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Sunday, April 26, 2009

How to make mani kozhukattai




MANI KOZHUKATTAI

Ingredients needed
For kozhukattai

Rice flour - 1tumbler (250 gm)
Water - 1/2 tumbler
Salt - 2 pinch
Cooking Oil
For poornam

Urad dhal - 1/2 tumbler (125 gm)
Thur dhal - 1 spoon
Dry Red Chilly - 2
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 2-3 tsp (chopped)
Cooriander leaves - 2-3 tsp (chopped)
Cooking Oil
Salt - as required
Asafoetida powder

Part 1: Preparation of Poornam

1. Soak urad and thur dhal for 15-20 mins
2. Grind dhal,salt & chilly to 3/4 consistency (not like a paste)
3. Steam boil it (like idly)
4. After it gets cooked, allow it to warm down and then dissociate it (like making bread into flour)

Part 2: Preparation of kozhukattai

1. Now take a kadai (non-stick preferable) and heat it. Pour water, add salt and oil (2-3 tsp). Add 2. only little salt since we have added enough salt already in poornam
3. Add rice flour little by little and mix it continuosly and evenly
4. Keep in low flame and mix till it become light yellow colour
5. Now take the half-baked flour and make small small balls. Its good to apply some oil in your hands while making these small balls
6. Steam boil these balls.

Part 3: Mixing kozhukattai & Poornam

1. Heat some oil in a kadai
2. Mix the boiled kozhukattai and poornam
3. Add curry leaves and corriander leaves
4. Add a bit asafoetida powder

Serve the dish hot and enjoy it!


Tuesday, April 21, 2009

How to make mushroom manchurian dosai

Mushroom Manchurian Dosai


Ingredients:

  • Mushroom - 1 cup chopped
  • Onion - 1 cup chopped
  • Capsicum - 1 cup chopped
  • Carrot - 1 cup chopped
  • Cooking Oil - as required
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • Tomato sauce - 1 tsp
  • Chill sauce - 1tsp
  • Soya sauce - 1 tsp
  • Black peper powder- as required
  • Salt - as required
  • Dosa batter - as required

Method:

For filling:

  1. Put oil in a frying pan and add onion. Fry for 2 minutes.Add ginger garlic paste and fry for another 1 minute
  2. Now add carrot , capsicum, mushroom and fry it.
  3. Fry until the vegetables get cooked
  4. Now add salt, black pepper powder, sauce and fry for 1 minute.
  5. Set this filling aside

For dosai:

  1. Take the dosa pan and heat it
  2. Put the batter in the pan and make dosa
  3. Now put the filling in top of dosa (only half of the circle should be filled)
  4. Let it to cook
  5. Serve it with cocunut chutney or corriander leaf chutney







How to make idli upma?

IDLI UPMA
Ingredients:
  • Cooked idli -4 (smashed)
  • Onion -2 chopped
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • Split urad dal - 1/2 tsp
  • Channa dal - 1/2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - 1tsp
  • Cooking oil - 2 table spoon
  • Cooriander leaves - 2 tsp chopped
  • Curry leaves - 2 tsp chopped
  • Salt
Method:
1. First take a fry pan and heat it
2. Put the cooking oil in it
3. Add mustard seeds after it pops put split dal and channa dal and fry until golden brown
4. Add onions, green chilly and fry till golden brown. Add salt and turmeric powder
5. Now add idly and fry
6.Garnish with curry and coriander leaves.
For additional taste:
Here i have added only onion but you can add any vegetables (as we add for rava upma) of your choice.