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ICE CREAM
ICE CREAM2 glasses of milk, 1/2 a cup of fresh cream, 4 – 5 tablespoons of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence. Add sugar to milk and boil milk until it thickens slightly. Run cream in the mixie till creamy. Add to the milk after removing from fire. Add the essence and mix well and…
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FISH FRY
Fishes like Sankara and Vanjiram are good for this receipe. Cut and clean the fish. Marinate it with chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and ground ginger and garlic and some cumin seeds(all ground with very less water) soak for a half hour and fry them on a pan one by one. If you prefer, may…
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VEGETABLE KOOTU
Cook the dhal in a cooker with turmeric powder and oil. May use thur dhal, channa dhal, or pasi dhal. Best with channa dhal or pasi dhal. Wash and cut veg. Can use vegs. like chow chow, vazhakkai, or a combination of carrot, ladysfinger and potatoes. Boil the veg in a vessel with salt. Close and…
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RASAM (THE SIMPLEST, BASIC RECIPE OF SOUTH INDIA)
side dishes can be appalam,potato or any side dishes …. its good for digestion RASAM Take some dhal that was cooked for sambar, 2 tbl spoons and some dhal water. To it add tamarind juice, tomatoes, coriander leaves, crushed garlic and ground pepper, cumin seeds, coriander seeds and 1 red chilli. Mix them well adding salt. In…
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PAYASAM
PAYASAM Payasam can be made with vermicelli,cooked rice and beaten rice (aval) Vermicelli and beaten rice as the case may be should be dry roasted . Then pour milk on top of it until the subject immerses, 3/4 milk and 1/4 water. let it boil but keep stirring it constantly. When the content inside is cooked,…
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IDLI UPMA (LEFT OVER IDLI DON’T WASTE IT!)
IDDLI UPPMAWhen some iddlis remain after breakfast, instead of eating them the way they are, you can mash them and in a pan/pot, season mustard, urad dhal, channa dhal, curry leaves, ginger pieces, onions and green chillies.Fry them for a while and then add the mashed idli and fry a little longer and remove and…
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ALOO BONDA (POTATO BONDA SNACK)
ALOO BONDAMake potato curry like you make for Poori masala, but dry. (Cook potatoes and mash them. Then season with cumin seeds, ginger pieces, green chillies, curry leaves and add the potatoes and put turmeric powder and salt and fry until it becomes dry – for poori masala you need to add onions and make…
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CUTLET (SNACK)
CUTLETSCook 4- 5 large potatoes in a cooker and peel and mash them. Cook vegs. like peas, carrots and beans cut into small pieces with salt . Add this to the potatoes. Add small cut green chillies and mix them well together. Then form round shaped balls and then flatten them to get the cutlet…
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KICHADI (TIFFIN ITEM)
KICHADIThe procedure is same as Uppma. First you season cinnamon, cloves, souf and curry leaves in ghee. Add onions, green chillies, two cloves of garlic and vegs. like carrot, peas and beans (cut into small pieces and small quantity) otherwise you will bite into vegs all the time. Then cook it with little water. Add…
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ADAI (TIFFIN ITEMS)
ADAISoak half cup channa dhal,half cup urad dhal, half cup thur dhal and half cup pasi dhal. Soak them together for couple of hours. Also soak 1 cup of rice and grind rice seperately and then the dhals, with red chillies and mix them all with salt and leave it overnight. You may grind and…
