Prawns Dry Fry With Red Chilli Flakes

Ingredients

Prawns cleaned- 500gms

Crushed red chili flakes: 2tbsp

Onion crushed: 1 /shallots crushed: 8nos

Curry leaves: few

Coconut oil: 2tbsp

Salt: needed

Lemon Juice: 1tsp

Method Of Preparation:

In a pan add prawns, crushed onion, chilli, salt, curry leaves and oil.

Sprinkle some water. Keep on stove and close with lid and lower the flame.

When water starts oozing from prawns increase the flame and open the lid and cook. Stir frequently when the gravy becomes thick and till it gets dry.

Then add coconut oil and curry leaves and lemon juice and switch off the flame.

Uzhunnu Vada

Ingredients

Urad Dal/White Lentils: 1 cup

Fenugreek seeds: ½ tsp

Onion: 1

Ginger finely chopped: 2tbsp

Green Chilli: 2

Curry leaves: 2sprig

Coriander leaves chopped: 2tbsp

Salt: Needed

Semolina: 1tbsp (Optional)

Rice Flour: 1tbsp (Optional)

Crushed peppercorns: 1tsp (optional)

Refined Oil: for deep frying

Method Of Preparation:

Soak urad dal and fenugreeks for about 3 to 4hrs.

Then grind it without adding water. Transfer the grinded batter to a bowl.

Then aerate the batter by mixing with hand clockwise for 30seconds.

Then add in chopped onion, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves, coriander leaves and salt and mix with hand.

Add in rice flour and semolina if required to adjust the consistency.

Heat oil in a frying pan as required for deep frying.

Grease the hand with oil and take small balls from the batter and make hole in the middle with finger and place it gently and carefully into medium hot oil. Cook in medium flame till both sides turn brown and inside is cooked well.

Serve hot with green chutney.

Jammy French Toast

Ingredients

Bread: 12 slices

Jam Any Falvour: as needed

Eggs: 3

Milk: 4tbsp

Sugar: 1tbsp

Ghee/Butter/oil: 5-6 tbsp

Method Of Preparation:

Beat the eggs together with milk and sugar.

Take one slice of bread and spread jam over it and close with another slice. Do same with rest of breads

Heat a non stick pan and grease with 1tbsp ghee.

Dip each sandwiched bread into egg mix on both sides and place it on the heat pan.

Flip when the sides turns brown. When both sides turns brown take off from the pan and serve hot.

Macaroni Cake/ Macaroni Pola

Recipe & photo courtesy: Nasrin (My Sister)

Ingredients

Macaroni: 100gms

Egg: 4

Chicken: 250gms

Onion: 2

Ginger/garlic paste: 1tsp

Green Chilli: 1

Turmeric powder: ½ tsp

Chilli powder: ¼ tsp

Pepper Powder: ½ tsp

Garam Masala: ½ tsp

Salt: needed

Oil: 2tbsp

Lemon juice: 2tbsp

Coriander leaves & Curry leaves finely chopped: needed

Cashew roasted: 4tbsp

Ghee/refined oil: 1tbsp

Method Of Preparation:

Cook chicken by adding salt, pepper powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder and water. When cooled shred the chicken.

In a pan add oil and sauté the chopped onion. When onion becomes transparent add in the pepper powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and ginger garlic paste. Then add chicken and green chilli. Stir well till onion and masala get joint with chicken. Now add lemon juice coriander leaves and curry leaves and switch off the flame. Let it cool.

Cook macaroni by adding salt and water, till it is soft and drain it. Let it cool

Beat Eggs and keep aside. Add salt only if required.

In a bowl add cooked pasta, prepared chicken masala and beaten eggs. Stir to combine. Then add coriander leaves.

Heat a pressure cooker and add ghee to it. Rotate the pressure cooker so that the ghee is spread in the base and sides of the cooker. Then add the egg mixture and sprinkle the cashews and coriander leaves over it. Close the lid and lower the flame to very low point. Cook to about half an hour without putting the weight on the lid. Flip the cake into a greased nonstick pan and cook the upper portion in low flame for 5minutyes.

When slightly cooled cut and serve.