Friday, November 20, 2015

Kaju Katli

Kaju Katli is one rich and very popular sweet. This is one of my son’s favorite sweet. It’s very simple to and easy to prepare.                                                
But you need very careful while making into get right consistency. It tastes better than store kaju katli’s … wow we love it…

Ingredients
Whole Cashews – 1 cup
Sugar – ½ cup
Water – ¼ cup
Melted Ghee –To Garnish
Method
In a blender add cashews and grind it to a semi fine powder.
If you are grinding as fine paste, then the whole mixture will turn sticky.
Now boil sugar and water, keep stirring in low flame till sugar completely dissolves.
Then it starts to bubble up, keep stirring.
Now add the cashew mixture and keep stirring until it forms a thick rolling mixture.
It should be like flexible dough. The dough should not be fry. This should be soft and flexible.
You can even try rolling a ball. It should be flexible then that’s the right consistency.
Then switch off the flame and let it cool down for 10 min.
In case if the mixture is dry, you can add little ghee and then knead it.
Now lay a butter paper and place the kaju dough and fold the paper such that the butter paper is on top and bottom of the dough.
Now start rolling with a chapati roller. Roll it to ¼ inch thickness; remove the butter paper on top. 
Cut with a sharp knife. Mark lines. And cut into diamonds. Serve this yummy kaju katli

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Chilli Parota

This is another simple and yummy snack. It is very good choice of school going kiddos. It is very easy to prepare. We can any kind of vegetables in this dish.
This yummy chilli parota goes very well with onion raita and any kurma.            

Actually Parota is not good for health because of the main ingredient maida.
But when we add some vegetables we can make this as delicious food.
Ingredients
Parota – 5
Finely Chopped Onions – 2 (big)
Finely Chopped Tomato – 1 (big)
Finely Chopped Carrot – 1
Finely Chopped Beans – few
Fennel Powder – ½ tsp
Chilli Powder – ½ tsp
Salt to taste
To Temper
Fennel Seeds – ¼ tsp
Chopped Coriander Leaves - few
Curry Leaves – few
Oil – 2 tsp
Cinnamon Sticks – 1
Cardamom - 1
To Garnish
Chopped Coriander Leaves – few
Ghee – 1 tsp
Sliced Carrot – 1
Sliced Lemon Piece -1
Method
In a kadai, heat oil. Add the tempering ingredients one by one and saute it for few sec.
Then add the finely chopped onions and saute it well until gets slight brown in color.
Then add chopped tomatoes and saute well. Add required salt and mix well.
Now add chopped carrots and beans and cook for another 2 to 3 min.
Then add fennel powder, chilli powder and required water. Let it cook for another 3 min.
By meantime, take the parato and cut into small square pieces. Then add these pieces into masala.
Saute well and let it for another 1 to 2 min.
Switch off the flame and garnish with chopped coriander leaves and pour some ghee. 
Serve yummy hot chilli parota with lemon juice and onion raita. 

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Chocolate Peda

It is a very easy sweet and quick to prepare for any festival.These peda has rich chocolate flavor with perfect amount of sweetness.
If you are chocolate lover, I am sure you will love this. Color and taste always depends on the type and quality of cocoa powder you are using.
Ingredients
All Purpose Flour/Maida – ¼ cup
Ghee – 2 tsp
Water – ¼ cup
Coco Powder – 1 tsp
Milk Powder – 2 tsp
Sugar – ½ cup
Sliced Almonds – 2 tsp
Method
Heat a pan, add ghee. When it is done, add all-purpose flour and switch off.
Mix well and fry well the maida and make sure it should not have any lumps and set aside.
In a pan, add sugar and water and start making the syrup once it reaches a stage where it starts to give stickiness when you add this syrup in a bowl of water it should float.
When you get the right consistency add coco powder and switch off.
Take the pan and keep it aside.  Whisk it well and make sure this should not have any lumps.
Now add fried maida and mix well. Then add milk powder and keep stirring and so it starts to thicken. This will form a grainy mixture.
Once it is thick then leaves it for few min to cool down.
Grease your hands with ghee and shape them into balls and make a dent in the center.
Add sliced almonds in the dent and let it to set. Serve chilled or warm.

