POTATO GREEN CHILLI KURUMA

Ingredients:

Potato - 3
Green chilli - 6
Onion - 2
Tomato - 2
Garlic - 5 cloves
Corrinader seeds - 3 teaspoons
Corriander leaves - one handful
Coconut scraped - 3/4 cup
Butter - 1 teaspoon
Oil - 3 teaspoons
Cinnamon - 4 pieces
Cloves - 3 pieces
Big jeera / sauf - 2 teaspoons
Khasa khasa - 1/2 teaspoon
Curd - 1 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Boil the potatoes and cut into small pieces.
• Fry dhania and slit green chillies. Add this to coconut, khuskhus and sauf and grind to make a paste.
• Add butter and oil to the pan. Season with cinnamon and cloves.
• Add onions, tomatoes, long sliced garlic and saute well.
• Add the ground paste, saute well and add enough water.
• Add potato pieces.
• Saute well till the raw smell gets off, simmer the stove and add curd.
• After two to three minutes, add finely chopped corriander leaves.

Note:

• If you like to add ginger, add it finely chopped.
• While you make the paste 2 or 3 cashew nuts can be used.
• If you need it to be greener, while you make the paste, add corriander leaves too.
• 1/2 spoon of lemon juice can be added instead of curd.

Learnt from: Mrs. Padma, my mother

COCONUT MILK RICE

Ingredients:


Rice - 1 1/4 cup
Coconut scraped - 1/4 cup
Onion(Big piece) - 1
Green chilli - 4
Tomato(small) - 1
Cinnamon - 3 pieces
Cardamom - 1
Big jeera / sauf - 1 teaspoon
Butter / Ghee - 1 teaspoon
Oil - 3 teaspoons
Corrinader leaves chopped - 2 teaspoons
Pudina - only 5 to 6 leaves
chopped ginger - 1 teaspoon
chopped garlic - 2 teaspoons
salt - as needed

Procedure:

• Extract milk from the scraped coconut.
• Add butter / ghee and oil to the cooking vessel.
• When it gets heated, season with coarsely powdered sauf, cardamom and cinnamon.
• Add long sliced onions, giner and garlic pieces and saute well.
• Add green chillies and tomato; saute well.
• Add coconut milk, water required, salt and rice and close the vessel.
• Stir now and then till it gets fully cooked.
  
  

Note:
It is a dish in which the flavour is highlighted more than the taste. Hence an apt side dish is very important. Suitable suggestions: Any type of kurma, or non-veg/veg masala curry.

Learnt from: Mrs. Jothi, my mother-in-law