Sauteed Shrimp

I love this recipe because i can prepare this dish  in 10 minutes.Goes well as a side dish with rice,pappucharu.

Ingredients:

1 pound jumbo shrimp, unpeeled(22-25 count)
1 tbsp butter+1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp ginger garlic paste or just garlic paste
pinch of turmeric powder
1/4 th tsp red chili powder or pepper.
salt to taste

Method:

1 Clean shrimp using salt and lemon juice and keep side.
2..Heat butter/oil in a large sauteed pan on medium heat.
3.Add ginger garlic paste and turmeric powder saute for 30 second.Now add shrimp saute for 2 minutes .
4.Add salt,red chili powder.Saute for few more minutes and serve immediately.
5.You can sprinkle some lemon juice before eating if you want to.

Potato Kurma/aloo Kurma

Potato kurma goes well with rice,roti,puri and also in sandwich.

Aloo Kurma

Cook time:30 min  
Serves:2-3
Ingredients:  
3 medium potatoes(boiled,peeled and cubed)
3-4 green chillies or to taste
1 medium onion thinly sliced
1 sprig curry leaves
1 tbsp chopped coriender leaves
1 and 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp red chilli powder  
1 tsp coriender powder 
salt to taste
1/2 tsp mustard and zeera each  
2 tbsp oil

Method:
1.In a non-stick wide pan heat oil, once hot add zeera and mustard. Let them sizzle
2.Add green chillies and sliced onion saute till light brown.
3.Add ginger garlic paste fry for 2 min,add curry leaves,then add turmeric powder, fry for 30 seconds.  
4.Add potato pieces,saute on high for 2-3 minutes,add salt and close the lid.Cook for 5-7 minutes on medium flame.  
5.Now add red chilli powder,coriander powder.fry for 2-3 minutes without lid. 6.Garnish with coriender leave. 

Pappu,aloo kurma with rice

Fish Tawa Fry

Fish fry

Ingredients:

4 tilapia fillets/cat fish(approx 1lb or ½ kg)
2-3 Green chilies
1 tsp Red chili powder
1 tsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Cumin powder
1/4th tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp Garam masala
1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp lime/lemon juice/tamarind juice
2 tbsps Oil for tawa fry
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves for garnish

Method:
1.Clean fish with salt and lime juice.Keep it aside.
2.Marinate fish fillets with above ingredients except oil for 20-30 minutes(the longer the better).
3.Now take a non stick pan/tawa.Add oil,once it is hot add the fish pieces.Fry them on one side for 3-4 minutes and turn them over.Cook for another 3-4 minutes.
4.Garnish with some more coriander leaves.

Shrimp Curry/Prawns Curry

Shrimp is one of our family favorite seafood’s because of its taste and it cooks really fast. Whenever you are planning to cook any shrimp recipe. All you need to do is.Open the freezer, take out some shrimp from the pack. Defrost them and they will be ready by the time you put other ingredients together(here in US)taste will always be better if made with fresh shrimp.

Shrimp Curry

Prep time 15 minutes
Cook time:30 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients: 

½ kg shrimp (approx 1lb)(washed with limejuice and drained)

3 large onions finely chopped
3-4 green chilies
1 and ½ tsp ginger garlic paste

1 tsp red chili powder
1 tbsp dry coconut powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
Cilantro chopped
1 tsp lime juice
Salt to taste
2 tbsp oil for cooking

Method:
1.In a large skillet over medium heat. Heat oil. Add green chilies, half of the garam masala powder and onion. Stirring occasionally, cook until golden. Takes about 15-20 minutes.
2.Add ginger garlic paste. Cook for a minute till raw smell goes away. Add turmeric powder and after few seconds add shrimp. Fry for 3-4 minutes. Do not add any water to this.
3.Now add salt,red chili powder,coriander powder and coconut powder.Cook for few minutes on very low flame.
4.Add left over garam masala and a few drops of lime juice. Immediately sprinkle some coriander leaves and turn off the heat.
5.Serve hot with rice or rotis.

 
Variation:
1.For better taste clean the shrimp. Marinate with a mixture of lime juice ,turmeric and a little salt.
2.You can add some tamarind paste(very little) to this curry before adding dry masalas.

Note: 

Do not over cook shrimp.

Frozen Shrimp that has not been cooked and de veined will have better flavor.

Cauliflower Green Peas Stir Fry

We can transform a boring vegetable like cauliflower to something tasty by adding some seasoning and spices.Can make delicious recipes like cauliflower stir fry,cauliflower Manchuria(dry/wet),roasted cauliflower with Parmesan etc.Below is the recipe for cauliflower green peas stirfry.Other recipes are on their way…

Cauliflower stir fry 

Ingredients:

½ cauliflower(makes 3 cups) cored and cut into small florets(1 inch wide)

1 cup green peas

½ cup corn(optional)

1 medium onion finely sliced

3  green chilies slit

1 sprig curry leaves

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

1 tbsp coriander powder

½ tsp chilli powder or to taste

salt to taste

2 tbsp oil

Chopped coriander leaves for garnish

Method:

1. Heat oil in a wide non stick skillet .Add cumin and mustard. Let them sizzle.

2. Add green chilies, curry leaves and sliced onion to it.fry till onion becomes translucent.

3. Add ginger garlic paste. Fry for 2 minutes then add turmeric powder.

4. Now add cauliflower florets,green peas and corn.Cook them for 3-4 minutes on medium high.

5. Now add salt, red chili powder and coriander(dania) powder. Cover and cook for about 7-8 minutes or until cauliflower is crisp tender. Stir occasionally.

6. Open the lid cook for few more minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Note:

Stir fries need constant stirring otherwise it will burn.

This stir fry goes well with roti/rice.

Aloo fry/Potato stir fry/bangaladumpa vepudu

This is our all-time favorite stir fry as potatoes are easily available here in any grocery store, it is tasty and easy to make.My mom used to make this very often along with rice and pappucharu(sambhar).

Potato stir fry

Prep time:5 minutes

Cook time:25 min

Serves:2-3

Ingredients:

3 medium potatoes(peeled and cubed and put in the salted water)

3 green chilies

1 sprig curry leaves

1 tbsp chopped coriender leaves

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp coriender powder

1/2 tsp mustard and zeera each

1 tbsp oil

Method:

1.In a non-stick wide pan heat oil,once hot add zeera and mustard.Let them sizzle.

2.Add green chillies,ginger garlic paste fry for 2 min,add curry leaves,then add turmeric powder, fry for 30 seconds.

3.Add potato pieces,saute on high for 2-3 minutes,add salt and close the lid.Cook till they are almost done on medium flame.

Stir in between.

4.Now add red chilli powder,coriander powder.fry for 3-4 minutes on high without the lid. until they turn golden brown.

5.Garnish with coriender leaves

6.Tastes good if served immediately

TIP:

Keeping potatoes in salty water not only helps them from turning brown after peeling and cutting,but also helps to get crispy.