The Recipe: Ingredients: Till seeds-1/2cup Raw rice-1cup Jaggery-120gm Water-1/4cup Urad dhal flour-1/8cup Oil-to fry Procedure: Soak rice for 2 hours and filter water. Grind it to a fine flour and sieve it with urad dhal flour. Add till seeds. Crush jaggery and add water to it. Bring to a boil…
Butter Beans Kulambu
This is a simple gravy prepared in less than 30minutes.It goes well with rice and chapathi. The Recipe: Ingredients: Butter beans-250gm Onion-2 Tomato-2 Coconut grated-1 1/2 cups Salt- to taste Turmeric powder-1/2tsp Sambhar powder-2tsp Coriander leaves(optional)-for garnishing Procedure: 1. Grind coconut and tomatoes to fine paste. 2. Heat oil,…
Cauliflower and peas poriyal
The Recipe: The Ingredients: Cauliflower-1 cut to small florets Green peas- 1/2 cup Onion-1no Cumin seeds-1tsp Green chilly-3nos Coconut-2tbs Mustard seeds-1tsp Procedure: 1. Boil green peas until soft. Drain water and keep it aside. 2. Grind coconut and green chillies to a smooth paste. 3.Heat oil and add mustard and…
Rasam
This is the simple form of rasam. There are many varieties which I will be posting in the future. The Recipe: Ingredients: Dhal stock-5-6cups Tamarind-1 lemon sized ball Tomato-3nos Red chilly-4nos Pepper and cumin powder-2tsp Curry leaves-6nos Coriander leaves-for garnishing Mustard-1tsp Cumin-1tsp Methi seeds-1/2tsp Hing-1/2tsp Turmeric powder-1/2tsp…
Paruppu
This is a famous south indian dish and is very easy to prepare. This has to be accompanied with rice and rasam. The Recipe: Ingredients: Toor dhal-1cup Turmeric powder-1/4tsp Till oil-!tbs Salt- to taste Onion-1no Green chilly-3nos Curry leaves-7/8nos Coriander leaves-for garnishing Mustard seeds-1tsp Urad dhal-1tsp Hing-1/4tsp Procedure: 1. Pressure…
Rava Laddu
The quantity of ingredients I have used will make 12 laddus.I am sending this to Nithu’s Kitchen For the “CELEBRATE SWEETS – LADDU” event which was started by Nivedita. The Recipe: Ingredients: Rava-1/2cup Sugar-1/2cup Water-1/4cup Ghee-1/2tbs Coconut-3/4cup Cashew nuts-20gm(broken to small pcs) Cardamom powder-1/4tsp Procedure: 1.Heat ghee, fry cashew. When…
Capsicum Masala
I have been trying this recipe for nearly 12 years and everyone in my home likes it. I got this when I was studying in college in Mysore. My friend Smitha gave me this recipe and it is a huge success till now. Now to the recipe…….. The Recipe: Ingredients:…
Baked Okra (Lady’s Finger)
I have used just 2 ingredients In this simple recipe. Hope you enjoy.The recipe: Ingredients: Okra-250gm Idli podi (Urad dhal powder)- as per requirement Till oil-to mix the idli powder Procedure: 1. Wash okras and slit it in the middle. 2. Mix idli podi and till oil. 3. Stuff the…
Homemade Ghee
Melt butter It becomes frothy The water evaporates from butter When ghee becomes clear switch off stove Filter and store it in air tight container
Homemade Cottage Cheese(Paneer)
We use paneer for lot of dishes. When you buy it at store it may me quite costly. Preparing paneer at home is very easy. For those who are new to cooking, prepare paneer at home and you are sure to amaze your family members. There…