixed well and coated the potatoes as well.
Transfer to the grill in Air fryer.
Set the timer to 12-15 min.
Stir then and then.

Note: The oil can be replaced with butter also. Instead of Air fryer use a non stick pan with lid closed.

Tomato Soup - another way

2012-05-30T15:11:00.000+08:00

Tomato Soup

Ingredients

Riped tomatoes - 3
Pepper powder - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Mint leaves to garnish
Slit baby corn to garnish
Milk cream - 1 tbsp

Method

Wash and grind tomato to paste. Add 4 glasses of water, salt and pepper and bring to boil. Once the raw smell is gone , the soup is ready. Transfer to serving bowl and garnish with mint leaves, baby corn and cream.

This is a quick to do healthy soup.

Capsicum stuffed with Macaroni

2011-08-08T13:05:00.001+08:00

Capsicum stuffed with Macaroni

Ingredients

Macaroni (Different shapes) - 2 cups

Frozen mixed vegetables - 1 cup

Salt to taste

Red Chilli flakes - 2-3 tsps

olive oil - 1 tsp
cheddar cheese - 1 cup
Capsicum - 4-5 depending on the size (Smaller preferred)

Method

Cut the top of capsicum and remove the seeds inside it so that the capsicum is empty and is like a cup. Wash it and keep aside.

Stuff preparation: In a pan bring water to boil. Add salt and olive oil and then add the macaroni of different varieties to it. Allow it to get cooked. Meanwhile in a pan saute the frozen vegetables and keep ready. Once the macaroni is cooked, drain if there is excess water and add them to the vegetables. Add enough salt and chilli flakes. Saute well and the stuff is now ready.

Fill the capsicum with this stuff and close it with cheddar cheese. Microwave in high for 4-5min till cheese melts.

This dish will be fine for dinner and can be attractive to guests especially sudden guests also as this dish can be quickly prepared.

Spicy egg masala

2011-05-24T22:35:00.001+08:00

Spicy egg masala

Ingredients

Boiled eggs - 4
onion - 1
ginger paste - 2 tsp
salt to taste
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
chilli/pepper powder to taste
oil - 2 tsp

To garnish

corriander leaves - handful
sliced cucumbers
olives

spicy egg masala

Method

Slice the onions lengthy. Slice the boiled eggs. Heat oil in pan. Add onions. Saute it and add ginger paste, salt. Mix well an add sliced eggs. Add garam masala and chilli or pepper powder. Mix well carefully. Allow in simmer for 10 minutes with then and then stir. Can add fennel seeds if required.

Now garnish with corrianer leaves an others. This is a fast recipe to please sudden guests during lunch.

Tip: Wet the knife with cold water before you slice the knife.

Egg salad

2011-05-05T22:33:00.001+08:00

Egg salad

Ingredients

Boiled eggs - 2
Capsicum as cubes - 1 cup
Baby corn - 4
virgin olive oil - 1 tsp
salt to taste
pepper to sprinkle
mint leaves to garnish

Method

Slit the boiled eggs into thin slices. Before cutting egg, wet the knife to have perfect slices. In a pan, add olive oil and then add capsicum and slit baby corns to it. Stir well for a minute and remove off from stove. Mix eggs along with. Sprinkle salt and pepper. The salad is ready to eat.......

Mango rice

2011-04-11T11:11:00.003+08:00

Mango Rice with yam fry

Ingredients

Green Mango - 2
Basmati rice - 1 cup
red chilli - 3
salt to taste
gingelly oil - 8 tsp
mustard seeds - 1 tsp
curry leaves
red chilli - 1
asafoetida a pinch
urad dal - 3 tsp

Method:

Rinse and cut the mango ino small pieces and grind it coarsely along with two red chillies. Keep aside. Pressure Cook basmati rice (1 cup rice - 2 cups water). In a pan , heat oil, add musturd seeds, curry leaves. when it spurts add urad dal and red chilli. When Urad dal turns red add the coarse mango paste to it. Add salt. Mix well and simmer the flame. Closing the lid is recommended. When oil starts coming out, add the cooked rice to it and mix well. Tangy and spicy mango rice is ready to serve. Serve hot with any hot chips like potato, tapioca. I used deep fried yam as its side.

