Prawns Masala Curry

Ingredients:
Prawns - 2 cups washed  (marinate with lemon juice and chopped cilantro for 10min - this is optional)
Chopped onion - 1 cup
Slit Green chillies - 4
Curry Leaves - few
chopped coriander - 1 tbsp
chopped tomato- 1/2 cup
Red chilli powder - 2 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2tbsp
Turmeric - 1/2 tbsp
Salt - as per taste
Garam Masala powder - 1 tbsp
Oil - 4 tbsp
 
Method:
In a pan add oil and when it is hot, add green chillies and curry leaves and fry for a min

Add chopped onions and mix well and fry till onions are translucent

Add turmeric and salt and fry for a minute

Now add ginge-garlic paste

Mix well and fry till the raw smell of GG vanishes

Now add chopped tomatoes

 

Mix well and cook till tomatoes are soft

 Now add red chilli powder and mix well and cook for another 2min

 Now add prawns and mix well

 Cook on medium heat for 10min. Prawns give out water so no need to add any water

Now add garam masala powder and mix well and cook for 5 min

Add chopped coriander and cook for another 10 min or till the oil starts showing up on the sides of the pan

The curry is now ready to be served! Goes well with Roti, Naan, white rice, biryani rice and Prawns Biryani

Amaranth Leaves and Raw Tomato Dal - Thotakoora Pacchi Tomato Pappu

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Lentil/Toor Dal
1 cup water
2 cups Amaranth Leaves, wash thoroughly
3 Raw tomatoes
5-10 Green chillies (as per your spice level)
1/4 cup chopped onions
2 tbsp tamarind paste
 Salt as per taste
1/4 tbsp turmeric

For Seasoning:
1 tbsp oil
1/4 tbsp mustard seeds
1/4 tbsp cumin seeds
4-5 Red chillies
Few curry leaves
2 Garlic pods

Method:
In a pressure cooker, add washed toor dal

To it, add chopped raw tomato

 Add Green chillies

Add chopped onions

Now add amaranth leaves. No need to chop them

 

Add water and pressure cook for 5 visils and set it aside to cool

Open the lid of the pressure cooker and the dal is well cooked as below

Switch on the heat again and now add turmeric to the cooked dal

Add enough salt

Add tamarind paste

and mix and mash well Cook for 2min till the raw taste of tamarind disappears and switch off the heat

In a pan, add oil and when it is hot, add mustard seeds, cumin, red chillies, crushed garlic,curry leaves and fry for two min.

Add this mixture to the Dal. Very yummy Amaranth dal is ready to be served!

Goes well with white rice, roti and Dosa.

Curd Rice - Daddojanam

 

 

Ingredients:

Rice --- ½ Cup (125 ml)
Water --- 1 cup (250 ml)
Curd --- 1 cup (adjust it )
Oil --- 1  tbsp
½ tbsp Channa Dal
½ tbsp Urad Dal

¼ tbsp Mustard Seeds
Curry Leaves --- a few
2 tbsp finely chopped Ginger

4 Green Chillies chopped finely

Coriander Leaves --- a few (chopped)
Asafoetida - 1 pinch

Method:

Wash the rice with water and Add twice the water to the rice.Cook in a cooker till done.
 Let it cool, but not too cold as it doesn't mix well with the curd

Add curd and enough salt to the rice and mix well.

 It should be semi-consistent as shown below

Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan (it takes less oil for this recipe) and when it is hot, add finely chopped ginger and green chillies and fry for 2min.

Now add asafoetida. This gives nice flavour and taste to the rice and fry for 30 sec

 Now add red chillies, chana dal, mustard seeds, cashew nuts (optional- I add to enhance the taste) and mix well and fry for couple of minutes or till mustard seeds splutter

Now add chopped coriander and curry leaves and mix well.

Fry till the raw smell of coriander disappears and switch off the heat.

Add this seasoning to the rice mixture and mix well!

 Simple yet very tasty curd rice is ready. 

 

 This can be offered as Naivedhyam to Lord Shiva and Shri Shiridi Sai baba