Fish fry - Ancy

fish - salmon, tilapia
store bought fish masala, sprinkle on fish and mix with hand. add salt!! let sit 1 hr.  simi said add black pepper, but ancy doesn't use. should try.

Slice onion, lots
garlic, lots
curry leaves, lots

put oil in skillet, enough for frying. arrange all the garlic and onion as the first layer. arrange the fish on the 2nd layer. then heat up skillet and and cook for some time.

onions and garlic will become brown and black and soooo tasty!

Chicken onion butter

Buy whole baked chicken, in costco or ralphs.

cut up in small pieces, using scisccors is easy.

slice lots of onion.
half stick of butter, or lots.
chopped chili

heat a bit of oil on skillet, splutter ms, add chili, then add butter and onion. fry till almost brown. then add chicken and fry some more for some time. add chili powder halfway for color and taste.

season with s&p.

always so good!!! cannot believe how good this is and super easy. no cleaning no cutting raw chicken.

Rava dosa - instant

put rava, green chili, onion, garlic, whatever, ginger, water.
blend all till smooth. sometimes rava needs to sit in water for sometime before it'll break down in blender.

heat skillet, and make dosa!
so easy.

Simi's bread puddin

Ingredients
1. Egg -3 Nos
2. Sugar - in between (1/4-1/2)cup + 3/4 cup
3. Milk - 2cups
4. Vanilla Extract - 1tbsp
5. Salt - a pinch

Direction
1. In a large bowl mix 3 eggs & sugar. (Sugar measurement is somewhere in between 1/4 - 1/2 cup..(little less than 1/2 cup) )
2. Beat really well the egg & sugar using the egg beater.
3. Add 2 cups of milk and mix it with a spoon.
4. Add 1 tbsp of vanilla extract and mix well with a spoon.
5. Add a pinch of salt ( Actually it is not required. It is used to control the sugar level)
6. Set the bowl aside.
Caramelise the Sugar
7. Heat a sauce pan
8. Add 3/4 cup of sugar to it.
9. You will see the sugar melting. Once it starts melting. Reduce the heat to level 4. Make sure that it doesn't get burnt.
10. Once the sugar gets liquidise (brown in color), pour into the baking tray. Sugar will gets hardened in 5-8 Min's.

12. Once the sugar is hardened, pour the mixture from the bowl into the baking tray.
13. Preheat the oven for 325.
14. Pour water in a tray and put inside the oven.
15. After preheating, put the baking tray on top of the water. (Double boil concept)
16. Wait for 50-55 Min's
17. Put a knife on middle of the tray and see if it comes out smooth. If it comes out smooth then it is done!
18. Set outside till it cools down and then cover it and put inside the refrigerator.

Note:
Better to do a day before.
Generally the baking time is between 50- 60 Min's.

Kadala curry

Soak beans till they expand

Slice onions, 1 big, or more
garlic
chopped chili

fry coconut till brown, blend with water to a paste

heat oil, ms, chili, onion. cook till onion is transluscent. add coriander lots, garam masala less, chili powder less. cook till onion is brown. put on simmer, and leave it while beans are cooking is pressure cooker.

cook beans in PC, add turmeric, and lots of salt. can never make these too salty. retain water, and use these broth for the kadala curry.

once beans cooked, put it in the masala paste, and add the broth as necessary. cook on high, then again sim for some time.

season with CL before serving.

tingbushel tortilla wrap

make omelet with eggs, onions chili, some herbs if avail.
cut up to size. chop tomatoes. arrange in this order, tortilla, egg, tomatoes, wrap.
yum for breakfast.

Guacamole - Trader Joes

Garlic
Tomato
Shallots
Cilantro
Lemon/lime juice

Dice garlic, tomato, shallots, cilantro, and avocados, mix together. Squeeze one small-medium lime over the mixture. Add a bit of salt to taste. Let sit a few minutes before eating/serving.