Capsicum Delight / Capsicum Tamarind Curry

Capsicum Tamarind Curry

Description :
Capsicum tamarind curry is very easy and tasty recipe. It is good side dish  for white rice,curd rice and also for tiffin items like dosa, chappati.



Ingredients:
Capsicum - 2 nos (medium size)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Jeera/Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2 tblsp
For Grinding:
Coconut Scraped - 3tblsp
Roasted Gram / pottu kadalai - 2tblsp
Tamarind - small Gooseberry size (or) to taste
Garlic - 3 cloves
Dry  Red Chillies - 2 nos
Water - to grind

Method :
Get start with grinding...

1. Grind all the ingredients under For grinding like a smooth paste.

2. Now heat the pan along with 2 tblsp of oil.When oil gets heat add cumin seeds allow to splutter.

3. when it splutters add cutted capsicum and for fry  for about 3 mins.

4. Now add turmeric powder,and half quantity of salt at this stage and cook till it gets soft.

5. When it half cooked add grounded paste, and mix well.

6. After mixing add chilli powder, garam masala, reqiured salt.Stir well and close with a lid and allow it get cook.

7. After 3 mins you can note that curry will leave oil from sides. Now this is the consistency to switch off the heat.

8. The mouth watering capsicum curry is ready to serve and taste...

9. Serve it with combination you like. Here i served with plain rice.

NOTES:

• You can soak tamarind in little water for about 10 mins to grind the paste easyily. In urgency i forgot to soak tamarind. Don't discard the soaked water because you can use it for grinding. 
• Here i have given appox measure of coconut, if u want to add litte more u can.
• Even u can less the oil amount, i like to add liberal amount of oil in all my dishes.

Coconut Chutney with Coriander Leaves

Ghee dosa with chutney

DESCRIPTON

Coconut chutney is a traditional side dish in south india.Perfect combination for hot and soft idlies, and crispy yummy ghee dosa...

Ingredients

Coconut scraping or desicated coconut	3/4 cup
Coriander leaves	1 fistful (or as per ur taste)
Ginger	1 inch piece
Tamarind	A pinch
Green chillies	2 nos.as per ur taste
Salt	As needed
Fried gram (pottukadalai)	2 tblsp
Water	as required for grinding

To Season:

Mustard	1 tsp
Urad dal & channa dal	1 tsp
Curry leaves	1 sprig
Oil	2 tsp

METHOD

1.Grind all the ingredients to a fine paste.

2.Season it with mustard,urad dal,channa dal and curry leaves.

Notes:
To avoid getting slight bitter taste, first grind the ingredients coarsely with out coriander,then add coriander leaves at last,  grind it to a smooth paste.

Broccoli Stir Fry / Broccoli Recipe

DESCRIPTION

This is easy and tasty recipe, if you really conscious about health and want to eat healthy food,u must consider about this recipe.This simple recipe don't need list of ingredients.very good for weight reduction,and also for bachelors who want to make quick and healthy recipes.....now lets see health benefits of this wonderful flower vegetable.....

Fresh Broccoli

1. Broccoli is one of the very low calorie vegetable. It provide just 34      calories per 100 gm.
2. It is also good source of minerals like calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, selenium, zinc,phosphorus.
3. Dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins and anti-oxidants that have proven health benefits.
4. Fresh Broccoli is store house of many phyto nutrients. It helps protect  from prostate, colon, urinary bladder, pancreatic and breast cancer.
5. Fresh Broccoli is rich source of Vitamin C. As you know Vitamin C is a powerful natural anti-oxidant and immune modular, helps fight against flue causing viruses.
6. Also it contains very good amount of another anti-oxidant Vitamin A. which is essential for healthy eye sight.
7. It is also rich source of Vitamin  K and B-complex group of Vitamins like Vitamin B3, B5, B6, riboflavin and some amount of omega 3 fatty acids.
8. It contains high amount of pottassium which helps to maintain a healthy nurves system and optimal brain function. As well as promotes regular muscle  growth.
9. It contains high levels of calcium and Vitamin K, both are important for bone health and prevention of osteoporosis.
10. A 1/2 cup servings of cooked broccoli provides 50 micrograms of folate. folate and folic acid play esssential roles in cell formation and growth, DNA and RNA production and homocysteine metabolism.So broccoli is very good for pregnant women's.
11. Vitamin B6 and folate in broccoli also reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, heart attack and stroke.

So here we come to know broccoli has bunch of nutrients and lots of health benefits.

Now let me show you a simple easy to make Indian style Broccoli stir fry recipe...

INGREDIENTS

Broccoli - 2 cups
Onion - 1 medium size (cubed)
Garlic - 3 cloves (minced)
Red chili powder - 1 tspn
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tspn
Garam masala - 1/2 tspn
Salt- to your taste
Oil - 3 tspn


METHOD

• Heat a pan with 2 tspn of oil, now add minced garlic fry til raw smell goes.

• Then add cubed onion give a quick stir. 

• Immediatly add broccoli and fry for about 2 mins Now you can see that broccoli starts leave water.

•  Now add turmeric, red chilli powder,garam masala,salt.

•  Fry for just 4-5 mins,switch off the heat and serve hot.

NOTES

1. Don't cook broccoli for long time, it will get smash. It tastes good when half cooked. 
2. Wash the broccoli before cooking as like califlower.
3. you can use this as stuffing for sandwich, chapati rolls.
4. Side dish for rice variety or simply you can eat like snack.

Badam Halwa

DESCRIPTION

This my first post in my first blog. So I thought to put sweet recipe. Badam Halwa is my all time favorite sweet. And also very easy to make in my version.Here in germany we can get powdered badam. So I use to make it often. Here is the recipe.....




INGREDIENTS

Badam                          100gm(powdered or whole)
Sugar                             75gm
Milk                                300ml
Saffron                           1pinch
Yellow food color         1pinch
Cardamom                    1/4tsp(powdered)
Camphor                        1pinch (pachai karpooram)

If you have badam powder handy you can directly start making halwa by method 1. If you don't have it you can follow method 2.

METHOD 1 

• Take a deep heavy bottomed pan and heat it with a tspn of ghee. When ghee melts add badam powder and fry it for just 1 min.

• Now add boiled milk stir well to avoid lumps. keep stirring continuously until the milk gets evaporate.

• When the milk evaporate you can see that paste gets thicken . Now add sugar  along with saffron soaked in lukewarm milk and yellow food color, cardamom, camphor.

• Stir well continuously to avoid burning the halwa. And also add tsp of ghee in regular intervals. Within 10mins you can see the paste thickens and forms a soft ball. Switch off the heat and stir for 5mins.

• Now tranfer the halwa to a clean and greased container. Leave it to get cool.

• Now the the finger licking yummy halwa is ready to serve.

NOTES:

1. Given sugar measurement  is belongs to my taste. If  you wish to add sugar,you can add any stage of the process.even in the last stage.
2. After cooling halwa gets little hard and non sticky.If you didn't get the right consistency like non sticky u can repair it by reheating it.
3. Badam halwa is very sensitive, so stir it continuously to avoid burning the halwa. If it does total product will  flop.
4. If little less taste doesn't matter, you can grind the whole badam without peeling skin and continue making halwa following by  method 1. Else u really consider about the taste, and don't have powdered badam u may need to click  method 2