Monday, November 16, 2015

Roasted Gram/Pottukadalai Murukku

Have you ever tried any easy murukku recipe? It’s a very easy and crispy murukku. It takes only few min.

Normally murukku is one of the favorite dishes of Diwali festival. Have this yummy murukku with coffee/hot chocolate.
Ingredients
Rice Flour – 2 cups
Pottukadalai/Split Roasted Gram – 1/2 cup
Butter – 1 tsp
Jeera – 1 tsp
Ajwain Seeds – 1tsp
Hing – a pinch
Salt to taste
Oil for deep fry
Water as required
Method
In a dry mixer grind fried gram to a fine powder. Now combine rice flour and roasted gram flour and sieve it.
In a mixing bowl take the sieved flours, butter, jeera and salt and mix well with your hands first. Boil water when it starts to boil switch off.
Add water little by little and mix it well and make it as soft dough.
Take your murukku mould and fit in the star shaped disc. Now slowly press directly into oil or on a laddle.
Heat oil - drop a small pinch of dough to check if the oil temperature is right.
When the dough immediately raises to the top with a sizzle then your oil is ready.
Flip the laddle to transfer the murukku into the oil and fry till golden brown.
Drain in a tissue paper. Let it cool down completely.
Then place it in an airtight container.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Peanut Urundai

It’s a very simple and healthy urundai. This is easy to make. It is perfect snack for children. It is a very good snack for kids.
Ingredients
Peanuts – 1 cup
Cashew Nuts – ½ cup
Jaggery Powder – 1 cup
Salt – a pinch
Cardamom Powder – ½ tsp
Ghee – 4 tsp
Method
In a pan, dry roast cashew nuts. Then take it out.
 In that same pan, add peanuts and dry roast well. Then switch off the flame. Let it cool down then remove the outer skin of peanuts.
Once it done, add roasted peanuts, cashew nuts in a blender. Then grind it as fine powder.
Heat 4 tsp of ghee. Now add the ground powder of peanut, jaggery powder, salt and cardamom powder.
Saute it for few seconds. And make this as yummy urundai.



Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Tomato Dosa

This is another simple and tasty recipe. Are you getting bored with regular dosa? Then why can't you try this new recipe. It's easy and tasty too.
This goes very well with Coconut Chutney...
Ingredients
Idli Rice – 2 cups (Soaked)
Ripe Tomatoes – 5
Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli – 4
Salt to taste
To Temper
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
Urad Dal – 2 tsp
Finely Chopped Onions – 1 cup
Finely Chopped Curry Leaves – few
Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves – few
Oil – 2 tsp
Method
In a grinder, add all the ingredients above mentioned along with enough water and grind it as fine paste.
In a pan, heat oil. Add the tempering ingredients one by one and saute it for few sec. Then add these into dosa batter and mix well.
In a dosa pan, apply oil and make dosa. Pour some oil on top of it. 
Serve with coconut chutney.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai

It’s one of the favorite dishes of Lord Ganesha. Normally we used to make this for Ganesh Chaturthi.
My mom prepared the flour by this given method. If you want you can use idiyappa flour.
     

And make sure the rice is almost cooked before steaming to get soft kozhukattai.
You can serve either warm or hot.
Ingredients
Raw Rice – 250 g
Jaggery – 250 g
Moong Dal – 100 g
Grated Coconut – 1 cup
Salt to taste
Method
In a kadai, add raw rice and saute it for 10 min on low flame. Then make it as coarse powder.
In the same pan, add moong dal and saute it till it become slight brown in color.
In a bowl, bring 1 ltr of water to boil. Then add sauteed moong dal, salt, grated coconut, jaggery and mix well. Do the process until jaggery dissolved in water completely.
In that, add the coarse powder of raw rice, little bit little. Mix well. Make sure it should not have any lumps.
The rice powder should cook well. And switch off the flame.
Apply oil in your hand, take a ball sized maavu and press with your finger.
Repeat the process to make all kozhukattai.
In idli cooker, add these in a plate and steam it. 
Once it done, then take it out and serve well.

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Thiruvadirai Kali

In my nativity we used to prepare this kali for temple festival. It is very popular in village side. My mom used to make this quickly. Normally I am not showing interest to prepare this kind of sweet. But it is one of the favorite of my hubby.
                          
