Monday, January 3, 2011

Kadambu

Ingredients :-
Bitter gourd - 1
Garlic - 1 small
Masala :-
Coconut -1/2
Red chillies -6,7 medium (fried)
Tamarind or Bimbul Or Ambado- 1 or 2
Coriander seeds -2 tsps
Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp
Method :-
Fry coriander seeds and methi in little oil. Make a fine paste with coconut, red chillies and tamarind. Cook cut bitter gourd pieces in little water so that water is absorbed completely by gourd. Add salt,masala, boil till done.Season with fried garlic flakes.

Masala Dosa

Ingredients :-
Dosa Rice - 1 pav ( 1 big glass )
Urad Dal - 2 fistful
Tuvar Dal - 1 fistful
Methi seeds - 1 Tbsp
Method :-
Soak all the above for at least 3 hours. Grind to a fine paste to a rather thick consistency.Keep it overnight.Add 1 spoon sugar and pinch baking soda to the batter, next morning.Sprinkle water on hot Tawa and spread the batter to a thin dosa, sprinkle little ghee on dosa. When crisp keep chutney and bhajee in the middle and fold it.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Paneer Masala

Ingredients :-
Coriander :- 2 spoons
Jeera :- 1 spoon
Ginger :- 1" piece
Chillies Byadgi {long} :- 13
Cashew nuts :- 8
Coconut :-2 tbsp
Cinnamon :-1"
cloves :-5
Turmeric :-1/2 tsp
Garlic :- 10 flakes
Onions :-3
Tomato :- 1
Green peas :-1/2 cup
Lime juice :- 1 spoon
Paneer :- 1 cup
Garnish :-
Fried Capsicum :- 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves :- a handful
Method :-
Soak paneer in warm water , squeeze. Grind to a fine paste the first 10 ingredients. Fry onion till pink add tomato, green peas, ground masala, one by one, fry for a while. Add coconut milk paneer, cook for a while . Lastly add lime juice . Garnish with coriander leaves and fried capsicum.


Friday, November 12, 2010

Pudina chutney

Ingredients :-
Pudina leaves - 10 to 15
Green chilli - 1
Pepper corns -5
Fry the above for a while in little oil till pudina changes its colour.
Red chilli fried - 1
Tamarind - a small piece
coconut - 1 cup
Grind all the above to a fine paste.

Holige

Ingredients :-
Chana Dal - 1 cup
Maida - 1 cup
Jaggery
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Sesam seeds -1 tsp
oil - 3 tbsp
cardamom -3,4
Method :-
Pressuree cook chana dal for 10 mnts after the whistle. Strain water mix with jaggery cook till they blend well (don't add water ). Grind the mixture with cardamom.
Grind sesam seeds with turmeric powder, add water, maida and make a soft dough..Add oil to make it greasy, knead well, cover, keep aside for 2 hours.
Make balls of chana mixture. Make smaller balls of maida mixture. You can either roll out the maida mixture or spread it on your palm, place the chana dal ball in the middle, cover it from all sides. Roll out as in chapati, fry both sides on a hot tava.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Chana Masala

Ingredients :-
White Chana - 1/2 pav
Tomato - 1 small
Onion - 1 medium
Garam masala powder - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Masala :-
Onion - 1/2 small
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Red chillies , 2 types -4,5
Pepper - 3,4
Tamarind - a pinch
Cinnamon -1"
clove -1,2
Method :-
Cook chana in a cooker for 10 mnts. Grind masala ingredients to a fine paste. Fry onion in oil add tomato , garam masala, haldi, masala, fry well. Add chana, salt, boil.Add colour if necessary.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Poha chutney

Ingredients :-
Poha - 1 pav or 1 big cup
Coconut :-1/4 of 1 big coconut
Byadgi or ghati red chillies - 2
sesam seeds - 1 teaspoon
Jaggery - small lemon sized ball
Karibevu
Method :-
Season sesam seeds, red chillies and karibevu in oil. Take out red chillies,crush finely with jaggery and little coconut. Add paper poha ,remaining coconut and seasoning to it .Mix well.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Kadai Vegetables

Ingredients :-
Capsicum :- 1
Baby corn :-2
Carrot :-2
Beans:-10
Paneer :-5 ,6 cubes
Potato :- 1
Chilli powder:-1tsp
Turmeric :-1/2 tsp
Coriander powder :-1 tsp
Garam masala :-1/2 tsp
Kasoori methi :-1 tsp
Butter
Tomato :-1
Green chillies :-2
Masala:-
Onions :-2
Tomato :-2 big
Fry the above in butter separately.
Cashew nuts :-10,12 [ soak in warm water for 30 mnts]
Grind to a fine paste.
Method :-
Dice tomato. Cut all vegetables and chillies into long pieces.Cook aloo,carrot and corn, keep aside.Fry in butter green chillies ,capsicum, tomato till soft. Add paneer ,boiled vegetables, powders,salt,masala and kasuri methi.Fry for a while.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Tomato chutney

Ingredients :-
Tomato :- 2
Coconut :- 1 cup
Red chillies fried :-2,3
Garlic :- 1 flake or hing
Method :-
Cook cut tomatoes in little water. Peel the skin, grind with chillies,coconut and garlic.Use the water used in cooking tomatoes for grinding.You can use hing instead of garlic.
Best with dosas and idlies.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Capsicum,Aloo Masala

