Sunday, November 16, 2008

Cardamom Tea















Ingredients:

Tea Powder
Milk
Sugar
Cardamom pods

Procedure:

The best way to prepare tea is to mix equal quantities of milk and water. Lets say, if you are preparing 2 cups of tea, make sure that you take a cup of water and mix it with a cup of milk. Add a small teaspoon of sugar, 1tsp of tea powder. For each cup of tea you make, make sure you add a pod of crushed/powdered cardamom. Let it boil for a while.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Tomato Curry
















Ingredients:

Onions(small)-150g
Red chillie-2
Coriander powder-1tbsp
Jeera-1tsp
Pepper-1/2tsp
Curry Leaves
Coconut(scraped)-1tbsp
Tomato-5
Cinnamon and somph

Procedure:

Saute the onions and red chillies in a pan with oil. Then add jeera, pepper, coriander powder and curry leaves and saute them. Take all this and also the coconut and all the other ingredients(except tomatoes) in a mixie and grind them. Now take the tomatoes and saute them in oil. Add this to the mixture and then grind the tomatoes as well.

Take oil in a pan and add a little amount of mustard and curry leaves. Then add the mixture and then allow it to boil.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Jeera rice
















Ingredients:

Jeera/ Cumin seeds
Rice
Onion-1


Procedure:

Cut the onions in to thin slices. Heat oil in a pan and then add the required amount of jeera. Then add the sliced onions. Once the onions turn brown in color, add green chillies and then add the boiled rice. Then you can add corriander leaves if you like them.

Egg curry
















Ingredients:

Egg-6
Onion-2
Tomato-2
Coconut(scraped)
Somph
Ginger and garlic
Red chillie powder
Turmeric powder

Procedure:

Boil the eggs with a little amount of salt in the water. This will prevent the eggs from breaking. In another pan, heat the oil and then add the onions, cardamon and cinnamon and saute them. Add the garlic and ginger paste to this mixture. Grind the scraped coconut and the somph in to a paste. Make a tomato puri and keep it aside. Once the onion turns golden brown, add the tomato puri. Once the mixture starts boiling, add the other mixture as well. Now the boiled eggs can be added . Add the required amount of salt to taste.

Tomato Chutney




















Ingredients:

Tomato-250g
Onion(big)-2
Garlic
Ginger-a small peice
Corriander leaves- 10g
Red Chillies-3
Tamarind- as required
Salt

Procedure:

Chop the onions and tomatoes. Heat oil in a pan and add onions. Then add the tomatoes. Saute well. Mix all the other ingredients and grind them in the mixie.