Carrot Juice

Ingredients:

Carrot - Grated - 1 cup

Sugar - 1 tbsp

Milk - 1/4 cup

1.Grate the carrot and in a mixie or juice maker grind it with sugar.

2.Filter the juice and all the milk.

 A very healthy drink.

Mysore Masala Dosa

For making the masala:

Cooked Potato - 4

Onions - 1

Tomato - 1

Turmeri Powder - 1/4tbsp

Chilli Powder - 1/2 tbsp

Mustard

Channa Dal

Salt

Oil

1.  Peel the skin of the potato and cook it in a pressure cooker.

2. Mash the potatoes and keep it aside.

3. Heat the pan with oil. Add the channa dal and mustard.

4. Add onions and saute till golden brown. Then add tomato and let it cook for 5mins.

5. Add turmeric and chilli powder. 

6. Now add the mashed potatoes to the pan.

7. Let it cool till the raw smell of the spices go away. Can add water for it to cook well.

Making Dosai:

Ingredients:

Dosa Batter - 2 cups

MTR CurryPowder or just Chilli powder - 1 tbsp

Oil

1.In the griddle spread the dosa batter and then immediately sprinkle the curry powder.

2.Add oil around the sides and then spread the potato masala and then let it cook properly.Because we wont shift to the other side for it to cook.

Bun Upma

I bought the dinner rolls and did not complete it at all.It was just lying and I wanted to some something to finish it.So made this upma.

Ingredients:

Bun - 3 ( any type of your choice)

Onion - 1

Turmeric powder - 1/2tbsp

Salt

Oil

Urad dal

Mustard

1.Cut the bun into small pieces.

2.In a pan add little oil and add Urad dal and Mustard.

3.Add onion and saute till golden brown.

4.Add the bun slices and mix well.

5.Add salt and serve hot.

Adharsam

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup

Jaggery - 1/2 cup

Salt - a pinch

Oil

1.Soak the raw rice for 2hrs in water.

2.Melt the jaggery in medium heat and let it cool completely.

3.Grind the rice without any water.It needs to be very thick.

4.Add the grinded rice to the jaggery mixture and add a pinch of salt.

5.Keep the mixture over night.

6.In a pan add oil and deep fry by putting a spoon of the mixture.

Beeta Raitha

Ingredients:

Beets - 1/2 cup

Curd - 1 cup

Oil 

Salt

Mustard

Urad Dal

1.Grate the beets.

2.In a bowl mix the beets,curd and salt.

3.In a small pan add little oil and then the mustard and urad dal.After it pops add them to the bowl.

4.Mix well and serve with chappati.

Black Eyes peas stuffed Roti

Ingredients:

Black EyedPeas - cooked - 1 cup

Chilli powder - 1 tbsp

Wheat flour - 2 cups

Salt

Oil

Water

1.Cook the peas and mash well. Add chilli powder and salt and mix well.

2.Mix the dough for roti.

3.Make a small circle with the dough and stuff the peas and then close the dough and make the roti with it.

Cauliflower Kurma

Ingredients:

Cauliflower - 1

Onion - 1

Almonds - 5

Salt

Coconut - 1 cup

Garam Masala

Salt

Oil

Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp

1. Boil water in a pan and add the cauliflower to it.

2. Cook until it becomes tender

3. Now for the gravy add the onion,,ginger garlic paste and almonds in a pan and fry well. Add the grama masala as well.

4. Cool it and grind the above to a smooth paste.

5. In  a pan add litle oil and add the grinded mixture and cauliflower.

6.Add little water and let it mix well for 5mins.

Tamarind Rice

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice - 1 cup

Tamarind - 1/2 cup

Red Chilli - 2

Turmeric powder - a pinch

Sesame oil - 2 tbsp

Mustard

Urad and Channa dal - 1 tbsp each

Salt

1.Soak the tamarind in water for 10mins.

2.Make a thick paste of it and keep aside.

3.In a pan add 1tbsp of oil and the add the mustard,Urad and Channa dal and Chilli.

4.After the mustard pops up add turmeric powder and mix well.

5.Add the tamarind paste to the mixture and salt and let it boil for 10mins.

6.You will notice that the oil will come to the sides of the pan. So now it is ready.

7.Mix the tamarind paste with the cooked rice and add the remaining sesame oil and serve hot.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

Peanut Butter - 1 cup

All purpose Flour - 1 cup

Brown sugar - 1/2 cup

Baking powder - a pinch

Butter milk - 3tbsp

1. Mix all the dry ingredients.

2.Microwave the peanut butter if its very hard.

