Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Kovaikai masala /Tinda fry





Ingredients

Kovaikai(tinda) - 1 cup (slice it vertically into for pieces)
Chilly powder - 2 teaspoons
Onion - 1/2 medium size
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Urad dhal- 1 teaspoon
Oil - 1 1/2 table spoon
Salt - As required

Recipe

1.In a tawa add the oil when it is hot add the mustard seeds and urad dhal when the mustard seeds splatter add the kovai kai and stir it ocassionally when it is half done add the chilly powder and salt.
2.Simmer the fire and till be ready in 15 mins.

Chepankelangu varuval



This Kelangu roast will be awesome it will be very crispy and very simple too.



Ingredients:



Chepankelangu - 150gms

Chilly powder - 1 1/2 teaspoon

Oil - 3 table spoons

Salt - As required



Recipe




1. Half boil kelangu by adding salt then remove its skin and slice it.



2.Add the oil in a tawa and fry all the slices till they are crispy.




3.Now in a tawa add 1/2 table spoon oil when it is hot add mustard seeds and urad dhal when the mustard seeds splatter add the roasted kelangu givetwo stirs then add salt and chilly powder simmer the fire and leave it for 5 minutes



Chepankelangu varuval ready

Monday, February 18, 2008

Paal kolukattai





It is a very sweet dish and all will love it easy to cook but very rich in taste

Ingredients:
Raw rice flour - 1 cup
Coconut - 1 table spoon
Elachi - 2 nos
Jaggery - 3/4 cup(Grated)
Salt - pinch
Recipe

1.Add salt to raw rice flour and mix it well now add water and make it as a chappati consistency dough and then make small cylinderical shape balls.Divide the whole kolukattai into two portions

2. In a vessel boil 2 1/2 tumblers of water when it starts to boil then put one kolukattai after few minutes if it doesn't gets dissolved then add one portion of the pieces it will take minutes to get cooked .Then add the rest half of the kolukattai that will also take 5 minutes to cook.Toensure whether they are cooked are not take one kolukattai and press it with hand if it si cooked then u cvan feel it else if it is not cooked then the maavu can be felt.

3.Now add the jaggery into the kolukattai and allow it to boil for 5 mins when it thickness then add coconut and elachi(cardmon).

mmm yummy kolukattai is ready

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Kathrikai kara kulambu






This is also called as pulikulambu.This dish is very important in chettinadu functions,this is cooked in all auspicious events.

Ingredients

Brinjal - 3 medium sized
Onion - 1/2 medium sized
Tomato - 1 medium sized
Garlic - 4 to 5 pieces
Tamarind - 3/4 lemon size
Chilly powder - 2 teaspoons
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
Vendhayam - 1 pinch
Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Urad dhal - 1/2 teaspoon
Raw rice flour - 1 table spoon
Sesame oil - 2 table spoons
Salt- As required

Recipe

1.Chop onions,tomato and cut brinjal into four pieces.

2.In a tawa add 1 table spoon of oil when it is hot add onion fry untill it turns to golden brown,then add tomato stir for 3 minutes then add brinal and fry it till its skin color turns.

3.Now add the turmeric powder and red chilly powder stir it for 1 minute then add the tamarind water and then add salt.

4.It will take 15 mins for brinal to get cooked now in 1/2 cup water disolve the raw rice flour and pour into the kulambu.

5.Now in a tawa add rest of the oil and when it is hot add mustard seeds urad dhal and bvendhyam when it splatters pour this into the kulambu


Puli kulambu is ready .This dish goes well with almost all dishes

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Adai and aviyal










Adai and aviyal are well balanced and yummy meal too........ adai goes well with aviyal. Adai has proteins and the vegetables in aviyal has all the nutrients.Very easy to cook.

Ingredients

Toor dhal - 1 cup
Channa dhal - 1/2 cup
Moong dhal - 1/4 cup
Idly rice - 1/4 cup
Uradh dhal - 1/4 cup
Red chilly - 5 nos
Jeera - 2 teaspoons
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Corriander leaves - 2 table spoons
Onion - 1 medium sized
Oil - 1 cup
Salt - As required

Recipe

1.Soak all the dhals and rice for 4 hrs,then grind it along with red chilly,jeera don't grind it too fine.

2.Add the chopped onions,corriander leaves turmeric powder and salt.

3.Heat the tawa like dosa pour the batter then add the oil and cover it with lid.

