Friday, September 28, 2007

Fruit Pachadi/Pazha Pachadi

It’s a rich receipe. We can use in parties and weddings.

Ingredients
Apple-1
Banana-1
Green Grapes-10 no’s
Green chillies-3
Curd-1/2 cup
Salt as per taste
Sugar – 1 tablespoon

For Temper
Mustard seeds-1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves- 5 no’s.
Oil-For frying

Method
1.Remove the skin and cut the apple into pieces and banana also cut into pieces.
2.Cut the green chillies into pieces.
3.Temper the mustard seeds and curry leaves using oil.
4.Add into the fruit mixture.
5.Then add the curd, salt and sugar.
6.Serve it.

Time: 10min
Serve-4

Vellarikkai Pachadi/Cucumber Pachadi

It is a Andhra recipe. It is very spicy one.
IngredientsVellarikkai-1
Green Chillies-4
Tamarind paste-2 table spoon
Salt as per taste.

For Temper
Mustard seeds-1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves- 5 no’s.
Oil-For frying

Method
1.Remove the skin and cut the vellarikkai into pieces.
2.Remove the water from it.
3.Grind the tamarind paste , green chillies and vellarikkai.
4.Add salt in it.
5.Then in a kadai heat the oil and temper the mustard seed and curry leaves.
6.Serve it .

Time: 10min
Serve-4

Chettinad Valaikkai Varuval

It is a chettinad recipe. They will serve with urrundai kuzhambu. It is very tasty.
Ingredients
Valaikkai-1
Turmeric Powder-1/2 teaspoon
Chilli Powder- 2 table spoon
Salt as per taste.

For Temper
Jeera-1/2 teaspoon
Onion-1/2 cup
Oil-For frying

Method
1.Cut the valaikkai into pieces like potato finger chips. Then add the turmeric
powder, chilli powder and salt.
2.Mix it and keep it in fridge for 1 hr.
3.Then in a kadai heat the oil and add jeera, onion and valaikkai.
4.Fry it with oil and it is fried garnish with coriander leaves
5.Serve it with curd rice.

Time: 20min
Serve:3

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Aval Laddu

I have tried this for evening snacks. It is good for health and easy to do.

Ingredients
Aval – 1cup
Powdered Sugar- 1 cup
Cardamom Powder- ½ teaspoon
Coconut pieces- ½ cup
Cashews-10
Ghee- 4 table spoon

Method

1.Fry the aval in a pan with ghee till become little brown. After drying powder it.
2.Fry the coconut pieces in ghee for 5 mins till the sweet aroma comes.
3.Add the powdered sugar , aval, coconut pieces and fried cashews. Mix it well.
4.And heat the ghee and pour it in the mix and make laddus. Decorate it with
cashews. We can also add dates, badam.
5.Serve it.

Time: 25 min
Laddus: 7

Black Urad Dal Dosa

Hello friends, i am so busy for the past days. Because of vinayaka chaturthi and by some compitments.


" Happy Vinayaka Chaturthi to all"


Dosa is good for hip for particularly ladies. It is different taste also. We can also eat mullagabadi or sugar. My mother-in-law will prepare a mullagabdi for this. It will also be nice.

Ingredients
Broken Black urad dal-100 g
Boiled rice- 500 g/ ½ padi
Methi seeds-1/2 teaspoon
Salt as per taste.

Method
1.Soak the urad dal and rice separately for 5 hrs. Then first grind the without
removing the skin of urad dal.
2.And it grinded fully soft add the rice with it.
3.It must not be so soft at the stage add the salt.
4.It must be under fermentation for overnight.
5.And make dosa in the morning. If it is thick add water. The batter color is little
brown only.
6. Serve it with chutney, mullagabadi.

Time:5 min

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Rice Dosa

It’s my mother(mother-in-law) dish. It is famous in madurai. They will prepare many types of dosas. I will give one by one. It is good for health. It will give coolness to our body due to methi seeds. It is also so soft.

Ingredients
Boiled Rice-1 kg / 1 padi
Methi Seeds- 2 table spoon
Salt as per taste.

For Tempering
Mustard seeds-1/2 teaspoon
Broken Urad dhal-1/2 teaspoon
Chopped onion- 1cup
Chopped – 5 tea spoon
Curry leaves-5 n o’s
Oil- 2 table spoon

Method
1.Soak the rice for 4 hrs and grind into a fine paste.
Add salt as per ur taste.
2.Keep it for fermentation overnight.
3.Heat the oil and fry all the things given in tempering.
Mix it with dosa batter.
4.If the batter is thick pour some water.
5.Make dosas and serve it with onion chutney or kosthu.


Timing: 5 min

Paruppilla Kuzhambu

I will read more cooking books. This is also read from a tamil magazine. It is very tasty dish. I tried within 20 min we can do.

Ingredients
Brinjal- 3 no’s
Small onion-10 no’s
Garlic -10 no’s
Tamarind- small gooseberry size
Salt as per taste.

