Salmon in Coconut Milk Gravy

I loved the unique taste of this fish curry. The flavor of coconut milk just played with my palates for a long time. 

Ingredients:

Onion : 1/2 (Finely Chopped)

Tomato : 1

Oil : 1 tbsp

Mustard Seeds : 1 tsp

Curry Leaves : 5-6

Green Chilli : 2 -3

Marinate fish with :

Coconut Milk : 1/2 cup

Chilli Powder : 2 tsp

Lemon Juice : 1 tsp

Ginger Garlic Paste : 1 tsp

Salt

1. Marinate the fish with ingredients under marinate.

2. In a pan heat oil and temper with mustard seeds, curry leaves and green chilli.

3. Add chopped onions and fry till they turn brown. Now add chopped tomatoes and cook till mushy.

4. Add the marinated fish and cook till it comes to a boil

P.S : The quantity of all the items can be varied. And each time it would be innovative. 

Bhenda Songa

This is a very spicy Lady's Finger curry with a little amount of gravy. Very simple to make and easier to eat. This is a jhatpat curry when we are in a hurry to eat

Ingredients:

Onion : 1/2 (Cut lengthwise)
Onion :1/2 (cut into tiny pieces for tempering)
Tomato : 1 ( Chopped finely)
Ladies Finger : 15-20 (Cut into 1/2 inch pieces)
Coriander Powder : 1 tsp
Garlic : 5-6 pods (Crushed and Chopped)
Asafoetida : a pinch
Garam Masala : 1 tsp
Chilli Powder : 1.5 tsp
Oil : 2(cookimg)+2 (Tempering) tbsp

Procedure:
1. In a Tawa heat oil, add chopped onions and garlic;fry till they turn slightly brown.
2. Add Chopped tomatoes and cook till they turn mushy.
3. Add the chopped ladies finger and add the spice powders (Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder, Garam Masala along with salt and cook till the stickiness disappears.
4. Add half cup of water and bring it to a boil.
5. In a pan add oil add finely chopped onions and fry till they turn brown and temper it on the boiling curry.

Oats Quinoa and Urad Dosa

Another healthy dosa from my kitchen. I found this on a FB food group and I simply had to try this one and I never thought I would have ever said this. Oats recipes aren't so bad. Usually oats recipes never work for me. But this one did work really well.

Ingredients :
Quinoa : 1 cup
Oats : 1 cup
Urad : 1/2 cup
Fenugreek Seeds : 1/2 tsp
Salt according to Taste

Procedure :
1. Wash the quinoa and urad really well and soak it with Oats ( with water just covering just the top) and fenugreek seeds for 5 to 6 hours.
2. Now grind it into smooth paste (theconsistency being of the usual dosa batter) and then let it ferment for 4 to 5 hours. Add salt to the batter.
3. Spread the batter on the tawa and go around in circles to spread the batter.
4. Add oil if you prefer (I didn't add any). Flip and cook on the other side.

Mawa Pistachio Cake

I prepared this cake for our 4th engagement anniversary. I love experimenting with mawa. I was happy visually about the cake. But when the cake was not warm I could feel the smell of was overpowering. So the next time I make it I would probably add 1 egg.

Ingredients :

All Purpose Flour : 1 and 1/4 cup

Baking Powder : 1/2 tsp

Green Cardamom Powder : 1/4 tsp

Salt : a pinch

Mawa : 1/2 cup (softened)

Butter : 7 tbsp

Sugar : 1 cup

Eggs : 2 ( Or 1 and increase the milk )

Milk : 6 tbsp

Saffron : 1 tsp

Pistachio : 1/2 cup

Almonds/ Pistachio : for garnishing (I used almonds but you can substitute with Pistachio)

Procedure :

1. Bring the eggs, mawa and butter to room temperature.

2. Heat up the milk for 10-20 seconds in microwave add the saffron strands and let them soak. 

3. Mix the flour, baking soda, salt and cardamom powder. 

4. In another bowl mix the butter, sugar and mawa till it turns slightly brown in color. 

5. Once the mawa mixture turns creamy add the eggs and beat for 2 more minutes.

6. Now add the milk saffron mixture and beat it on low speed for 2 minutes. 

7. Add the mixed flour beat on medium speed to make it smooth and creamy batter. Fold in the pistachio with the batter 

8. Pour the batter in a greased cake pan and garnish with pistachio/almonds.

9. Bake them for 22-25 minutes at 350 F. Check once with toothpick if not bake for another 5 minutes until the toothpick comes clean.

Lemon Coriander Quinoa

A new found love of my life. Heard about the health benefits and also found that its very expensive in India. So utilizing the best of quinoa when I am stuck in US. And finally I am also also pronouncing it right. Apparently its pronounced as keen-wah and not qui-noah.

Ingredients :
Quinoa : 1/2 cup
Lemon Juice : 1 tsp
Corinder Leaves : 1 tbsp
Oil : 1 tsp (Can be skipped)
Salt according to Taste

Procedure :
1. Soak quinoa in water to remove the bitterness for 10 to 15 minutes.
2. In a pan add 1 tsp oil and add the drained quinoa.
3. Add 2 and half cups of water and let it cook.
4. Add salt according to taste.
5. Once cooked add lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Mango Barfi

Well summer time is my favorite, not for the like of the weather but for the like of Mangoes. One of my favorite. I recently found yummy Mangoes in Fry's store. 3 mangoes for $1. And I was not sure how they would taste. So I bought 6 of them. And later I went on to regret why I didn't buy more of them. Well I came across this yummy recipe in one other food blog.

Ingredients :

Khoa/ Mawa : 3/4 cup (Softened and grated)
Sugar : 1/2 cup (According to the sweetness of mango)
Mango Pulp : 1/2 cup (Or from one large mango)
Saffron : A pinch
Milk : 1 tbsp
Ghee : 1 tsp
Cardamom : 1 (Crushed)


Procedure :
1. Keep the mawa/khoa at out of refrigerator to bring it to room temperature.
2. Heat a pan add ghee and add the crumbled khoa/mawa.
3. Add the pureed mango and mix well with khoa/mawa and cook it well.
4. Add a pinch of saffron in warm milk and add it to the khoa mixture and cook till it starts releasing ghee from the sides.
5. Add the cardamom pods (I skipped this step).
6. Pour it in molds and refrigerate for some time.

Salmon Kebabs

This is one fish here that I find all around the year in American stores. My experience of buying fish from Indian markets have not been so good here. Every time I have bought fish from Indian markets I have either found a bad smell emanating from them or white goeey stuff come out when I cook them. So I stick to buying fresh Salmon.

Ingredients :
Salmon Meat (After cleaning) : 3/4 cup
Green Chili's : 2
Egg : 1
Onion : 1
Cumin Powder : 1/4 tsp
Coriander Powder : 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli Powder : 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper Powder : 1/4 tsp
Amchur Powder : 1/4 cup
Garam Masala : a pinch
Cilantro : 1 tsp chopped
Salt : according to taste
Oil : To shallow fry

Procedure :
1. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl except oil
2. Make them into small gooseberry sized balls.
3. Flatten them and shallow fry on a tawa.

P.S : I used fresh salmon. Cleaned it up and mashed them with a fork. You can substitute with a canned one.
I have spelled it wrongly in the image.