RAVA STUFFED POLI

INGREDIENTS:

White Rava - 1/2 cup
Sugar Candy/Kalkandu - 1 cup (powdered)
Elachi - 3
Maida - 3 cups.
Grated coconut - 7 tbsps
Ghee as your wish.

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1) Roast rava and soak it for 15 minutes .
2) Meanwhile dissolve sugar with sufficient water .
3) Add rava , continuously stirring it without any lumps . Cover with a lid till rava is cooked .
4) Add grated coconut , elachi and mix them well . Remove from the flame when the content is thick without any water . Keep aside and allow it to cool.
5) Knead maida with enough water and ghee / oil to make a soft dough . Keep it aside for 30 minutes .Then it will become soft .
6)Make a ball of dough, roll them. Stuff them with rava mixture in small ball size in the centre and seal them.
7) Again roll them .
8) Heat dosa tawa and roast it till golden brown with ghee.
Repeat on the other side.

TAGGED BY VIKI

I was tagged by Viki a month back . Sorry Viki , i could make it only now .

1) What is your take on organic food , is it a big deal for you ?

Upto my knowledge , i think we don't get Organic foods in India . But , when we were in Uk , we have tried some infant foods for our daughter with doctors recommendation . She never preferred to have it , as the taste was different . My friend's son , who used to take organic food when in US for almost a year is finding it difficult to take proper indian food . Now , they suffer a lot to feed him.
As you said , organic foods are too expensive . Why should i spend unnecessarily on those foods ,if i get also those healthy benefits from normal one ? .Definetly , i will go with normal food than organic foods . Plan a healthy eating habit . Earn a healthy life.

2) Do you time your breakfast,lunch & dinner or eat when you are hungry?

I strongly believe that we can take proper food only when we are hungry . We can even judge the quantity of food , that can be consumed normally by you rather than stuffing heavily . Only when you are feeling hungry , your stomach is clean and ready to accept the intake . If you maintain proper time schedule for breakfast , lunch and dinner , we automatically feel hungry at the appropriate time . We should train our kids also in the same way .

3) Who inspired you to cook or bake ?

Since I was born and brought up in a joint family for nearly 15 years . My mother , fours aunts and the chief chef , my grandmother are my inspirations . Each one have their own unique and special recipes .

4) You try a new recipe and it does not turn out good,what will you do ?

Trial and error recipes are the best tutor to become a good chef . Those experiments will help you to sort out do's and dont's . We will consume the output untill otherwise very badly spoiled or burnt .

5) Name three ingredients you consciously avoid or eliminate even when the recipe calls for it ?

I will not use ready masala /pastes , baking soda , pacha karpooram and don't prefer yeast .

6) Name few things you have to use in most recipes ?

All the essential spices and home-made powders for a proper indian style cooking .

7) How important is eating meals together as a family to you?

I feel that to be the most special and the happiest moment in our daily life . Though , we cannot have it for breakfast or lunch but has to be for dinner . When you serve the food cooked by you to your loved ones and see them enjoying the food , we feel great and to be the happiest person/moment .

8) You do not like a particular dish at your favourite restaurant,what will you do?

I will have it silently without any words . But will remind myself not to order it next time.

Would like to pass these questions to : Meena
Aruna
Ayeesha
Vijetha

PEAS MASALA IDLI

INGREDIENTS :

Idli batter -- 2 cups
Peas - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1/2
Tomato - 1 small

To grind :

Coconut- 1 piece
Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Salt
METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Heat oil in a pan . Saute Mustard and Urat dal . When it splutters , add chooped onion , tomato and the grinded masala .
2) Once the raw smell leaves , add the boiled peas to it and make a thick masala .(as you do for poriyal) .
3) Then , add the masala to the batter and check for the salt . Mix it well and make idli in idli pan.
4) After , 5-10 minutes idli is ready to serve . Serve with hot sambar .

Note: You can also try this with the left over peas poriyal .




Sending this to Sathya's ' Twist the traditional idli event ' .

BADAM HALWA

INGREDIENTS :

Badam - - 150 g
Sugar - 2 cups
Cashews - few
Boiled milk - 1/4 cup
Ghee - 3 whole cups.

