Food luvrs

It is said that way to mans heart is through his stomach so to impress Ur dear ones i would like to share some of my recipes which are konkani and also non Konkani traditional food. I have learn t them from different people, books, watching different TV programs, internet etc due to my interest in cooking and the guidance from my dearest Mom. I must admit most part of inspiration has come to me from my mother who is an excellent cook. i know i cant match with her still i would like to do good cause of sharing the recipes thr my blog and would be happy to hear success stories from you who have tried recipes posted here. It would be my pleasure, if you’ve benefited in some way by what you read on this blog.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Mackeral (Raja) Ghassi

Ingredients:
 4-5 Mackeral fish, cleaned and cut into half each fish
 1 1/2 coconut, grated
 10 roasted red color chilli
 10 roasted red spicy chilli
 lemon sized tamarind
 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
 1tsp coriander seeds
 1tsp peppercorns
 1" ginger, finely chopped
 2 green chillies, finely chopped
 salt to taste
 10 strands coriander leaves, chopped

Method:
  1. Mariante fish with salt and keep aside
  2. fry coriander seeds and peppercorns with 1 tsp of oil till light brown n keep aside.
  3. Grind coconut, both red chillies, tamarind to a paste. then add fried coriander seeds and peppercorns and grind again to a smooth paste. also add turmeric powder to this.
  4. Now boil the grounded masala with green chillies n ginger till raw smell goes off. Add required amount of water say around 2 cups.
  5. Then add the fish and cook for 5 min as fish cooks very fast. Add salt if required.
  6. Finely add coriander leaves.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Groundnut curry

Ingredients:
 1 cup groundnut
 2 medium onions, finely chopped
 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
 3 green chillies, chopped
 8-10 galic flakes, finely chopped
 1 tsp chilli powder
 1 tsp coriander powder
 1/4tsp turmeric powder
 1/4tsp garam masala powder
 coriander leaves, finely chopped

Method:
  1. Dry roast groundnut and crush a little or just a pulse in the mixie.
  2. In a kadai, heat 1tbsp of oil, Add galic and greenchillies, fry till light brown.
  3. Now add onions and fry till translucent, then add tomatoes and crushed groundnut. saute for  a min. then add all powders. saute till raw smell of powders goes off.
  4. Now add 1 1/2 cup of water and salt and cook for 10 min or till tomatoes are soft.
  5. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Goes well with akki roti.


Akki roti

This recipe i learnt from my narmadmai... her akki roti is much more soft than my roti.. this was only 50% of that.. thanks narmadmai for lovely recipe of akki roti n groundnut curry.

Ingredients:
 11/2 cup Rice powder
 1/2 cup maida
 2 cup water
 salt to taste

Method:
  1. Boil 2 cups of water with salt then add rice powder and maida. mix . put off the flame. cover and leave it for sometime. because it'll be difficult to mix well n make dough when its very hot.
  2. When u find warm or u make dough.
  3. Pinch out lime size ball from the dough and roll out into rotis. n cook it on both sides.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Vegie Noodles

Ingredients:
 5 packet of dragon egg noodles
 2 onions , sliced
 10-15 flakes ofgaric, chopped finely
 3 green chillies, finely chopped
 1 cup carrot, thinly threaded
 1 cup beans, sliced
 1 cup capsicum, sliced
 2 cup cabbage, shredded
 2tbsp vinegar
 salt
 ajinamoto
 2 tbsp soya sauce

Method:
  1. Cook the noodles seaprately according to the instruction given in the packet. keep it aside. Add soya sauce and mix well so that each noodle gets that flavor.
  2. Inn a kadai, heat 3 tbsp of oil, add green chillies and garlic. fry for 2 min. now add onions and fry till translucent.
  3. now cook the vegetables, first goes beans then carrot ,  cook for 3 min then add capsicum and last cabbage. cook for 5 min and add salt, vinegar and ajinomoto. mix well cover and cook for 2 min. Put off the flame.
  4. now mix both noodles and vegetable mixture well.
  5. serve with chillie vinegar.


Egg chilly fry

very simple egg recipe for the beginners

Ingredients:
5 eggs
1 large onions, chopped
2 green chillies, slit
1 medium tomatoes
3 garlic flakes, crushed
1tsp red chilli powder
3/4 th tsp coriander powder,
 pinch turmeric powder
 salt
 2tbsp coriander leaves chopped

Method:
  1. Immerse the egg in water and boil for 5 min. let it cool then remove the shell and cut into 8 pieces each.
  2. Heat oil in kadai, add onions and garlic, fry till translucent. then add tomatoes. fry till tomatoes are soft.
  3. Now add all powders and fry. add salt and egg. mix very well. cover n cook further for 2 min.
  4. Garnish with coriander leaves.