21/12/2011

Nevrios

Ingredients

Maida 3cups
Salt to taste  -  this is for the outer covering
Sugar little
Water to knead the dough

Filling 

Dessicated coconut 1/4 cup
Rawa    1/4cup
Sesame seeds  2 tblsp
Kuskus           2tblsp
cashewnuts    3tblsp
Raisins           3tblsp
Sugar             1/4cup
Cardamon    6pods
Salt to taste

Procedure


Warm some water . In this put the sugar and salt . Put the maida in a bowl and add little warm oil.Add the water just enough to mix the dough. knead the dough well and keep it to stand for some time.
In a small pan add some oil and fry the cashewnuts ,remove it and then add the raisins.On a tawa fry all the other remaining ingredients.Once all the ingredients are fried ,put it into a vessel and mix it well with sugar and salt. Lastly add cardamon powder.

Now take the dough and make small balls and roll it out as small puris . Let it be thin. Then take little of the filling and put it in the centre and then fold it over it will form a half moon.Seal the edges well and cut the sides with a special cutter which is available just for nevrios. Continue doing this till all the dough and filling is over. Then in a big kadai keep oil and once the oil is hot fry it on both sides. Let it become lightly brown. Remove it on a tissue. It can be stored in an airtight container for nearly 15 days.

17/12/2011

Mutton Chops

INGREDIENTS

Mutton 1/2 kg
Onions 4 to 5 medium
Ginger  small piece
Garlic  5 Pods
Baffat Powder 2 tblsp
Tomatoes 5
Green chilly  2
Cloves and cinnamon
Salt to taste
One small bunch of corriander leaves

PROCEDURE

In a kadai take little oil. Once it is hot, add the cinnamon and cloves.Now add the ginger and garlic which has been chopped fine. Then add the onions fry it well, put the tomatoes and let it get fried well and form a paste. Now add the baffat powder, let it fry well till the raw smell dissapears. Add the green chilles.
Now add the meat which has been cleaned and washed.Add the salt. Let it boil well. It may take 45minutes if you bring tender meat.
Garnish it with corriander leaves.

Cheese Cake

INGREDIENTS

Dream whip 1 packet
Jello 1 packet
Philadelphia cheese packet
Water 1/2 glass
Butter 3 to 4 fingers
Biscuits 2 packets marie or digestive

PROCEDURE

1.) Put the biscuits in the blender.


2.) Melt the butter in the pan. Mix the biscuit with the butter and put it in the tray and press it.Keep it in the refrigerator for half an hour.


3.) Put the jello, cheese and water in the blender and whip it up nicely.


4.) Top it up with the pie filling. Keep it in the fridge till it sets.









16/12/2011

Rawa Ladoos

INGREDIENTS

Rawa 2 cups
Cashew 1cup
Coconut powder 2cups
Ghee to fry
Boiled milk
Sugar 2cups

PROCEDURE

Fry the cashew and coconut. Put in the mixer and grind coarsely. Fry the rawa in the ghee. Now add the sugar and fry for i min.Add the cashew mixture and fry for1 min and mix it well. Add milk little by little and make ladoos.



15/12/2011

Banana Cake

Ingredients :

4 Bananas (Ripe)
1 Cup of Oil
1 Cup of Sugar
3 Eggs
2 Cups of Flour
1 Tspn of Baking Powder
1 Tspn of Baking Soda
1 Tspn of Vanilla Essence
1/2 Cup of Milk
Raisins and Peanuts can be added

Procedure :

In a wide bowl beat the oil, sugar and eggs. Mash the bananas well with a fork separately and then add it to this mixture.
Once the mixture is beaten up well, add the flour little by little which has been previously mixed with Baking powder and Baking soda.
Now add the Vanilla Essence and the Milk very slowly and keep mixing it lightly.


Grease a baking tray with little oil or butter and add the cake mixture into it and bake it in a pre heated oven at 350 degree C for 45 minutes.
To check whether the cake is ready put a toothpick or a  knife and if it comes out clean your cake is ready.

13/12/2011

Prawn Biryani

Ingredients
(For 1 Kg of Rice)

FOR PRAWN MASALA:
5 Green Chillies
1 Onion
3 Tomatoes
Small piece of Ginger
6 pods of Garlic
1/4 tspn of Jeera
6 Pepper Corns
Small piece of Cinnamon
3 Cloves
A pinch of Turmeric
A bunch of Corriander Leaves

FOR THE RICE
1 kg Rice
1 kg Prawns
(Marinate the prawns in Turmeric, Salt and little Vinegar)
5 tbspns of Oil and Ghee
Cinnamon, Cloves, Cardamon
Salt to taste




Procedure:

Grind all the above ingredients into a fine paste.
In a vessel take little oil and put the ground masala into it and fry it well till the raw smell disappears.
Once it is fried you can add the tomatoes and again fry it well.
Now add the marinated prawns. Let the gravy and the prawns mix well. Keep it aside.

In another vessel add little oil and ghee. Once it becomes hot put the onions, then add the Garam masala(Cinnamon, Cloves and Cardamon). Let it fry well then add the rice which has been washed previously.

In another vessel the water has to be boiled and put for the rice. Add Salt or 2 Maggi Cubs. Close the vessel and keep it on a slow fire till the water dries up. Once the water has dried up put the layers of rice and prawn masala.Top it up with fried onions. Keep it on the tawa on slow fire till the steam comes out.

Now your biryani is ready to eat.





09/12/2011

Mango Curry (Mangalorean Style)

Ingredients:

15 mangoes( small variety)
baffat powder or chilly powder
jaggery
salt
All this is according to your taste.





Procedure:

Wash the mangoes and peel them. Keep the skins and soak them in water.
In a vessel put the mangoes along with the chilly powder, jaggery salt. Squeeze out the water from the soaked mangoe skins and add it to the vessel. Let it boil for half an hour .After it is has boiled and the water has reduced check for salt and sweetness. Then put a bagar with kadipatha,garlic and mustard.Your yummy mangoes are ready .You can bottle it and keep it in the fridge and use it whenever needed. Serve it hot or cold.

08/07/2011

Mango Curry

Ingredients

15  mangoes( small variety)
4   green chillies
Jaggery  according to your taste
salt



Procedure

Remove the skins from the mangoes. Soak the skins in water. Boil the mangoes in a vessel with the green chillies salt and jaggery. Add the water after squeezing out the skins. Let the mangoes boil well. Once the mangoes are boiled and water has been reduced give it a bagar with mustard , red chilly and udith dhal. Yummy mangoes are ready to be served.

Chicken stir fried veggies

This dish is very simple and can be prepared within a few minutes. If you are expecting guests and wondering what to prepare try your ha...