Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Cabbage Kofta Curry........Yummy

  • Cabbage Kofta Curry…….Awesome dish goes well with Roti/Nan …….You can have these koftas as snacks also……the process is very easy

    Kofta’s Ingredients :
    Cabbage 100gms
    Maida 1 Table spoon
    Besan Flour 1 Table spoon
    Salt ½ Tea spoon
    Garam Masala pinch
    Oil For deep frying the koftas
    Method:
  • Grate the Cabbage
  • Boil for 3-4 mts
  • Add maida, besan flour, salt, garam masala to the boiled cabbage and make into small balls and deep fry in oil.
    Gravy Ingredients:
    Onion 200gms
    Tomato 40gms
    Ginger Garlic Paste pinch
    Elachi 1 No
    Clove 2 Nos
    Cinamon stick ½” piece
    Cashews 4 Nos
    Pepper Powder Pinch
    Fresh Coconut 2 small pieces
    Oil 1 Table spoon
    Dhania Powder ¼ Tea spoon
    Garam Masala Powder !/4 Tea spoon
    Salt ¾ Tea spoon
    Chilly Powder ½ Tea spoon
    Fresh Cream 1 Tea spoon (Optional)
    Coriander Leaves For Garnishing
    Water 100ml
    Method:
  • Take a pan add oil and fry onion till onion turns golden colour.
  • Add tomato, ginger garlic paste, elachi, clove, cinnamon, cashews, pepper powder and fry for 2mts till the tomato is cooked.
  • Now cool it to room temperature and grind with coconut.
  • Heat pan add the grinded onion paste, dhania powder, garam masala powder, salt, chilly powder cook for 2 mts.
  • Add water when it boils add fried cabbage koftas , cream, and finally garnish with coriander leaves.
    Note: After adding koftas don’t keep stirring continuously the koftas may get mixed up with gravy....You can fry the koftas and have them with tomato sauce it’s really yummy…
    Preparation time : 25 mts.
    Final Curry weighs : 400 gms.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Brinjalcurry similar to guttivankayi recipe......easy to prepare tastes awesome (Goes well with roti,nan,rice) awesome recipe....

Ingredients
Brinjal 200 gms
Onion 300 gms
Tomato 1 No
Redchillies 7-8 Nos
Jeera 1/4 tea spoon
Coriander seeds 2 table spoon
Sesame seeds 1/4 tea spoon
Menthi seeds 1/4 tea spoon
Aniseeds (Saunf) 1/4 tea spoon
Ginger garlic paste 1/4 tea spoon
Garam masala powder pinch
Besan flour 2 table spoon
Salt (for gravy prep) 1/2 tea spoon
Salt (for brinjals to fry) 1/4 tea spoon
Oil (for gravy prep) 1 table spoon
Oil for frying brinjal
Milk 200ml
Method :
  1. Clean and wash brinjals cut them into 1" long strips. Add salt, besan flour to the cut brinjals (if needed add little water) and fry in oil till they appear golden colour.

  2. Dry roast redchillies, jeera, coriander seeds, sesame seeds, menthi seeds together and grind them to a fine powder.

  3. Heat oil add ani seeds cook for 1/2 minute add onion, cook till onion is soft then add tamato, ginger garlic paste, cook for 2-3 minutes. Cool this and grind together.

  4. Add grinded onion paste, grinded roasted powder, garam masala, salt, fried brinjals and cook for few minutes .

  5. Finally add milk, coriander leaves and keep stirring till the gravy thickens.

  6. Serve hot with Roti or Nan or Kulcha or Rice.

Note: After cutting brinjals soak them in water by adding little salt immediately otherwise they change colour and the taste also changes.

Preparation Time - 25 minutes
Final curry weighs - 550 gms ( serves 3 ) Storage time - When refrigerates 2 days.