Mushroom Briyani (Veg)

Mushroom Briyani (Veg)

300g Basmati rice
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
4 tbsp margarine
250ml plain yoghurt
1 tsp salt
900g mushroom, chopped into large pieces
80ml cooking oil
2 tbsp ghee
5cm cinnamon stick, lightly smashed to break up

(A)
4 slices ginger
10 shallots, thinly sliced
3/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder

(B)
5 cloves garlic
1 star anise
5 cardamoms, lightly smashed
1 tsp ground fennel
1 tsp poppy seeds

Garnishing
10–15 cashew nuts, deep-fried
50g raisins
1–2 tbsp shallots crisps

How to prepare:

1. Slice Onion into length-wise. Chop Tomatoes finely. Cut Mushroom into pieces. Grind and make a paste of the above mentioned ingredients. Soak Basmati rice for 15 minutes. Keep everything ready.
2. Heat Ghee and Oil in a pan. Add Bay leaf and fry for a minute. Add Onion and fry till it turns into golden brown in color.
3. Add ground paste and fry till raw smell goes off.
4. Add (A) and  (B) fry till it becomes smell. Add little salt.
5. Add Mushroom pieces and fry till it becomes little soft and the size of the mushroom pieces are reduced noticeably.
6. Add Chopped Coriander and Mint leaves and fry till it becomes wilted.
7. Then add soaked Basmati rice and fry for 2 to 3 minutes or till the water evaporates from the rice.
8. Now Transfer this mix to the rice cooker.Add 3 cups of water(either Coconut milk+water or water), Salt and Lemon extract. Cover and cook.

Serve hot

Hoen Kwe Pudding

Ingredient:
1tube hoen kwe flour(100g) (Green color)
460g coconut milk
85g sugar
pinch of Salt

300g Water

pandan juice

Instructions:
Sift together hoen kwe flour, and cook all the above ingredients over medium heat in a heavy-bottom saucepan till it thickens.

Meanwhile, pound pandan leaves, add water and squeeze out the pandan juice. Pour this juice onto flour mixture. Stir in colouring, sugar and water. Cook the flour mixture over low heat, stirring constantly until it starts to thicken and becomes crystal clear green. Pour hot mixture into prepared cake tin. Smoothen the surface with a spatula. Steam over rapidly boiling water for 20 minutes.

Allow pudding to cool before cutting into diamond shapes and serve.

By SaraPandian

Pandan Spider-man Cake

Ingredients

4 large eggs
125g castor sugar

Pinch of salt
125g self raising flour

1 tbsp pandan juice
1 tsp pandan essence
60g butter, melted

Topping
Sugar paper (Spider-man)
Chocolates
Hoen Kwe flour cake


How to make it
Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff and then gradually add 1/2 of the sugar.
Mix flour, half of the sugar, Butter, egg yolks, and a few drops of the Pandan juice and Essence
Mix egg whites and flour mixture together.
Bake in moderate oven (180C/375F) for 45 minutes.

Hoen Kwe for Cake Filling and Frosting

Ingredients

1 kg (2.2 pounds) coconut milk (made from 2 coconuts and pandan leaf water) 
70g (2 1/2 oz.) sugar (if desired, granulated sugar may be used) 
1/2 tsp. salt 
100g (3 1/2 oz.) Hoen Kwe flour* (see note below) 
Small amount of green food coloring 

Instructions:
Stir and cook all the above ingredients over medium heat in a heavy-bottom saucepan till it thickens. Cool slightly (approximately 15 minutes) before spreading on cake. 

*Note: Hoen Kwe flour is a pre-mixed pudding flour from Indonesia. Hoen Kwe comes in a variety of colors; if you use "green" Hoen Kwe flour, you definitely don't need to add the green food coloring to the mixture. 

Final Decoration:

Place the Spider-man sugar paper

Arrange the Chocolates

By SaraPandian

Recipe for 'sleepless nights'

By FARIDAH BEGUM

FORGET Viagra.

Try this natural home-made recipe which has almonds and honey among its ingredients.

The simple-to-brew drink is said to be more effective. And it costs a fraction of the blue pill.

Women can also have it but be warned. This is really potent and it may cause you sleepless nights (wink, wink).

Recipe:

200ml milk (fresh, UHT, anything)

6 almonds or 1 tablespoon ground almonds (skinned and pounded or ground – if you want a quick fix, then buy ground almonds from the store)

1 egg (preferably free range eggs or ayam kampung eggs – must be fresh)

1 tablespoon honey (Tualang honey is very good!)

Heat the milk up until it is warm. In a blender, blend all the ingredients together for a minute and ENJOY!

