Elaichi Chicken

Have you guys ever tried adding elaichi in any chicken dry item? You will fall in love with the flavours of this simple dish.  My craving for chicken never ends. Many times it has happened that i end up getting raw chicken at 9 PM while oming back from office. After a very tiring day, this is the dish which i prepare in a jiffy (less than 20 mins)..

Ingredients :

Chicken: 500 gms
(I like Chicken with bones,you can try with boneless chicken)
Whole Elaichi : 3
Green Chillies: 8 (If you dont like spicy, reduce the no of chillies)
Onion : 3 ( 2 onions julienne cut, 1 for grinding purpose)
Ginger garlic paste : 1 tsp
Curry leaves: 2 strands
Coriander leaves:  Few strands
Turmeric powder : 1/2tsp
Oil : 3 Tbsp
Salt : as per your taste

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai, Add onion, curry leaves , 4 slit green chillies, ginger garlic paste. Fry well.
Add Chicken, salt.Cook well for 15 mins. Dont add water.

To Grind:

Elaichi, 1 onion, 4 chillies, coriander leaves.

Now mix the above grinded paste in to cooked chicken and fry on simmer for 10 more mins.


Happy Cooking:)

Nuge Soppu Basaru (Drumstick Leaves Sambar)

This is prepared in my village using farm grown leaves and cooked on earthern pot.
I remember my great grandmother preparing this and serving us with hot ragi balls. Love those childhood days. She used to use pestle to grind all the ingredients. Believe me the taste used to be sooo yummmmm, NV fans will forget having chicken:p
 
This has got lot of nutritional value and very good for kids:)
So mommies, try this yummy Karnataka rural dish and let me know.

Prep Time: 30 mins
Cooking Time : 30 mins

Cooking complexity : High

Ingredients:

Drumstick leaves : 500 gms
Green gram :1 cup
Toor dal : 1 cup 
Grated Coconut : Half coconut
Green chillies:6
Garlic: 10 cloves
Coriander leaves
Onion: 2
Jeera: 1 tsp
Tamarind Juice : 1 tsp 
Oil: 3 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves:

Method:

Cook toor dal and green gram separately. Toor dal  with 1 glass of water.(to be semi cooked -1 whistle in cooker)
Cook green gram with 2 glasses of water for 3-4 whistles. Add 1/2 tsp salt.

 Drumstick leaves need to be cleaned well by removing all the sticks..
Blanch them for 10 mins by adding little salt .

 Now strain dal, green gram and drumstick together. Collect the water in a bowl. This will be used to make the curry.

Remember there is salt added in greengram n drumstick leaves.

To prepare masala:

Grind grated coconut, jeera, 1 onion, chillies, 2-3 curry leaves,garlic,tamarind, coriander leaves, 2 tsp cooked dal.

Mix the above paste to the dal, green gram & drumstick leaves water.Let it boil well.

Tadka for Green gram, drumstick leaves

In a kadai, heat oil, add mustard seeds, Add 1 finely chopped onion. Fry well. Just take out 1 spoon of the tadka and add to the curry mixture.

After the onion is fried well, add green gram, drumstick leaves and dal mixture and mix well.

Serve with hot rice & ghee:)

Happy Cooking:)