Vegetable Pulav

Ingredients

Basmati Rice - 1 cup

Chopped Onion - 1 cup

Ginger Paste - 1 tsp

Chilli Paste - 1 tsp

Mix Vegetables - 1 cup

Garam Masala - 2 tsp

Water - 2 cups

Oil - 3 tsp

Preparation

Soak basmati rice for 1/2 an hour, then drain the water and keep it aside. In a pressure cooker heat oil to add the chopped onion and fry till the color changes golden brown then add the drained basmati rice till it pop up. Add the mix vegetables, ginger paste, chilli paste, salt and 1/2 tsp garam masala in the pressure cooker to mix it well with water. Close the cooker and put the weight on the lid when steam starts coming. Wait for half an hour to open the cooker lid. Now you can serve the Pulav after garnishing.

Chettinad Pepper Chicken

Chettinad Pepper Chicken

Ingredients:

1 Chicken : ½ kg
2 Oil : 5 tspn
3 Garam masala (whole) : 2 spoon
4 Urud dal : 2 spoon
5 Curry leaf : 10-15 leaves
6 Onion : 1 cup - finely chopped
7 Tomato : 1 cup - finely chopped
8 Jeera : 1 tspn
9 Fennel seed : 1 tspn (perum jeerakam)
10 Red chilly (whole) : 4-5
11 Coriander powder : 3 tspn
12 Pepper : 1 tspn
13 Ginger : 1 tspn finely chopped
14 Garlic : 1 tspn finely chopped
15 Turmeric powder : ½ tspn
16 Grinded masala (grind ingredients from 8-15 to make a thick paste)
17 Salt

Preparation:
· Heat oil in a pan and add all the garam masalas (whole) one after the other
· Put urud dal, curry leaves and fry them for a minute.
· Roast onion till they are light brown.
· Add tomato, stir it for a minute then add the grinded paste. Now add the chicken, mix well and pour a cup of water. Close the pan with a lid to cook in medium flame until the chicken is cooked well.
· Garnish with a tomato and curry leaf and serve

This chicken curry has lot of gravy and goes well with rice, dosa, aappam, chappathi etc.

Pineapple Pudding

PINEAPPLE PUDDING:

Ingredients:

1. Pineapple slices - 4 slices (crushed to small pieces - can use tinned pineapple)
2. Milk cream - 170 gm
3. Condensed milk - 400 gm
4. Pineapple jelly powder - 150 gm

Preparation:
To make jelly, add pineapple jelly powder in two cups of boiling water and stir it well till it is dissolves completely and then mix it with cold water

· Put pineapple jelly, milk cream, and condensed milk in a mixer and mix it well.
· Pour the half of the above mixture in a tray and add the pineapple pieces (thinly chopped) as middle layer and the balance of the mixture on top
· Keep it in the refrigerator for half an hour and garnish it with cherry .
· Pineapple pudding is ready to serve