Sardine curry

Sardine tins...I stock them up and whenever I feel having sardines or my husband wants to eat sardine curry......there it is...easy to cook...I love to add boiled eggs in my sardine curry..the trick is cut slightly the boiled eggs...so the eggs are soaked in the curry..eat it after few hours of cooking...the eggs will taste so delicious...




Ingredients

2 big red onions
10-12 cloves of garlic
5cm ginger
all the above ingredients cut and diced
Fish curry powder - 3 tablespoon if you would like your curry to be spicy add 2 tablespoons of chilli powder( mix it with 3-4 tablespoons of water... it must be like a paste)
3-4 tablespoons of cooking oil..


Golf-ball sized lump of tamarind (soak in 1 cups water)Squeeze the soaked tamarind well to release all the pulp from it. Strain to get thick tamarind juice and discard the pith and seeds

Salt to taste

1 tsp fenugreek seeds
8-10 curry leaves
2 green chillies

2 large tomato chopped
3 potatoes -cut into 5cm long (slightly thicker than wedges)
1 brinjal - cut into 5cm long
1 radish -optional
1 unripe mango -optional
2-3 drumsticks(murungkai)-optional
1 can of sardine tin
Boiled eggs depends on how many you would like

Preparation:

Heat the cooking oil in a deep pan, on a medium flame till hot. Add the curry leaves, fenugreek seeds, green chillies. Fry till spluttering stops.
Now add the onion,garlic and ginger. Fry till the onion begins to brown very slightly.
Add the curry powder paste
Fry till the curry powder starts to release its oil and turn darker. Stir frequently while frying.

Add water... -2 bowls ( depending how much curry you want) But not too watery/ Add salt... Boil around 20 minutes..otherwise there will be curry powder smell... add the potatoes,brinjal and any other vegetables..white radish.

Add the chopped tomato. Add the tamarind juice and salt totaste

Simmer and cook till oil begins to appear on top of the gravy. Add the pieces of sardine together with the paste now and cook till done. If stirring, do so very gently to avoid breaking the pieces of fish. (boil around 5-10 minutes once the fish is in). Immediately turn off the heat.

Add in the boiled eggs.

Happy cooking....

Spicy fried egg

My husband loves anything with eggs... egg curry, egg sambal, fried egg or half-boiled...

My mum is my mentor...she always shares with me all the recipes as well as the techniques...she called me one day and told me try adding chilli powder when you are frying eggs next...I tried... and my hubby loved it...



2 eggs
1 tomato
spring onions
2 red chillis
2 big red onions
1 tablespoon of chilli powder (if you want less spicy, you can add one teaspoon)...
You may add other ingredients eg carrot, prawns, mushrooms etc...
Salt to taste


Whisk the ingredients around 5 minutes....

Heat up the pan, pour the ingredients and once its cooked start stirrig it and your fried egg is ready...

You can eat it on its own... or with hot rice....

Spicy sardine sambal

I was thinking of cooking fish curry today, started my car... hmm could't start... its the battery... I know its flat as it was already indicating few days ago....

Well went back to my home and was thinking what should i cook...I wanted to eat fish.. and I know my husband loves fish too... hmmm there is a couple of canned sardine in my cabinet...Brilliant...I usually buy canned sardine and keep it during emergency..for me its like if I run of idea what to cook... or I want a fast dish... I know the canned sardines are always handy...

I should cook sardine sambal...


Here's the recipe... its very easy


1 can of sardine - I ususally take a big can
3 onions.. - the more onions you use, the better it is
6 cloves of garlic- sliced
5-6 curry leaves
1.5cm gingder - sliced thinly
1 teaspoon
2 big tomatoes
2 tablespoon of chilly powder
One tablespoon of oil... I try not to use too much oil in my cooking
1/2 cup of tamarind juice
2 potatoes - I always love to add potatoes in my sardine... potatoes diced small
Salt to taste


Heat the oil in a wok, add mustard seeds, –and curry leaves, quickly add the onion, sliced ginger and garlic. Once it turns lightbrown, add 2 tablespoon of chilly powder and add one cup of water.