Squid Curry Cook with Petai & Mint Leaves

Ingredients for Squid Curry recipe

500g Squid (cleaned, scored and cut into slices)
3 onions
12 green chillies (seeded) & Mint leaves 500g (grounded)
corriander leaves (chopped)

Curry Leaves

Petai 500g
lemon grass 3 pcs
oil for frying
Turmeric powder 11/2 tsp 

Fennel powder 1 tsp
salt



Preparation of Squid Curry recipe

10 heat 65 tbsp oil in deep pan. Stir-fry squid quickly. Remove and drain. Set aside.

 Add curry leave, Petai, Onion Lemon grass  fry.

Add all those spice fry

once enough fry reduce heat and add grounded paste and fry

Mint leave & green chills

Turmeric powder & Fennel powder

Add squid and stir add on the salt and bring to boil.

Ready to serve with White Rice.

Aattu Kudal Kuzhambu (Lamb Intestine Gravy)

Ingredients:

Aattu kudal (Lamb Intestine Gravy) : 1/2 kg (cook well in presser cooker )
Small onion : 1/4 kilo
Garlic : 50 gm
Tomato : 150 gm
Potato : 2 pcs
Lemon grass
Pandan Leave
Green chilli : 3
Chilli powder : 2 tsp
Saambaar powder : 3 tsp
Turmeric powder : a pinch
Salt : as needed
Coconut ( small) : 1/2
Tamarind : a little
Ginger : as needed
Oil : as needed
Mustard : a little
Cumin : a little
Peppercorns : a little

Method

Soak tamarind in water and prepare tamarind extract.
Grate coconut.
Grind coconut and extract milk.
Cut green chilli, potato, onion, tomato finely.
Peel the skin of ginger and garlic.
Crush ginger and garlic.
Cut the Aattu Kudal into 2 inch lenght pieces.
Add a little sunnambu to hot water.
Wash the Aattu Kudal twice in this water.
Heat oil in a frying pan.
Add mustard, cumin,pepper corn, crushed ginger garlic, lemon grass, pandan leave and fry.
Add green chilli, potato, onion, tomato, cleaned botti and fry well.
Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, saambaar powder, salt and stir well.
Add 2 cups of water and let the contents boil.
When the Aattu Kudal is 3/4 cooked, add tamarind extract and let it boil.
When the contents are cooked well, add coconut milk, stir well and remove from the stove.

can serve with Mushroom Briyani

Kozhukattai / Mothagam

Ingredients:
Rice flour - 2 Cup(s)
Water - 1 Cup
Jaggery - 7-8 pieces / brown Sugar
Grated Coconut - 1/4 cup
Sesame Oil - 1 Tsp
Cardamom - 2 
Skinless Pasipayaru (Green bean) - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1 Tsp


Method:

1. Boil water in a pan.Add Salt and Sesame oil.
2. Once water starts boiling, gradually add the rice flour. Mix it well and see to that no lumps are formed.
3. Allow it to cool. It should be in Chapati consistency.
4. Cooked Pasipayar Green bean and let dry.
5. For preparing pooranam (coconut sweet), in a pan add jaggery, sprinkle water and allow it to melt. Do not add more water.
6. Powder cardamom seeds.
7. Once jaggery starts melting add coconut, pasipayar and cardamom powder and keep mixing for sometime.
8. Allow it to cool.
9. Now form balls with the rice flour and small balls with the pasipayar coconut sweet.
10. Make a cup like structure or a flat structure (whichever is comfortable) with the rice flour and place the pasipayar coconut sweet ball in it.
11. Close the cup leaving a beak like appearance. (you can make any Shape)
12. Steam the Kozhukattai for 10 mins.
13. Your sweet is ready !

Asparagus Recipe

Asparagus Recipe

• Cook time: 10 minutes

INGREDIENTS

• 1 bunch of medium sized asparagus, about 1 lb
• 2 Tbsp of the most exquisite extra virgin olive oil
• 2 Tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest - freshly grated lemon rind
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

METHOD

1 Prepare the asparagus by rinsing them thoroughly, break off any tough, white bottoms and discard. Cut into 1 to 2 inch sections, slicing the asparagus at a slight diagonal.

2 Fill a medium sized saucepan half way with water, bring to a boil. Add the asparagus and reduce heat slightly to a simmer. Parboil the asparagus for exactly 2 minutes. Drain the hot water. While the asparagus are still hot, toss them in a bowl with the olive oil, Parmesan, and lemon rind. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm or room temperature.

Note that when you are working with so few ingredients, it's important to make sure they are of the highest quality.

Yield: Serves 4.

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