After the preparation of dough, there are very important steps to be followed to get the perfect soft akki roti. To make the dough please refer to the post on akki roti dough. While rolling out the dough ball, it is necessary to be very gentle. The rolling pin’s pressure…
Akki Roti/ Pathiri Dough
Akki roti is a speciality of Karnataka. Usually rotis are patted directly on tawa and cooked. These rotis usually have onions and green chillies in them. They also have avarekalu during season. But the akki roti I am posting today is my friend’s recipe. When ever I think of akki…
Poori Dough
Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon#18. I am posting under Indian Basics. For this week I will be posting about different types of dough used for making flat breads. Poori is a very famous breakfast in Tamilnadu. The hotels will serve hot and puffy pooris with potato masal…
Chapathi / Paratha Dough
Today I am participating in Blogging Marathon#18 and I am posting under the theme Indian Basics. As this blog is all about basic techniques and recipes from my kitchen, I thought of participating when I saw the theme Srivalli announced. To begin with I will share with you the method of preparing…
Blanching Almonds and Home Made Almond Meal
Almond meals are extensively used in baking cakes, cookies, macaroons and tarts. They are also used in marzipan. Buying almond meal may be a bit expensive. Preparing it at home is a very interesting procedure. Peeled almonds are also used in a lot of desserts. You can blanch, peel, dry…
Fresh Almonds
I haven’t come across fresh almonds. This is the first time I saw it in the super market. I got curious and though it was priced higher, I bought home a small pack. I didn’t know how to use it in my recipes. So the only way was to search…
Idli
Idli is the most famous south Indian breakfast. Soft and fluffy idlis served with sambar chutney and vadai makes a delicious breakfast. In the last post I explained about getting the perfect batter for idlis. the next step is to steam the idlis. For making idlis we need idli mould…
Idli/ Dosa Batter
Idlis are very famous breakfast dish from South India. Every state has a different set of ingredients to get fluffy idlis. This is the way we get idlis in Tamil Nadu. Nowadays idli batter is readily available in the market. So it has become very rare to prepare batter at…
Manathakkali Vatral/ Dried Black Night Shade Berry
I once posted about Black Night Shade Berries/ Manathakkali (click to view post). When I saw it in the nearby shop, I bought 200gm of those to prepare the dry version. Vatral is usually prepared during summers while the sun is very hot. When summer commences, mom starts preparing vadagam and…
Filter Coffee
Who can resist filter coffee? Before instant coffee, filter coffee very famous. When instant coffee was introduced, the advertisement said that it is tasty as the filter coffee. My mom used to prepare coffee powder at home. I remember her buying coffee beans and roasting them. The aroma of fresh…