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Sunday, 11 March 2012

lazy cooks nutri nugget and potato manglorean style

Hi...all!.....I'm once again stuck about the name of this dish,by now we're good friends and you know that I'm a punjabi married to a manglorean guy and this dish is from his side of the family...god alone know what its called in mangalore.....but....Since its referred to as the nuggets curry in my house..we'll go with the same.This curry tastes really good with some plain boiled basmati rice...........and this tastes real good when its spicy.
INGRDS
1 packet nutri nuggets(follow the instructions on the packet...soak the nuggets in hot water for at least half hour)
2 big potatoes..peeled and cut into cubes
2 big onions chopped fine
2 big tomatoes chopped fine
a little cilantro chopped fine(about 3 tablespoons)
1 whole pod of garlic chopped fine
2 green chillies chopped fine
1 coconut grated.or 1 tetrapack of coconut milk(its not available here..otherwise i always use the tetra pack)
for the dry masala
1 tablespoon of dhania (corriander) seeds
1 teaspoon of jeera(cumin) seeds
2 teaspoons of peppercorn(black)
6 dried red chillies
1 inch pc of cinnamon
4-5 cloves
grind this together.(.after dry roasting these for a few mins)
METHOD
1.Heat about a tablespoon of oil in a heavy bottomed pan(kadhai)..fry the garlic and green chilli till golden brown.......add the onions ..fry these till golden brown.
2. Add the tomatoes,half the cilantro,the salt and dry masala.....cook till the oil comes out of the masala,now add the nuggets and the potatoes...and enough water to soak all of this...about 1 1/2 cups(sorry forgot to measure this!)...cover with a tight fitting lid.






3.In an ideal world I would have just opened the tetra pack and poured the coconut milk into the curry..once the potatoes are cooked through........however I had to put the  grated coconut in the blender..add some hot water and blend away.....then I'm afraid I don't believe in straining and taking out the coconut milk...I simply dunk the whole thing in the gravy........its ok people..its still tasty..and think of all the health benefits..of consuming the whole coconut!
4.Garnish with some more chopped cilantro...serve hot with boiled basmati rice.
5.The same gravy can be used to make egg curry(just put boiled eggs in when the gravy is done).....or chicken curry.The gravy base is really versatile.........and tastes real good. 
sending this to http://erivumpuliyumm.blogspot.in/2012/02/ep-series-herbs-spicesevent.html