For Grinding
Coconut-4 table spoon
Fry in the oil and grind with coconut
Coriander Seeds-2 teaspoon
Jeera-1 teaspoon
Red chillies- 10 no’s

For tempering
Mustard seeds-1/2 teaspoon
Broken Urad dhal-1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves-5 n o’s
Oil- 2 table spoon

Method
1.Cut the brinjals. Make tamarind water and put the paste in it.
2.In a kadai, heat the oil and temper all the things and fry the onion,
garlic,brinjal.
3.After frying pour the tamarind water. 15 minutes later it will become thick.
4.Serve it with rice.

Time:20min.
Serve: 4

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Chappatti Laddu

I have read in a tamil magazine. It is a quick dish within 15 mins we can do. Children like more.

Ingredients
Chapatti – 5no’s
Jaggery- 1 cup
Ghee- 3 table spoon
Khus-Khus-1/2 teaspoon
Ground nut(pieces)- 10 no’s
Cardamom- ½ teaspoon
Coconut grated-3 teaspoon
Ghee- 2 table spoon
Cashew -5 no’s

Method
1.Make the chapatti into powder using the mixie.
2.Then make jaggery into powdered.
3.In a kadai, heat the ghee and fry the ground nut . Keep it aside.
Fry the khus- khus and put the powdered jaggery.
4.When it fully melts put the chapatti powder,coconut grated ,
cardamom and cashews.
5.If it become thick and to prepare like a ball.Off it
6.And make laddus and garnish with cashews
7.Serve it.

Time:10 min.
Serve: 6

Rusk Laddu

It is very easy to prepare. Working women can keep the mix in the fridge in in the morning itself. In the evening it is easy to do. We have to prepare immediately,then you grind sugar, coconut and milk in mixie. Little milk only not more. For dissolving the sugar only.

Ingredients
Milky Rusk /Rusk-5 no’s
Sugar-1/2 cup
Cardamom- ½ teaspoon
Coconut grated-1/2 cup
Ghee- 2 table spoon
Cashew -5 no’s

Method
1.Make the rusk powdered in mixie.
2.Before making laddu, mix the grated coconut, cardamom and sugar.
3.Keep it aside for 1 hr.
4.After 1 hr mix the rusk powder with the soaking one.
5.In a kadai, heat the ghee and fry the cashews and put in tint he mix.
6.Make laddus and serve it .

Time:10 min.
Serve: 6

Friday, September 7, 2007

Cluster Beans Kuzhambu

Ingredients
Cluster beans – ¾ kg
Tamarind paste – 2 teaspoon
Toor dal- ½ cup
Turmeric powder- ½ teaspoon
Salt – as per taste

For Grinding
Fry it without oil and grind with coconut.
Coconut- 3 table spoon
White broaken urad dhal-2 teaspoon
Curry leaves- 6 no’s

For Tempering
Mustard – ½ teaspoon
Curry leaves – 5 no’s


Method

1.Cook the toordal with turmeric powder.
2.In a vessel , pour the tamarind water, salt, cutted cluster beasn and keep on boiling.
3.After 10 minutes put the toor dal and mix it.
4.After 5 minutes put the paste and cook it for 5 minutes.
5.Temper it in the oil. Serve it.

Time:30min
Serve: 4

Poricha kuzhambu 2

Ingredients
Snake gourd – 1 (small)
Tamarind paste – ½ teaspoon
Moong dal- ½ cup
Turmeric powder- ½ teaspoon
Salt- as per taste

For Grinding
Coconut- 3 table spoon
Fry it without oil and grind with coconut.
Pepper-2 teaspoon
Jeera-2 teaspoon
Channa dhal- 2 teaspoon
Rice- 1 teaspoon

For Tempering
Mustard – ½ teaspoon
Curry leaves – 5 no’s

Method
1.Cook the moongdal with turmeric powder.
2.In a vessel , pour the tamarind water, salt, cutted snake guard and keep on
boiling.
3.After 10 minutes put the moong dal and mix it.
4.After 5 minutes put the paste and cook it for 5 minutes.
5.Temper it in the oil. Serve it with potato curry.

Time:30min
Serve: 4


Hints:
Instead of snake gourd we canan also use bitter gourd, drum stick, onion- cloves, broad beans and field beans

Poricha kuzhambu

Ingredients
Snake gourd – 1 (small)
Tamarind paste – ½ teaspoon
Moong dal- ½ cup
Turmeric powder- ½ teaspoon
Sambar Powder- 2 table spoon
Salt-as per taste

For Grinding
Coconut- 3 table spoon
Jeera-1 teaspoon

For Tempering
Venkaya Vadavam – 1 teaspoon
Or
Mustard – ½ teaspoon
Curry leaves – 5 no’s

Method
1.Cook the moongdal with turmeric powder.
2.In a vessel , pour the tamarind water, salt, sambar powder, cutted snake guard
and keep on boiling.
3.After 10 minutes put the moong dal and mix it.
4.After 5 minutes put the paste and cook it for 5 minutes.
5.Temper it in the oil. Serve it with potato curry.

Time:30min
Serve: 4


Hints:
We can also use bitter gourd, drum stick, onion- cloves, cluster beans.
Another time I will explain venkaya vadavam,.