Chicken Masala

     My hubby is much much fond of all Non-veg items especially if it is chicken leg piece, he grab it immediately. In my new location we get only frozen meats its very very rare to find fresh meats. One day we lucky got fresh chicken leg piece which grabbed my hubby's attention immediately. As the output, here comes the fresh chicken masala for your reviews.

ALL YOU NEED:

Chicken Pieces	1/4 kg
Chopped Onion	2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato	1 No.
Ginger Garlic Paste	1 1/2 sp
Turmeric Powder	Pinch
Coriander Leaf	2 Twigs
Coriander Powder	1 spoon
Pepper Powder	1/2 spoon
Chilly Powder	1 spoon
Green Chilly	1 No.
Curry Leaf	1 Twig
Cinnamon	1/2 inch
Cardamom	1 No.
Bay Leaf	2 Nos.
Fennel Seeds	1 spoon
Mustard	1 spoon
Cloves	5 Nos.
Curry Leaf	1 Twig
Salt	To Taste
Oil	3 spoons

METHOD:
    Take a wide pan, heat 3 spoons of oil. Once done, add mustard, once splutters, add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf ad fennel seeds, do fine sauting. Once done, add chopped onion, when it turns color, add ginger garlic paste. When the raw smell goes off, add chopped tomato, saute it well. Now add turmeric powder, chilly powder, salt and coriander powder, saute well until oil oozes out. Now add cleaned chicken pieces, do fine sauting, add a cup of water and close the pan with lid. Give a stir inbetween. Leave it for 10 minutes, once the chicken gets cooked, let the excess water gets absorbed. As a final touch, add coarsely grounded pepper, silted green chilly, curry leaf and coriander leaf, toss for a while. Serve hot with roti or hot steamed rice.

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Spicy Beetroot Poriyal

     As you can view in my previous post Here and Here, am not a lover of sweet vegetables like carrot and beetroot. Even i dont know, how and what to do those veggies. One day, suddenly realized i have stopped feeding it to my kid completely. Though it is a healthy for all ages, i resumed my prepation and somehow googled but still am not satisfied with those recipes. One fine day, being my savior, my lunch mate bought a beetroot recipe as her side dish, i tasted it immediately and to my surprise, it reminds my mom preparation which she use to keep it as side dish for roti. Will i leave the chace??!! Got the recipe from her immediately and preparing it as a MUST side dish atleast weekly once.

ALL YOU NEED:

Diced Beetroot	1/4 kg
Chopped Onion	1 No.
Chopped Tomato	1 No.
Chilly Powder	1/2 spoon
Ginger-Garlic Paste	1 spoon
Pepper	1 spoon
Coconut	2 pieces
Salt	To Taste

METHOD:
     Grind coconut and gingergarlic paste to a fine mixture. Take a pressure cooker, add beetroot, chopped onion, chopped tomato, chilly powder, grinded coconut mixture, pinch of salt and add a glass of water. Pressure cook it for 3 whistles. Once the pressure gets release, Keep a pan, pour the pressure cooked ingredients, boil it until it absorbs all the excess water. Meantime grind a spoon of pepper coarsely. Once the water evaporated, add the powdered pepper and adjust with salt, do fine sauting for 5 mins. Put off the flame, and serve hot with roti or steamed rice.

Note: You can also add boiled channa dhall, which add extra taste to it.

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Lady'sfinger Masala

     Its my first tried recipe. Mostly i'll not like Lady's finger b'cos of its stickyness but this i liked it very much. Looted this recipe from my office colleague. She prepared this using Brinjal, just thought of giving a try with Lady's finger. Eventhough it was prepared by me, i was sceptical to taste it as am not a big lover. But, you want to know the outcome result. OMG !!! it was real yummy and big percentage of the dish was emptied by me.

ALL YOU NEED:

Lady's finger	1/4 kg
Turmeric Powder	Pinch
Coriander Leaf	Fresh
Salt	To taste
Oil	4 spoons

To Roast & Grind

Big Onion	1 No.
Tomato	1 No.
Dry Chilly	4 Nos.
Sesame Seeds	3 tbsps
Ground nut	3 tsps
Ginger	1/2 inch
Garlic	5 Nos.

METHOD:

     Keep a pan, heat a spoon of oil, saute the inch sized lady's finger until the stickiness goes off. Transfer it to a plate, let it cool for a while. Heat a spoon of oil again, saute the Sesame seeds and Groundnut together and then add chopped onion, tomato, dry chilly, ginger and garlic, saute again until raw smell goes off. Allow it to cool, now grind the roasted content to a fine paste. Keep a pan, heat a spoon of oil again. Add lady's finger, grinded mixture, sprinkle some water, some salt and pinch of turmeric powder. Keep closed with lid. Let the lady's finger get mixed with the mixture. Now saute it continuously until the gravy completely coats with lady's finger. Put off the flame, transfer it to serving bowl. Now, serve hot...

Note: Preferably white sesame seeds are used and de-coated Groundnuts are used.

    Sending to the event CWS-Peanuts hosted by Priya.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Mushroom Masala

     I am a lover of all Mushroom recipes. But its very rare i prepare mushroom at my home. After a BIG LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG hunt and gap i prepared this recipe for my weekend lunch. This is my first tried "JUST LIKE THAT" recipe. I was in dilemma whether the outome will be nice or not but to my surpise it was real yummy. Do u need the preparation method ??!! Here comesssssss..............

ALL YOU NEED:

Mushroom	1 packet
Chopped Onion	2 Nos.
Chopped Tomato	1 No.
Ginger/Garlic Paste	1 spoon
Coriander Powder	1 spoon
Turmeric Powder	Pinch
Coriander Leaf	4 Twigs
Fennel Seeds	1 spoon
Cinnamon	1/4 inch
Chilly powder	1 spoon
Green Chilly	2 Nos.
Curry leaf	1 Twig
Cloves	3 Nos.
Garlic	7 Nos.
Salt	To Taste
Oil	1 spoon

METHOD:

     Clean the mushroom and dice it. Let it sit for a while. Heat a spoon of oil in pan. Add mustard. Once it spluttered, add chopped onion, cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds. Saute it for a while. Now add chopped onion, do a fine saute. Now add tomato, saute it again. Now add Ginger garlic paste, Garlic cloves, Turmeric Powder, Chilly powder, Corainder Powder (Optional). Saute it until oil oozes out. Now add diced mushrooms, sprinkle some water. Mix with the mixture and close the pan with lid. Allow to boil. After 5 mins or so, fry the mixture, until the extra water content goes off. Few mins before you put off the flame, add chopped corainder leaf, curry leaf and slited green chilly. Mix it for 5 mins and Serve hot...

Linking this to event hosted by SHAMA.... :)

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