Let it simmer...until the gravy thickens, add the diced tomatoes and salt to taste ... after 5 minutes add the 1/2 cup of tamarind juice.... if you want the gravy to be watery... you can add the sardine immediately otherwise wait till it thickens and add the sardine together with the tomato gravy in the sardine... you can dish out from the wok after 5 minutes...hmmm..your sardine sambal is ready...


It goes well with hot rice and rasam....

Yummy...I am already hungry...

Roasted chicken tandoori style

Marinade one whole chicken with the following ingredients:
Yogurt 3 tablespoon if you do not have yogurt substitute with lemon juice
Ginger paste – 3 tablespoon
Garlic paste – 3 tablespoon
salt 1/2 tsp
Pepper – depends how much you would like to include

Red chilly powder 1 tablespoon

Coriander powder - 1 tablespoon
Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon
Turmeric – 1 teaspoon
Honey – one tablespoon
One egg – mix it together with the ingredients
Cinnamon – 2-3 sticks
Cardamon – 5-6 pieces
Add one tablespoon of thick soya sauce
Grind the clove, cardamom, cinnamon and fennel to a powder or You can add clove,cardamom and cinnamon without grinding... add the fennel powder..

Grind ginger,garlic and green chillies and add to the yogurt. Add the ground powder and rest of the ingredients to the yogurt and mix well to combine.

Using a fork poke the chicken all over. Apply the marinade to the chicken. Make sure the inner cavity gets coated with the marinade. Pls ensure all the ingredients are rubbed outside as well as inside the chicken.

Garnish with fresh chopped fresh coriander leaves

Pour this over the chicken in the plastic bag. Marinate for 2-3 hrs – fridge.

Preheat the oven to 350F or 175C degrees. Roast the chicken for one hour.

Serve it hot….

Dried prawns and anchovies salad

50 grams anchovies
2 red onions - sliced
Chilli padi
20 grams of dried prawns
1 tablespoon of vinegar

Heat the cooking oil
Fry anchovies and dried prawns and grind coarsely
Add vinegar and chilli padi together with the grind anchovies and dried prawns - mix it well
Serve it with hot rice

Black Pepper Soya Chicken

Cut one whole chicken - into medium pieces
3 Red Chilli if you want it more spicier add chilli padi as well
3-4 red onionsOnion plus chilli - add in one tablesppon vinegar - (soak for 10-15 minutes)
Garlic and ginger grind into paste - 3 tablespoon
Pepper - 2 tablespoon
Light soya sauce - 2tbsp
Thick soya sauce - 2tbsp
Cinnamon sticks - 2-3
Star Anise - 2
Curry leaves - 2-3 stalks
One onion - for saute
Heat oil,, saute the curry leaves, one onion chopped, cinnamon and star anise...
Once its golden brown add the chicken together with the garlic and ginger paste...
Add 2-3 cups of water and boil until chicken is tender.
Once the chicken is tender add the thick and light soya sauce, let it boil and once the gravy becomes thick add pepper, add the chilli and onions which is soaked in a vinegar.

Serve with hot rice....

Tomato chutney

Tomato Chutney

6-8 riped tomatoes (Blanch the tomatoes for 3-5 minutes and peel of the skin)
1tsp mustard seeds – if you can get the mixed spices (mustard,urad dhall)... otherwise mustard seed will do..
1 big red onion – sliced
1 tablespoon chilli powder
1tsp sugar
1 tsp turmeric
1 tablespoon vinegar
Fresh ginger – finely grated – 2cm
10 cloves of garlic, minced
2 tbsp oil
Salt to taste

Heat the oil in a pan, add mustard seeds – quickly add the onion, grated ginger and minced garlic.
Once you have sautéed the ingredients add tomoato and start mashing the tomatoes otherwise it will look very lumpy and add 5 tbsp of water. Water not too much or too little depends on the amount of tomatoes....
Add chilli powder and turmeric, salt and sugar, vinegar and allow it to simmer
Stir it frequently – low heat... simmer for 20 minutes until the tomato is well cooked....
Tomato chutney is ready to be served... with hot rice

You can grind the cooked chutney... it will be a fine paste.....and its nice to eat with tosai...