DEVILLED PORK

Ingredients

1 lb Pork

Crushed red chillies

1 large onions cut into 2 inch sqaure pieces

1 Bell pepper or Banana pepper

crushed garlic and ginger

Salt to taste

Ketch up ar tomato sauce

Vinegar

Red chillie powder

1 tsn Sugar

cooking oil



Method

1. Remove the excess fat from the pork and cut them into small pieces and wash well. 


2. Season it with salt and red chillie powder.


3. Heat a pan with cooking oil and add the pork and let it fry until golden brown on the sides. 


4. Add vinegar and cook well.


5. When all the water has been absorbed add a little cooking oil and toss the onions and peppers with crushed garlic and ginger. 


6. Add a little soy sauce and stir well. Now add crushed red chillies and ketchup. 


7. Finally sprinkle a little sugar and remove from the stove.

BAKED PORK DISH(MARINATED IN SWEET BBQ SAUCE)

Ingerdients

1 1/2 lbs. pork chops

red chillie powder

Black pepper powder

Salt to taste

1 cup sweet BBQ sauce or any other marinating sauce

Chopped garlic and ginger

Method

1. Wash the pork chops well and cut them into large pieces including the bone.


2. Add chillie powder, black pepper powder, salt, BBQ sauce and chopped garlic and ginger and mix well.


3. Marinate for 6 hours or overnight.


4. Pre heat the oven 375F and bake the pork in a ovenproof dish for a bout 45 minutes or until well done.

PORK WITH GRAVY

Ingredients

Pork 1lb

(a)Ingredients
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder
Curry Powder
Chopped garlic and ginger
Curry leaves and rampe
1 stick Cinnamon stick

(b)Ingredients
Margarine or cooking oil
1 large Oninon cut in to rings
Sliced Bell pepper or green chillies
Black Pepper powder
Red chillie powder

Method

Cut the Pork into thin slices(without the fat).Add all the (a)Ingredients and sufficient water and cook well. When it's done heat some Margarine or cooking oil in a non stick pan and add the pork without the gravy.Brown the sides then add all the (b)Ingredients and mix well.Finally add the remaining gravy and bring it to a boil.If the gravy is not thick enough ,mix 1tbsn corn flour in cold water and add it to the dish.

GRILLED CHICKEN WITH BELL PEPPER

Ingredients

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1 red or green bell pepper
2 large Onions sliced into rings
Soy sauce
1tspn olive oil or cooking oil
red chillie powder
black pepper powder
Vinegar
Salt to taste
1tbsn ketchup

Method

Cut the Chicken breasts into 1inch thick square pieces and wash well.Drain the excess water and add chillie powder,black pepper powder,vinegar,salt to taste,soy sauce,ketchup and 1tspn oil.Mix well and marinate in the Refrigerate overnight or atleast 5hours before grilling.
Heat the grill(I use a George Foreman Grilling Machine) and when it's hot add few chicken pieces at a time and press it well.Cook it for a about 8 minutes or until well done.
While grilling the chicken soak the Onion rings and sliced bell pepper in soy sauce and olive oil.When the chicken is done transfer it into a dish and add the onions and bell pepper in to the grill.When they are brown add it to the chicken dish and mix well.
(when you grill meat all the excess fat is drained and it's a healthy way to cook meat)

PARTY STYLE CHICKEN DISH

Ingredients

Chicken 1lb
Unroasted curry powder
Turmeric powder
Chopped garlic and ginger
Tamarind or vinegar
1 Cardamom and 1 stick Cinnamon
1 tbsn corn flour
black pepper powder
red chillie powder
salt to taste
Cooking oil or margarine

Method

Cut the whole chicken into regular size pieces without skin or you can use chicken breasts.Add turmeric powder,salt,tamarind,curry powder,spices and mix it well.Then add sufficient water and cook thoroughly.
When it's done heat a frying pan and add margarine or cooking oil.When the oil is heated add few chicken pieces at a time and brown it all the sides.
Take the chicken out of the pan and add the chicken gravy that was left from boiling.Mix 1tbsn corn flour in to cold water and add it to the gravy and bring it to a boil.Then add some chillie powder,black pepper powder and mix well.Finally add the chicken pieces and mix well.Can add more chillie powder if desired.

