Thenkuzal

Ingredients :

• Rice flour - 2 cups
• Udid dal flour - 1/2 cup
• Black till [ seasame ] - 1 tap
• Butter - 2 tbsp
• Salt - as required
• Oil - for deep frying

Method :

Dry roast the rice flour for 5 minutes, then place it on a big plate. Add the dal flour, seasame, and salt. Then add butter and mix well and form a crumbly dough sprinkling few drops of water. Then heat oil for deep frying. Use a murukku press which has a small plate with three holes on it. Add one portion of dough in the press. Press in a circular form on a plastic sheet.Carefully using your hands drop it in the hot oil. Fry till it is done. You can also directly press in the hot oil instead of a plastic sheet. When its change into golden in colour remove from the oil. Store it in a air- tight container.

Laspsi Laddus

Ingredients :

•  Lapsi rawa - 1 cup [ fine rawa ]
• Jaggery -  1/2 cup
• Fresh ghee - just enough to make laddus
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Cashews [ broken ] - 1 tbsp
• Milk - 2 tbsp

Method :

First take one kadai, add 3 tbsp of ghee. When the ghee become hot, add rawa and roast till nice aroma comes and its change in to golden in colour. Then keep aside. Now take one heavy bottom vessel. Keep on the gas and add jaggery to that along with milk and little water. [ just jaggery should dip ]  allow to boil in low flame. When the jaggey  gets one string add  the roasted  rawa in to that. Mix well add cardamom powder and fried cashews.If required add some more ghee and  mix well when the mixture become thick remove from the fire and shape into small balls.

Cauli Flower in Punjabi Gravy

Ingredients :

• Cauli flower - 1 small [ cut into small flowerlets ]
• Salt - as required
• Red chilli powder - 11/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Fresh cream - 2 tbsp
• Sugar - 1/4 tsp
• Cashew nuts - 10
• Onion - 2 [ chopped ]
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Red tomatoes - 2 to 3 [ chopped ]
• Butter - 1 tbsp
• Oil - 2 tssp

Grind to gether :

grind onion, ginger garlic paste, cashews and tomatoes together in a mixie to a smooth paste.

Method :

First boiled the vegetable adding  salt and turmeric and keep aside. Then keep one kadai on the gas, add oil and butter. When it becomes hot, add boiled vegetables to that, mix well then add the ground masala along with turmic and chilli powder. Mix well if required add little water. Then add fresh cream and sugar.  When the gravy becomes thick remove from the gas. Serve with roti and parathas.

Nutristion Vegetable Adai [ Indian Breakfast Recipe ]

Ingredients :

• White kabuli channa - 1/4 cup
• Black whole urad dal - 2 hand full
• Whole masoor dal - 2 hand full
• Whole full green moong dal  - 2 hand full
• Bengal gram dal - 1 hand full
• Thur dal - 1 hand full
• Boiled Rice [ puzungal arisi ]
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
• Green chillies - 5 to 6
• Red dry chillies - 7 [ broken ]
• Black pepper - 1/4 tsp
• Grated fresh coconut - 2 tbsp
• Grated carrot, onion, chopped methi leaves - each 1 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Oil and ghee together - for frying
• Curry leaves - little

Method :

[ Soak the  dals  previous night in enough water and rice for 3 hours ]

Drain the water and grind in mixer together  coarsely. Then mix grated vegetables and coconut in that. Then keep a tawa on the gas. Pour the batter on the hot tawa to a thick circle with oil and ghee together around. [ put a hole in the centre. it helps to cook fast ] Then turn over, cook on both sides.
Serve with jaggery and coconut chutney.


 

Cashew Tendli Curry

Ingredients :

• Tender tendli [ ring gourd ] - 250 gms.
•  [ cut in to lenth wise ]
• Sambhar onion - 1/4 cup [ peeled and cut into 2 ]
• Salt - as required
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Red chillie powder - 2 tsp
• Cashewnuts - 1 hand full [ broken ] 
• Curry leaves - little
• Oil - 2 tbsp

For seasoning :

• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Broken black gram - 1 tsp
• Cashewnuts - 1 hand full

Method :

First take one kadai, add oil to that. When the oil becomes hot, add seasonings one by one. When the cashews change in colour, add cut onions to that and fry till its change in colour. Then add dry masalas and mix well. Close with the lid just adding little water to that.  In  between stir. When the water completely absorbed and subji becomes soft remove from the fire. Garnished with curry leaves. It goes well with rice and roti.

Mullu Thangozal [ mutthu saram ]

Ingredients :

• Wet rice flour - 3 glass
• Dal powder - 1 glass
•  [ channa dal 1/2 glass moong dal 1/2 glass together ]
• Butter - 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Oil - enough for frying

Method :

First  take one kadai. Keep on the gas, when the kadai become hot, dry roast the dal and grind together to a fine powder. Mix rice flour, dal powder, butter, cumin seeds. Add enough water and kneed well to a smooth dough. Make balls of this dough and add them to a murukku maker with mullu plate. Heat oil in a deep frying pan over medium flame.Carefully press the murukku maker over the oil, one or two at a time. Fry the prepared murukkus till light golden brown.  Remove and drain excess oil. Store in a airtight container.

Chetti Nadu Mix Vegetable

Ingredients : 

• Chopped and boiled vegetabl3es - 1 cup [ cauli flour, carrot, french beans, and capsicum ]
• Onion - 1 [ chopped ]
• Red tomato - 2 [ chopped ]
• Basic chetti nadu paste - 2 tsp
• Turmeric powdr - 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 11/2 tsp
• Oil - 3 tbssp
• Bay leaf -   2
• Salt - as required
• Milk- 1/4 cup

 For paste :

• Poppy seeds - 2 tbsp
• Cashew nuts - 4 to 5
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
• Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
• Cloves - 2 
• Dry red chilli - 5 to 6
• Cardamom - 3
• Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Salt -  little

 [  soak poppy seeds and cashew nuts in warm water for 10 minutes.  Then heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and fennel. When thay crackle add coriander seeds, red chillies, cardamom, cloves and coconut and mix well. Fry till nice aroma comes. Remove from the gas, when it becomes cool add salt, poppy seeds, and cashews. Grind in the mixer to a smooth paste. It canbe made and stored in freezer. If you are doing before pls avoid addind coconut and while making subji add coconut milk at the end.]

Method :

Heat oil in a pan, when it becomes hot, add  bay leaf, onion and fry till onion becomes  translucent. Now add turmeric, red chilli powder and mix well for a second. Then add tomatoes and fry till it becomes soft and mushy when the oil seperates add  the ground paste and the vegetables along with little water. Allow boil for 5 minutes more in low flame. Finally add milk and salt simmer for 5 minutes and remove from the gas. Serve with steamed rice and roti.