Sunday, September 12, 2010

Coconut Rice


Ingredients:

Basmathi Rice: 1cup
Coconut milk: 3/4 cup
Water: 1 1/4 cup
Chopped coriander: 2sp
Uraddal Papad pieces: 5sp
Salt

Seasoning:
Mustered seeds - 1 tsp
Jerra - 1tsp
Green chillies - 2
curry leaves - 6
Chana dal - 1sp
Urad dal - 1sp
Cashew- 2sp

Method:
Soak Basmathi for half hour. Prepare seasoning in pressure cooker, add water, rice, coconut milk, Salt. Pressure cook the rice.
When the cooker gets cool transfer the rice to serving dish. Garnish coconut rice with coriander and uradal papad pieces.

Cucumber Gojju


Ingredients:

Cucumber: 1
fresh coconut: 2tsp
Tamarind juice: 2tsp
Green Chili - 1
Cumin / Jeera powder: 1/2tsp
Methi seeds powder: 1/4tsp
Mustered powder: 1/4tsp
Chopped coriander: 1tsp
Jagary: 1tsp
Salt

Seasoning:
Mustered seeds - 1 tsp
Jerra - 1tsp
Urad Dal - 1/2tsp
Red chillies - 2
curry leaves - 6

Method:
Finely chop half cucumber and grate other half
Grind all the ingredients except chopped cucumber and coriander with 1/2 cup water. after grinding add chopped cucumber and coriander.

Prepare seasoning and Garnish cucumber gojju with seasoning.

Serve with Chapathi / Rice

Veg Soup

Ingredients:

Chopped Mix veg: 1cup (beans, carrot, peas, coliflower)
Wheat fl: 2sp
boiled and mashed Potato: 1 small (3sp)
Butter: 1sp
Salt
Pepper powder: 1pinch
Milk: 1cup
water: 1cup

Method:
In a pan heat butter and fry wheat fl for a while until it leaves the smell, add milk and water. when it starts boiling add potato, boiled veg, pepper and Salt according to taste.

MoongDal Harvaayi/ Moongdal Cheese roll


Ingredients:
Dosa:
MoonDal: 2cup
Rice: 2tsp
Ginger: 1'
Garlic: 2
Green chilli: 3
Salt:1/4 sp

Stuffing:
Coriender: 1 cup
Fresh coconut: 1cup
Salt
Sugar: 1/2 sp
Lemon juice: 2sp
Grated cheese: 5sp
Chilli powder: 1sp

Seasoning:
Mustered seeds - 1 tsp
Jerra - 1tsp

Method:
Soak Moong Dal & rice for 2 hours, then grind adding all remaining Dosa ingredients with little water.

Curry for stuffing:
Prepare seasoning add coriender fry until it become tender then add coconut, salt, sugar and lemon juice.

Make Dosa From Moon dal batter. Reduce the flame, on the tava itself spread 2 sp curry and sprinkle cheese. for spicy taste sprinkle chilli powder. close dosa for 1 min until cheese melts little bit, then roll it and make 3 pieces.

Rasam Powder

Ingredients:

Daniya: 1kg
Jeera: 150gm
Toor Dal: 150gm
Turmaric: 150gm
Curry Leaves: 150gm
Pepper: 200gm
Red chillies: 50gm

Method:
Dry fry all the ingredients and make powder

Sambar Powder

Ingredients:

Daniya: 500gm
Hot chillies: 250gm
Mild chillies: 250gm
Jeera: 100gm
Pepper: 100gm
Chana dal: 100gm
Urad dal: 50gm
Rice: 50gm
Methi seeds: 25gm
Cinnamon: 2'
Elichi: 2
Clove: 2
Asifotida: 3 pinch
Turmaric Powder: 25gm
Mustured seeds: 25gm
Nutmug powder: 2 pinch
Curry leaves: 50gm
Oil: 2sp

Method:
Fry all the ingredients with little oil until golden brown and make powder.

Curry Masala/ Gode Masala(Maharashtra Masala)

Ingredients:

Daniya: 250 gm
Cinnamon: 4'
stone flower: 10gm
Dried Kapok buds/ Marati moggu: 10gm (look like Clove)
Bay leaves: 10gm
Shajeera: 10gm
Poppy seed: 25gm
Curry Leaves: 25gm
Asifotida: 2 pinch
Pepper :10gm
Elaichi: 4
Red chillies: 100gm
Clove: 10
dry coconut: 50 gm
Kadugol Moggu/ Marati moggu: 5gm
Anise Petal/ Chakra moggu: 5gm
Oil: 2sp


Method:

Fry all the ingredients separately with little oil until dark brown.
Make powder