Cholam dosai

Cholam 2 cups,

Idli rice 2 cups,

Urad dal 1 cup with methi seeds

Soak urad dal with methi seeds. Soak cholam and rice together. Grind into batter and let it get fermented. You can make dosas. Dosas came Soft and tasty.

Kaju Paneer Curry

Cashews 15 pieces soaked in water for 1/2 hour,

Onions 3 finely chopped,

Tomatoes 5 finely chopped,

Kashmiri chilli powder 1 tbsp,

Coriander powder 2 tsp,

Cinnamon stick,

Cloves 4,

Saunf 1 tsp,

Paneer cubes 2 cups

Grind cashews into a fine paste. Heat oil in a pan and add cinnamon stick, cloves,saunf and onions. Let it get sauteed well. Add tomatoes and saute them. Add kashmiri chilli powder, dhaniya powder. Add cashew paste and let it get cooked for 15 minutes. Let the raw smell of cashews go. Add water in between. Because the gravy will get thickened due to the cashews paste. Add paneer cubes and let it boil. Garnish with coriander leaves!!!!

Yam kurma

 Yam kurma

Yam 1/2 kg cut into cubes,

Onions 3 finely chopped,

Ginger and garlic paste 2 tsp,

Green chillies 3 slitted,

Tomatoes 5 finely chopped,

Garam masala 1 tsp,

Cashews 12 pieces,

Coconut grated 1/2 cup,

Curry leaves,

Coriander leaves.

Heat oil in a pan, add onions and saute well.add ginger and garlic paste and green chillies. Saute them till the raw smell goes off. Add tomatoes. Add yam. Add water. Pressure cook for 4 whistles. After the pressure is released, add ground coconut and cashew paste. Let it boil for few minutes. garnish it with coriander leaves and curry leaves. This will go well with idiyappam, chapathis,rice.

Brinjal pepper poriyal

Brinjal 1/2 kg,
Garlic 5 pods,
Pepper 2 tsp,
Jeera 2 tsp,
Onion 2 finely chopped,
Turmeric powder 1 tsp,
Coconut milk 3/4 cup.
Coconut oil 2 tsp.

Heat coconut oil in a pan, add 2 pods of chopped garlic and onions, curry leaves and saute it well. Add chopped brinjal,turmeric powder, salt and saute well. Grind pepper, jeera and garlic together and mix with brinjal. Let the raw smell goes off. Add coconut milk and cook it for a few minutes. This goes well with Sambar, Rasam.

Sweet potato rotis with dal tadka!!

Got this new recipe, instead of potatoes, you add sweet potatoes and make rotis. Which are delicious and ask for more.

Sweet potato rotis.

Sweet potato 1/2 kg, boiled and peeled and grated.
Wheat flour 3 cups.

Add grated sweet potatoes with wheat flour and make a dough. Do not add salt. Make chapathis as usual.

Chettinad cauliflower masala!!!

For dry roast powder

Fennel seeds 2 tsp
Jeera 2 tsp
Pepper 2 tsp
Red chillies 2
Cinnamon 1 small stick,
cloves 2
Poppy seeds 2 tsp.

Saute in oil and grind together.
Onions 3 sliced,
Garlic 12 pods,
Ginger 1 inch piece
Coconut 3 tbsp.

Chop the cauliflower into florets. Put the florets in hot water and remove from the water after few minutes. Heat oil in a pan and add cauliflower florets. Let it get coated in oil. Then add the onion paste. Mix them well. After few minutes, add water. Dry roast the items given and grind it into powder. Let the cauliflower florets get cooked. Add the dry roasted powder. Close the pan and pressure cook it for 1 whistle. Garnish with coriander leaves and curry leaves.

Paneer butter masala!!

Onions 3, finely chopped
Tomatoes 5, finely chopped
Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp,
Turmeric powder 1 tsp,
Kashmiri chilli powder 2 tsp,
Dhaniya powder 2 tsp,
Paneer 200 gms,
Garam masala 1 tsp,
Coriander leaves,
Hot water 3 cups,
Cashews 15 soaked in water for half hour and make it into a paste.

Heat oil in a pan and add onions. Saute the onions till they are soft and brown. Put ginger and garlic paste and cook till the raw smell goes off. Add tomatoes and saute it. After the tomatoes got cooked, add turmeric powder, Kashmiri chilli powder, dhaniya powder. After one minute, pour 2 cups of hot water. Let the raw smell of powders goes off.
Now add salt and garam masala. Then
add cashews paste. Add paneer.  If the gravy is thick, you can add 1 cup of hot water again. Then add coriander leaves. Now add butter. Paneer butter masala is ready.

