Friday, August 20, 2010

HAALUBAI


Ingredients:

  • Idli rice - 1 cup

  • jaggery - 1 cup

  • water - 5 cup

  • cardamom powder - 1/8 tea spoon

  • broken cashew nuts - 1 table spoon

  • Ghee - 2-3 tea spoon

Preparation:

  1. Soak rice for 3 to 4 hour before and then grind it into fine paste with 5 cups of water.

  2. Add the paste to a nonstick pan and turn on the flame.

  3. Keep stiring contionusly and add jaggery, cardamun powder & cashew nuts to it.

  4. At last add ghee and mix it till it leaves the bottom of the pan.

  5. Now off the flame and spread it on a greased plate.

  6. Cut it into requried shape after it cools down.

  7. Serve it with ghee on top.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

GOLI BAJE


Ingredients:
  • Maida/All purpose flour - 1 cup
  • Curd - 1/4 cup
  • Idli batter - 1 table spoon
  • Finely chopped green chili - 2-3 small
  • Chopped cilantro
  • Chopped curry leaves
  • Salt to taste(1/8 tea spoon)
  • Baking soda & hing a pinch
  • Oil for frying
Preparation:
  1. Mix all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
  2. Make sure there is no lumps and consisteney is same as idli batter.(can add water or curd)
  3. Keep it aside for at least an hour.
  4. Then deep fry in oil by taking small amount of batter and droping in oil.
  5. Fry till they are golden brown and serve hot.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

CORN MASALA SANDWICH


Ingredients:
  • Bread toast - 8 slice
  • Corn - 2 -3 cups
  • Chopped tomatoes - 1 cup
  • Chopped onions - 1.5 cup
  • Chopped cucumber - 1 cup
  • cumin seeds - 1/4 tea spoon
  • Oil - 2 -3 tea spoon
  • Salt - 1/3 tea spoon
  • red chili powder - 1/4 tea spoon
  • Garam masala - 1/4 tea spoon
  • Chopped cilantro - 1 -2 tea spoon

Preparation:
  1. Take oil ,cumin seeds in a frying pan.
  2. When it splitter add onions and salt and fry them.
  3. Now add corn and cook for few minutes.
  4. Add half of the chopped tomatoes, red chili powder and fry till its cooked.
  5. At end add garam masala and turn off the flame.
  6. And also add the cucumber, tomatoes &cilantro and mix it well.
  7. Now take the bread toast and spread the masala over it.
  8. Cover it with another bread slice and cut it diagonally and serve.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

MIXED VEGETABLE UPMA


Ingredients:
  • Sooji - 1 cup
  • mixed vegetable - 1 cup
  • Oil - 3 to 4 tea spoon
  • onions - 1 small
  • salt - 3/4 tea spoon
  • Masala powder(fine powder of Rasam powder & cinnamon) - 1.5 tea spoon
  • mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves for seasoning
  • Boiling water - 2 cups
  • lemon juice - 1/4 tea spoon
  • cilantro

Preparation:
  1. Place the seasoning items with oil in a pan and turn on the heat.
  2. When it starts to splitter add onions and fry till light golden.
  3. Then add sooji and fry till sooji is light brown.
  4. Add mixed vegetable and masala powder and fry for few more seconds.
  5. Add boiling water to it and mix it well.
  6. Turn off the flame and keep it closed for few more minutes.
  7. At end add lemon juice and mix it well.
  8. Garnish with cilantro and serve hot.

SWEET CORN SOUP


Ingredients:
  • Sweet corn - 4 -5 cups
  • Pepper powder - 1/2 tea spoon
  • Salt - 1 tea spoon(acc to taste)
  • lemon juice - 1 table spoon (acc to taste)
  • Dry Basil and Italian herbs - a pinch

Preparation:
  1. Pressure cook the sweet corns(3 whistle).
  2. Blend it into a paste and stain it .
  3. Now add enough water(close to 4 cups or acc to your consistence) and start to boil.
  4. Add salt, pepper powder & dry herbs .
  5. Turn off the flame after to boils and add lemon juice .
  6. Serve hot with some croutons.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

TOMATO RICE


Ingredients:
  • Tomatoes - 4 medium
  • Onion - 1 medium
  • Basmati rice - 2 cups
  • ginger-garlic paste - 1 tea spoon
  • turmeric powder - 1/8 tea spoon
  • red chili powder - 1/2 tea spoon
  • salt - 2 tea spoon
  • Oil,cumin,curry leaves & mustard seeds for seasoning

Preparation:
  1. First cook rice and keep it aside.
  2. Take oil, cumin seeds,curry leaves & mustard seeds in a pan.
  3. When it splitters add onion,salt & ginger- garlic paste and fry till its transparent.
  4. Now make tomato puree and add it.
  5. When it looks to be cooked add red chili powder & turmeric powder.
  6. At last mix with cooked rice and turn off the flame.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

BADADNEKAI YENNEGAI (stuffed eggplant masala)


Ingredients:
  • Small eggplant - 4 to5
  • Coconut - 1 table spoon
  • Red chili - 6 to7 long (acc to taste)
  • Peanut - 2 to 3 tea spoon
  • Sesame seeds - 2 tea spoon
  • Cumin - 1 tea spoon
  • Coriander - 1 tea spoon
  • Methi seeds - a pinch
  • Urad dal - 2 tea spoon
  • Tamarind pulp - 1 tea spoon (thick pulp)
  • Oil for shallow frying
  • salt - 1/2 tea spoon

Preparation:
  1. Dry roast red chili,peanut, seame seeds,cumin,coriander,methi ,urad dal till light golden.
  2. Add coconut to that and fry for few more seconds and off the flame.
  3. Grind it to fine paste with salt,tamarind pulp and few spoons of water.
  4. Now make two slits on the eggplants,lengthwise such that the slits form a "+" sign on each ,Retain the stalk of the eggplant.
  5. Now stuff the masala inside the split eggplant.
  6. Pour the excess masala over the stuffed eggplant and place on a pan with enough oil.
  7. Then shallow fry the eggplant by turning to cook both the sides