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Monday, October 3, 2016

Dosa Carnival -Recap

Last month we had a group of bloggers participate in a mega marathon in Blogging Marathon edition with an interesting theme.

1.Cook one ingredient for 26 days or one category for 26 days
2.Cook with one ingredient for each week or category for each week

I chose to share dosa varieties as one category for 26 days with sub themes for each week.I combined both the themes and sharing the recipes.

Week 1 - Colorful Dosa

Day 1 - Kanchipuram Dosa /Kancheepuram Dosa

Day 2 - Karivepillai/Curry leaves Dosa

Day - 3 Carrot Dosa/Carrot Dosai

Week 2 - Fermented Dosa Varieties

Day - 4 Cone Dosa and ghee roast

Day -5 Chola Dosai/Sorghum Dosa

Day -6 Atukulu Dosa/aval Dosai

Day - 7 Kal Dosai

Day -8 Kuthiraivali/Barnyard Millet Dosa

Day - 9 Davangare Benne Dosa/Butter Dosa

Week 3 - Instant Dosa Varieties

Day 10 - Thakkali Dosai/Tomato Dosa

Day 11 - Oats Dosai/Oats Dosa

Day 12 - Bread Dosai/Bread Dosa

Day 13 - Neer Dose/Neer Dosa

Day 14 - Paasiparuupu Dosai/Yellow Moong Dosa

Day 15 - Instant multi grain Dosa/Karacha maavu Dosai

Week 4 -Stuffed Dosa Varieties

Day 16 - Mysore Masala Dosai

Day 17 - Green peas Masala Dosa

Day 18 - Kanchipuram Masala Dosai

Day 19 - Pesarattu Upma

Day 20 - Sandwich Dosa

Day 21 - Kari Dosai/Soya Kheema Dosa

Week 5 - Uthappam and adai Varieties

Day 22 - Quinoa Adai/Quinoa Lentil adai

Day 23 - Podi Onion Uthappam

Day 24 - Karthigai Milagu Adai/Arisi Thengai Adai

Day 25 - Mixed Vegetable Uthappam

Day 26 - Innipu adai/Sweet Adai

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Saturday, October 1, 2016

Sweet Adai /Inippu Adai

Today is the final day for the Cooking Carnival in mega Blogging Marathon edition ans I like to end the series with a sweet note.
Coming to the recipe its a sweet adai which is often made in our households for quick neivedhyam for offering to god..So many variations can be made using wheat flour,maida,ragi flour and sometimes with semolina.
Today's version I used both wheat and all purpose flour along with rice flour.Since sweetener is used to make the batter this adai needs to be cooked in a medium flame,otherwise the color will turn dark.Here I used jaggery,even palm sugar and brown sugar can also be used.

Sweet Adai/Inippu Adai

Basic Information

Preparation time 25 minutes
Resting time - 10-15 minutes

Cooking time 3-4 minutes/adai

Makes 4-6

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Wheat flour/gothumai maavu	1/2 cup
All purpose flour/maida	1/2 cup
Rice flour/arisi maavu	1/4 cup
Coconut(grated)	3 tbs
Jaggery/vellam	1/2 cup
Salt	1/2 tsp
Baking soda	a generous pinch
Cardamom powder/ellakai podi	1/8 tsp
Ghee/nei	to cook adai

Method

Melt the jaggery with 1/4 cup of water and pass through a strainer and keep it aside.

Take the flours,grated coconut,salt,cardamom powder, in a bowl.To this add jaggery syrup and mix it well.Adjust the consistency with water.Let it rest for 10-15 minutes.

Now mix the cooking soda well to the batter.Heat a dosa pan preferably iron pan or non stick pan.To this add a ladleful of batter and spread it to a thick pancake(no need to spread too thin).Drizzle a tsp of ghee and cook it in a medium flame.Flip it to the other side and cook it for a minute and drizzle one tsp of ghee.Remove it from the griddle.

Serve it warm.

Keep the flame in a medium to get a nice crispy edges.
Coconut bits also can be added to give an extra taste to the adai .
Cook the adai in a medium flame.

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

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Friday, September 30, 2016

Mixed Vegetable Uthappam

Today's recipe for Cooking Carnival in Blogging Marathon #68 is a uthappam topped with mixed vegetables.I usually make uthappam with the dosa batter.But a friend of mine makes a different batter for uthappam and it comes out very good and get a very nice color.Also the vegetables for the topping needs to be chopped very finely.But it can be sauteed in a tsp of oil for couple of minutes and used for the topping.Let's move on to the recipe......

