Eggplant Peas with Dry Fish curry(Vankaya batani mettalu koora)

Generally dry meat or dry sea food goes well with the Eggplant or Brinjal.

Ingredients

half egg plant
1/2 cup peass
garlic cloves -2
mustard seeds- few
jeera seeds - few
curry leaves - 2 or 3
chillipowder - 1/2 teaspoon
coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
salt
turmeric
cleaned dry fish
1 medium size onion
1 medium size tomato
oil
coriander leaves

Preparation :

* Take a kadai pour oil once it get warm add mustard seeds, jeera seeds, crushed garlic, curry leaves.
* Now add onion slices fry ti well.
* Add  tomato slices well and fry it.
* Add egg plant slices and fry it well.
* Add peas and stir well with salt, turmeric,chilli powder, coriander powder.
* Add cleaned dry fish and mix well and cup of water and cook it under low flame until 10 - 20 minutes.
* Once it cook well Garnish with coriander leaves

It goes well with hot cooked rice.

Beerakaya Royalu (ridge guard with shrimp)

Generally i lvoe dry shrimp wit ridge guard, egg plant and gongura ...delicious dishes yummy...

This dish with raw shrimp and fresh ridge guard

Ingredients
1 medium size ridge guard
2 small red onions
1 small tomato
1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
curry leaves
turmeric
chillipowder
coriander powder
salt
mustard seeds

Preparation:

1.Take a kadai pour oil add mustard seeds and curry leaves.
2.Now add sliced red onion and fry it well until turns golden brown.
3.Later add tomato and ginger garlic paste.
4.Now add ridge guard slices and cleaned raw shrimp mix it well.
5.Add turmeric, salt, chillipowder, coriander powder.
6.Cook under low flame until shrimp cook well.

7.Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with hot rice
trust me very good combination u will like it well..

Special Indo-Mexican Dinner

I love special meals thats the reason i always make different dishes with different combination..

Here i prepared


1.Veg Samosa (i used frozen one)
2. Veg Wrap (Home made Wrap)
3. Tandoori.Chicken thighs(Home made Chicken thighs)

1.Vegetable Samosa
I bought frozen vegetable samosa big pack from Costco just take 4 samosa and preheat in microwave and light fry in oil.

2.Vegetable Wrap

Ingredients
mixed vegetables
lemon slice
salt
pepper powder
shredded cheese
Chapathi (home made) or tortillas

Now making wrap

once you done cutting vegetables and making round chapthi.. just before eating take a bowl add mixed veggies how much a person (like if kid means can't eat much  but adult means we can add more veggies ) need and salt, lemon juice, shredded cheese, pepper powder and microwave 1 min and wrap in chapathi done...


3. Tandoori chicken look at Tandoori chicken recipe

Yummy special dinner ready... Perfect combination I love it

Garlic Curry (a tamil nadu dish)

So many people love to eat garlic curry which people made in tamilnadu.. That is very healthy and tasty but we need perfect recipe otherwise we can't eat.
I got this recipe from one my friend she is from tamilnadu.

Ingredients
1 cup tamarind juice
15 peeled garlic cloves
salt
turmeric
powder (roast pepper corn, chenna dal, toor dal, uradh dal, cumin seeds well and make it powder)
Chilli powder pinch
and coriander powder
curry leaves
mustard seeds
coriander leaves.
oil

Preparation:
1.Taka a non stick sauce pan and pour oil once it get heat add mustard seeds, curry leaves and peeled garlic cloves fry it well.
2.Now add tamarind juice to it and let it boil sometime until the curry looks some thick consistency.
3.Now add turmeric, salt, chillipowder, corainder powder (1:2 ratio chilli and coriander powder).
4.And add masala powder which we make already.
5.Let ot cook on low flame some time..
6.Garnish with coriander leaves.
7.Serve with hot rice.