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Soak badam for 2 hours . Grind them to a fine paste with milk.I grinded with the skin itself,as we dont prefer to waste the skin .
2) Meanwhile , make sugar syrup of thick consistency .
3) Boil , badam paste in a non-stick kadai with little water till the raw smell leaves and become a bit thick without water. Continuous stirring is necessary .
4) Once it becomes thick , add the sugar syrup to it and mix it well .
5) Finally,add ghee and stir continously till halwa comes to the consistency of not sticking to the pan.Once done , top it up with ghee roasted cashews .

GARLIC RICE

This recipe is one of the healthiest and medicinal rice recipe . Am sending this to Sara's Healing food - Garlic Event .

INGREDIENTS :

Onion(small)-1 1/2 cup

Garlic cloves- 1 cup 

Ginger - a small piece 

Channa dal - 1 tsp 

Mustard seeds,Jeera - 1 tsp

Curry Leaves and Coriander leaves

Groundnut-3 tsps 

Rice- 1 cup

TO POWDER:

Red chillies-6 Pepper-1 tsp, coconut pieces-3, Garlic cloves- 8. Fry them in kadai for a minute and then powder them.

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1) Pressure cook rice for 2 whistles.

2) Heat oil in a kadai.When hot,add mustard,jeera,channa dal and curry leaves. 

3) Add the grinded masala and mix well with little water.

4) Finally add rice and mix well.

 

FRENCH TOAST

INGREDIENTS :

Bread slices - 8
Egg - 4
Sugar - 1 cup
Milk- 1/2 cup

Butter 

METHOD OF PREPARATION : 

1) Beat egg with milk and sugar .

2) Dip the bread in the egg mixture. It should be completely coated with egg.

3)Heat a frying pan. Once hot, place the bread and spread some butter. Toast it till golden brown.

CHRISTMAS PARTY EVENT ROUNDUP

Hai Friends ,

Here comes the roundup of Christmas and New Party Event roundup with delicious recipes .
Thank you for the participants .

Jaleela Kamal's Yummy recipes :

Chettinad Mutton Gravy :



Biko :




Pista Kheer :




Sweet pongal :


Kurinji's delicious sweet Aval Pongal :


Viki's christmas celebration :





and finally , my Simple Mutton Gravy .

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!

MUTTON GRAVY

INGREDIENTS : 

Mutton - 300 gms 

Pearl Onions / Sambar onions - 1 cup 

Curry leaves and Coriander leaves - 1 handful

Kari masala powder - 1/2 tsp 

Sambar powder - 2 tsps 

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp Salt to taste.

FOR MASALA : Coconut pieces - 6 Cloves - 2 Cinnamon stick - 2 , Tomato - 1 

METHOD OF PREPARATION : 

1) Wash mutton and keep aside .

2) Heat pressure cooker and add 3 tbsps of oil . 3) Once hot , add chopped onion and saute till tender . Add curry leaves . 

4) Add the grinded masala, saute till the raw smell leaves.

5) Add spice powders and salt . Mix it well.

6) Then  , add washed mutton pieces and turmeric powder . Saute them till it leaves some water .Add a tsp of oil . 

7) Pressure cook for 6-7 whistles till the mutton is cooked well and the gravy leaves oil .

8) Garnish with corinader leaves . This is my first entry for Christmas and New year party .

JOIN THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PARTY'10 EVENT

Hai !!!!!

I am back again with this celebration event . Christmas and New Year is nearing and all will be eagerly waiting to have a great vacation.I invite you all to join the christmas and new year party in my blog too .


Photo :http://highdefinitionphotosandwallpapers.blogspot.com/2010/11/free-christmas-wallpaper.html . Thank you a cute one .

Rules for the Event :

1) Post your Christmas and New year celebrations happier moments with us . You can either share your party food , decorations in your home , neighbourhood etc . Something related to the celebration .

2) Please feel free to use the logo . Link it back to my event page .

3) Mail your entries to shamanagscrafts@gmail.com .

4) Join the party and enjoy !!!!!!!! . Send your entries by January 3 , 2011 .