Pepper Chicken | Easy chicken recipes

Pepper chicken is a soft and spicy dry fry item and usually I prepare this sometimes in weekend/ or when guests is visiting us. I sometimes prefer this over chicken kabab's as it doesn't require to deep/shallow fry it and the taste come out very well and delicious...!!

Ingredients:

Chicken-500grams

Onion-2

Green chilli-4-5(based on how much spicy you like to eat)

tomato-1

Ginger garlic paste-1 1/2 spoon

Curd- 2-3 tbl spoons(to marinate)

Masala powders:

Garam masala- 1 spoon

red chilli powder- half spoon

Dhanya powder- 1 spoon

Turmeric- 1 tea spoon

Curry leaves
Coriander leaves
Oil to fry the chicken-2-3 tbl spoon

Method to prepare:

1.Clean the chicken by adding salt and turmeric.add little curd to it and keep aside to get marinated till you prepare other items.

2.In a frying pan, add oil and curry leaves.

3.Add finely chopped onion  green chilli and fry for sometime.

and then add ginger garlic paste into it.

4.Next add tomato. once tomato become soft, add garam masala powder, dhanya powder and red chilli powder and salt.

5. Later add cleaned chicken, mix well and close the lid( I have not boiled chicken before and i am directly adding the cleaned chicken to it.

6.at last add pepper powder and coriander leaves to garnish.

Now pepper chicken is ready to eat.

Chicken Biryani..karnataka style | How to prepare chicken Biryani

Chicken Biryani is one of my favorite non-veg dish and there are many popular recipes of this.
I have tried the Karnataka style/little customized version of biryani here.

I usually like the spiced rice which is cooked along with chicken and masalas when compared with the dhum style of biryani's. when the rice is cooked along with chicken and masala's rice comes out very delicious and spicy too..!!

Ingredients:

Chicken-250 grams

Onion-2

Tomato-1

Giner garlic paste- 1 spoon

Green chilli-4-5

Turmeric powder- 1 tea spoon

Rice- 1 or 1.5 glass(serves 3-4 people)

Cardamom-2-3

Cloves-2-3

Biryani leaf-1-2

Mint leaves(Pudina)- 1 small cup

Methi leaves-2 cups

coriander leaves- 1 small cup

For masala to grind:

Ginger, garlic paste- 1tbl spoons

coconut- 2-3 tbl spoons

Green chilli-2-3(this can be varied if you want little spicy biryani's)

Corinader leaves- 1 cup

Method:

1. Wash rice and keep it aside. Wash chicken with salt and turmeric and keep aside.

2. Clean all green veggies,chop it and keep it aside.

3. In a frying pan, boil chicken with a spoon of oil, ginger garlic paste, little turmeric and  salt

4. meanwhile, Grind  coconut, tomato, ginger garlic,green chilli, coriader leaves and make paste(if you want you can skip grinding chilli and directly add it to frying pan)

5. In the vessel, add oil, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, biryani leaf and fry for sometime

 add little onion(half chopped onion),fry till it turns gold color.

6. Add pudina, methi leaves, coriander leaves and fry till the raw smell of leaves goes away.

7. Add grounded masala and fry it for sometime
8. Add half boiled chicken and fry it.

9. Later add washed rice,saute it for sometime.

10. Add salt for taste and water(as per measurement.usually for 1 glass of rice add double the water)

11. Once when the water is about to drain close the lid and allow it to cook. cook it for around 15 min.

Now Chicken biryani is ready. 

Serve this hot with lemons, onions and curd or raita.

Healthy Sabsige soppina Uppittu | Sabbasige soppina Uppittu | Healthy and aromatic DiI leaves upma - Recipe steps with pictures

How to prepare Sabsige/ Sabbasige Uppittu:

  Click here to view Kannada recipe link => ಸಬ್ಬಸಿಗೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಉಪ್ಪಿಟ್ಟು - ಕನ್ನಡ recipe

 

Upma is a South Indian breakfast/snack food item and I love this food all the time.
Most of the people don't like rava upma, saying this has a blond taste. But believe me, there are many combinations you can think of with rava upma and surely you will love those customizations..!!

Here in this recipe, I have used dill leaves(sabsige soppu in kannada) which makes a good combination with rava. and the aroma of the dill leaves just makes the Upma delicious and aromatic !!!

Speaking about Dil leaves health benefits, who doesn't know about it right..!! It promotes digestion, helps in lactation for nursing mothers, rich in iron
and calcium and has many other benefits.

So let's see how to prepare this healthier and tastier Upma recipe now:

  

Ingredients for Dill leaves upma:

Bansi Rava/normal upma rava- 1 glass

Onion-2

Tomato-1

Green chilli-3-4

Channa dal-1 spoon

Moong dal-1 spoon

Urad dal-1spoon

Dill leaves-1 or 2 cups( clean and chop the leaves finely)

Curry leaves-2 strands

Mustard- 1 teaspoon

Oil-3-4 spoons

Optional:

Grated coconut- 2 tablespoon grated coconut

Coriander leaves- 2 tbl spoon

Method: How to prepare Sabsige Soppina Uppittu:

1. Take a frying pan, and put 1 or 2 spoons of oil, and fry the rava on low flame till you get an aroma. and keep it aside

2. Take a pan and heat the pan and add oil, mustard, curry leaves. 

3. Next add chenna dal, urad dal, moong dal, and fry.

4. Next add onion and green chili and fry till the Onion is fried nicely and turned golden color.

5. Then add dil leaves and fry till raw smell goes.

once dil leaves are fried enough, quantity seems to be reduced

6. Later add chopped tomatoes and fry. Fry till tomato becomes soft and mushy. you can add coriander leaves(it is optional since you already added dil leaves).

7. Later add water( add double the glass compared to rava). and add salt as per taste and let the water boil.

8. Once the water boils add roasted rava and mix thoroughly so that no lumps are formed. Close the lid and cook in low flame for 5 minutes.

9. At the end garnish the upma with grated coconut.

Now the healthy and aromatic and tasty Dil leaves Rava upma is ready to eat.

Now You can eat this upma or sabbasige uppittu along with Chatni / curd / or as it is..!!

To know some different varieties of Upma or uppittu, click on the links below

Thank you

Click on the below links to view some other interesting recipes:

Vegetable Upma Recipe

Avarekalu Uppittu Recipe

         

Masala Rice bath recipe

                          

Spinach Rice Bath

Some Home remedies with easily available items in the house:

Curry leaves which are used for every south Indian dishes have many medicinal benefits. While eating any dishes if you get curry leaves in between, don't throw it/or keep aside, instead eat them.

Curry leaves health benefits:

Curry leaves are rich in iron content and good for health. its good for hair growth, and to get black and thick of hair

Moong dal Payasa | Easiest sweet dishes

Moong dal payasa/kheer is sweet dish which can be made very quickly. moong dal is very cool for body also and payasa made of this is not only delicious, but also will be tasty.

Ingredients:

Moong dal- 2 cups

Milk - 2 cups

Jaggry - 1 cup

Dry fruits- 2 spoons

Ghee

Method:

Take a small pan and fry the dry fruits in ghee and keep aside.

Later dry fry the moong dal in ghee in low flame and keep aside

In a pan, add little ghee add milk, 1 glass of water. and add jaggrey. and add moon dal and let it boil.

Once it starts boiling and  ghee/oil content  collects at corner of the pan it is done. switch of the stove.

Now moong dal payasa is ready to eat.