Chocolate Pudding

Ingredients :

1. Milk - 2 Cups
2. Milkmiad - 1 Tin
3. Cocoa Powder- 4tbsp
4. Sugar- 3 tbsp 
5. Butter -50 gram
6. China grass - 10 grams
7. Water- 1 Cup

For Garnishing

1. Cherries - 10 Nos
2. Grated almonds and cahsew- few
3. Honey- 2tbsp as required
4. Chocolate Sauce- 2 tbsp as required

How to Cook 

1. Mix milk, milkmiad , cocoa powder ,sugar ( 3 tbsp )  and blend it well.
2. Melt butter in a pan. Add the milk- milk maid mixture and stir the mixtre on low flame.
3. Make sure you keep on stirring the mixture until it start to thicken.  ( It will take around 20 to 25 mintes )
4. Soak the china grass in 1 cup water and keep this aside for half n hour.
5. After half n hour , double boil the chinagrass till it completely dissovle.
6. Let the milk milkmiad mixture and the china grass cool.
7. After sometime mix both mixture well and keep it aside for half n hour to set.
8. After half  n hour , when u slighly press the mixture it would be like you press on a sponge. 
9. Refrigerate it for 3 hours.

Chocolate Orange pudding

Ingredients :

1. Milk - 2 Cups
2. Milkmiad - 1 Tin
3. Cocoa Powder- 4tbsp
4. Sugar- 3 tbsp 
5. Butter -50 gram
6. Cream - 200 ml 
7. Orange Juice- 5 tbsp
8. Orange  peel - 4  tbsp ( take each orange pods and remove the skin of the orange pod and take the inner peel  )
9. Sugar- 2 tbsp for mixing with cream
10. China Grass- 10 gram
11. Water- 1 Cup

For Garnishing

1. Cherries - 10 Nos
2. Grated almonds and cahsew- few
3. Honey- 2tbsp as required
4. Chocolate Sauce- 2 tbsp as required

How to Cook 

1. Mix milk, milkmiad , cocoa powder ,sugar ( 3 tbsp )  and blend it well.
2. Melt butter in a pan. Add the milk- milk maid mixture and stir the mixtre on low flame.
3. Make sure you keep on stirring the mixture until it start to thicken.  ( It will take around 20 to 25 mintes )
4. Soak the china grass in 1 cup water and keep this aside for half n hour.
5. After half n hour , double boil the chinagrass till it completely dissovle.
6. Let the milk milkmiad mixture and the china grass cool.
7. After sometime mix both mixture well and keep it aside for half n hour to set.
8. After half  n hour , when u slighly press the mixture it would be like you press on a sponge. 
9. Refrigerate it for 3 hours.
10. Mix the cream , orange peel and orange juice and beat it well.
11. Transfer to a bowl .
12. Refrigerate it for 3 hours.

How to serve.

1. Transfer a layer of the chocolate pudding to a bowl.
2. Add a scoop of the cream over the pudding.
3. Spread the scoop with a spoon.
4. Add another layer of chocolate pudding.
5. Add a scoop of cream.
6. Add a cherry over it.
7. Spread the grated nuts over the pudding.
8. Decorate with honey and chocolate sauce.

Chilly Chicken

Ingredients 

1. Chicken boneless cut into cubes  - 1/2 kg
2. Onion - 1 No cut into square size
3. Capsicum chopped to square pieces  - 1 No
4. Ginger cut into small pieces- 1 tbsp
5. Garlic cut into small pieces- 1 tbsp
6. Turmeric Powder- 1/2 tsp
7. Pepper Powder- 1 tsp
8. Kashmiri Chilly - 2 tsp
9. Soya Sauce- 1 tbsp
10. Chilly Sauce- 1 1/2 tbsp
11. Tomato Sauce - 2 tbsp
12. Red Chilly Whole crushed- 4 Nos.
13. Green Chilly - 1 No
14. Oil - as required
15. Salt - as required
16. Coriander Leaves for garnishing
17. Celery chopped for garnishing - 1/2 cup

For Marination

1. Chilly Powder- 1 tsp
2. Chilly Sauce- 1 tsp
3. Soya Sauce- 1/2 tsp
4. Pepper Powder- 1/2 tp
5. Vinegar- 1/2 tsp
6. Salt

How to Cook

1. Clean the chicken well.
2. Cut the chicken into small square pieces.
3. Marinate the chicken with ingredients for marination for 1 hour.
4. Pour oil to the pan and when it is hot stir fry the chicken pieces . Make sure the chicken is not fully  cooked.Keep this aside.
5. Pour 1 tbsp oil to the pan , add the crushed chilly , saute for 1 minute.
6. Now add the ginger and garlic chopped . Saute for a  minute.
7. Add 1 tbsp oil to the mixture and when it is hot, saute the onions  and make sure it doesn't start to turn brown 
8. Transfer the  capsicum to the cooked onion with required salt and turmeric powder. Stir fry  for 5 minutes. 
9. Now  add the half cooked chicken ,soya sauce, green chilly ,chilly sauce , tomato sauce,pepper powder, kashmiri chilly powder , chopped celery and saute for 4 minutes.
10. Stir fry for 3  minutes.
11. Add salt if required  .
12. Garnish chopped coriander and serve hot with fried rice.

