Kheema Samosa
- 26
- November
- 2006
Keema Samosa:Ramzaan Special Keema Samosa. Kyma Samosa. Mutton Kyma/keema Samosas. Minced Meat Samosas. Minced Meat dumplings. Generally they use potatoes, peas or dry nuts for stuffing the samosas. Here is a variation for that. We use ‘Goat’s minced meat’ for this Samosa. This is pretty much like an occassional one…its prepared during the fasting month […]
Mutton Chettinad
- 23
- October
- 2006
Mutton Chettinad:(Chettinad Style) Goat’s Meat in Chettinad Gravy. Hot and Spicy Goat Meat Curry. Madras Varutha Kari Kuzhambu. Aatu Kari Kuzhambu. Goat’s Meat in Spicy Rich Gravy. Or One can try this recipe for Lamb too. It is called ‘Varutha Kari-Kozhambu’ in Chennai. Its a perfect choice for Dosa, Idly, Iddiyappam and Appam. Ofcourse it […]
Poori Masala – Restaurant Style
- 23
- October
- 2006
Ingredients Poori 2 cups – All purpose flour salt to taste oil for deep frying Potato Masala 2 potatoes (boiled, peeled and mashed) 1-2 onions, finely chopped 1 small tomato 3 green chilies, sliced 1″ ginger, minced 2 beads garlic, minced 1/4 tsp garam masala powder 1/4 tsp pepper powder 1/4 tsp turmeric powder salt […]
Kalkandu Vadai / Misri Ki Vada
- 21
- October
- 2006
Kalkandu Vadai:(Chettinad Style)Ingredients:Urad dal 1 cupRaw Rice 1 fistfulKalkandu/Lump sugar-1 cupGhee for frying. Method:Soak urad dal and rice togather for about 20 minutes. Drain and strain the dal and rice. Grind it along with lump sugar into thick paste. Maybe without adding any water. The lump sugar will give excess moisture for wet-grinding. Well….if the […]
Mutton Pickle
- 17
- October
- 2006
MuttonPickle: (Arcot Muslim Style) Meat Pickle.Pickled Meat. Goat’s meat pickle. Ingredients: Lean meat 1 kg ( with or without bones as you wish, but cut into small pieces)Vegetable oil/Sesame oil for deep fryingGinger-garlic paste 3-5 spoonsLemon juice 3 cups/vinegar 1 cupLemon 1 fruitCurry leavesMustard 1/2 spoonFenugreek seeds 1/2 spoonAsafoetida 1/2 spoonSea salt/Rock saltTurmeric powder 1/2 […]
Paal Thirattu / Thirattu Paal
- 12
- October
- 2006
Thirattu Paal:(Chettinad Style)Thirattu Paal/Paal Thirattu in Tamil. Condensed Milk Recipe/ Consolidated Milk Sweet. This is one of the great sweet recipe from Chettinad Kitchen. Other than the ‘panayyarams’ or ‘paal kozhukkatai’. This is the one I crave for. It turns out into ‘Rich Dark Brown Color’. Ingredients:Farm Fresh Whole Milk 2 litresPalm Sugar/Karrupatti in Tamil […]
Kalkandu Bath / Misri Pongal / Kalkandu Pongal
- 04
- October
- 2006
Kalkandu Bath:(Chettinad Style)Karkandu/Kalkandu Saadham/ Lump Sugar-Rice/ Misri Ki Chaawal/Sugar-Candy Rice/Chakara Pongal/Chakara Pongali. Ingredients: Raw rice 1 cupMilk 4 cupsSplit Moong dal 1/4 cup(optional)Lump sugar 2 cupsGhee 1/2 cup + 1/2 cupCashew nuts 10-15(slitted)Raisins/Dry grapes(from green grapes)-1 fistfulCardamon seeds powder 1/2 spoonSaffron strands 1/2 pinchDry Camphor (Pachai Karpooram) 1 pinchSalt 1 pinch Method:Using few spoons of […]
Vazhaipoo Vadai / Banana Blossom Fritters
- 04
- October
- 2006
This is my Mom’s special dish. Its really hard to find banana blossoms, here in America. But whenever I get a chance…I make sure that I prepare it with utmost care. It takes hours to do all the prep work, cleaning and grinding part. But, certainly worth toiling. Ingredients: Plantain Flower 1 small Red Gram/Thuvar […]
Aatukkaal Paaya
- 24
- February
- 2006
Aattu Kaal Paaya:(Muslim Style) Paaya Nahari. Hyderabad Ki Paayaa. Aatukkaal Paaya. Aatukaal Paaya. Goat’s legs Soup. Goat’s bones Soup. Ingredients: Goat’s legs 4 numbers (burnt to enhance flavour)Green chilies 3 slittedGreen chili 3 gratedOnion 1 gratedonion 1 finely choppedTomato 2 choppedGinger-garlic paste few spoonsSaltTurmeric powder 1 spoonChili powder (optional)Coriander seeds powder 1 spoonMint leaves few […]
Cauliflower Chettinad Masala
- 23
- February
- 2006
Chettinad Cauliflower Curry:(Chettinad Style) Cettinad Style Cauliflower Qurma. Pepper Gobi Masala. Hot n Spicy Cauliflower Curry. Cauliflower Pepper Korma. Milagu Cauliflower Kurma. Chettinad Style Cauliflower Milagu Pirattal. Ingredients:Fresh Cauliflower – 1/2 kilo – cut into floretsTurmeric powder 1/2 spoonSaltSesame Oil 1 cup. To be dry roasted and powdered:Poppy seeds 2-3 spoonsCinnamon 2 sticksCloves 3Coriander seeds […]
