Recipe of the day

volga_volga

Tried this one today and it was a success with my friends!

CHICKEN KARAHI

Mouth Watering Chicken

Ingredients:

1 kilogram chicken cut into small pieces
1 tablespoon chopped ginger
1 inch piece ginger thin sliced strips.
4-5 - green chilies cut into half
2 - green chilies fine chopped
3 - tomato finely chopped
2 teaspoons black pepper, powder
1 tablespoon garam masala
4 tablespoons finely chopped fresh coriander l
2 teaspoons salt
1\2 cup oil

How to Cook:

1. Heat oil in a shallow frying pan or "karahi" (looks like wok). Add chopped ginger and green chili, stirring frequently fry for 2 minutes.
2. Add chicken and salt. Stirring frequently fry until the meat is well browned
3. Add chopped tomatoes, stirring frequently fry the meat mixture for about 10 minutes until the tomatoes are reduced to a pulp. Add a little water if necessary to prevent the mixture from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Keep frying until the oil begins to separate.
4. Add ginger sticks, chopped green chili, black pepper, garam masala and little water. Reduce the heat to low, cover with a tight fitting lid and cook for 15 minutes until the chicken is tender. Sprinkle with finely chopped coriander leaves
6. Serve hot with Nan or Chapati and RAITA!!.

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bongdongs

A fascinating article I stumbled across which I think people here will enjoy. Its about Indian (and in particular Tamil) food habits through the ages:

http://www.hindu.com/seta/2004/10/21...2100111600.htm

Interesting titbits:

- The making of Idli's by steaming probably came from Indonesia.

- The Ramayana mentions Sita's favourite dish as rice cooked with venison, vegetables and spices

sadhuji

why do some interesting threads die prematurely?

here's a simple easy-to-cook dish of the day that is fulsome, healthy and colorful....

it is basically a preparation of rice with carrots, cauliflower, potatoe, onion, garlic, ginger etc.. thrown in for imparting the taste.

all you need to do is to chop the veggies into small pieces, clean, and add to the rice (already cleaned). in a deep container, pour a few spoonful of cooking oil. when the oil starts to boil, add some whole spices (like cloves, cardamom, black pepper etc.), heat and add the rice with veggies. cook in steam (pressure cooker). when done, serve with a topping of butter or ghee.

skell

Sad, but true!

Vespar

When I was in India in November we ate the most amazing thali. One of the dishes was made from Dates and Tomatoes. I would be great if someone could help me with the recipe. Has anybody heard of this dish.

sadhuji

in which part of india did you have this?

there is one preparation that comes to mind. it is a type of chutney - sweet in taste. tomatoes are lightly fried alongwith finely chopped ginger. then water and sugar are added to this alongwith a pinch of salt. then comes the dates (minus seeds). the whole mixture is boiled till it becomes viscous. then it is allowed to cool down to room temperature and served as an in-lieu of dessert.

was it something like this?

Vespar

We were is a tiny village about an hour from Puri, Orissa. The village did not allow onion or garlic. It was served with our main meal on a banana leaf.

I am trying to add a picture to show you but I don't know how. Any idea how too!!!!!!!!!!!

ddutta

No idea about the dish you had vespar in orissa , but in Bengal we make tomato chatney (as mentioned by sadhuji in post # 55) which taste some what like tomato ketchup . But this is not a main dish as you have mentioned.

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Bigzero

scroll down your edit page to find a "Manage Attachments" button. click & follow instructions.

the image icon on the edit window is for attaching image links. will not work for an image in your hard disk...

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p.s. waiting for the tomato-dates dish picture!

Vespar

Thanks for your help Bigzero. However I an still having problems . My photo is too big. How do I save the photo to be smaller.

indiamike

When you refer to groundnuts is that the same as peanuts?

chappal

Thanks for the recipe. Sounds good.
And yes, groundnuts are what we Americans call peanuts.

sadhuji

i think it should be 'fried' and not 'fired'. pl cfm.

ddutta

Are you talking about roasted peanuts ?