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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Vegetable Pizza ( Version -1 )


Ingredients.
All purpose flour-3 &1/2cups
Salt-2tsp
Sugar-1tsp
Dry Yeast-2 &1/4tsp
Olive Oil-2tbsp
Water-1 &1/2cups
Topping.
Vegetables diced-2cups
(mushroom,olives,capsicum,onion)
Shredded Mozzarella or Pizza blend cheese-1 cup
Pizza sauce-4tbsp
(you can use any kind of Italian tomato sauces)
Method.
Heat water for 30 sec,add yeast rest it for 5 mins mean while in a bowl mix all the above dry ingredients.Pour the yeast mixture and make a dough.Cover it and keep it in a warm place for at least 3hrs.You will see that dough would be doubled.Take a pizza pan grease it with oil or dust it with little corn meal take 1/2 of the dough flatten it with your hand .Pre. heat the oven to 375deg.Prick it with a fork and bake it for 5 mins.Apply pizza sauce evenly ,spread vegetables and top it with cheese.Bake till the cheese melts.Your home made pizza is ready!!!
Tips.
If your yeast is a bit old ,it may not activate well.Its better to use fresh packet of yeast.Once I had a bad experience & had to trash it.For extra taste sprinkle dry oregano,red chilly paste or Italian seasoning.

Inji Kuzhambu / Ginger Gravy



Ingredients for grinding.
Ginger-1 big piece
(may be a finger size)
Dhania-2tsp
Pepper-1tsp
Jeera-1tsp
Red chillies-3
(Make a smooth paste with the above ingredients)
For tempering
Small onions-1/2 cup
Vadavam-little
(or add mustard,jeera,methi )
Thoor dal or Masoor dal-1 tsp
Garlic sliced-6
Salt to taste
Curry & coriander leaves
Tamarind paste-1tbsp
Turmeric powder-1tsp
Oil-1tbsp
Method
Heat oil in a pan add the vadavam,then add all above ingredients one by one.
Fry till onions are light brown.Now add the ground masala fry it till oil separates.
Add the tamarind paste & enough water.Cook till the gravy is thick.
Garnish with curry & coriander leaves.Best served with rice.
Variation
You can make Curry leaves kuzhambu the same way instead of ginger add curry leaves 2 hands full.You can make it with fresh or dry curry leaves.

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Spinach rice




Ingredients.
Basmathi rice cooked 3/4th-1 cup
Salt & pepper to taste
Blanched & chopped spinach-1/2 bunch
Green chilles chopped-1
Onion chopped-1/4
Spring onions chopped-1/4 bunch
Chopped Garlic-4
Jeera-1/2tsp
Butter-1tbsp
Method.
Heat butter in a pan,temper it with jeera.Add onion,garlic,green chilles & chopped spinach.Season it to your taste.Mix rice and fry till everything is blended well.Garnish it with spring onions.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Coriander Chutney

Ingredients
Corriander leaves-1/2 bunch
Salt to taste
turmeric powder-a pinch
Hing-a pinch
Ginger-1/4''
Red chilles-4
Uraddhal-1tsp
Channadhal-1/2tsp
Jeera-1/4tsp
Tamarind-little(optional)
oil-1tsp
Method
Heat oil in a pan fry all the above ingredients one by one.cool it and grind it to a smooth paste.



Sunday, March 29, 2009

Idly


Idly is a very common tiffin in any South Indian house. As the Idly rice prices have shot up and in fact we were not getting in stores. I have tried making it with long grain rice. Not bad it was a success!!!!
Ingredients
Long grain rice-7 cups
(any brand i bought Blue Ribbon from Costco)
Whole urad dhal-1 & 1/4cups
Salt-to taste
Method
Soak the rice with boiling water in a wide vessel for 3hrs.Don't close it with a lid,otherwise your rice will be cooked.Soak urad dhal separately with normal tap water.Grind both separately.Add salt mix both batters together,ferment it for at least 8hrs.Next day beat the batter nicely,grease your Idly plates.Pour a ladle of batter and steam it.Serve it with chutney or Idly podi.
Variation
Long grain rice-4cups
Urad dhal-1cup
salt to taste
Method
Fry the rice in a pan till it changes colour to milk white.Switch off stove pour water and soak it for 3hrs.Soak uraddhal separately.Grind it separately,add salt mix it for fermentation.Then make Idlys.When I visited my Cousin in Minneapolis I learned it from her.As it is a snowy place she makes Idlys this way.

