Bacon-Cheese sandwich

This is my entry to Sandwich Festival hosted by Anupama of Food-n-More.





Bacon-Cheess Sandwich




Ingredients

Bacon - 2 strips
Bread - 2 slices
Cheese - 2 slices ( mozarella)
Tomato - 1 sliced round
Onion - 1/2 sliced lengthwise.

Method

In a pan,cook bacon strips until they are crispy.Take them out and drain them in a peper towel.In the same pan with some bacon fat, saute the onions till they are slightly crunchy.Take them out.Place on bread slice in the same pan on medium heat.Start biulding the sandwich by placing cheese slices,then onions,tomatoes and finally bacon.Finish the sandwich using another bread slice.Press down the sandwich using a wooden spoon and keep it in the pan until cheese is melted.Turn over the sandwich and heat it till the bread is slightly toasted.

Ulli/Onion pacchadi,Pomfret fish fry

Ulli/onion pacchadi is a common side dish or you can it a pickle type in our home whenever there is sambhar.This dish goes very well with sambhar and rice.Very very easy to make.I served this with pompret fish fry and pudalangai/snake gourd sambhar

Ingredients

Red onion - 1 (chopped)
Green chillies - 3 (chopped)
Tamarind paste - 2tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2tsp
Curry leaves - a few
Oil - 2 tbsp
Salt - as needed

Method

In a pan,heat oil and fry mustard seeds, green chillies and curry leaves.Now add chopped onion and saute till they become translucent.Now add tamarind and salt.Add water if needed.Let it boil till it thickens.Serve it with rice and sambhar.




Pomfret fish fry

Another tasty fish fry, i made this similar to this fish fry.Just have to make slits on the fish before applying the masala.

Rotisserie chicken fry/varuval and An Award

My mother's day gift from S was a Wok among other cooking sets, which i have been wishing for a long time now.Finally got it..:).Had to use it with my fav. chicken recipe.The recipe was Inji Pennu's Shredded chicken.An delicious chicken recipe for side dish or appetizer.I used rotisserie chicken instead of chicken breasts, which makes makes this recipe more simple.So here is the adapted recipe,


Ingredients

Rotisserie chicken - 1
Onion - 1 (Big and chopped fine)
Green chillies - 8 (chopped)
Pepper - as needed
Salt - as needed
Curry leaves - as needed
Oil - as needed (might need a little extra than the normal :))


Method

Skin the Rotisserie chicken and shred into pieces.In a wok, add oil and fry curry leaves,chillies and onion.Fry until they are dark golden brown.Now add the chicken, salt and pepper.Saute them in high heat and keep stirring.Addextra oil whenever needed.When the chicken turns into dark golden brown color, it's ready.Serve it as it is or as a side dish.I served this with hot rasam and rice.




Rotisserie chicken Fry/Varuval



Last week, i received "The YUMMY Blog" award from Asha of Foodie's hope."Yummy blog award is the award given to the blog with most yummy recipes/photos".Thanks Asha, it is truly an honor getting this from you.




As per the rules, here are my four of my most fav. desserts

1.Super moist chocalate cake

2.Pineapple Pudding

3.Ras malai

4.Lemon mousse


I love to pass this "The Yummy Blog" award to , well deserved fello foodies,

1.Sandeepa of Bong Mom's Cookbook

2.Zlamusha of Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen

3.Sukanya Ramkumar of HOT N'Sweet BOWL

4.Vandana Rajesh of Cooking Up Something Nice

Thanks you all!!!

Aval/Poha Uppuma

Ingredients

Aval/Poha - 2 cup
Red chillies - 8-10
Curry leaves - a few
Oil - 2tbsp
Mustard seeds - 2tsp
Coconut - 1/2 cup (shredded)(optional)

Method

Soak aval by sprinkling just enough water for about 15 minutes.This aval i used was very thick, i got it from india.So this needed a bit more water and time for soaking up.Once aval is well soaked, heat oil in a pan.Fry mustard seeds,red chillies,curry leaves.Now add the aval and salt.Just saute for another 5-6 minutes on medium flame.Just before switching off the heat, add coconut.Serve hot as snack or breakfast.




Below is the shrimp fry made with small shrimps.

Simple Shrimp Fry

This is one of the family favourite dish.I make sure to make this whenever i buy shrimps.

Ingredients

Shrimp - 1lb (i used frozen)
Shallots/small onions - 1/2 cup(sliced thin)
Red chilli powder - 2tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2tsp
Curry leaves - a few
Coconut oil/veg.oil - 2tbsp
Salt - as needed

Method

Thaw the frozen shrimp and keep it aside.In a pan heat oil, fry sliced onion till they are dark golden brown.(almost crispy).Add curry leaves and chilli,pepper,turmeric powders and fry till raw smell goes away.Now add shrimp and salt.Saute them in high heat for first few minutes and then reduce the heat and cook until everything comes together.I served this with 'Arachivitta sambhar' and rice.This dish goes well with rasam also.Note : This would taste better if you use fresh shrimps.

Chenai/Suran-Channa cutlet

Ingredients

Suran/Chenai - 1 bag of frozen suran(approx: 1/2 lb)
Garbanzo beans - 1 can
Rice powder - 2tbsp
Onion - 1lb
Ginger - 1tsp (finely chopped)
Green chillies - 3tsp (chopped)
Turmeric powder -1/4tsp
Curry leaves - a few ( finely chopped
Salt - as needed
Oil- for frying

Method

Cook frozen suran in microwave for about 5-6 minutes.Boil garbanzo beans for 5 minutes in microwave.Drain the water.Take out 2 tbsp of garbanzo beans aside.Mash both suran and beans well.Add rest of the ingredients except oil.Mix everything well including kept aside 2tbsp of garbanzo and make it into small cutlets.Deep fry them till golden brown and serve hot with ketchup/chutney.

Chicken in Coconut milk gravy

This recipe was adapted from here.This original recipe was for Mutton, but i used the same for chicken.This came out well.

Ingredients

Chicken - 1lb (cut into medium sized pieces)
Potatoes - 2 (medium sized pieces and boiled)
Red onion - 1 (sliced)
Small onion - 5iced)
Ginger garlic paste - 2tbsp
Coriander powder - 2tsp
Chilli powder - 1tsp
Garam masala powder - 1tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2tsp
Green chillies - 2
Coconut milk - 1 cup (i use maggi's coconut milk powder)
Curryleaves - as needed
Oil - 3tbsp

Method

In a pan heat oil and fry both sliced onions, green chillies and curry leaves.Now add the masala powders.Sautre till the oil separates.Now add the chicken and salt and cook until chicken is fully cooked.Finally add potatoes .Now lower the flame and add the coconut milk.Heat for few minutes on low flame, don't let it boil.Serve this gravy with rice or roti.