Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Apple Banana Smoothie

A yummy healthy smoothie!!


Chop one medium apple..




Add half a banana..


Add 1/2 cup orange juice...


and 1/4 cup milk..




And blend till smooth..


YUM !!
Apple Banana Smoothie by Aswathi Nambiar



RECIPE

Servings : 1

Ingredients :
  • Apple - 1 (medium)
  • Banana - Half
  • Orange juice - 1/2 cup
  • Milk - 1/4 cup
Directions :
  • Toss the fruits and the liquids to the blender .
  • Blend until smooth.












Monday, November 28, 2011

Yellow Lentil / Toor Dal / Parippu curry

Simple parippu curry without coconut 

Take 1/2 cup of parippu in a bowl.

Fill the bowl with 1 cup of water and soak the it for minimum 5hrs.

After 5 hrs parippu will be double the quantity

Now wash it under running water and transfer it to the pressure cooker and add 1 cup of water.

Add 1/2 tsp of Salt ...

and 1/2 tsp of Turmeric.Close the lid and pressure cook it on high flame .When it starts to release pressure put the weight and keep it in low flame till one whistle and then off the flame.Wait till the pressure is completely gone.

Slice 6 shallots or 1/4 of an onion.

Take 1 Tb sp of oil in a pan

Add the shallots when oil is hot

Fry it till it is slightly brown on the edges.

Immedietly add 1/2 tsp of red chilly powder and off the flame.

Give it a quick stir ...

And transfer it to the cooked dal or parippu and stir...


RECIPE

Servings : 2

Ingredients
  • Toor Dal - 1/2 cup
  • Salt - 1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric -1/2 tsp
  • Shallots - 6
  • Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Directions:
  • Soak the parippu in 1 cup water for 5hrs.
  • Pressure cook the parippu with 1 cup of water.
  • Add 1/2 tsp of salt and 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.
  • Slice the shallots.
  • Saute it in oil.
  • Transfer it to the parippu.








Monday, November 21, 2011

Chicken Roast with no ginger and garlic.

The easiest chicken recipe I have ever seen!

Take 1 lb chicken

And for the masala ..Just two ingredients .Onion and Tomato.

And these are the powders that you will need.Salt,Turmeric powder,Kashmiri chilly powder and a secret ingredient!!

Heat 2Tbsp of Oil..

Add 1 sliced onion..

Saute it till brown.

Chop 2 Tomatoes..

Throw in the Tomatoes..

Toss it till it is cooked...

Then add 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder..

1 1/2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder...(or  red chilli powder.Kashmiri chilli gives a bright red color for the curry )

 1 tsp Salt..

And finally the Chicken..


Next, stir it around ...

Close it and keep it in low flame...

Now lift the lid after 2 min ..You can see the chicken is slightly tender and juice has started to come out .Stir it occasionally and keep it closed.

When the chicken is almost cooked and all the water has come out of the chicken,start to make it dry..



Like this...

Now the twist...Make it in to a circle like this..
And the  secret ingredient...Ground black pepper !!

Heat 1 Tbsp of oil in the middle and put 1 tsp of pepper..

And continue to roast it till it is dry.You can add more pepper if you need..

Off the flame and keep it closed . It will not loose the flavor if it is kept closed...and the chicken will be darker...

See that...


Yum !

RECIPE

Servings : 4

Ingredients :
  • Chicken -1 lb
  • Oil - 2 Tbsp
  • Onion - 1 Big
  • Tomato - 2
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Kashmeeri chilli - 1 1/2 tsp
  • Salt - 1 tsp
  • Oil - 1 Tbsp
  • Pepper - 1 tsp

Directions :
  • Heat oil .
  • Add sliced onions .Saute it till brown.
  • Add chopped tomatoes.Cook it.
  • Add turmeric powder,chilli powder and salt.
  • Add the chicken.Cover it and cook it in low flame.
  • Once the chicken is tender, make it dry.
  • Finally add the pepper and mix it.
  • Keep it covered for some time.