NIFTY HANDS

Monday, November 05, 2007

KANDA KURA // YAM CURRY

KANDA KURA // YAM CURRY INGREDIENTS

Kanda pieces - 2 cups
Ginger - full finger length piece
Lemon - 2 nos
Salt - 11/2 tbsp

Greenchillies - 6 nos
Oil - 2 tbsp

Coriander - 1 /2 bunch
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tbsp
Chana dal - 1 tbsp
Curry leaves - 5 - 10 nos
Redchillies - 3 nos
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp


PREPARATION

Microwave cook yam or kanda pieces for 10 min with some water . Then grind ginger , green chillies , along with salt and coriander and keep aside. Juice the lemon and set the juice aside.


Heat oil in a pan and put tadka / popu add redchillies and curry leaves.

Add microwave cooked yam pieces and mix well add little turmeric.

Now add the ginger paste to the yam . Mix well cook for about 5 min on medium flame . Put off the flame. Pour lemon juice over the curry and mix well.
Serve hot with rice..

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VERMICELLI UPMA

VERMICELLI UPMAINGREDIENTS

Vermicelli - 11/2 cups
Water - 3 cups
Onion - 1
Tomato - 1
Ginger - half finger length piece

Curry leaves - 5 - 10 nos
Green chillies - 5 nos

Oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard - 1 tbsp
Cumin - 1 tbsp
Chana Dal - 1 tbsp

Urad Dal -1 tbsp
Lemon - 1

Salt - 2 1/ tsp

PREPARATION


Chop onion and tomato to fine pieces and green chillies too along with the ginger .
Heat oil in a pan put tadka , add ginger pieces , greenchilly pieces and fry for awhile the add onion and tomato pieces and fry to golden.
Then add the vermicelli and fry for 5 min on medium flame. Then add water and salt mix well and allow it to cook .

Once the water is absorbed completely , put off the flame and leave it for 5 min .

Then serve hot with any chutney ...

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KIDNEY BEANS CURRY

KIDNEY BEANS CURRY


INGREDIENTS

Kidney beans- 2 cups
Tomatoes - 2 nos
Onion - 2 nos
Garam Masala - 1 tbsp
Garlic paste - 1 tbsp

Redchilli powder - 1 tbsp
Salt - 1 tbsp

Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Cumin -1 tsp

PREPARATION

Microwave cook beans for about 10 min.

Chop onions and tomatoes to fine pieces and heat oil in a pan . Then add cumin seeds and garlic paste to it.

Fry to golden brown add onions and tomatoes fry them to golden and once they soften add the beans to them .

Add salt , redchillipowder , turmeric , garam masala . Mix well and mix well cook fro 5 min put off the flame . Serve with rice or chapathi .....

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