Pala thalikalu | Godhuma Palathalikalu | Palathalikalu with jaggery | Vinayaka chavithi sweets | Ganesh chaturthi prasadam

Happy vinayaka chaturthi wishes to all my friends..Hope you all enjoying this beautiful festival with fulll of fun and happiness..I hope All families who are bringing Ganesha home this year will be already busy with the preparations..All Indian festivals are incomplete without some really delicious sweet dish recipes. But the Ganesh Chaturthi recipes are different. They are not just for us foodies. Even Lord Ganesha loves to gorge on these special delicacies. That is why, these Ganesh Chaturthi recipes can be presented to Ganpati Bappa as well. As Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival that is mainly celebrated in Maharashtra,andhra pradesh and Karnataka, most of these recipes belong to these three states.

Chicken Korma | Easy chicken kurma | chicken korma with coconut | Quick and easy pressure cooker chicken curries

With day by day cooking women becomes perfect in cooking,slowly they becomes experts in few categories too. In my case,with 8 years of involvement in cooking,i feel i cook well non-veg dishes,sweets specially baking breads..Instead of cooking same old curries or gravies with chicken I prefer different versions..This is my very own creation which i have cooked in hurry for dinner last few weeks back and came out so well.So,thought to share in blog and luckily I took step by step pictures..

The Key of the recipe is ground masala.Here,I will you a wonderful tip which helps you to make many more other dishes.that is,you can use this coconut ground masala paste for many other graviesLike for mushroom,baby corn,paneer,peas,potato or beans.Even you can cook the mutton with the same recipe. coconut is the main ingredient to make korma and the khus khus,cashews enhances the dish taste. Try it next time and enjoy with hot rotis..

Ingredients 

chicken with bones - 1/2 kg -500 grams
onion-1 big
ginger garlic paste/GGP -1 tsp
tomato-1 big or tomato puree- 1/3 cup

salt-to taste

water-1/2 cup -3/4 cup

oil-1 tbsp

red chili powder -2 tsps

finely chopped green chillies-2

turmeric powder -1/2 tsp

coriander powder-1 tsp

cumin powder-1 tsp

chicken masala powder-1 tsp

garam masala-1/2 tsp

coriander+mint leaves -1 handful+1 handful

To grind Masala

Coconut pieces-1/3 cup

cashews-4-5

khus khus/gasagasalu- 1 tbsp

Preparation

Heat oil in pressure cooker,throw in cumin seeds,cinnamon stick,cloves,cardamom pods.. Saute onion,GGP until light brown in color.. Now add in washed chicken,spice powders and mix well.

Now add in coriander+mint leaves, ground coconut mixture,tomato puree and mix well.Pressure cook for 20-25 minutes in medium flame.

Now throw garam masala,coriander,cumin,chicken masala powders, and cook for 5 more minutes in hig flame..tur off and serve hot with roti,chapathi or rice.

Your`s lovingly,
Usha Rani.G 

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Mutton is a tough and strongly-flavored meat that needs to be marinated and cooked well to bring out its unique taste. After started cooking mutton in my kitchen loving to try new dishes every time..So,this time  I came with another indian popular recipe called red mutton curry.. It is a famous dish from Rajasthan..

chocolate pound cake | perfect chocolate pound cake | Easy chocolate pound cake | Moist and best chocolate pound cake with step by step pictures

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Friday with a friend Guest post by Madhavi | Date fruit cake | Date-nut fruit cake | Dry fruit cake | Plum cake | Dried fruit & nut cake loaf | Quick and easy date fruit cake loaf

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Eggless banana double chocolate cupcakes | Eggless wheat flour double chocolate banana muffins | Eggless muffins |

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