Kadala Curry

Ingredients

1 cup Chick peas
1 cup Onion, chopped
1 cup Tomato, chopped
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Cumin seeds
4-5 curry leaves
Salt
Oil


Coconut paste

1 cup grated coconut
1 tsp Cumin seeds 

10 Dry Red Chillies
1 small onion

Instructions

 Add enough water and Soak the chick peas for 8 hours.

Cook the chick peas in a pressure cooker.

Heat a pan and add little oil.Then add cumin seeds,dry chillies,onion and saute for few minutes.then add the scraped coconut and roast it til it turns gold in color.Then Let it cool.

Then add enough water and grind the coconut in to a fine paste.

Then heat a pan and add some oil.Add mustard seeds,cumin seeds,curry leaves and chopped onions.Saute for few minutes.Add tomato and salt and cook for few minutes.

Then add the coconut paste,chick peas and add 1 cup of water.Cover it and cook it for 10 minutes in a low flame.

Serve it with chappathi.

Mixed Vegetable Noodles

My favorite dish at the moment!! It is easy to prepare and tastes is superb.The colors and the texture in the dish make it very appealing and inviting.

 

Ingredients

1 packet  Chinese noodles [boiled and cooled]
2 tbsp chopped garlic
1 Onion chopped
1/2 cup thinly sliced Cabbage
2 medium size Carrot (julienned)
4 medium size chopped Capsicum
10 chopped beans
2 tbls oyster sauce
2 tbls Soya sauce
3 tbls Chilli sauce
Salt and pepper powder to taste
3 tsp Oil

Method

Chopped the vegetables

Heat the oil in a pan and add ginger garlic paste.Then add onions and stir for few minutes.

Then add all the vegetables and saute for few minutes. Add salt and pepper according to your taste.Do not over cook the vegetables.Add soya sauce,oyster sauce and mix well.

Then add the noodles and mix everything together.add the chili sauce and toss together until well coated.

Remove from the heat and garnish with fried cashews and fried eggs.

Semolina Idli

A super fast delicious breakfast is rava/semolina idli.Without pre-planing you can make this at any time I have tried this recipe several times and it came charm.Give this a try and I am sure you will like it

Egg Rolls

This is an easy snack made usually during Ramadan........very easy to make and tasty too……these are thin pancakes filled with a spicy filling.......

Ingredients

250 g flour
3 eggs
salt
water

Method

Add all these ingredients and make a creamy batter. Then make a filling with beef or chicken.

Then heat a nonstick pan and pour a spoonful of batter into the pan and fry both sides until it become golden and firm.

Then remove to a plate and place 2tbls of filling and roll it.Dip the roll in plain flour and deep fry.

SERVE HOT!!!!!!!!!

Milk Toffee

Milk Toffee is a Sri Lankan treat. It's delicious with raisins and cashews. Great with a cup of tea or coffee.

Ingredients

1 can of 300 ml Condensed Milk
300 g sugar
Vanilla essence
Rose essence and
25g cashew (finely chopped)
2 table spoons of butter
2 table spoons of water

Method

Butter a flat tray and keep it on a side.
Add the sugar to a large saucepan on stove top. Add 2 table spoons of water and stir well for 3-4 minutes then add the condensed milk. Keep stirring for 15 minutes.

While adding the cashew, half a tea spoon of Vanilla essence and 2-4 drops of rose essence. When the mixture starts to get thick, add 1 tbsp butter and stir up to about 5 minutes.

Take off stove top and pour the thick mixture on to the tray we set aside earlier. Spread and flatten using a spatula or the back of a spoon.

Leave until hardened and cut in to small pieces of your choice.

Caramel Iced Coffee

Ingredients

1/4 cup boiling water
2 tbls instant coffee (u can reduce the coffee amount if u think it's too much - I like it a bit strong)
2 tbls sugar (according to ur taste)
10 ice cubes
1/3 cup milk

Method

Mix first 3 ingredients together to make a syrup, put into blender. Add ice cubes and blend until slushy. Add cream and blend until frothy.

Serve with Whip Cream and Drizzle with Caramel syrup

Jaggery Pudding

Ingredients

3 cup Coconut milk [first extract]
3 cup Coconut milk [second extract]
350 g Jaggery
3 tbls gelatin
1/2 tsp cardamom

Method

Mix the coconut milk and jaggery together and bring to a boil.Stir continuously until jaggery is dissolved. Dissolve the gelatin in hot water and add it to the milk mixture and mix well.

Sweet Puffs

Ingredients

2 cups flour

2 table spoon sugar 

2 table spoon milk powder

1 tea spoon yeast

1 egg

Icing sugar

Salt

Method

In a bowl add all the dry ingredients and mix well. Then add enough water and make a soft dough.

Banana Muffins

Ingredients

150g flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

125g sugar

1 egg

50g melted butter

2 medium size ripe bananas

Falafel Sandwich

Ingredients


2 cups dry chick peas

1 small onion chopped
2-3 garlic clove
1½ tsp flour
1 tsp coriander powder
2 green chillies
1 tsp chili flakes
¼ bunch of coriander leaves
Salt

Pineapple Supreme

Ingredients

1 plain cake [cut into small pieces]
1 pkt caramel pudding mix
150ml whipping cream
¾ cup stewed pineapple

Macaroni Meat Pie

Ingredients

250g minced beef
2 tsp ginger and garlic paste
1 onion chopped
3 tbls tomato puree
Salt and Chile powder to taste

Arabic Shorba

Ingredients

250g mutton or beef with bones [cut in to medium sized pieces]
1tsp ginger and garlic paste
1 medium sized onion chopped
1 medium sized tomato chopped
1 tsp red Chile powder
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp cumin powder
Salt to taste
2 cloves
2 cardamom
1/2 cup cooking oats

Pineapple Layer Pudding

Ingredients

1 tin condense milk

1 1/4 tin water

2 1/2 table spoon gelatin

3 egg white

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

2 jelly packets in different colors

Stewed pineapple

Fried Crackers

Ingredients

Cream cracker biscuits

For the batter

1 cup flour
1 egg
salt
water

Meat Pie Pastry

Ingredients

3 cups flour
1 cup luke warm yoghurt
1/2 cup melted butter
1 1/2 tsp yeast dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water
Salt

Fluffy Pancakes

Ingredients

180g flour
½ tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
30g melted butter
2 tbls sugar
1 ¼ milk

Bakewell Tart

Ingredients


100g flour
50g butter
pinch of salt
Ice water

Chocolate Moose

Ingredients


300g cooking chocolate
3 eggs
300ml whipped cream
50g butter
1 tbls gelatin [Dissolve the gelatin in 2tbls hot water]

Strawberry Jelly Triffle

Ingredients


Sponge cake [cut into small pieces]
1 pkt strawberry jelly
1/2 tin condensed milk
250 ml whip cream
2 tsp gelatin 
1/2 tin water [use the condensed milk tin]