I know how tough job cooking is for bachelors in US. I have seen man people finding it difficult to cook after coming from office. To help those here is the simple recipe of potato fry.
Potato fry
Ingredients
1. Potatoes
2. Oil,Salt,Chilly powder as needed
Preparation
1. Peel the Potato’s and cut the potatoes in the shape and size u want.
2. In bowl add potatoes,salt chilli powder,little water(10 ml) and keep in microwave for 4 mins. (may be 1 or 2 mins more deponding upon the power of microwave)
3. Pour little oil in kadai and empty the contents of bowl in that and fry it so that it becomes little crispy.
4. If you want garnish with corriender and curry leaves(optional)
Just to share with you……
Gajalakshmi is one of my friends.We became friends when we were doing BSc Mathematics (Same class). Her mom used to cook Chettinad Items very well. She used to bring different different food items . One among them is Tomato Dosa. I don’t know whether itz a chetinad item or not but I liked it when I asked her she gave me this recipe.
Facts about Tomato
Tomato products are beneficial in aggressive cancers.Tomatoes are good for the eyes. Lycopene, the most abundant carotenoid in the blood serum, was found to be the key antioxidant that guards against ARMD ( Age-Related Macular Degeneration), a condition that may cause blindness.Tomatoes are high in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium and Potassium Letz have this tomatoes in a different way as dosa.
Tomato dosa
Ingredients
1.Urad dal : 1 cup
2.Rice : 2 cups
3.Tomato : 2 (big)
4.Red chillies : 3 to 4
5.Coriander leaves
Preparation
1.Soak urad dal and rice with sufficient water for 6 hours.
2.Fry the chillies in little oil and add the cut tomato pieces and fry for 5 min.
3.Grind this into smooth batter with tomato, chillies and coriander leaves adding sufficient water.
4.Add the salt and allow the batter to ferment for atleast 6 hours.
5.Heat the tava (or nonstick pan), take a big spoonful of batter and put in the center of the pan, spread evenly until you get the required size of dosa.
6.Add a spoon of oil and once it starts turning brown flip it onto the otherside.
7.After a min take it out of pan and serve hot with coconut chutney or peanut chutney.
Side dishes
Coconut chutney , Coriander chutney , Tomato onion chutney
Pudhina chutney , Peanut/groundnut chutney , Garlic chutney
I have been to Chicago last year to my sister’s house to attend one of my sister-in-laws (Mallika) baby shower.Our sister made many variety rices since itz our tradition to make many variety rices for babyshower. One among them is Tomato puree rice.In my place my mom and others used to make tomato rice with fresh tomatoes. For the first time we had tomato rice made with tomato puree there. It was very good and tasted like birayani. Roasted cashnewnuts over the rice added its richness and value. For my angle’s first birthday I made that rice for the first time.It came out good. Everyone who came for the party enjoyed having that recipe.
Tomato puree rice
Ingredients
1. Basmathi rice :1 and 1/2 cups
2. Tomato puri : 3/4cup and water : 2 & 1/4 cups
3. Cinnamon(pattai) :1 piece
4. Cloves(Kirambu) :2
5. Ginger-garlic paster :1/2 tsp
6. Medium size tomato :1(cut into small pieces)
7. Medium size onion :1(cut lengthwise)
8. Turmeric powder :1/4 tsp
9. Chilli powder :1 tsp(as required)
10. Curry leaves :as required
11. Corroander leaves :as required
12. Oil, salt :as required
13. Cashnewnuts :as required
Preparation
1. Keep rice,water,tomatopuri in rice cooker and let it done.
2. Pour oil in tava.Add curry leaves ,corriander leaves,cinnamon stick,cloves
3. Add onion and fry
4. Add ginger garlic paste
5. Add tomato,chilli powder,turmeric powder and little salt
6. Fry all until as get mashed and oil seperates on top
7. Add the gravy to cooked rice and mix well.
8. Fry cashewnuts in oil and garnish on the top of rice.
Preparation 2 (Easy method -Use crushed tomatoes or tomato paste )
1. Cook 2 cups basmathirice seperately with 3 and 1/2 cups of water and let it cool.
2. In pan pour 4 tablespoon of oil. Add 3 cloves,2 cinnamonsticks, 2 bay leaves and splatter it,currry leaves and corriander leaves.
3. Then add one medium size cutted onion and 1 tablespoon gingergarlic paste and fry.
4. To that add 1 medium cutted fresh tomato (if you have).
5. Add 1 cup puree or crushed tomato or tomato paste.
6. Add 1 tsp of chilli powder, salt(as needed),1 tsp of corriander powder and 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder.
7. Let it cook in slow flame so that oil seperates on top.
8. Mix this gravy and rice as needed. Fry the cashnewnuts seperately and garnish the food with cashnewnuts.
Tips
Soak rice in rice in water for half an hour then drain it and fry the rice in dry tava. This will help the rice to come lengthy(will not break) when it is cooked.