4. When the adai is done turn it to other side and add oil.

hot hot ....................adai is ready


Now it aviyal

Ingredients:

Vegetables - 1 cup(Beans,carrot,raw banana,white pumpkin,drumstick)
Coconut - 3 table spoons
Jeera 1/2 teaspoon
Green chilly - 3 nos
Curd -2 table spoons
Coconut oil - 1 table spoon
Salt - As required

Recipe

1.Chop all the vegetables.Boil them when the vegetable is half boiled add salt then drain the water.

2.Grind coconut,green chilly and jeera .Add this ground mixture to boiled vegetables and allow it to boil for 5 mins.

3.In a small pan add coconut oil when it is hot add jeera when it begins to splatter pour that into the boiling aviyal.

4.Allow it to boil for 1 minute then turn the gas off.

Aviyal is ready to be served with adai

Friday, February 8, 2008

Potato peas masala




We all like potato ,its taste increases when v add it with peas.This is a simple dish and tasty too.
Ingredients

Potato - medium sized 3nos
Peas - 1 cup
Onion - 1 medium sized
Tomato - 1 medium sized
Mustard seeds - 1 tea spoon
Urad dhal - 1/2 teaspoon
Jeera - 1/2 teaspoon
Chilly powder - 1 1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
Oil - 3 table spoons
Salt - As reqiured

Recipe
1.Peel the skin of potato chop it into small cubes,also chop tomato and oinon

2.In a tawa add the oil when it is hot ad mustard seeds when it begind to splatter add urad dhal and jeera.
3. Then add Onion and fry it when it turns to golden brown add tomato and fry it when tomato is done add the potato and peas stir for 2 minutes then add salt,turmeric powder and chilly powder.

4. Cover it with lid stir it ocassionally.when the potato is soft turn off the gas.
mmm........... potato

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Pasta


Ingredients:

Pasta - 1 cup
All vegetables - 1 cup(copped)
Onion - 1 medium sized
Tomato - 1 medium sized
Cheese - 1 table spoon
Tomato ketchup - 1 table spoon
Oil - 1 table spoon
Red chilly powder - 1 1/2 teaspoon
Salt - As required

Recipe
1.In a tawa add oil then add the onion when it turns to golden brown add all the vegetables let them to fry for 5 minutes stiring ocassionally,then add tomato.

2.Add 1/2cup water and let them to cook when they are cooked add the chilly powder and salt then them to thicken.

3.Mean while in pot add 3 cups water and add pasta let it to cook when the pasta is almost done add salt and allow it to fully cook then drain the water.

4.when the mixed vegetables are cooked add the pasta and stir them gently for 2 mins.

5.Turn off the heat add the tomato ketchup mi it then add cheese.

Pasta ready..............

Poorna kolukattai



This is a good sweet which is completely different from our normal sweets.

Ingredients:

Raw rice flour - 2 cups
Channa dhal - 1/4 cup
Coconut(grated or powder)- 2 table spoon
Jaggery - 1/2 cup
Cardamon - 2 pieces(powder it)
Ghee - 1/2 cup.

Recipe

1.Scrap the jaggery add 1/2 cup water and heat it ,when it starts to boil turn it off and then filter it(this is done to remove dust from jaggery).

2.Boil the channa dhal in cook and smash it.In a tawa add 2 table sppons of ghee when it is hot add the coconut and give three to four stir then add the smashed channa dhal after 1 minute add the jaggery syrup.

3. Ocassionally stir it and when it thickens add the powdered cardamon then turn of the fire.Let that to cool.this is poornam.

4.Take a mixing bowl add tha raw rice flour and pinch of salt mix it well ,now add 2 cups of water and mix them well.

5.Heat a tawa then add 1 table spoon of ghee and pour the raw rice flour into it and without any break stir it untill it rolls down like a ball.When it is done trn of the heat and let it to cool for 15 mins.

6.Now grease your hand with ghee and take small lemon sized ball of the rice folur and flatten it and take amla sized ball of poornam and then place it in one side of the flat rawrice flour and close it with other end(as shown in the picture).

7.Then place it in Idly steamer for 10 mins.

tada..............kolukattai is ready.

Monday, February 4, 2008

Broccoli soup




Soup is my kids favourite dish which will be with less karam.In my view soup has all nutrients it is also a very good appetizer.

Ingredients:

Broccoli - 1 cup(pieces)
Onion - 1/2 the medium sized
Tomato - 2 medium sized
Green chilly - 1 no
Cinnamon - 1 teaspoon
Pepper (powder)- 1/2 teaspoon
Moong dhal - 2 table spoons
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
Bay leaves - 1 inch piece
Ghee- 1 1/ table spoon
Milk - 1/4 cup

coriander - little for seasoning
Salt- As required

Recipe

1. cook the moong dhal in cooker till it becomes very very soft(usually 3 pressures might be ok).

