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K, engalukkum mazhaiku aduttha naal kaalaila idhu thaan velai... we'll strat our search early in the morning coz the wild mushrooms tend to go bad(worms vanthidum) very soon...nothing like fresh wild mushrooms...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by kugan98
K, how long can we store the chilli sauce?...
Peanut Butter:
I make peanut butter at home just coz I can control the amt of oil that goes into it...
Just grind & scrape sides & scrape sides & grind & grind enough roasted groundnuts,karumbu sakkarai & salt(all ingre to taste) until the groundnut starts to leave oil... U can add lil oil to help in grinding... what I do is I make a smooth but tight paste(can't spread on the bread easily) ... I store the PB in the fridge & when needed, I take out just the req qty of PB & add lil warm water to it & mix it with a spoon... tht way I get PB of spreading consistency... aprom enna...spread the PB & jam/banana slices onto bread slices & eat...Yum...
Another added benefit is groundnut + brown sugar is said to help increase good cholesterol... storebought ones use white sugar & lotsa preservatives... max time taken to prepare the PB is 5 mins or so...
Wishing Kugan and all the readers and contributors of this thread a happy Pongal. Pongalo Pongal.
Suja
Sudhaka, will call u if I plan to come...:)
helooo kugan nga!
Will try out yr chilli sauce with lemon juice...;-) good idea. I know it might not have the authentic taste but I think we can make do ileengala!
Wild mushroom na vudan...thicket...moist floor...tall trees....us ladies with picking baskets.......thaan mind ku varuthu.... :mrgreen:
sudha nga.....awesome menu on the list.....kambu dosai......hmmm interesting!! kugan nga recipe iruntha podunga plz :-)....
sudha nga oru write up koduthidunga of the etc etc items also ;-)
selvi.....i totally know how difficult it is when a feast day falls on a week day...:-( i am with u on it.
kugan/sudha/dev/selvi...what is kambu in english plz pic iruntha yaaraavathu podunga plz
kugan nga u mentioned kambu koozh....athoda recipum podunga plz!
aarthi...enjoy pongal with praney...involve him in everything u do they love it..;-)
Happy Pongal to u too nga suja!
Dev, you can store the sauce in the fridge for more than a month.
Since you are using vinegar, it has no chance to spoil,
unless you use a wet spoons.
Thanks. Kugan98
Dev, give me a five.
You are just like me also, I too make my own peanut butter.
Slightly different from you.
I will post the recipe after ponggal.
Thanks. Kugan98
Suja, thanks a ton for your kind wishes.
I was very glad to see your post.
Please come often to this thread.
we all feel very happy to have lot of friends.
Nice to exchange ideas and tips.
Thanks Suja, we all wish you a very happy ponggal.
Thanks. Kugan98
hello mrs kugan, dev, sonu akka and :slurp: nga... i just love this thread...romba naala silent-read-a irunthuttu, innikki veliyE varanumnu thOnuchchu...
great recipes, Mrs Kugan and all.. i love them. I am going to try some in the coming weeks.
Does anyone have vegetarian plain cake recipe? I have tried 1 - it comes out nice and spongy but a bit wet at the top ... any tips??
Unggal ellorukkum Iniya Ponggal Vazhthukkal!
love,
nm
Suvai nga kambu in english is called millet, or pear millet
It will look something like our kevoor.
The colour will be little yellowish.
You can do dosai , idli , kool , bread , and even cook it as rice.
Kambu kool is very refreshing to drink the hot season.
Athu ellam India voda pochi. sigh.
I will post the recipes soon for you.
Here is the picture of kambu
Thanks to the net.
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Dear friends as I told ealier, today I cooked 2 big pots of paal ponggal, 1 big pot of sakkarai ponggal and a big pot of ponggal kulambu.
Distributed to about 30 people and just came home.
I feel very satisfied.
Here are the pots of the food.
Thanks. