Thursday, March 31, 2011

Rasgulla


Ingredients
Thick Milk - 2 cups
Vinegar or lime juice - 1/4 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Water - 2 1/2 cups
Rose water - 1 1/2 tsp

To make Rasgulla
  • Boil the milk in thick bottom pan
  • Keep the flame in medium to high 
  • Once start coming up add vinegar or lime juice
  • Allow the milk to curdle and stir gently
  • When milk is curdled completely 
  • Strain it with thick cotton cloth 
  • Squeeze out the water completely from the curdle mixture
  • And place heavy weight vessel on it to remove all moisture 
  • Or can hang it in one place for 1/2 hour
  • After 1/2hr  cheese will be ready to make balls
  • In the mean time can make syrup for rasgullas
  • In the pressure cooker add sugar and water 
  • Keep the flame in medium
  • Mix it well 
  • After 1/2 hr cheese will be smooth
  • Smash the cheese with your hand for 5 minutes and make it as dough (use your palm to smash it and make it as dough)
  • After become a dough with out crack 
  • Make it as small round shape balls with out crack(once the balls ready should add it immediately in to the sugar syrup)
  • Once sugar syrup start boiling add the cheese balls and close it with lid
  • After 1 whistle keep the flame in low
  • Switch it off after 15 minutes
  • Let it cool down 
  • Add Rose water and mix it well
  • Put this Rasgullas in the refrigerator to chill it and then serve it

Note : if we serve this next day, Rasgullas will be very tasty

Kozhi Rasam( Chicken bone Rasam)


Ingredients
Chicken Bone pieces - 200gms
Big Onion : 1/2 (chopped) or Pearl onion - 15 to 20
Tomato - 1
Chili Powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 2 Pinch
Thick Tamarind water - 1/4 cup
Blcok pepper Powder : 2 tsp
Jeera powder  - 1 tsp (Cumin powder)
Coriander Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garlic - 3
Red chili - 3

To Make Kozhi Rasam
  • Wash the chicken pieces and add chopped onion, tomato, turmeric powder, Chili powder, Garlic
  • And add 3 cups of water. 
  • Add all together in Pressure cooker 
  • After 1 whistle and slow it down and switch it off after 10 minutes
  • Take the chicken pieces separately from the Pressure cooker and keep it aside
  • Heat the oil in pan add Jeera, curry leaves, Chopped Onion 2tsp and fry it
  • Add Red chili,Tomato 2tsp and fry it
  • Add the chicken pieces in the pan and fry it for 2 minutes 
  • Pour the rasam ( chicken rasam  kept in pressure cooker) in to the pan
  • Add tamarind water, and add water 1 cup
  • Add Block pepper powder, Jeera powder, Coriander powder, Salt (can use rasam powder also)
  • Mix it well
  • Switch it off once start boiling like Rasam
  • Finally add chopped coriander
  • And serve it hot with Rice


Vazhaipoo Vadai


Ingredients
Banana Flower(vazhai poo) - 1 1/2 cup (Chopped)
Toor dal - 1/2 cup
Red chili - 4
Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp

To Make Vazhaipoo Vadai
  • Soak the Toor dal, Red chili, Fennel seeds for 2 hours 
  • Grind it to Coarse (little roughly)
  • Don't add much water while grinding (can add 3 tsp of water) 
  • Add chopped banana flower in to the Toor dal mix
  • Add salt and mix it well the banana flower and toor dal mix
  • And make it as shape you required 
  • Fry it in the Oil and serve it.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Idly Podi

Ingredients
Red chili : 1 cup
Urud dal : 1/2 cup
Chana dal : 1/4 cup
Thoor dal : 4 tsp
Cumin Seeds : 3 tsp
Salt : 2 tsp
Asafetida : 1 small piece(powder : 4 pinch) Perungayam
Garlic Pods : 3
Curry leaves : 1 hand full
Block sesame : 1/2 tsp (optional)
Coriander leaves : 1 hand full
Sesame oil : 2 tsp

To Make Idly Podi
  • Heat the sesame oil in Big flat pan
  • Keep the flame in medium
  • Add the urud dal, chana dal, Thoor dal roast it 
  • Add  the coriander leaves, curry leaves, Perungayam roast it
  • Finally add Red chili
  • Add the ingredients one by one and roast it in the oil
  • Leave it for 5 minutes to cool down 
  • Grind it in the mixi 
  • Grind it coarse (Little roughly)
  • Store it in air tight container

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Aappam

Ingredients
Raw rice : 1/2 cup
Boiled rice : 1/2 cup
Urud dal : 1/4 cup
Coconut milk : 3 cups
Sugar : 5 to 8 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp

To Make Coconut milk
  • Take 1/2 moodi of Coconut
  • Grind it in the mixi with 2 1/2 cups of water
  • Filter the coconut milk 
  • Mix the sugar in coconut milk
To Make Dosa Batter 
  • Soak the Boiled rice, Raw rice, Urud dal, Fenugreek seeds all together in water for 6 hours
  • Grind the soaked ingredients in mixi to very fine paste with adding water little by little
  • Add salt and mix it in hand, bring it as like dosa batter 
  • Let it ferment for 12 hours (Over night)
  • When using this batter next day add little water 
  • And mix it well
To Make Aappam
  • Heat the dosa pan or Aappam pan 
  • Add 2 drops of oil 
  • Spread the oil in pan
  • Pour 1 big spoon of batter in center of the pan 
  • Spread and expand along the edges 
  • Center should be slightly thicker than sides
  • Cover the pan and cook in medium flame
  • Should cook one side only(should not turn it)

  • It should not be crispy
  • Add this dosa in coconut milk 
  • Serve it after 1 minute