PASI PARUPU PAYASAM

PAYASAM ngredients: Spit moong dal - 1 cup raw rice- 1 tsp jaggery - 2 cups(I like mine very sweet. You can reduce the quantity if you want) water- 1/2 cup cardamom- 3 cashews- 6(broken) raisins- 1 tbsp coconut- grated- 1 tbsp milk- 1/2 cup Procedure: Dry roast dal and rice together until the color starts to change. Then, cook dal and rice in pressure cooker with 2 cups water for 3 whistles. The dal should be fully cooked. Mash it slightly. Meanwhile, melt jaggery with water. You need not boil it. Just melt it and allow it to cool. Filter all the impurities and add this to mashed dal. You can add more or less according to your taste....

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MIXED VEGETABLE KOOTU

kootu Ingredients: Cabbage: 1/4 – 1/2 kg carrot 2 beans 1/4 kg Chana dal(Bengal gram/Kadalai paruppu): 1/2 cup (= 120 gms approx) Onion: 1 (Chopped finely) Tomatoes: 1-2 (Chopped finely) Turmeric powder: a pinch Red chilli powder: 1 tsp Salt: to taste For Seasoning: Cooking oil: 3-4 tsps Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp Green chillies: 2-3 (Can use red chillies too) Ginger & Garlic: 1 tsp (minced, can use paste too) Curry leaves: few Preparation Method: Wash and clean dal. Chop cabbage, carrot and beans into small pieces. Add little turmeric powder and pressure cook dal, beans, carrot and cabbage for 2 whistles (if dal takes...

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PRAWN PAKODA

PRAWN PAKODA Ingredients: 500 ml water 250 gram unpeeled, medium-size fresh shrimp 100 gram all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Pinch of salt and pepper 2 large eggs 1 medium onion, minced 100 gram mix of carrots, white cabbage and spring onion, finely sliced 4 cloves of garlic , minced Vegetable oil Preparation:Bring the water to a boil; add shrimp, and cook 3 to 5 minutes or just until shrimp turn pink. Drain and rinse with cold water. Chill. De-vein the shrimp Beat the eggs, flour, salt, pepper and baking powder until smooth. Stir in shrimp, onion, garlic and mix vegetables. Cover and chill 2 hours. Pour oil to...

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TUNA CUTLET

TUNA CUTLET Ingredients : Tuna chunks(in water) - 1 tin Onion - 1 big Ginger - 1 small piece Garlic - 3 flakes Green Chillis - 6-7 (according to spice taste) Potatoes - 2 Big Green peas - 1 cup Salt - According to ur taste Eggs - 2 Coriander leaves - a small handfull Bread Crumbs Oil - Frying Method : 1) Drain water from the Tune Tin and keep aside.Crush ginger,garlic and green chillis and keep aside.Boil the potatoes,peel and mash it. 2) Add 2 Tsp oil in a non stick pan and fry onions till transulant,then add the crushed ginger,garlic and chilli paste,turmeric and salt,stir fry well till the raw smell has gone. 3) Add the mashed...

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MINT RAITHA

RAITHA Make raitha in a min... Ingredients yoghurt - 2 cups mint - half punch coriander leaves half punch green chilli -2 salt per taste gralic 2 pulses just grind all ingredients together in a blender and the raitha is ready to go... goes well with tandoori chicken and briyan...

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HOT BAJJI

BAJJI I know its a mouth watering snack for all... I have tried combination of vegetables and egg bajji here you go For this Bajji you need 4 slices of bread, onion, raw banana, 1 boiled egg and 2 mirchi 1 1/2 cup of besan flour 1/2 cup of rice flour 1 tsp. of chilli powder 1/2 tsp. of baking soda A pinch of asafoetida Salt to taste Oil for deep frying Preparation cut all veges diagonally. Mix all the flour and the powder with water.(the batter should be slightly thick and not too watery). Dip the slices in the batter and deep fry them. bajji's are ready to serve. Serve them hot with tomato sauce...

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THATAI

THATAI Thatai Ingredients: Rice flour – 2 cup Urad dal flour 1to 2 tsp Butter /ghee– 1 tablespoon Red chilli powder – 1 teaspoon Bengal gram (soaked for one hour) – 1 tablespoon Asafetida powder –1/4tsp Curry leaves – few torn into pieces Coconut sliced pieces 2 tspOptional) Salt – as per need Oil – for frying Water - as needed Method: 1.Dry roast rice flour for 2-3mins. Set aside. Then dry roast urad dhal flour for 3mins. Set aside. 2.Soak channa dal in water till immersing level for 30mins. After that drain water and keep the channa dhal aside. 3.Now in a mixing bowl add rice flour, urad dhal flour, , butter, channa dal, coconut(if you...

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