Sunday, July 11, 2010

Rava Dosa

Ingredients:

Sooji Rava - 2 cup
Maida - 1/2 cup
Rice flour 1/2 cup
Finely chopped Ginger - 1tsp
Coconut - 1tbs
Yogurt - 2tbs
Coriander leaves - 2tbs
Salt to taste
Water - 6 cup
Oil

Seasoning:

Mustered seeds - 1 tsp
Jerra - 1tsp
Red chillies - 2
curry leaves - 6

Method:

Prepare seasoning and keep it aside. Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl and add seasoning, if required add more water.
prepare dosa in a nonstick thava.

Rava Dosa is served with Coconut chutney.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Pudina / Mint Powder


Ingredients:

Dry Pudina -1 cup
Grated dry coconut - 1/2 cup
red chillies - 1/2 cup
Sesame seed / Til - 3tsp
Garlic - 4
Tamarind - 1'
Oil - 2tsp
Salt to taste

Method:
Fry all the above ingredients with little oil separately for few min (until it becomes little brown)

make paste of garlic and salt add all other ingredients and make powder.

Pudina Powder is very tasty with Rice /Talipattu.

Note: wash pudina / mint then dry in sun for one or two days....

Wheat Apple nut Cake/ Bread

Serving:10

1.Ingredients:
Wheat fl: 1 cup
All-purpose flour: 1 cup
Baking powder: 3/4tsp
baking soda:1/4tsp
Salt: 1/4tsp
Cinnamon powder: 1/4 tsp
Nutmeg powder:1/8 tsp


2. Ingredients:
2 beaten eggs (5 for double)
Small cut Apple: 1-1/2 cup(~1 medium) Artificial sweetener - 1/3cup
Sugar: 1 cup or 3/4 cup for less sweetness
Melted butter: 1/2 cup

Chocolate chips: 1/2 cup
Walnut chopped: 3/4 cup

Combine 1.ingredients in large bowl. Set aside.
Mix 2.ingredients (except chips & nuts) in medium bowl.
Make well in dry ingredients and mix in egg mixture all at once.
Add chips & nuts to lumpy mixture.
Spoon into two 7.5x3.5x2" loaf pans (or 4 of the small ones) that have
been greased or sprayed with Pam. (Fill pans ½ way.).
Bake at 350 for 50 minutes. (1 hour for 9x5x3")

Note:For Sugar free cake don't add Chocolate chip.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Pudhina / Mint Rice

Ingredients: 
Rice: 2 cup
Pudina: 1 bunch
1/ 2 cup Onions:
Green peas: 1 cup
Chopped Carrot: 1cup
Coconut: 5tsp
Ginger: one pinch
Green chillies: 4 ( or depending on how the chillies are spicy)
Bay leaves: 4
Clove:4
Cinnamon: 1"
Method:  In a pan, have a bit of oil heated. Put pudina and 2 chopped green chillies and fry till the water contents are gone. Take the fried pudina with ginger, coconut powder, put in a mixer and grind it (90%)  Cook the green peas and carrot separately Take a pan and have 2 spoon of oil and bay leaves, clove cinnamon, chopped onion and 2 green chili, turmeric powder to be fried, then mix the pudina paste.. leave it for some time until it losses its raw smell. Once this is done, mix the veg and finally salt.  In a pressure cooker put the pudina masala and rice with water and cook it. without cooker - cook the rice seperate and mix the pudina and veggies.

Tindora / Thondekai / Dondakai Rice

Serving: 2

Ingredients:

Sona Masoori Rice: 1 cup
Chopped Tindora: 1 1/2 cup
Bay leaves: 2
Chili powder: 1/2 tsp
Garlic paste: 1/4 tsp
Coconut powder: 2 tsp
Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp
Chopped coriander: 4 tsp
Curry Masala: 1/2 tsp

Seasoning:
Mustard seeds:1/2 tsp 
Jeera/Cumin: 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves: 6
Oil: 2 tbs

Method:

In a pressure cooker prepare seasoning with mustered seeds, jeera, curry leaves, bay leaves when bay leaves turn slight brown add Tindora, turmeric powder, coconut powder, chili powder, garlic paste fry for 2 to 3 min then add washed rice and salt fry for 2 to 3 min now add 2 cup water and pressure cook the rice.

when the cooker gets cool transfer rice to a serving bowl.
Garnish Tindora Rice with chopped coriander.





Ginger Chutney

Ginger Chutney:

Ingredients:

Ginger: 3-4"
Coconut dry / fresh: 1/4 cup
Green chili:3
salt

Method:

Prepare chutney adding all the ingredients with 1/4 cup water.


Thursday, April 8, 2010

Pesarattu and Ginger chutney


Serving: 4

Ingredients:

Whole Moong: 1 cup
Rice: 2tsp
Channa dal: 2tsp
Green Chili: 3
Jeera / Cumin seeds: 1tsp
Ginger: 1/2"
Salt

Method:

Soak Moong, rice and channa dal for 6 to 8 hours then grind while grinding add ginger, green chilies and add 1 to 1 1/2 cup water until batter gets dosa batter consistency.
Add Jeera and salt to the batter and prepare Pesarattu on dosa pan.


Ginger Chutney:

Ingredients:

Ginger: 3-4"
Coconut dry / fresh: 1/4 cup
Green chili:3
salt

Method:

Prepare chutney adding all the ingredients with 1/4 cup water.