Today's tip

If you apply some salt in hand before kneading chapathi dough, the dough won't stick in your hands

Onion Salad

Onion Salad is a perfect side dish for Biriyani. It requires only a few ingredients to prepare and can used as side dish for chapathis and naan also along with any gravies

 

Preparation Time :15 minutes

Cooking Time :  -

 

Ingredients:

• Big Onion -2
• Green chilli -2
• Coriander leaf -A handful
• Curd -1cup
• Salt -1tsp or as needed

Preparation:

• Chop onion and green chilli to small pieces
• Chop coriander leaves into smaller portions

Procedure: 

• Take onion and green chilli and mix
• Add salt and mix
• Add curd and mix well
• Add coriander leaves and mix
• Onion salad is now ready!!!

Step by step procedure:

Take onion and green chilli and salt and mix

Add curd and mix well. Add coriander leaves and mix

Mutton Biriyani

Biriyani is a traditional recipe loved by almost every person. This is a simple pressure cooker style biriyani. This is made from Basmathi rice and its cooked with fresh herbs and spices. It can be served with onion raita or brinjal kichhadi. 

 

Preparation Time :40 minutes

Cooking Time :30 minutes

 

Ingredients:

• Mutton -1/2kg
• Basmathi Rice -2cups
• Big Onion -3
• Tomato -2
• Ginger -2inch piece
• Garlic - 10
• Cinnamon/Pattai -1 inch piece 
• Cardamom/elakai -3
• Bay leaf/Biriyani leaf -1
• Mint leaves/Pudhina -1cup
• Coriander leaves/Malli leaf -1cup
• Green chillies -3
• Chilli powder/Milagai podi -2tsp or to taste
• Coriander powder/Malli podi - 2tsp
• Turmeric powder/Manjal podi -1tsp
• Curd -2tblsp
• Coconut milk -2cups
• Mutton boiled water -1cups
• Water -1cup +1 cup(for boiling mutton)
• Lemon juice -2tsp
• Salt -1tblsp or to taste
• Oil -1tblsp or as needed
• Ghee -1tblsp or as needed 

Grinding: 

Grinding 1:

• Ginger -2inch piece
• Garlic - 10

Grind ginger and garlic to a fine paste by adding water 

Grinding 2:

• Coconut -1/2cup

Grind coconut and pour water and squeeze the milk from coconut and keep

 

Preparation:

• Boil mutton and keep. Keep the remaining water from boiled mutton
• Chop onion, tomato and green chilli to small pieces
• Wash mint leaves and coriander leaves and keep
• Grind ginger and garlic to a fine paste 
• Take coconut milk from coconut and keep
• Wash and keep the basmathi rice aside

Procedure:

• In a pressure cooker, boil mutton by pouring 1cup water in it and keep for 4-6whistles in high flame
• After the pressure goes by itself open cooker and take the mutton aside and keep the remaining water aside
• In a pressure cooker pour oil and ghee
• After oil gets heated add cinnamon, cardamom and biriyani leaf
• Then add onions and fry till it gets golden brown in color
• Add green chilli and mix
• Then add tomatoes and mix till it becomes soft and the raw smell goes away
• Add mint leaves and coriander leaves and mix
• Then add ginger garlic paste and mix well
• Add chilli powder, coriander powder. turmeric powder and salt and mix well
• Add curd and mix well
• Then add mutton and mix well till it gets coated with the gravy
• Add the remaining water from boiled mutton
• Then add coconut milk and remaining water and boil
• After it gets boiled check for salt and spice taste and add a little if needed
• Then add basmathi rice and mix it and close the cooker and keep for 1whistle in high flame and 3minutes in low flame
• After the pressure goes by itself open cooker and pour lemon juice and mix well
• Tasty mutton biriyani is ready!!!

Step by step procedure:

In a pressure cooker, boil mutton by pouring 1cup water in it and keep for 4-6whistles in high flame

In a pressure cooker pour oil and ghee. After oil gets heated add cinnamon, cardamom and biriyani leaf

Then add onions and fry till it gets golden brown in color

Add green chilli and mix. Then add tomatoes and mix till it becomes soft and the raw smell goes away

Add mint leaves and coriander leaves and mix

Then add ginger garlic paste and mix well. Add chilli powder, coriander powder. turmeric powder and salt and mix well

Add curd and mix well

Then add mutton and mix well till it gets coated with the gravy

Add the remaining water from boiled mutton. Then add coconut milk and remaining water and boil

Then add basmathi rice and mix it 

Close the cooker and keep for 1whistle in high flame and 3minutes in low flame

After the pressure goes by itself open cooker and pour lemon juice and mix well. Tasty mutton biriyani is ready!!!

Note:

• For 1cup basmathi rice add 2cups water
• You can cook Biriyani in seeraga samba rice too
• I usually don't add food color. Add food color to make biriyani look colorful and bright

Vanilla ice cream

This is a very easy and simple ice cream which can be made in home without any ice cream machine. It will be very delicious and you can taste it with any topping of your choice. It does not require many ingredients and so it is very simple to make

Preparation Time :2minutes

Cooking Time :10minutes 

Ingredients:

• Milk -2 and 1/2cups
• Sugar -5tblsp
• Fresh Cream -1/2cup
• Cornflour/corn starch -1tblsp
• Vanilla essence -1tsp

Preparation:

Mix cornflour in 1/4 cup milk and keep

Procedure:

• Mix cornflour in 1/4 cup milk and keep
• Boil 2and 1/4cup milk in a non stick pan
• Add sugar and boil
• Add cornflour and milk mixture and boil in low flame for five minutes and allow to cool
• Add fresh cream and mix well
• Then add vanilla essence and mix well
• Divide it into two containers and cover it and freeze it
• After it gets set, take it out and blend in a mixer or by using electric blenders and divide it into two portions and cover and freeze
• You can serve it with any topping as you wish
• Vanilla ice cream is now ready!!!

Step by step Procedure:

Mix cornflour in 1/4 cup milk and keep

Boil 2and 1/4cup milk in a pan

Add sugar and boil

Add cornflour and milk mixture and boil in low flame for five minutes and allow to cool 

Add fresh cream and mix well. Then add vanilla essence and mix well

Divide it into two containers and cover it and freeze it

After it gets set, take it out and blend in a mixer or by using electric blenders and divide it into two portions and cover and freeze

Vanilla ice cream is now ready!!!

You can serve it with any topping as you wish 

  

Vazhakai Poriyal

This is an easy fry. It is shallow fried but tastes good. It requires no big chopping work and enables us to finish our side dish very quickly

 

Preparation Time : 5minutes

Cooking Time :15 minutes

 

Ingredients:

• Vazhakai -1
• Chilli powder/Milagai thool -2tsp
• Coriander powder/Malli thool -1tsp
• Turmeric powder/Manjal thool -1/2tsp
• Pepper powder/Milagu thool -1tsp
• Salt -1tsp or as required
• Oil -1tblsp or as required

Preparation:

• Chop vazhakai into round pieces
• Marinate it with chilli powder, Coriander powder, Turmeric powder, Pepper powder and salt

Procedure:

• Marinate vazhakai with chilli powder, Coriander powder, Turmeric powder, Pepper powder and salt and keep for 15minutes
• Pour oil in a pan
• Put vazhakai into in and shalow fry it
• Vazhakai poriya is now ready!!!

Step by step procedure:

Marinate vazhakai with chilli powder, Coriander powder, Turmeric powder, Pepper powder and salt and keep for 15minutes

Pour oil in a pan. Put vazhakai into in and shalow fry it

Vazhakai poriya is now ready!!!