Pepper potato!!!

Ingredients

Potatoes boiled and cubed 1/2 kg
Onions 3 finely chopped
Tomatoes 5 finely chopped
Ginger and garlic paste 2 tsp
Pepper and jeera soaked 2 tsp
Chilli powder 1 tsp
Dhaniya powder 1 tsp
Curry leaves

Heat oil in a pan and add onions. Saute them till they are soft. Add ginger and garlic paste. Let it get cooked for a few minutes. Then add tomatoes. Add salt. After the tomatoes got cooked, add chilli powder and dhaniya powder. Cook till the raw smell goes off. Then add water. And add boiled potatoes. Grind the soaked pepper and jeera into a paste. Put the ground paste into the potatoes and stir well. Add curry leaves and switch off the stove. Pepper potatoes gravy is ready to serve. This goes well with Idli, dosai, poori etc.

Thinai dosai

Thinai dosai!!!

Foxtail millet 3 cups
Urad dhal 1 cup
Fenugreek seeds 1 tsp.

Soak Foxtail millet for 6 hours. Soak urad dhal for 1 hour. Grind urad dhal and take it in a container. Grind Foxtail millet till they are soft and pasty. Mix the urad dhall with Foxtail millet paste and add salt. After fermentation, thinai dosai batter is ready. Make dosas and serve it with chutney or sambar or thakkali kuzhambu. We had it with thakkali kuzhambu. 

Paneer, Capsicum gravy!!!

For the Paste
Onions 3
Tomatoes 5
Ginger 2 inches
Garlic 12 pods
Jeera 1 tsp
Cinnamon 1 small stick
Cardomom 3 pods



Heat oil in a pan, add the above ingredients and saute them. Grind the above ingredients into a paste. Heat butter in a pan and add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, jeera powder and the ground paste. Saute the Paste well.Instead of curd, we can add cashews paste. Soak the cashews in water and make it into a paste. Add cashews paste or 3 tbsp curd.

In a separate pan, add oil and paneer, fry them. After removing paneer, add capsicum cubes and saute them. Put capsicum and paneer in the Paste and add salt. Let the capsicums get cooked. After 10 to 15 minutes add coriander leaves and remove from the stove. This will go well with rotis, stuffed parathas.

Pudina energy drink!!!

Pudina 2 bunches
Ginger 1 inch piece
1 Lemon juice
Country sugar 3 to 4 tsp
Salt 1/4 tsp.
Water 2 glasses.

Grind pudina and ginger together and filter it. Just keep it for few minutes. Then add salt, country sugar, lemon juice and water. Mix well and have as an energy drink.

Tomato Rasam without oil!!!!

Tomatoes 6 skinned,
Garlic 8,
Pepper 2 tsp,
Jeera 2 tsp,
Curry leaves a bunch,
Coriander leaves

 Grind tomatoes and garlic together. In a pan, pour the ground tomatoes and garlic. Add jeera, pepper, salt, curry leaves and let it boil. Let the tomatoes get reduced. Now add water and let it boil. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Masala pori!!!

Puffed rice or pori, garlic few pods, turmeric powder, curry leaves, salt, oil.
Heat oil in a pan and add garlic, curry leaves and saute till garlic becomes brown, add turmeric powder and salt. Mix Puffed rice. 

Tapioca dosai!!!

Recipe :

Idli rice 3 cups
Fresh tapioca 3/4 kg
Red chillies 5
Fennel seeds 2 tsp
Onion 3
Salt as required
Coriander leaves a bunch.

Grind fresh tapioca first in the grinder. Add rice, red chillies, onions, fennel seeds, coriander leaves, salt and grind together. No need for fermentation. You can make dosas immediately. Serve hot with chutney!!!

Jeera rice with Dhall and appalam!!!!

Jeera rice.

Ingredients
1. Boiled basmati rice 2 cups
2. Jeera 1 tbsp
3. Green Chillies 3
4. Cashews handful
5. Cinnamon
6. Bay leaf
7. Coriander leaves
8. Oil and ghee - each a tbsp.

Method

Boil basmati rice. Heat oil and ghee. Put cinnamon stick, bay leaf, Jeera, cashews. After the cashews are fried put green chillies. Add salt and the boiled rice. Mix well. Your Jeera rice is ready.

Dhall.
Moong Dhall - 1 cup
Tomatoes - 4 finely chopped.
Garlic - 8 cloves finely chopped
Ginger - finely chopped
Jeera 1 tsp
Red chillies 3
Kashmiri chilli powder - 2 tsp
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves.