3.Add the peanut butter and butter milk to the dry ingredients.

4.Make it to a dough.

5.Make small balls of it and bake it for 30mins in 200Degrees.

Milk Peda

My 100th post so wanted to make some sweet :)..Din't ever think I will start a cooking blog and that too 100 posts in just few months. Great !!

Ingredients:

Condensed Milk - 1 can

Curd - 2 tbsp

Elaichi - 2

Ghee - 1 tbsp

1.Mix Condensed milk,curd and elaichi.

2.In a microwave safe bowl keep in microwave for 4mins.

3.Mix and then keep again for 5mins.

4.Cool completely and mix little ghee and make small balls.

Garnish with pista or almonds.

Vegetable Roti

Ingredients:

Radish - grated - 1cup

Carrot - grated - 1/2 cup

Cabbage - 1/2cup

Wheat flour -  1cup

Salt

Water

Oil

1. In a bowl mix the flour,salt and the grated vegetables.

 

2. Add enough water to make a dough out of it. dont mak

e it sticky.

3. Leave it for 20mins and make roti's out of it.

Vegetable Cutlet

Ingredients:

Potato - cooked - 1/2 cup

Carrot,Peas,cauliflower - cooked - 1 cup

Panneer- grated - 1/2

 cup

Egg White

Salt

Oil

Flour

1. Mash all the veggies and mix them well with salt.

2. Make small balls out of the mixture.

3. In  a plate put some flour and egg white and dip the small balls and keep it.

4. In a skillet add some oil and heat it.

5. Put one by one the floured mixture and fry them. I dint want to deep fry the vegies. So i used a skillet and added little oil around it and fried.

Baked Vegetables

Ingredients:

Asaparagus- 3

Carrot - 2

Potato - 1

Chilli powder - 1 tbsp

Olive oil - 1 tbsp

Salt

Dried Oregano and Parsley 

1. Cut all the vegetables and mix well with all the ingredients and bake for 20mins in 300Degress.

Bisibela Bath

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup

Toor Dal - 1/2 cup

Carrot - 1

Cabbage- 1 cup

Beans - 1 cup

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1

Salt

Oil

Coriander seeds - 2 tbsp

Fenugreek - 1/2tbsp

Red chilli - 2

1.Fry the above three and make grind it into powder.

2. In a cooker add little oil and then saute the onions and tomato.

3.Add all the vegetables and add salt.

4.Add the powdered mixture and add rice and dal.

5.Pressure cook for 3 whistle and hot hot bisebela bath ready !!

Aloo Gobi Fry

Ingredients:

Cauli Flower- 1 cup

Potato - 1

Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1

Salt

Oil

1. Cut the Cauliflower into florets and potato and microwave for 4mins.

2. In a pan heat little oil and add the onions ginger garlic paste and saute till golden brown.

3. Add the tomatoes and salt and cook well .

4. Add the cooked vegetables and mix well.

5. Cook until the raw smell goes.

Edameme in Brown Rice

Ingredients:

Edameme- 1cup

Brown rice - 1 cup

Onion-1

Tomato - 1

Garlic- 1

Chilli powder & garam masala - 1 tbsp each

Salt

Oil

1.In  a pan add little oil and fry the garlic.

2.Add the onions and saute till golden brown.

3.Add tomatoes and cook well.

4.Add salt,Chilli powder & garam masala and mix well.

5.Add the brown rice and edameme and fry some 5mins.

6.Add 2cups of water and cook well until the rice it well cooked.

Apple and Dates Muffin

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 11/2cups

Apple Grated - 1 cup

Dates - 10

Brown sugar - 1/2 cup

Baking soda - 1 tbsp

Butter - little

Water - 1 cup

1.Grate the apple and in  a pan add  1 cup water and boil.

2.Add the grated apple,sugar and butter to the water and boil well.

3.In a bowl add flour,baking soda and dates.

5.Cool the boiled mixture completely and  mix it with the flour.

6.Grease the muffin pan and add the mixture to it and bake for 20mins in 300Degress.

Kuli Paniyaram

I dint have a paniyaram pan so made them in muffin pan :).

Ingredients:

Idly Batter - 2 cups

Onion - 1

Mustard

Urad dal

Salt

Oil

1.In a pan add little oil and add mustard and urad dal.

2.After it pops add the onion and salt.

3.Saute till golden brown.

4.Add it to the idly batter

5.Grease the muffin pan and add the batter.

6.Bake it for 20 mins in 250Degrees.

I added brown sugar in some and made sweet paniyaram in a similar way.

