Thiagu's Chicken Biriyani, Kuzhambu, Shredded Chicken

 One full onion diced, 

one handful of mint, 

one handful of coriander, 

lots of Ginger and garlic 

Cumin seeds

Fenel seeds 

Cashews - 10 pieces for thickness 

Grind the above to paste

Use saute mode in instant pot and Add a little oil , add chopped onions , saute well. Add the ground paste , then saute well then add 

1 sp of chili powder 

1 sp of coriander powder 

1 sp of garam masala  ( all the powder masalas are for 4 cups of rice ) add salt as needed 

Add chicken big pieces 

Add water more than the chicken 

Cook this in pressure cook mode for 10 mins and release pressure immediately after done. 

 ( if you need more quantity of kozhambu add extra onions and cashews and increase the water content, also adjust the masala quantity accordingly)

In a separate pan, add oil and ghee together and add sliced onions , add whole garam masalas then add the liquid from the kozhambu , in 1:2 ratio for rice. We can add 60% kozhambu and 40% water for this. And add mint leaves and green chilies probably 2 for 4 cups of rice in this and check salt . Make sure it's salty a little. The rice should have been washed and soaked for 30 mins on the side. Once the liquid starts to boil add rice to it and cook with open lid until rice and water comes to same level and then cover up and cook in low flame for 15 mins. And then turn off the flame. 

On the side the chicken from the kozhambu is taken and in a separate pan add a little oil and and add onions and tomatoes one by one saute it and then add these chicken pieces and don't make it too dry. Just mix it with a little chili powder, dhania power and garam masala and then add it to the biriyani and mix gently. 

Biriyani is ready to be eaten. 

Salad

Greens

Carrot 

Quinoa 

Cucumber 

Avocado 

Artichoke

olives

Feta cheese 

Raisins

Nuts  

Amma's Chicken Biriyani & Chicken Kuzhambu / Gravy

 30 mins soak the rice and drain 

Fry the rice in ghee with pattai, krambu yelakkai, one onion until brown , then rice until glass consistency 

Curd with salt , milagai thool malli thool gram masala ginger garlic paste pudhina, coriander everything mix together in curd . Put the chicken in it and soak for 30 mins to 1 hr. 

Oil more, then soaked chicken saute and keep it in sim until oil ozes out, then add rice and this chicken and add 2 tumbler boiling water for 1 cup rice, then add needed salt. Then turn on the cooker. 

Chicken Kuzhambu / gravy 

Jeera , sombu, melagu 

Pattai krambu

Inginpoondu

Pacha arisi one spoon 

Oil fry

The 1 big onion fry and then tomato fry

Sambar powder 

Garam masala 

Salt then grind this paste 

Then oil + chicken then after water dries the add ground paste and boil to consistency 

Amma's Coconut Idly Podi

 Ulundhu 1 tumbler  - little oil, ...fry till brown , then add red chilies, salt , very very little tamarind and perungayam. Just 2 mins fry and stop the stove. Coconut grate and dry roast until wetness goes then grind everything together. 

Curry leaves thokku

 Grind 

Curry leaves + garlic pods + tamarind + red chilies + pepper + salt 

Oil - mustard + vendhayam + garlic - roast it well. Add the ground paste . Close with lid and let the oil ooze out in low flame. It will take a long time. And needs lot of oil. 

Vallarai thovayal

 One hand full of vallarai leaves

One hand full of chopped coconuts 

1 or 2 cloves garlic - depending upon your liking 

Few red chilies per your spice level

Small piece of tamarind 

In a pan heat a little oil, splutter mustard seeds, urud dal and 1 and 1/2 tbsp of channa dhal. Once they splutter Add Curry leaves and add the above ingredients one by one, saute well and finally add salt. Cool down this and grind into a paste with less water. Or per your consistency. 

You can use this for rice and mix with ghee. You can also dip for idly and dosai. Hope you guys like it. Let me know. 

Abishega samangal - Kuladeivam Kovil

 Vasthram - pillayar, ayyanar, 2 ammans 

Pongal -  1 kg ponni raw rice , 1 kg vellam , 1/4 kg pasi paruppu, raisins, cashews, yelakkai, ghee

Abishegam - manjal thool, nalla ennai - 1 kg, dhiraviya podi , milk - 1 liter, curd - 1/2 liter, elaneer - 2 , honey, paneer for God, fruits to make panchamirtham , vibuthi, sandhanam

Archanai - for pillayar, ayyanar, 2 ammans, karuppar, murugar ( need to confirm all Gods) , 2 sethar coconut . Banana - about 12, vethalai paakku, oodhubathi, soodam, sambrani, small garland - 5 , flowers , kunkumum for medakaali 

Maavilakku - thiri, ghee, one coconut, 2 banana, vethalai paakku 

New agal, thiri to lit in front of God 

Perattal Podi

 1/4 kg red chili 

300 gm pottu kadalai 

50 g - jeeragam

50g - sombu 

50g or less - kasakasa 

No need to dry roast much May be keep in sun that should be good . Grind it.