Sree's Recipes

Ingredients:  Chicken -1/2kg Coconut oil - 2to 3tbsp Coriander powder - 11/2tbsp Turmeric powder -1/2tsp Garam masala - 1/2tsp Chilli powder -1tsp Pepper powder -1tsp Ginger-garlic paste - 1tbsp Curry leaves- a handful Salt Method: Mix the chicken with all the ingredients above, except coconut oil.Heat a pan and cook the chicken with little water .Cook it till all the water has evaporated and add oil to this. Reduce the flame to medium -low and fry the chicken till it is brown.Serve hot. Recipe Courtesy - Vanitha Pachakam Magazine  

  Ingredients: Kerala red rice/kuthari  - 1cup Jaggery(powdered) - 1/2 to 3/4cup Freshly grated coconut - 1cup Cardamom - 4 Method: Dry roast the rice in a thick bottomed pan stirring all the time .Fry the rice till they starts splitting and  changes its color.Grind it into  powder along with cardmom.Transfer this to a bowl. Mix together coconut and powdered jaggery and put to the same grinder.Pulse it 2-3 times. Add the ground rice powder to this and grind everything well. Transfer to a bowl.Take a fistful and shape into balls.Store it in an airtight container upto a week.

 Ingredients: Basmati rice - 1cup Ghee -2tsp Cardmom - 2 cloves -4 Cinnamon - 2small pieces  Onion - 1,medium 8-10 Cashews  for garnishing For green paste Pudina/mint leaves-1 bunch Ginger -1tbsp Garlic - 1tbsp Green chillies - 3 Grated coconut - 1/4cup Lemon juice -1tsp Method: 1 Wash and soak the rice for 10 minutes.Cook the rice with enough salt. 2 Make a paste using the ingredients under 'green paste'(do not add water) 3 Heat ghee in a pan and roast the cashews.Remove it from the pan.. 4 Add whole  garam masala in the same pan and saute it for 1 minute. 5 Add sliced onion and saute it till it become translucent . 6 Then add the ground green paste and saute for 5 minutes. 7.Add salt and mix well.Put the cooked rice and gently mix everything well. 8 Garnish with cashews.Serve with raita.

Ingredients: For Dosa/idli Batter Idli rice -1cup Whole Urad dal - 1/2cup Fenugreek seeds -1/2tsp Cooked rice - 2tbsp Salt For Masala Potato - 2,big Frozen green peas -1/2cup(optional) Onion - 2,medium Ginger,chopped- 1tsp Green chilli - 2 Mustard seeds - 1/2tsp Urad dal -1tsp Chana dal - 1tsp Turmeric powder Oil Method: How to make idli/dosa batter? Wash , Soak rice and urad dal separately.Add fenugreek with dal. Soak it for 6 hrs. First grind rice along with cooked rice.Keep aside.Grind the dal and fenugreek seeds.Make a smooth paste out of it.mix this with ground rice.The batter should not be watery.Ferment for min 8hrs. Add salt and mix well. How to make potato masala ? Boil the potatoes and green peas separately.Mash the potato. Heat oil in a pan and Splutter mustard seeds.After that add urad dal and chana dal.Mix well till they become golden color.Add ginger,green chillies and sliced onion.Saute well till the onion become translucent.Add turmeric powder and salt.Mix well.Add mash

Ingredients: kaya/Raw Plantain - 1 Payar/Long beans - 15 Shallot - 5 Oil - 1tbsp Turmeric Powder - a pinch Green chilliies - 3 Curry leaves Salt Method: Remove the skin of the plantain and cut into lengthwise. Cut long beans into similar size long pieces. Cook them with 1/4 cup of water,salt and turmeric powder. When the pieces turn soft ,open  it keep on low flame till the water evaporates completely . Heat oil in another pan and saute the sliced shallots.when they turned light brown add chillies and saute for a minute.add the cooked pieces along with curry leaves and fry it on low flame for about 10 minutes.Serve hot with rice.

