Sunday, January 17, 2010

Cabbage fry - Nimi

This is a simple cabbage fry recipe that i came up with, when i moved initially to a new place and i had very few ingredients at hand. I was expecting a decent curry that i can make, surprisingly it came out very tasty and is now one of my favorites.

Ingredients:
Cabbage
Onion
Turmeric
Red chilli powder
Salt
Mustard seeds
Jeera seeds
Cilantro to garnish

Steps:
In a Kadai add some oil once oil is heated add mustard n Jeera seeds, once they start to splutter
add onion
When the onions start to turn slight brown then add turmeric, Red chilli powder and Salt. saute for another 2-3 minutes then add the cabbage. (if the cabbage is very dry then add about 1/2 C water).
Put the lid On and cook for about 20 minutes mixing in between. once the cabbage is done then remove the lid and saute till the water is gone. garnish with cilantro



CABBAGE FRY [SIMPLE] - Nimi
  • 1 onion diced [1C]
  • 1 Cabbage chopped
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 stem curry leaves
  • 1/4 tsp Kaaram
  • 1/2 tsp Dhania powder
  • 2 tsp Salt

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Tomato Mushroom wild rice

by trial and error came up with this recipe:

Ingredients:
1C wild rice
3C water
1/2 C onion
1/2 C tomatoes
1/4 C mushroom
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
cilantro to garnish

Steps:
rice cooker - 1C rice and 3 C water , 1 tsp ghee, 1/2 tsp salt and cook it

step2: heat the pan + 1 tsp oil + 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste saute for few seconds then add the onion + after 4-5 min add tomato, 1tsp salt, pepper and chilli powder
once the tomatoes are cooked then add the cooked rice and saute for another 2-3 minutes , turn off the heat and garnish with cilantro

Friday, January 8, 2010

Aloo Fry

recipe: link
I tried this recipe although it came different from the authors picture mine was even more darker.

9 medium Potatoes (Peeled and chopped)
2C onion (quartered and sliced)
1 tsp Turmeric
1.5 tsp Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp Coriander powder
3.4 tsp cumin powder
2-3 tbs Methi leaves
3 tsp salt
1 tsp Mustard seeds
2 tsp jeera seeds
2 tsp urad dal
2 sprig curry leaves
6 crushed garlic cloves

Step 1:
Oil + Urad Dal once they turn slightly brown + Mustard seeds + jeera seeds + once they splutter add methi leaves , garlic cloves n Curry leaves + after 10 seconds add sliced onion cook for 7-8 mts till they turn transparent to slightly brown

Step 2:
Now add Turmeric pwd + red chilli pwd + Coriander pwd + Cumin pwd + salt

Step 3:
Now add the potato and cook on close lid for 10-15 min on @4 heat stirring in occasionally
(if the mixture is too dry then add 1C water to allow all the spices to mix)
Once the potatoes are almost done (check to add any other spices) now open the lid to let the remaining water to dry. Now cook on @5 heat with lid open and mixing every 2-3 minutes. The potatoes should turn crispy brown in color and dry.

After its done turn of the heat and serve hot with rice.