LETZ COOK/CRAFT/MAKE

I have been trying to post an entry for a long time now but work, travel, family and other things have kept me really busy. My parents are visiting and I am trying to show them around as much as possible in the short 2 months that they are staying with me. Also with my mom around I hardly cook these days. Coming back home to a scrumptious home cooked meal is such a blessing. But since I have never cooked for my parents in the past I am trying to cook once in a while for them. I made this dish the day they arrived and they both seemed to like it.This is my second recipe with mutton. This is different from the suka varuval(dry fry) as it is a curry dish which can be served with any rice dish or chapathi. Ingredients: Mutton (cut into small pieces) - 500gms Onion (chopped) - 2 Tomato (chopped) - 3 Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tbsp Chilli powder - 2 tsp Turmeric - 1 tsp Coriander powder - 2 tsp Saunf (fennel) seeds - 2 tsp Jeera (cumin) seeds - 1 tsp Garam masala - 1 tsp Curry leaves - 1 sprig ...

Again a weird combination. These are recipes that I borrowed from other blogs. Almond squares from Priya's sugar and spice . Moghlai egg curry from Lera's myriad tastes . Bread Halwa from from sailu's kitchen .

Last weekend, I had a couple of friends home for dinner. One of them likes the coconut milk ghee rice that I make. So decided to surprise him with that. Wanted to make a gravy dish to go with it and chicken curry was the first thing that came to my mind. This rice is very easy to make and takes about 10min stove top cooking time and then it can be cooked in the electric rice cooker. I used the pressure cooker to make the chicken curry as it takes less time. It can be cooked in an open pan but will need to be simmered for 20-30 min to get a thick gravy. Coconut milk - ghee rice Ingredients: Basmati rice - 2.5 cups Onions - 2 (one thinl sliced for garnishing and one chopped) Green chillies - 3 Clove - 2 Cinnamon - 1 stick Bay leaf - 2 Elaichi - 5 pods Raisins - 10 Cashew - 10 Coconut milk - 1cup Ghee - 3 tbsp Salt - as needed Method: Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan. Add cinnamon stick, cloves, crumbled elaichi, bay leaf, green chillies and chopped onions. Wait till the onions turn transparent....