Egg Curry -#SimpleCurry

Ingredients:

1. Eggs - 4
2. Onions (finely chopped) - 3
3. Chillies - 3
4. Ginger - 1 inch
5. Garlic - 2 pods
6. Oil - 3 tsp
7. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
8. Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
9. Chana Dal - 1 tsp
10. Dry Red Chilly - 2
11. Salt - to taste
12. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
13. Red Chilli Powder - 1/4 tsp (optional)
14. Milk - 1/4 cup
15. Curry Leaves
16. Coriander

Preparation:

1. Take Green chillies, ginger, 1 garlic pod in a blender and make it into paste
2. Take Eggs in a sauce pan or pot and cover them with water. Put the pot on medium flame and cook for 15 min
3. Leave the eggs in the pot for another 10 min and then drain the water 
4. Now fill the pot with cold water and wait for 5-10 min before you peel the shell
5. After peeling the shells, make small cuts on eggs so the gravy can get inside and make them tasty
6. Take a pan and add oil to it. Once the pan is heated, add Mustard seeds and wait till they splutter and then add cumin seeds and red chilli
7. Saute for 1 min and add crushed garlic, curry leaves and chana dal. Saute for 2 min
8. Now add onions and mix all the ingredients thoroughly
9. Saute all the ingredients for 3-4 min and add salt and turmeric to it. Mix all the ingredients.
10. Wait till the onions turn soft and then add blended paste to the mixture. Mix all the ingredients again and wait till the raw aroma goes away. This take 3-4 min
11. Add red chilli powder if you like the curry to be more spicy or you can skip this step
12. Add boiled eggs and stir-fry for 5-8 min
13. Now add milk and boil the mixture for 2-3 min in a slow flame
14. Turn off the flame and garnish with corainder

This curry is very easy and takes very little time to prepare. This goes very well with rice and roti. It tastes great if you add some ghee when eating with rice. 

Okra Fry - #SimpleFry

Ingredients:

1. Okra- 250 gms
2. Oil - 3 tsps
3. Mustard Seeds
4. Cumin Seeds
5. Hing
6. Garlic clove - 2
7. Dry Red Chilli - 2
8. Chana Dal - 1/2 tsp
9. Green Chilli - 3
10. Curry Leaves
11. Turmeric - a pinch
12. Salt
13. Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
14. Coriander Leaves

Preparation (30min)

1. Rinse okra and dry them before cutting them.
2. Cut head and tail off of each okra and chop the rest into small pieces
3. Take Pan and add oil to it. When the oil is heated, add mustard seed and wait till they splutter
4. Now add Cumin seeds, hing and crushed garlic cloves to the pan. Garlic is good for health and adds taste to the dish
5. Now add Chana Dal, dry red chilies, curry leaves and green chilli to the pan. Wait for a minute till they are fried
6. Now add chopped okra pieces and mix them with the ingredients. Now add turmeric powder.
7. Fry it for 8-10 min while mixing the ingredients and add salt
8. Fry it again for about 10 min while mixing the ingredients intermittently to fry evenly
9. Now add chilli powder and mix the ingredients
10. Add coriander leaves and turn off the flame

Yummy Okra fry is ready. It can be served with roti or rice. The same recipe can be followed to make carrot fry and potato fry.

Mango Rasam - #SimpleDish

Rasam is a very simple dish and takes very less time to prepare. It goes very well with rice and deep fry curries and is a popular dish in south India. In this recipe I used Mango powder to get the tanginess to the dish instead of tamarind paste.

Ingredients:

1. Oil - 1 tsp
2. Mustard Seeds - 1/8 tsp
3. Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
4. Hing
5. Garlic clove - 1
6. Dry Red chilli - 3
7. Curry Leaves
8. Onion - 1 small
9. Tomato - 1
10. Water - 3 cups
11. Turmeric - a pinch
12. Coriander Seeds/Powder - 3/4 tsp
13. Mango Powder - 1 tsp
14. Desiccated coconut - 3/4 tsp
15. Salt
16. Coriander Leaves

Preparation (20min)

1. Take Pan and add oil to it. When the oil is heated, add mustard seed and wait till they splutter
2. Then add Cumin seeds and hing and crushed garlic to the pan
3. Now add dry red chilies and curry leaves to the pan. Wait for a minute till they are fried
4. Now add chopped onion pieces and fry for 3-4 min
5. Now add finely chopped tomato pieces to the mixture and cook the mixture by closing the pan with a lid for 3-4 min
6. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder, Mango powder, coconut to the mixture. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly
7. Add water to the mixture and let it boil.
8. Now add pepper powder, Salt and boil the ingredients for 8-10 min.
9. Now add coriander leaves, curry leaves and turn off the flame

Ragi Mudde - #SimpleDish

Ragi Mudde is the easiest to make and very healthy to eat. You can easily make it with leftover rice in less than 20 mins.

