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Bird's Nest (quick and easy with step by step pics...)

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Ingredients: Potato - 3 small or 1 big Carrot - 1 medium Salt - as required Water - 1 cup to cook the vegetables Egg - 2 + 1 beaten for coating Onion - 1 Garlic - 2 pods grated Ginger - 1 small piece grated Green chilly - 1 slitted or chopped Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder - 1 tsp Corriander leaves - 4 chopped finely Vermicelli - as needed Oil - 2 tbsp + for frying Preparation: 1.Wash,Peel and cut the potatoes and carrot roughly,Add this to a pressure cooker along with a cup of water,salt and a pinch of turmeric powder,cook on medium until 3 to 4 whistles and switch off.Allow it to release pressure. 2.In a saucepan,add 2 egg along with water and salt,boil for 10 minutes and keep closed. 3.When potatoes are cooled ,remove to a bowl,discard water.Remove the skin of boiled egg and keep aside. 4.Slice the onion and grate ginger and garlic,slit green chilly and chop the corriander leaves.Heat oil in a pan, add the

ONION BHAJI/ONION PAKORAS

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Ingredients: Onion - 3 onion medium sliced thinely Green chilly - 1 or 2 as u need Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp Corriander powder - 1/2 tsp Cumin/jeera - 1/4 tsp Curry leaves - 2 leaves chopped Corriander leaves - 4 chopped Salt - to taste Besan/gram flour - 1 cup + as per needed Water -little to sprinkle Oil - for deep frying Preparation: 1.In a bowl add the sliced onion,green chilly chopped,red chilly powder,corriander powder,cumin,curry leaves ,corriander powder and salt.Mix well. 2.Slowly add besan flour(b careful while adding flour,dont add more,just enough to coat)and mix to make a sticking  paste by adding little water. 3.Heat oil in a kadai on medium flame and when hot carefully place a heapful tablespoon (or using hand)of batter  into it in small batches.  4.Deep fry until lightly brown on both the sides and remove to a plate with kitchen tissue.  I  am sending this to the event joy from fasting to feasting -V  hosted by yummy food. A

KOZHI CURRY/ CHICKEN CURRY (easy chicken curry with coconut milk powder)

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 Ingredients: Chicken - 1 small or 1/2 of 1 big cut into pieces Onion - 2 medium chopped Tomato - 1/2 of 1 if ripe or else 1 chopped Ginger - garlic paste - 1 tbsp Green chilly - 2 slitted Corriander leaves - a few chopped Coconut milk powder - 3 tbsp Water - 1 + 1/2 cup Red chilly powder - 2 & 1/2 tsp Corriander powder - 2 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Chicken masala - 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder - 1 tsp Salt - as per needed Oil - 2 tbsp Preparation: 1. Clean and cut the chicken into small pieces and wash well 3-4 times and adda bit salt n wash well,drain. 2.Heat a pan on mediumflame and add 2 tbsp oil.To this add the chopped onion and saute till brown and translucent. 3.Add ginger- garlic paste  and add green chilly.Saute for 2-3 seconds until raw smell fades. 4.Add chopped tomatoes,salt and saute until tomatoes are cooked. 5.Add the cleaned and drained  chicken pieces along with redchilly powder,corriander powder,turm