Mrs.Mano's Tamilnadu Delicacies - Part 2

Dear Mrs. Mano,

Made the Coconut Chutney III and idli podi (one with til and curry leaves) today.

Both turned out very nice. Thanks for the tasty recipes.

Dear Thattai!

Thank you very much for the nice feed backs on egg masala curry, sambar sadham, idli podi, chutney and paruppu rasam. In fact, the sambar sadham is the most favourite food for many of my friends.

Dear suvai!

How was basunthi? Has it turned out successfully?

Dear sinrultz!

Here is the recipe of channa masala for you!!

CHANNA MASALA [CHICK PEAS MASALA]:


Ingredients:

Cooked chickpeas- 2 cups
Mashed potato-half cup
Chopped onion- 1 cup
Crushed tomato- 2 cups
Chilli powder-1 tsp
Turmeric powder- half sp
Salt to taste
Chopped coriander- half cup
Chopped mint leaves- 2 tbsp
Shredded coconut- 1 cup
Poppy seeds- 1 tsp
Fennel seeds- 1 tsp
Coriander powder- 1 tsp
Oil- 5 tbsp

Grind the following to a coarse paste:

2 green chillies, 1 tsp shredded ginger, 8 small garlic flakes, 1 cardamom, 1 cinnamon, half sp fennel seeds
Sliced onion- 2

Procedure:

Heat a pan and pour the oil. Add the onion and fry it for a few minutes. Then add the coarse paste and fry for a few seconds on slow fire. Then add the tomato with the turmeric powder and fry it till the tomatoes are mashed finely and the oil floats on the surface. Add the green and fry for a few seconds. Then add the cooked chickpeas and 4 cups of water with enough salt. Let it simmer for some minutes. Grind the coconut with the poppy seeds and the fennel seeds to a smooth paste and add it with half cup of water. Add the powders and allow the masala simmer for some minutes. When the gravy is slightly thickened, add the mashed potato and mix well. Again allow the gravy to simmer for a few minutes on slow fire.

Dear mrs mano!!!!
Neenga kodukara recipe nalla varaama pogumaaa?!!!! ;-)
Superrrrrrrr o superrrrrrr ah vanthidichinga onga basundhi recipe.....thank u thank thank u...:-)

my next try is the channa masala recipe that u have posted.....panni paarthititu solaren nga kandipaaga!

Hi,

can anyone plz get me the links for

sambhar sadham, idli podi, chutney and paruppu rasam of mrs.mano?

Dear mrs.mano,

I make very good basundi.

However ur tips of taking the thickened layers and keeping aside to add later seem very very professional and sounds yummy. I shall try it next time :)

Nandri suvai nandri nandri :ty: :ty: :bow:

She/He/ copy pasted all the recipes to me :thanks: :)

Dear Sakthiprabha!

Thanks a lot for the nice response on my recipe ' Basundhi'. Hope you will try it soon. Actually, this is called as 'Rabdi' in North India and this Rabdi is very famous at the Madhura temple.

I am posting here a tasty recipe!!

COOKED RICE PAKODA:

Ingredients:

Cooked rice- 1 cup
Gram flour- ¾ cup
Corn flour- half of ¾ cup
Finely chopped Sambar onions- ½ cup
Crushed Green chillies-2
Chopped coriander- 2 tbsp
Curry leaves- 2 arc
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

Procedure:


Grind the rice to a paste with the help of little water. Mix in the flours, salt and the vegetables well. Heat enough oil in a pan. Make small balls and drop them in hot oil. When they turn to golden brown, take them out and drain them on kitchen towel.