Kaya Payar Mezhukkuvaratti ( Raw banana Long Beans Dry Curry )

Ingredients :

1. Long Beans -  1 Cup
2. Raw Banana cut lengthwise - 1 Cup
3. Onion-  1 No chopped
4. Green Chilly- 1 No
5. Turmeric Powder- 1/4 tsp
6. Chilly Powder- 1/2 tsp
7. Salt as required
8. Curry Leaves
9. Oil as required

How to Cook :

1. Add oil to the pan and when it is hot , add the chopped onion.
2. Saute till it start to turn brown.
3. Add long beans pieces , enough salt ,turmeric powder, chilly powder , stir fry for 5  minutes. In between close the pan and cook.
4. Add the banana pieces,curry leaves .
5. Close the pan and  cook for 5  minutes.
6. Add 1/4 cup water and cook for sometime.Now you will see the water is completely dried off and again stir for for 2 minutes.
7. Garnish with curry leaves.

Amma Fish Curry

My Mother in law  made this fish curry with Catla Fish.

Ingredients

1. Fish - 1 kg
2. Mustard Seeds- 1/4 tsp
3. Chilly Powder- 4 tsp
4. Turmeric Powder- 1/2 tsp
5. Coriander Powder- 1 tbsp
6. Fenugreek Seeds- a pinch
7. Green Chilly - 2 No
8. Ginger- 1 piece
9. Garlic- 8 pods
10. Curry Leaves
11. Kodam Puli -4 or  5 pieces
12. Oil - as required

How to Cook

1. Wash kodam puli well . Soak in 1/4 cup water and keep it aside for half an hour.
2. Grind the ginger , garlic, curry leaves just once in a mixie.
3. Heat oil in a pan , add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds and let the mustard splutter.
4. Add the grinded mixture, saute for 3 minutes.
5. Add the masalas and saute for 3 minutes.
6. Add enough water.
7. Add the Kodam puli water with required salt , green chilly , curry leaves ,turmeric powder.  Bring to boil.
8. When the water starts to boil ,add the fish pieces . Close the pan and cook till the fish is done.( approximately cook for 20 minutes).In between make sure by holding the pan on both sides,  you move the pan in circular motion  instead of directly stirring since it might crush the fish  pieces 
9. The gravy will start to thicken.
10. Garnish with curry leaves
11. Pour 1 tsp oil and curryleaves over the gravy  ,serve hot with rice.

Pepper Chicken

Ingredients 

1. Chicken pieces - 1/2 kg
2. Onion Shallots- 20 Nos
3. Tomato-2 Nos
4. Cloves- 5 No
5. Cardamon- 3 No
6. Ginger chopped- 2 tbsp
7. Garlic- 6 pods
8. Red Chilly- 2 Nos
9. Garam Masala- 1 tsp
10. Kashmiri chilly- 1/2 tsp
11. Pepper Powder- 1 tbsp
12. Salt as required
13. Oil as required - 4 tbsp
14. Coriander Leaves 
15. Onion -1 No cut into rings for garnishing.

For marination

1. Chilly Powder -  1tsp
2. Turmeric Powder- 1/4 tsp
3. Salt as required 
4. Lime Juice few drops

How to Cook

1. Marinate the chicken pieces with ingredients for marination . Keep it overnight 
2. Keep the marinated chicken pieces outside 2 hours before you plan to cook your curry.
3. Grind the tomatoes , ginger ,garlic , redchilly and onion shallots to a fine paste.
4. Pour oil to the pan and when it is hot , add the grinded paste . 
5. Cook till the oil start to leave the sides of the pan.
6. Add the Garama Masala , KashmiriChilly Powder, Turmeric Powder. Saute for 2  minutes.
7. Add the marinated chicken pieces and mix it well .
8. Close the pan and cook for approximately 15 minutes. Keep checking in between .
9. Also make sure you saute and avoid the chicken pieces from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
10. Now add 1/4 cup water and cook for 10 minutes till the chicken is well cooked.
11. Now when the chicken is cooked , add the pepper ( oil if required ) and saute for 5 minutes.  
12. Now you will see the gravy  starting  to thicken and will be  dark brown in colour.
13. Garnish with coriander leaves.