Broccoli and prawns stir fry( broccoli and chemmen thoran) and an award

Ingredients
Broccoli -1
onion - 1
prawns - 3/4 cup
Green chillies -3
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Grated coconut - 2-3 tbs
Curry leaves - few
salt

Preparation
In a pan take some oil and sputter mustard seeds,add chopped onions and saute well until onions become soft. Add broccoli florets, and prawns. Add green chillies,turmeric powder,pepper powder,salt and cook it covered.When it almost cooked add grated cocnut and curry leaves and saute for few seconds and turn off the flame.

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Pepper chicken

Ingredients
Chicken - 600 gm
onion - 3
Tomato -2
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbs
Cinnamon /patta - 1 stick
Cardamom/ elakka - 2 pods
Clove/ grambu -3
Bay leaf -1
Star anise / thakkolam -1
Fennel seeds/ perum jeerakam - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds / jeerakam - 1/4 tsp
Pepper corns/ kurumulaku - As per your taste  ( for crushing in the end )
Curry leaves
To marinate
Redchilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 tbs
Coriander powder - 2 tbs
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt

Preparation

1. Marinate the chicken with red chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, pepper powder and half of the ginger garlic paste and keep aside for 1 hour.
2. In a saucepan add some oil and sputter cumin seeds and fennel seeds.
3.  Add the whole spices and stir for few seconds.
4. Add finely chopped onions and saute until it becomes brown in colour.
5. Add rest of the ginger garlic paste and saute again until the raw smell goes. 
6. Add chopped tomatoes and saute until it is well cooked and mushy. 
7. Add  marinated chicken to this  and stir well.
8. Cook coverd in a lowflame. Donot add any water as chicken itself will leave water while cooking.When chicken is almost cooked add freshly crushed peppercorns and curry leaves.To make the gravy dry, cook for fewminutes taking the lid off untill the chicken is well coated in the gravy.                                                                                                                                                           

Rogan josh

During our 1 year stay in Pune (back in 2006), me and my hubby  used to go out for dinner every Friday night and treat ourselves with a three course dinner. I really miss those beautiful Friday nights. We covered so many restaurants in the city and tried all types of cuisines available there. But among all restauranst my fvoutite one was a Kashmiri restaurant. It was from there, I tasted this wonderful dish for the  first time. The taste was so incredible that every time I go there I ended up ordering the same thing.   This was my first attempt to prepare this at home, I did little google search, went through so many recipes and finally made my version. I made this for dinner and luckily it came out well and I was planning to take a picture next day during daylight but nothing was left after the dinner :( Here goes the recipe. 

Updated with a new picture  - I still follow the same recipe and has been making this for so many years! Jan 2021

  Ingredients 

Lamb - 500 g ( diced)

Onion - 3

 Tomato - 2 small or 1 large

Green chillies -2 

Cinnamon stick -1 

Bayleaf - 1 

Cardamom pods -1 

Cloves -2 

Cumin - 1 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbs 

Kashmiri redchilly powder - 1 tsp

 Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp 

Coraiander powder - 2 tsp 

Garam masala - 1 tsp

 Yogurt -2 tbs 

Salt

corianader leaves

Preparation

In a saucepan take some oil sputter some cumin seeds, add the whole spices (cinnamom, cloves, cardamom, bayleaf) and stir for few seconds.

Add the finely chopped onions to it and saute until onions becomes soft. 

Add ginger garlic paste and stir again.

Add all powders and stir until the raw smell goes. Add the diced lamb and fry it for few minutes till the meat becomes little brown. 

Add tomato puree and stir for few minutes.

Finally add the yogurt and cook it uncovered for 5 minutes.

When it is about to boil simmer it cook on a low heat , strirring occassionally until the meat is well cooked. It took 1 hour for me.. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Pancake

I love pancakes not just because its yummy but it the easiest breakfast that anyone can cook.
Egg,milk and fruits makes it nutrious as well. Feeding my toddler is a tough job for me but when I make this I dont have to run after him, he will come after me..he loves it,thats why I love this pancake :)

Ingredients

Self raising flour/All purpose flour - 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Egg - 1
Grated fruit(I used apple) - 1 apple
Baking soda(optional) If you are using all purpose flour add 1/4 tsp baking soda ,no need to add for selfraising flour
salt - pinch
Butter - as required

For serving

Yoghurt
Honey

Preparation

In a mixing bowl take flour,add milk,egg,baking soda and a pinch of salt.Whisk until the batter is smooth. Add grated fruit and mix .
Heat a pan add little butter and when it melts pour a laddle of batter.Cook it uncovered.When the bottom side is golden brown flip them over and cook for a 1-2 minutes or until they are done.
Serve pancake with yoghurt and honey, by drizzling honey over yoghurt.

Recipe courtsey
Jamie oliver, channel 4

Chocloate cake with rich chocolate frosting

Ingredients

For cake
All purpose flour/ self raising flour -1 1/4 cup
sugar - 1 cup
Butter -1/2 cup
Eggs -2
cocoa powder - 1/4 cup
Baking powder- 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp (optional, if you are using self raising flour no need to to add baking soda)
vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Milk - 1/2 cup
Salt -a pinch

For frosting

Double cream - 100 ml
Butter - 25 g
Dark chocolate - 100 gm
Honey - 1 1/2 tbs

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 180 degree c

Sift all purpose flour /selfraising flour and keep it aside.
In a mixing bowl beat butter,followed by sugar . Add cocoa powder and beat again until it is well incorporated. Add sifted flour,baking powder,baking soda,salt and beat again. Finally add vanilla essence , milk and beat. Pour the batter into a greased cake tin.Bake for about 40 - 45 minutes( if a knife inserted come out clean cake is ready).Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool for some time.

For Frosting

Heat double cream in pan and when it is about to boil switch off the stove and add rest of the ingredients and wait for five minutes until the chocolate melts . Mix well.

Spread the frosting on the cake and finally decorate the cake with grated or shaved chocolate.Wait for the frosting to set before you cut the cake.

Butter Naan

I am a big fan of all Indian breads, but never thought about making one at home until I came across the recipe of naan here. The clicks was so temting and I made up my mind to try it soon.I wasn't sure that how it is going to turn out. Whenever I try new recipes its like a lucky lottery draw, sometimes it comes out incredibly well , but sometimes it will be a total failure :)

Sangeetha's instructions was so clear , So I didnt have any second thought. My naan came out very well . Me and my hubby loved it. Even my 15 month old baby ate half of a naan.Thank you sangeetha for sharing the recipe.She has got a wonderful blog out there. You can find her recipes here

Awards

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