Tomato Rasam

Ingredients:

Tomato - 3 nos
Tamarind juice - 2 tbsp
Rasam powder - 1 tbsp
Garlic - 3 nos ( crushed )
Red chillies - 2 nos
Curry leaves - few
Corriander leaves - 2 tbsp ( chopped)
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste.
Method:

• 1.Put whole tomatoes in boiling water, simmer for 3 minutes, keep it aside to cool.
• 2.Peel away the broken skin of boiled tomatoes and mash them into a pulp.
• 3.To the thick tomato pulp add water,add curry leaves, chopped corriander leaves, Rasam powder,Crushed garlic, tamarind juice and salt. mix well.
• 4.Heat oil in a pan, add mustard and red chillies and allow to splutter.
• 5.Now pour the rasam and bring to a boil and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
• 6.Serve with  hot plain rice.

Kothamalli Chutney

Ingredients:

Fresh Corriander leaves - 1 bunch

Small onion - 10 or large onion - 1

Red chillies - 4

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Channa dhal - 1 tsp

Urad dhal - 1 tsp

Grated coconut - 2 tbsp

Tamarind - 1/4 lemon size

Oil - 2 tspSalt to taste.

Method:

• Clean and wash the corriander leaves.
• In a kadai put the oil and fry onion,red chillies,cumin seeds,urad dhal and channa dhal.
• Same pan add the corriander leaves and saute for 2 mins till they wilt.
• Add coconut and tamarind to that and fry altogether for one more minute.
• Cool it. Add salt and grind to a thick paste.
  Serve with  idli or dosa.

Bread Upma

Ingredients:

• 7 slices bread ( I used brown bread )
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1.5 cup veggies (cauliflower, bell Pepper, peas, carrot, potato)
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1/2 cup tomatoes
• 1 tbsp oil
• 3 slit chilies
• 1 tsp chopped cilantro for garnishing
• salt to taste

Cooking Procedure

Dice each slice of bread to 1 cm cubes (12 pieces)

Heat a pan and put these cubes into it and dry toast it, and keep it aside

Heat oil in the same pan, add cumin seeds, chilies and onion fry till onion is translucent, then add veggies and fry till they become tender, then add tomatoesand cook until it becomes soft.

Add salt and tomato ketchup and mix nicely, then add the bread cubes and stir it fast because the mixture should be blended with all pieces,garnish with coriander

Serve hot

Tomato Onion Chutney

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
• 1 cup chopped tomatoes
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/8 tsp fenugreek seed (methi seeds)
• 4-5 red chillies
• curry leaves
• a pinch asafoetida (hing)
• 1/2 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

Heat oil in pan, add mustard seeds , methi seeds and curry leaves once mustard seeds splutter add onion and fry till it becomes translucent. Then add tomatoes, hing and salt and cook till tomatoes become tender.Keep it aside.

When cool grind this mixture to a smooth paste and serve with dosa.

Egg fried rice

Ingredients

• 3 Eggs(beat them nicely along with salt n papper)
• 1/2 cup chopped cabbage
• 1 midium size chopped onion or 3 to 4 spring onions
• 1/2 chopped capsicum
• 1 chopped carrot
• 1/4 cup peas
• 1 cup leftover rice
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 green chilli
• 1/2 tspn Salt and 1/2 tspn pepper

Cooking Procedure

Heat oil in pan,then add onion and chilli let it fry for 2 min then add all veggies to it and stir

Sprinkle a little salt and pepper on veggies,keep it covered and fry till veggie are tender

In other pan heat some oil and add beaten egg stir it contineously till it is scrambled

Shift the scrambled eggs to the veggie pan now mix then nicely n fry for a minute

Add the leftover cooked rice n mix it properly

Finally add salt to taste and fry for 3 to 4 min in medium flame and your egg  fried rice is ready..

Tomato Rice

Ingredients:
Basmathi Rice-2 cups
Tomato- 3(medium size)

Onion - 1 ( cut into length wise )
Green chillies - 2 nos

Mint leaves-10
Corriander leaves - few ( chopped )

Ginger garlic paste- 2 tbsp

Red chilly powder-1 tbsp

Ghee-1 tbspOil-2 tbsp
Bay leaf - 2

Water - 4 cups

Salt to taste.
For powder:
Cinnamon-1inch

Cardamom-2

Cloves - 2
Fennel seeds - 1 tbsp
Poppy seeds - 1 tsp

Method:

• 1.Wash & soak the rice 15 minutes.
• 2.Heat oil & ghee in the pressure pan and fry all the spice powder and bay leaves.
• 3.Add sliced onions,green chillies and saute it. Put the ginger garlic paste and fry it nicely..
• 4.Add the chopped tomatoes and fry it well.
• 5.Now add the chopped mint leaves and give it a stir.
• 6.Add the red chilly powder and fry it until the raw smell disappears. Put the finely chopped corriander leaves and mix it.Now pour 4 cups of water and allow to boil.
• 7.Now add the soaked rice and pressure cook it for 2 whistles in medium heat.
• 8.Remove the cooker from stove.
• 9.Allow the cooker to cool naturally.

Chicken 65

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. chicken (455gm) (cut into small pieces)
• 1 tsp. chili powder
• 1 tsp. pepper powder
• 1 tsp. coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp. cumin powder
• 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
• 1/4 tsp. garam masala
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tbsp. curd or yogurt
• 1 tbsp. ginger & garlic paste
• 2 pinch orange food color
• 1 tsp. Salt
• oil for deep frying
• coriander leaves, lemon and red onions (for garnish)

Method:

• 1.Wash the chicken cubes, and drain all the water.
• 2.Wait for about 15 minutes to dry all the cubes.
• 3.Add all the ingredients, except oil and coriander leaves.
• 4.Marinate the chicken for at least an hour or more.
• 5.Heat the frying pan and pour the oil.
• 6.Put the chicken cubes in hot oil.
• 7.Fry them well, Fry them in a 2 or 3 batches.
• 8.Spread the cubes in serving dish.
• 9.Garnish with coriander leaves, lemon and red onions.
• 10.Serve hot with rice, paratha, naan or roti.