Ingredients :-
Aloo :- 1 big
Capsicum :- 1 big
Onion :- 1 small
Tomato :- 1 small
Jeera :- 1 teaspoon
Garlic flakes :-3 or 4
Masala :-
Onion :- 1 small
Cinnamon :- 2 small pieces
Coriander leaves :1/2 cup
Coconut :-1/2 cup
Green chilli :- 1
Red chilli :- 1
Byadgi red chilli :-1
Method :-
Cook 1 onion on direct flame till soft. With other ingredients make a fine paste.Boil, peel potato.In a pan take 2 table spoon oil,fry finely chopped onion ,54 flakes of garlic, jeera,tomato and capsicum.When it is cooked add cubed aloo,salt and masala.Boil.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Capsicum upkari

Ingredients :-
Capsicum :- 3
Onion :- 2
Turmeric powder :- 1/2 teaspoon
Chilli powder :- 1 teaspoon
Jeera :- 1/2 teaspoon
Besan :- 2 teaspoon
Method :-
Fry onion pieces in 2 table spoons of oil. Add turmeric, jeera, chilli powder and capsicum. Fry on low flame till done. Put besan and stir for some more time.

Veg curry

Ingredients :-
Potato :- 1 big
Beans :-100 gms
Carrot :-100 gms
Masala :-
Onion :- ! big
Green chillies :- 2 big
Tomato :- 1 big
Seasoning :-
Sesam seeds, chana dal, urad dal, turmeric, Karibevu.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Method :-
Cook all the vegetables. Fry onion, green chillies and tomato. Prepare masala from fried things.
Add masala to cooked veg. Season with above ingredients. Garnish with coriander seeds.
Best with chapati.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Horse gram Idli

Ingredients :-
Horse gram :- 1 cup
Urad dal :- 1 cup
Rice :- 2 cups
Method :-
Soak all the above separately overnight. Grind urad dal and horse gram to a fine paste. (separately if you grind in a mixer ).Grind rice till of rava consistency. Mix all 3 to a rather thick batter ,add salt.Make iddlies immediately.
You can use fine rava instead of rice.Here you have to roast rava slightly.
Eat it with coconut chutney.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Capsicum curry

Ingredients :-
Capsicum :- 1 big
Potato :- 1 big
Onions :-2 small
Tomato :- 1
Garlic flakes :-3,4
Masala :-
onion :- 1
Coconut :- 1/2 cup
Green chillies :-2,3
Clove :- 1,2
Cinnamon :-2 small pieces
Coriander leaves :- a few
Method :-
Cook 1 onion in little water.Make fine paste with other masala ingredients.Fry 1 onion and 2,3 garlic flakes in oil. Add cooked and cut potato,capsicum, tomato,fry well.Mix masala ,fry for some more time. Add water,make it thick, bring to boil.

Maida Dosa

Ingredients :-
Maida :- 1 cup
Green chillies :- 2,3
Ginger :- very small piece
coconut :- 1/2 cup
Fine rava :- 1 fistful
Salt
Seasoning :-
Oil
Sesam Seeds :- 1 teaspoon
Jeera :- 1 teaspoon
Karibevu
Method :-
Crush together green chillies, ginger salt last coconut.add this to maida .Make it to a thin consistency (not like pan polo) by adding water . Avoid lumps. Sprinkle on hot tava, fry on both sides.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Butter milk Idli

Ingredients :-
Rice :- 1cup
Coconut :- 1/2 cup
Poha :- 2 fistful
Baking soda :- 1/2 spoon
Buttermilk :- 1 glass
Jagger :- According to taste
Method :-
Soak rice in water for 2 hours. Remove water and soak in buttermilk for an hour.Grind with coconut and soaked poha.Use buttermilk used in soaking the rice.Make fine batter to a thick consistency .Add jaggery according to your taste and little salt also.Keep the batter overnight.Next morning add soda, make idlies.You can make sada idlies without adding jaggery ,only salt.
Eat with butter or ghee.

Pan Polo

Ingredients :-
Rice :- 1 cup
Coconut :- 1 cup
Cooked Rice : - 1 fistful ( optional )
Method :-
Soak rice overnight.Grind with coconut, cooked rice to a very fine paste .Add sufficient water to make the batter thin.Sprinkle on a hot tava, apply oil to sides,cover it.

Wheat and Rice Dosa

Ingredients :-
Wheat :- 1cup
Rice :- 1 cup
Method :-
Soak rice and wheat together overnight.Grind to a fine batter,add enough water to make it thin consistency.Sprinkle on hot tava, cover it.Flip it and roast.
Eat with coconut chutney.
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Wheat Dosa

Ingredients :-
wheat :- 1 cup
Coconut :-1/2 cup
Method :-
Soak wheat overnight,grind with coconut to a smooth batter, not watery but little thick consistency.Make thin dosas by spreading the batter. Eat it with coconut chutney.

Dal Fry

Ingredients :-
Tuvar Dal :- 1 cup
Coriander leaves
Seasoning :-
Jeera :- 1 spoon
Green chillies :- 3,4
Sesam seeds
Garam masala Powder :- 1/2 spoon
Turmeric :- 1/4 teaspoon
Kasoori methi :- 1/2 teaspoon
Method :-
Cook Tuvar dal in a cooker.Transfer to a vessel to a thick consistency. Season it with all the above ingredients. Garnish with coriander leaves.