My mom prepared this for evening snack. Thiruvadirai is favored for Lord Shiva, on the day of Thiruvadirai star in Marghazhi.  
Ingredients
Raw Rice – 250 g
Moong Dal – 100 g
Jaggery – 250 g
Grated Coconut – 1 cup
Salt to taste
(To Temper)
Cashew Nuts – ½ cup
Dry Grapes – ¼ cup
Cardamom- 4
Ghee – 2 tsp
To Garnish
Sliced Plum - few
Method
In a kadai, add raw rice and saute it for 10 min on low flame. Then make it as coarse powder.
In the same pan, add moong dal and saute  it till it become slight brown in color.
In a bowl, bring 1 ltr of water to boil. Then add sauteed moong dal, salt, grated coconut, jaggery and mix well. Do the process until jaggery dissolved in water completely.
In that, add the coarse powder of raw rice, little bit little. Mix well. Make sure it should not have any lumps.
The rice powder should cooked well and add required ghee.
In a pan, heat 2 tsp of ghee. Add the tempering ingredients one by one and saute it for few seconds. 
And add these into kali. Garnish with sliced plum and serve hot.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Creamy Soya Kurma

This is a unique kurma which has made up of creamy cashew paste. It’s a mild and tasty kurma.
Soya has rich in protein. I am sure this should be one of the mouthwatering kurma.
This goes very well with chapattis/roti/idli/dosa…
Ingredients
Soaked Soya Chunks – 2 cup
Sliced Onions – 2 (big)
Chopped Cauliflower – 1 cup (soaked in hot water)
Chopped Tomatoes – 1 cup
Sliced Green Chilli – 2
Chopped Beans – ½ cup
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
Chilli Powder – ½ tsp
To Paste
Grated Coconut – ½ cup
Cashew Nuts – 1 cup
To Temper
Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp
Curry Leaves – few
Chopped Coriander Leaves – few
Sesame Oil – 3 tsp
Method
In a pan, heat oil. Add the tempering ingredients one by one and saute it for few seconds.
Then add sliced onions and saute it till it gets brown in color.
Add ginger garlic paste, sliced green chilli, and chopped tomatoes and saute well.
Add soaked soya chunks with required salt and mix well.
Now add chopped cauliflower and beans and mix well.
Then add enough water, chilli powder and close the lid to cook well the vegetables completely.
In a blender, add grated coconut and cashew nut with little water. Then make it as fine paste.
Add this into kurma. Let it be for 2 to 3 min. Then switch off the flame. 
Then serve with hot chapatti/Poori.

Monday, September 28, 2015

Mustard Chutney

This is hot and spicy chutney in my amma’s kaivannam. If you want to keep chutney for long days, you can go with this. Only thing you need to do keep it in air tight container. It won’t be spoil immediately.
This goes very well with idli and dosa…


Ingredients
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli – 10
Hing (Small Pieces) – ¼ tsp
Salt to Taste
Tamarind – small sized ball
Jaggery Powder – ½ tsp
Oil – 2 tsp
To Temper
Curry Leaves – few
Chopped Coriander Leaves – few
Sesame Oil – 5 to 6
Method
In a pan, heat oil. Add hing and dry red chilli. Let it be for few seconds. Now take it out, and then keep it aside.
In that same pan, add another tsp of oil and heat it. Then add mustard seeds and sauté it for few min. Switch off the flame.
Add the tamarind ball in to this pan. Let it cool down completely. 
In a blender add sautéed hing, red chilli, mustard seeds, salt, tamarind, jaggery and grind it as fine paste.
In a pan, heat sesame oil. Then add curry leaves, coriander leaves let it be for few sec. Then add the ground paste of mustard and cook it for 2 to 3 min. 
Then switch off the flame. Serve with hot idli/dosa.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Neer Urundai