Mixed Vegetable Uthappam

Basic Information

Preparation time 35- 40minutes
Soaking time 3-4 hours

Fermentation time 8-10 hours

Cooking time 2-3 minutes/uthappam

Makes 12-14

Ingredients

For the batter

Ingredient	Quantity
Idly rice or pulungal arisi	1 cup
Raw rice/pacharisi	1 cup
Urad dhal/uluthamparuppu	5 tbs
Toor dhal/thuvaramparuppu	2 tbs
Channa dhal/kadala paruppu	1 tbs
Fenugreek seeds/vendhayam	1 tsp
Salt	1.5 tsp
Water	to grind

For the topping

Ingredient	Quantity
Onion(finely chopped)	2-3 (medium size)
Carrot (grated)	1/2 cup
Beans(very finely chopped)	1/4-1/2 cup
Tomato(finely chopped)	2 -3(medium size)
Green chilly/pachamilagai	5-6
Coriander leaves(finely chopped)	3-4 tbs
Oil	as needed to cook uthappam

Method

Soak both rice and dhals,fenugreek seeds together for 3-4 hours.After soaking Drain the water completely and grind it in a blender or wet grinder till its fluffy and fine paste.Transfer it to a bowl and add salt.Mix it well,keep it in a warm place for 8-10 hours or overnight for fermentation

Next day or after the fermentation mix the batter well and take the required amount of batter to make dosa.Adjust the consistency with water.

Heat a griddle and one it becomes hot ,add a drop of oil and wipe it off with a paper and keep the flame in medium.Pour a ladleful of batter and spread to a thick circle.

Now sprinkle the vegetables on top the batter and sprinkle some oil.Let it cook for a minute or two.

Flip it to the other side and cook it for a minute,then remove it from the griddle.

Serve it with coconut and sambar.

The batter consistency is very important to get a nice uthappam.It should not be too thick or thin.
While pouring the batter on the griddle,the flame should in medium.
Top the vegetable on the uthappam as soon as the batter is spread.

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

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Karthigai Adai /Karthigai Milagu Adai /Arisi Thengai Adai

Today's recipe is an authentic adai made during Karthigai Deepam festival in certain households in Tamilnadu.
As we don't have the custom of making this adai during the festival never got a chance to make it.But I got tasted this one from my neighbor back in India.
Coming to the recipe,so many variations can be made and each household has their own recipe.
Some uses more dhal and less rice,some may use variety of dhals also uses some red chilly along with black pepper.This recipe also, I noted down from my neighbor who used to share this one for Karthigai Deepam..
Also the consistency of the batter needs to be on the thicker side..Here I used the ladle and spread it on the iron dosa pan.In some places a thick batter is made and pat on a banana leaf and transferred to the griddle and cooked.
This adai doesn't need any special accompaniments,tastes good as such.But traditionally butter and jaggery is served as it has black pepper.Off to the recipe.........

Karthigai Adai/Karthigai Milagu Adai

Basic Information

Preparation time 25 minutes
Soaking time - 2-3 hours

Cooking time 4-5 minutes/adai

Makes 3-4

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Idly rice	3/4 cup
Raw rice/pacharisi	1/2 cup
Toor dhal/thuvaram paruppu	2 tbs
Channa dhal/kadala paruppu	2 tbs
Urad dhal/ulutham paruppu	3 tbs
Black pepper/milagu	2 tsp(coarsely powdered)
Coconut(grated)	1/4 cup
Salt	1 tsp
Asafoetida/perungayam	a generous pinch
Coconut bits(finely chopped)	1-2 tbs
Curry leaves	1-2 sprigs(roughly chopped)
Oil	to make

Method

Wash and soak the dhals and rice with water.Let it soak for 2- 3 hours.After soaking completely drain the water and grind the rice,dhal and grated coconut,salt with little water to a bit coarse paste.Transfer the ground batter to a bowl.

To this add the finely chopped coconut,curry leaves . Add in coarsely ground pepper and asafoetida and mix it well.The consistency should be as shown.Heat a griddle in a medium flame,once the griddle becomes hot pour a ladle full of batter and spread it. Do not spread it too thin,it should be slightly thicker.Make a small hole in the center of the batter as soon as after spreading.

Drizzle a tsp of oil in the center and sides, cook it in a medium flame for two minutes.,Flip it to the other side and cook it for couple of minutes,drizzle another tsp of oil. Remove it from the griddle.