Cauliflower Peas kurma

Youtube link

https://youtu.be/4KtluZ3CzOw

Cauliflower peas kurma

Cauli flower – ¼ kg

Frozen Peas – 100 gram

Chopped Oninon – 2 nos

Chopped Tomato – 1 nos

Red chili pwd– 1 tspn

Turmeric pwd – ¼ tspn

Ginger garlic paste -1 tspn

Coriander leaves –few

Oil – 3 tspn

Bay leaf – 1 no

Cinnamon – 1 “ size

Clove – 2 nos

Cardamom – 2 nos

Grated coconut – 3 tbspn

Method

Cauliflower peas kurma is very good side dish for idiyappam, chappathi, rotti

Soak cauliflower in a hot  water with little salt and drain it.

In a wok add oil and temper with bay leaf, cinnamon, clove and add chopped onion and sauté well, after onion turns brown in colour add gg paste and sauté till  raw smell goes off. 

Add all the masalas  red chilli pwd, turmeric pwd , salt

Tomato till it  become soft, add  coriander  leaves and mint and   sauté well.

Add cauliflower and peas stir, fold well with masalas and sprinkle some water close the lid and cook 5 minutes

Add one cup of water and close the lid,  cook well

Add ground coconut and cook for  5 minutes .

Remove from the heat and serve it with idiyappam or chappathi.

Prawn and Prawn Head Soup

Prawn and Prawn Head Soup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uN2OWKj5sU

https://youtu.be/0uN2OWKj5sU

Prawn  & Prawn Head Soup
Ingredients
Prawn Head – 15
Onion  - 1
Dry Rosemarry – 1 tspn
Whole Black Pepper -  8 nos
Big Cardamom  - 1
Garlic – 2 pod
Whole coriander – 1 tspn
Bay leaf – 4 to 5
Chopped Prawn – 5
Salt – to taste
Knorr veg soup Stock – 1 no
Fresh corn –  half cup
For tempering
Butter
Chopped Prawn  -5 Nos
Spring Onion – 2 Stick
Soy Sauce – 1 tbspn
White pepper pwd – 1 tspn
Egg – 1 no
White sauce or Cream of chicken packet or broccoli almond soup packet - 1

http://samaiyalattakaasam.blogspot.ae/2015/03/prawn-and-prawn-head-soup.html

How to clean Prawn Head?

How to Clean prawn Head?

இறால் தலையை சுத்தம் செய்வது எப்படி?

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How to Clean (Remove) Prawn's Vein?

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How to Clean Prawn's Vein ?


இறால் முதுகில் வயிற்றில் உள்ள அழுக்கை( நரம்பை)  எடுப்பது எப்படி?



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Radio Salaam Ladies Day Out - Happy Moment

Radio Salaam Ladies Day Out - Happy Moment - Women's day Celebration 


I have Received Aachi Masala gift for Securing 5th place in Radio Salaam Ladies Day out Women's day Celebration in Indian Academy Auditorium Dubai.Allhamdu lillaah
Total of 27 Participants
http://samaiyalattakaasam.blogspot.ae/2015/03/radio-salaam-ladies-day-sambar.html
ரேடியோ சலாம், 
Radio Salaam Fb page
https://www.facebook.com/radiosalaam1065/photos/a.734108473335104.1073741828.734107146668570/812395945506356/?type=1&theater Ladies Day out - cookery competition - Sambhar

Traditional Chetinad Masala Pack

Aachi Ragi Powder

Aachi Asofeotida

Aachi Chilli Powder

Aachi kesari mix

Aachi Pappad

Aachi Sambar Masala

Seven Veg Sambar ஏழு கறி சாம்பார்
Mixed Vegetable Sambhar

Seven  Veggie Sambhar

Ingredients 

For cooking frozen vegetables:

Beans - 6

Carrot - 1

Bringal - 3

Cluster beans - 6

Drumstick - 1

Chayoto – 50 gram

Pumpkin – 50 gram

Tomato – big 1 no

Small Onion – 10 nos

Green chilli – 2 no

Sambar powder – 3 tspn (sakthi or Aachi or Eastern)

Turmeric powder – ¼ tspn

Jaggery -  few

Tamarind – small lemon size ball

For dhal

Toor dal – 150 gram

Onion – 1 big or small onion 8 nos

Asofeitida – ¼ tspn

Turmeric pwd – ¼ tspn

Methi seeds – ¼ tspn

For tempering

Oil - 3 tspn

ghee - 1 tspn

small onion - 5 crushed

garlic - 2 nos

coriander leaves  - few

curry leaves - few

for garnishing - coriander leaves few

 Method

1. Wash and cook the dhal in a pressure cooker, mash it well and keep it aside.

    Soak tamarind into hot water and extract the pulp.

