Lamb/Goat Curry

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Lamb/Goat curry

Lamb 1/2 kg
Onion 2 big ones
Tomato 1
Ginger big piece
Garlic 10 to 12 pods
Mutton masala (used home made mutton masala)
Can replace with any garam masala
Oil 2 spn
Mustard seeds and fennel seeds 1 spn each
Curry leaves few
Turmeric 1/2 spn
Chilli powder 1 spn
Salt as required
Correct leaves for garnishing

Heat oil in a pan
Add onion, tomato, ginger garlic
Fry until tomato becomes mushy
Add in mutton masala
Make it cool and grind to a fine paste..

Heat 1 spn oil in a pressure cooker
Add in mustard and fennel seeds
Add curry leaves
Add chopped and cleaned lamb or goat.
Add in salt and turmeric fry for few minutes
Add the masala paste and water as required
Check salt and pressure cook for 3 whistles..
Once its done add finely chopped corriander leaves for garnishing..

This gravy goes with rice roti or any tiffin item too..

Paneer Tikka and Chicken Tikka in Airfryer

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Paneer tikka and chicken tikka in airfryer

Paneer 250g cut into cubes
Chicken 5 leg pieces
Lemon 2
Chilli powder 3 spn
Corriander powder 2 spn
Garam masala 1 spn
Dry Kasuri methi leaves 1 spn crushed optional
Jeera powder 1 spn
Ginger garlic paste 2 spn
Curd 1/4 cup
Salt as required
Ghee 2 to 3 spn

Clean chicken and paneer separately..

Marinate chicken and paneer with salt and lemon juice..
Keep aside for 15 minutes..

For tikka masala..
Add all other ingredients in a bowl except ghee..
Mix well..
Marinate chicken and paneer cubes ..
I marinated overnight for better taste..

For paneer
Mix the capsicum and onion with paneer
In air fryer arrange paneer onion capsicum in a grill stick.. arrange it in air fryer..
In airfryer cook 375 deg for 7 minutes ..
Brush with ghee
Keep roast mode 375 deg for 4 to 5 minutes..

For chicken
Arrange the marinated chicken in airfryer..
Cook 400 deg for 15 minutes
Brush with ghee
Keep roast mode 375 deg for 8 to 10 minutes..

Yummy chicken tikka and paneer tikka ready..

Turkey Biriyani

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Turkey biriyani

Onion 1
Tomato 1
Basmati rice 1 cup
Ginger garlic paste 1 spn
Turkey 500g
Mint corriander leaves 1 cup finely chopped
Turmeric 1/2 spn
Chilli powder 2 spn
Curd 1/2 cup
Salt as required
Oil 2 spn
Butter or ghee 2 spn
Coconut milk 1/2 cup optional

For fresh biriyani masala powder
Dry grind all biriyani spices
Cinnamon 1 inch
Cloves 2
Elachi 2
Bay leaves 1
Star annise 1
Corriander seeds 1 spn
Black pepper 1 spn
These are basic.. add any other biriyani spices if you have..

Cut and clean Turkey..
Heat oil in a pan. I did it in instant pot..
Add oil
Add the fresh biriyani masala powder..
Fry for 1 minute
Add onion fry until translucent.
Add in ginger garlic paste fry again
Add tomatoes fry again
Add in turkey and little salt.
Add turmeric and chill powder too..
Add curd and mix well.
Press cook for 2 minutes high in ip..
Release the pressure manually
Add in rice
Mint corriander leaves..
Add coconut milk and 1 cup water..
Check the water level of gravy and adjust along with how much rice u are adding..
Check salt. Add a spoon of lemon juice if required..
Cook in rice mode low pressure for 8 minutes..

Yummy Turkey biriyani ready.. serve hot with raita or gravy..

This method can be used for any kind of biriyani.. the flavor is totally different from my previous biriyani’s..

White Puri or Maida Puri

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All purpose flour (Maida) 1 cup
Rava 1/4 cup
Salt 1/4 spn
Sugar 1/4 spn
Water 1/2 cup or less
Oil for frying

Mix flour rava salt sugar in a bowl..
Add 1 spn oil if needed..
Make it as fine dough..
Cover and Keep aside for 5 to 10 minutes..

Make small balls. Use a puri press or do it hand to make puri shape..
Deep fry in hot oil..
All puri’s will come nice and fluffy if the kneading is gd.. This is really soft and crispy..

Serve hot with desired gravy..

Bread Pizza

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Sometimes we don’t know what to do when the bread expires soon..
I tried it as evening snack.. came out well..