I am a big fan of Naatu Palakaram. In my nativity this is one of the famous foods… when I was in childhood my mom used to make for me… Luckily my mom came USA to stay with us.… and making some special dishes for us. I would like to share all of my mom recipes in my blog. Hopefully it will helpful to others… Me and shanu loves a lot... 
It is a healthy and tasty snack. This goes very well with coconut/onion chutney…
Ingredients
Idli Rice – 2 Cups
Grated Coconut – 1 cup
Oil – 2 tsp
Salt as required
Chopped Coriander Leaves - few
To Temper
Mustard Seeds – 2 tsp
Urad Dal – 2 tsp
Dry Red Chilli – 3 (Broken into small pieces)
Finely Chopped Curry Leaves – few
Sesame Oil – 3 tsp
Method
Wash and soak the idli rice at least for 2 hours.
In a grinder, add the soaked rice with required salt and grind it. Please make sure it should not be fine flour.
In a kadai, heat oil. And add this flour and mix well for 4 to 5 min. Then switch off the flame.
In a pan, heat oil. Add the tempering items one by one and sauté it for few seconds.
Now add the grated coconut and sauté it for few min.
And add these tempering items into the flour.
Add the chopped coriander leaves and mix well. And make it as small sized ball.
In an idli cooker, place these balls and cook it properly. 
Once it done then serve with coconut chutney/Kara chutney/Tomato Ketchup…

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Roasted Elephant Yam

It is the simple and tasty side dish. It is very easy to make. This goes very well with fried rice, kuzhambu sadam, variety rice, chapatti, bread…
Ingredients
Chopped Elephant Yam – 1 ½ cups
Finely Chopped Onion – 1 (big)
Chopped Tomato – 1
Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
Coriander Powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
Garam Masala – ¼ tsp
Salt to taste
Oil as required
(To Temper)
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Dry Red Chilli - 2
Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp
Curry Leaves – few
Coriander Leaves – few
Method
Bring some water to boil in a vessel, then add little salt and elephant yam then cook for 10 min.
Strain the excess water and put it in a paper towel.
In a pan, heat oil. Then add the cooked elephant yam pieces into oil. And fry these pieces and keep it n a paper towel.
In a pan, heat oil. Add the tempering ingredients one by one.
Then add the chopped onions and fry well.
Add the chopped tomatoes and fry till it becomes mushy.
Now add chilli powder, garam masala, coriander powder, turmeric powder and mix well.
Once it done, then add the chopped coriander leaves. 
Then serve hot with steamed rice…

Friday, June 12, 2015

Spinach Fried Rice

This is simple and healthy rice. Normally we are making poriyal, kootu, sambar with spinach... But I want to make something special by using spinach. It came out very well. We liked so much. Why can't you all give a try to make this yummy dish!!!
This goes very well with any fry, papad, onion raita...
Ingredients
To Cook Rice
Basmati Rice – 2 cups
Water – 3 cups
Ghee – 4 tsp
Cardamom – 4
Cloves – 4
Cinnamon Sticks – 2
Sliced Green Chilli - 2
Bay Leaf – 1
Salt to taste
(For Fried Rice)
Finely Chopped Onions – 2 (big)
Finely Chopped Ginger – 2 tsp
Finely Chopped Capsicum – 1 cup
Cooked Green Peas - 1 cup
Finely Chopped Spinach Leaves – 1 bunch
To Temper
Ghee - 1 tsp
Red Chilli - 3
To Garnish
Fried Cashew nuts – 3 tsp
Chopped Coriander Leaves - few
Method
In a pressure cooker, heat ghee. Add bay leaf, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon stick and saute it for few sec.
Then add basmati rice saute it for few min. Add little salt and enough water.
Then cook till 2 whistles come out. Let it cool for few min.
Heat a pan, add chopped ginger and saute it for few min.
Now add chopped capsicum and let it fry well another 2 to 3 min.
Add chopped onions and fry till it becomes slight brown in color.
Finally add chopped spinach and saute it well. Now add cooked peas and mix well.
Then add the rice and mix well.
In a pan heat ghee. Add the tempering ingredients and fry for a min. And add this into rice.
Let it be for another 5 min on slow flame. Add fried cashew nuts and chopped coriander leaves. 
Yummy spinach fried rice is ready to serve.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Corn Flour Halwa

