Showing posts with label breakfast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breakfast. Show all posts

Saturday, December 7, 2013

IDIYAPPAM RECIPE:

IDIYAPPAM RECIPE:


Ingredients:
Rice flour - 2 cups
Boiling water - 2 cups
Salt to taste
Ghee - 1/2 tsp

Method


1.Dry roast for 7-8 mts on low flame.




2.Bring 2 and half cups of salted water and ghee to a boil.i have add the ghee in the water only.




3.Keep aside half cup of water (to be used while kneading the dough).

4.Slowly pour the hot water  little by little into the rice flour and mix with a wooden spoon. 




5.It will be difficult to mix but try to bring it all together.


6.Place lid and leave aside for 15 mts.




7.While the dough is resting, grease the idiyappam maker and the idli plates.


8.The dough will be easier to handle once the heat reduces.


9.Knead the mixture into a smooth yet firm dough, adding 2-3 tbsps of hot water while kneading.


10.Make a cylindrical shape of the dough and place into the idiyappam maker(Use the omapodi achhu for this), close the lid and hand press the dough into swirls onto the idli plates.




11.Repeat the process for the rest of the dough.


12.Steam in the pressure cooker without pressure weight for 12-15 mts and allow to cool a bit.




13.Serve warm with either sweetened coconut milk or potato sothi or sambal.




14.If you are going to have it with coconut and sugar just add the sugar to the mix and start mixing it gently.


15.Add coconut in the last and mix well.


SOTHI MAKING: 

1 teaspoon of  black mustard seeds
1 teapoon od urad dhal
1 teaspoon of turmeric

1 teaspoon coriander powder
1  onion (finely chopped)
2 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
1 green chili (diced)
1 potato (diced)
2 cups coconut milk
4 curry leaves
lemon juice


METHOD:

1.Heat up some oil in a pan and  and wait for the oil to be infused with the spices .Then add mustard seeds an urad dhal to it.




2.Add the onion and saute it for few minutes.



3.Add the green chili and curry leaves to it.




4.Add  the diced potatoes,then turmeric powder ,coriander powder and add water.then add the chopped garlic to it.



5.Add coconut milk  lower heat  and let potatoes cook to your potato preference, stir occasionally.




6.Add salt   stir it up.


8.Serve with idiyappam.




Tips:


1.To prepare idiyappam flour at home, soak 2 cups rice in water for 4 hours.


2.We have to soak raw rice(In tamil paccharisi).

3.Drain the water and spread the rice on a thin cloth cotton cloth so that water will absorb soon.


4.Allow to dry for half an hour to an hour. 


5.If it si summer it will dry soon.

6.If it is winter it will take more time to dry.

7.Once its almost dry, grind to a fine powder. 


8.Sieve the powder and dry roast it on low flame for 7-9 minutes.


9.Home made Idiyappam flour is ready.


10.In boiled rice also we can make idiyappam called as santhagam later i will post the recipe for that also..

HAVE A NICE BREAKFAST FRIENDS

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Tomato Dosai (thakkali dosai)

Tomato Dosai (thakkali dosai)
Ingredients:
Idly rice-1cup
Rawrice-1cup
Red ripe tomatoes-4big riped one    
Red chilli-3-4 nos.
Garlic 5 flakes
Salt
To temper:
Oil-2 tsp
Asafoetida -2 generous pinches
Curry leaves-1 sprig
Onion-1 big chopped finely
coriander leaves-finely chopped
my daughter like broccholi taste in additional i added broccholi also


Method:

1.Soak rice for minimum 3 hours.
2.Grind it in mixer or grinder along with tomato,redchilli.

3.Add required salt and water.
4.usally dosa batter consistency shoulb watery only than dosa batter thakkali dosa batter
   consistency should be little watery .
5.Then add onion,asafoeatida,curry leaves,corianderleaves and broccholi to tha batter.
6.Heat tawa and add 2 tsp oil.
7.Pour in the heated tawa with drizzle of oil,make dosa flip to the other side.cook on both sides.

8.Serve with coconut chutney.

9.Now hot hot thakkali dosai is ready.

Note:dont allow the batter to ferment because already tomato dosa taste is sour.If u allow to ferment u will get more sour taste.Better avoid fermentation.

Monday, March 18, 2013

soya idly

Benefits of Soya
Soy is also an excellent source of minerals including calcium, iron and zinc.
The addition of soy rich foods can be helpful to lower certain blood fats, improve vascular function and help control blood pressure.
A daily soy intake of between 2 and-3 servings of soy foods daily may help reduce perimenopausal symptoms.
To help prevent breast cancer, soy foods should be eaten starting during childhood .
so whenever am grinding batter for idly i will add soya in that so that kids cant avoid it.if we give separately they will refuse to take.

