Tuesday, August 5, 2008

MUTTON PEPPER FRY

INGREDIENTS

1/2 kg mutton
1 tsp garlic-ginger paste
1 big onion
1 big tomato
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 red chilli
1 tsp pepper powder (according to taste)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vinegar
pinch of turmeric powder
4 tsp oil
curry leaves and cilantro leaves


1. Add salt, turmeric powder to the mutton and boil it to nearly 5 to 6 whistles in cooker.
2. Take oil in a non-stick pan. Put onion and garlic-ginger paste and Fry it in simmer for few minutes.
3. Add tomato and again fry it.
4. Mean while make a paste with chilli, pepper and cumin.
5. Put mutton and add paste in it and let it boil for 3 minutes.
6. Garnish with curry and cilantro leaves and serve hot.

It tastes good with white rice, chappathis, dosas.

Tomato Chatni (Thakkali Chatni)

Ingredients:

Tomato (Thakkali) 3 no.(big ones)
Onion (vengayam) 1 no. (big one)
Garlic (Poondu) 6-8 Pieces
Curry leaves (karuveppilai) 6nos.
Cilantro (Kothamalli) small amount
Chilli powder 1tsp (or according to taste)
Turmeric Powder 1/4 tsp
Salt according to taste
Kadugu 2 pinches
Urud dhall (ulutham paruppu) 1/2 tsp
oil



1. Cut tomato, onion, garlic, curry leaves, cilantro into small pieces.
2. Take a Pan or kadai, pour little oil, kadugu, urud dhall, onion and garlic pieces. When these turn into brown colour, put tomato pieces.
3. When the above things, comes to soft (vathangiya piragu), Add, turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt.
4. Now add curry leaves and cilantro and cook for 2 min and switch off the stove.

The above made chutni, can serve 4 persons. if needed to serve for more, u can add 1 cup water. it gets dilulted.