Monday 5 September 2016

Chicken cauliflower rougaille

 
Serving four to six
 
Ingredients
4 chicken legs-cut into two
2 cup whole tomato purée (canned whole tomatoes)
6 fresh tomatoes
1  large  onion chopped
1 table spoon ginger and garlic
1/2 cup of water
Oil to cook
Coriander leaves finely chopped for garnishing
 6-8 curry leaves
150 gram cauliflower - cut as you wish
Salt to taste 



Methods

Heat a frying or cooking pan
Add oil and let heat for 2-4 minutes on medium flame
Then add chopped onion, ginger and garlic paste, cut fresh tomato
Stir and mix ingredients well
Add tomato purée and let cook with little salt for 5 minutes on low flame
Add chicken cuts plus water, stir well and allow to cook for 25-30 minutes on low  flame
Once chicken is cooked add cauliflower and let it half cook for another 10 minutes
Then put chopped chili and stir well
Let cook for 5 minutes on low flame
Turn off the flame
Garnish with coriander leaves

Serving  suggestion
Serves hot with plain rice, salad, bread along with some black lentils soup or just as it is

Sunday 4 September 2016

Rice with milk (Kheer-jawa-Pongul)

 
 
For more than 5-6 servings

Ingredients
2 cup rice
385 gram condense milk
4 table spoon milk powder
5 cup of water
1 cup chopped almond
1/2 cup raisins -dry grapes
3 table spoon of ghee
4-6 cardamom pod

Method

Soak rice overnight
Drain it and wash it in clean water

Heat a cooking pan on medium flame
Add ghee and let melt
Put cardamom and 1/2 cup almond and let fry till lightly golden
Pour water and rice
let cook for 25-30 minutes until rice is cooked and water level have reduced to more than half
Stir frequently to check cooking point
basically this will avoid burning
Verify if rice have become very tender and add milk powder and mix well
Add on dry grapes and the rest of almond and let cook on low flame till water have reduce
Check if the mixture start sticking in the bottom of your cooking pan-this mean its ready

You can top it with a teaspoon of ghee if you wish

Serving suggestion: serves hot as a dessert or even with pouri-which is a little Mauritian fried flour bread............
Ah that's lovely



Friday 2 September 2016

Chicken in cinammon sauce



Serving 3 to 4 persons

500 gram chicken breast- cut into small pieces
1 onion chopped
4 crushed garlic flakes
2-3 gloves
1/4 teaspoon glove powder
1 piece cinnamon stick- around 8-10 cm long
1 teaspoon cinnamon  powder
1 cup of water-for gravy
Salt and pepper to taste
2 table spoon oil
Mint leaves for garnishing

Methods

In a bowl put the chicken, half of the garlic, glove powder and cinnamon powder And salt
Mix well and let marinate for an hour

Heat a cooking pan on medium flame and oil
Add onion and garlic let fry till golden
Put gloves and cinnamon stick
Then add chicken mixture and water
Mix well
Let cook for 15-20 minutes-until you have a thick gravy

Turn off the flame and garnish with mint leaves

Serving suggestions:
Serves hot
serves with bread or any chili paste