Ingredients
Soya-300gms
Normally for idli i will soak the rice and urad dhal in 4:1 ratio now for soya idly reduce 300 grams urad dhal.               
Fenugreek-half tbsp
salt as needed.







Method
Soak soya in water for 4 hours.
Soak rice, uraddhal , fenugreek in water for 1½ hours.
First grind urad dhala and soya together to form a batter.
Then grind the rice to form a batter.
Mix urad dhal ,soya and rice batter together.
Add salt, mix well and leave it ferment overnight.
In the morning  prepare idlis. 
This soya idly can eat with all types of chutneys ,saambar ,kurumas.




Saturday, March 9, 2013

Ven Pongal With Saambar And Coconut Chutney

Ven Pongal With Saambar

Ven pongal with saambar is famous breakfast in tamilnadu.The recipe is very simple.Ven goes wwell with saambar and coconut chutney.Pongal is combination of raw rice and moong dhal seasoning with cummin ,pepper ,ginger and coriander leaves.Today I am going to share the pongal recipe with saambar and coconut chutney.These are made for each other.
Ingredients for Pongal :

 Raw rice - 1 cup
 Moong dhal - 1/3 cup
 Water - 4 cups
 Milk - 1/2cup
 Pepper - 1 tsp
 Cummin seeds - 1 tsp
 Curry leaves - few
 Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
 Ginger - 1 tsp finely chopped
 Cashewnuts - 10
 Salt to taste
 Ghee - 3 tbsp (If calorie conscious use half  ghee and oil)
 Greenchilli-cut vertically into two pieces.
 Coriander leaves few
Method :

1.Dry roast the moong dhal slightly.fry the dhal until it changes to slight golden colour.

  do not fry till it turn to brown colour be careful while frying.

2.Combine the rice and dhal adding 3 cups of water in one vessel keep inside the pressure cooker.

3.Pressure cook for 4 whistles.

4.Once the pressure is released.

5.In a separate pan heat the ghee or oil season with Pepper, cumminAsafoetida, cashew nuts 
  switch of the flame followed by ginger,curry leaves,coriander leaves and one green chilli.

6.Add this tempering to the cooked rice and dhal.
 
7.Keeping the vessel in the flame add little milk  mix well so that it gets mushy.

8.Once everything is blended well.
   
9.Switch off the flame.

10.Add a tbsp of ghee serve hot with sambar and chutney.


Ingredients for sambar :
 smallonions - 1/2 cupfinely chopped
 Tomato - 2 cupfinely chopped
 Toor dhalor moong dhal - 1/2 cup
 Turmeric - 1 tsp
 Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
 Curry leaves - few
 Mustard - 1 tsp
 Green chilli-4
 Coriander for garnishing
 salt and oil
 Mehthi seeds
 Cumminseeds

Method :

1.cook the Toor dhal or Moong dhal with little turmeric ,little mehtiseeds and one pinch asafoeatida powder.

2.Heat 2 tsps of oil in a pan, add the ingredients mustard seeds,cumminseeds,mehthi seeds and
   asafoeatida powder one pinch.

3.Then add finely chopped onions, saute till it becomes transparent, now add the tomatoes and
    cook till tomatoes become mushy.

4.Add Greenchilli, pressure cooked  dhal mix, needed salt, 1 cup of water and boil for 5-10 minutes.

5.Garnish with coriander leaves serve this saambar with pongal.

6.This Saambar goes well with idly and dosa also.




Ingredients for coconut chutney:
1.Coconut - 1 cup, freshly grated
2.Fried Channa Dhal-1/2cup(pottukadalai), (roasted chickpeas)
3.Green Chilies - 2-3 (preferably light green variety)
4.Ginger - 1/2" inch
5.Garlic - 1 clove
6.Salt to taste
Tempering:
1.Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
2.Curry leaves - a sprig
3.Oil - 1 tsp
4.Urad dhal-1/2tbsp

Method:
1.Grind fresh coconut, roasted chickpeas, green chilies, ginger, garlic and
   salt to a smooth paste adding very  little water.
   Remove onto a serving bowl.

2.Heat oil for tempering in a small pan.

3.Add mustard seeds ,whole urad dhal and allow to splutter.

4.Add curry leaves and turn off heat. Pour the tempering over the chutney.