Variety Rice

Coconut Rice:

Coconut - 1/2 cup

Cooked Rice -1 1/2 cups

Urad and Channa  Dal - 1tbsp each

Mustard

Garlic

Oil

Salt

Cashews - 4

1. In a pan add little oil and then add garlic and fry until little brown.

2. Add the mustard,Urad and Channa  Dal.

3. After it pops add the coconut scrappings and dry well. 

4.It will become light brown then add the cooked rice and add salt.

5. Mix well until it blends well with all the coconut.

Tomato Rice:

Tomato Curry 

Cooked Rice - 1 cup

Mix the tomato Curry with the cooked rice.

Curd Rice

Curd - 1/2 cup

Cooked Rice - 1 cup

Oil

Mustard

Urad Dal

1. In  a pan add little oil and add the mustard and urad dal.

2. In a bowl add the rice and curd and salt. Mix well and add the mustard and urad dal.

3. Mix well.

Bell Pepper Rice:

Bell Pepper  - 1

Cooked Rice - 1 cup

Onion

Soya sauce - 1/2 tbsp

Oil

Salt

1. In a pan add little oil and then saute the onion till golden brown.

2. Then add the peppers and fry well.

3.Add the soya sauce and mix well.

4.Add salt. Then add the rice and mix well.

Sakkarai Pongal

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup

Channa Dal - 2 tbsp

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Cashews- 5

Jaggery - 1 cup

1. Pressure cook the rice and channa dal together.

2. In a pan add the ghee and fry the cashews and keep aside.

3. Mix well the rice mixture. Add the jaggery to the rice mixture. 

4. Cook the mixture in low flame until the jaggery melts in the rice.

5.Mix well and add the fried cashews and before serving add little ghee on top and serve hot.

Tamil New Year Speacial Lunch

Wishing All a very Happy Tamil New Year !!

Tamil new year is a new beginning of a year for all tamil people. A very special day. 

We had lot of people come home and it was real fun. I was in the kitchen all time doing some cooking or the other.:)..

List of things I made:

Sambar

Small Idly

Potato and beans kurma

Sweet Mango Pachadi

Cabbage Poriyal

Javvarusi Payasam

Potato and Beans kurma:

Potato - 1

Lima beans - 1/4 cup

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1

Garlic- 3

Ginger

Coconut

Chilli powder - 1/2 tbsp

Fennel seeds

1. Grind coconut,Half onion,tomato,chilli powder,fennel seeds,ginger and ga

rlic and keep aside.

2. Pressure cook the potato and Lima beans in a cooker for 1 whistle.

3. In a pan add little oil and saute the onion.

4. Add the grimded mixture and the veggies and add little water it the paste is very thick.

5. Cook until the vegetables are blended well with the gravy.

Sweet Mango Pachadi:

Raw Mango - 1

Jaggery - 1/4 cup

Salt - a pinch

Coconut - scrapped - 1/4 cup

1. Cut the mango into small pieces.

2. Add them in a pan and add little water and cook until it becomes soft.

3.After it is well cooked add the jaggery and mix well until it blends well in the mango.

4. Add the salt and the coconut and mix well and cook for 5mins.

Javvarusi Payasam:

Javvarusi(sabudana) - 1 cup

Milk - 2 cups

Ghee- 1tbsp

Dry grapes

Cashews

Cardamon - 2

1.In a pan add little ghee and dry the sabudana for 5mins.

2. Add a cup of water and let it cook well. 

3. After it is well cooked add milk and cardamon( If you add milk before it is cooked then the sabuna will not be cook in milk).

4. Add the remaining ghee in another pan and dry the dry grapes and cashews and mix then in the sabudana.

5.Let it boil for few mins.

Stuffed Peppers in Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

Peppers - 4

Beans - Cooked - 1 cup

Cheese

Oil

Salt

1.Cook any kind of beans of your choice.I had some lima beans so I used it.

2. Mash the beans well and add little salt.

3. Cut the peppers vertically.Remove the seeds.

4.Stuff the pepper with the beans mixture and top of it add the cheese.

5.Bake it for 20mins or until the pepper becomes tender.

Sauce:

Sun dried tomatoes - 5

Onion - 1

Tomatoes -1

Red chillies

1.Saute all the mixture for a while and grind them into a coarse mixture.

2.In a pan add the grinded mixture. If it is very thick add litle water and cook for 5mins.

Take the baked peppers and add the sauce on top of it and serve hot !!!