Ingredients: Crab/Njandu (cleaned and cut)- 1kg Chilli powder - 2tsp Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp Ginger,chopped - 1tbsp Garlic,chopped - 1tbsp Green chillies - 2 Shallot(sliced) -15 Curry leaves - a handful Tomato - 1,big Coconut oil - 1tbsp Salt For the masala Coconut oil -1tsp Grated Coconut - 1cup Shallot(sliced) -5 Garlic - 2pods Coriander powder - 1tbsp Curry leaves -1strand Method: Marinate the crab with chilli powder,turmeric powder and enough salt.Keep it aside for 30minutes. Heat  oil in a non stick pan and add grated coconut along with shallot,curry leaves and garlic.Roast the coconut on low flame till it become dark brown color .Add coriander powder ,mix well and switch off the flame.Let it cool.Grind it to a smooth paste along with little water.Keep aside. In a big pan heat oil and saute ginger,garlic and green chillies.Add shallot and saute for 5 minutes.Add  tomato and cleaned crab and mix well.Pour 1 cup of water with enough salt and close it with a lid.Cook it for 10miutes

Ingredients: Hard boiled Eggs - 4 Grated Coconut - 1cup fennel seeds -1/2tsp Chilli powder - 1tsp Turmeric powder -1/4tsp Garam masala - 1tsp Ginger-garlic paste - 1tbsp Green chillies -3 Coriander leaves - 1/4cup Tomato - 1 Onion - 1 Oil Method: Make a smooth paste of coconut with fennel seeds. Heat oil in a pan.Saute onion till it become very soft.Add green chillies and saute well.Add ginger-garlic paste to this and saute for 3 minutes.Add chopped tomato and saute till it become soft.Add all the masala powders and mix well.Add coconut-fennel paste to this and mix it.Pour 1 cup of water with enough salt and cover it with a lid.After 5 minutes remove the lid and add eggs(make slits on it)and chopped coriander leaves.Mix well and serve hot with appam or chapati .  REPOST Am re-posting 2  recipes for Aparna's  'No Bake Cake Event'    1. No Bake Cheese Cake  2 .Steamed Honey Sponge Cake  

Ingredients: Basmati rice - 2cups Paneer (cut into cubes) - 250g Carrot (cut into cubes)- 1,big Oil for frying paneer For the masala Ghee - 2tbsp Garlic paste - 1tbsp Ginger - 2tsp Green chillies - 3 Tomato - 2big Kashmiri chilli powder - 2tsp Coriander powder - 11/2tsp Kasoori methi - 1tsp Pepper powdr - 1/2tsp Garam masala powder(i used homemade masala  .ie 2cardmom,3cloves,1/2tsp fennel seeds,1mace and 2small cinnamon pieces.Powder the spices to fine powder )- 1tsp     For seasoning Ghee -  2-3tbsp Cumin seeds - 1tsp Coriander seeds- 1tsp Onion(chopped) - 1,big Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup Method: 1 Wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes.Heat 6cups of water in a big vessel.Add the soaked rice along with carrot cubes and enough salt.Cook on medium flame till its done.drain it and keep it aside. 2 Heat oil in a pan.Deep fry the paneer cubes and set aside. 3 Heat ghee in a pan.Add garlic paste and saute for 3 minutes.Add ginger and green chillies.saute well and add chilli power and corian

Ingredients: Raw rice/Pachari - 1cup Jaggery/sarkara  - 3 blocks(adjust according to your taste) Cooked rice - 1/4cup Shallots - 4 Coconut slices/Theghakothu -1/4cup coconut oil - 3tbsp Baking powder - a pinch (optional) Method: Wash and soak rice for 2-3 hrs.Grind it along with cooked rice and 1/4cup of water..Keep it aside. Melt the jaggery with 1/2cup of water.Remove the impurities.Add this to rice batter and mix well.Add pinch of baking powder to the batter(consistancy is like dosa batter). In a pressure cooker add 3tbsp of coconut oil and saute the coconut slices till it become golden brown. Do the same with shallot also.Keep aside. There is enough oil left in the pressure cooker now and swirl the cooker to give a coating of oil on its sides..Add half of fried shallot and coconut slices to the batter and mix well. Heat the pressure on high heat and pour the batter.Add the remainng  fried shallot and coconut slices on top of it.Close the pressure cooker tightly without the weight/w

Ingredients: Raw rice - 2cups Grated coconut - 1cup(optional) Salt Oil Method: Wash and soak the rice for 2-3 hrs.Grind along with coconut & required water.Once it is ground add more water and make a thin and watery batter(consistency is like milk).Adjust the salt.Let it rest for 1/2 an hr. Heat a non stick tawa .When it is hot pour a ladle of batter and immediately rotate the pan to spread the batter.(Tawa should be very hot.Otherwise you won't get  holes in dosa)Cover with a lid and cook it till the top becomes dry.Open it and sprinkle some oil on top of it.Fold it and serve hot with chutney or chicken curry.