Saturday, October 6, 2012

Appam With Cardamom Coconut Milk



Ingredients

Raw rice (paasarisi)
150 gram
Idli rice
150 g
ram
Urad dhal
15 g
ram
Sago (javvarisi)
1 tbspn
Methi seeds (fenugreek)
1 tspn
Cooked rice
12 tbspn

Bicarbanate of soda
½ tspn

Thick coconut milk
30 ml











 Method

Wash rice and Soak together - raw rice ,idli rice,urad dhal, sago,methi seeds for 5 to 6 hours.
Add salt and Grind to a smooth paste on a grinder.
Leave it to ferment for 8 hours.
While making appam , add bicarbonate of soda and thick coconut milk. Mix well.
Heat the appam kadai and  pour  enough batter .  Rotate the pan  so the batter spreads out well.   Close the pan with the lid and cook on medium fire for 3 to 4 minutes.
Great  breakfast for all age groups.







Jaleela’s Tips

( If appam does not come out properly,  take one medium onion and cut into half.   Poke a fork into the onion.   Dip the onion in the oil and spread it on  the pan (kadai ) before pouring the batter again)









Coconut Milk with Ilachhi (Cardamom)

Ingredients:


Grated coconut

½ cup
Cardamom pwd
½ tspn ( whole cardamom 3 )

Sugar

to taste




Method

Add enough water, Grind the coconut with cardamom 
Extract the coconut milk through a cotton cloth or a finely perforated strainer. 
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Sunday, September 30, 2012

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.

Linking to Priya's Healthy diet - steamed foods Host by Me .


and Nithu;s Healthy food for healthy kids  combo meal hosted by Nivedhanan
Anu's South Indian Series  Hosted by Spicy Treat






Saturday, September 29, 2012

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








Linking to Priya's Healthy diet - steamed foods Host by Me .

Small Pearl Onion (sambar vadai) 



Vada Bread



and Nithu;s Healthy food for healthy kids  combo meal hosted by Nivedhanan

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

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