Papaya halwa

Ingredients:

• Grated  raw papaya 4cup
• Sugar 1cup
• Milk 3cups
• Cardamom powder ½ tsp-1tsp
• Butter or ghee (optional) 1tsp
• Dry fruits 

Preparation:

• Heat the pan. Add butter and dry fruits. Wait for about a minute, then add grated papaya and milk. Boil it for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Now add sugar, keep stirring it for another 10-15 minutes.
• Add cardamom and stir it well one final time and done.
• Have it with or without ice cream.

Spicy Crumpets

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Ingredients:

• Rice 1cup
• Pressed rice ½ cup
• Red chilli 3-4
• Coriander seeds 1-2tsp
• Cumin seeds 1tsp
• Curry leaves
• Onion 2 chopped
• Green chillies 2 chopped
• Coriander leaves chopped
• Salt
• Oil

Preparation:

• Soak rice in water about 4-5 hours.
• Soak pressed rice in water for 5 minutes.
• Wash soaked ingredients and grind it with red chillies, coriander seeds,  cumin seeds and curry leaves.
• Add salt, coriander leaves, green chillies and onion to the ground mixture.
•  Heat the tava. Apply oil,take a spoon full of batter and thickly spread it on the hot tava.
• Cover it with lid and cook both sides for a minute each in a medium flame.
• Serve this crepes with coconut-jaggery mixture.

Lemon pickle

Ingredients:

• Lemon 8-10 chopped
• Salt 1/2 cup
• Red chilli powder 1cup
• Mustard  powder 1-2 spoons
• Fenugreek seeds powder pinch
• Cloves powder 1tsp
• Lemon juice (1 Lemon should be good enough)
• Turmeric powder 1-2tsp

For tempering:

• Oil
• Mustard seeds 1-2 spoons
• Asafoetida (hing)

Method:

• Take a bowl, add lemon, salt, red chilli powder,cloves powder, mustard powder,fenugreek seeds powder and add lemon juice to it.
• Temper it with, oil,mustard seeds and asafoetida .
• Mix it well.
•  Store in a airtight container
• To preserve it for long-term add vinegar.

Vangibath Powder

I think I have been telling on my blog things like "add curry powder", "add vangibath powder" etc without really saying how to make them. So thought I will share how to preprare these ingredients. Ok, let me start with this post.


Ingredients:

• Red chillies 12
• Lavanga 10
• Urid dal 4tsp
• Chenna dal 4tsp (optional)
• Methi seeds 1/2tsp
• Coriander seeds 4tsp
• Pepper 8
• Cumin seeds 4tsp

Preparation:

• Roast all the ingredients separately.
• Grind all the roasted ingredients  into coarse powder.
• Store in a airtight container
• When stored in a dry place it will stay good for about 6 months.

Plantain stem chutney

Ingredients:

• Plantain stem 1cup chopped
• Grated coconut 1cup
• Green chilli 3-4
• Mustard seeds 1tsp
• For tempering:
• Oil 1tsp
• Red chilli 1
• Curry leaves
• Turmeric
• Mustard seeds

Preparation:

• Mix plantain stem, grated coconut, green chillies, mustard seeds and grind  them into smooth paste.
• Then temper with curry leaves, red chilli,turmeric powder and musturd seeds.
• Thats it, quite simple, right? Have it with rice.

Rava idli

Ingredients:

• Rava(semolina) 1 cup
• Yogurt(a little sour is good)  1 cup
• Water 1/2 cup
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Coriander leaves 2 tbsp chopped
• Soda 1/2 tsp
• Oil 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds  1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves 5-6 chopped
• Bengal gram (chana dal) 1 tsp
• Black gram (urad dal) 1 tsp
• Cashew nuts 4-5 chopped
• Green chili 1 fine chopped 

Preparation :

• Heat oil. Add mustard and cumin seeds. When they stop crackling, add chana dal,urad dal, green chilli, curry leaves, fry a little, do not let it brown.
• Add chopped cashew nuts and semolina, roast them a bit. Let it cool down
• In a bowl add roasted rava, yogurt, salt, chopped coriander  and mix well to form a thick batter without lumps.
• Check consistency. Add a little water if needed. The batter should be of pouring consistency. Keep aside for 15 minutes.
• Just before making idli, add the soda and mix well.
• Add a ladleful of batter into a idli plates. Steam in a steamer for 15 minutes

Baingan bartha

Ingredients:

• Brinjal 1
• Tomato 1-2
• Onion 2 chopped
• Green chillies 2
• Oil 3tsp
• Mustard seeds ¼ tsp
• Cumin seeds ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida
• Turmeric powder
• Coriander powder 1tsp
• Cumin powder 1tsp

 

Preparation:

• Take brinjal apply oil thinly and cook it in microwave for 10 minutes.
• Now peel the brinjal skin off and chop it.
• Heat 2tsp oil in a pan add mustard seeds, cumin seeds wait till its flutters, then add asafoetida,turmeric powder,coriander powder and cumin powder.
• Now add onion and tomato. Don't need to brown the onions, just have them sauteed.
• Finally add brinjal and salt. Mix them well and you are done.