Monday, April 30, 2012

Yogurt Mutton

Ingredients:
  • Mutton         1kg
  • vegetable oil  4-5tsps  
  • onions         1cup 
  • garlic         chopped  
  • chillies       3
  • ginger, peeled, thinly sliced a small piece
  • cloves         10 
  • cumin seeds     1 tbsp
  • ground cinnamon 1 tbsp
  • ground cardamom 2 tsp
  • black peppercorns 1 tsp
  • Yoghurt          4 cups 
  • lemon juice      1tbsp
  • Turmeric powder  pinch
  • Chilli powder    5tsps
  • Salt            to taste
  • Cilantro        garnish
Method:
  1. Heat oil in a skillet and fry onions,green chillies,cloves,ginger,garlic,cumin seeds,turmeric powder.
  2. Now add mutton and cook with salt placing lid on the skillet for 15mints.
  3. Now add chilli powder,grounded cinnamon,ground cardamom,black pepper corns and cook for a while like 5mints and then add curd.
  4. Cook mutton until it tends soft and finally garnish with lime juice and cilantro chopped.

Red Chilli Mutton curry

Ingredients:
  • Mutton            1 1/2 kg
  • Dry red chilies 20 nos
  • Cloves            20 nos
  •  garlic             20 nos
  • Onions          4 nos
  • Cardamoms  6 nos
  • Cloves         6 nos
  • Cinnamon    2 sticks
  • Ginger         4" piece
  • Turmeric powder 1 tsp
  • Coriander seeds 3 tsps
  • Sour curd       1 cup
  • Ripe lemon juice 2 tsps
  • Coriander leaves 1 bunch
  • Ghee            6 tbsps
  • Salt To taste
Method:
  1. Wash and cut the meat into 2 inch cubes.
  2. Slice the onions into thin long pieces and also cut the ginger and garlic separately.
  3. Heat a teaspoon of ghee on a tava and roast the chilies till dark in color.Fry the coriander seeds, garlic and ginger separately in the same way, using just 1 teaspoon ghee for each ingredient.
  4. Keep these fried spices aside until they cool and then grind them in to powder and keep aside.
  5. In a large saucepan, heat the remaining ghee and fry the onions till golden brown and crisp and keep aside.
  6. Now add the cloves, cardamoms and cinnamon to the ghee and fry, put the mutton and turmeric powder and salt. Cover and cook till the meat is cooked and now add the red chilli powder mixture which is made of ginger and garlic too.
  7. Stir the curry and cook it well.Add the curd mix and cook on low heat for 5mints.If necessary add a cup of warm water and cook.
  8. Just before serving mix the lemon juice and fried onions and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.


Gongura mutton

Ingredients:
  • 500 grms mutton, cleaned, chopped and fat removed
  • 150 grms hemp(gongura)
  • 4 -5tsps oil
  • 2 medium onions, sliced
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 4 tspschilli powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 4 -5 green chilies, whole
  • 3 inches cinnamon sticks
  • 2 cardamom
  • 3 cloves
  • 3 garlic, mashed
  • 1/2 inch ginger, mashed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1tsp poppy seeds
  • 1tsp cocunut paste
Method:
  1. In the pan heat oil and then add onions and green chilli sliced.Let them fry for a while until soft.
  2. Now add muton to the onions and add ginger garlic paste,turmeric and salt and let it cook by placing a lid on the pan until the water evaporates in the mutton.
  3. Then add chilli powder and stir well for a while and add water to the mutton and let it cook until the mutton tenders softs.
  4. Now a make paste of coriander powder,garam masala,cinnamon stick,cloves,cardamom,poppy seeds and coconut to a fine paste and add this paste to the cooked mutton.
  5. And also add the boiled and mashed hemp to the mutton and cook it for 10mints.
  6. Hot hemp mutton curry is ready to serve.

Mutton tomato

Ingredients:
  • 500 grms mutton, cleaned, chopped and fat removed
  • 150 grms tomatoes
  • 4 -5tsps oil
  • 2 medium onions, sliced
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 4 tspschilli powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 4 -5 green chilies, whole
  • 3 inches cinnamon sticks
  • 2 cardamom
  • 3 cloves
  • 3 garlic, mashed
  • 1/2 inch ginger, mashed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1tsp poppy seeds
  • 1tsp cocunut paste
  • Cilantro for garnishing
Method:
  1. In the pan heat oil and then add onions and green chilli sliced.Let them fry for a while until soft.
  2. Now add muton to the onions and add ginger garlic paste,turmeric and salt and let it cook by placing a lid on the pan until the water evaporates in the mutton.
  3. Then add chilli powder and tomato pieces and let it cook for 10mints and  stir well for a while and add water to the mutton and let it cook until the mutton tenders softs.
  4. Now a make paste of coriander powder,garam masala,cinnamon stick,cloves,cardamom,poppy seeds and coconut to a fine paste and add this paste to the cooked mutton.
  5. And cook it for another 15mints and finally garnish with cilantro.

