Gulkand Phirni / Rose Gulkand Phirni / Gulkand Kheer / Rose Flavoured Rice Pudding

Gulkand Phirni

Ingredients

Whole milk - 3 cups
Homemade gulkand - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
( pulse it once in mixi)
Cardamom - 3 finely powdered
Chopped pistachio and almonds - 6 each
Sugar - 2 tbsp
( add according to your taste)
Basmati rice - 1/8 cup
( soak it in water for 1 hour, add some milk and grind it to a coarse paste)
Rose essence few drops

Method

Pour milk in a heavy bottom vessel bring it to a boil.
Now add the rice paste and in low flame cook till is thick and rice is cooked.
Add the sugar,gulkand and cardamom powder cook for a minute and switch off the stove.
Lastly add the chopped nuts and rose essence mix till everything is well combined.
Serve this Gulkand phirni warm or cold.

Rose Gulkand

Note:

a) For quick version you can add rice flour and make this dish.
b) You can add few drop of Rooh Afza on top of the phirni just before serving.

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Jackfruit Payasam Recipe / Chakka Payasam Recipe / Chakka Pradhaman Recipe / Jackfruit Kheer Recipe - Onam Sadhya Recipes

 

Jackfruit Payasam

Ingredients

Chopped ripe jackfruit - 8 large size

Thick coconut milk - 1 cup

Jaggery - 1/2 cup or add according to the sweetness of the fruit

( dissolve in water to remove impurities', filter and keep it aside)\

Crushed cardamom - 2

Yellow moongh dal - 1/8 cup

Ghee - 8 tsp

Cashew nuts - 10

Raisins - 2 tsp

Coconut cut into bits - 1 tbsp

Method

Heat 1 tsp ghee in a pressure cooker fry moongh dal till light brown.

Lower the flame add the chopped jackfruit and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.

Pour water and pressure cook till soft, once cool open the pressure cooker and mash the mixture.

Pour the crushed cardamom , coconut milk and jaggery liquid , in low flame give a boil and switch off the stove.

Pour ghee in a pan and coconut and fry till golden brown add it into the payasam. In the same ghee fry the cashew nuts and raisins fry and pour it into the payasam.

Mix everything well and enjoy warm.

Note:

a) Adding crushed dry ginger powder and cumin powder give a nice flavor.

b) If your payasam is thick add some hot milk and mix.

c) fresh coconut milk gives a nice taste today i used tinned coconut milk.

d) Add jaggery according to the sweetness of the fruit.

Jackfruit Payasam

Made this payasam using dried organic jackfruitf from Costco. all the ingredients and procedure are same. I just pressure cooked the jackfruit along with the moongh dal and mashed it.

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Chutney Powder Recipe / Karnataka Style Chutney Podi Recipe / Karnataka Style Chutney Pudi Recipe / Gunpowder Recipe / Kadle Bele Chutney Pudi Recipe

 

Chutney Pudi

Ingredients

Channa dal - 1/2 cup

Urad dal - 1/2 cup

Dry coconut / Kopparai - 1 cup

Red chilly - 6

Kashmiri red chilly / Byadagi chilly - 8

Salt to taste

Tamarind - a large grape size

Jaggery - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Tempering

Coconut - 3 tsp

Mustard - 1 tsp

Hing - 1/8 tsp

Method

Dry roast channa dal and urad dal separately till color changes, transfer to a plate.

Add a drop of coconut oil and fry both the red chilies till they puff up remove to a plate.

Add coconut and roast till slightly colour changes switch off the stove and add curry leaves.

Cool all the ingredients and transfer to a mixie jar, add salt, jaggery and tamarind. 

Grind to a semi smooth powder , transfer to a bowl.

Heat oil in a pan and temper it with hing and mustard seeds, pour it into the chutney pudi mix till combined. Store it in a clean jar in fridge.

Enjoy with Idli or Dosa!

Note:

If you are making it in small quantity keep it at room temperature otherwise to retain the freshness of the pudi keep it in fridge.

