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Baked Kalakandh / Kalakand In Oven / Kalakand Recipe

Baked Kalakand

Ingredients

Ricotta cheese-15 oz

(I used part skim)

Sugar-1 cup

Cardamom powder-1/2tsp

Chopped almonds & pistachio-3tsp

Crushed saffron-1/4tsp(optional)

Ghee or butter-1tsp

(to grease a glass Pyrex tray)

Method

Mix all above ingredients(except nuts & saffron) in a bowl.
Pour it on a greased pan or tray,bake it for 30 minutes or till light brown on top at 375 deg.F
.Remove from the oven,sprinkle the crushed saffron & nuts on top.
Cool & keep in the fridge for 20 minutes & cut into desired shape.

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Shrimp Masala Thokku

Ingredients ground to a smooth paste

Red chillies-6

Khus Khus-1/2tsp

Coconut-6tsp

Ginger & Garlic paste-1tsp

Cloves-4

Cinnamon-1/2''

Fennel seeds(Somph)-1tsp

Turmeric powder-1/2tsp

Other ingredients

Frozen shrimp-2 cups

Salt to taste

Chopped onion-1/2

Chopped tomato-1 big

Tempering

Oil-6tsp

Mustard-1tsp

Curry leaves-little

Method

Heat oil in a pan temper it.Fry onion till light brown in colour,now add tomato & the ground masala.Fry it till oil separates the sides of the pan.Add shrimp & pour little water & cook it till cooked & dry.Garnish it with curry leaves & serve it as a side dish.

Note:Vegetarians can replace shrimp with potato......

Avocado Chutney

Ingredients

Avocado-2
Garlic-3
Salt-to taste
lime juice or tamarind paste-1tsp
coriander leaves -for garnish
green chillies
For tempering
Oil-1 tsp
Mustard-1/4 tsp
Hing-a pinch
Jeera-1/4 tsp
Method
Mash the pulp of the avocado with salt & lime juice.Grind green chillies & garlic.Mix it with the avocado mixture.Temper it with mustard,jeera & hing.Garnish with coriander leaves .Serve it with idli,dosa or chapathi.

Coconut Chutney / Red Coconut Chutney Recipe / Side Dish For Idli & Dosa

Ingredients

Fresh coconut -1/2 cup

Red chillies-2

Garlic-1

Pottukadalai-4tsp

(Roasted Split chick peas)

Salt to taste

Tempering

Oil-1tsp

Mustard-1/2tsp

Jeera/cumin-1/4tsp

Urad dhal-1/4tsp

Curry leaves-little

Method

Grind all above ingredients to a smooth paste.Dilute the chutney according to the consistency you want.Heat oil in a pan & temper it.Pour it into the ground chutney mix & serve with Idli or Dosa.

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Paper Dosa

Ingredients
Dhal Idly Batter
(Dilute it with water,not very thin)
Oil to make dosa
Method
Make dosa as usual in an iron tawa.Cook it till crisp(do not turn the dosa).

Dhal Idly

Ingredients

Idly rice-3 & 1/2 cup

Urad dhal-1 & 1/2 cup

Methi-1tsp

Aval (Poha)-1 cup

Masoor dhal-1/4 cup

Channa dhal-1/4 cup

Yellow moongh dhal-1/4 cup

Sabudana /Sago-1/4 cup

Salt to taste

Method

Soak urad dhal separately & all other ingredients together separately.Grind urad dhal batter till fluffy ,keep it aside.Grind the other ingredients to a smooth batter.Mix both the batters add salt & leave it to ferment overnight.Next day make Idly asusual.

Note:The batter should not be very watery to make idly.To make dosa dilute a bit.

Courtesy:I used Rashmi's paper dosa batter to make Idly with a small change.....

Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients for the sauce
Sugar-1/2tsp
Soy sauce-3tsp
Rice vinegar or plain vinegar-1tsp
Tomato ketchup-1tbsp
Lime juice-1tsp
Sesame oil-1tsp
Mustard paste-1/2tsp
Red chilly paste-2tsp
Salt & pepper to taste
(Mix all above ingredients together in a bowl)
Other ingredients
Lettuce leaves-4 or 5
Minced chicken-1 cup
Chopped onion-1/2
Chopped garlic-5
Ginger paste-1tsp
Chopped spring onions-1 bunch (optional)
Sesame oil-1tsp
Method
Heat oil in a pan fry onion,garlic,ginger & spring onions till light brown.Now in high flame fry the chicken for 2 minutes.Now add the sauce & fry it till cooked & dry.Cool it & place 2 tsp of the mixture in each lettuce leaves,roll & serve it immediately.
Note:Vegetarians can replace chicken with minced soy chunks.You can also roll it in steamed cabbage leaves instead of lettuce .