This curry is otherwise named as American Tex-Mex spicy beef stew. Chilli con corne means peppers with meat. This curry is often made with tomatoes and beans.
Ingredients:-
4 tbsp olive oil
400gm cubed beef
1 onion finely chopped
4 garlic chopped
1 400g can of chopped tomatoes
1 green pepper chopped
1 red pepper chopped
1 chilli chopped
½ tsp cayenne
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp oregano
14 oz cooked red kidney beans
3 1⁄3 fl oz chicken stock
sour cream for garnish
a few coriander springs
salt and pepper
Directions:-
- Heat oil in a pan and saute onions, garlic till soft.
- Add in beef bell peppers, chilli, cayenne, cumin, oregano.
- Once the beef is cooked add the chicken stock
- Season with pepper and salt.
- Just boil it.
- Then place it into the centre of the preheated oven for 1 hr and stir occasionally.
- Add the beans after one hr and cook for another 10min.
- Serve hot with a dollop of sour cream.
- Done.
BON APPETITE:)
Ingredients:-
Parboiled rice-prefer matta-one cup
Jaggeri-half cup(add more to your taste)
Coconut-one cup
Cardomom pods-2
Ghee-1tspn
Directions:-
- Heat ghee in a pan.
- Add the peeled cardamom and diffuse the flavor to ghee by stirring for 2 min.
- Add the rice and fry for 10min or more till they pop up and turns browner. They may make a sound while popping up. They are fit for the recipe when they become crunchy and doubles the quantity when they pop up.
- Now let cool and add grated jaggeri and coconut. (Grate jaggeri using knife).
- Now take this to your blender and blitz till they become sandy texture.
- Mold them into small balls with hands. Can add nuts and raisins if you desire.
- Done.
BON APPETITE:)
Ingredients:-
Bottle gourd-2 big
Jaggeri/brown sugar-half cup
Ghee-2tspn
Cardomom pwdr-1/2 tspn(5seeds)
Cashews, almonds, raisins for garnishing.
Directions:-
- Heat ghee in the pan.
- Add the nuts and raisins till golden brown.
- Add bottle gourd chopped finely.
- Cook bottle gourd for 10-15min with lid on at medium low flame. It oozes out its own water and cooks in it.
- Let them turn puree.
- Add cardamom powder.
- Now switch off and add jaggeri before it cool.
- Jaggeri melts.
- For shaping your halwa as soon as jaggeri melts move the mixture into a flat serving dish. Let cool. Then cut according to your desired shape.
- Serve.
- Optional-You can substitute sugar for jaggeri. But this recipe is my favorite.
BON APPETITE:)
Curd rice is south Indian special and usually eaten after the main spicy meal. Curd is always good for digestion. Apart from that i always opt for curd in hot summer to sooth myself and get rid of the exhausted feeling. Curd and health benefits.
Ingredients:-
Yogurt/curd- 2cups
Cooked rice- 5to 6 cups
Ghee/oil- 2tspn
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tspn
Curry leaves- 1 sprig
Raisins- 10
Split black gram/Uzhunnu parippu/Urad dal- 1tspn
Red gram/pigeon peas/ Thur dal/Thuvara parippu- 1 tspn
Red chillies- 3
Green chillies- 3 finely chopped
Ginger- 2 tblspn finely chopped
Asafoetida/hing/kaya podi- 4 pinches
Salt and pepper.
Coriander leaves- 3 tblespn finely chopped.
Direction:-
- Heat oil/ ghee in a pan.
- Splutter mustard seeds and curry leaves.
- Add red chillies crushed, raisins and grams till they turn slightly darker.
- Add ginger, hing, green chillies.
- Let them cook for 5-7 min at medium low flame till the ginger diffuses the flavor and a cooked smell.
- Now switch off and let cool. Add curd to this and stir.
- Add salt and stir
- Add cooked rice and season with pepper.
- Mix everything well with a wooden spoon. Done.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve hot or cold with pickle and pappad. Or something really spicy. I choose beef olathiyathu, my fav.
BON APPETITE:)
How would you describe the color orange in terms of color? Bright, sunny, shiny, burning sun and goes on. How would you describe it in taste? Tangy, juicy, delicious, sour, sweet...... Similiarly how would you describe the health benefits of orange. It is unlimited. Peek in here for more..
Ingredients:-
Orange juice of 3 oranges
Sugar-3tblspn
Lemon juice-3tblspn
Cream-1/2 cup
Directions:-
- Make fresh orange juice with sugar.
- Add lemon juice and freeze. After 4 hrs...
- Break the orange ice using fork to form crystals of granita.
- Arrange them in a shot glass.
- Whip the heavy cream with sugar till stiff peaks form.
- Layer whipped cream with granita. And finally add a swirling dollop of whipped cream on the top to adorn your dessert.
- DONE.
BON APPETITE:)
