Ingredients
Almonds
Milk
Sugar
Saffron
Ghee
Get Cooking!
1. Soak the almonds in warm water for a while. Peel the skin off. Grind them to a smooth paste with milk or water (obviously milk makes it more yummy, I use fat free milk and make the paste)
2. Soak a couple of saffron stems in a few tsps of milk.
3. Take sugar almost [...]
A yummy snack
IngredientsRice flour 2 cupsUrad Dal flour ¼ cupSesame seedsCurry leavesChenna dalSaltRed Chilli powderAsafoetidaOil
Get Cooking!1. Mix in the rice flour and urad dal flour.2. Soak the chenna dal in some warm water for a while till it gets soft and drain away the water3. Add the salt, red chilli powder, asafoetida, sesame seeds, soaked [...]
This is one of the many ways you can make dal palak. One of the recipes without absolute measurements for the ingredients.
IngredientsSpinach choppedSplit yellow peasTomatoes choppedOnions choppedGarlic slicedSaltOilGreen chillies clitRed chilli powderCumin powderTurmeric powder
Get Cooking!1. Soak the yellow split peas in some water for about 20 minutes2. Heat a little oil in a saucepan, add [...]
Makes 2 cups of kuzhambu with about 8 balls
Ingredients
Tuvar dal 1 cup
Salt 1 ¼ tsp
Red chillies 8
Asafoetida
Oil 4 tsp
Mustard seeds
Green chillies 2 finely chopped
Onions chopped (optional)
Coconut ¼ hemisphere grated
Curry leaves
Cilantro leaves finely chopped
Get Cooking!
1. Soak the dal in some warm water and drain the water.
2. Grind this coarsely with red chillies, salt, asafoetida and [...]
Makes 2 cups
Ingredients
Tamarind pulp got from tamarind about the size of a lime
Salt 1 ½ tsp
Sambar Powder 2 ½ tsp
Mustard seeds ½ tsp
Fenugreek seeds ½ tsp
Tuvar Dal 1 tsp
Red chillies 2 (broken into halves each)
Asafoetida
Curry leaves
Vatral/vathal ( eg.., manathakkali, sundakkai, thumidikai, kathirikai…)
Oil 4 -5 tsp
Rice flour 1 tsp
Get Cooking!
1. In a stone vessel or a [...]
Made as an offering on “karadaiyam nombu”
Ingredients
Rice Flour (made as in step 1) 2 cups
Water 4 cups
Coconut ½ of half coconut split to small thin pieces
Ginger finely chopped
Green chillies 6-8 finely chopped
Cowpeas ¼ cup
Asafoetida
Curry leaves
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Urad dal 2 tsp (optional)
Salt 1 ½ tsp
Oil
Get Cooking!
1. Soak, wash, drain the rice, and grind to a [...]
Made as an offering on “karadaiyam nombu”
Ingredients
Rice flour (made as in step 1) roasted 4 cups
Cowpeas more than ½ cup upto ¾ cup (prefer the red variety)
Coconut 1 half slit to small thin pieces
Jaggery 4 cups
Cardamom powder from say 10-12 pieces
Get Cooking!
1. Soak, wash, drain the rice, and grind to a powder which is [...]
Yet another yummy raw banana curry
IngredientsRaw bananaTurmeric PowderMustard seedsUrad dalChenna dal (optional)Green chillies chopped wellAsafoetidaGinger chopped wellCurry leavesSaltOilLemon juice (optional)
Get Cooking!1. Cut the ends of the raw banana, chop it into halves. Boil these pieces in some water with turmeric powder.2. Cool that down, peel and grate the raw banana.3. Sauté the mustard seeds, urad [...]
This is one of the many ways you could prepare vegetable rice.IngredientsVegetables like carrots, beans, potatoes - peeled, cut into 2″ long piecesPeasOnionsTomatoesSaltRiceCardamomClovesCinnamonPoppy seedsGreen chilliesGinger-garlic paste.OilGet Cooking!1. Soak the poppy seeds in warm water for a while.2. Grind the poppy seeds with green chillies, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and set the masala aside.3.Wash the rice and [...]
This is one delicious curry and you don’t use that much of oil IngredientsRaw BananaRed chilliesUrad dalAsafoetida SaltOilGet Cooking!1. Grill the raw banana over a high flame. Peel and grate it.2. In a few drops of oil, roast the red chillies, urad dal and asafoetida.3. Grind this to a coarse powder.4. Add this powder [...]