2.  Wash and cut all the vegetables desire shape .

3. In a wide vessel add all the vegetables and add 3 cups of water , turmeric and salt     and cook  for 5 minutes then add sambhar powder and cook for 10 minutes on low heat.

4. Add tamarind extract stir it well and 

5. Add them all into the cooked and mashed dhal, add jaggery, little curry leaves  stir it  well  and cook over medium heat for  5 to 7 minutes

6. Heat a vessel.  Temper the above said ingredients one by one and add it to sambar and mix well.Transfer the sambhar into a wide bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.

7. Serve hot with idly or dosa

Sambar goes well with plain rice, idlies, dosais and vadais.   It can be prepared in different variations and the taste differs as per the different methods. 

Heart Shape Idly - ஹார்ட் ஷேப் இட்லி

Idli Sambhar - இட்லி சாம்பார்

https://www.facebook.com/radiosalaam1065/photos/a.734108473335104.1073741828.734107146668570/812395945506356/?type=1&theater Ladies Day out - cookery competition - Sambhar

Key Events on Radio Salaam Ladies Day Out 2015!
1. Sambhar Competition
Participants to bring in their pre-cooked Sambhar and display it to our judges. Categorized with Taste, Presentation and style

2. Mrs UAE Pageant
UAE’s first show to choose the most talented, bold, well informed, ambitious, motivated, enthusiastic woman. Beauty is a thing seldom seen. It is held by all within the soul it lies, waiting to come out to the surface. Competition is held in three rounds. Women to dress up in their best ethnic wear!

· Round One – Fashion Walk.
We lend you the stage and you show us the walk that will impress the judges

· Round Two – Smart Lady
This goes without saying, no pageant runs without asking questions and checking the smartness. Are you the smart lady?

· Round Three – Talent show
You can gladly choose to sing or dance or juggle the bottles, up to you. Make sure you impress the judges.

3. Pattimandram
Topic: Women today prefer to have good-looking men as their life partners / Women today prefer to have intelligent men as their life partners.

4. Activities for men (husbands) and children
Dialogue delivery, singing contests and many other games and prizes family members!

It is going to be a definite family entertainer!


Sambar Treat

Tag: cookery Competition , Radio Salam, Ladies Day out, Women's Day, Sambhar, South Indian Dish, Vegetable Sambar, Pumpkin samabar, Drumstick Sambar, Healthy vegetable Sambar, Toor Dhal , Mixed Vegetable Sambar

More sambar Recipes

1. Araiththu vitta Frozen veggie Sambar

2.Pumpkin and Bitter Gourd sambar

3. Pearl Onion Sambar 

Sabudana and Sweet Corn Soup

Sabudana and Sweet Corn Soup

Sogo is very good for stomach ulcer and mouth ulcer. 
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INGREDIENTS:

Sogo/Sabudhan/javvarisi – 1 cup

Whole Sweet corn ( Belgium Brand) – 1 cup

Knor Vegetable  cube – 1

Green Chilli – 2 nos( chopped)

Spring onion – 1 no

 Broccoli and Almond Soup Packet – ½  1 packet

Cream of sweet corn soup packet – ½ packet

Butter – 1 tbspn

Corn flour – 1 tbspn

Soya sauce – 1 tspn

Egg – 1 no

Salt to taste

Sugar – 1 pinch

coriander leaves(cilantro)- few

black pepper - to taste

METHOD:

Boil the Sogo / sabudana/javvarisi and corn kernel with knor soup cube, soya sauce, green chilli salt and three glasses of water.

Transfer the cooked ingredients into wide vessel and keep it for  boiling,

 Dissolve the Broccoli and Almond Soup Packet, Cream of sweet corn soup packet with one glass of water and pour in to the boiling soup and cook  for about 5 minutes.

Then add the corn flour mixed with water boil it  for 2 minutes.

Beat the egg till fluffy, now slowly pour the beaten egg (like Tread) carefully to the soup keep stirring continuously in circular moment in low flame.

 

Finally add salt, pepper powder, coriander leaves and butter mix it well. Transfer soup in serving bowl.

Very tasty sogo and sweet corn soup is ready. Really it will taste so good than the hotel soups. Cutlets are the best combination; this soup will go very  well during the fasting days.

