Chicken Stock – Kitchen Essentials
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- September
- 2007
Chicken Stock: Preparing stock, broth, white sauce out of chicken is though time consuming. I prefer doing it on my own. Ingredients: Whole cornish hen/regular chicken(cut into 4 pieces)Carrots 2-4 chopped into huge chunksCelery 4-6 stalks chopped into huge chunksOnions 2 quarteredGarlic 1 whole head(with/without skin) semi crushedGinger about 50 grams – peeled & roughly […]
Tomato Celery Juice
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- September
- 2007
Tomato Celery Juice: Ingredients: Tomatoes 2 large, juicy & farm freshSugar as per tasteSalt 1 pinchCelery sticks 2(without leaves) Method: Place the tomatoes in the luke warm water for 2-4 minutes and peel off its skin. But remember most of the vitamins lie very close to the skin.(So its optional step) Remove the strong fibres […]
Thakkali Uthappam
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- September
- 2007
Tomato Uthappam: Ingredients: For Batter: Raw rice 1 cupParboiled rice 1 cupUrad dal 1/2 cupFenugreek seeds 1 spoonThoor dal 1 fistfulSesame oil few spoonsYeast 1-2 spoonsSoda 1/4 spoonSalt as per taste. For Toppings: Tomatoes 2 firm, large finely choppedJalapenos 1-3 fienly choppedCilantro leaves few finely choppedSalt to tasteLemon juice 1 spoon(optional)Sesame oil 1 cup. Method: […]
Mango Juice
- 12
- September
- 2007
Mango Juice:Ingredients: Mango – 1 Sugar Syrup/Sugar. Method: Blend mango and sugar syrup togather and serve chilled.
Bhindi Masala Curry
- 12
- September
- 2007
Also Known As Bhindi Masala Gravy. Bhindi Masala Curry. Vendaikkai Mandi. Okra Masala. Bendakaya Masla. Vendaka Curry. There is one vegetable with which I had this love-hate relationship. As a kid, I hated and resented okras and okra recipes at my home. But, as a grown-up adult…I have completely got warmed up for it…started even […]
Cucumber Thayir Pachadi
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- September
- 2007
Cucumber Thayir Pachadi :Ingredients: Cucumber 1 bowl(peeled & cored)Yogurts 2-3 cupsOil 1-2 spoons. Wet-Grind These: Fresh grated coconut 3-5 spoonsGreen chilies 2-3Salt Yogurts 1/4 cup. For Tempering:(optional) Oil few spoonsMustard seeds 1/2 spoonCumin seeds 1/4 spoonAsafoetida 1/4 spoonUrad dal 1/2 spoonCurry leaves few. Method: Peel and core cucumber and fienly chop them. Now wet grind […]
Whole Chicken Roast
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- September
- 2007
Whole Chicken Roast: Whole Cornish Hen Roasted. Ingrdients: Cornish Hen 1Ginger-garlic paste 1-2 spoonsGinger 2″ size mincedSaltChili powder 2 spoonsPepper powder 1 spooonsPepper pounded 1 spoonMSG 1 pinchSoy Sauce 2-4 spoonsLemon juice 2 fruitsCloves powder 2 pinchGaram masala powder 1/4 spoonEgg whites (optional)Butter 1 cube(optional) Method: Bring all the ingredients togather except hen. Mix them […]
Chayote Olan / Chow Chow Olan
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- September
- 2007
Chow Chow Olan: Chow Chow Paal Kootu. Choyote milk based Recipes. Ingredients: Chow chow/Chayote(skinned, deseeded & chopped)Thoor dal 1 cup (cooked)Fresh coconut grated 1/4 cupGreen chilies 3-6Milk 1 cupCumin seeds 1/2 spoonSaltOil 2 spoons. For sesonning: Mustard seeds 1/4 spoonCumin seeds 1/4 spoonAsafoetida 1/4 spoonCurry leaves fewOil few spoons. Mehtod: In a blender blend, cooked […]
Pineapple Shrimp Fried Rice – Indo-Chinese Style
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- September
- 2007
Pineapple Shrimp Fried Rice:(Indo-Chinese Style) Ingredients: Basmathi Rice/Any long grained rice 1 cupSesame oil 1/2 cupGinger 2″ peeled,chopped & mincedGarlic 4 cloves choped & mincedPineapple -cubed 1-2 cupsCarrots 1 small – chopped fienlyBeans 50 grams – chopped fienlyCabbage – fienly choppedRed Bell peppers 1 slicedSaltMSG 1 pinchWhite pepper 1 spoonRice starch 1 spoonEggs 3Shrimps 15-20 […]
Muttai Dosa
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- September
- 2007
Muttai Dosai: When we were doing M.Phil at the University of Madras….myself, Sugumar and Jayanthi…used to have breakfast in the canteen all the time. And Sugumar prefers this Muttai Dosai, most of the time. We started teasing him for that. Well…anyway he says…this is the only tiffin they make ‘suda suda after you order’! Well…makes […]
