Achu's Recipes

Mutta thoran (egg sauted with coconut) is an easy to make and tasty side dish for rice. Ingredients Egg - 5 nos: Onion - 2 nos: (finely chopped) Ginger - 1 tsp (finely chopped) Green Chilli - 2-3 nos: (finely chopped) Coconut (grated) - 1 cup Oil - 3 tbsp Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp Curry Leaves - as required Salt - as required Preparation Method Beat the eggs with grated coconut and keep aside. In a wok bring oil to heat and splutter mustard seeds. Add onion, ginger, green chilli and saute till onion become translucent. Add curry and saute for 2 mins: Add egg-coconut mix, wait for 2-3mins: and stir well. Cook in slow flame, stirring continuously and scramble the egg. Saute till egg become slight golden brown flame; remove from flame. The hot Mutta Thoran / Egg sauted with Coconut is ready to serve with rice.

Ingredients Paneer - 200 gms: Onion - 4 nos:  Tomato - 2 nos:  Cashew Nuts - 10-15 nos: Fresh Cream - 100 ml Butter - 100 gms: Red Chili Powder - 2 tbsp Garam Masala - 1 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 tsp Salt - as required Preparation Method Soak cashew nuts in half cup lukewarm water and keep aside for 10-15 mins: Grind  separately  onion, tomato and soaked cashew nuts to a fine paste and keep aside. Cut paneer into 1inch cubes and keep aside. In a thick bottom wok melt butter and fry the paneer till all the sides of the paneer cubes turns to slightly golden brown. Remove paneer from butter and keep aside. To the butter add onion paste, ginger-garlic paste and saute till the raw smell of onion disappear. Add tomato paste and salt saute till the butter start appearing on the sides of the wok. Add chili powder, garam masala and saute in low flame for 2  more mins: Add cashew paste and fresh cream, mix well and cook in low flame till boil...