CHICKEN BLACK PEPPER CURRY

CHICKEN BLACK PEPPER CURRY

Ingredients

1 lb Chicken breast
1 big Onion
1 big tomato
2 Banana Peppers(Malu miris) or green bell pepper
Turmeric powder
Chopped 2 cloves Garlic
Chopped Ginger
Rampe
Curry leaves
1 inch stick of cinnamon
slightly crushed Black Pepper
Tamarind
Salt to taste
A little Cooking Oil

Method

Slice the half of the onion the regular way and the other half in to 2 inch size pieces.Cut the Chicken breasts in to small pieces.Slice the outside of the Tomato in to 2inch pieces and chop the middle part and leave it aside. Heat the cooking oil and add the chopped Onions,rampe,curry leaves,chopped green chillies and cinnamon and let it fry.Then add chopped garlic, ginger,turmeric powder ,salt,sliced chicken and Tamarind juice and let it boil for a while.You will get a nice yellow curry.Do not add water or coconut milk in to it.When it's done add the chopped middle part of the tomato.Then add crushed pepper,Slied tomato(big pieces),sliced banana pepper,Onions(2inch sliced)and a bit of salt and let it simmer for awhile and enjoy it. You can add a little bit of chillie powder but make black pepper the main ingredient.

SWEET POTATO (AMERICAN YAM) CURRY

Ingredients

1 lb Sweet potatoes(American Yam)
sliced Onions
1 green chillie(sliced)
1 clove garlic
Turmeric powder
Unroasted curry powder
Salt to taste
Curry leaves

Method

Wash and peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into cubes.Add Turmeric powder, curry powder, curry leaves, sliced onions and green chillies.Add sufficent water and bring to a boil.When it's done add coconut milk and shake it well.

DRUMSTICK (MURUNGA) CURRY

Ingredients

1 lb Drumsticks(Murunga)
Sliced Onins
1 green chillie(sliced)
1 clove garlic
Coconut milk
Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Unroasted curry powder
2 tbsn Masoor dhal(lentils)
Curry leaves and Rampe(pander leaves)

Method

Wash the drumsticks well and cut them into 3inch pieces.Cook the lentils in a little water with turmeric powder and curry powder.When it's done add all the above ingredients and a sufficent water and cook well.When it's done add the coconut milk and remove from fire.

BEET CURRY WITH CILANTRO

Ingredients

3 to 4 Beets
1/4 of a onion(sliced)
1 green chillie
1 clove chopped garlic
Salt to taste
Unroasted curry powder
2 sprig Cilantro(corriander leaves) Curry leaves
Coconut milk

Method

Wash the beet well and peel it.Then cut them into very thin slices.Now add all the above ingredients except for coconut milk and add a little water and bring it to a boil.When it's done add the coconut milk and take it out of the stove.

ELA BATU CURRY (THAI EGG PLANT CURRY)

Ingredients

2 lbs Thai egg plant(ela batu)
1/2 onion sliced
1 clove garlic chopped
1 tspn maldive fish
1 green chillie chopped
1 tspn turmeric powder
2 tspn unroasted curry powder
Few curry leves
1 cup coconut milk

Method

Place the Thai egg plant(ela batu) in a shopping bag and seal it by tying a knot. Then tap on the batu using something heavy until they cracks. Remove from bag and discard the stem and the seeds in the middle and wash them well. Cut if the pieces are too big and set aside. Now heat a pan and add a little cooking oil and add the sliced onions. When it's light brown add chopped garlic, green chillies, curry leaves and maldive fish and stir well. Then add the ela batu pieces and add a little turmeic powder, curry powder and salt to taste. Add a little water and let it simmer for 8 to 10 minutes. When it's done add coconut milk and cook for few more minutes and remove from fire.Add a little lime juice if desired.

