chicken curry without coconut

Ingredients:

• 1 LB chicken
• 2 to 3 tbsp. Oil
• 1 small bay leaf
• 4 cloves 
• 2 inch thin cinnamon stick 
• 3 green cardamom 
• ½ tsp. cumin
• 2 green chilies slit
• 1 cup finely chopped onions 
• 1 tbsp. ginger garlic paste
• ½ cup finely chopped ripe tomatoes
• ¼ tsp turmeric 
• salt as needed
• ¾ to 1 tsp red chili powder 
• 1½ tsp. garam masala powder 
• Fistful of chopped coriander leaves or mint
• ½ to 1 cup water

• 2 tbsp. yogurt/Curd or 10 cashews or 3 tbsp poppy seeds (ground to smooth )

Method:

1. Wash chicken thoroughly and drain off the water completely.
2. Chop onions and tomatoes finely. Make ginger garlic paste.
3. Heat oil in a deep pan, add all the dry spices and fry till you get an aroma, just for a min.
   
4. Add onions, chilies and fry evenly till golden. Add ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes off.
   
5. Add mashed tomatoes or puree, turmeric and salt. Mix well and cook until the tomatoes turn soft.
   
6. Add curd or cashew paste and red chili powder. On a low heat cook until the mixture smells good and the raw smell goes away.
   
7. Add chicken, garam masala and coriander or mint leaves. Fry till the meat turns white .Takes around 3 mins.
   
8. Cover and cook on a low flame for 3 to 5 mins. Add 1 cup of water and Check and adjust the salt
   
9. Add coriander leaves, cover and off the heat.Serve chicken gravy with rice, chapathi or jeera rice, ghee rice or pulao.
   

Punjab egg curry

Ingredients:

• 4 to 5 boiled eggs
• 1 ½ cups cubed onions
• 1 cup tomatoes
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 small bay leaf
• 1 small cinnamon stick
• 2 green cardamoms
• 2 cloves
• 1 to 1 ½ tsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 to 1 ½ tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp garam masala (adjust as needed)
• 2 pinches of turmeric
• Salt as needed
• 1 to 1 ¼ cup water 
• ¼ tsp Kasuri methi (optional)
• 1 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped finely

How to make the recipe

1. Puree onions and tomatoes separately. Set them aside.
   
2. Boil the eggs, remove the shells and prick them with fork randomly.
   
3. Saute eggs in oil until golden. Set aside.
4. In the same pan, saute cinnamon, bay leaf, cardamoms and cloves.
   
5. Saute the onion paste until golden.
6. Add ginger garlic paste and saute until the raw smell goes off.
   
   
   
7. Add tomato puree and saute until the sauce thickens.
   
8. Add red chili powder, garam masala, turmeric and salt. Fry all until nice aroma comes out.the raw smell should have gone away.
   
9. Add water as needed to make a gravy. Cook until the gravy thickens and oil begins to separate. Check the salt and adjust if needed.
    
10. Add the boiled eggs, kasuri methi if using and cook covered for 2 to 3 mins.
    
11. Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves.Serve with rice.
    

Chicken roast

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp. oil
•  1 tsp jeera
• 3 cloves
• small cinnamon stick
• half LB tender chicken (with bone or boneless)
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• salt as needed
• ¾ cup finely chopped onions
• 2 sprigs fresh curry leaves  
• ⅛ tsp turmeric
• ¼ tsp red chilli powder
• ½ tsp. garam masala
• few chopped coriander leaves to garnish

Method:

1. Cut meat to small cubes.
   
2. Add one tsp. oil to a heavy bottom or non stick pan. Spread the oil across the pan.Add jeera,cloves and cinnamon.
   
3. When they begin to sizzle, lower the flame and add chicken.
   
4. Spread ginger garlic over the meat and sprinkle salt.
   
5. Lower the flame to minimum.Cover and cook.Stir the meat or flip the pieces.Cover again and simmer for another 3 to 4 minutes.
   
6. Add onions, turmeric and curry leaves. Fry till the onions turn transparent.
   
7. Add red chili powder, garam masala and stir. Cover again and continue to cook on the low flame till the meat is soft cooked and tender. Add one tbsp of oil.
   
8. switch off the stove. Serve with rice.
   

Sabudana vada

Ingredients:

2 tbsp rice floor
1 potato
1 cup sabudana
1 onion finely chooped
2 springs chopped curry leaves
1 bunch chopped coriander leaves
2 green chilies
1 tsp chat masala
Oil for deep frying
water
Salt

Method:

•   Soak sabudana in water for 2-3 hours.
  
• Boil the potato and mash it.qq Then add  green chilies, chopped coriander leaves, curry leaves, salt, chopped finely onions and mix it well.Add soaked sabudana, rice flour, chat masala in the same bowl, mi x it.
  
• Then deep fry in hot oil on slow flame till golden brown colour.
  
•  serve with tomato ketchup.