Nellikai Sadham / Gooseberry Rice

Nellikai is the Tamil name for Amla / Gooseberry.  Amla is generally known to strengthen hair roots and for hair colouring.  Apart from that Amla has numerous nutritional values. Amla is rich in Vitamin C compared to oranges. Amla is also known to control diabetes when consumed regularly.  Read more about Amla from a few source here and here.

Kothu Chapathi

Kothu chapathi is a effective way of using leftover curries or chapathi, you can also use parathas instead. Kothu is a tamil word which means making the chapathi's into very small pieces.

Serves 2

Chapathi- 4 to 5

Egg-2

Onion 1 medium sized

Tomato 1 medium sized

Green Chilli-2

Pepper Powder-1 tsp

Left over chicken or lamb kurma and few chicken pieces.

Oil-1 tbsp

Salt- according to your taste

Method:

Tear the chapathi's into small pieces. If you have any left over chicken in the kurma tke it of from the bone. Add the oil in the pan, when the oil gets heated,add the finely chopped onion and fry it for a while , don't let it burn or brown too much. Then add the finely chopped tomatoes and green chilli, now add the chapathi and saute for a while and add the eggs and stir well until the eggs are cooked. Now add about 1to 2 tbsp of kurma and chicken pieces from the kurma, add pepper and salt. Stir till the kurma is completely dry. Serve hot.

Tips:

You can fry the chicken separately and then add it to the mixture. You can also add vegetables like carrot, celery,leeks... Just add the vegetables after adding onion and tomato. If you are using leeks omit onion.