Methi mutton

Ingredients:
  • 500 grms mutton, cleaned, chopped and fat removed
  • 2cups Methi leaves
  • 4 -5tsps oil
  • 2 medium onions, sliced
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 4 tspschilli powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 4 -5 green chilies, whole
  • 3 inches cinnamon sticks
  • 2 cardamom
  • 3 cloves
  • 3 garlic, mashed
  • 1/2 inch ginger, mashed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1tsp poppy seeds
  • 2tsp peanuts
  • 2tsp cashew
  • 2tsp almond
  • 1tsp cocunut paste
Method:
  1. In the pan heat oil and then add onions and green chilli sliced.Let them fry for a while until soft.
  2. Now add muton to the onions and add ginger garlic paste,turmeric and salt and let it cook by placing a lid on the pan until the water evaporates in the mutton.
  3. Then add chilli powder and stir well for a while and add water to the mutton and let it cook until the mutton tenders softs.
  4. Now a make paste of coriander powder,garam masala,cinnamon stick,cloves,cardamom,poppy seeds,peanuts,cashew,almond and coconut to a fine paste and add this paste to the cooked mutton.
  5. And cook it for 5mints and finally add methi leaves and cook it for 10mints in a low flame.
  6. Hot methi mutton is ready to serve.


Mutton curry

Ingredients:
  • 500 grms mutton, cleaned, chopped and fat removed
  • 4 -5tsps oil
  • 2 medium onions, sliced
  • 1/4 cup coriander leaves
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  • 4 tsps chilli powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 4 -5 green chilies, whole
  • 3 inches cinnamon sticks
  • 2 cardamom
  • 3 cloves
  • 3 garlic, mashed
  • 1/2 inch ginger, mashed
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1tsp poppy seeds
  • 1tsp cocunut paste
Method:
  1. In the pan heat oil and then add onions and green chilli sliced.Let them fry for a while until soft.
  2. Now add muton to the onions and add ginger garlic paste,turmeric and salt and let it cook by placing a lid on the pan until the water evaporates in the mutton.
  3. Then add chilli powder and stir well for a while and add water to the mutton and let it cook until the mutton tenders softs.
  4. Now a make paste of coriander powder,garam masala,cinnamon stick,cloves,cardamom,poppy seeds and coconut to a fine paste and add this paste to the cooked mutton.
  5. And cook it for another 15mints in a low flame.
  6. Finally garnish with corainder leaves chopped.

Saggubiyam Payasam

Ingredients:
  • saggubiyyam       1/2cup
  • sugar             4 to 5 tsps
  • jaggery           2 to3 tsps
  • water             1/2cup
  • milk              1cup
  • elaichi powder    pinch
  • Cashew nuts and raisins
  • Ghee              2tsps
Method:
  1. Boil saggubiyyam in water till it become soft and spongy.
  2. Then add sugar,jaggery and bring 1 proper boil add elaichi powder.
  3. In a other pan boil milk remove from heat 
  4. Now mix both sagubiyyam and milk and boil for 5mints in low flame.
  5. Heat little ghee in a pan.
  6. Fry cashews and raisins add to payasam.


Atukula payasam

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup beaten rice /Poha/Atukula
  • 1 cup Whole milk
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp crushed cardamom
  • 1 tbsp cashewnuts
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • 3 Pistachios thinly sliced
  • 3 Almonds thinly sliced
  • 2 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
Method:
  1. Heat ghee in a pan. Roast cashew and raisin. Drain them and keep it aside. In the remaining ghee, roast poha till golden brown.
  2. Heat the whole milk on medium and while it is warm enough, and crushed cardamom. Let it cook for 10 -15 minutes till it thickens.
  3. Keep stirring often so that it doesnot form skin on top..
  4. Now add sugar and cardamom. 
  5. Stir well to dissolve.Now add coconut milk and let it boil for another 5mints.
  6. Now add poha and boil for 5mints in a low flame.
  7. Add raisins and cashews. Simmer for 2 more minutes.
  8. Garnish with chopped almonds and pistachios.
  9. Yummy and Delicious poha Payasam is ready.
  10. Serve warm or cold.

Atukula upma

Ingredients:
  • Poha (Atukulu)     2 cups
  • Medium onion       1
  • Peanuts            fist full
  • cashewnuts         fist full
  • green chilles      4
  • few curry leaves
  • coriander leaves
  • lemon juice        1tsp
  • salt               to taste
  • Mustard seeds      1/2 tsp
  • Chana dal          1/2tsp
  • Urad dal           1/2tsp
Method:
  1. In a skillet add a tablespoon of oil followed by mustard seeds. When mustard starts to pop around add the peanuts,cashew and half teaspoon each of chana dal and urad dal. When slightly brown add the green chilles and curry leaves. Then add the onions, a pinch of salt and cook till onion becomes soft.
  2. While the onion is cooking take the poha under the cold water and rinse it of twice. Put the poha immediately in the collander and drain the excess water.
  3. Once the onions are soft add the poha, followed by salt. Reduce the heat to low and cook the poha for five to seven minutes. Once done add some lemon juice and chopped coriander.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Semiya Upma

Ingredients:
  • Oil                             2tbsps
  • Finely Chopped Mixed Vegetables(onion, carrot,potato, capsicum, peas)  1 cup
  • Ginger chopped                  1tsp
  • Vermicelli(Semiya)              1.5 cups
  • Salt                            to tatse
  • Water                           2 3/4 cups
  • Cumin seeds                     1/2 tsp
  • Mustard seeds                   1 tsp
  • Curry leaves                    a few
  • Urud dal                        1 tsp
  • Green chilli chopped            2
  • Cashewnuts                      fist full
Method:

  1. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds,cumin seeds,urud dal,cashew,chilli,ginger,curry leaves.
  2. When mustard seeds crackle add the veggies,onion and sprinkle salt.
  3. Saute for 2-3 minutes.
  4. In the same pan,add vermicelli and roast vermicelli on low flame. After that add water and bring water to boil.
  5. Cook till it absorbs all the water.
  6. Serve hot.