Rinse the lemons and dry it on a newspaper so as to remove the wetness. Cut into cubes as shown. In a kadai, heat a tea spoon of sesame oil and roast the asafoetida rock.
Once it starts to melt remove it and add the red chilli, mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds and roast till the mustard seeds pop out.
Grind all the roasted ingredients to coarse powder. Keep them aside.
Now heat the kadai with the remaining oil.
Tamper mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Add salt and turmeric powder.
After two to three stirs add the lemon cubes and sprinkle the powder over it.
Mix the contents thoroughly in kadai while on stove.
Once mixed well, remove from stove, allow it to cool and transfer the contents to air tight vessel or jar.
Allow two weeks of marination time for pickle before it could be used.
Note: The remains in pan can be mixed with hot rice and can be delighted as hot spice ladoos.
Biscuit cake is an easy to prepare dessert with little and easily available ingredients. This dessert can be frozen and can be fresh for one week. It is kids friendly and a rich dessert.
Preparation time: 10 mins Processing time: time to freeze
Preparation
Condensed milk + cream
Pour the table cream and condensed milk together in a bowl and beat well to get it evenly mixed.
In a cake pan, grease the pan with 2 spoons of beaten milk and layer the biscuits to fit the pan. Spread the beaten milk over the layered biscuits.
And continue layering biscuits over the milk spread. Continue it till the prepared mix is done and the cake pan fits it. I have used chocolate flavor of Graham's biscuits. The biscuits can also be opted for Oreo, Chocolate flavored Marie biscuits.
Finally go for topping with fruit mix or choco chips over the arrangement and refrigerate in freezer for at least 2 hours so that the consistency is thicker like cake.
It can be served by cutting into cubes seasoning with fresh banana cubes.
Crabs though look complicated to be cooked, the actual process is so simple as pictured here and once cooked its taste rules all the seafood. Here you go, the video shows you how easily and comfortably you can clean it with the normal tooth brush to reach its nook and corners. If the crabs are live just immerse them in hot water and go ahead.
Once cleaned, crabs can be cut into two halves first and its legs can also be separated. Crabs can be cooked as a whole also, but I personally felt that the spices were not getting in and the gravy was alag ya was aloof from that of crab. So I just wished to have them cut off.
Crabs cleaned and cut
Ingredients
Male Crab - 1 kg - I preferred male crabs as it has low fat
Make coarse paste of tomato followed by ginger, garlic paste. Get ready with one more paste of coconut, fennel, pepper, cumin, chilli. Heat the pan. A wider pan would be recommended. Add oil. Once hot add cinnamon, cloves, star anise, curry leaves, shallots and lemon grass. Give a mix till the onions become transparent. Now add tomato, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt. Mix well till oil separates and now add crab and a cup of water. Give one more mix and close the lid. Crab cooks very quickly within 10 to 15 minutes. Once it is cooked one can feel the strong aroma of crab and it can be further cut with a spoon also.
Shallots, ginger garlic paster, turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt being fried
Now add the coconut paste, mix well and add 1 cup of water to immerse the crab in spice mix and close the lid for 5 more minutes.
Open the lid , confirm your desired salt in dish. Corriander leaves can be garnished and transferred to a serving bowl.
Crab gravy masala
Crab gravy suits with hot rice either Ponni or Thai rice. Enjoy the healthy and delicious crab gravy as per your wish.
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