2.In a tawa add the ghee when it melts add cinnamon, bay leaves after few seconds add onion when it turns golden brown then add tomato when then to gets fried add green chilly then add turmeric powder,pepper and stir them for 1 minute then add broccoli the and stir for 2 minutes.

3.Now add the cooked moondhal to it all see to it that the water content is slightly more than 3 cups stir it little and cover it with lid.

4.After 10 minutes the broccoli will be cooked now add salt then turn the heat off and add 1/4 cup of milk. Finally transfer it to bowl and season it with coriander.

Healthy soup is ready. You can replace ghee by oil.

Vazhakai varuval,Plantain oil fry









Kids love fried item even elders will love it simple dish but tastes very good.

Ingredients

Vazhakai (Raw Banana) - 1 medium sized
Chilly powder - 1 1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1pinch
Oil- 2 table spoon.
Mustard seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Urad dhal- 1/4 teaspoon
jeera - 1 pinch
Salt - as required

Recipe

1.Peel the skin of banana and make very thin slices.

2.In a mixing bowl add the sliced banana turmeric powder,chilly powder and salt mix them throughly.

3.In a tawa add oil when it is hot add mustard seeds,Urad dhal and jeera when the mustard seeds splatters add the banana which is mixed with saly,turmeric and chilly powder.

4.In a low flame allow it to cook don't cover it with lid ,give it a stir evry now and then.

5. When the banana is cooked turn off the gas and let banana to be in the hot tawa for 5 minutes it will add crispness to it.

Pudhina chutney Mint chutney using coconut

Very good for health ,usually pudhina is used in briyani and in fried rice but the only form as side dish for idly and dosa is chutney.

Ingredients:

Pudhina /Mint leaves - 1 hand full
Onion - 1/4 in 1 medium sized onion
Red chilly - 2 nos
Tamarind - 1/4 the lemon size
Coconut (fresh or powder) - 2 table spoon
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tea spoon
Oil- 1 table spoon
Salt - as required

Recipe

1.Wash the pudhina leaves,chop the onions.

2. In a tawa add the oil when it is hot add the mustard seeds when it splatters add pudhina leaves fry it till all the leaves shrinks then add onion fry it till it turns golden brown then add red chilly fry for 2 more minutes then add coconut fry for 1 minute .

3.Turn off the stove and then let this mixture to cool then grind it in mixi/blender by adding salt and tamarind.

Pudhina chutney is ready...

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Paneer paratha


Different way to use paneer and new type of chapatti very simple to do but very rich in taste.

Ingredients:
Paneer - 1/2 cup
Wheat flour - 1 1/2cup
Onion(finely chopped) - 1 1/2 table spoons
Green chilly - 2 nos
Oil - 1 table spoon
Ginger - 1/4 inch
Salt - As required

Recipe

1. Prepare chapathi dough in usual way u do.

2. If u have paneer in ur freezer then keep it in room temperature for 1 hr then using a grater grate it.

3.In a tawa add Oil when it is hot add onion when it turns golden brown add green chillies and fry for while then turn the gas off and add the panner mix it well.

4. Now take ball sized dough and make it flat and keep this panner inside it and then close the edges and then make chapathi as u do usually .

5.In a tawa add ghee and cook this chapathi

paneer paratha ready..

Kuzhi paniyaram




One more dish that is famous for its appearance and tempts us to taste it.

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 1/2 cups
Idly rice - 1 1/2 cups
Urad dhal - 3/4 cup
Vendhayam - 1 table spoon
Chopped Onion - 1/2 cup
Green chille - 2
Mustard - 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves - 4 0r 5 leaves
Salt - as required
Oil - 1 1/2 table spoon

Recipe

1.Soak raw rice ,idly rice and urad dhal along with vendhayam for 3 hrs, grind it fine then add salt and mix it well and allow it to ferment(as u do for idly).

2. Heat oil in tawa when it is hot add mustard ,when it splatters add curry leaves then add chopped onion.When the onion turn golden brown add the chopped chillies just fry for 5 - 7 seconds.

3. Mix this fried mixture with dough.

4.Heat the Kuzhi paniyaram tawa and add 2 drops of oil in each hole when it is hot fill the hole with half dough add 2 drops of oil in each hole and cover it with its lid.

5. After few minutes turn its side with spatula given along with Kuzhi paniyaram tawa.

Tada ........ ur paniyaram is ready.