Nila's Cuisine: South Indian

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South Indian Beef Roast

Ingredients:

Beef - 1/2 kg

Onion - 2 large cut into thin slices

Tomato - 1

Green Chillies

Red Chilly Powder - 1 tblsp

Coriander powder - 1 tblsp

Fennel Powder - 2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Pepper powder - 1 tsp

Salt

For Grinding:

Ginger - 4 - 5 pieces

Garlic - 6 pieces

Cloves - 3

Cardamom - 2

Cinnamon - 1/2 stick

Method :

Grind the below ingredients into a paste.

Wash the beef thoroughly with rock salt and start marinating the beef with 1/2 tblsp of red chilli powder,1 tsp of turmeric powder and salt. Let it be there for about 10 to 15 min.

It's about 15 min. Now cook the beef by adding little water to it.Pressure cook for 7 to 8 whisles.

Meanwhile heat oil in a pan and add the above ground ginger garlic paste to it. Sauté till the raw smell goes off. Add onion to this and saute till the onion becomes brown in color.

Add chopped tomatoes and green chillies .Everything has mashed well.

Add in 1 tsp of pepper powder,coriander powder and pinch of salt if necessary.

Now add the cooked beef to this. Reduce the flame and cook until it become dry and nice aroma comes.(you can add little water too)

Finally sprinkle few coriander leaves to it.

Delicious Beef Roast is ready. Serve it with Roti, chappathi or aappam,

RECEPIE SUMMARY::

Ingredients:

•Beef - 1/2 kg
•Onion - 2 large cut into thin slices
•Tomato - 1
•Green Chillies
•Red Chilly Powder - 1 tblsp
•Coriander powder - 1 tblsp
•Fennel Powder - 2 tsp
•Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
•Pepper powder - 1 tsp
•Salt
•Oil

For Grinding:

•Ginger - 4 - 5 pieces
•Garlic - 6 pieces
•Cloves - 3
•Cardamom - 2
•Cinnamon - 1/2 stick

Method :

Make a smooth paste of the ingredients listed under grinding.
Wash the beef thoroughly with rock salt and start marinating the beef with 1/2 tblsp of red chilli powder,1 tsp of turmeric powder and salt. Let it be there for about 10 to 15 min.
Cook the beef by adding little water to it.Pressure cook for 7 to 8 whisles.
Meanwhile heat oil in a pan and add the above ground ginger garlic paste to it. Sauté till the raw smell goes off. Add onion to this and saute till the onion becomes brown in color.
Add chopped tomatoes and green chillies.
Add in 1 tsp of pepper powder,coriander powder and pinch of salt if necessary.
Now add the cooked beef to this. Reduce the flame and cook until it become dry and nice aroma comes.(you can add little water too)
Finally sprinkle few coriander leaves to it.
Delicious Beef Roast is ready. Serve it with Roti, chappathi or aappam,

Cucumber Pachadi / Vellarikkai Pachadi

Ingredients:

Cucumber - 3 to 5

Grated coconut - ¼ cup

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Green chilly - 1 to 2

Thick yoghurt / curd - 1 cup

Oil - ½ tsp

Mustard seeds - ¼ tsp

Cumin seeds - ¼ tsp

Split urad dal - ½ tsp

Hing / asafetida - a pinch

Fresh coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Method:

Wash and peel the skin of cucumber.Cook it covered for 4 to 5 mins in low flame.Take grated coconut, cumin seeds and chillies.

Once the veg is cooked, add the paste, salt and mix well.Cook for another few minutes.

Turn off flame and let it cool.Add yoghurt to the cooked cucumber spice mix.

Heat oil in a small pan.Add mustard seeds, cumin, split urad dal, hing, curry leaves and wait to crackle. Now add this seasoning into cucumber pachadi.

RECEPIE SUMMARY::

Ingredients:

•Cucumber - 3 to 5
•Grated coconut - ¼ cup
•Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
•Green chilly - 1 to 2
•Thick yoghurt / curd - 1 cup
•Oil - ½ tsp
•Mustard seeds - ¼ tsp
•Cumin seeds - ¼ tsp
•Split urad dal - ½ tsp
•Hing / asafetida - a pinch
•Fresh coriander leaves
•Salt to taste

Method:

Wash and peel the skin of cucumber.Cook it covered for 4 to 5 mins in low flame.Take grated coconut, cumin seeds and chillies.
Once the veg is cooked, add the paste, salt and mix well.Cook for another few minutes.
Turn off flame and let it cool.Add yoghurt to the cooked cucumber spice mix.
Heat oil in a small pan.Add mustard seeds, cumin, split urad dal, hing, curry leaves and wait to crackle. Now add this seasoning into cucumber pachadi.

Bitter Gourd Pulikari / Pavakkai Pulikari

Ingredients:

Chopped bitter gourd -2 cup

Tamarind pulp - 1 lemon size

Citron / Narthangai Pickle - a piece(or you can use whole narthangai)

Sliced onion-1 large

Chopped tomatoes-1

Green chilli -1

Mustard seeds-1tsp

Cumin seeds-1tsp

Fenugreek seeds-1 tsp

Dry red chilli - 2

Curry Leaves-2tbsp

Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Fennel powder-2 tsp

salt to taste.

Oil-1 tblsp

Method:

Boil the chopped bitter guard with little salt. Cool it and squeeze the excess water. This reduces the bitterness slightly.

Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, dry red chillies.

Add chopped onion, green chillies and tomatoes.

Then add the boiled bitter guard to it.

Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, fennel powder and salt.

Soak the tamarind in water and add the pulp to the gravy. You can adjust the tamarind water according to your taste.

Finally add a little piece of citron pickle to it.

Serve hot with rice.

Varutharacha Sambar

Ingredients:

For Sambar Masala:

Dry Red Chillies - 5 to 6
Coriander Seeds / Mullu Malli - 5 tblspn
Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 2 tblspn
Urad Dal / Uludu Paruppu - 2 tblspn
Cumin Seeds - 1.5 tsp
Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam - 1 tsp
Coconut - 4 tblspn grated
Oil - 1 tsp

Vegetables for Sambar:

Carrot - 1 cubed
Ladysfinger - 4 chopped
Potato - 1 cubed
Drumstick - 1 cup cubed
Cucumber - 1 cup cubed
Brinjal - 3 small cubed
String Beans - 6 chopped
Beans - 5 chopped

For Seasoning:

Oil / Ghee - 2 tblspn
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli - 2
Curry Leaves - a handful
Hing/Asafoetida - 1 tsp

Method:

First cook dal, by taking all the ingredients given for cooking dal in a pressure cooker for 3 whistle, simmer the cooker for 5 mins. turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and mash up the dal. Set aside.