Mutton Kola Urundai Kulambu

Amma is an expert in making this and it's Appa's all time favourite. Here, goes the family recipe with little secrets.   

Ingredients

Minced Mutton  - 500gms
Onion - 1
Tomato - 2
Coriander Powder - 2 Tablespoon
Chilly Powder - 1 Tablespoon
Curry Leaves - Few
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon
Cinnamon - 1
Cardamom - 2
Cloves - 2
Coconut - 1 Tablespoon
Mutton bones - 100gms (optional)
Oil - 1 Tablespoon

Paste 1
Cinnamon - 1
Cardamom - 1
Cloves - 2
Poppy Seeds - 1/2 Teaspoon
Saunf - 1/2 Teaspoon
Coconut - 1 Tablespoon

Paste 2
Onion - 1(Finely chopped)
Green Chilly - 1
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - little

Method

1. Keep Oil in a kadai and when it is heated, add 3/4th  of mutton mince and fry them with little bit of turmeric powder till it changes colour.
2. Fry ingredients in paste 1 in little bit of oil and keep them aside.
3. Fry ingredients for paste 2 in remaining oil.
4. Grind the fried mutton mince, uncooked 1/4th of mutton mince, ingredients of paste 1 together in the mixie to a coarse paste.
5.Now add ingredients for paste 2 and pulse them together till they are mixed.
6. Make golf size balls with this mixture. We can take half out of this mixture for a fry if we want.
7.If using bones, boil  them in water with salt , take the the stock and discard the bones. If we add bones, it'll break the mince balls.
8. Heat oil in a kadai, season with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, saunf seeds, curry leaves.
9. Add finely chopped onion, ginger garlic paste, tomato and fry them nicely.
10. Add coriander, chilly and turmeric powders.
11. Add 2 cups of water or bone stock and let it boil.
12.Grind coconut into a smooth paste and add it to the kulambu. Add salt.
13. When it is boiling, add 2 minced mutton balls and wait till they are floating on top. Now add next 2 balls. This way, add all the mutton balls 2 by 2.
14. Boil it for 5 minutes.
15.Switch off the stove and serve hot.

                                                                                                                                               

Pizza

Yesterday I prepared this Pizza for dinner and we enjoyed it a lot. It was close to pizza hut. For this measurements, I made 2 large pizzas .

Ingredients

For base
All purpose flour - 3 cups
Yeast - 2 and a half  teaspoon
Olive Oil - 3 Tablespoon
Sugar - 1 Tablespoon
Salt - 1/2 Teaspoon
Water - 1 to 1 and a half Cup

For Sauce
Tomatoes - 10
Garlic - 3 Flakes
Olive Oil - 2 Teaspoon
Oregano - 1 Teaspoon
Basil - 1 Teaspoon
Salt -  To Taste
Chilli Flakes - To Taste

For Topping
Mozzarella cheese -  150gms
Chicken  - 150gms
Oil - 1 Teaspoon
Chilly Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon
Salt - To Taste
Mushroom - a handful


Method

Pizza Base
1. Mix yeast with lukewarm water,sugar, 2 Tablespoon of olive oil in a bowl and keep aside for 5 minutes.
2. Mix salt and all purpose flour in a bowl and add the yeast mixture and make a dough.
3. Apply little oil in hand and knead the dough well.
4. Wrap the bowl tightly with a cling wrap and place it in a warm place for 90 mins.
5. Punch the dough and keep it aside for second rising for 30 minutes.

Sauce
1.Keep the tomatoes in boiling water for 3 minutes and then remove the skin.
2. Cut the tomatoes into half and remove the juice and seeds. We can use this for making tomato rasam or add them in other kulambu or gravies.
3. Crush the tomato pulp using a hand mixer. or chop them nicely.
4. Finely chop the garlic.
5. Heat oil in a pan and add garlic. Fry slightly and add the crushed tomatoes. Add basil, oregano, chilly flakes and salt.
7.Keep this in low flame till it becomes sauce like consistency. This may take around 20 - 30 mins.

Chicken topping

1. Heat oil in a pan. Add chicken breast cut into stripes, chilly powder and salt. cook in low flame.


Assembling

1.Preheat the oven to 225 C.
2. Apply oil in a non-stick baking tray.
3. Take a pizza dough and stretch it into the tray as thin as possible using hands. Apply oil in hands to prevent the sticking.
4. Spread the sauce all over the pizza.
5. Add the cooked chicken pieces, thinly chopped mushrooms. We can add other toppings such as capsicum, onion , boiled corn here. I didn't add as I didn't have them.
6. Cover the pizza with shredded mozzarella cheese.
7. Sprinkle oregano and basil.
9. Bake it in oven for 10 minutes.