South Indian Spicy Prawn Masala

Saw this recipe on a food programme , the thought adding pepper powder to a normal curry intrigued me . The output didn't disappoint me  :)

Note: Vary the spices according to your liking

Ingredients	Quantity
Prawns	250 grams
Onions	2 Sliced
Green Chillies	1 Slit length way
Ginger	1/2 tbsp chopped finely
Red Chilli Powder	1/2 tsp
Turmeric	1/4 tsp
Pepper Powder	1/4 tsp
Tomatoes(fresh)	1/2 cup chopped finely
Curry Leaves	1 sprig
Salt	as per taste
Water	1 cup
Oil	1 tbsp

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan add onions  , green chillies , ginger together and saute in low flame until onions are soft
2.Now add chilli powder , turmeric , pepper powder mix well, add prawns fry until raw smell of spice powders disappear.
3.Now add tomatoes , curry leaves , water and salt cook until you gravy gets thick.

And it is ready to serve.

Atukula / Poha Patoli

Recipe Source : Kanthamani Vantakalu (a telugu cook book

To be honest when I saw this recipe , I wasn't sure whether it would taste good. Believe me it was quick to make and delicious to dig in :)

Ingredients	Quantity
Atukulu/Poha	100 grams
Peanuts	1/4 cup
Fresh Coconut	1 tbsp
Green Chilli	1
Coarinder Leaves	1 sprigs
Salt	as per taste
Lemon Juice	sprinkle as per taste

For Tadka

Ingredients	Quantity
Ghee	1 tsp
Chana Dal	1/4 tsp
Black Gram Dal	1/4 tsp
Cumin+Mustard seeds	1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves	1 sprig
Turmeric	a pinch
Dry Red Chilli	1 tear into two

Method:

1. Rinse poha , soak for few minutes and drain off the water

2. Cook  peanuts in water until soft

3. Heat ghee in a pan, add all the tadka ingredients in the order sauté until fried properly

4. Now add green chili , coconut ,boiled  peanuts , poha , salt , coarinder leaves and mix well

5. Sprinkle lime juice mix well and serve .

Coriander Mint Rice

Made this wonderful coriander mint rice from sailus , it was very tasty . Recipe can be found here

Kadala Curry with Puri

Made this kerala style chana curry from edible garden (recipe here )

It turned out really good. We had this delicious kadala curry with hot puris :)

Pesarapappu Pulusu / Green Lentlis Dal

Recipe Source : Kanthamani Vantakalu (a telugu cook book)

Ingredients	Quantity
Pesarapappu /Moong Dal	100 grams
Onions	1 medium thinly sliced
Green Chilli	2 slit length wise
Beans (or) carrots(optional)	1/2 cup sliced length wise
Turmeric	a big pinch
Lime Juice	One half of a medium size lime
Oil	1 tbsp
Mustard Seeds	1/2 tsp
Cumin Seeds	1/4 tsp
Garlic	2 big cloves crushed
Dry Red Chillies	2 cut into half
Curry Leaves	2 sprigs

Method:
1.Pressure cook moong dal until soft and set a side

2.In a deep vessel add onions , green chillies , carrot / beans , salt , turmeric, 6 cups of water and boil until until it is bubbling away.

3.Now add cooked dal , lime juice and simmer for 5 mins. 

4.In a small pan , add oil once it's hot add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, garlic, curry leaves , dry red chili sauté them in low heat and switch off .

5. Now add this tadka to the dal. It is ready to serve!!!

Simple Chicken Fry

Method :

1. Clean the chicken , cut it into bite sized pieces . Add 1 cup of water  

Salt , ginger garlic paste and let it cook uncovered

2. Just before all the water evaporates add coriander powder and let the water evaporate completely

3. In a pan add oil and let it heat now add onions fry until golden brown then add cooked chicken pieces and fry for 15 minutes in medium flame.

4. Grind poppy seeds , cloves, cinnamon 

Cardamom into fine powder 

5. Now add the above powder, red chili powder  to chicken and fry for 5 more minutes.

6. At last check for salt and it's ready to serve.

Ingredients	Quantity
Chicken boneless	500 grams
Ginger Garlic Paste	1 tsp
Turmeric	1/4 tsp
Coarinder Powder	2 tsp
Onion	1 medium chopped
Red Chili Powder	1/2 tsp
Clove+Cardamom+Cinnamon	5+4+1 inch piece
Poppy Seeds	1 tsp
Oil	Enough for shallow frying

Masala Scrambled Eggs

This recipe is from Anjum Anand's Indian Food Made Easy . 

Ingredients	Quantity
Eggs	2
Oil	1 tsp
Onion	1/2 small chopped
Tomato	1/2 small chopped
Green Chili	1 chopped
Coarinder Leaves	1 sprig
Salt	to taste

Method: 

1. Heat the oil , once it's hot add onion , greenchilli and cook for few minutes until they are soft.

2. Then add tomatoes fry for 2 minutes , now add coarinder leaves and switch off.

3. Mean while beat the eggs, turmeric ,salt .

4. Now add onion mixture to beaten egg mix well.

5. Add the eggs to pan , scramble and let it cook leaving them little longer than usual.

Enjoy it with toasted bread.