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Spicy Malabar Chicken Fry

Serves:  6 Preparation Time:  20 minutes + 6 hours marination Cooking Time:  40 minutes Complexity:  Easy Ingredients:  1kg chicken skinned n cut into medium pieces. Kashmiri chilli powder- 2 tbsp Turmeric powder- 1/2 tbsp garam masala- 1/2 tbsp pepper powder - 1/2 tbsp juice of 1 lemon white vinegar- 1tbsp ginger - 1" piece garlic - 6/7 green chillis-2 salt to taste Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp fennel seeds -1tbsp shallots sliced- 1 1/2 cups dry red chillis - 4 coconut oil - about 2-3 cups for frying curry leaves - 1 cup Directions:  Make a marinade of the chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, pepper powder, juice of half a lime, white vinegar, ginger, garlic, green chillis, salt to taste. Let the chicken marinate in this paste for about 4-6 hours. Boil the marinated chicken without adding any water (the chicken will cook in its own juice) till it is about 3/4th ...
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Vegetable Juice Recipes for healthy life..

Carrot Juice Here's my favorite carrot juice recipe. I make this juice almost every morning. Very quick and easy: Ingredients 1 lbs large carrots (washed and peeled) 1/2 lemon (peeled) few green leafs such as red lettuce or carrot greens 1 apple Directions Put all ingredients in your  juicer . (A centrifuge juicer is easiest for carrots.) Mix. Drink immediately. I peel the carrot for taste (otherwise it tastes too earthy). I find this recipe sweet enough, but if you're a beginner juicer or have a sweet tooth, add an apple for extra sweetness. The health benefits of carrot juice? It provides Vitamin A, B Vitamins, Vitamin E and many minerals (including calcium). Great for pregnant and nursing mothers, eyesight, bones and teeth, liver and nails, skin and hair as well as helping in breast and skin cancer prevention. Tomato Juice Are you looking for the best of all tomato juice recipes! This one is! You canjuice the tomatoes in a  juicer  but if...

Ginger Coconut Rice (Thai)

. Cooking Time:  15-20 minutes Servings:  4   Preparation Time:  15-20 minutes   Category:  Veg   Ingredients • Jasmine rice 2 cups • Ginger,chopped 2 tablespoons • Coconut milk 1/2 cup • Butter 2 tablespoons • Garlic,finely chopped 2 tablespoons • Onion ,chopped 1 medium • Salt to taste • White pepper powder to taste • Lemon grass,roughly chopped 1 tablespoon • Basil leaves 6-8 Method Heat butter in a non-stick pan. Add ginger, garlic and onion and sauté till onion turns translucent. Add rice, coconut milk, four cups water, salt and pepper powder. Stir to mix and bring it to a boil. Add lemongrass and basil leaves and mix well. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for fifteen to twenty minutes. Remove from heat and let it stand for five to six minutes. Serve hot.

Umm ali (Arabic Dessert)

Umm ali (Ali's Mother) is a scrumptious dessert from Egypt. It is compared to bread pudding. I like to serve it with a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream on top. Prep Time:  15 minutes Cook Time:  30 minutes Total Time:  45 minutes Ingredients: 1 package of frozen puff pastry (17 ounces) 1 15 oz can of sweetened condensed milk 3 cups water 1/2 cup cream 3/4 cup pistachios, shelled, chopped 1/2 cup pine nuts 1/2 cup almonds 1/2 - 3/4 cups coconut flakes (depending on taste) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Preparation: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Unroll puff pastry sheets and place on greased baking sheets. Bake for 15 minutes. You want the puff pastry to be golden and puffed. Remove from oven. Do not turn oven off; you will be using it in a few minutes with the same temp. Break puff pastry into small pieces (about 1-2 inches. Add nuts and coconut and be sure that they are mixed well and evenly distributed. Place nuts...

Simple Bread halwa recipe

You can make Bread Halwa with dry bread or with bread crumbs. You can also break the break into small pieces and fry it in oil. Crush these pieces and make bread Halwa from it. I feel comfortable by roasting the bread in a pan and then making halwa from it in the same pan. So lets start making Bread Halwa today, Ingredients for Bread Halwa Bread slices - 10 Milk - 600 gms. (3 cup) Ghee - 3-4 table spoon. Sugar - 80-100 gms. (1/2 cup) Cashews - 10-12 (chopped) Almonds - 4-5 (chopped) Cardamom - 3-4 (peel and grind) Method - How to make Bread Halwa You can use any quality of bred to make Halwa. Take maida or wheat bread any of the quality that you like. You can also use multigrain bread. Every quality has its own unique taste. Break the bread into small pieces. Take a pan and heat 1 table spoon ghee into it. Put the bread pieces into the ghee and roast it on medium flame. Once the bread gets roasted, put milk and sugar to it. Stir the halwa continuously...

100 Greatest Cooking Tips

                                   Check Out All of the Handwritten Tips from Food Network Chefs  1. Remember, y'all, it’s all about the prep. Take away the stress by doing the prep the night or day before. You'll look like a star. Paula Deen  Paula’s Best Dishes 2. The smaller the item, the higher the baking temperature. For example, I bake mini chocolate chip-toffee cookies at 500 degrees F for only 4 minutes. Perfect end result.  Jim Lahey  Co. and Sullivan Street Bakery, New York City 3. Store spices in a cool, dark place, not above your stove. Humidity, light and heat will cause herbs and spices to lose their flavor. Rick Tramonto  Tramonto's Steak & Seafood, Osteria di Tramonto and RT Lounge, Wheeling, IL 4. Use a coarse microplane to shave vegetables into salads or vinaigrettes. You can create an orange-fennel dressing by adding grated fennel and...