North Indian Tomato Soup

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Chicken Biryani - South Indian Recipes

Ingredients For Simple and Yummy Chicken Biryani

1/2 KG Boneless Chicken
4 Cups of Basmati Rice
3-4 Onion Chopped
Puree of 3-4 Tomatoes
1 tbs Ginger Paste
Garlic Paste (7-8 Cloves)
1 tbs Chilli Powder
1/2 tbs Turmeric
1 tbs Coriander Powder
1 tbs Roasted Cumin Powder
1/2 tbs Garam Masala Powder
1 tbs Chicken Biryani Powder
1 Cup Yogurt
1/2 tbs Ajwain(Good for Digestion)
Fresh Coriander Leaves for garnish
Salt to taste
Oil 2-3 tbs
6 Cups of Water (For cooking rice)

Sambar - South Indian

Ingredients

Half cup tur dal, pressure cooked. After cooking, it will be around 1 to 1.5 cups, including water
Any vegetable- Okra or Capsicum, of small onion. Three fourth of a cup
Chopped onion- Half (optional)
Chopped tomato-Half
Mustard- 20 grains
Fenugreek- 5 grains
Oil
Curry leaves (You get this fresh in Indian store)
Tamarind- One to one hand half teaspoon dissolved in warm water (and remove all solid, after maxing well with hand). The volume should be now 2 or 3 cups
Sambar powder- One teaspoon (if you want mild) or two teaspoons (medium spicy)
Salt

Heat oil, put mustard and fenugreek, when crackle, add curry leaves and chopped onion. When it starts changing colour, add tomato, Okra or Capsicum or small onion.

Fry for some time (1 minute or more). Add tamarind water and salt. Add sambar powder. Let this boil till reduced to one third. Add cooked tur dhal. After boiling for 2-3 minutes, it is ready

Note- In respect of some vegetables, such as Potato, boil it, before you put it in place of other vegetable, as Potato is difficult to cook. Use large pieces, else it will dissolve. If you are planning to make Sambar of turnip or radish, then cut this and add it to toor dal before cooking tur dal itself.

Combination- Plain rice and Papad (available in most Indian store, just put in microwave for 30 seconds or more, just before you eat)

Tomato Soup - North Indian Recipe

Ingredients:

1½ kg ripe tomatoes,chopped 
1 tbsp chopped lemon grass 
2 curry leaves 
2" fresh ginger,peeled & chopped 
1 tsp salt 
4 fl oz water 
4 fl oz single cream 
1 pt milk 
1 tsp ground roasted cumin seeds 
pinch ground black pepper 
pinch cayenne pepper 
2 tsps lime or lemon juice 
1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Method:

Put the tomatoes, lemon grass, ginger, salt and water into a saucepan and bring to boil. Lower the heat and cover the simmer gently for 15 minutes. 
Uncover, increase the heat and simmer more rapidly for another 15 minutes. Take the tomato puree in a liquidizer and sieve. You should have about ¾ of thick tomato juice. 
Add cream, milk, cumin seeds, black pepper and lime or lemon juice. Stir together well and reheat gently without boiling. 
Serve garnished with freshly chopped coriander.

Chicken Biryani - South Indian Recipes

Ingredients For Simple and Yummy Chicken Biryani

1/2 KG Boneless Chicken 
4 Cups of Basmati Rice
3-4 Onion Chopped
Puree of 3-4 Tomatoes
1 tbs Ginger Paste
Garlic Paste (7-8 Cloves)
1 tbs Chilli Powder
1/2 tbs Turmeric
1 tbs Coriander Powder
1 tbs Roasted Cumin Powder
1/2 tbs Garam Masala Powder
1 tbs Chicken Biryani Powder
1 Cup Yogurt
1/2 tbs Ajwain(Good for Digestion)
Fresh Coriander Leaves for garnish
Salt to taste
Oil 2-3 tbs
6 Cups of Water (For cooking rice)

Preparation for Marination: 
Take a nice big bowl now mix Yogurt, Tomato puree, ginger-garlic paste, chilli powder, turmeric, cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, biryani masala and salt for taste in a bowl.  Take 1/2 kg chicken n marinade for 1 hr in the mixture.
Soak Rice for 1/2 hr.

Method 

Take a kadhai, put oil in it let the oil heat. Add ajwain fry for few seconds now add chopped onions fry it till nice brown colour. Now add the marinaded chicken in kadhai let the chicken cook for 10-15 mins. Now add soaked rice. Stir rice for few seconds, now add water, put a lid on the kadhai, let the rice cook on a low flame for 15-20 mins or till the rice is cooked well. When cooked properly garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve hot.