tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22894871029372871342025-08-16T18:54:56.202+05:30I am not a great cook. I am only posting recipes which came out well for my future reference. Strictly Veg. (NO EGGS). I Hope you'll love the food preparations by me and come on we'll have healthy discussions over food.Anjuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799226690368224992noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289487102937287134.post-67541539787156769402017-11-28T21:01:00.000+05:302017-11-28T21:08:05.595+05:30

Ingredients Roasted Wheat flour - 2 cups Boiled Water - 2 to 2 1/4 cups Salt - As per need Cooking Method 1. Dry Roast the wheat flour till it becomes hot. Colour need not to be changed. (Do not over roast) 2. Add salt to it. 3. Boil the water. 4. Add the boiling water to the roasted flour little by little and mix it gently using a ladle. 5. Add water till it gets to dough consistency.

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This is my umpteenth attempt on making Vellayappam. I have tried it many times with different proportions, but with unsatisfactory results. At last i got certain tips from my mom who is an expert in making it. There is not just one way of making this, i will be trying the other varieties later. Ingredients Raw rice - 2 cups Shredded coconut - 2 cups ( approx) Cooking soda - 1/4 tsp

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Idiyappam Ingredients Roasted Rice flour - 2 cups Grated Coconut - 1 cup (optional) Water - 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 cups Salt - As per need Making 1. Dry Roast the rice flour till it becomes hot. Colour need not to be changed. 2. Add salt to it. 3. Boil the water. 4. Add the boiling water to the roasted flour little by little and mix it gently using a ladle. 5. Add water till it gets to dough

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Its nearing Deepavali, and I am being forced to prepare Badhusha for my dearest hubby. It is his favorite. I know beforehand that its a mere sweet with maida, was not interested earlier. But for this time, I could not turn down his request. With tips from my aunty, I had the recipe in hand. With some time googling, I found out that most of the recipes was similar. To add a small twist, I made

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To get a fresh quality rice flour, avoid buying a packaged one. It is very easy to prepare at home. You can also be assured of the quality. Clean the raw rice well and soak it in water for 4 to 5 hours. Drain the water and spread the rice in a clean cotton towel to dry. Grind it well to a smooth powder  or give it to a nearby mill. Sieve it nicely so that you get a very smooth powder. Do

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Vella Avil - Sweet Variety prepared on Sri Krishna Jayanthi Ingredients: (Serves 2) Beaten Rice/Aval/Avil/Poha - 1 cup Jaggery Powder - 3/4 cup Water - 1/4 cup Cocunut - 1/4 cup Powdered Cardamom - 4 Ghee - 2 to 3 tbsp  Preparation Steps: Wash the Beaten Rice and keep it aside. It should become soft. Boil the Jaggery in water and strain the impurities from it. Make it into string

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Vella Cheedai - Snack Variety prepared on Sri Krishna Jayanthi Also Known as: Vella Seedai Vella Cheeda A small story behind: First time when I prepared this, it was not a perfect one. It broke into smaller pieces, while frying. I learned some good lessons from that. It was my mother-in-law who taught me the exact measures this time. I also fine tuned the preparations with my earlier

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Uppu Cheeda - Snack Variety prepared on Sri Krishna Jayanthi Also Known as: Uppu Seedai Uppu Cheeda Ingredients: (Serves 3 to 4) Rice Flour - 1 cup Black Gram (Urad Daal) Powder - 1 1/2 tbsp Pepper - 1/2 tsp Roasted Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp Butter - 1/2 tbsp Salt - As required Oil - For Deep frying Preparation Steps: Roast rice flour and Black Gram flour. Do not over roast. powder Cumin

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Ingredients Cooked Rice - 1 cup Curd - 1/2 cup  Salt - As required Coriander Leaves Milk (Optional) For Tampering Sesame Oil - 2 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp Green Chilli Sliced - 1 or 2  Ginger - 1 tsp Curry Leaves  A pinch of Asafoetida Combine the rice with curd and salt. Heat the oil in a pan and add Mustard seeds. When it cracles add Cumin

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Ingredients: Ladies Finger - 4 to 5 Tamarind / Imli - 1 small lemon size Soak it in water and keep the essence after squeezing. ( 2 cups) Asafoetida - 1/4 teaspoon Salt - 1 1/2 tsp or as required Turmeric Powder - 1/4 teaspoon Chili Powder - 1 teaspoon Jaggery / Sugar - 3 tablespoon Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon Black gram / Urad Dal - 1/2 teaspoon Bengal gram / Chana Dal / Kadala

Anjuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01799226690368224992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289487102937287134.post-12814354650753583842013-12-17T23:34:00.002+05:302013-12-17T23:34:47.962+05:30

Ingredients: All purpose flour / Maida - 1 1/2 Cups Curd - 1 Cup (Not sour, in room temperature) Cooking Soda - 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder - 1 1/4 teaspoon Cocoa Powder - 3 tablespoon Sunflower Oil - 1/2 Cup Sugar - 3/4 Cup Vanilla Essence - 1 teaspoon Butter - 1/2 teaspoon Aluminium Foils for covering Preparation Steps: Grind Sugar, Cooking Soda, Baking Powder and Cocoa powder.

