Vengaya Kulambu/ Onion gravy (using coconut)

 

This recipe is one of those which can be made in a jiffy and it just uses 5 ingredients!. Yet, it is such a flavourful and tasty gravy and I am sure you will love it. This is my mother in laws recipe and is my hubby’s favourite. It was his birthday on Sep 13th and he wanted me to make this for him. So, I thought I would blog this as well.

I made a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting for him following recipe from Gayathri’s cookbook blog. It came out really tasty. It was the first time I tried out my hand at frosting a cake and I found the result satisfactory.

Now lets get on with the gravy recipe. Here’s all you need:

Ingredients:

1. Small onion – 20 to 25 chopped
2. Coconut grated – 1/2 cup heaped
3. Chilli powder – 3tsp
4. Gingelly oil – 4tsp
5. Salt – as needed

Method:

1. Grind the coconut along with the chilli powder along with little water to a smooth paste.

2. Now heat pan, add the gingelly oil and the small onion and saute till translucent.

3. add the ground coconut paste along with some water (say 3/4cup) and mix well. Add salt.

4. Simmer the flame and let it boil till oil separates and gravy reaches a semi thick consistency. Switch off. Serve hot with rice!.

Notes:

This gravy is very simple but there are a few points to be noted to get the exact taste.

• Saute till the onions are translucent. Do not let the onions burn.
• Use only gingelly oil for this recipe. Any other oil would not taste good.
• Simmer and boil till oil separates and gravy becomes semi thick.
• I used homemade chilli powder. If using store bought you can reduce the quantity to 2 and 1/2 tsp as I feel they are more spicy.

Stir Fried Masala Eggs

 

I am a die hard fan of egg and love it in any form except rawand always love to try different egg recipes. I always wonder how egg alone tastes so good. This is one such lip smacking recipe which I got from the book “500 saiva asaiva samayal” (500 varieties of veg and non veg recipes) by Ms. Shanthi Thanigachalam.

This recipe is very easy and the taste was so good. Apologies if the pictures are not very clear. I didn't have my camera at that time so, shot it with my mobile.

Ingredients:

1. Eggs – 2
2. Coconut milk – 1/2 cup
3. Turmeric powder – 1/4tsp
4. Chilli powder –1/4tsp
5. Coriander powder – 1/4 tsp
6. Big onion – 1 finely chopped
7. Tomato – 2 small finely chopped
8. Green chillies – 1 chopped
9. Salt – as needed
10. Oil – 1tsp

To grind coarsely:

1. Peppercorns- 1/4tsp
2. Fennel seeds – 1/2tsp

 

Method:

1. Boil the eggs till cooked and cut each egg vertically into 4.

2. Grind the fennel and peppercorns to coarse powder.

3. Mix the fennel and pepper powder, chilli powder,turmeric and coriander powders,salt,green chilli with the coconut milk. Set aside.

4. Heat kadai, add 1/2tsp of oil and saute the onion until translucent keep it separate.

5. Again heat the same kadai, add the coconut milk mixture and tomato and keep covered with lid. Once it comes to a boil add the onion and eggs. Now keep in medium low flame and wait till a thick consistency is reached. Garnish with coriander leaves and switch off.

Serve hot!. We had it with briyani. It would taste good with roti also.