Springfield Recipes

Sanjay Manohar & parents, 2010

Madras fried mince

Hot oil (but not not fried) for 1 min:
 2 level  tsp coriander powder
 1/4 tsp tumeric
 2 tsp chilli powder
 1 tsp asafoetida
 1-2 tsp fenugreek
Add turkey mince 1kg
Fry / cook, continuously mixing, till dry
 3 inch ginger 
 11 garlic
Wet ground, fry 1 min
 2 tbsp yoghurt
 1 onion
 6 green chilli
 1/2 pack fresh coriander stems
Simmer 10 min
 4 potatoes microwaved for 10 min in water, cooled and diced 
 coriander leaves
 1/2 onion
 salt
Simmer 5 min

Manohar House Biryani

Oil
Ghee
Clove 8
Cardamom 8
Cinnamon 4
Bay leaf 8
- fry for 2 min
Onion 2
- Brown for 10 min
Ginger 2 palms
Chilli 20
Garlic 12
- blended with cup water
- cook 15 min low heat stirring until not pungent
- preheat oven 150
Turmeric 1 tsp
Chilli 1 tsp
Mint 40g
Coriander 1 bunch
- chopped and added, 5 mins
Tomatoes 4, quartered
Salt 2 tbsp
Chicken 12 breasts
- cook high heat 15-20 min, stirring, until fluid
Yoghurt 250g (half carton)
Coconut milk 1 can
- bring to boil 5 Min
Juice of 1 lemon
Extra salt till salty
Rice 3-4 cups
- boil 5 min stirring continuously until porridge-like
- foil under lid, bake at 150 deg for 5 min until smell
- bake 1 hr at 100 C, stand 1/2 hr

Mani House Chicken Dry-fry

Fine cut chicken breast 4
1 Salt 1/4 turmeric 1 chilli
1 fennel 2 cinnamon 3 cardamom
microwave 15min with water to cover

Hot oil
Fry 1 onion and 2 strips hand-crushed curryleaves
4-5 garlic + 1 inch ginger, ground
After 1 min add chicken
Fry until brown (10-15 min)
3 green chili + coriander chopped
fry 1 more minute

Madras Sambar

2 cups red split lentils washed
1L water
1/2 tsp asafoetida
1 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp oil
 - boil 15-20 min until lentil soft
 
1 aubergine + 1 marrow, coarse chopped
(drumsticks if available)
10 shallots whole peeled
 - boil 10 min
sambar powder 2 tbsp
tamarind paste 1-2 tbsp
2 tomato quartered
4 potato microwaved and quartered/eighth'ed
8 green chilli longitud sliced
8 garlic cloves halved
salt 1 tbsp
more water to attain watery consistency
 - bring to boil
more salt to taste
coriander leaves 1/2 pack

hot oil 2 tbsp separately
mustard seed 2 tsp
asafoetida pinch
curry leaves 1 strip
red chilli 8
 - heat until spluttering
 - carefully pour onto sambar
 - stir and serve with ghee rice

Moru Kulambu

oil
1 chopped onion
1 tsp turmeric
 - fry until translucent
1L water
1 marrow, coarse chopped
 - boil 5-10 min
2 tomato quartered
4 potato microwaved and quartered/eighth'ed
8-12 green chilli longitud sliced
1 hand ginger, ground
1 strip fresh curry leaves
more water to cover
 - bring to boil
500ml yoghurt
salt 3-4tsp to taste

hot oil 2 tbsp separately
mustard seed 4 tsp
asafoetida 1/2 tsp
curry leaves 1 strip
chana dal 1 tbsp
red chilli 8
 - heat until spluttering
 - carefully pour onto sambar

Madras Upma

oil
1 tsp mustard seed
1 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp chana dal
handful fresh curry leaves
 - heat to splutter
1 chopped onion
 - fry until soft
 
pint water
half bunch of coriander - stems
8 green chilli chopped
1 inch ginger, fine chopped
salt to taste
 - bring to boil
coarse semolina
 - add slowly until semisolid consistency
juice of 1 lemon
coriander leaves
salt to taste

Rasam, 'Mum-hot'

Recipe to follow...


















Home Yellow Cabbage

Oil
Mustard seed 2 tsp
Curry leaves 3 strips
Dry chana dal 1 tbsp
Turmeric 1 tsp
 - heat until sizzling
1 onion thick sliced
1 cabbage sliced 
4 green chilli, halved lengthways
salt to taste
 - fry until cabbage starts to soften
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Burnt-flavour dal

2 cups red split lentil
 - wash until water clears
5 cups water
1 turmeric
 - microwave 20 minutes
1/2 coriander
salt
water until thin porridge consistency

3tbsp oil in pan
1/2 onion thin sliced
1 mustard seed
curry leaf 2 strips
8 dry red chilli
 - sizzle until burnt
 - tip onto dal 
   (point away and stand back)

Burnt ladies fingers

chopped ladies fingers 5-12mm
1 turmeric
1 chilli powder
salt
 - soak 10 min
1 tbsp oil in pan
 - ventilate room
 - fry until black
 - drain on kitchen roll
serve with yoghurt rice

Red Curry Prawns

hot oil
1.5 onion sliced
1 chilli powder
1 turmeric
 - fry until sloppy
800g can tomato
800g prawns
 - simmer 30 min
1 garlic crushed
1/4 coriander
0.5 salt 

Beach Chana

large can chick peas
1 red onion chopped 3-4mm
1/2 coriander
1/2 green hard mango, chopped 5-7mm
1 chilli powder
1/2 salt
drizzle of lemon juice
 - mix and serve