Monday, April 27, 2009

Fish Fry



For Fish Fry you need the below ingredients:
Fish - cut into 8 pieces
Chili powder- 1 tsp.
Pepper powder- 1 tsp.
Salt to taste
oil - 2 tsp.
Lemon juice- 1 tsp.

Method:
1. Make two to three small slits on fish meat.
2. Mix chili powder, pepper power and salt. Apply the mixture on fish meat (see that the mixture is applied inside the slits too). Let it sit for 1 to 2 hours.


3. Now, heat oil in a pan. Place the marinated fish and roast on both the side till golden brown.


4. Serve hot by sprinkling lemon juice on it.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Palak Soy Chunks Gravy



For Palak Soy Chunks Gravy you need the below ingredients:
Spinach/Palak-1 big bunch
Soy chunks-1 cup
Onion-1 medium size finely chopped
Tomato-1 medium size finely chopped
Ginger+garlic paste-1 tsp.
Green Chili-2 to 3 chopped
Cardamom-1
Cloves-2
Cinnamon-2
Fenu greek leaves/Kasturi methi-1 tsp.
Red chili powder-1 tsp.
Coriander powder-1/2 tsp.
Cumin powder-1/4 tsp.
cumin seeds-1/4 tsp.
Pinch of Turmeric powder
salt to taste

Method:
1.Soak the soy chunks for 15 minutes and squeeze out excess water from it. Chop onion, green chili and tomato.



2.In a bowl, boil one cup of the water and add cleaned palak/spinach. Cook for 3 minutes, drain the water, let it cool and make a paste with the help of blender.


3.In a pan add oil, once its hot add Cardamom, Cloves, Cinnamon and cumin seeds. Add onion fry for till its transparent, next add ginger+garlic paste fry till the raw smell goes.
4.Next add tomato, chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder cook till the tomatoes are soft and oozes out oil around.


5.Add Fenu greek leaves, green chili, palak puree cook for 5 minutes. Finally, add soy chunks and salt to taste. Cook for 10-15 minute.



6. When its done it looks as above(first picture).Serve with chapati or rice.