BITTERGOURD (KARAVILA) CURRY

Ingredients

1 lb Indian Bittergourd(karewila)
Sliced Onions
1 green chillie
1 clove Garlic crushed
Curry leaves and Rampe(pander leaves)
Red chillie powder
Unroasted curry powder
Salt to taste
Tamarind juice
Cooking oil

Method

Wash the Bitter gourd well and cut them into small pieces. Heat a pan and add a little cooking oil and brown the sliced onions. Then chopped green chillies , garlic and curry leaves. Then add the bittergourd and stir it well. Now add red chillie powder, curry powder and salt to taste. Finally add thick tamarind juice and cook we

MALE PICKLE

Ingredients

Banana peppers(malu miris) 250 g
small red onions 250 g
carrots 100 g
Dates 250 g
Sugar 100 g
Vinegar
Grinded mustard powder
chopped garlic and Ginger
Red chillie powder 60 g
2 pickled lime
1/2 cup cubed pineapple
Salt to taste

Method

Cut the carrots into thin stipes, Bananna peppers into regular size pieces, Onions into two(if they are big),pickled lime and Dates into thin stripes and set aside.
Now add vinegar, grinded mustard powder, chopped garlic and ginger, red chillie powder into a pan and cook for a while.Add sugar and stir well. When the mixture is boiling add the carrots, banana peppers, Dates, pineapple, pickeled lime and mix well.After a while remove from fire.

MANGO CURRY

Ingredients

2 Mangoes
Sliced onions
curry leaves and Rampe(pander leaves)
1-2 green chillies
1 stick Cinnamon
Cooking oil for tempering
turmeric powder
Red chillie powder
Curry powder
Coconut milk
Salt to taste
1 tbpn Sugar

Method

Wash the Mangoes well and cut them into desired pieces.Heat a pan and add a little cooking oil and temper the onions and curry leaves and Rampe.Then add turmeric powder, curry powder, chillie powder and let it fry for a while. Now add maldive fish, salt, Mango and coconut milk and let it cook.When it's done add a little sugar and remove from fire.

CABBAGE STIR-FRY

Ingredients

1 Cabbage
2 or 3 carrots
chopped ginger
crushed dried red chillies
Cooking oil
Salt to taste
Vinegar
3 green chillies

Method

Wash the cabbage well.Shredd the cabbage or cut it very thinly and set aside.Peel the carrots and grate the carrots.Heat a large pan and add some oil. When it's hot add the cabbage and stir-fry well.When it's done add the carrots, chopped ginger, chopped green chillies, salt, vinegar and stir well. Now add crushed red chillies and remove from fire.

GREEN BEANS WITH PARMESAN CHEESE

Ingredients

Green beans 1lb
chopped onions
chopped garlic and ginger
Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese or any other cheese

Method

Wash the green beans well and cut them into small pieces.Keep all the other ingredients ready.Now heat a pan with some margarine or butter.When it's heated add the onions.When it's light brown add garlic,ginger and turmeric powder.Now add the green beans and cover the lid and cook well.Add a little water if desired.When the green beans are cooked sprinkle the cheese on top and serve it.

EGGPLANT SALAD(WAMBATU SALAD)

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb Egg plant(Brinjal)
1 bell pepper thinly sliced
1 large onion thinly sliced
1 tomato cut into cubes
Tamarind juice or vinegar
Red chillie powder
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste

Method

Wash the eggplant(brinjals) well and cut into 2 inch size pieces. Coat them with salt and a little turmeric powder and deep fry until egg plant is golden brown. Now cut all the above ingredients and place them in a dish. Then add the fried eggplants and season with salt, sugar, 1 tspn red chillie powder and tamarind juice or vinegar and mix well.