For Version 2 click HERE

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Thavala Adai Recipe / Thavala Dosa / Tavala Adai Recipe - Dosa Recipes

Thavala Adai

Ingredients ground to a coarse powder

Idli Rice - 1 cup
Thur dal - 1/2 cup
Channa dal - 1/2 cup
Yellow moongh dal - 2 tbsp
Red chillies - 3
Pepper - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp

Tempering

Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp
Hing - a generous pinch
Curry leaves few

Other Ingredients

Grated coconut - 1 tbsp

Curd - 2 tbsp

Oil to cook adai as needed
Salt to taste

Method

Take a mixi jar add add all the above ingredients and dry grind to a rava consistency.

Your mixture is ready to use take needed consistency add salt and pour boiling water and mix well.

Make sure there are no lumps cover this with a lid and leave it for 1 hour.
After 1 hour you will see all the water is absorbed so add some more boiling water to get a thick batter consistency. Cover and let it rest for another 1 hour.
Heat oil in a pan and temper it with above ingredients, pour it into the batter add coconut, curd and mix.
Heat a thick iron kadai pour some oil take a ladle of batter and slightly spread.
Cover it with a lid and cook in medium high flame after few minutes remove lid and gently flip it and cook the other side too. Add some oil after flipping the adai.
Once its crisp and cooked well remove and serve it hot with any chutney.

Ingredients ground to a coarse batter ( Version 2)

Sona mosoori rice/ Raw rice - 1 cup

Idli rice - 1/4 cup

Urad dal - 1/4 cup

Channa dal - 1/4 cup

Thur dal - 1/4 cup

( wash and soak all the ingredients for 3 hours, then grind to a thick batter by adding very little water. Add salt mix and let it ferment for 4 hours)

Tempering 

Oil - 1 tbsp

Jeera - 1 tsp

Pepper - 1 tsp

Mustard - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1 tsp

Channa dal - 1 tsp

Chopped green chilies - 2

Red chillies - 3 

Curry leaves few

Hing - a generous pinch

( Heat oil in a pan and temper it with above ingredients, pour it into the rice batter mix well..

Method

Heat a thick iron kadai pour some oil take a ladle of batter and slightly spread.
Cover it with a lid and cook in medium high flame after few minutes remove lid and gently flip it and cook the other side too. Add some oil after flipping the adai.
Once its crisp and cooked well remove and serve it hot with any chutney.

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Pasi Paruppu Thogayal / Pasi Paruppu Thovaiyal / Pasi Paruppu Thuvaiyal / Moong Dal Chutney / Green Moongh Dal Thogayal / Pachapayiru Thogayal

Pasi Paruppu Thogayal

Version 1

Ingredients

Oil - 1/2 tsp

Yellow moongh dal / Pasi Paruppu - 1/4 cup

Red chillies - 4

Garlic - 2

Salt to taste

Hing - 1/4 tsp

Coconut - 1 tbsp

Method

Heat oil in a pan add pasi paruppu and red chilies fry till light brown Do not over fry and burn them.

Switch off the flame and add the hing , garlic ,salt and coconut mix well.

Cool completely add very little water and grind it to a thick coarse thuvaiyal.

Best served with hot plain rice or kanji/porridge.

Pasiparuppu Thogayal

Version - 2

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Ingredients

Green moongh dal - 1/4 cup (heaped)

Red chilly - 2

Kashmiri red chilly - 2

Garlic - 1 large

Tamarind - a small piece

Salt to taste

Curry leaves - few

Grated coconut - a handful

Method

Dry roast green moongh dal till colour changes.

Cool and transfer to a mixi jar and add all above mentioned ingredients.

Pour little water and grind to a semi smooth mixture.

Mix with hot rice and enjoy!

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Buttermilk Upma Recipe / Buttermilk Rice Rava Upma Recipe / Majjiga Upma Recipe / Challa Upma Recipe / Biyyapurava Majjiga Upma / Mor Upma / More Uppuma

 

Buttermilk Upma

Tempering

Coconut oil - 2 tsp

Mustard , Urad dal, Channa dal - each 1 tsp

Hing - 1/8 tsp

Red chilly - 2

Chopped cashew nuts - 6

Other ingredients

Rice rava - 1 cup

Water - 1 & 1/2 cup

Sour buttermilk - 1 & 1/2 cups

(mix water and buttermilk together in a bowl, keep it aside)

Salt to taste

Chopped green chilly - 1

Chopped ginger - 1 tsp

Curry leaves few

Coconut oil - 1 tsp

( add at the last once the upma is done)

Mor Upma

Method

Heat oil in a pan and temper it with above ingredients.