Ingredients:

1. Ragi Flour - 1 cup
2. Cooked Rice - 2 cups
3. Water - 2 1/2 cups
4. Ghee - 2 tsp
5. Salt - 1/2 tsp


Preparation:

1. Take a sauce pan and boil 1 cup of water.
2. Add cooked rice to the boiling water and let it cook for 2-3 mins. Now add some salt.
3. Take a masher and mash the rice. Don't make it into a smooth paste. Leave some grains of rice as is.
4. Take Ragi flour in another bowl and add 1 1/2 cups water to it.
5. Mix Ragi flour in water thoroughly and make sure there are no lumps in it.
6. Now add this mixture to the mashed rice and mix ingredients thoroughly
7. Keep stirring the mixture for 3-4 mins. Make sure you are mixing the ingredients else it will form lumps.
8. Now add ghee to the mixture and stir for another 2 min
9. Turn off the flame and serve with dal, pickle or any curry.

Chicken Fried Rice - #SimpleDish

Ingredients:

1. Chicken thigh pieces - 3
2. Ginger garlic paste - 1/4 tsp
3. Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
4. corn flour - 1 tsp
5. Salt - to taste
6. Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
7. Rice - 2 cups
8. Egg -1
9. Bell Pepper - Red/Green  - 1/2 cup
10. Cabbage - 1 1/2 cup
11. Carrots - 1 cup
12. Garlic - 5 cut into small pieces
13. Soy sauce - 1 tsp
14. Red chilli sauce - 1 tsp
15. Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
16. Spring Onion - 1 cup
17. Salt - to taste
18. Oil - 7 tsp


Chicken Preparation:

1. Cut chicken into small pieces
2. Now take these pieces in a bowl and add ginger garlic paste, salt, red chilli powder, garam masala, corn flour and mix all the ingredients thoroughly
3. Keep aside for 30 min
4. Take a pan and add oil to it. Spread the chicken pieces in the pan and fry till they turn goldenbrown

Preparation:

1. Cook rice with 1 tsp oil and some salt and keep aside
2. Take a wok and add 3 tsp oil to it. Once the oil is heated, add egg to it. 
3. Once egg is fried add finely chopped garlic pieces to it.
4. Now add sliced bell peppers and fry for 2-3 min. 
5. Now add carrots and fry for 2-3 min while stirring.
6. Now add cabbage to the mixture and cook for 2-3 min. 
7. Now add soy sauce, red chilli sauce and mix the ingredients.
8. Now add chicken pieces and salt to the mixture and stir the ingredients thoroughly.
9. Add in cooked rice and pepper powder and mix the ingredients.
10. Cook for 2 min and add spring onion, coriander (optional) and turn off the flame.

Chicken 65 -#SimpleStarter

Ingredients:

1. Chicken thigh pieces (cut into small pieces) - 1/2 kg
2. Egg - 1
3. Ginger (cut into small pieces) - 1 tsp
4. Garlic (cut into small pieces) - 1 tsp
5. Cumin seeds - 1 1/2 tsp
6. Curd - 1/2 cup
7. Corn Flour - 4 tsp
8. Green Chillies - 4 (slice them into 2 pieces)
9. Spring Onion - 1 1/2 tsp
10. Salt - 1 tsp
11. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
12. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
13. Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
14. Pepper powder - 1 tsp
15. Chilli sauce - 3/4 tsp
16. Tomato Sauce - 1 1/2 tsp
17. Soy sauce - 3/4 tsp
18. Lemon Juice - 2 tsp
19. Saffron - 1/4 tsp (Optional)
19. Coriander - 2 tsp



Chicken Marination:

1. Take chicken in a bowl and add salt, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli power, yogurt, corn flour, egg, pepper powder to it.
2. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly and keep it aside for 30 min

Preparation:

1. Take a wok and heat oil in it

2. Once the oil is heated, add chicken pieces to it one by one. Deep fry the pieces on slow flame by turning them occasionally.

3. Follow the above process to deep fry all chicken pieces. Keep them aside.

4. Take out excess oil from the wok and add cumin seeds. Then add finely chopped ginger and garlic pieces and fry for 1-2 min

5. Now add green chilli and spring onion and mix all the ingredients for 1-2 min

6. Now add red chilli sauce, tomato sauce, Soy sauce and mix all the ingredients.
7. You can add Saffron soaked water to the mixture to give nice red color. This is optional

8. Add 1/2 cup of water to the mixture, salt and red chilli powder and cook it for 2 min

9. Now add the fried chicken pieces to this mixture and stir well
10. Add lemon juice and garnish with coriander.

Tadka Maggi -#SimpleSnack

Ingredients:

1. Onion - 1
2. Tomato - 1
3. Chilli - 2
4. Chilli Flakes - 1/4 tsp
5. Maggi - 2
6. Oil - 1 tsp
7. Water - 420 ml

Preparation: (Time 30 min)

1. Take a sauce pan and add some oil to it and let it heat
2. Add chopped onions and chilli to the pan and saute till the onions are soft.
3. Now add tomatoes to the pan and saute this mixture for another 5 min
4. Once the ingredients are cooked, add Maggi masala to the mixture and mix the ingredients thoroughly.
5. Now add Maggi Noodles and water to the pan and close the lid.
6. Cook the ingredients for 4 min on a small flame and turn it off.

Maggi goes very well with potato chips. Give it a try!