Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Rawa Upma





Ingredients:


1 cup rava(suji)


1/2 tesp Mustard seeds


1 tesp Bengalgram


1 tesp Split Blackgram


1 chopped onion


4-5 curry leaves


3-4 dried red chillies


2 tesp lemon juice


1 tbsp ghee


salt to taste


1 cup water


Method:


1.Heat up ghee in a pan.Add mustard seeds,both grams,red chillies,curry leaves.


2.When it crackles ,add onion and cook it till light brown.


3.Add rava and cook it till light brown.


4.Add water ,lemon juice,salt ,chopped coriander.Stir it till it get tight. Cook it with a spoon of ghee.


5. Serve it with coconut chutney.


Sending it over Ec for WYF Breakfast event



Friday, March 13, 2009

Masala Dosa



Ingredients:


For Batter:


3 cup Rice


1 cup split blackgram(Urad ) dal


1 tbsp poha


1/2 tesp fenugreek seeds(methi dana)


Salt to taste


Method:


1.Soak all the ingredients except salt in water for 2-3 hrs.


2. Grind it to a smooth paste and add salt and mix it. Keep the batter overnight to ferment.


3. Use this Batter to make any kind of dosas.


For Masala:


Ingredients:


4 Boiled Potatoes


1/2 tesp mustard seeds


1 tesp bengalgram(chana dal)


1 tesp split blackgram(urad dal)


4-5 curry leaves


1/2 tesp turmeric pd


1 tesp Red chilli pd


Salt to taste


1 tesp lemon juice


1 tbsp oil


Method:


1.Heat oil in a pan.


2.Add mustard seeds,both dals and curry leaves.


3.Add onions and cook till it get brown.


4.Add salt,turmeric powder,red chilli powder.cook it with some water.


5.Add boiled potatoes.


6.Add lime juice.Mix it well and cook it.


7. Serve with dosa either filling in it or keeping aside.


Masala Dosa sending over to SolKadi Dosa Feast






Thursday, March 12, 2009

Tomato Onion Uttapam


Ingredients:
For Batter:
3 cup Rice
1 cup split blackgram(Urad ) dal
1 tbsp poha
1/2 tesp fenugreek seeds(methi dana)
salt to taste
Method:
1.Soak all the ingredients except salt in water for 2-3 hrs.
2. Grind it to a smooth paste and add salt and mix it. Keep the batter overnight to ferment.
3. Use this Batter to make any kind of dosas,uttapams.
Ingredients For Tomato onion uttapam:
1 chopped tomato
1 chopped onion
1 chopped green chilli
finely chopped coriander leaves
2-3 cashew nuts
2-3 Raisins
Method:
1. Heat nonstick tava and grease it with ghee/oil.
2.Thickly spread the batter on nonstick tawa.
3.Put tomato,onion cashew,raisins,chilli and coriander on it.
4.Cook it with ghee on both sides.
5.Serve hot with coconut chutney or sauce





Easy to Cook: Coconut Chutney

Easy to Cook: Coconut Chutney

Monday, March 9, 2009

Coconut Chutney


Ingredients:
1/4 cup grated coconut
1/2 cup roasted Split bengal gram(phutana dal)
2 green chillies
3 tesp Chopped coriander leaves
1 tesp fresh curd
Salt to Taste
For seasoning:
1/2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp urad dal
3-4 curry leaves
2 small dry red chillies
a pinch of asafoetida
Method:
1. Mix all the ingredients except curd in a grinder and grind finely with water.
2. Add curd and mix it well.
For Seasoning:
1. Heat oil.
2. Add mustard seeds and dal.fry till it crackle.Add red chillies,curry leaves and asafoetida.
3. Pour it over chutney ans serve with idli,dosa or any south indian dishes.