Thai Curry

INGREDIENTS

This dish calls for a lot of vegetables of your choice. I use broccoli, beans, cabbage, mushroom, carrot, baby corn. Along with this you can add a few pieces of chicken or prawns. Wash and chop the vegetables into  sizeable pieces, not very small.

One packet thai green curry paste.You can use only 4tblsps.

1/2 coconut juice.

1 onion and 2 green chilles.

corriander leaves a handful.

PROCEDURE

Cut the onions in big pieces. Put some oil in a vessel and fry the onion and add the green chilly. Once it is lightly fried add the Thai Green paste and let it fry. Now add the vegetables and salt let it boil. Once it is lightly boiled add the thick coconut juice and check for salt. Finally garnish with coriander leaves. Serve hot with boiled rice.

Mangalorean Dish :Moge with Bikna (Jackfruit Seed)

INGREDIENTS

one medium sized moge
bikna (jackfruit seed)
few dried red chillies
garlic pods 6 to 7
salt

This dish is from one of my konkana friend. Try it you will surely love it.

PROCEDURE
Wash the moge . Don't remove the skin. Cut the moge into square pieces. In a cooker put some oil and put the red chilles and smashed garlic.  Once the chillies and garlic are fried add the moge and the bikna with a little water and salt. Close the cooker and give it one whistle. Your dish is ready to be served. Simple but nice. Those who are very fond of bikna's will surely love this dish .

Prawn Curry

INGREDIENTS

PRAWNS                                1/4 KILO
ONIONS                                 2 MEDIUM
TOMATOES                           3 MEDIUM
GINGER GARLIC PASTE      1 TSP
GREEN CHILLY                    3 NOS.
CORRIANDER LEAVES
CHILLY POWDER                2TSP
TURMERIC POWDER          (LITTLE)
CAPSICUM                           1 LARGE

PROCEDURE

CLEAN THE PRAWNS AND DEVEIN THEM. WASH THEM WELL .

TAKE A VESSEL AND PUT LITTLE OIL . ADD THE CHOPPED ONIONS AND FRY IT TILL IT BECOMES A LITTLE BROWN . ADD THE GINGER AND GARLIC PASTE  FRY IT A BIT,AFTER THE RAW SMELL DISAPPEARS ADD THE CHOPPED TOMATOES AND LET IT FRY WELL, ONCE IT GETS FRIED ADD GREEN CHILLY ,TURMERIC POWDER AND CHILLY POWDER AND LITTLE WATER . LET IT BOIL WELL, NOW ADD THE PRAWNS, SALT AND THE CAPSICUM . LET IT SIMMER ON A SLOW FLAME. FINALLY ADD THE CHOPPED CORIANDER LEAVES. SERVE WITH BOILED RICE.

Shahi Chicken

INGREDIENTS


Chicken 1/2 kg
Red chilly powder 1 tsp or more depending on how spicy you need it.
Ginger garlic paste
Soya sauce
Tomatoe ketchup
Curds
Vinegar
Salt

PROCEDURE

Marnite the chicken with the above ingredients and keep it for some time. Take a vessel and boil this marinated chicken , do not close the pan. Once the chicken is boiled take another vessel and add oil, lot of kadipatha (curry leaves) 6 -7 green chillies and let it fry a bit till the leaves become a bit crispy. Add the boiled chicken to this and keep sauteing it till the gravy coats the chicken, Serve it hot.