Wednesday, October 20, 2010

veg. omelette'

Ingredients:-

Green gram dhall powder: 1 cup
Urad dhall powder: 1 cup
small onions: 5 numbers cut in to small cubes
Tomatoes : 1 number cut into small pieces
salt
green chillies 1 number
pepper powder

Method:

Dry roast green gram dhall and urad dhall separately and powder it in a mixie.

In a pan add green gram dhall powder and urad dhall powder with enough water to a dosa batter consistency. add finely chopped small onions and tomatoes mixed with necessary salt.

After half an hour pour on the tawa as we make dosa and add pepper powder on the top of the batter

Omelette is ready.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

varahu pongal

varaghu, samai are some of rice varieties available in all the food stores. these are very good when compared to rice. even for cultivating these type of varieties they take very little water whereas for cultivating rice, it requires large quantity of water.

INGREDIENTS:-

varagu arisi 1 cup

cocunut milk 2 cups

water 1 cup

salt as per taste

pepper, cumin dried and powdered a spoon

ghee one spoon

METHOD:-

in one spoon ghee roast the powdered pepper and cumin seeds, add along with cocunut milk, varagu arisi, and add salt to it. put it to a rice cooker and cook and keep it in warm mode for ten minutes.

varagu pongal is ready.

very tasty and healthy. if you do not get varagu you can have it basmathi rice or ordinary ponni rice.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

pavai kari

Though bitter in taste, it is better for health. Pavakkai, bitter gourd, karela, the names vary but the benefits are various.

INGREDIENTS:-

Bitter gourd three
dice into small pieces deseeded

fresh coconut grated one cup

green chillies two

tamarind half a spoon

ghee one spoon

salt.

Method:=

Dice the vegetable and rub salt on the pieces and leave it for thirty minutes. remove the water that has accrued. again rinse with water.

in a kadai heat ghee and sauté the veg on low flame till it becomes crisp or in a microwave sauté it.

add chillies to coconut along with salt and tamarind and grind it to a smooth paste.

add the veg to the paste and mix it thoroughly.

tasty karela kari is ready.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Amirtha Kalasam.

Divine food is special. Certain offerings are specially made for Deities. Milagu vadai is offered to Maruthi. Panagam for Lord Narasimha. Likewise Amirtha Kalasam is offered to Lord Garudalwar. It is a special offering and people who want to get rid of fears, skin problems, insect bites must offer this Prasad to Garudalwar to seek His Blessings.

INGREDIENTS:-

green gram dal 1 cup
Pasi paruppu.

jaggery 1 and a quarter cup

cardamom two numbers powdered

ghee two teaspoon.

METHOD:

soak the dal for two hours.

soak the jaggery in one cup water for half an hour. filter it to remove impurities. let the mixture be thick.

grind the dal to a thick consistency. add jaggery water and cardamom powder in it and mix it thoroughly.

in a kadai add the ghee and pour the batter. Saute for few minutes till the batter comes together .

make small balls . now make the amritha kalasam, that is shape it like a kalasam or kozhukkatai or like cocunut. by practice you can make beautifully.

now put it in a idli pan and cook it for five to six minutes.

after the amrutha kalasam is completely cooked offer it to Lord Garudalwar and Vishnu and eat it and offer it to others.

You will see the difference in your life very soon. Yes. an offering of this prasad to the Lord will get you lot of things.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Avial

Avial is a fine variety, which we normally use to make when there is excess curd or butter milk in home.

Instead of Sambar, we make avial to have along with rice or as a side dish.

Ingredients.:-
snake gourd 25 gms
yam 25 gms
raw bananas 25 gms
drumsticks 2 numbers
carrots 2 numbers.

coconut one full grated.
cumin seeds half spoon
turmeric powder half spoon
curry leaves one sprig
green chillies two numbers.
curd two glasses.
coconut oil two spoons, salt.

METHOD:-

cut all the vegetables in to small thin uniform size.
grind the coconut added with cumin seeds, turmeric powder and green chillies to a fine paste.
cook the cut vegetables with salt in water for 10 minutes.
after the vegetables are cooked add the paste along with curd mix well and add curry leaves.again cook for another three minutes . when all the ingredients are mixed together well, add coconut oil and turn off the fire. wait for another five minutes, till the flavours are infused .

my experiences in cooking.

A long standing desire of mine is to start a mess and give good food to people. But my wish is still in the dream section.

I have lot of ideas as how to prepare food, how to give it neatly and healthily. So I have decided to start a web page to deliver my long standing menu items.

Most of the items may not be new to you. But it definitely tastes better.

The dishes are not invented by me, but noted down by me from many cook books magazines, from elders etc.

Hope you have a wonderful time in preparing the best dishes.

The dishes are simple, vegetarian and surely it will earn everyone's appreciation.