Saturday, September 25, 2021

Chettinad Pepper Chicken

Ingredients for Chettinad Masala:
  • Whole Coriander - 2 tablespoon
  • Cumin - 1 teaspoon
  • Fenugreek - 1 teaspoon
  • Whole Pepper - 3 tablespoon
  • Dry Red Chili - 2
Steps for Making Chettinad Masala:
  1. Add all ingredients in a frying pan
  2. Fry for 3 minutes or until masala smell comes 
  3. Let the ingredients cool down for some time
  4. Once cooled, put all the ingredients into a grinder and grind until fine powder
  5. Keep the powdered masala aside for later
Ingredients for Chicken: 
  • Chicken - 1 kg
  • Oil - 3 tablespoon
  • Cinnamon Stick - 1
  • Green Cardamom - 3
  • Clove - 5
  • Onion - 4 finely chopped
  • Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 teaspoon
  • Tomato - 3 finely chopped
  • Turmeric - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Powdered Masala - 5 teaspoon
  • Salt - 1 teaspoon
Steps for Success:
  1. Pour 3 tablespoons of oil in a pan
  2. Add 1 cinnamon stick, 3 green cardamom, and 5 cloves and fry for some time
  3. Add 4 onions finely chopped and fry until dark golden brown
  4. Add 2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste and fry
  5. Add 3 tomatoes finely chopped and cook until tomatoes mash
  6. Add 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  7. Add 1 teaspoon salt 
  8. Add chicken pieces and mix
  9. Add 1/2 liter water, close the lid, and boil for 15 minutes
  10. After 15 minutes, add 5 teaspoons of the powdered masala and stir well
  11. At this point, check salt and add if needed
  12. Close the lid and cook for another 10 minutes
  13. Mix well and then Chettinad Pepper Chicken is ready
  14. Transfer into another bowl and cool down for some time
  15. Serve and enjoy

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Tomato Chutney

 Ingredients:

  1. Tomato - 1 (Medium size) - Grind it as paste
  2. Chilli Powder - 1/2 TSP
  3. Salt (as needed)
  4. Oil - 1/4 tsp for tadka
  5. Rice flour - 1 TSP (optional)

Directions:

  1. Add oil in a pan + Mustard and Cumin
  2. Add Chilli Powder
  3. Add Tomato paste
  4. Add water if its needed
  5. Add Salt
  6. Cook until the consistency which you want

Ada Pradhamam/Payasam

 Ingredients:

  1. Ada - 1 Cup (Red cup)
  2. Sabudana (Javarisi) - 1 Table spoon
  3. Ghee - 1 + 1 Tea spoon
  4. Coconut Milk - (1/2 coconut, grate, extract 3 milk)
  5.  Jaggary - 1.5 Cup (use the same cup)
  6. Cardamom (elaikai) powder - 1 Tea Spoon
  7. Cashew
  8. Dry Grapes
  9. Dry piece of coconut (optional)

Directions:

  1. Add Ada, Sabudana, 1 TSP ghee and 3rd extract milk (approximately 1.5 cup) in pressure cooker and keep it for 1 whistle
  2. Add 1 cup water into Jaggary and melt it and drain and keep it
  3. Pour Jaggary melt into a vessel, add cooked ada content and 2nd extract milk (approximately 1 cup) and cook until ada become sweet and content become thick
  4. Put Cardamom powder
  5. Add 1st milk extract (approximately 1 cup) and stop stove and move the vessel away
  6. Fry (Cashew, coconut pieces and dry grapes) in 1 TSP ghee and pour into payasam