5.Serve this  coconut chutney along side idli or dosa and with pongal it goes well.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Adai


Adai is made of dhals and rice.It is very healthy breakfast dish.It goes well with cocnut chutney ,jaggery and sugar.In my mammas adai recipe drumstick leaves is a must ingredients but iam living gulf side often i wont get that drumstick leaves so i prepared with littel soya patha leaves.adai wowww yummmy food and taste delicious.

Ingredients

Raw rice - 1/2 cup
Boiled rice - 1/2 cup
Toor dhal - 1/2 cup
channa dhal - 1/4 cup
soya-2tbsp
fennel seeds 1 tbsp
Red chillie -3
garlic 5 flakes
ginger little
Salt as required
Oil for making adai.

Ingredients which we have to add in adai batter:

Asafoetida -1/4 tsp
Onion -2-3 finely chopped
Coconut -chopped (not grated one)
Curry leaves - little
Ginger -1 small bit
Grated carrot -1/2 carrot (optional)
soyapatha leaves -handful (optional)
garlic 10 flakes -finely chopped

Method:

Soak rice and dal together for 4- 5 hours.

Grind it coarsely along with red chillie, green chillie, ginger,garlic ,fennel seeds and salt.

The batter should not be thick nor watery.

Add asafoetida, finely chopped onions, few curry leaves,chopped coconut and soya patha leaves  to the batter.

Heat a griddle or a non stick tawa and pour a ladle of batter and spread it in circular motion like dosa but we cant made it like dosa.

Add a tsp of oil around it. Let it get cooked.

Then flip it over to the other side and drizzle a tsp of oil around the adai. Let it get cooked.

After both sides are cooked remove from tawa and serve it hot with chutney  or jaggery or sugar.

A very tasty and yummy adai is ready serve it hot.

Note: u should chop the coconuts as seen in the pic.(cutting into small small pieces)so that the taste will be delicious.


Friday, February 15, 2013

Broccoli Dosai


INGREDIENTS:
1.Dosa batter
2.broccoli-1
3.turmeric powder1/4tbsp
4.asafoeatida-1pinch
5.garam masala-1/4tbsp
6.chilli powder-1tbsp
7.lemon juice-half tablespoon
8.curd-1tablespoon
9.gingergarlic paste-1tbsp

To Clean Broccoli:
 •Rinse the broccoli under cold water to remove any dirt
 •Cut off the stem as close to the start of the florets as possible
 •While the stem can be tough if eaten as is, if you remove the outside layers,
   the center of that stem is just as tender as any other part
 •So, holding the stem vertically on your cutting board, take off about an 1/8 of an inch from each side of
   the stem
 •Chop into whatever size pieces you’d like
 •Separate the florets, by cutting them off from the remaining stem structures;
   or you may be able to just break them off
 •Make sure everything is dry and you’re good to go.

Method of making broccoli dosai:
  • After the cleaning process.finely chop the floret into tiny pieces.
  •   Then add the ingredients with the finely chopped florets let it marinate for 10 minutes.
  •   Then add this marinated florets to dosa batter.
  •   heat dosa tawa make dosa with crispy.
  •   serve it hot.with nutritious raitha which i gave before

Saturday, February 2, 2013

LEMON IDIYAPPAM SEVAI



Ingredients
Idiyappam prepared from  rice flour
take out the strings and loosen it
lemon juice
Salt as required
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Red Chilli - 1
Green Chilli - 1
asafoetida - a generous pinch
channa dal - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - little

Method
In a  vessel, add lemon juice and salt. Keep it aside.
Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, when they splutter, add asafoetida, red chilli, channa dhal,  turmeric powder,curry leaves and green chilli.
Saute for a few seconds till dhal turns golden brown.
Add the seasoning to the lemon juice mix.
Add plain idiyappam to the above and mix well. Adjust salt and lemon juice according to your taste.
Serve it with hot.




Friday, February 1, 2013

Kuli Paniyaaram





Ingredients
1. Idli batter -3 cups (see Idli recipe to learn how to make batter)

2. Big Onion -1

3. Green Chillies - 4

4. Curry and Corinder Leaves as required

5. Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

6. Channa dhal - 2 tsp

7. Urad dhal - 1 tsp


Preparation

1. Finely chop onion,green chllies,curry leaves and corriander leaves

2. Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds and saute it

3. Add channadhals and  uraddhals fry till it becomes golden brown in color

4. Add curry leaves, corriander leaves

5. Then add the chillies and onions and fry till onions are light brown

7. Add this sauted mixture to the idli batter and mix well.

8. Heat the Kuli Paniyaram Chatti and add little oil in each hole and pour 1 spoon
    of batter in each hole.

9. Cook them by flipping both sides.












Egg Kothu Chappathi



Egg kothu chappathi
Ingredients for Kothu Roti: 
 chapathi 5 
 large onion finely chopped
 green chillies  
 eggs 2
 ginger garlic paste 1teaspoon 
 few curry leaves  
 tbsp of oil 1
 Salt to taste

