CHOCOLATE PAN CAKES

Ingredients

• Eggs-2
• All purpose flour-1 cup
• Baking powder-1/2tsp
• Baking soda-1/2tsp
• Vanilla essence-1/3/tsp
• Coco powder-1/3cup
• Sugar-2tbsp or according to your taste
  

Method:

• Beat eggs and sugar in a bowl  for 5 minute after this add baking powder,baking soda and vanilla essence.
• Beat it for another 10 minutes .Now add coco powder  and all purpose flour and just mix it.
• Keep it aside for 10 minutes.
• Grease a pan with butter and cook this pan cakes for 1 minute each side.

Pepper Rasam / Rasam

Pepper Rasam

Ingredients :

• Lemon size Tamarind- Soaked in warm water

• Pepper Powder -1/2 tsp
• Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder-1/3tsp
• Coriander Powder-1tsp
• Red chilly-1/2tsp

Mix all these powder together and keep aside.

• Curry leaves-10
• Garlic-5 

Crush the garlic.

•  Whole red chilly (whole)-5
• Asafoetida/hing-a pinch  
• Mustard seeds-1/3tsp
• Cumin -1/3tsp
• Urud dal-1/3tsp
• Oil-1tbsp
• Salt-To taste
• Coriander leaves -For garnishing 

Method :

Heat oil in a pan in slow flame  ,once the oil is hot add the mustard seeds,urud dal,cumin curry leaves ,whole red chilly ,asafoetida and  garlic fry it well.

Then add the powder mixture to it.

Fry it and add tamarind  juice ,salt and water let it keep the flame at medium and let it boil.

After a boil keep it in slow medium and cook for 7 minute.

Nellai chicken fry /Thirunelveli Kozhi fry

Thirunelveli Kozhi fry

Ingredients:

• Chicken- 250 g
• Shallots / Small onion- 4 (chopped )
• Cinnamon- 1 stick
• Cloves-2
• Fennel seeds- a pinch
• Cumin seeds- a pinch
• Curry leaves- few
• Garlic- 5 Crushed with 4 pepper corn
• Tomato- 1
• Chilly powder- 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder- 2 tsp
• Pepper- 1/2 tsp
• Sesame Oil -1tbsp
• Salt- as required.

To grind:

• Shallots / Small onion- 7
• Garlic- 3
• Fennel seeds- 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds- 1/2tsp

Recipe:

1. Grind Small onion, Garlic, Fennel seeds and Cumin seeds without using water.
2. Marinate the Chicken in ground items for 1/2 an hour.
3. Heat Oil in a pan. Add Cinnamon, Cloves, Fennel seeds, Cumin seeds, remaining Small onion, Curry leaves, Garlic and fry till Onion turns into light brown in color.
4. Add Tomato and fry till it becomes soft.
5. Then add Chili powder, Turmeric powder, Coriander powder and fry till the raw smell goes out.
6. Add marinated chicken, a cup of Water and cover the pan with lid.
7. Cook till the Chicken pieces are cooked.
8. Finally add Pepper and Salt, cook for another 2 minutes.