Manchatti Paara Meen Kuzhambu

Ingredients:
Paara Meen - 300 g
Small onion - 15-20 (fine chop)
Tomato - 1 (fine chop)
Garlic - 6-7(crushed)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Green Chilly - 2 (slit, remove seeds)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Red Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Tamrind water - 2 cups (Soak lemon size tamrind in water)
Curry Leaves - 2 sprigs
Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

Method:

• Heat gingely oil in a pan and add in mustard seeds.
• Once it splutters add in cumins seeds.
• Add in fenugreeek seeds and saute.
• Add in few curry leaves.
• Add in fine chopped onion and saute well.
• Once color changes to slighlty brown, add in green chilly.
• Saute well.
• Add in crushed garlic and saute well.
• Add in fine chopped tomatoes and cook in low flame.
• Cook till tomato turns mushy.
• Now add in spice powder and salt and mix well.
• Now strain and add the tamrind water and mix well.
• Let it boil for 8-10 mins.
• Now add in the cleaned fish pieces and mix gently.
• Cover and cook in low flame for 6-8 mins.
• Add in fresh curry leaves and mix up.
• Serve hot with rice.

Egg Omlette Gravy

Ingredients:

For Gravy:
Onion - 2 (fine chop)
Tomato - 2 (puree)
Green chilly - 1 (slit)
Dry red chilly - 2
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt, Water, Oil - As reqd

For Omlette :

Egg - 4
Onion - 1 (fine chop)
Green chilly - 1 (deseed and fine chop)
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Pepper powder - 1
Red Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander Leaves -  1 tbsp (fine chop)
Salt - 1 tsp

For Masala :

Coconut - 2 tbsp(grated)
Ginger - small piece
Garlic - 4
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Method:

• In a blender add in tomatoes and puree it and set aside.
• Now to the blender add items under "For masala" and blend it.
• Add water and blend them to a fine paste.
• Now heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
• Now add in onion and saute for a while.
• Add in green chilly, red chilly and tomato puree and mix well.
• Cook in low flame for few minutes.
• Now add in blended paste and salt and mix well.
• Add in little water and cover and cook in low flame for about 8 mins.
• In other bowl, add in eggs and whisk well.
• Add the other ingredients under "for omlette" and whisk well.
• Now in a pan drizzle oil and pour the omlette mix.
• Cook in low flame.
• Flip and cook and transfer this to a plate.
• Cut the omlette into rectangular strips.
• Now add this to the gravy and gently mix it.
• Sprinkle garam masala and chooped coriander leaves and mix well.
• Let it boil for 2-3 mins.
• Serve hot with rice.

Note :

As we add salt in omlette, add salt accordingly in gravy.

Guntoor Chicken Masala

Ingredients:

Onion - 1 (fine chop)
Tomato - 2 (fine chop)
Green Chilly - 3 (slit)
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves - 2 sprigs
Salt, Oil, Water - As reqd

For marination:
Chicken - 300 g
Curd - 1/2 cup
Lime juice - 1/2 limes juice
Salt - 1/2 tsp

For Masala:
Coriander seeds - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Pepper corns - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp
Dry Red Chilly - 4
Coconut - 2 tbsp (grated)


Method:

• In a bowl add the chicken pieces.
• Add items under "For marination" and mix well.
• Set this aside for min 20-25 mins.
• Now heat a pan and add items under "For Masala" one by one.
• Dry roast them and let it cool.
• Blend them to a fine puree and set aside.
• Now heat oil in pan and add mustard seeds.
• Once it splutters add in cumin seeds and add in curry leaves.
• Add in garam masala and cook in low flame.
• Add in fine chopped onions and saute for a while.
• Now add the slit green chillies and saute.
• Add in ginger garlic paste and mix well.
• Now add the fine chopped tomatoes and saute.
• Cook till tomato turns mushy.
• Add in turmeric powder and masala puree.
• Mix it well.
• Add in marinated chicken pieces and mix well.
• Add in app 1/2 cup of water  and mix well.
• Check for salt and add if required.
• Cook till masala becomes dry, will take app 12-15 mins.
• Add in fresh curry leaves and mix serve hot.
• Goes good with coconut rice/pulav/ as it is.

Carrot Kesari

Ingredients:

Carrot - 1 (big)
Rava - 1/4 cup
Brown sugar - 1/3 cup
Almonds - 4 (Sliced)
Water - 3/4 cup
Ghee - 3 tbsp
Elaichi powder - a pinch

Method:

• Chop the carrot and pressure cook for 2-3 whsitles.
• Now let it cool and blend it to a fine puree.
• It should be approximately 1/2 cup.
• Heat ghee in pan and roast the rava and set aside.
• To the same pan add ghee and slighlty toast almonds and set aside.
• Heat the same pan and add water.
• Once it starts to boil add in rava and mix well.
• Cook in low flame and when it is slightly dry add in carrot puree.
• Add in sugar and mix well.
• Keep stirring in low flame.
• Add in ghee and mix well.
• Once it thickens, add in toasted almonds and elaichi powder.
• Mix well and add little ghee and serve hot.

Note:
I have used brown sugar and so the color is different.

Oats Manchurian

Ingredients:

For Fry:
Oats - 1 1/2 cup or 150 g
Onion - 1
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Green Capsicum - 2 tbsp (fine chop)
Green Chilly - 2 (fine chop) or Red Chilly powder - 3/4 tsp
Carrot - 1 (medium size, fine chop)
Cabbage - 4 tbsp (fine chop)
Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Water - 2 tbsp + As reqd
Salt, Oil - As reqd


For Sauce:
Onion - 1 (diced)
Garlic - 2 (fine chop)
Capsicum - 1 (small size,diced)
Soya sauce - 1 tbsp
Chilly sauce - 2 tbsp
Tomato sauce - 3 tbsp
Water - As reqd

Method:

• In a bowl add oats, onion and ginger garlic paste.
• Add in capsicum, carrot and cabbage.
• Add in required salt and add pepper powder.
• Add chilly powder and mix well.
• Add 2 tbsp of water and mix well.
• Water will be absorbed, if it is dry add water accordingly.
• Now set this aside for 5 mins.
• After desired time, make small balls out of it.
• Refrigerated for 5-10 mins.
• Heat oil in pan and fry these balls.
• Now heat oil in pan and add in fine chopped garlic.
• Saute this add in diced onion and saute.
• Add in diced capsicum and mix well.
• Add in sauces and mix well.
• Add in little water and let it boil.
• Add in fried oats balls and mix well.
• Let it boil for 2-3 mins.
• Garnish with spring onion greens and serve hot.