Ingredients :

Boneless fish – 200 gms

Onions- 3

Small potatoes,  – 3

Ginger garlic paste -1 tsp

Green chillies -3

Pepper powder – 1 tsp

Garam masala -1 tsp

Eggs -3

Bread crumbs- ½ cup

Chopped coriander leaves- 1 tablespoon

oil – for frying

Salt – to taste.

Method:

1. Boil the fish flesh with a little salt and keep it aside.

2. Boil the potatoes and mash them.

3. Finely chop the green chillies, onion and keep it aside.

4. Now take a pan and pour 2 tablespoons oil and when the oil is hot, add the onions, ginger garlic paste and green chillies and saute till the onions are golden brown.

5. Now add the boiled fish and cook till all the water evaporates and it becomes a dry mixture.

6. Sprinkle the pepper powder and garam masala.

7. Mix well and then add the mashed potatoes and cook till an aroma begins to rise.

8. Turn of the flame and add the coriander leaves and salt to taste.

9. Now mix it all up and make small balls of this mixture and set it aside.

10. Take a bowl and beat the eggs. In another plate spread the powdered bread crumbs.

11. Now take the small balls and make it a little flat for cutlet and dip it in the egg and then roll it in the bread crumbs, so that each cutlet is coated evenly on all sides.

12. Take a non stick pan, add little oil and fry the cutlet. Allow it until golden brown.

Serve with tomato sauce.

Ingredients:

Rice – 2 cups

Chicken – 500 gms

Small onions chopped – 1 ½ cup

Green chillies – 4 to 6

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp

Tomatoes chopped -3

Chilli powder – 1tsp

Spices powder – 2 tsp(recipe given below)

Salt – as required

Lemon – half

Coriander leaves chopped – 1 table spoon

Mint leaves chopped – 1 table spoon

Oil – 2 table spoon

Ghee or butter – 1 table spoon

Water – 4 cups

Spices powder:

Cinnamon – 4pcs (1″size)

Cardamom – 3

Cloves – 3

Heat a pan without oil and roast these spices in medium flame for 2min and powder it.

Method:

1. Heat oil and ghee in pressure pan.Add chopped onions and sliced green chillies and fry till onions become transparent.

2. Add ginger garlic paste and cook for 2min.

3. Add chopped tomatoes and saute for 3min.

4. Add chilli powder, spices powder, salt and chicken, and add 1cup water and mix well.

5. Close the pan and allow for 2 whistles.

6. Allow the pressure and heat to subside and then open the pan.

7. Add lemon juice, chopped coriander leaves, mint, remaining 3 cups water and rice. Mix well and close the pan and allow for 1 whistle.

8. After steam subsides, open and mix the biryani well from bottom to top and serve with onion raitha.

Ingredients:

Cleaned chicken – 1/4 kg

Small Onion(chinna vengayam) – 100 gms

Gingely Oil – 1 tsp

Ginger garlic paste – 1/4 tsp

garam masala – 1 tsp

turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

Chilli powder – 2 tsp

Chopped Mint leaves – 1/4 cup

Curry and corriander leaves – to garnish

Salt – to taste

Method:

1. Take a pan, add oil, chopped onion, mint leaves, ginger garlic paste and mix well.

2. Now add the chicken pieces, chilli powder, garam masala, turmeric powder, salt and mix well.

3. Add little water and pressure cook the chicken.

Garnish with curry and corriander leaves and serve the chicken masala.

Ingredients:

Small fish – 4

Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp

Tamarind – a small ball size

Chilli powder – 2 tsp

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

Garam masala – 1/2 tsp

Jeera powder – 1/4 tsp

Salt – to taste

Method:

1. Clean the fish. Prepare a thick tamarind paste and add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, garam masala, jeera powder and mix well.

2. Now apply this masala paste on to either side of the fish and allow it for sometime.

3. Now heat little oil and apply over the dried masala coated fish.

4. Pressure cook it for some time by rolling it inside plantain leaves.

Tasty steamed fish curry is ready. This is an alternative for those who are diet conscious. Usage of oil is very less  and hence is good for everyone.

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken – 1 kg
corn flour – 200 gm
Chilli powder, salt – to taste
Onion – 1
green chilli -4
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
pepper, oil – as required
Soya sauce – 300 gms

Method:

1. Take the corn flour in a bowl, add water, chilli powder, salt, ginger garlic paste and mix well into a semi solid paste.
2. Now dip the chicken pieces in the prepared batter and deep fry in oil.
3. Take a pan, add little oil, onion, green chilli, pepper and pinch of chilli powder and stir well.
4. Now add the fried chicken pieces and add soya sauce and stir well and allow it to boil.