Monday 14 May 2012

Egg Kuzhambu

Ingredients:

  • Boiled egg - 2
  • Small onions - 1/4 cup
  • Tomato - 1
  • Garlic - 3 pod
  • Cinnamon - 1/2" stick
  • Pepper - 1/2 tsp
  • Fenugreek seed - 1/2 tsp
  • Curry leaves - 2 strings
  • Tamarind - very small ball
  • Chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Coriander powder -  1tsp
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  • oil - 2 tbsp
  • Coconut - 2 tbsp (Optional)
Method:
Peel the onions and cut into two if they are big. same with garlic also. Cut the tomatoes. Heat oil season with cinnamon, pepper, fenugreek, curry leaves and red chilli. Now add the onion and garlic and sauté  well. add the tomatoes. When the tomatoes are cooked pour the tamarind water add salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and salt. bring it to boil. remove the shell of the boiled egg and slit it at two places so that the gravy can go in. now drop the egg and bring it to a boil again.

Make a paste of the coconut and add to this. After adding the coconut paste do not boil for quiet a long. serve it with rice. 

Note: If you want to make the gravy thick increase the coconut paste and when you pour the tamarind water do not let it to be too watery. 

Diamond Chips

Ingredients:
  • Maida - 2 cups
  • Sugar - 1/2 to 3/4 cup
  • Cooking soda - a pinch
  • Oil to fry

Method:

Sieve maida and cooking soda together.
Powder the sugar and measure. In a bowl mix the flour, powdered sugar with little water. Divide them into equal balls.

Dust the floor with maid and spread it to thin chapathi. Dust a plate and transfer the chapathi to it. With the help of a pizza cutter (Somas cutter) cut the chapathi as shown in the picture.


Heat oil in a kadai and push the pieces into the hot oil. Fry them till golden brown.
Note: Also the chips could be made as a savoury, with needed salt instead of sugar, for flavor we can also add a teaspoon of jeera powder or even omum if u like the flavor.