Karivepillai Podi/Curry leaves Podi

Karivepillai podi is one such flavorful podi my mom makes it often as we have a big tree in our backyard in India.
But here curry leaves are very expensive and never made this podi ,rarely I make curry leaves rice for lunch box.
Most of the time I get it from India  and keep it for couple of months.This time also I got it from India and before it finish off wanted to click and share it with you all.
As I was busy with my lil one,when my mom was making this one couldn't take the stepwise pictures.Will try to take the stepwise picture in my next trip and share you all ☺. Now off to the recipe.................

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Curry leaves/Karivepillai	2 cups(tightly packed)
Red chilly	10-12
Channa dhal(kadalai paruppu)	1/3cup
Urad dhal(ullutham paruppu)	1/3cup
Coriander seeds/kothamalli	1tbs
Asafoetida	1/2tsp
Salt	to taste

Method

• Wash the curry leaves and spread it on a paper towel or cotton towel.


• Once all the moisture is absorbed dry roast in a pan till it becomes crisp and keep it aside.


• Roast the red chillies, channa dhal,urad dhal in a medium flame to a golden brown color.


• Finally add the asafoetida powder and put off the fire.Let it cool down.


• Pulse the red chilly and dhal in a blender for a minute then add the curry leaves,salt and grind it to a coarse powder.


• Store it in an air tight container.


• Mix it with sesame oil and serve it with idly.

Enjoy........................................

• The amount of chilly can be adjusted according to the preference.
• A tbs of sesame seeds can also be added for extra flavor,but needs to added before put off the fire.

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Mini Raagi Adai/Mini Fingermillet Savory Pancake

For the final of Blogging Marathon #31 under the theme I made  savory adai/pancake with lentils and finger millet(raagi).
My mom makes this kind of adai for breakfast or evening snack with the leftover regular adai batter made for dinner or breakfast.
She mixes either wheat flour or raagi flour with the adai batter and makes mini adai or dosa.This adai doesn't need any accompaniment as it tastes good as such but I like to have it both coconut chutney and tomato chutney.
To make it more healthy you can add grated carrot,beetroot,coconut and chopped coriander or spinach to it.Here goes the recipe for healthy adai...............................

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Boiled rice/idly rice Pulungal arisi	1/2cup
Channa dha/kadla paruppu	1/4cup
Toor dhal/split pigeon peas Thuvaram paruppu	1/4cup
Raagi flour/finger millet powder Kelvaragu maavu	3/4cup
Red chilly/varamilagai	5
Fennel seeds/sombhu	1tsp
Ginger/inji	1/2'piece
Asafoetida/perungayam	a pinch
Onion(chopped)	1(medium size)
Carrot(grated)	1/4cup
Curry leaves/karivepillai	few leaves
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	2tbs(chopped)
Oil	2tbs(for drizzling)
Salt	11/4tsp

Method

• Soak the rice and dhal separately for 2-3 hours and grind it along with red chilly,ginger and fennel seeds to a coarse paste.


• Transfer it to a bowl,to this add the raagi flour,salt and mix it well.


• Heat a pan with a tsp of oil,once the pan becomes hot add the onion,grated coconut,chopped curry leaves,coriander leaves.Saute it with a pinch of salt till the onion becomes translucent.


• Add it to the rice mixture and mix it till everything blends well.


• Heat a griddle and pour a small ladle of batter on it to make 4 or 5 mini adai at a time  depending on the size of the griddle.


• Drizzle some oil and cook it both the sides till becomes golden.Transfer to the plate.


• Serve it with coconut chutney or tomato chutney.

Enjoy................................................................

• Instead of onion finely chopped shallots can be used to make it more flavorful.
• Wheat flour and raagi flour both can be mixed and made.

