<Center> --------------------------- My Potpourri of Recipes-------------------------: March 2026 </Center>

Monday, March 16, 2026

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

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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