It is a very quick and easy halwa. My son wanted to make some instant sweet. So I made this. It came out very well. Why can’t you all try for your kids! They’ll definitely love this…
Ingredients
Corn Flour – ½ cup
Granulated Sugar – 1 cup
Salt – a pinch
Cardamom – 3
Pistachio – 5
Color Powder – a pinch
Chopped Cashew Nuts – 2 tsp
Dry Grapes – 2 tsp
Ghee – ½ cup
Water – 2 ½ cup
Method
In a bowl, take corn flour and 1 ½ cups of water and mix well. It should not contain any lumps.
In a pan, heat 1 cup of water. When it starts boiling, add the sugar. When it starts boiling, add the corn flour mix.
Add color powder and little salt and keep continuously stirring it.
When u gets right consistency, add ghee and stir it.
In a pan, heat remaining ghee. Add cardamom, chopped cashew nuts, dry grapes and saute it for few sec.
Then add into this corn flour halwa… Garnish with pistachio.
Yummy and delicious halwa is ready to serve!!!

Monday, June 8, 2015

Goan Green Chicken Curry

This greenish chicken curry is very popular in Goa. It is almost available all over restaurant in there.
 This goes very well with ghee rice, fried rice, pulao...

Ingredients
(To Grind)
Chicken Pieces – ½ kg
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
Curry Leaf – few
Chopped Green Chilli – 2
Chopped Mint Leaves – 1 cup
Grated Coconut – 1 cup
Chopped Coriander Leaves – 2 cup
Cumin Seeds – ½ tsp
Peppercorn – ½ tsp
Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
Chopped Onion – 1 (big)
Cinnamon Stick – 1
Cardamom – 5
Dry Red Chilli – 4
Salt to taste
Water as required
(For Gravy)
Finely Chopped Onions – 2 (big)
Oil – 3 tsp
(To Temper)
Cardamom – 1
Bay Leaf – 1
Clove – 2
Cinnamon Sticks – 2
Method
In a blender, add the ingredients which are under to grind and make it as fine paste and keep it aside.
In a kadai, heat oil. Add the tempering ingredients and sauté it for few sec.
Then add the chopped onions and sauté well. Then add Chicken pieces and mix well with salt.
Let it cook for few min. Then add the ground masala. And sauté well until the raw smell goes well.
Then cook another 10 to 15 on medium flame till the chicken becomes soft and tender.
Once the curry ready, then switch of the flame.

Serve with hot steamed rice.

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Chettinad Baingan Masala

This is a spicy chettinad style Baingan masala. It gives nice flavor and taste to this dish.
 This goes very well with steamed white rice/chapatti/idli/dosa...
Ingredients
Eggplant/Brinjal – 8
Oil – 3 Tsp
Curry Leaves – 1 Sprig
Chopped Onion – 1 Cup
Chopped Tomato – 1/2 Cup
Chopped Cilantro – 2 Tsp
Salt – to taste
For Masala
Poppy Seeds – 1 Tsp (Soaked in cup warm water)
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Green Chillies – 2
Garlic – 3 Cloves
Fresh Coconut – 1/2 Cup
Roast & Grind
Cumin Seeds – 1/4 tsp
Peppercorns – 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves – few
Fennel Seeds – 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon – 1/2 inch piece
Roasted Gram Dal(Dalia) – 1 Tsp
Coriander Seeds – 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
Method
In a pan, heat oil then add in cumin seeds, peppercorns, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cinnamon, dry red chillies and fry for 15 secs till they are fragrant.
Finally add in curry leaves, dalia and fry for few more secs.
And remove the roasted ingredients into a plate and allow them to cool completely.
Meanwhile heat the remaining oil in the same pan. Season it with curry leaves.
Then add in onion, brinjals, and pinch of salt mix well. Cover and cook till brinjals and onion.
So meanwhile make the fine powder from the roasted ingredients that we have kept aside.
And then make a smooth paste from the poppy seeds, green chillies, ginger, garlic, coconut and 1/4 cup of water and then set aside.
Add turmeric powder to the gravy followed by tomato, wet masala and cover to cook for 5 mins.
Add dry masala powder, 1/2 cup of water, salt, cilantro, cook for 3 mins.
Serve with hot steamed rice/roti…