Baby Lima Beans Curry

Ingredients:

Baby Lima beans - 2 cups

Coriander seeds - 2tbsp

Onion- 1

Cashews - 6

Channa Dal - 1tbsp

Oil

Salt

1. In a pan add little oil and then add the channa dal and coriander.

2. Fry well till golden brown.

3. Add the Onions and saute well.

4. Grind the above mixture and keep aside.

5.Cook the lima beans.

6. In a pan saute the lima beans after cooking and then add the grinded mixture and cook for few mins.

Baked Potato

Ingredients:

Potato - 2

Chilli powder -1 tbsp

Coriander Powder - 1tbsp

Salt

Oil

1.Peel the skin and cut the potatoes.

2. Pre heat the oven to 200Degress.

3. In a small bowl add salt,chilli and coriander powder. Add the potatoes and mix well.

4. In a baking sheet spray some oil and arrange the potatoes and bake for 15mins.

Spagetti in caramlized onion

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat Spagetti 

Onion - 1

Flour - 1 tbsp

Oil

Milk - 2tbsp

Salt

1.Cook the spagetti as per the package instructions and keep aside.

2. In  a pan add little oil and add onions and salt.Saute the onion until golden brown.

3. Add the flour and then the milk and mix well.Mix well so that no lumps are formed.

4. Then add the spagetti and mix well.

Brocolli Dosai

Ingredients:

Brocolli - 1

Dosa Batter

Sun dried tomatoes - few

Oil

Salt

1.In a pan add little oil. Add the sun dried tomatoes.

2. Saute for few mins and then add the brocolli and mix well. Cook until the brocoli becomes tender and put it in a bowl.

3.Take 1cup of dosa batter and mix it in the brocolli mix.Mix it well.

4. In a dosa pan spread the batter and put oil in the sides of the batter and cook.Turn to the other side and cook it.

It was yummy. I had it with onion chutney.

Cilantro Roti

Ingredients:

Cilantro - 1cup

Wheat flour -  1cup

Salt

Water

Oil

1. In a bowl mix the flour,salt and the finely chopped cilantro. 

2. Add enough water to make 

a dough out of it. dont make it sticky.

3. Leave it for 20mins and make roti's out of it.

Potato Fry

Ingredients:

Potato - 2

Chilli and Coriander Powder - 1 tbsp each

Salt

Mustard

Urad dal

Oil

1. Cut the potatos into small pieces.

2.In a pan add oil and add the mustard and urad dal.

3.After it pops add the potato and salt and mix well.

4. Close with a lid and cook in low flame for 5mins.

5.It will be half cooked and then add the chili and coriander powder and mix well.

6.Again close with the lid and leave it for 10mins in low flame.

Snake Gourd Kootu

Its been a while since I ate this. I saw in the Indian stores and I immediately wanted to make kootu with it.

Ingredients:

Snake Gourd - 1 cup

Moong dal - 1 cup

Chilli and Coriander powder - 1/2tbsp each

Salt

Oil

Cilantro leaves

1. Pressure cook the moong dal and keep it.

2. Cut the snake gourd into small pieces after removing the seeds in the middle.

3. In a pan add little oil and add the snake gourd and salt and saute well.

4. It should be cooked and then add the moong dal.

5. Close the pan with a lid and let it cook.

6. After its half cooked add the chilli and coriander powder.

7. Mix well and add the cooked moong dal and let it cook for 5mins.

8. If you want the kootu to be thick do not add water else you can add water.

9.Serve hot some cilantro leaves on top.

Jeera Rice with Soya Chunks Kurma

I had some rice left and dint want to eat curd.So I thought of making jeera rice with it.

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice - 2 cups

Jeera - 1 tbsp

Ghee

Salt

1. In a pan add the ghee.After it melts add the jeera to it.

2. After it pops add the cooked rice and mix well.

3. Add salt and serve.

It is a very simple rice variety and tastes good as well.

Kurma:

Soya chunks- 10

Onion - 1

tomato - 1

Almonds - 5

Salt

Garam Masala

Salt

Oil

Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp

1. Boil water in a pan and add the soya chunks to it.

2. Let it boil for 5mins and then squeeze excess water from the chunks and wash well in cold water.

3. Now for the gravy add the onion,tomato,ginger garlic paste and almonds in a pan and fry well. Saute it until tomatoes become mushy. Add the grama masala as well.

4. Cool it and grind the above to a smooth paste.

5. In  a pan add litle oil and fry the soya chunks for 2mins and then add the grinded mixture. 

6.Add little water and let it mix well for 5mins.

I had it with Jeera rice and it was lovely.