TIL RICE

This is one of my favourite rice variety , my mom used to do til rice every saturday as prasadam for Lord Saturn !! I used to enjoy the rice with papadams !! Here goes the recipe :

INGREDIENTS :
1 cup Basmati rice
3-4 tbsp Til ( may be black or white )
1 tbsp Urad dal
1 tsp pepper
2-3 Red chillies (as per taste )
Salt as per taste
2 tbsp gingelly oil

METHOD :
* Cook the rice seperately with 2 cups of water and keep it aside
* Roast all the ingredients except oil , let it cool and powder them
* Mix in the rice , with the gingelly oil
* Serve hot with Pappadams !!!

NOTE :
* If you use black til , the rice will have light brown colour and if using white til , the the rice may not get that much colour !!

VEGETABLE KURUMA

I love to have kuruma with idli / Chapathi / even with rice . But i did not know the correct procedure :( Recently i learnt the recipe from my school friend , kavitha ... She is a great cook and her blog has mouth watering recipes !! Here goes the recipe of kuruma :

INGREDIENTS :
1 Cup Chopped Vegetables ( Carrot , beans , fresh green peas , potato , cauliflower )
1 Medium onion , 1 medium tomato ( Finely chopped )
Salt as desired
1 tbsp Turmeric powder
1 tbsp garam masala

For grinding :
2 tbsp grated coconut
1 green chilly
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 tbsp fennel seeds
1 piece ginger
1 piece cardamon

For seasoning :
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp mustard seeds , 1 tbsp chana dal
1-2 Bay leaf

METHOD :
* Cook all the vegetables till soft ( not mushy )
* Grind the ingredients for grinding with little water
* Prepare the seasoning in a kadai
* Fry the onion with salt and turmeric powder , not till they turn brown
* Add the tomato and the garam masala , Cook till done
* Add the grinded masala and cook till the raw smell goes off
* Now add the cooked vegetables and stir gently
* Let it cook for 2-3 minutes
* Remove from heat, garnish with curry / coriander leaves
* Serve hot with Idlis / Chapathis or even rice

SWEET APPAM

This is one of the easiest and tastiest sweet , i love appam very very much !! Mu husband and daughter loves appam very much so this is one of the favourite sweet of our family !!!!!!!!!!

INGREDIENTS :
1 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup powdered jaggery ( can increase or decrease as per taste )
1 small banana
Cardamon powder
Water ( As needed)
Oil for frying

METHOD :
* Mix Wheat flour , jaggery well
* Smash the banana and add to it
* Add water and make it into a watery dough
* Add the cardamon powder to it
* Heat the oil in a kadai
* Pour a small amount of batter to it
* When one side turns brown turn it upside down
* When done remove it from the heat , drain the oil and store it in a air-tight container
* If you add banana , the appam will be very tasty but will get spoiled soon
* You can use appakkaral ( vessel to make appam ) so that u can make several appam in one time

KAI MURUKKU

INGREDIENTS :
1 cup rice flour
2-3tbsp roasted gram flour
3-4 tbsp urad dal
1 tbsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp sesame seeds (optional)
Salt as per taste
Butter - 1 tbsp
Oil for frying

METHOD :
* Mix all the ingredients into a soft dough with little water
* In a plastic sheet spread some oil
* Coad ur fingers with some oil , take a small ball of dough and make circular discs , by twisting a little while u do murukku
* If needed small sizes stop with 3 circles, it can be made upto 9 or 11 circles .
* If u run out of the dough u took u can still continue with another ball from the place u left !!!
* Deep fry them in oil
* When done , remove from heat , drain the oil and store it in a air-tight container!!

THATTAI

INGREDIENTS :
1 cup Rice flour
5-6 tbsp gram flour or roasted dal powdeer
1 tbsp chilli powder
1 tbsp jeera
1 tbsp Til/sesame seeds
Salt 1 tbsp ( as per taste )
Asafoetida a pinch
Butter 1 tbsp
Channa dal 2 tbsp
Oil for frying

METHOD :
* Soak dal for 30 mins , drain the water and keep it aside
* Mix all the ingredients including the dal with little water
* Make a soft dough , make sure the dough is not watery or sticky
* Take a plastic sheet/ ziploc bag , coat with oil
* Take a small ball out of the dough , put it in the sheet , pat it so that to make a small circular disc which is about 1mm thick
* Make several discs like this
* To avoid puffing of discs while frying pierce the discs at several places with a fork
* Meanwhile heat oil in a kadai
* When the oil is hot , place in the discs in the oil and deep fry it
* Turn upside down the discs when one side is done
* When the bubbles around the discs disappears , the thattai is done
* Remove from heat , drain the oil and store it in an air-tight container !!

GOBI MANCHURIAN

INGREDIENTS :

1 medium Gobi (Cauliflower)

3/4 cup Maida

1 tbsp Corn Flour

Salt as per taste

1 tsp red chilli powder

Asafoetida - a pinch

1 Chopped green chili

Ginger - garlic paste

1 Medium Onion ( finely chopped )

Coriander Leaves

2 tbsp Soya Sauce

2-3 tbsp Tomato Ketchup

2 tbsp Oil

METHOD :

* Make a paste of maida, corn flour , salt , ginger -garlic paste (a little) chilli powder with water.
* Dip the gobi florets in the paste and deep fry till golden brown. Keep aside.
*Heat oil in another pan and add the left ginger & garlic paste, chopped onions and green chili to it.
* Then add soya sauce and tomato sauce to it.
* Add fried Gobi kept aside and mix well.

* Garnish it with coriander leaves.

* Serve the gobi manchurian hot with rotis / parathas / even rice

SAMBAR -2

INGREDIENTS :
1 Cup Toor dal
1/2 cup vegetable for sambar ( Carrot , potato , radish , pumpkin , chow-chow , turnip , lady'sfinger , Capsicum etc)
1 medium onion
1 medium tomato
Tamarind pulp - lemon size
2 tbsp sambar powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
Salt as per taste

For seasoning :
1 tbsp oil,
1 tbsp mustard seeds , urad dal , fenugreek seeds , fennel seeds

METHOD :
* Cook toor dal with enough water , salt for 4-5 whisltes and keep it aside
* Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 mins and extract the juice and keep it aside
* Chop the vegetable into thick cubes and keep it aside
* Finely chop the onion and tomato and keep them aside
* In a kadai Do the seasoning , add the onions and fry them till transparent with salt and turmeric powder
* Add the tomatoes and cook till done .
* Add the vegetable and fry for a minute
* Now add the tamarind juice , sambar powder and let it boil
* Let it cook till the vegetable is done
* Smash the dal and add it to the sambar
* Let it boil
* Remove from heat and garnish with curry leaves
* Serve hot with Rice / Idli / Dosa
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