Add chopped ginger, green chillies, curry leaves and saute.

Pour the water/buttermilk mixture and give a boil, reduce flame and add the rice rava.

Add salt mix well, cover and cook till done.

Switch off the stove add 1 tsp of coconut oil few curry leaves mix well and enjoy hot!

Note:

a)  You can add more milagai instead of red chilly.

b) Some add chopped onions and grated coconut to this recipe.

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Cranberry Jalapeno Cream Cheese Dip Recipe / Creamy Cranberry Jalapeño Dip Recipe / Cranberry Jalapeno Dip - Easy Cranberry Recipes

 

Cranberry Jalapeno Dip

Ingredients crushed to a coarse mixture

Fresh cranberry - 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Lemon juice - 1/8 tsp

Jalapeno - 1 large size

Spring onion - 3 tsp

Dry cranberry - 2 tsp (optional)

( Using a chopper mince the above ingredients, transfer to a bowl)

Other ingredients

Cream cheese - 1/4 cup

Sour cream - 1/4 cup

Salt and Pepper powder to taste

Sugar - 1/4 tsp

Crushed dry rosemary - a generous pinch

Chopped spring onions - 1 tsp

Method

 Cream the sour cream and cream cheese till soft, add the seasonings, rosemary, sugar, spring onions and the minced cranberry mixture.

Gently mix till combined.

Keep in refrigerator for few hours and enjoy with crackers.

Note:

a) Adjust all the above ingredients according to your taste buds.

b) Chopped cilantro can be added for extra flavor.

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Madurai Urulai Pottalam Recipe / Madurai Kizhangu Pottalam Recipe / Madurai Potato Masala / Spicy Potato Podimas / Madurai's Famous Potato Masiyal

 

Madurai Urulai Pottalam

Tempering

Sesame oil - 6 tsp

(add more if needed)

Fennel seeds and Mustard seeds - each 1 tsp

Other ingredients

Boiled peeled and mashed potato - 2 medium size

Curry leaves few

Chopped onion - 1 small size

( usually small onions are used in this recipe)

Chopped ginger - 1 tsp

Chopped garlic - 5

Chopped green chilies - 2

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Red chilly powder - 1 tsp

Besan - 1 tsp (heaped)

Chopped coriander leaves for garnish/

Method

Heat oil in a pan and temper it with above ingredients.

Add the onion, garlic, ginger, green chilies and few curry leaves fry till light brown.

Reduce the flame and add the dry masala powders , besan and salt mix till raw small has disappeared.

Pour some water and cook till mixture is semi thick. now add the mashed potato.

In low flame mix till oil separates and switch off the stove. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Place this potato mixture on a banana leaf or lotus leaf wrap it well and tie with a rope. This is how they are served.

Enjoy as a side dish for curd rice!

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Daddojanam Recipe / Temple Style Curd Rice / Andhra Style Curd Rice Recipe / How to make Temple Style Daddojanam Recipe?

 

Temple Style Daddojanam

Ingredients

Raw rice - 1/2 cup

Water - 1 & 1/2 cups

Milk - 1/2 cup

Curd - 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

Tempering

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard, Urad dal, Channa dal - each 1 tsp

Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Crushed pepper - 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves - few

Method

Wash the rice and add it into a pressure cooker pour water and pressure cook till soft and mushy.
Once cooled open the pressure cooker while still hot mash the rice well , pour the milk , curd add salt mix till combined
Heat oil in a pan and temper it with above ingredients, pour the tempering into the rice mixture , mix and enjoy warm.

Note:

Rice should be in a loose consistency not thick so add milk and curd accordingly.

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Temple Prasadam Recipes / Special Prasadams Served at Temples In India / India Temple Prasadam Recipes

 

Chidambaram Temple Thiruvathirai Kali	Chidambaram Temple Samba Sadam	Tirupati Temple Malahora
Madurai Alagar Koyil Dosai	Jaganath Puri Temple Tanka	Palani Panchamrutham
Srirangam Temple Akkaravadisal	Kancheepuram Temple Idli	Tirumala Vadai
Andhra Temple Style Curd Rice	Golden Temple Prashad Kada Prasad	Shri Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan prashad Makhan Mishri
Srirangam Temple Jeera	Kovil Puliyodharai	Kovil Style Pongal

Melkote Sakkare Pongal