Coconut Rice

1. Put 2-3 spoons oil in pan, throw in mustard seeds and wait till seeds burst.
2. Add 1 spoon toor dal (broken) and green chillies.
3. Add shredded coconut and fry till golden brown.
4. Add cooked rice.
5. Add salt and mix thoroughly.
6. Put in plate and eat you fool.
7. If want can add cashews and peanuts and raisins while frying.

Gujarati Kadhi

Ingredients :

------> 1/2 Litre curd + add water

------> 2 tsp gram flour

------>2 tsp lal masala

------>1/4th tsp garlic powder

------->1/8th turmeric

------> salt acc to taste

-------> sugar

1) Put 2 tbsp oil and fry rai jiru and after sometime add kadhi patta.

2) Mix above mentioned ingredients in a bowl and mix properly so that lumps of gram flour mixes well. You can add water according to the thickness you want.

3) Taste the kadhi on the heat and adjust sugar and salt according the best taste.

4) Do not boil the kadhi. Just heat it so that every ingredient mixes well. If you plan to reuse after refrigeration take the kadhi seperately in a pot and boil only the kadhi you plan to eat instantly. Rest you can boil at the time of eating.

Bhindi Masala

Really simple and quick recipe

Ingredients:
Okra (bhindi)		1/2 kg
Tomatoes		3 (medium)
Onions		2 (large)
Green chillies		3
Cinnamon		1 piece
Cloves		3
Bay leaf		1
Ginger-garlic paste		1 tsp.
Red chilli powder		1 tsp.
Oil		2 cups
Garam masala powder		1 tsp.
Coriander leaves for garnishing
Salt to taste

Method:
1.	Cut the onions, tomatoes, okra & green chillies.
2.	Heat the oil in pan and add the okra pieces. Deep fry.
3.	Remove fried okra and place on kitchen tissue or table napkin so that excess oil is removed. Keep it aside.
4.	Heat 3 spoons of oil in a pan. Fry the cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf for 30 seconds. Now add onions, green chilli pieces and fry them until onions turn light brown.
5.	Add the ginger-garlic paste and fry for one minute.
6.	Add tomato pieces, red chilli powder and salt, cover the pan and cook for a few minutes until tomatoes become soft. Stir twice or thrice to prevent the mixture from sticking to the pan.
7.	Add fried okra and mix slowly. Keep on heat for two more minutes and then remove the pan.
	Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

http://www.recipedelights.com/recipes/Contributors/BhindiMasala.htm

Chinese Fried Rice

I know I cooked this one last in Stony Brook and it came out good. So tried it again and it came out really well. So check it out.
Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients

1. 2 cups Cooked Rice 2. 1 cup finely chopped spring onions. 3. 1/2 cup finely chopped cabbage. 4. 1/2 cup finely chopped peas+carrots+cauliflower. 5. 1/2 cup finely chopped big capsicums and 1/2 cup of mushrooms. Do not wash the mushroom if you buy already cut ones from store. 6. 2 big finely long cut onion. 7. 2 tsp finely chopped ginger, garlic & green Chilies or paste. 8. 3-tsp Soya sauce & 1 tsp Chili sauce. 9. 3 tsp Oil. 10. Salt. 11. 3 Small Tomatoes

Method

1. Microwave the basmati rice. Heat the oil in the frying pan. 2. Put chopped Ginger-garlic-chili or ginger-garlic-chili paste in the oil. 3. Put chopped onion in pan and stir for 2 mins. 4. Put all the vegetables except spring onions in the frying pan & fry for 5 mins.After 5 mins add tomatoes and still cook for 5 more mins on low heat. 5. Put 1 spoon of Soya sauce & 1 spoon of Chili sauce & stir. 6. After 5 mins put cooked rice in the pan and add salt & stir nicely. 7. Then put remaining 2 spoon of Soya sauce & stir properly, mix it properly. 8. Put 1/2 spoon oil from side & stir nicely. 9. Then put finely chopped Spring onions on top of the rice & stir little bit. Hot spicy Chinese fried rice is ready to serve.... Can be served with Tomato soup/ sauce...

AIM

Well aim of this blog is
1) To have a page where all recipes I need is available wherever I go.
2) To share tested and tried recipes with my friends.

As of now u must have realized how crazy I am for good food. Well so here it starts. I hope it helps somebody else except me. :)
U r also welcome to post your tested and tried recipes here so we will have a nice database :).