WISHING ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

MAY THIS YEAR 2012 B

a year of health and happiness

a year of wealth and wisdom

a year of peace and prosperity

a year of glee and glow

and also year of love and laughter

be a great cook by adding loads of fun

Easy Egg delight

Ingredients:
1. Egg – 4
2. Onion -1 big chopped
3. Tomato – 1 big chopped
4. Garlic cloves : 3-4 finely chopped
5. Chicken masala powder: ½ tbsp.
6. Turmeric powder: ½ tbsp.
7. Oil: 2 tbsp.
8. Salt : according to taste
Method:
Boil the eggs and cut them into 4 pieces, keep aside
In a pan put oil and start frying onion and garlic, once after they turn brown now put the tomatoes.
Sauté it until it becomes smooth (here you can add little water preferably). Now add the chicken masala, turmeric powder, salt.
After 2 minutes of sauté add the egg pieces.
It can be served with jeera rice, lemon rice or any masala rice.

RAVE MANNI

(SIMPLE AND FAST SWEET DISH (MADE OF RAVA, JAGGERY AND COCONUT)

Ingredients:
1. Rava ( suji ) : 1 glass
2. Coconut Milk : 2 – 3 glass
3. Jaggery grated : 1 – 2 cup
4. Cardamom : as per the taste ( for aroma )
5. Water : 1 glass
6. Salt : a pinch
7. Ghee : greasing purpose

Method:
· Keep the coconut milk on boil in simmer, add the cardamom and jaggery .
· Start adding the rava and stir slowly, until rava turn into thick consistency, keep adding the water if you feel the consistency requires water.
· After some time when it turns into complete thick consistency (like dosa mixture smooth one)
· Pour the mixture to the ghee greased tray.
· Leave for cooling and after some time you can cut them into any shape and serve.

Kaibella kadbu (sweet dish made of rice flour, jaggery and coconut)

Kaibella kadbu (sweet dish made of rice flour, jaggery and coconut)
Sunday Morning is one special morning to cook for your loved one’s favourite dishes.
So I choose this dish as breakfast. In this chill winter people prefers hot and spicy food and but my husband love to have hot and sweet food.
Let me start telling you all the ingredients required and method to do this dish.
(Kindly forgive me presentation is not up to the standard)

Ingredient
a) 1 ½ glass of rice : overnight soak
b) 1 big cup of jaggery : grated
c) 1 big cup of coconut : grated
d) Cardamom : 5-6 seeds smashed one
e) Banana leaves : 1 big ( cut them into square shape )
f) Salt : according to taste

Method:

· Grind the overnight soaked rice into mild paste (not fine paste) also add ¼ cup of grated coconut.
· In a simmer sauté the rice paste by adding little water to make a thick consistence to prepare rice bolls out of it. (Don’t forget to add the salt here)
· Once it is done keep aside for cooling.
· In a pan add the jaggery, Coconut grated and cardamom, sauté for 5 minutes on simmer until it becomes a perfect for stuffing. ( keep this also for cooling )
· Once the rice flour is cooled, make medium size bolls.
· On square shaped banana leaf apply little water and pat the rice boll into round shape, now place the sweet mixture inside it.
· Fold it in such a way that it should not open or else you can tie a knot by using thread.
· Now cook in idly cooker by placing one by one for about 10 minutes.

Hot rice kai bella kadbu is ready to eat.

SWEET POTATO UPKARI

(SPICY/SWEETY BREAKFAST OR CAN BE EVENING SNACKS)

Ingredients:
1. Sweet Potatoes : 3 Medium Sized
2. Onion : 1 large ( finely chopped )
3. Green Chilli : 3-4 ( sliced )
4. Turmeric powder: ½ tbsp.
5. Coconut Grated : ¼ medium cup
6. Asafoetida : a pinch
7. Oil: 3 tbsp.
8. Urad dal: ½ tbsp.
9. Mustard seeds: ½ tbsp.
10. Curry leave : few
11. Coriander leave : for garnish
12. Salt : According to taste
13. Lemon
Method:
Peel the sweet potatoes and cook them soft and keep aside.( cut them in cubes )
Heats the pan add the oil, urad dal, mustard seeds, curry leave and a pinch of asafoetida. Once after the spatter add the onion stir until it turns pink now add the green chilli, stir for some time and add the turmeric powder ,coconut grated and salt . Now add the cooked sweet potatoes ( stir slowly ) squeeze the lemon and garnish it with coriander leaves.
Delicious Spicy /Sweet Potatoes Upkari is ready to eat.

HAGALKAI GOJJU (KARELA UPKARI)

INGREDIENTS:
1. Karela ( bitter gourd ) : 2 (chopped small cubes )
2. Jaggery : 1 big cup grated
3. Coconut : ¾ in big cup grated
4. Ghee: 1 tbsp.
5. Curry leaves : 7-8
6. Turmeric powder: ½ tbsp.
7. Chilli powder: ½ tbsp.
8. Garlic cloves : 4
9. Mustard seeds; ½ tbsp.
10. Urad dal: 1/4 tbsp.
11. Tamarind Molten: 2 tbsp

12. Salt: according to taste.
Method:
Cut the bitter gourd into small cubes and dip them into salted water ( to extract bitterness)

Heat the pan and start seasoning in ghee by adding garlic cloves, urad dal and mustard seeds, once after its spatters add the curry leave.

Add bitter gourd (drained from water) add required amount of water for karela to cook soft. ( close the lid while cooking and keep checking as the water may dry up)
Now add the rest of the ingredients like – tamarind molten, jaggery, turmeric and chilli powder, salt, grated coconut and stir for 5 minutes.


Hot hagalkai gojju is ready to eat. You can also enjoy this with curd rice / jeera rice / ghee rice.

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Avalakki bhath

(Typical South indian morning breakfast)
Ingredients
1. Beaten rice: 2 - 3 big cups
2. Onion: 1 large ( finely chopped )
3. Tomatoes: 1 large (finely chopped )
4. Green chillies: 2-3 ( sliced into two)
5. Coriander leaves: handfull
6. Turmeric powder: ½ tbsp.
7. Salt: according to taste
8. Oil: 2-3 tbsp
9. Lemon juice: 1tbsp

Seasoning
1. Mustard seeds: ½ tbsp.
2. Urad dal: ½ tbsp..
3. Curry leaves : 7-8

Method:
1. Soak the beaten rice for about 10 minutes and meanwhile cut the onion / tomatoes and green chillies / coriander leaves.
2. Start seasoning in the cooking pan by adding oil followed by urad dal , mustard seeds and curry leaves
3. Now drains the water out of beaten rice at the same time add the onion after seasoning is done.
4. Once the onion turns pink add the tomatoes stir for some time when u feel it has become soft in texture now add turmeric powder , salt and finally add the drained beaten rice.
5. Stir for 5 minutes so that masala and beaten rice complement each other.
6. add the lemon juice and close the lid for 2- 3 minutes.
7. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

you can also serve it with murka , chakuli .. or with curd