Red Chili Tomato Chutney Recipe

Usually idlis are eaten with the green coconut chutney and sambar combination. If you are bored with eating idlis with this same combination you can try this delicious red tomato chutney to go along with it or you can prepare this simple chutney recipe to replace the green chutney and the sambar altogether. This is very simple to prepare in less amount of time as compared to the green coconut chutney and sambar put together. Ingredients: Tomatoes - 2 large chopped Onion - 1/2 medium sized Green Chilli - 4 nos Red Chilli powder - 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds(Jeera) - 1/2 tsp Garlic cloves...

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Cooking Tips: Too much salt! How to fix salty food

Added too much salt to your dish by adding it twice or being a little too heavy-handed with the salt container resulted in too much salt getting into your recipe...Worry not...Here are some easy ways to salvage the food you just prepared.Fixing Salty Soup:A lot of salt in the soup can result in it dominating all the other flavors not to mention the terrible taste of salt itself. To counter balance the taste of salt you can add sugar to the soup. Make sure you add small quantities of sugar to ensure you don't end up sweetening the soup too much. The next tip can also be very effectly applied here.Fixing Salty Stew or Curry:A salty curry can spoil...

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Spicy Chicken Dry Recipe

The Spicy Chicken dry recipe is one of the lesser known chicken recipes. I learnt this recipe long time ago on one of the regional cooking shows on TV in India. Just like the Pepper chicken dry recipe, this recipe is very very delicious and the people who eat it will end up asking for more! Ingredients for Chicken Dry Recipe:Chicken - 1/2 kg or 1.1 lb Soya Sauce - 1/2 tsp Tomato Ketchup - 1 tsp Chilli Powder - 1 tsp Tumeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp Cinnamon + Cloves (Lavang/Laung) Powder - 1/4 tsp Pepper Powder - 1/4 tsp Food color - 2 pinch Oil - 2 tsp Coriander or Cilantro Chopped - 2 tbsp Salt to taste Preparation Time:...

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Crispy Masala Dosa recipe with Potato filling and Chutneys

Crispy Masala Dosa is one of the most popular among the South Indian recipes. It is a typical South Indian dish, eaten mostly for breakfast and is rich in carbohydrates and protein. It is considered as the staple food in the South indian region. In the rest of the country too, Dosas are hugely popular and Udipi restaurants serving them and other South Indian foods can be found in almost every suburb. In this recipe I will share the secret to making the Dosa crispy just like it is made in restaurants. You will also learn how to make the onion potato filing and red chili chutney which is smeared on the dosa before putting in the potato...

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Cooking Tips: How to easily peel Garlic Cloves

Often for people who are new to cooking peeling garlic becomes a rather difficult and messy task. I had a first hand expereince of that when I started cooking long time ago. The shell of the clove doesn’t come away without a significant amount of scraping, usually with my fingernails and I usually ended up getting chunks stuck in my nails and my fingers used to stink of garlic for a long time.Not any more!. There are a couple of simple and easy ways to peel garlic cloves. If your recipe requires that the garlic must be chopped or minced or crushed then the easiest way to peel it is to use a chefs knife or a knife that is a little wide on its...

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