Sogo is very good for stomach ulcer and mouth ulcer. 

How to Make Sabudana Soup?

Sweet Corn Sabudaba soup?

Happy Women's Day

Varaku arisi Pongal Kodo Millet Pongal

Varaku arisi Pongal Kodo Millet Pongal

வரகு அரிசி பொங்கல்

Pongal is a south Indian traditional food. We can prepare varieties of pongal like Ven pongal,Sarkakrai pongal, Barle sweet pongal ,Milk pongal, Fruit pongal, Akkara vadisal. ………

Now I prepare here Kodo Millet ( varaku arisi) pongal.

Very simple and easy to cook this healthy Breakfast.

Varakarisi – 200 gram

Moong dal – 75 gram

Asafetida

Turmeric

Salt

Ghee – 1 tspn

Water -  800 ml ( 4 glasses of water)

For seasoning:

Ghee + Oil – 2 tbspn

Chopped Almond and pistachio – 2 tbpsn

Whole black pepper – 1 tspn

Cumin seeds – 1 tspn

Chopped ginger – ½  tspn

Chopped green chilli – ½ tspn

Curry leaves –few

Method

Wash the yellow moong dal and drain it well. 
Dry roast the dal slightly brown, in a heavy bottomed pan. 
Soak the roasted dal and varakarsi 10 minutes. 
In a pressure cooker,  add cooked rice, moong dal,  asafoetida, little ghee , turmeric powder and water boil without closing the lid for  about 10 minutes , Now  close the lid and leave a 3 whistle.

After pressure releases

In a separate pan, heat little ghee.  Add the seasonings: pepper, cumin seeds, curry leaves, chopped ginger, green chillies and almond and pistachio Pour it over the cooked Pongal and stir it to coat well.

Serve it hot with sambar, vadai and chutney

Linking to nayana's Valentines day event 

Varakarisi/kodomillet/olden days recipe/healthy diet
South Indian Tradition Breakfast

Eggless Chocolate Pancake with Orange Syrup - SFC Jan-2015

I am a part of SfC (Sweet Fantasy Club) Started by Simply Tadka Preeti.

Sweet Fantasy Group SFC Jan - 2015


You can make Pancakes for breakfast or for parties.  Kids love to eat these colorful pancakes. I always  prepare this with different flavors, Coconut milk pancake, Yellow Pumpkin Pancake, Nutella  with Banana Pancake.  ,Mini Egg Pancake ,Banana pancake,pineapple pancake,pomegranate pancake, tutti fruity pancake, raisins pancake etc , ....  Most of my recipes are kids delight only.

I secured  first position in Amul Master chef  India -2 - 2011 in my Tamil blog -  samaiyalattakaasangkaL for the recipe, Please Click the link and see. Tutti Fruity Pancake.

Here for SFC Jan 2015 The recipes are Basundi and Eggless Chocolate Pancake. I love to cook pancakes. So I prepared this Orange flavour Chocolate pancake.

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Servings: 2

Category: Breakfast

Cuisine: American Cuisine

For Eggless Chocolate Pancakes

Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour - 50 gram

Chocolate bar - 3

Baking Powder -  1/4 tspn

brown Sugar - 2tbsn

Pineapple Essence - 2 drops

 Milk  or water 

3 Tbsp. Oil + butter

For Orange Glaze

vegetarian  gelatin - 1/4 tspn

Fresh Orange Juice - 1/2 cup

brown Sugar - 1 tbspn

Method

For Orange Glazed

soak gelatin in a hot water, combine orange juice , gelatin, brown sugar together in a small vessel and cook on medium flame till to maple syrup consistency. Keep aside and let it cool.

For Eggless Chocolate Pancakes

Sieve the flour,  and baking powder together in separate bowl. Melt the chocolate bar in double boiler and add it to pancake batter mix well with our lumps.

Heat the non-stick griddle and drizzle little  oil + butter Pour ladle full batter and cook till to bubble appears. Don't spread the batter like chilas or dosas to make soft and fluffy pancakes.

Notes: you can use coco powder instead of chocolate bar.

You can add wheat flour too instant of using all purpose flour.

Non vegetarians can use egg  and instead of water you can use milk.
For garnishing, you can use chocolate syrup, maple syrup, dates syrup  or fresh fruits and honey also.

Linking to Ramya's Kitchen - 1st Blog anniversary.

Linking to nayana's valentines day event