Monday, March 21, 2011

Onion pickle.

This one is very easy and tasty. This was presented by Mrs.Revathy Shanmugam in a t.v. show.

Ingredients:-

Onion one
Green chilly One
Lemon pickle One spoon.

Method:-

Slice the onion thinly and deseed the green chilly and cut into small pieces. In a bowl put the cut onion and chilly and lemon pickle and mix it thoroughly till the pickle is absorbed all over the onion. Now onion pickle is ready.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Gobi - 25

Ingredients:-

Gobi 250 gms
Green chilly 1
Pepper powder 2 tsp
salt
onion 1
oil 1 spoon

Method:-
cut gobi to small pieces.
cook Gobi in steam till it is tender. You may add little salt and turmeric powder along with gobi

Add little oil in a kadai and saute the onion, green chilly and now add the cooked gobi and pepper powder and salt and fry for a few seconds till everything is mixed well.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Karuveppilai Podi

Ingredients:-

Curry leaves: 50 gms
asafoetida: a pinch
Bengal gram: 2 tsp
Raw rice: 2 tsp
toor dal: 1 tsp
Red chillies: 4
Fried dal: 3 tsp
(pottu kadalai)
salt: as per taste

Method:

dry roast all the ingredients and grind it to a fine powder.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Tomato onion Chutney.

This one is served in Many popular restaurants as a side dish. It is a good side dish for rotis, dosa, and all other tiffin varieties.

Ingredients:-

Tomato: four (cut into smaller pieces)
Onion: one (diced)
chilly powder: one spoon
dhania powder: two spoons
cumin powder: two spoons
ginger: one spoon
salt
oil: two spoons
cloves: two numbers
cardamom: two numbers

Method:-

In a kadai drop two spoons of oil and saute onion till it turns soft and translucent add tomato and saute it till it becomes cooked, add dhania powder, followed by cumin powder and ginger. Now add salt. Also add red chilly powder and saute for a minute or two. Now add cloves and cardamom. Remove from the fire and allow it to cool.

After it is cooled, grind it to a smooth paste and boil it for a few seconds.

Chutney is ready.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Coconut Rice.

Ingredients:-

Grated coconut: One cup
Cooked Rice: one and half cup
Red chillies: two numbers
Channa dal: one tsp
Urad Dal: one tsp
Curry leaves: one frig
hing: a pinch
Salt:
Oil: two tsp

Method:-

In a kadai pour the oil. When it is hot, add the red chillies and then add the channa dal and urad dal and curry leaves and fry well. When the dal turns golden in colour, add the coconut and salt and hing and fry well, when once the coconut turns golden colour add the rice and mix it well. Pappad is a best side dish. You can break the pappad into pieces and add it in the rice.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Coriander Rice.

Ingredients:-

cooked rice: Two cups

Pepper: One tsp
Cumin: one tsp
Daniya: two tsp
Red chilly: two
(dry roast and powder the above four items)

mustard: 1 tsp
pepper: 1 tsp
Channa dal:2 tsp
salt :
Oil: 2 tsp

Method:

In a wok add two tsp oil and add mustard, pepper, channa dal, and salt and saute till the dal turns little brownish and now add the roasted powder and mix it for two minutes and now add the rice and mix it well till it is evenly coated.

Coriander rice is ready now.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Javvarasi Vadai.

Ingredients:-

Javvarasi one cup
Urad dal one cup
Salt
Cumin seeds one tsp
Oil for frying.

Method:-

Soak javvarasi in one or two cups of water
Also soak Urad dal in water separately

First grind the urad dal after one hour of soaking to a fine thick paste.Avoid adding water while grinding.

Now drain away the water in the javvarasi totally and add the same in the urad dal paste.

The batter is ready.

Add cumin seeds and salt in the batter.

Heat the kadai with enough oil and make vadai out of the batter and deep fry. you may make a small hole in the center of the vadai.

It is yummy, crispy and tasty.