Kanjipuram Idli

                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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 Kanjipuram Idli

Ingredients

Idly Rice – ½  cup (100 gram)

Raw rice (pacharisi) – ½ cup

Urad dal – 1/2  cup (100 gram)
Fenugreek seed (Methi) – ½  tsp
Baking soda – 1 pinch
Salt – to taste

Tempering:

Ghee – 1 tbspn

Mustard seeds – ½ tspn

Cumin seeds – 1 tspn

Curry leaves – few

Soaked channa dhal  - 2 tbspn

Coarsely ground pepper powder – ½ tspn

Cashew pieces – 2 tspn

Grated ginger – 1 tspn

Chopped Coconut pieces – 1 tbspn

Chopped Green chilli – 1 no

Oil or Ghee  - for greasing

 Method

Wash and soak urad dal, fenugreek and rice, each separately in water for 4 to 5 hours or overnight.

Grind urad dal first and fenugreek into smooth paste and keep aside.

Now, grund rice into coarse paste, and then mix it well with the urad dal paste.

Leave it to ferment for next 8 hours.

Once the batter is fermented, add salt and baking soda and mix well.

Temper it with the above said ingredients and add it to idli batter.

Grease the ildi pan with oil or ghee and pour the better, steam cook for 10 min.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 Serve hot with, sambar / coriander chutney / tomato chutney / fish curry / mutton kurma / idly podi / cashew kheer.

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MIni Idli Sambar

Mini Idli Sambar

Ingredients

Idiy Rice – 1 cup (200 gram)
Urad dal – ¼  cup (50 gram)
Fenugreek seed (Methi) – ½  tsp
Baking soda – 1 pinch
Salt – to taste

Method

Wash, Soak urad dal and fenugreek and rice separately  in water for  4 to 5 hours  or overnight.

First grind separately urad dal and fenugreek smooth paste keep aside and next rice, grind in to coarse paste, then mix it well. Leave ferment for 8 hours

Once the batter is fermented Add salt and baking soda and mix well.

Grease the mini ildy pan with oil or ghee and pour the better, steam cook for 10 min.

Serve hot with, sambar, coriander chutney, tomato chutney fish curry, mutton kurma,idly podi of cashew kheer.

Kids like this mini idli’s

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Small Pearl Onion (sambar vadai) 



Vada Bread

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Prawn Spegatti with Oregano and Paparika

Spaghetti is pasta, all age groups like this dish. It is an Italian food and Filipinos favourite dish also, they are prefer to make with beef.This quick recipe for Breakfast and dinner

Prawn Spaghetti

Ingredients

1.       Spaghetti   - 200 gram

2.       Prawns      (Cleaned and deveined)  – 100 gram

3.       Del monte tomato paste – 4 tspn

4.       Chopped Onion, medium – 1

5.       Spring onion - 2 springs (chopped)

6.       Whole red chili – 3  (coarsely ground)

7.       chopped carrot,beans,capsicum – each 1 tspn

7.       Oregano -  to taste (1/2 tspn)

8.       Paprika – to taste (1/4 tspn)

8.       Chopped Garlic  - 3 cloves

9.       Sugar – 1 pinch

10 .    Oil + butter – 4tspn

Method

1.Break  the Spaghetti to desired size.  

Add enough water.   Add ½ tspn salt,  ½ tspn oil to Spaghetti  and cook.

2. In a wide pan, heat  butter+ oil

3. Add  the suger,Chopped the spring onion ,onion, garlic.   sauté for two minutes.

4 .  Add the Prawns, whole red chilli , salt, ,  carrot,beans,capsicum,  ,oregano and  paprika. Stir well and keep the flame low and  cook for two minutes

5. Add Del Monte tomato paste stir well and  cook for five minutes in low flame.

You can substitute other vegetables, chicken, mutton or beef. 

Kids like this spaghetti much and delicious for party.  We can prepare more varities with cheese, egg,chicken, mutton,beef,vegetable etc

Del Monte Blogger Recipe Carnival

For Del Monte Blogger recipe Carnival I sent below mentioned recipes.