POLOS (GREEN JACK FRUIT) CURRY

Ingredients

1 Green Jack fruit(2 cans of green jack fruit)
Unroasted curry powder
Red chillie powder
Chopped green chillie
Chopped garlic
Sliced onions
1 stick cinnamon
1 tspn mustard seeds
Curry leaves and rampe
1 cup coconut milk
Salt to taste

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Method

Peel the skin of the jack fruit and cut it in to suitable pieces.Heat a pot(use a pressure cooker if possible) and add a little cooking oil and temper the onions.Then add curry leaves,Rampe,mustard seeds,1 stick cinnamon,chopped garlic and green chillies.Now add the green jack fruit and chillie powder,salt and unroasted curry powder and mix well.Add sufficient water cook well.When it's done add thick coconut milk and bring it to a boil.Finally add a little black roasted curry powder(kaku kudu) and shake well.

BANANA FLOWER STIR FRY(KESEL MUWA THEL DALA)

Ingredients

1 Banana Flower
1 large Onion
1 clove of garlic
2 green chillies
1 tbsn Maldive fish
Salt to taste
Crushed dried red chillie
Tamarind or Vinegar

Method

Peel the outer skin of the banana flower.Chop it into very small pieces.Soak it in salt water and drain well.Heat a pan and add a little cooking oil and add the chopped banana flower.Let fry for awhile.Now add sliced onions,Chopped garlic ,maldive fish ,salt and sliced green chillies and stir well.Then add tamarind juice or vinegar and cook well.

DHAL (LENTIL) CURRY

Ingredients
2 Cups Masoor Dhal
Unroasted curry powder
Turmeric powder
Salt to taste

Tempering Ingredients
1/2 of an Onion sliced
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1 Sprig curry leaf
Pander leaf(rampe)
2 tspn Mustard seeds
1 tspn Cumin seeds
2 or 3 dried red chillies

Method

Wash the Dhal well and add sufficient water.Then add unroasted curry powder and turmeric powder and cook well.When the Dhal is done add salt to taste.Now add a little coconut milk and take it out of the stove.
For tempering heat a non stick pan and add a little cooking oil and brown the sliced onions.Then add the rest of the Ingredients.Lastly add a little bit of red chillie powder for a nice aroma and taste.Take it out of the stove and add it to the dhal curry and mix well.

MUSHROOM STIR-FRY

Ingredients
1 pk Button Mushrooms or any other kind
1 Onion Sliced
Chopped ginger and garlic
Sliced green or red bell pepper
Salt to taste
1 tspn unroasted curry powder
Soy Sauce
1 teaspoon crushed dried red chilli
Margarine or Cooking oil
1 small Tomato

Method

Wash the Mushrooms well and slice them.Get all the other Ingredients ready.Heat a pan and add Margarine or 1tbsn cooking oil.Toss the sliced onions and let it brown.Then add sliced bell pepper(you can use green chillies),chopped garlic and ginger.Now add the mushrooms and stir well.Then add Unroasted curry powder,soy sauce and crushed chilli.Stir well and close the lid for a while .Now add the sliced tomato and take it out of the stove.(Mushrooms contains water.So no need to add extra water)

CASHEW CURRY WITH MIXED VEGETABLES

Ingredients

Cashews(raw) 500g
1 tspn baking powder
1 tspn turmeric powder
1 tspn unroasted curry powder
2 or 3 large carrots cut into small cubes
green peas 200g
1 cinnamon stick
1 onion sliced
curry leaves and rampe(pander leaves)
Cooking oil for tempering
Salt to taste
Coconut milk(thick)

Method

Place the cashews in a bowl and pour boiling water and add 1tspn baking powder and soak overnight. Drain the excess water and wash well before cooking. Then heat 1tbspn cooking oil in a pan and when it's hot add the sliced onions and stir well. When the onions turn golden brown add the curry leves, rampe and the cinnamon stick and stir well. Now add the cashews, salt, turmeric powder and unroasted curry powder and mix well. Then add sufficient water and cook well. When the cashews are done add the cubed carrots and green peas and cook for few more minutes. Lastly add thick coconut milk and bring it to a boil and remove from the stove and enjoy.