Egg Plant fry!

This is the most delicious and simple egg plant recipe. It takes just minutes to prepare this. Egg plant fry has been my all time favorite since childhood.

You will need:

One large egg plant
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp tamarind paste
salt to taste
Samolina for coating

Method:

Make slices about 2 cm thickness from the egg plant .
In a bowl , mix chilli powder, turmeric powder, tamarind paste and salt together. Apply this mixture to the egg plant slices separately and keep it aside for 10 minutes.

Heat 1 tsp on oil in a pan. Coat each of the slices with samolina on both sides and shallow fry them in the pan. Add oil if required. Keep turning them for equal cooking on both sides of the slices. Cook for about 5 minutes.

The egg plant fry is ready to be relished!! It goes best with yogurt and rice. It also goes well as a side dish with dal rice!

shrimp and scrambled egg combo!!!

Sea food lovers would really appreciate the taste of this dish.Last night I decided to make a simple shrimp stir fry using tomato sauce. An idea struck my mind as to why not combine shrimp with eggs and see how it tastes. And for sure it tasted heavenly. It took about 15 minutes to make this dish.

You will need:

1 lb cooked shrimps
2 eggs
1 cup chopped onions
1/4 tsp chopped green chillies
1/4 tsp pepper powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 chopped cilantro
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup texas pete sauce(or any hot sauce)
1/4 tsp soya sauce
salt to taste

Method:

Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan and shallow fry the cooked shrimps on high heat for about 2 minutes. To this add the two raw eggs and stir it well till they nicely coat the shrips. Remove and keep aside.

Heat 1 tsp oil in the same pan. To this add chopped onions and ginder garlic paste ,cook it till the onions turn golden brown color. Then add green chilli ,turmeric powder, coriander powder ,pepper powder and cook for 2 minutes. To this add the cooked shrimps coated with egg and mix well.Finally add the three sauces and stir well. Add salt to taste .Stir until all the shrimps get coated with the onion mixture and the sauce.

Shrimp scrambled egg combo is ready to be relished!!! Goes best as a side dish with rice.

Spicy rice noodles!

This is a simple and easy dish to make. It is a very famous delicacy in my native Mangalore. It actually tastes really good when the rice noodles are made from scratch but it is very labourous process. I used the store bought rice noodles to make this dish.

You will need:

Rice noodles ( store bought, 1 packet)
1 cup grated coconut
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
2 to 3 dried red chillies
1/4 tsp cumin seeds (jeers)
1/2 cup peanuts
A few curry leaves
1/4 tsp chana dal
salt taste

Method:

Fisrt boil about 4 cups water in a pot and then cook the rice noodles in it for about 3 to 4 minutes and drain the water and keep it aside .

Grind the grated coconut, turmeric, red chillies, mustard seeds in a blender into a fine paste and keep it aside.

Take a pan, heat 1 tsp oil in it. To this add the cumin seeds,chana dal, peanuts and curry leaves and saute it till the peanuts get roasted. Then add the ground mixture and close the lid and cook it well till a nice aroma comes out of it. Add salt to taste. Then mix the cooked rice noodles into it till all the noodles get coated well.

Spicy rice noodles are ready to be served. It can be served for breakfast or as an evening snack.