Friday, 3 June 2011

Prawn Thoran(dry)


I consider myself an expert in making the traditional Kerala delicacy 'Thoran' (Thoran is a dry dish usually made of a finely chopped vegetables. If your pressed for time, this is a quick and easy dish to prepare. Today I was planning to make Prawn Curry, but was kinda bored with it. Then I thought to myself..'why not prawn thoran?'.. I might as well try it out.

Well, I did ..and turned out Awesome!!

Ingredients:
-500g fresh Prawns
- 1 medium sized Onion Chopped
- 1tbsp Garlic (Chopped and Pounded)
- 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
- 10-12 curry leaves
- 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1/2 cup grated coconut

For Marinade:
- 2 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp Ginger/garlic paste

For Garnish:
- Fresh Grated Coconut
- 2 Green Chilly (slit)
- some fried curry leaves

Method:
-Marinate the prawns with the marinade ingredients
- Heat Oil in pan
-Add Cumin seeds, Onions, pounded garlic, curry leaves and Sort well.
- Add the marinated prawns, corriander leaves, grated coconut and some lemon juice.
- Sort well every 3mins till the prawn is cooked
- Garnish with grated coconut and fried curry leaves n fried green chillies.
- Serve
Enjoy! +)!







Thursday, 2 June 2011

Chicken Breadcrumbs

Making breadcrumb chicken is quite simple and there are many versions of it. This is my version of it because it is tastes absolutely ..Fabaluious!
 

Ingredients:
 

-500g Chicken (..with bone,chopped into small size pieces)
- 1 cup of plain flour, seasoned with pinch of salt- 2 egg, beaten
- 2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/4 tsp Chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp ginger powder/ grated ginger

- 2 tbsp soya sauce
- salt to taste

Method:


For the chicken:

- Cook the chicken in water, soya sauce, chilli powder, ginger powder and salt.
- Once cooked..leave it to cool for awhile.

- Preheat the frying pan with descent amount of oil to fry the chicken.
- Dust the cooked chicken in flour, dip into the beaten egg and then roll it in the breadcrumbs.
- Immerse the chicken into the hot oil and fry till it turns golden brown.
- Repeat the last 3 steps for the rest of the chicken pieces.

Enjoy! =)