Egg mini balls - Muttai Panyaram

2011-04-07T11:00:00.000+08:00

Egg mini balls

Ingredient

Egg - 6
onion - 2 ( big in size)
green chilli - 3-4
turmeric powder - 1 tsp
salt to taste
corriander leaves - handful
corn flour - 1 tsp
oil - to saute

Method:

Chop onions, chillies, corriander leaves into finer pieces. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl till white and yellow are mixed well in equal consistency. Heat the paniyara kal. Add a bit of oil to all cups and add the batter like mix in each cup. Then and then turn it out till it is roasted on all sides.

This is a quick meal and can be served hot to immediate guests also.

Creamy Tomato Soup - easy to cook recipes

2010-09-23T08:28:00.001+08:00

Creamy Tomato Soup

Ingredients

Tomato - 1
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
pepper - 1 tsp
turmeric powder - 1 tsp
salt to taste
water - 2 cups
whipped cream - 3 tsp
minced lettuce - handful
minced carrot - handful
mint leaves to garnish

Method

Blend tomato in a mixer along with cumin seeds and pepper. Bring the paste to boil in a pan with water. Add salt, turmeric powder. Allow till foam appears and boils well. Off the stove. Transfer it to a bowl. Add cream and garnish with lettuce, carrot and mint leaves. This creamy soup is very favourable for kids and give them as soon as they are back from school before going for dinner.

Fried Idli

2009-10-22T13:15:00.000+08:00

Ingredients
Idli – 6
Tomato cut into small pieces – ¼ cup
Onion – ¼ cup
Chilli – 2
Oil to fry
Coriander leaves to garnish

Method
Cut idli into either square pieces or lengthy pieces. Heat oil in tava and fry the idli wel. Keep idli aside. Now fry onion, tomato, chilli, salt, asafoetida, turmeric powder. Add fried idli to it. Mix well and serve hot for evening snacks.

Gooseberry rice

2009-10-22T13:14:00.000+08:00

Ingredients
Cooked rice – 1 cup
Grated big gooseberry – ¼ cup
1 Lime extract
Grated coconut – 1 spoon
Oil to fry
Split green chilli – 2
Turmeric powder, mustard seeds, asafoetida – ¼ spoon
Salt to taste

Method
Heat oil in a tava, spurt mustard seeds, add turmeric powder, asafoetida, green chilli, grated gooseberry, grated coconut and salt. Stir well till you feel it cooked. Off the stove and allow it to cool. Add lime extract and cooked rice. Mix well. Serve with potato chips.

Peanut Rice

2009-10-22T13:12:00.000+08:00

Ingredients
Peanuts – 1 cup
Dry chilli – 5
Urad dal - ¼ cup
Channa dal – ¼ cup
Asafoetida – ¼ spoon
Cooked rice
Salt to taste

To fry
Oil – 1spoon
Mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal – 1 spoon
Curry leaves - little

Method
In a tava, fry peanuts. Keep aside. Fry urad dal and channa dal till golden brown. Keep aside. Fry chilli, asafoetida. Allow to cool and grind all till coarse.
In cooked rice, add enough powder and add the fried ingredients, add salt. Mix well and serve hot with papads.

Easy recipes

2009-08-08T01:01:00.000+08:00

Bread carrot idli

Remove the brown borders of the bread. Dip the slices in water and place on them on the idli plate. Over it place a spoon of grated carrots, coriander leaves a,d now pour the idli batter over it. Place the plates in idli cooker and steam it. The idli goes nice with coconut chutney. These type of idli can be special to your guests.

Wheat vermicilli (idiyappam)

Fry 2 cup of wheat flour in a pan carefully without turning red. Allow it to cool.

Add required salt and make a dough of it with enough water. Now place it in the Murukku achhu ( the hand machine used to make muruku) and press it to get the dough in vermilli way and steam it.

Bread dosa

Take the brown corners of bread, grind it with rice flour, gram flour to get a paste, add fried onions, curry leaves, salt and make dosa. The dosa is very crispy and delicious

Vazhathandu Raita

2009-03-10T18:48:00.003+08:00

Ingredients:

oil - 1 tbsp

vazhathandu minced - 1

onions chopped 1 or 2

mustard - 1 tbsp

urad dal - 1tbsp

asafoetida - 1 pinch

green chilli to required

salt to taste

curd - 1 cup

Method:

Add water to vazhathandu and allow it to boil till cooked. Meanwhile heat the pan with oil, add mustard and urad dal. Allow mustard to spurt & urad dal to turn golden then add onions to saute, add asafoetida to it. Drain the water from vazhathandu and add it to the fried contents and allow it to cool. Then add curd, salt, minced green chillies and mix well. The raita is ready. Can be garnished with corriander leaves and sprouted green gram. Nice to eat alone or with rice.