Friday, 14 March 2014

Mutton Uppukary

Ingredients:
  • Boneless meat - 250gm
  • Small onions - 1/2cup
  • Garlic - 1/4 cup
  • Red chillies - 15 to 20
  • Tamarind juice - 2 tbsp
  • Chilli powder - 2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil - 2 laddle
  • Curry leaves
  • Mustard - 1 tsp
  • Anni seed - 1 tsp


Method:













Clean and cut the meat into small pieces.
Cut the onions and garlic to small pieces.
Heat oil in a thick bottom pan season with mustard, anniseed, curry leaves and halved dry red chillies.
Saute the onion an dgarlic well. Add the meat and cook well.
Close and cook stirring often.
When almost cooked add the chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and tamarind juice.
cook on low flame till dry.


Sunday, 2 March 2014

Mushroom Gravy

Ingredients:

  • Mushroom - 1 pack
  • Onion - 1+1
  • Tomato - 1
  • Green Chillies - 2
  • Chilli powder - 2 tsp
  • Coriander powder - 2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
  • Garam masala - 1 tsp
  • Roasted cashew - 5
  • Tomato ketchup - 1 tbsp
  • Bay leaf - 1
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil - 1 tbsp
  • Ghee/Butter - 1 tbsp
  • Coriander leaves to garnish


Method:

Cut 1 onion and saute in little oil. In a blender paste the sauteed onion, green chilli, tomato, red chilli powder,
coriander powder, turmeric powder, tomato ketchup, roasted cashew toa fine paste.
Chop the other onion. Clean and halve the mushroom.
In a kadai heat oil and ghee together season with bay leaf and saute the chopped onion till golden brown, add the masala paste and little water.
Allow it to boil and check for salt and spice.
Add the mushrooms and garam masala. Just bring to boil and turn off the stove.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with chapathi/piping hot basmathi rice/pulao.