Bread Uttapam

Ingredients

• Bread - 5 slices
• Curd - ½ cup
• Rava/Semolina - ½ cup
• Maida - 2 tbsp
• Tomato - 1
• Onion - 1

Preparation

1.Take out the bread crusts and break it into small pieces.

2.In a grinder add curd, rava, maida, bread pieces and water. Grind everything to a thick, smooth and even paste.

3.Take out the mixture in a bowl. Add chopped tomato, onion,coriander leaves and salt. Mix everything and make a thick batter.

4.Heat a pan at medium heat and spread some oil on it. Pour spoonful of batter and spread it to make a small pancake. Pour some oil around uttapam to make it crispy.

5.Flip it over and cook till bread uttapam become  crispy from both sides. Serve bread uttapam with your favorite chutney or sauce.

Keema Matar

Ingredients

• Minced meat (beef/mutton) – 1/2 kg 
• Fresh / frozen green peas  – 1/2 cup
• Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
• Cardamom – 3, cloves – 4, cinnamon stick – 1/2 inch stick, bay leaf – 1
• Onion – 1 
• Green chilly – 1
• Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
• Chilly powder – 3/4 tsp
• Coriander powder – 2 tsp
• Garam masala powder – 2 tsp
• Tomato – 2 
• Yoghurt – 2 tbsp

Preparation

1.Heat 2 oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and whole spices. Stir for a few seconds and add finely chopped onions, salt, green chilly and curry leaves.

2.When onion starts changing color, add ginger-garlic paste and saute. Add turmeric, chilly, coriander, garam masala powders and saute until their raw smell disappears.

3.Add finely chopped tomato and saute until it gets mushy and oil starts separating. Add minced meat, enough salt and mix well. Saute for 5 minutes and add yoghurt. Add 1/2 cup of hot water, mix well and cook.

4.Add fresh/frozen green peas. Cook at medium-low heat till peas get cooked. Sprinkle garam masala powder and mix well. Switch off. Garnish with cilantro.

Ridge Gourd / Peechinga Thoran

Ingredients

• Ridge gourd - 2
• Onion - 1
• Green Chilly - 3
• Garlic -1
• Coconut - 1/2 cup
• Chili powder - 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Preparation

1.Clear the ridges, scrape it gently,wash and cut into slices.

2.Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard, saute onion,garlic and green chilly.

3.Add crushed chilly/chilly flakes,turmeric,chilly powder and saute.

4.Add grated coconut and mix well.Add sliced vegetable and salt.Cover and cook in low flame. Mix well in between.

5.Once it is cooked,uncover and cook for some time to make it dry. 

Beef Chinese Potato Stir Fry / Beef Koorkka Ularthiyathu

Ingredients

• Beef - 1/2 kg
• Chinese potato - 200 gm
• Ginger crushed - 1 tbsp
• Garlic crushed - 1 tbsp
• Onion - 2
• Green chilly - 3
• Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
• Chilly powder - 1 tsp
• Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
• Fennel powder - 1/2 tsp

Preparation

1.Clean and cook chinese potato with enough salt and water. Cook beef with turmeric and salt.

2.Heat oil in a pan add (cocconut bits)2 tbsp shallots,curry leaves fry it remove.

3.In the same pan add ginger,garlic,onion,green chilly, salt and saute. Add pepper, fennel, red chilly, garam masala, coriander, turmeric powder and saute till raw smell goes.

4.Add cooked beef into this and mix with masala. Add 1/4 cup of water,let it boil.Add cooked chinese potato. When the gravy thickens,add fried shallots,curryleaf and switch off.