Green Gravy Chicken

Ingredients:


Chicken Pieces  -  6 nos (Big size)

Green chillies  -  4 nos

Onion  - 1 no ( Big Size)

Curd - 2 Tbs

Coriander leaves -  a handfull

Mint leaves - a few

Ginger-garlic paste -  4 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Cloves powder - a pinch

Cumin powder -  1 tsp

Turmeric powder -  a pinch

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Oil as you need

Salt to taste


Method: 

Marinate the chicken pieces  with a tsp of ginger garlic paste , salt and curd for 2 hours.

Grind onions, mint - coriander leaves, ginger-garlic, green chilies into a smooth paste.

In a pan heat oil and add cumin seeds. 

When they start popping, add the marinated chicken , turmeric powder and the ground  paste . 

Add  garam masala, coriander powder, cloves powder salt and  adequate water .

Cook till chicken  pieces come soft and dry. 

Serve with Hot Rice or  Chicken Briyani or Mutton Briyani :) :)  

Lakshmi-Kubera Pooja At Home

 

 Kubera Yanthram  

Hi My Dear Blogger Friends ,


    Please follow this Hindu rituals and do get enlighted.... 
Kubera is regarded as the god of wealth in Hindu mythology. Lord Kubera is also known as the god of yakshas (savage beings). Kubera is always remembered with the goddess of fortune, Lakshmi. Chanting of Kuber Mantra blesses the worshipper with money and prosperity by drawing new avenues and sources of income and wealth. Mantra of Kubera helps to increase the flow of funds and the ability to accumulate wealth. Kubera Mantra is as follows:


                             Kubera Manthram

     "Om yakashyaya kuberaya Veaishravanaya 
                    dana danyathpathaye 
danadanya smithirmme dehi tapaya swagah"

HappY Diwali

     
Ingredients:                            


Milk   -  2 cups  

Maida  - 1 cup

Sugar  - 1 cup

Butter -  lime sized ball

Soda Uppu  - 1 pinch

Ghee or Vanaspati for frying


Method: 

Boil milk till it comes to 1/2 of its quantity

Add  one cup of maida and soda uppu  with  the thickened milk . 

Make into smooth dough use butter. 

  

Make into small lemon sized balls and press into rounds of about 1 1/2" diameter.

In a pan at medium flame heat  ghee or vanaspati. 

Fry the Badhusa  one by one   till it comes to golden brown colour.

Prepare sugar syrup with one string consistency.

Put the fried badhusas  in the syrup. Give some time to absorb the sugar syrup. 

Gently turn it to the other side.

Remove from sugar syrup after 10 minutes and arrange it in a tray 

and garnish with sliced nuts and saffron.

Our delicious Diwali Festival   Badusha is ready to serve.
 

Chicken Nuggets

Ingredients:


Boneless  Chicken   - 1 cup

Maida  flour -  2 tbs 

Eggs - 2

Bread crumbs - 2 tbs 

Salt -  to taste

Pepper - 2 tsp

Dried Basil - 2 tsp

Oil  for Deep fry


Method:


Clean and cut the chicken  into chunks.

Mince the chicken pieces with  salt and spices (basil and pepper).   

Break the eggs into a bowl and beat. 

Take  the chicken mix into unshape pieces and  roll them in the maida flour  

Dip into the egg mix and coat with bread crumbs and keep aside. 

In a pan at medium flame heat  oil  and drop unshaped nuggets in the oil and fry
  
all sides untill it comes  brown  in colour . Don't allow them  to burnt.

Serve hot with sauce or green chilly chutney ..

Urad Dal Chutney

Ingredients:

Urad Dal - 1 cup

Red Chilies  - 6 nos 

Asafoetida -  a  pinch
   

Tamarind juice  - 1 tbs  

Mustard Seeds  - 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds  - 1 tsp

Curry Leaves  - a few

Oil  - as you need 

Salt  to taste

  

Method : 


In a pan at medium flame  heat a tsp of oil and fry the red chillies and the urad dal seperately.
 

When the dal becomes cool, grind  it with red chilies , tamarind juice,  asafetida and  salt .
 

Transfer to a bowl and keep aside. 

Season the chutney with mustard , cumin seeds  and  the curry leaves... 

Sweet and Sour Idly

Ingredients: 


White rice - 1 cup(Raw rice)

Poha - 1 cup

Coconut - 1/2 cup (shredded)

Jaggery,- 1 cup (finely grated)

Buttermilk - 1/2 cup

Fenugreek  - 1/4 tsp

Cardamom  - 2 nos (powdered)

Raisins - 5 nos ( roasted)

  

Cashew halves  - 5 nos (roasted)

Method: 


Soak  rice and  fenugreek  seeds 2 hours seperately. 

Soak poha  for 5 minutes and  squeeze and keep aside

Rinse rice well and make a nice paste along with coconut,

fenugreek seeds , jaggerry and poha.

Instead of water use the buttermilk while grinding.

   

Adjust salt and allow  the batter to  ferment  upto  8 hrs.

Add the cardamom powder and pour the batter in a oil greased pan. 

Decorate with the roasted raisins and cashews. 

Steam the idly  at medium flame and  serve with chutney  or sambar or pickle.

Mango Chammanthi

Ingredients : 


Green mango pieces  - 1 cup (peeled, sliced)

Green chillies  - 5 nos

Small onion  - 2 nos

Ginger - 1/2 inch

Coconut - 1 cup (shreded)

Salt - to taste


Method:


Grind all the ingredients together in a mixie jar  

If the  mangoes are not sour enough add 1 tsp of  lemon juice while grinding.

No need to season it.  Serve with idly , dosa and chappathi...