Simple Kuruma

 Ingredients:

• 1 Onion sliced lengthwise (Red Onion Preferred)
• 2 Tomatoes chopped finely
• 2 Green chillies
• Pinch of Turmeric powder
• 2 tsp Coriander powder
• 2 tsp Red chilli powder
• 3 Garlic pieces(peel off & cut lengthwise)
• 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
• 1 Cinnamon
• 1 Clove
• 1 Star anise
• 1 Cardamom
• 5 Coconut pieces
• 1 tsp Sombu(Ani seeds)
• Salt
• Oil

Preparation:

Heat oil in a sauce pan and add all spices first followed by green chillies(make a slit).

Fry onions in that for a while and add the sliced garlics.

Now add the ginger garlic paste, fry and then add the chopped tomatoes and salt and cook covered.

When the tomatoes are cooked add all the masala powders and add water and allow it to boil for 5 mins, until the raw smell goes.

Meanwhile grind the coconut pieces with sombu and make the coconut paste with adding little water.

Add this coconut paste to the boiling kuruma and simmer the flame & leave it for 5 more mins.

Garnish with cilantro leaves and serve it with Idli/Dosa/Chapathi.

Check  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARkWm1uwMko

Chicken Manchurian:

Ingredients:

1/2kg Boneless chicken

¼ cup Corn flour and maida

2 tsp Salt

Pinch of Ajinomoto

2 tsp Pepper powder

3 tsp Soy sauce

1 ½ tsp Tomato ketchup

4 Garlic chopped

2 tsp Ginger garlic paste

1 ½ - 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder / Cayenee pepper powder

Preparation:

Cut the chicken into pieces and wash and drain with paper towel.

In a bowl mix the flours,salt,ajinomoto,chilli powder,pepper powder and add the chicken pieces.

Chicken pieces will now have a coating of flour without adding any water.

Now add the soy sauce,tomato ketchup and mix it again. Close the lid and let it marinate for an hour.

(Sprinkle some water if u need)

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the chicken pieces and drain it in a paper towel.

Now in a wok /nonstick pan,add the fried oil (2tsp) and add the chopped garlic,onion,capsicum.Fry in a high flame with afew drops of soy sauce  for 2 mins and add the chicken pieces and toss it again in a low flame for a min and switch off the stove.

Immediately transfer the Manchurian to a serving bowl with chopped spring onions on top.

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