Chicken fry

I thought making a chicken fry is very difficult. But trust me, it is one of the easiest recipes you can ever have. All you need is the following ingredients:
Chicken - 8-10 pieces cut in medium size.
Red chilli powder - ½ tea spoon.
Turmeric powder - ½ tea spoon
Salt - ½ tea spoon.
Coconut oil - 2 table spoon
Wash the chicken well and then wash it in a salt water. Keep it aside to drain out the water.
Mix well the powders and salt without adding the water. Add the chicken pieces to it and mix it well again, so that the powders get stick to the chicken well. Keep it aside for15-20 minutes.
Turn on the stove, heat the frying pan and heat the oil in it.
Add the chicken pieces and mix it well in the oil.
Cover and let it cook well. Stir occasionally to ensure all pieces gets equal heat on every side.
Wait for 10 to 15 minutes and check if the chicken is cooked well. If yes, turn off the stove, drain out the oil from the chicken and have your chicken fry.

Tips:
Adding curry leaves to the oil before adding the chicken gives you a great taste.
Adding some lemon juice also gives a great taste.
PS: A special thanks to my room mate Athif Abdul Aziz.

Cabbage thoran

A very good healthy side dish for rice. The simplicity of this dish will force you to have it every time with rice. These are the ingredients required:

Cabbage : ¼ of a medium sized one.
Red chilli powder : ½ teaspoon
Turmeric powder : ½ teaspoon
Coconut oil : 2 table spoon
Mustard seeds : ½ teaspoon
Salt : ½ teaspoon

Cut the cabbage into small pieces
Add turmeric and red chilli powder into a bowl. Mix them and then mix the cabbage to it so that the powders get stick to the cabbage well.
Mix the salt in a very little of water and pour it to the cabbage and mix it again.
Turn on the stove and heat a pan. Add coconut oil to it and after sometime add mustard seeds to it. When it stops spluttering, add the cabbage to it. Stir it well initially and then stir it occasionally. When the cabbage colour changes to a semi transparent, turn of the stove and have your cabbage thoran.

TIPS: varying the amount of spice powders will change the taste of the thoran. Try different quantities and find out your own taste!

Curd salad

A highly recommended side dish for your rice and this is specially useful during summer. It won’t take more than 2 minutes to prepare a curd salad! All you need is the following ingredients:
Curd - 200ml
Onion - 1 small piece.
Green chilli - 1 medium size.
Salt - ½ tea spoon.

Cut the onion into small pieces and cut the green chilli into 2-3 pieces. Put every thing into a bowl, add salt and stir well. Have your curd salad.

Tips:
Always prepare curd salad for your rice especially if you are trying a new curry for the rice. You can peacefully enjoy your rice in case you have made a mess out of your new "curry"!

Scrambled egg (Kuthippori)

You need a lot of patience and care to make a scrambled egg. But your patience get paid in the form of a tasty dish. Lets see the ingredients:
Eggs 3
Onions 2 medium size
Green chilli 1 medium size
tomato 1 medium size
Garlic pieces 4-5
Pepper powder 1 teaspoon
Coconut oil 2 table spoon
Salt 1/2 teaspoon

Chop the onions into small pieces and cut the tomato into 2 halves and make slices from it. Then cut the green chilli into small pieces.

Beat the egg contents in a glass along with the green chilli pieces and salt and keep it aside.

Turn on the stove and heat your frying pan. Add 2 table spoon of oil in it. After the oil get enough heat, transfer the onion to the frying pan and stir it well till it become transparent color.

Add the tomato and the garlic pieces to it and continue stirring occasionally. After stirring for around 1 minute, tomato gets melted and the onion gets a reddish color. Then add the beaten eggs to it.

Wait for few seconds till the egg becomes semi solid and then scramble it and repeat scrambling it till it becomes a solid small pieces. Then add the pepper powder to it and scramble it again for few seconds. Turn off the stove and have your scrambled egg!!

Tips: It takes a while to expertise the scrambled egg. Many trial and errors required. Don't get disappointed if you don't get the correct proportion in the first few attempts.

Omelet

Another easy stuff.. You need just 2 eggs, one medium sized onion, green chilli, salt, pepper powder and 2 teaspoon of oil (preferably coconut oil). Chop the onion and green chilli into small pieces. Transfer the egg contents to a glass, add the chilli pieces, chopped onion and a half tea spoon of salt into it. Beat the egg thoroughly. Turn on the stove and heat the frying pan. Add 2 teaspoon of oil and spread it through out the pan. After a minute transfer the beaten eggs into the frying pan. After a minute or so, the contents become solid and carefully turn the omelet up side down and keep it for 15-20 seconds. Turn off the stove and add some pepper powder to it and have your omelet.

Tips: Oils makes it easy to turn over the omelet and it helps to reach the heat uniformly across the omelet. But too much oil is not good for your health! use it sensibly.