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http://cookbookjaleela.blogspot.com/2012/09/basil-penne-pasta.html

http://cookbookjaleela.blogspot.com/2012/09/italian-chicken-spaghetti.html

http://cookbookjaleela.blogspot.com/2012/09/rajma-sundal.html

http://cookbookjaleela.blogspot.com/2012/09/arabian-salad-pineapple-with-cabbage.html

http://cookbookjaleela.blogspot.com/2012/09/coconut-milk-with-pineapple-juice.html

http://cookbookjaleela.blogspot.com/2012/09/butter-chicken.html


http://samaiyalattakaasam.blogspot.com/2012/09/chili-chicken.html

http://samaiyalattakaasam.blogspot.com/2012/09/blog-post_22.html

http://samaiyalattakaasam.blogspot.com/2012/09/atta-corn-kuzipaniyaram.html

http://samaiyalattakaasam.blogspot.com/2012/09/chinese-veggie-noodles.html

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Butter Chicken - 1

Butter Chicken

Serves –  3

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking time : 20 minutes

Ingredients

For marinate

Boneless Chicken  - 250 grams

Kashmir Red Chili Powder - 1/2 tspn

Salt - 1/2 tspn

Ginger Garlic paste - 1/2 tspn

Egg white - 1

Maida - 1 tbspn

cornflour powder - 1 tbspn

oil - for frying

For Tempering - 1

Butter + Oil - 1 tbspn

Chopped Spring Onion - 3 tbspn

Kashmir Red Chili Powder - 1 tspn

Del Monte Tomato Paste  - 2 tbspn 

Ripe Tomato medium  - 2 nos

Roasted Cashew nut - 50 gram

Roasted Cumin powder - 1 tspn

Dry kasuri methi (methi leaves) – 1 tbspn

salt - 1/2 tspn

sugar - 1 pinch

Nestle Cream - 1/2 tin

For Tempering - 2

Butter - 50 gram

chopped green chili -2 nos

chopped coriander leaves - hand full

For Garnishing

Capsicum 

Method

1. Marinate the chicken with the above masalas keep aside for 10 minutes and fry it

2. Grind Tomato along with cashew nut in a mixie

3. In a wide pan heat butter +oil and add Spring onion fry for 2 minutes. Add ground tomato+cashew nut, Del Monte tomato paste,salt,kashmiri red chili powder,cumin powder,sugar, methi leaves, nestle cream Boil for 5 minutes, and keep the flame medium heat and add enough water, boil for 10 minutes.

5. After 10 min boiling, the raw smell goes away then add the fried chicken pieces.

6. Finally temper the above said Tempering - 2 and add it to chicken. 

It is a rich gravy ,  suitable for Naan , parotta, Fried rice.

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Pumpkin Bitter Gourd Sambar

Pumpkin bitter gourd sambar

Linking to magic mingle Two Ingredients Pumpkin and whole red chilli., 30 minutes meal mela , Nithu's Healthy food for healthy kids - combo meal for kids.

Serves: 3
Preparation Time : 10 min
Cooking Time: 20 min

For dhal:

Toor dhal + moong dhal - 100 grams

turmeric powder - 1/4 tpsn

big Onion – 1

methi seeds – ½ tspn

tomato – 1

garlic – 3 pods

for cooking the vegetables :  

small onions - 2 ( chopped)

onion big - 1

tomato - 2  (chopped)

pumpkin -  150 gram

bittergourd – 3 slices

carrot – 3 slices

salt to taste

sambar powder - 3 tspn

turmeric powder – ½ tspn

water – 2 cups

tamarind pulp - 3 tbspn

for tempering: 

Oil - ghee - 1  1/2 tbpn

mustard seeds - 1 tspn

whole red chilli – 2 pieces

curry leaves - few

asafetida -  2 pinches

For garnishing

Coriander leaves

Method

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

2. In a wide vessel,  cook all the vegetables with the masala  for 10 minutes.  Add the  tamarind pulp.  Stir well.   Add enough water and  cook for 5 minutes on low heat.

3.Finally,  add the mashed dhal and stir well.  Heat on medium heat for 3 minutes. 

4. Heat a vessel.  Temper the above said ingredients and add it to sambar.   Stir well .  serve it hot with Plain rice.

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.