Thursday, March 31, 2011

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

Monday, February 21, 2011

Instant Mini Burger

Ingredients
Potato : 2 medium size
Carrot : 1 chopped
Onion : 1/2 medium size
Red chili powder : 3 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp
Corn flour : 5 tsp
Bread gums : 5 tsp
Mini Bun : 4

To Make Instant Mini Burger for Break fast
  • Heat the oil in pan add little mustard, onion 
  • Add tomato and fry it, add all the vegetables fry it for 5 minutes 
  • Add salt 
  • Add red chili powder, garam masala powder  and cook it well
  • Add boiled potato and mix it well 
  • Masala should not be watery 
  • Once it become masala switch it off and leave it 5 minutes
  • After it cool down take little masala in hand and make it as shape flat round shape
  • And roll over the corn flour powder and Rusk powder
  • Heat the oil in pan and fry the cutlets
  • Keep the flame in medium
  • If one side has fryed slightly turn it to other side
  • And Cut the bun in to 2 pieces 
  • Keep the cutlet in between the bun 
  • And cut the tomato as round shape an keep it in center of the bun 
  • And add cheese in the center and close it with other piece of bun
  • And serve it with Tomato sauce

Friday, February 18, 2011

Potato, Mushroom Poriyal (Fry)

Ingredients 
Mushroom : 200 gms
Potato : 200 gms
Onion : 1 medium size full
Ginger garlic paste : 1 tsp
Green chili : 4
Coriander powder : 1 tsp
Block pepper : 1 tsp
Oil : 5 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp
Bay leaves, lavangam, pattai : 2
Coriander leaves : 1 hand full

To Make Potato Mushroom Poriyal
  • Heat the oil in pan 
  • Add Bay leaves, Lavangam, pattai 
  • Keep the flame in medium
  • Add Onion, ginger garlic paste
  • Fry it well
  • Add Potato, Mushroom fry it well
  • Add salt, coriander leaves and fry it
  • Add little water and mix it
  • Add coriander powder, Block pepper, Green chili
  • Fry it well
  • Add little water and fry it well until raw smell goes off 
  • And close it with lid for 5 minutes 
  • Switch it off after 5 minutes and garnish it with coriander leaves 
  • And serve it hot with Chapati, Dosa and Curd Rice 


Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Tomato Soup

Ingredients
Tomato : 2 medium size
Block pepper : 3 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp
Cumin powder : 1 tsp
Corn flour : 1 tsp
Water : 2 1/2 cups

To Make Tomato Soup
  • Boil the tomato and remove the skin 
  • Grind it in the mixi and make it as tomato puree
  • Take 5 tsp of water and mix corn flour to it, with out lumps an keep it aside 
  • Boil the 2 1/2 cups of water in flat pan 
  • Add tomato puree in to the water 
  • Add salt, Cumin powder, Block pepper 
  • Add corn flour mix little by little 
  • Mix it well
  • Switch it off after 5 to 10 minutes
  • Serve it hot
  • If spicy required more can add little block pepper extra before serving 

Friday, February 4, 2011

Chili Fish

Ingredients
Boneless fish : 1/2 kg (Cut in to small square or thin length)
Big Onion :1 medium size (chopped)
Red chili : 6 (flakes)broken
Garlic : 3 (chopped)
Capsicum : 1/2
Corn flour powder : 3 tsp
All purpose flour : 6 tsp (Maida)
Rice flour : 2 tsp
Soya sauce : 1 tsp
Sugar :1/2 tsp
Block pepper powder : 1 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp
Spring onion : 1 hand full
Tomato sauce : 1/2 tsp
Oil : to fry fish

To Make Chili Fish
  • In bowl add corn flour, rice flour, all purpose flour, soya sauce, sugar, salt, block pepper 
  • Mix all together an make it as thick paste with little water
  • Add fish in to the flour mixture
  • Fry the fish in oil an keep at aside
  • Heat the oil in pan add garlic, Red chili  and onion fry until becomes golden brown
  • Add  capsicum and fry it well
  • Add fried fish and mix it 
  • Add soya sauce, salt, tomato sauce, sugar, block pepper 
  • Finally add spring onion greens
  • Mix it well with fish and make it as dry
  • Switch it off after 5 minutes 
  • Serve it hot with chapati, Fried rice