Perugu Charu (Curd Soup)

I do this dish when i have more curd or i feel bit lazy .. just make perugu charu with pepper potato fry.

Ingredients
1 cup curd
pinch turmeric
salt
water
coriander leaves

Seasoing
few chenna dal
few split uradh dal
curry leaves
2 red chillies or slices of 2 green chillies
mustard seeds

Preparation:
1.Take a bowl pour curd,turmeric and salt mix well with the help of fork or spoon or electronic blender.
2.Taka kadai pour oil add mustard seeds, curry leaves, lentils , chillies fry it bit and add the mixed curd.
3.If u feel thick add few water.
4.Let is heat some time and turn off garnish with coriander leaves.

Greens Pasta with Boiled egg and Shrimp

When you see the name, you might surprise what it is and how it will be trust me it came very well and tasty i finish 2 servings do u believe that.. yes it's true. then you want give a try then come, If you are vegetarian then just void the non vegetarian and use only vegetable, it's sounds funny but i am telling you can make vegetable dish or eggtarian dish

Ingredients
Spinach
Brocoli
Green Peas
Green Beans
Cucumber
Green Bell Pepper
Onion - 1/2
Garlic cloves -2
Italian Herbs mixed or your wish list like Parsley, Basil e.t.c
Tomato
Shredded Cheese
milk - 2 cups
Macaroni - 1 cup cup
Water (to boil macaroni)
Salt
1 cup Raagu or Pasta Sauce
Pepper (optional)
Olive oil

Non - Vegetarians
Boiled Eggs - 3
Cooked Shrimp- 1/2 cup or bowl


Preparation:

1. Take a big vessel boil the water and add macaroni and boil on low to medium flame.
2. Stir occastionally.
3.Now shift the macaroni into cold water wash gently with your hands and keep aside.
4.Take a big vessel and pour olive oil little bit.
5.Add shredded garlic and sliced onions fry well.
6.Add one by one greens to it and fry it well.
7.Add  macaroni and shrimp or prawns let it cook some time.
8.Add milk to it and cook some time and add tomatoes and pasta sauce.
9.Mix well with salt and pepper, Italian spices like Herbs.
10. Now mix well and add shredded cheese.
11.Let it cook some time once cheese got melted well mix well and shift to mix vessel and top with boiled eggs.

Ready set go and eat your Greens Pasta

Note : Here i used low cheese and more milk to reduce the fat content.. We need cheese because of half cooked veggies will go well with cheese..

Perugu Garelu (famous dish from South India) or Indian Donuts

Perugu Garelu wow yummy dish and my husband likes. Even me too like it very crispy boondi on top of it.


Ingredients Garelu
1 cup uradh dal
salt
water very less


Making Batter :

soaked 1- 2 hours

make a thin consistency batter adding salt in middle, use very less water with the help of wet grinder.


Ingredients for curd sauce or Perugu sauce:

2 cups of thick home made curd
pinch turmeric
salt
coriander leaves
curry leaves,
2 green chillies or 2 red chillies
channa dal ,
split uradh dal,
mustard seeds,
water

Preparation of Indian Donuts: (see my log for making garelu in other posts)

1. Take a kadai pour half level oil heat it well on medium flame.
2. Dip your hand on hand and take ball size batter and keep a small hole on middle of the garelu and fry it on low flame.
3. I usually make chitti garelu means small size than the regular garelu.
4.Take a plate and place fried items on tissue towel it will absorb excess oil.

Preparation of Curd Sauce:

1.Taka kadai pour few drops of oil let it hot.
 2.Add mustard seeds, uradh dal, chenna dal, curry leaves, red chillies or sliced green chillies, salt, water
3.Don't burn it just it has to heat thats all..


Now soak donuts in curd sauce few hours like 6 hours (according to USA and Australia weather conditions).

Garnish with Coriander leaves or add few cups of boondi on top of it and serve... Imagine it's yummy .

I finished almost 3 pieces...delicious