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Rose Kulfi

I had this rose kulfi few months back in a restaurant  buffet menu and my kiddo loves it a lot so I tried it out last week.As I have already posted Mango kulfi and Kesar pista kulfi which involves cooking and cooling.But today's version of kulfi doesn't have cooking process and I made it in a scratch.The kulfi came out very creamy and delicious and this goes for the Mini serving theme for Blogging Marathon#31.Now lets get into the recipe........................

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Heavy Cream	275ml
Condensed milk	3/4cup
Whole milk/2% milk(chilled)	11/2cup
Rose syrup(Rooh Afza)	1/3cup
Cardamom powder/ellakai podi	1/2tsp(optional)
Rose Essence	1tsp

Method

• In a bowl beat the cream to a creamy consistency with a electric beater or whisher.(no need of peak consistency)


• To this add the condensed milk,milk,rose syrup,essence and cardamom powder.Give it a nice mix.


• Fill it in a kulfi or popsicle mould,cover it with the lid.


• Keep it in the frezeer for atleast 8 hours or overnight or till it becomes firm.


• Remove it from the mould by running under the warm water to loosen the kulfi,serve it immediately.

Enjoy.........................................................

• If you don't have popsicle mould  fill it in a condiment cup or paper cup and cover it with a foil after 2 hours of freezing insert the ice cream stick to it ad freeze it again.
• The amount of sugar in the condensed milk is enough but if you want add some powdered sugar while mixing.
• Here I used 2% milk and the low fat condensed milk.
• Adding the cardamom powder is purely optional,I didn't use.
• Coarsely powdered pistachios can be add while mixing for extra taste and texture. 

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Microwave Chocolate Cup/Mug Cake

For this month Blogging Marathon I chose the mini serving as of the theme and today's recipe is microwave cup cake.
This microwave chocolate cup cake is a real treat for sudden cake cravings for choco lovers,on top of its an eggless version.
The recipe I adapted from all recipes which is with one egg,I slightly tweaked the recipe to make it eggless.The cake came out super soft and moist and we enjoyed with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
This cake can is originally made in a mug but today made it in the ramekin bowl and the recipe given is for one serving.Now off to the recipe..........

Ingredients

All purpose flour/maida	31/2tbs
Sugar	3tbs
Butter	1tbs
Olive oil	2tbs
Unsweetened cocoa powder	11/4tbs
Baking soda	1/4tsp
Salt	a pinch
Vanilla essence	2-3 drops
Milk	3tbs

Method

In a bowl mix the flour and the dry ingredients,keep it aside.In another bowl or mug cream the butter and oil together.

Now add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix with the milk well.Make sure ther is no lumps.Now add the vanilla and give it a mix.Transfer to the ramekin bowl and keep in the microwave for 2 minutes or till its done.

Microwave chocolate mug cake is ready.

Serve it with vanilla ice cream or some caramel syrup.

Enjoy.........................................................

• The addition of vanilla is purely optional.
• Do not cook it more than 2 minutes otherwise it may turn hard.

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Egg Fry/Egg Roast/Kaara Muttai

Egg fry is an easy to make yet delicious one which goes very well from simple dhal,rasam to biriyani and pulao varieties.This one can be made in a jiffy with the readily available ingredients and today used  little of ginger&garlic paste for added flavor.Here goes the recipe........................

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Boiled Egg	3
Red chilly powder	1/2tsp
Ginger&garlic paste	1/4tsp
Turmeric powder	1/4tsp
Salt	1/4tsp
Oil	1tbs

Method

Remove the shell from the boiled egg and halved it with a sharp knife,keep it aside.In a small mixing all the ingredients except oil with a tsp of water.Generously apply the mixture on both sides of the egg and set it aside.

Heat wide pan in a stove with the oil and keep 3-4 pieces and cook it in a medium flame till both sides get cooked.After its cooked remove it and serve it.

Serve it with rasam rice or biriyani.

Enjoy......................................................

• As I used ginger&garlic paste,didn't use garam masala powder or else garama masal powder can be used.
• Cook it in a medium flame otherwise it tends to burn easily.
• The amount of chilly powder given is for medium spice,it can be increased or decreased to personal preference.

