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October 2013

Venna Appalu (Sweet with rice flour)

Venna Appalu is a vary tasty Sweet normally made for Anjaneya Pooja. The Exterior would be crisp but soft interior. One must be careful with this as this some times turns very hard, if not prepared properly. This can be made very quickly too. may take about 15 min.  The trick is that while preparing the dough, the ghee should be just enough. start with 2 spoons of ghee and…

ADAI

ADAI Dosa is another verity of dosa using all pulses. It has a great taste and quick and easy to make. Certainly different from routine dosa Ingredients: Boiled rice – 1 cup Red gram dhal 3/4 cup Bengal gram dhal 1/4 cup Black gram dhal –1/4 cup Cumin seeds- 1 table spoon Coriander seeds- 1 table spoon Red chilies-8 Onions –2 finely chopped Curry and coriander leaves. Fresh coconut-little Method:…

POTATO CAPSICUM

POTATO CAPSICUM Curry – INGREDIENTS: potatoes-4 cut into cubes Capsicum-2 chopped Tomatoes (puree form)-2 Ginger grated-1/2 inch Cumin seeds (jeera)-1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)- a pinch Salt to taste Coriander powder (dhania powder)-1/2 teaspoon Red chilli powder-1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder-1/4 teaspoon Garam masala powder-1/4 teaspoon Oil METHOD Heat 3-4 tablespoons oil in a pan & add potatoes to it. Fry them for a minute or two & then take them out…

Instant Dosa – Ready to Serve

Instant dosa is one of the quickest tiffens to make and to get good taste as well. Mskes life so easy that you dont even fee the time spent Ingredients: Rice flour-1 cup Bengal gram flour- 1 cup Wheat flour – 1/2 cup Curds – 1/2 cup Salt to taste Green chillies paste- 1 table spoon Cumin seeds- 1/2 spoon Mustard seeds – 1/2 tea spoon coriander and curry leaves…

Velvet Dosa – A soft dosa with fenugreek

Velvet Dosa – the name might sound fancy but this feels like it is soft like velvet. Adding fenugreek will add some healthy touch to this.  I have made this and tastes good too. Enjoy the softness of velvet and taste. In fact the name is liked by my son, who is very fond of fancy names. Ingredients: Rice- 2 cups – add boiling water and close. Black gram dhal…

Sago Idly

Sago Idly is a healthy food. Those who don’t like routine stuff can try this. Sago is made of tapioca and also it is called as tapioca pearls. It has some good health benefits such as cooling effect and high energy provider. good as light meal option. This used to be given to the patients with fever in earlier days.Sago aids in digestion, high energy and easy to make. If…

TOMATO DOSA

Ingredients to make Tomato Dosa Rice-2cups Black gram dhal-1/4 cup tomato-1/2 kg Red chilies roasted-10-12 Cumin seeds, pepper –1 table Carrot –1, green chilies-2 Onions-2 Soda powder-1/2 tea spoon Salt to taste Method: Soak rice and black gram dhal for 5-6 hours later grind along with tomatoes,red chilies and cumin seeds  to smooth batter. Next day mix soda powder , salt ,grated carrot , chopped green chilies, chopped onions and…