Simple Chicken Curry

Yesterday prepared this simple curry. There was just 1 tomato left in the fridge and I was too tired to go to shop again. So made this curry and made my mind to compromise on the taste. But it was too good.

Ingredients
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Chicken - 500gms
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 Teaspoon
Tomato - 1
Onion - 1
Kulabu Milagai Thool - 3 Teaspoon
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Teaspoon
Saunf - 1/2 Teaspoon
Curry Masala Powder - 1/4 Teaspoon
Gingelly Oil - 1 Tablespoon
Curry leave
Salt

Method
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1.Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Season with saunf and curry leaves.
2.Add sliced onion and ginger garlic paste and fry till golden brown.
3.Add chopped tomato and fry for 3 minutes.
4.Add Turmeric power , Kulambu Milagai Thool and chicken pieces one by one and fry for 5 minutes.
5.Add curry masala powder.
6.Add salt and 1/2 cup of water.
7.Close the lid and pressure cook for 1 whistle.
8.Serve hot with rice.

Upma

This is the usual  upma, but my family loves this. We have it at least once in  a week.

Ingredients
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Rava - 2 Cups
Green Chilly - 2
Ginger - a small piece
Cashew - Few
Curry leaves - Few
Channa dal  - 1 Teaspoon
Mustard - 1/2 Teaspoon
Oil - 1 Tablespoon
Ghee or Coconut Oil - 1 Teaspoon
Salt


Method
1.Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a pan and roast rava. Remove from fire.
2.Heat the remaining oil in a pan and season with mustard, curry leaves, channa dal and cashew nut.
3.Add Green chillies and finely chopped ginger.
4.Add roasted rava and mix them. Add salt.
5.Boil 4 cups of water in kettle.
6.Once it is boiled, add the water to the upma mix. Mix nicely.
7.Keep it in medium fire till rava is cooked.
8.Switch off the stove and add Ghee/coconut oil.
9.Serve hot with sugar or Coconut chutney.

Paal Kolukattai

Amma used to prepare this atleast once in a month when we were kids. It was a sweet memory , sitting together with sisters in kitchen and rolling small balls out of rice dough.

Ingredients

Rice flour - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1/2 cup
Cardamom -1
Coconut - 2 Tablespoons grated
Milk or coconut milk -  1 cup (optional)
Salt - a pinch

Method
1.Boil water.
2.Mix pinch of salt in rice flour, add boiled water in rice flour. Mix with a spoon.
3.When it cooled down, knead it to a smooth ball.
4.Make small balls out of this mixture.
5.In the mean time, boil water(+ milk if using) in a pan.  when it is boiling, put a handful of these small balls in the water.
6.It'll float after 2 -3 minutes. Now add next batch of balls. wait till they are floating on the top.
7.Finish with all balls.
8.Add powdered jaggery. Add more if you want. Add the crushed cardamom.
9.Once jaggery is melted, mix  2 teaspoon of rice flour with 1/4 cup of water and add it to the mixture.
10.keep it medium flame for 5 minutes.
11.Swith off the stove.
12.Add grated coconut( and coconut milk if using).
13. Serve after 5 minutes.