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Ingredients:  Pizza Base Pizza Sauce/Topping Vegetables (Capsicum, Corn, Onion, Tomato etc) Processed Cheese/Pizza Cheese Paneer Pizza seasoning (Oregano, Basil, Chilli Flakes etc)  Preparation Step 1: Saute the vegetables (excluding tomato) and keep it aside. Preparation Step 2: Spread Pizza sauce/topping on the Pizza base.  Spread shredded cheese on the

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Tomato Rice is one of the special rice varieties in South India, especially in Tamil Nadu. It could prepared in different styles. This is the style which I tried in my kitchen. Tomato Rice Ingredients: Rice - 1 1/2 Cup (Raw rice or Basmati rice) Ripe Tomato - 4 - 5 (Medium sized) Onion - 1/2 (Medium sized) (Optional) Ginger Paste - 1 1/2 tsp Garlic Paste - 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp

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Ingredients: Kavathu / Kachil (Greater Yam, Pind Aaluk, Peruvalli/Vettilavalli Kilangu) - 1/2 Cup Avarakkai (Broad Beans) - 1/2 Cup Plantain - 1/4 Cup (Optional) Shredded Cocunut - 1/2 Cup Green Chillies - as required Cocunut oil - 2 tablespoon Preparation: Cook Kaavathu and Avarakkai together and Plantain separately with salt and turmeric powder. Grind shredded coconut with green

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Today is Thiruvathira (Thiruvathira Star in Malayalam month of Dhanu, Tamil month of Margazhi). This day is dedicated to Lord Shiva. Married Women prays to Lord Shiva for welfare of their husbands and Unmarried Women to get good husband. This day, it is believed that women were praying to Lord Shiva to bring Kamadeva to life. Kamadeva was burnt to ashes (while trying to help Parvathi to marry

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Puliyodarai or Tamarind Rice is a specialty food of Tamil Brahmins and whole of south India (Andhra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) except Kerala. It is used to be the carried over in case of a long pilgrimage. It was called "ketti choru". Let us see how this can be made. Preparation 1: Boil rice (1 cup) and keep ready. Gingely Oil (1/2 cup approx.) for roasting etc. Preparation 2:

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Pudina Rice To Know more about Pudhina, Click Here. Ingredients Pudina Leaves - 1 1/2 cup (Lightly Packed) Basmati Rice or Raw Rice - 2 cups Soaked green peas - 1/4 cup Onion - 1, Chopped Tomato - 1, Chopped (Optional) Green Chilli - 2 or 3 Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Teaspoon Garam Masala - 1/2 Teaspoon Garlic - 2 or 3 Cloves Ginger - 1/2 inch Cloves - 2 Cardamom - 2 Star

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To Know more about Rasam, Click Here. Ingredients Group 1 Gram Dal - 1 tbsp Coriander Seeds - 1 tbsp Asafoetida - 1 Teaspoon Black Pepper - 1 tsp Red Chilli - 2, 3 Grated Cocunut  - 1-2 tbsp Cumin Seeds - 2 tsp Ghee - 2 tbsp Group 2 Toor Dal - 1/4 cup Tamarind - 1 small Lemon size Tomato - 3 Salt - According to Taste Cilantro (Coriander) Leaves - 1 small bunch Curry Leaves -

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What is Pachadi? If you want an answer to this click here Ingredients Pumpkin - 1 cup Mustard Seeds or Til (Sesame) Seeds - 1 Teaspoon. Cocunut Oil - 1 Teaspoon Mustard Seeds Curry Leaves Red Chilli - 1 or 2 Tamarind - Small Gooseberry Size Grated Cocunut - 1 cup Raw Rice - 2 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds - 1/2 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon Salt - According to your taste Jaggery - A small

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Ingredients Rava/Semolina - 1 cup Rice Flour - 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour(Maida) -1 cup Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon Salt - According to taste Asafoetida - 1 Pinch Curry Leaves - Pepper powder - As per spiciness required Ginger - 2 Teaspoon Green Chili - As per spiciness required Ghee - As per need Procedure Mix all ingredients and make a very thin batter. Heat the tawa and take one ladle full

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