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Pink Coconut Ladoo - Virtual Birthday Party for Priya Suresh

 

Today is a special day for one of our blogger buddy who is well known in the blogosphere and her blog has more than 2000 recipes.Yes............ its Priya of Priya's versatile recipe.
Her space is filled with loads of recipes and especially her baked recipes are excellent and innovative.
She is one such wonderful person cum friend and speak to her over the phone next to Sangee of Spicy treats after getting into the blogging world.
Coming to the recipe,this ladoo is sweet,soft and delicious one can be made in less than 5 minutes to satisfy the sudden sweet cravings.Now off to the recipe...........................

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Dessicated coconut powder	11/2cups +1/4 cup for rolling
Condensed milk	1/2cup
Rose syrup(rRooh Afza)	1tbs
Cardamom powder/ellakai podi	1/2tsp(optional)
Ghee/nei	2tsp

Method

• Heat a heavy bottom pan with the ghee in a medium flame.To this add all the ingredients.Keep mixing till everything gets blend well and leaves the sides of the pan (for me took only 3 minutes).

• Let the mixture gets cool down to room temperature.After cooling grease the palm with little bit of ghee and take a tbs of mixture and make it to a smooth ball.Roll them with the dessicated coconut and arrange it on a plate.Keep it the refrigerator for 20-25 minutes to set.

• Store it in an air tight container.

Enjoy.......................................................................................

• This ladoo stays fresh at room temperature for a week.
• Keep the flame in a low to medium while mixing otherwise it will tend to burn.
• Adding cardamom powder is purely optional.

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Dhal Palak/Palak Dhal/Spinach with Lentil

Spinach is one such leafy vegetable we include in our diet at least twice in a week.One thing I make very often is dhal palak or spinach sambhar.
Today recipe is my own way of making dhal palak especially for my son.When he was 3 years old he didn't like the texture of the chopped spinach add it to the dhal.So I used to grind the palak and made it once,as we all liked the taste since then started making this way.
Here I used masoor dhal to make dhal spinach,it can be made with moong dhal or toor dhal,here goes the recipe................................

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Massor dhal	1/3cup
Spinach/palak(roughly chopped)	2 cups(tightly packed)
Onion(roughly chopped)	1
Tomato(roughly chopped)	1
Green chilly/pachamilagai	3-4
Shallots/chinna vengayam	4
Garlic/poondu(finely chopped)	3 cloves
Sambhar powder	1/2tsp
Salt	11/4tsp
Turmeric powder	1/4tsp
Oil	2tsp

For the Seasoning

Ingredient	Quantity
Mustard seeds/kadugu	1/2tsp
Urad dhal/ulutham paruppu	1/2tsp
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1/2tsp
Red chilly/varamilagai	1(broken)

Method

Wash and rinse the dhal for couple of times in water and cook it in a pressure cooker for 3 whistles with enough water.
Heat a pan with a tsp of oil and saute the onion and green chilly with a pinch of salt till transparent.Then add the tomato and cook it mushy,now add the chopped spinach cook it for two minute or till it shrinks.

Let it cool and grind it in a blender to a coarse paste,keep it aside.Heat the pan with the remaining oil and crackle the mustard seeds,then follows the cumin seeds and urad dhal.Then add the red chilly and add the chopped garlic,shallots and turmeric powder.Saute it for a minute.

Now add the ground spinach and give it a mix.At this stage add the cooked dhal and a cup of water. Sprinkle the sambar powder and salt,let it boil for for 3-4 minutes.Put off the fire.

Dhal palak is ready.Serve it with rice and poato fry and pappad.

Enjoy.............................................................

• Do not boil it for a long time,otherwise the color will change.
• Shallots can be substituted with half regular onion.

This goes for Vegan Thursday event started by Priya of Priya's Versatile Recipes.

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