All u need is
Bread slices any kind
Pizza sauce optional
Onion sliced
Tomorrow sliced
Can add desired topings
Cheese mozzarella 1 cup
Salt very little

Arrange one by one on the top of the bread except cheese
Add cheese on the top
Oven..
bake in conventional oven for 10 to 12 minutes 400 deg

If airfryer
Bake 400 deg 7 to 8 minutes

Tawa.. arrange in tawa
Cover it.. cook in medium flame for 10 to 12 minutes…

If you want more crispy leave it for few more minutes..

Yummy bread pizza ready…

Paneer Tikka Dum Biriyani

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Paneer 250g
Curd 2 cup
Chilli powder 2 spn
Corriander powder 1 spn
Garam masala 1 spn
Capsicum 1/2
Onion 1 big
Tomato 3
Ginger garlic paste 2 spn
Ghee 3 spn
Saffron few strands
Milk 1/2 cup
Basmati rice 2 cup
All live spices (cardamom 2, cinnamon 1, bay leaves 1, star annise 1)
Biriyani masala powder 2 spn any kind
Green chilies 3
Mint corriander leaves finely chopped handfull
Salt as required

Step 1..
Marinate paneer , capsicum, 1 tomato with curd , chili powder , corriander powder, garam masala, salt..
Soak basmati rice
Soak saffron with warm milk..
Keep all other ingredients ready..

Step 2..
Cook basmati rice 90% with all live spices..
Drain water and keep aside..

Step 3..
Cook the marinated paneer in a non stick pan until water evaporate.. keep aside.

Step 4..
Heat a pot or kadai..
Add ghee
Add in onion and green chilies.. fry well..
Add ginger garlic paste
Add in tomato fry well
Add biriyani masala powder
Add 1 cup curd fry well..

Step 4..
Layering
First add half of the onion masala paste ..
Add half the paneer tikka as second layer
Add cooked rice as third layer.. add in mint corriander leaves..
Add half of saffron milk..
Repeat the later again..
Add ghee on the top..
Cover well..
Either bake in oven for 20 minutes 375 deg or cook in stove top for 20 to 25 minutes in medium flame..

Yummy flavorful paneer tikka biriyani ready…
Same way we can prepare chicken tikka biriyani too…

Erode Special Green Chili Chicken..

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Erode Special Green Chili Chicken..

Chicken 500g
Onion 1 big
Green chilies 12 to 15
Oil 2 spn
Mustard 1 spn
Turmeric 1 spn
Salt as required
Curry leaves few
Corriander leaves for garnishing

Heat a pan
Add oil ..
Add mustard seeds and curry leaves
Add in green chilies fry for a minute
Add thinly sliced onions fry until translucent..
Add in turmeric and chicken
Add salt too
Fry for few minutes
Add 1 cup water. Cover and cook until chicken cooked well..
Check salt..
Garnish with coriander leaves…

Simple and tasty green chili chicken ready…
This is simplest non masala chicken recipe often prepared in my native…
Same way mutton also we can prepare..

Cheese Dosa

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Dosa batter
Pizza sauce or pasta sauce
Mozzarella cheese as required
Ghee or oil

Heat a dosa pan
Pour batter and make dosa and press the top with laddle
Top with pizza sauce and spread gently
Add cheese topping
Add desired toppings if needed
Spread ghee or oil
Cook in medium flame for 1 to 1.5 minutes
Dont flip the dosa..
Remove gently from pan

Yummy cheese dosa ready…

Ragi Moongdhal Muruku

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Ragi flour 2 cup
Moong dhal flour 1.5 to 2 cup
Ajwan 2 spn
Sesame seeds black 2 spn
Chilli powder 3 to 4 spn
Hing a pinch
Salt as required
Oil for deep frying

Mix all the ingredients except oil and make a fine dough..
Heat oil for deep frying
Use muruku press and make desired shape.
Deep fry in oil..flip in between
Remove once its done..

Cool and store in air tight container..

Bun Parota

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All purpose flour(maida) 2 cup
Egg 1
Milk 2 spn
Salt 1/2 spn
Sugar 1/2 spn
Oil as required

Step 1..
Mix all ingredients except oil in a mixing bowl..
Mix gently.. add water little by little to make a smooth dough..knead well without cracks..
Apply oil and cover it well..
Keep it for 2 hours minimum ..

Step 2..
After 2 hours make the dough into small balls..
Apply oil again..keep aside for 1 more hour..

Step 3..
Roll the dough and make it as thin as possible..
Fold with hands and make it as spiral.. as shown in step 3 picture.. keep aside..
Press gently and cook in a tawa with medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes..
Press gently.. apply oil inbetween..
Once its done make them soften by crushing gently by hands..

Bun parota ready..

Serve hot with Veg salna or any desired gravy…