Saturday 3 October 2020

Sagu( for set dosa)

 Method

Boil potatoes, peas, carrots and beans in sufficient water till soft. Add salt and turmeric also.

Grind fresh coconut, fried gram, few onion pieces, coriander leaves, green chillies and poppy seeds.

Add the above paste to the boiled vegetables and boil for some more time. Add a tsp of garam masala.

Heat oil, add hing, mustard and curry leaves. Add this to the sagu.

Wednesday 19 August 2020

Mug cake

Monday 18 May 2020

Ghee cookies

Take 1/2 cup melted ghee in a bowl
Add 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 tsp salt, cardamom powder or vanilla essence(1 tsp)  mix well
Add 1 cup flour and mix well into a dough
Make small balls and bake at 180 degrees for 15-20 min

Saturday 16 May 2020

Kadhi(plain)

Add besan, turmeric,  salt,  chilli powder to buttermilk
Keep on a low flame and boil
Heat oil and add mustard, jeera, methi, Curry leaves, Dania powder and jeera powder. Add to kadhi

Friday 15 May 2020

paneer gravy( restaurant style)

Heat oil and fry sliced onions, green chilli and ginger garlic paste with little salt
Keep aside to cool and add 1 cardamom
Grind to a smooth paste by adding little water
Heat oil and ghee and fry some sugar till light brown
Add onion paste, bay leaf, cloves, red chilli powder, turmeric, amchur powder, garam masala, kasuri methi and fry for some time
Add milk little by little and fry in low flame for 10 minutes



Sunday 19 April 2020

Ribbon pakoda

Sieve 1 cup rice flour(heaped), 1/4 cup besan and 1/4 cup fried gram powder.
Mix salt(1/2 tsp), chilli powder, hing and jeera.
Add hot oil( about 1 tbsp) mix well and then add water and make into a soft smooth dough.

Monday 13 April 2020

thenkuzhal

Take rice flour(1 cup),  urad flour(1/8 cup), melted butter(3/4 tbsp), oil(3/4 tbsp), salt, jeera, asafoetida(1/8 tsp) in a bowl and mix well.
Add water and knead to a smooth dough.
Deep fry in hot oil (using thenkuzhal mould)

gol guppe recipe

Take 1/2 cup rava, 1 tbsp maida, salt, a pinch of baking soda and 1/2 tsp oil.
Mix well and then add water to form a soft, smooth dough.
Keep aside for 10 minutes
Roll into a thin chapathi and cut small discs from this and deep fry in hot oil 

Friday 27 March 2020

Banana muffins

Ingredients
Bananas - 3
Egg - 1
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Maida - 1.5 cups
Butter(melted) - 1/3 cup
Walnuts - optional
Vanilla essence - few drops
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp

Method
Whisk sugar, egg, melted butter, mashed bananas, vanilla essence( no need to beat)
Sieve maida, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
Mix with the wet ingredients and fold
Bake at 180degrees till done 

Saturday 4 January 2020

Gobi 65

Ingredients

  • Cauliflower - 1 medium
  • Curry leaves - 1 sprig
  • All purpose flour/ Maida - 2 Tbsp
  • Rice flour - 2 Tbsp
  • Corn flour - 1 Tbsp
  • Chilli powder - 1 ½ - 1 1/2 tsp (adjust per taste)
  • Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
  • Salt - 1 tsp (adjust per taste)
  • Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp
  • Oil - for frying

  • maida: rice flour: corn flour – 2: 2: 1

Method

Mix all ingredients except gobi and curry leaves.
Now par boil the cauliflower florets with turmeric powder and ¼ tsp of salt. Drain the cauliflower and add to the prepared paste and mix thoroughly. Do not add any additional water since the water content in cauliflower will be more than enough for the masala to bind to it.
Deep fry till crisp



Honey cake

ingredients

Maida - 2 cups
Powdered sugar - 1 cup
Oil - 1/2 cup
Eggs - 3
Baking powder - 1.5 tbsp
Vanilla essence - 1.5 tsp
Milk - 1/2 cup

Honey - 1/3 cup
Sugar - 1/3 cup
Mixed fruit jam - 5 tbsp
Dry coconut

Method

Beat 3 eggs till fluffy
Add sugar powder and beat again
Add oil, vanilla essence and beat the mixture again
Sieve maida with baking powder and add to the mixture
Mix with a spatula using cut and fold method
Add milk and mix again.
Bake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes

Boil sugar with water till it forms a sticky syrup
Add honey once it is warm. Let it cool down completely

Heat jam in a pan till it melts. Dont let it burn

Once the cake has cooled down, cut the sides and the top so that it is even.
 spread the melted jam on the whole cake
Cut into pieces and dip the pieces in the syrup
Sprinkle coconut piwder on top of jam