Jul 5, 2012

Ghee

Ghee


Description:
    Fresh homemade ghee recipe which is made from the curd cream. Ghee is used in most of the sweets and in many more recipes.
Ingredients:
    Milk: As required.
Method of Preparation:
  1. Boil milk and make it into curd.
  2. Keep curd in refrigerator so thick cream will be formed on top.
  3. Daily store the curd cream in a box and place it in refrigerator.
  4. Once the box is filled. With buttermilk churner (Mixer also can be used) churn the curd cream to separate the butter content.
  5. Now take butter in palm and remove excess water. Collect the butter in a separate vessel.
  6. Heat butter in non-stick pan. Melt the butter on low flame only.
  7. Stir the content very slightly since the residue should not mix in ghee.
  8. Once the content gets turned out in golden yellow color and which gives sweet aroma.
  9. Turn off the stove. And let the content gets cooled so residue gets to bottom.
  10. Strain the ghee using a tea strainer.
  11. Ready…to EAT.

Jul 4, 2012

Sesame Seeds Sweet

Sesame Seeds Sweet


Description:
    Sesame Seeds Sweet in telugu is called as Chimili. Easy and fast to prepare and more tasty.
Ingredients:
    Sesame Seeds: 200 gms(Nuvvulu)
    Jaggery: 150 gms
Method of Preparation:
  1. Grate the Jaggery.
  2. Fry Sesame Seeds in pan till golden brown.
  3. Once cooled, grind fried Sesame Seeds in Mixer.
  4. Add grated jaggery in mixer and grind it for some more time.
  5. Take out the mixture in a bowl and make round balls.
  6. Ready…to EAT.

Jul 3, 2012

Pine Painting

Pine Painting
Description:
    Pine painting with acrylic paints. Tips with metallic gold color.

Jul 2, 2012

Fish Fry

Fish Fry


Description:
    Fish fry tastes yummy with steamed white rice. Also can be served as starter.
Ingredients:
    Fish : ½ Kg fish slices
    Ginger Garlic paste : 2 tablespoons
    Chilli powder : 1 ½ spoons
    Salt : As required
    Garam Masal : 2 tablespoons
    Turmeric : ¼ spoon
    Egg : 1
    Oil : ½ kg
    Coriander leaves : little (Kothimeera)
Method of Preparation:
  1. Clean the fish slices.
  2. Apply turmeric, salt, chilli powder, garam masal, ginger garlic paste to the fish slices.
  3. Apply egg white to the slices.
  4. And marinate for 30min.
  5. Boil the oil in tava.
  6. And fry (deep) the fish slices in boiled oil.
  7. Garnish the fried fish slices with coriander leaves.
  8. Ready…to EAT.

Jul 1, 2012

Chicken Briyani

Chicken Briyani


Description:
    The below recipe is purely Andhra style Chicken Briyani. Chicken Briyani and raitha is best combination.
Ingredients:
    Chicken : ½ Kg
    Green Chilies : 5
    Onion : 1 (Big size)
    Oil : 4 Tablespoons
    Ghee: 1 Spoon
    Cloves : 8 (Lavangam)
    Cardamom : 8 (Elaichi / Yaalakkaya)
    Cinnamon : 5 pieces (Dalchina chekka or Dalchini)
    Bay Leaf: 4 (Masala Aku / Biryani aaku)
    Capers : 4 (marati muggu)
    Mace : 4(japatri)
    Star anise: 4(Anasapuvvu)
    Cashew Nuts: 25g (Jeedi pappu)
    Ginger Garlic Paste : 2 Spoons
    Salt : As required
    Basmati Rice : ½ Kg
    Biryani Masala : 2 Spoons
    Coriander Leaves : As required
Method of Preparation:
  1. Clean and wash chicken pieces and keep aside.
  2. Cut green chilies and Onions into slices and keep aside.
  3. Heat oil and ghee in cooker, and fry Cloves, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Bay Leaf, Capers, Mace, Star anise and Cashew Nuts.
  4. Add green chilies pieces, Onion slices and fry it with above items.
  5. Add Ginger Garlic paste to it and fry it.
  6. Later add cleaned chicken pieces and fry it for some time.
  7. Add Salt and fry it for some time.
  8. Add the Biryani rice and fry a little.
  9. Add enough water and mix well. (Generally we use 1:2 ratio for any rice preparation. As we already have some oil we can reduce water based on liquid already present).
  10. Close the cooker and Cook till 2 whistles. Remove cooker from stove.
  11. Wait till pressure reduces, open the cooker.
  12. Add Biryani Masala and Coriander Leaves and mix carefully.
  13. Keep cooker on stove at low frame and wait for 5 minutes.
  14. Ready…to EAT.