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Turnip Leaf Sambar Recipe / Sambar With Turnip Leaf Recipe

images of Turnip Leaf Sambar Recipe / Sambar With Turnip Leaf Recipe
Turnip leaf sambar
Ingredients
Red masoor dal-1 cup
( Or Toor Dal)
Turnip leaf chopped-1 bunch
Onion-1/2
Garlic crushed-3
Tomato-1
Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
Salt to taste
Sambar powder-1 &1/2 tsp
(if you don't have add chilly & dhania powder to your taste)
Hing-1/4tsp
Tamarind paste-1tsp
For Tempering
Oil-2tsp
Mustard-1/4tsp
Methi/fenugreek seeds-little
Uraddal-1/4tsp
Channa dal-1/4tsp
Jeera/cumin seeds-1/4tsp
Curry leaf
Method
Pressure cook red masoor dhal,turnip leaf & turmeric powder.
Mash it well add salt and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan temper it with above ingredients.
Add onion,garlic,tomato,sambar powder & hing.fry it well till raw smell has disappeared.
Add the cooked dhal,tamarind paste.give a nice boil.
Garnish with curry leaves & enjoy with hot plain rice.

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Friday, March 27, 2009

Kabuli Channa Sundal

Ingredients
Kabuli Channa-2cups
(soak it overnight)
Salt to taste
Onion-1
Green chillies-3
Curry leaves-little
Ginger-1/2''
Coconut grated-2tsp
(optional)
Tempering
Oil-1tsp
Mustard-1/4tsp
Urad dhal-1/4tsp
Hing-1/2tsp
Method
Pressure cook channa with salt .Heat oil in a pan temper it.Add onion,green chillies,curry leaves & ginger.Add the channa and fry it for 2 min.Garnish with grated coconut.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Cranberry Kara kuzhambu/Kulambu
















Ingredients
Fresh Cranberry-1/2 cup
Chopped onion-1
Chopped roma tomato-1
Curry & coriander leaves-little
Garlic chopped-8
Tamarind paste-2tsp
(dilute it with water)
Coconut -4tsp
(ground to a smooth paste)
Salt to taste
Chille powder-1&1/2 tsp or to your taste
Dhania powder-1tsp
Oil-1tbsp
For tempering
I used home made Vadavam-little
If you don't have add Mustard,Methi,Jeera & Urad dhal-little
Method.
Heat oil in a pan temper it.Add onion,tomato ,garlic & curry leaves.Fry till golden brown now add the dry masala & cranberry.Fry a bit,pour the diluted tamarind juice,cook till oil separates.Add coconut paste give a boil and remove.Garnish & best served with rice.
Tips
As cranberry has a sour taste try to reduce the tamarind content.Coconut can be increased.Coconut ground with Fennel seeds also gives a good taste.




Watercress & Split green peas Masiyal




Ingredients.
Watercress-1 bunch
(cut the roots off)
Split green peas-1 cup
salt-to taste
Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
Oil-2tsp
Tempering
Mustard-1/2tsp
Jeera-1/2tsp
Roast & dry grind.
Uraddal-3tsp
Whole pepper-8
Red chilles-3
Grated coconut-1tbsp
(you can add if you want more)
Hing-1/2tsp
Method.
Pressure cook dal,watercress,salt & turmeric powder till done.Mash it well.Pour 1tsp of oil and dry roast all the ingredients.Cool and powder it.Mix it well with the dal give just one boil.temper it .your tasty dhal is ready.






















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