METHOD:

Stack the rotis and cut into half. Cut each half into quarters and then chop those into thin long strips.
Heat oil in a pan and add the chopped onions.
When it begins to brown  add the greenchillies cut into halves, curry leaves, and ginger garlic paste.   fry for another 3 mins
Break and add the 2 eggs.
Gently scramble without breaking the egg pieces too small. Cook until the eggs are cooked yet soft. Add salt and mix well.
Add the  chappathi strips to this.
Mix well and cook  until the chappathis are heated through .
Serve it hot.












Monday, January 14, 2013

EGG KOTHU DOSAI

EGG KOTHU DOSAI


INGREDIENTS:
1.RICE
2.URADDHAL
3.MEHTHI SEEDS
4.CHOPPED ONION
5.GINGERGARLIC PASTE
6.CORIANDERLEAVES
7.KARIPATHA LEAVES
8.CHOPPED TOMATOES
9.GARAMMASALA
10.CHILLIPOWDER
11.CORIANDERPOWDER
12.4 FULL EGGS
METHOD
SOAK 4 CUPS RICE AND URAD DHAL WITH 2 SPOONS OF MEHTHI SEEDS FOR FOUR HOURS GRIND IT AND FERMENT IT FOR WHOLE NIGHT.NEXT DAY .HEAT THE FRYING PAN POUR LITTLE OIL FRY THE CLOVES, CINNAMON STICKS IN THA OIL THEN FRY CHOPPED ONINON UNTIL IT TURNS BROWN,THEN ADD TOMATOES LET IT FRY THEN ADD GINGER GARLIC PASTE ,CORIANDERLEAVES,KARIPATHA LEAVES ,GARAM MASALA,CHILLI POWDER AND CORIANDER POWDER FRY FOR SOMETIMES.KEEP THE MASALA ASIDE.THEN TAKE THE DOSAI PAN AND HEAT IT POUR DOSA AND SPREAD THE MASALA ABOVE THE DOSAI THEN BROKE ONE EGG AND POUR ON THE TOP OF THE DOSA AND MASALA CLOSE IT FOR 2 MINUTES THEN TAKE LADDLE AND MIX THE DOSA
NOW EGG KOTHU DOSA READY SERVE IT HOT




MEHTHI LEAFS RAGI ADAI

MEHTHI LEAFS RAGI ADAI

INGREDIENTS:

 1.RAAGI FLOUR

 2.MEHTHI LEAFS

 3.CHILI POWDER

 4.GREENCHILLY

 5.FINELY CHOPPEN ONINON

 6.CORIANDER LEAVES

 7.GARLIC FINELY CHOPPED

 8.GINGER GARLIC PASTE.


 METHOD:


FIRST MIX RAGI FLOUR SALT AND WATER LIKE CHAPPATHI BATTER.
THEN ADD MEHTHI LEAFS,CORIANDERLEAFS,CHOPPED ONION,CHOPPED GARLIC,CHILLI POWDER,GREEN CHILY CHOPPED AND GINGER GARLIC PASTE TO THE RAGI FLOUR .
NOW MAKE DOUGH TO THE ROUND BALLS AND PRESS IT IN THE PAN LIKE CHAPPATHIS THEN HEAT THE TAVA ROAST IT USING LITTLE OIL ON THE TWO SIDES OF THE ADAI.SERVE IT HOT

FRIED IDLY

FRIED IDLY

INGREDIENTS:

1.IDLY BATTER

2.CHOPPED ONION

3.GINGERGARLIC PASTE

4.CHOPPED TOMATO

5.GARAM MASALA

6.CORIANDER LEAVES

7.CHILLIPOWDER.

METHOD:

 MAKE IDLY AND CUT IT INTO PIECES.HEAT THE FRYING PAN AND POUR OIL FRY THE CLOVES AND CINNAMON STICKS.THEN FRY THE CHOPPED ONION ,TOMATO,GINGER GARLIC PASTE .LET THE RAW GOES ADD GARAM MASALA ,CHILLI POWDER AND CORIANDER LEAVES ALLOW IT TO FRY FOR SOME TIMES.AT LAST ADD THE IDLY PIECES ALLOW IT TO ROAST FOR SOMETIMES.

NOW FRIED IDLY READY SERVE IT HOT.