POTATO TAWA FRY

Required:
Potato-1 big
Chilly powder-1 heaped tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Salt-to taste
Coconut oil-2 tbsp

Preparation:
Cook whole potato in water. Peel the skin & slice in ½ cm pieces. Make paste of chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt with water. Apply the paste on the pieces and leave for 10 minutes.


Heat oil in a tawa and fry the pieces both the sides.
Serve as side-dish for white rice with sambar, rasam, or dal or with pulav.

DRY CHICKEN

Required:
Chicken-1/2 kg
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Fennel powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt for taste
Oil - 3 tbsp

Preparation:
Marinate chicken with salt, chilly powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder for about 15 minutes. In a fry pan heat oil and saute ginger-garlic paste. Add chicken and mix well until it turns pale. Now add fennel powder, cover and allow to cook for 20 minutes. Then remove the lid, mix and and cook until it become dry. Serve with plain rice, sambhar rice or biryani.

OKRA (LADIES FINGER) CURRY

Ingredients:

Okra-6
Onion- 1 medium sized
Green chilly-2
Cumin-1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Ginger-1 cm piece
Tamarind extract-1 tsp

Coconut milk-3 cups

Salt to taste
Oil and mustard seeds for seasoning


Preparation:
Chop okra into 1 inch pieces, finely chop green chillies and onion.

Cook with water until soft.

Add turmeric powder, tamarind extract,ginger-cumin paste.

Add salt and coconut milk. Allow to boil for another 2 minutes.

Season with mustard seeds and curry leaves. Serve hot with white rice.