Boil Moong Dhall with turmeric. Heat oil in a pan and temper it with Jeera and red chillies. Add tomatoes and saute it for a few minutes. Add ginger, garlic. Let them get sautéed. Add Kashmiri chilli powder. Add some water after chilli powder loses its raw smell. Add the boiled dhall. Add salt, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Boil it for few more minutes. Dhall is ready.

Serve Jeera rice with dhall and appalam.

Mushroom in Garlic Sauce

Its been years since I posted..... Lots of happening in Life.....My sister is trying to put me back in the track of blogging. My family is encouraging me for my blog. 

 I have tried this recipe from monsoonspice.com. Mushroom in garlic sauce.

This mushroom in garlic sauce goes well for vegetable noodles! But I have tweaked a bit too!!!

 

Ingredients

Mushroom - 200 grams

ginger - finely chopped about 50 grams

garlic - finely chopped about 10 to 15 pods

1 big Onion cut into square shapes

Soy sauce - 1.5 tbsp

Red Chilli Sauce-1 tbsp

Palm Sugar 1/2 tsp

Pepper Powder - 2 tsp

Corn Flour -  2 tbsp

Oil for tempering

Salt to taste.

Preparation 

    Dissolve corn flour in 1/2 cup of water and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan and add garlic and stir fry it. Then add diced onion. saute it. after that add ginger and capsicum. saute it for a minute or two in high flame. Add mushroom, soy sauce,red chilli sauce and stir fry it in high flame for a minute or two. mushrooms will let water out. to this add 4 to 5 cups of water and mix palm sugar and salt accordingly.  Reduce the heat and let it cook for about 8 to 9 minutes. now add corn flour mixture slowly. let it thicken the gravy. finally add the pepper powder and mix them well.  Mushroom in garlic sauce is ready to serve!!!

Summer Vegetable Salad

          I was looking for a salad which will be colorful, tasty , nutritious etc.. So as if to prove that whatever we wish for will happen , my friend Rama told me a recipe which I was looking for... This salad is the most delicious one I ever had in a long time. It is very appealing to our senses... colorful to our eyes.. very appetising...those who are very nutrition and diet concious can definetly try this.... Others also can try this for they can have a very different and satisfying lunch with this salad.

             

Ingredients

Soaked and Boiled Groundnut	1/2 Cup
Sprouted Green Gram	1 Cup
Onion finely chopped	1
Tomato finely chopped	2
Cucumber finely chopped	1
Capsicum red,yellow,green	combined 1/2 or 1 cup
Carrot chopped	2
Green Chilly finely chopped(optional)	1
lemon juice	1/2 lemon squeezed
Salt	As per requirement

       

           Wash and soak green gram for atleast 7 hours and then drain the water.        You can leave it as it is after draining the water as moong beans will start sprouting.just close it with a lid. otherwise after draining the water,put the soaked green gram in a cloth and tie it. leave it for overnight. fresh sprouted green gram is ready. 

         Soak the groundnuts overnight. then boil it and keep aside. now finely chop the vegetables given in the table above. In a big bowl add the sprouts,boiled groundnuts,vegetables,salt,lemon juice and toss. Serve immediately and enjoy the delicious salad!!!!!

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Carrot Juice

Carrot juice
          Every one would have heard about carrot halwa which will be delicious!! Have you prepared carrot juice with cardomom? Carrot juice with just a hint of cardomom flavor will be delicious and you will yearn for it more!

Ingredients:
Carrots - 5 to 6 medium sized
Sugar - as per requirement
Cardomom powder - 1/2 tsp ( increase if the carrots are more)

Method:
        Peel the carrots and cut into length wise or as per your wish. I had a juice so I cut it length wise. put it in the juicer and extract the juice. mix sugar and cardomon powder. stir it well and serve chilled. If you want it diluted add little water.  If you are not using Juicer ,blend it in the mixie and strain.

Cucumber Mint Juice

I wanted to try some thing different in Cucumber other than raitha. I came across this recipe from Yummy Tummy. It tasted really nice. It was very refreshing to drink the juice. 

Ingredients

1.Cucumber - peeled and cut into cubes - 2  cups.

2.Mint leaves - 10 to 12. 

3.Juice of 1 lemon.

4.Salt to taste.

5.Sugar to taste.

6.Jeera powder Optional.

7.Water as per requirement.

Method

  Put all the ingredients in the juicer. Pour water and grind it. Strain it. Add ice cubes and serve chilled.