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Veg Oats Upma

Posted on 20 September 2011 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

    uppma

  • Oats flakes – 2 cups
  • Onion – 1 no finely chopped
  • Carrot – 1 no finely chopped
  • Green Peas – 1/2 cup(optional)
  • Green chillies – 3 to 4 finely chopped
  • Ginger – a small piece
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Clourful idlis

Posted on 20 September 2011 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

    coloridli

  • 3 Cups Idli batter
  • 3 Tsp Tomato Chutney
  • 3 Tsp Green Chutney

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Ven Pongal

Posted on 17 September 2009 by

Ingredients:

    pongal

  • Raw Rice 1 Cup
  • Moong Dal 1/4 Cup
  • Black Pepper corns
  • Cumin Powder 1 Tbsp
  • Ginger 1 inch
  • Cashew for garnishing
  • Milk 1/2 cup
  • Curry leaves
  • Ghee 2 Tbsp
  • Salt

Method:

  • Wash rice and dal together. Add water, salt, and milk.
  • Pressure cook over a slow flame for 7 minutes after the first whistle.
  • Once pressure drops, open cooker and mash the rice with a ladle, while hot.
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Green dal Dosa

Posted on 29 August 2009 by

This recipe  basically from Andhra, i learned this recipe from one of my close friends. I tried this recipe today, it is so yummy

Ingredients:

    dosa

  • 4 cups moog dal ( green )
  • ½ cup rice
  • 12 to 15 green chillies
  • 4 to 5 medium- sized onions , finely chopped
  • A piece of ginger ( about 2 cm long ), finely chopped
  • 5 tablespoon cumin seeds
  • Salt to taste
  • Cooking oil ( sesame preferably ) or ghee

Method:

  • Soak the moong dal and rice for four to five hours. Grind them together to a coarse paste to obtain a thick consistency. Set aside.
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Ghee Pongal

Posted on 05 August 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:

  • Moong dal 1 cup
  • Rice 1 cup
  • Pepper 1 tsp
  • Cumin seeds 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves few
  • Cashew 5 nos
  • Raisin few
  • Green chilies (chopped) few
  • Asafoetida a pinch
  • Salt to taste

Method:

  • Add about 4 cups of water and pressure cook the rice and dal together.
  • Heat Ghee in a pan and then add cashew nuts, raisins fry till it lite brown and keep aside.
  • Heat ghee in a pan and add cumin seeds, pepper, curry leaves, green chilies and asafoetida.
  • Remove it from the stove when you smell the aroma of the ingredients in the melted ghee.
  • Mix it thorougly.
  • Finally garnish with fried cashew’s and raisin’s
  • Serve hot Pongal with Chutney.

Chappathi

Posted on 26 June 2009 by Sarmila

Ingredients:Chappathi

  • Wheat Flour (200 grams)
  • Water (150 ml)
  • Salt
  • Oil or Butter

Method:

  • Put the wheat flour on a Clean and flat surface
  • Add 1.5 spoons of salt to the flour
  • Make the flour like a crater and add water and mix them
  • Knead the dough till it becomes smooth(nearly gets to this shape in 10 to 12 mins)
  • Make the dough into small lemon sized balls
  • Roll out the wheat balls and stretch tho even thickness
  • Sprinkle wheat flour when rolling to avoid sticking to the surface or roller
  • Stretched chappathi base preety much looks like this
  • On a non-stick heated pan add very little oil or butter and put the chappathi base
  • It slowly starts bulging and ends become browner, now flip to the other side and do the same
  • Now pick the chappathi and put it on direct flame so it puffs
  • Your chappathis are ready