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Soya Chunk Chicken Curry

This is another yummy chicken curry. We love to have soya chunk. Then I thought an idea about using soya chunk to make chicken curry.
This combination works out well. This goes very well with steamed white rice, idli, dosa, chapatti, roti…
Ingredients
Soya Chunk – 1 ½ cups (Soaked)
Chicken – ½ kg
Chopped Onions – 1 ½ cup
Chopped Tomatoes – 1 cup
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
Chopped Coriander Leaves – 1 cup
Salt to taste
Oil – 2 tsp
For Dry Roast & Grind
Dry Red Chilli – 10
Coriander Seeds – 2 tsp
Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
Peppercorn – ½ tsp
Cinnamon Sticks – 1
Cardamom – 2
Grated Coconut – 1/2
To Temper
Cardamom – 2
Cinnamon Stick – 1
Bay Leaf – 1
Curry Leaves – few
Method
In a pan dry roast all the ingredients which are under for “dry roast & grind” and saute it for few min and grind it as fine powder. Then keep it aside.
Wash and clean the chicken pieces and chop it into small pieces.
In a kadai, heat oil. Add the ginger garlic paste and saute it for few sec.
Then add chopped onions and fry till it becomes slight golden brown in color.
Now add Soaked soya chunk and saute it well with little salt.
Now add chopped chicken pieces and fry well.
Add few curry leaves and mix well. Then add tomato pieces and close the lid. Let it cook till it becomes mushy.
Add required to water to cook till the chicken pieces becomes tend and soft.
Now add Ground masala to curry and mix well. Then keep cook continuously till the chicken gets soft.
In a pan, heat oil. Add the tempering ingredients one by one, and saute it for few sec. Then add this into curry.

Serve with hot steamed rice/roti…

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Maida Egg Adai

This is another simple and easy dish. It is very easy to prepare. This is a tastiest snack. You can prepare this for dinner/breakfast.
Ingredients
Maida/All Purpose Flour – 1 cup
Eggs – 2
Finely Chopped Onions – 1 cup
Finely Chopped Mint Leaves – ½ cup
Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves – ½ cup
Finely Chopped Green Chilli – 2
Finely Chopped Ginger – 1 tsp
Finely Chopped Garlic – 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
Pepper Powder – to taste
Salt to taste
Water as required
Oil – 2 tsp
Method
In a big bowl, take all purpose flour, salt with required water and mix well. Make sure it should not have any lumps.
In a pan, heat oil. Add mustard seeds, ginger, garlic and saute it for few sec.
Then add mint leaves and coriander leaves and saute it for minutes.
Add chopped green chilli and onion. Then saute it well.
Transfer this into a separate bowl. And beat eggs with little salt and pepper powder and mix well.
In a dosa pan, apply oil. And pour maida batter and make it as adai. Then put this egg beaten mix on top it. 
Let it cook well. Then serve with ketchup.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Mint Rasam

I was getting bored with regular rasam. Then I thought of prepare using mint leaves to make rasam. It came out very well. Try this simple, yummy and delicious rasam.
This goes very well with steamed white rice, papad & pickle...
Ingredients
Chopped Mint Leaves – 1 cup
Finely Chopped Onion – 3 tsp
Finely Chopped Tomato – 3 cup
Cooked Toor Dal – 1/5 cup
Crushed Ginger Garlic – 1 tsp
Tamarind Water – 1 cup
Chopped Coriander Leaves – few
(To Grind)
Fennel Seeds – few
Cumin Seeds – ¼ tsp
Peppercorn – 1/2 tsp
Garlic Pod – 1
To Temper
Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp
Dry Red Chilli – 2
Curry Leaves – few
Oil – 2 tsp
Method
In a kadai, heat oil. Add crushed ginger and garlic and saute it in few sec.
Then add chopped mint leaves and saute it for few min.
Add chopped onions & tomatoes with salt and fry till it becomes mushy.
Now add tamarind water and chopped coriander leaves.
In a blender add the ingredients which are under to grind and make it as powder and add into rasam.
Add the cooked toor dal and mix well.
In a pan, heat oil. Add the tempering ingredients and saute it for few sec.
And transfer into rasam. Then switch off the flame.
Serve with hot steamed rice.

Surprise Pie | Mixed Vegetable Pie

This is yummy, crispy vegetables pie that’s goes very well along with chocolate milk, coffee ☕️ or tea 🍵    Ingredients for Pie All Purpose...