Ambur Biriyani

 

• 10 tbsp oil
• 5 tbsp ghee
• 2 cardamom
• 4 cloves
• 2 pcs cinnamom
• 3 bay leaves
• 2 onions sliced
• 90 grams garlic paste
• 90 grams ginger paste
• Heat the pot(or can use a pressure cooker) add oil and ghee.
• Then add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, cloves and bay leaves.
• Saute for a minute.
• Then add thin sliced onion.
• Add garlic paste and saute for 5 minutes
• Saute until the raw smell goes.
• Then add ginger paste
• Saute again for few minutes.

• 20 grams dry red chillies
• Soak the red chillies in hot water for few minutes.
• Grind the paste.
• Add the paste into the pot and saute for 5 minutes.

• 5 onions sliced
• 400 gms tomato
• 1/2 cup coriander leaves
• 1/4 cup mint leaves
• Add the sliced onion into it.
• Saute for 5 minutes.
• Clean and cut the tomatoes and add into it.
• Add chopped coriander leaves into it.
• Saute for another 5 minutes.
• Add the chopped mint leaves.
• Saute for another 10 minutes.

• 1 Kg mutton
• Salt to taste
• Cut and wash the mutton well.
• Add the mutton into the pot.
• Saute for 10 minutes.
• Add salt to taste.
• Mix well.

• 250gms curd
• 1 lime
• Add curd and lime juice into the pot.
• Mix all and check the salt.
• Let it cook for 30 minutes on slow sim (can be cooked in the cooker for 6 whistles).
• Add 1 liter boiled water and cook until the mutton is cooked.

• 1 kg jeerkashala rice
• 2 1/2 litrs water.
• 1/2 cup coriander leaves
• Wash the rice and keep it soaked for 10 minutes.
• Boil water in another pot.
• Add coriander leaves.
• Add rice into the water.
• Cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Once half cooked , drain the water using a strainer.

• Add the rice into the cooked mutton masala.

• Close the lid and cook until all the water evaporates in slow flame.

• Switch of the flame. 

• Leave it for 20 minutes before opening the pot.

• Biriyani is ready.

Enjoy cooking

S

Chinese Pasta

 

• 2 white onion
• 1 medium capsicum
• 1 tomato
• 3 tbsp oil
• 10 pcs of prawns
• Wash and cut the onions, tomato and capsicum into medium sizes.
• Heat oil.
• Saute the above vegetables until soft.
• Add the prawns cut into half into the pot.
• Cook for few minutes.

• 3 tbsp chilli paste
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• Add the chilly  paste and soya sauce into the pot.
• Cook for sometime and keep it aside.

• 2 cups penne pasta
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp salt
• Boil water and pour over the pasta.
• Add oil and salt.
• Cover and keep aside.
• After 10 minutes drain the water from the pasta.

• Add the pasta into pot with vegetables and mix well.

• Add salt to taste.

• 2 spring oninos
• Cut the spring onions into small rounds.
• Add them into the pot.
• Simmer for few minutes.

Enjoy Cooking

S

Moru Curry

• 4 green chillies
• 4 small onion
• 1 tsp cumin jeera 
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 cup coconut
• few curry leaves
• 1 cup curd
• Grind the above ingredients to  a paste.
• Add 1/4 cup  curd and grind again.  
• Add remaining curd and 1/4 cup water .
• Grind it once.
• Pour the mix into a deep pan.
• Keep stirring.
• Allow the mix to just boil and switch off the flame.

• 2 tbsp coconut oil
• 1/2 mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
• 4 dried red chillies
• 4 small onions sliced.
• few curry leaves
• salt to taste
• In a small pan heat oil.
• Add mustard seeds, then fenugreek and red chillies.
• Add sliced onion and fry until light brown.
• Add curry leaves.
• Add this into the curd mix.
• Add salt to taste.
• Keep it closed for few minutes before serving.

Enjoy Cooking,

S

Airfryer cupcake

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp honey 
• 2 tbsp yogurt
• 4 tbsp milk
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp Apple cider or normal vinegar
• 2 tbsp chocolate chips

Method:

• Remove one tbsp flour and then add 1 tbsp cocoa powder.
• Then add baking powder and salt.
• Add baking soda and sugar and combine with a fork.
• In a jug whisk together oil, milk, yogurt and vanilla essence.
• Make a hole in the dry ingredients and then add the wet ingredients.
• Then add vinegar.
• Mix to combine all. Do not over mix.
• Add in the chocolate chips.
• Scoop the mix into muffin moulds or just into cupcake liners.
• Preheat the airfryer  @ 200 for 5 minutes.
• Then place them into the wire basket and set the timer to 8.
• If the toothpick comes out clean after the given time then you can remove them.
• Cool them before serving.

Enjoy Baking

S

Recipe source: https://www.saffrontrail.com

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Strawberry Jam

• 200 grams strawberry
• Wash well and cut into small pieces.

• 200 gms sugar
• 1 lime
• Mix the cut strawberry pieces with the sugar. 

• Add lime into it.

• Heat it in a heavy bottom sauce pan.

• Stir until the sugar is dissolved.

• Bring it to boil stirring continuously.

• Cook until the liquid reduces into a jam consistency.

• Pour the jam into a cleaned sterilized bottle.

• Once it cools then refrigerate it.

Enjoy  Jamming,

S