Friday, September 26, 2008

Crispy Meat (Baked)

(You can use either Beef or Pork)

1Kg Meat (Nuckle Meat is better- there should be less oil)
25g Garlic minced (Sudu luunu)
25g Onion minced (Luunu)
1 table spoons grinded mustard (ambarapu
Aba )
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoons pepper
100ml corn oil / coconut oil
3 teaspoons Chili powder

Cut the meat into large pieces.

Mix all the above mentioned items, other than meat make a mixture.

Now mix the mixture with the meat, and rest for few hours (so that the taste will be absorbed by the meat)

Bake the meat for about 40 minutes 160C.

When serving if required cut the meat into smaller pieces.

Can serve with tomato/ chili source or with mash potato.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Mung ata Kiribath (Green Gram Milk Rice)

1Kg raw white or red rice
1 cup green grams (mung ata)
coconut milk of a half coconut (whole coconut is better)
Salt to taste.



Soak greengrams(mung ata) in water overnight (At least 4-6 hrs).Wash rice and greengrams and add them to a rice cooker.
Add water as we are cooking rice and add salt to taste.

When the rice is about to done add coconut milk and stir well. (Make sure the rice is boiled well)
Add more salt if required.

Cook for a few more minutes till the coconut milk is absorbed well.
When cooked, serve it to a flat dish or plate and flatten smoothly with a knife.
When it's getting cool cut it into diamond shapes.

Serve with lunu miris (chili paste) or with sugar

Friday, September 12, 2008

Ala Roti - Potatoe Roti

Serves 2 - 3 people

500g of flour
500g Boiled potatoes
2 teaspoon salt
water
100g margerine/butter
1 egg


Optional
some curry leaves (Karapincha)
1 big onions
1 teaspoon pepper
3-4 green chillis (amu miris)



Put the boiled potatoes into a large bowl mash them and add flour, salt, baking powder and mix for about a minute.
Then add butter and egg and mix. Then add water little by little and mix well until it makes a whole dough (This takes about 5 minutes)


Optional - to taste better
Chop the big onions and green chillis into small pieces.
Add the chopped items, pepper, salt (to taste) and curry leaves into the dough and mix well



Make small balls out of the dough from hand and flat it on a plate or a board (make it thin using hand).
Tip - Make the plate and hands wet, so that the dough won't get stick to your hand or plate (No need to put oil)

Heat a nonstick pan or (Roti thatiya) and and add the roti on to it and burn both sides (for about 2-3 minutes)


Serve Ala Roti with Lunu Misris (Chilli Paste) or with a curry.