House Of Spice

Ingredients:
1/2 Cabbage cut in cubes
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp jeera
3-4 green chillies
oil ( preferably mustard, or any vegetable oil can be used)
salt to taste

Method:
Heat oil in a kadai and pop jeera.
Add green chillies, cabbage, turmeric and salt to taste, mix well and cook on low heat.
Do not let the cabbage shrink.
Serve hot with rice and dal.

Ingredients:
1 cup rice ( i used basmati) cooked and cooled
1 cup coconut ( grated )
1 tsp channa dal
1 tsp mustard seeds
2-3 red chillies
few curry leaves
salt to taste
oil ( preferably coconut oil )

Method:

Heat oil in a kadai and pop mustard seeds, channa dal, red chillies and curry leaves.
Add grated coconut and stir in for a few minutes.
Add the rice and mix well, serve hot with mint chutney or pickle.

Ingredients:
1 lb prawns cleaned
2 big onion cubed
2 bell pepper / capsicum cubed
1/2 tsp chilly powder
1/2 tsp pepper powder
1/2 tsp chilly flakes
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp soya sauce
1 tsp ginger- garlic paste
salt to taste
oil
spring onions for garnish

Method:

Marinate the prawns with turmeric pwdr, cornflour and salt for about 15 mins.
Heat oil in a kadai, shallow fry the prawns and keep it aside for later use.
In the same kadai add oil and saute onions, bell pepper, ginger-garlic paste for about a minute, add rest of the ingredients, prawns and fry until done.
Garnish it with spring onions and serve hot.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup paneer cubed
1 cup onions
1 cup capsicum / bell pepper cubed( red, yellow and green)
1 tsp chilly powder (adjust accordingly )
1/2 tsp chaat masala
1/2 tsp lime juice (opt)
1/2 tsp jeera
oil
salt to taste

Method:
Cut paneer and capsicum into cubes.
Heat oil in a kadai add jeera seeds and let it pop.
Add all the vegetables, chilly pwdr, chaat masala and lime juice and saute until the paneer turns soft and light brown in colour.
Serve hot with chapathy and dal

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A Kerala Style Fish Curry, can be made with any fish of your choice. I have used 'Red Tail Snapper' and was very tasty, hope you would like it too :)

Ingredients :

1 lb fish
1 tomato ( cut into 4 )
1/2 cup drumsticks ( slit open)
5-6 green chillies ( slit open, adjust accordingly)
1 cup grated coconut
1 1/2 tsp chilly powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp fenugreek powder ( uluva/ vendayam)
1 tbsp tamarind juice
few curry leaves
salt to taste
oil

Method:

Cut and clean the fish.
Dry fry chilly pwdr and coriander pwdr without adding any oil, until the raw smell goes.
Grind coconut, chilly pwdr and coriander pwdr to a fine paste.
Take a kadai or chatti add in the grind paste, green chillies, drumsticks, tamarind juice,curry leaves, fish pieces, salt to taste and a spoon of oil, heat on 'high' until it starts boiling, then keep the heat on 'low ' adding tomato and fenu greek pwdr ,until the oil seperates.
Garnish with curry leaves and serve hot with rice.

Its been years that we visited Nagaland, but it always was and still remains a very special place in every means for our family. I remember our childhood days spent in there with good people and great food. This dish means a lot to me now, more than sentimental it works out as a diet dish for us, full filling our need without even a drop of oil. This dish is usually made with fermented Bamboo Shoot known as "Bastanga" , here i have used the packet fresh bamboo shoot from the Asian store can be substituted with the canned ones too :)

Ingredients :

1 lb chicken
1/2 cup bamboo shoot (long strips)
1/2 cup cabbage (cut into chunks)
2 tomatoes ( crushed, preferably with your hands :) )
6-7 green chillies (adjust accordingly as you won't be adding any chilly pwdr )
1/2 inch ginger
1 garlic pod
1 tsp chilly flakes
coriander leaves
salt to taste

Method:

Cut and clean the chicken pieces.
Crush green chillies, ginger and garlic. ( just to open up the flavors )
Take a vessel in which you make the chicken, add in the chicken, sliced bamboo shoot, cabbage , crush tomatoes, crushed green chillies, ginger, garlic, chilly flakes, coriander leaves and salt.
Cook until the chicken is done.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve hot with rice, or even can be had as a soup.