The good thing about Hilsa, is that it cooks really fast, so don’t wait too long to turn the side. I fried maybe 4 minutes on each side on high heat? As you know, I don’t measure, neither time nor quantity. A good cook knows how to feel with all senses… Mostly sight and smell eh

I Fried the fish in Mustard Oil. Any other oil is a Sacrilege when you are dealing with Fish. Just make sure that you heat the oil till all the bubbles have gone and start to release a fume.. Learn to know the smell. I usually wave my hand over the oil towards myself to check the smell. Undercooked Mustard oil has a bad smell. Burnt oil is no good either. Hmm, maybe I will do a Video. Once the oil is propah-ly heated, let the fish slid down a flat spatula, or use a pair of Steel tongs. Beware of all the oil that will spill out and jump out all over the place. I use a large Lid as a Shield. A Lid with a knob to hold. If not, use a large steel plate, and hold it with a Clamp.

DON’T cover the frying Pan totally. Just cover enough to catch the nasty flying oil. Leave space for the fumes to leave though.

We has a few fried Hilsa, and cooked the rest, with Onions, Ginger-garlic, green chilli, tomatoes, and Potatoes, yes…

The Hilsa curry also turned out exceptionally well. Will blog about it, sooner this time. Last time I took 3 years lol.

A) 1 Kilo Hilsa cleaned* cut into Steak:
* Only the skin is cleaned. The stoimach should be left there after removing the gall bladder.

B) Wash, and then Pat dry. Marinate very lightly with Red Chilli, Turmeric, some Salt, Cumin powder, COriander Powder. Keep for 3-4 hours.

C) Heat Mustard Oil in a Frying Pan, till all bubbles are gone and oil starts to fume. (Learn o smell)

D) Lower heat, and let the fish slid slowly. Use a Large Place pr Lid as a Shield from all the oil that woll fly.

E) Fry for about 2 minutes and check if it is cooked. Color should turn brown. Turn and cook the other side.. GOODNESS

Because every middle class and above household in India owns at least a Hawkins pressure cooker, I have had good returns on the Hawkins stock I own. I personally own several sizes of Hawkins. Besides pulses, I also cook my rice and most of my meat curries in a pressure cooker.

When in India I used to cook meat in Kadhai, unless, I wanted to cook real tender meat. So I have been using Pressure cooker for many types of cooking. it was only after I had to stay for an elongated stay at the US that I realized how much more useful the pressure cooker is. Lesser quality brands builds the pressure cooker with thinner aluminum body, but the Hawkins cookers are build with the right thickness that if you can control the heat it will never burn your food, which is a common phenomenon for cooking slow fried indian dishes.

The Hawkins pressure cookers, with the right thickness, spreads the heat evenly on the food , an I could make all kinds of Indian Subzee using my trusted Pressure cooker. I couldn’t imagine how my cooking life would have been, had it not been for my trusted Hawkins pressure cooker.

Thanks you Hawkins.

I first cooked and blogged about this tindora recipe more than a year back. OK, But what is Tindora? Tindora is a type of gherkin, which is also known as Kundru in U.P. Tondli/Tendli in Maharashtra, Ghiloda or Tindora in Gujarat and Kovaikai in Tamil, Dondakai in Telugu, Tondekayi in Kannada, Telakuch in Bengali, and Kovakai in Malayalam.

It is not the tastiest of dishes and is considered to be a distant cousin of the Parwal. In fact the Tindora Zhunka was one of the better tindora dishes I ever had. Try the recipe here

Well, the point of the post was that Kundru or the Tindora can help reduce blood sugar. So, all you diabetic or sugar conscious readers, it is time to try out the Tindora Recipe once again.

Here is the recipe again:

Steps:
Slice in circles, 250 grams of Tindora into small discs, like the picture above.
Chop Two large onions into small pieces. Cut into slices in one direction, turn by 90 degrees and cut across the slices

Deseed and Chop two tomatoes same way as we did the onions.
Chop 2 green Chillis in anyway.

Heat oil in a thick Bottom Pan, and add a tsp each of Mustard seed and Jeera into the oil.
Immediately add the onions and green chillis.
When Onions are limp, add tomatoes, and saute for some time.
Add the Tindoras.
Add salt to taste, and half tsp of red chilli.
Cover and cook in low heat for 15 minutes, opening the lid and stirring from time to time.
After the 15 minutes, add a cup of Besan or Gram Flour.
Mix well, and keep stirring in low heat.
Sprinkle some water with fingers so that it is not dry.
Cover it, and keep stirring every couple of minutes.
Should be done in 15 minutes.
Have with Hot Chappatis
Oh, I am back!

Sorry for the delay.

I am back after a long time, and I cooked this dish about a year back. But then, I know all my recipes by heart.

The gravy is onion based with some tomato. I never get excess with the tomatoes, so it was low on the tomato and the gravy was mostly Onion-Ginger-Garlic flavored.

I cooked it the way we cook chicken, only I didn’t put water, and it was cooked in its own juice. That made all the difference, and tastier.

Clean 1 kilo of chicken, and marinade in Turmeric (Half TSP or less)+ Dhania Power (1 TSP) + Jeera Powder (1 TSP) + Salt to taste + some red chilli + 1 TBS each of ginger and garlic paste, in a bowl and keep it covered. Marinade for at least 2 hours.

Chop three large onions.
Chop one large tomato.
Slice 3 green chillis.

Heat 2 Tbs vegetable Oil in a thick Bottom Pan.
Add some mustard seed (1 tsp)+1 tsp jeera + 1 tsp Meethi seeds.
Add 1/3rd the Onions and fry till golden brown. Now add rest of the onions and fry till limp.

Add the chicken, and stir slowly.
Let them mix well, and in normal heat cook for 5 minutes.

Now cover the chicken and cook for 15 -20 minutes in medium, stirring from time to time.
Now open the lid, and add the tomatoes.
Increase the heat and cook till water/juice has evaporated and the gravy is almost dry,.

If you can’t do without gravy, cook some Daal

Garnish with coriander and Enjoy.

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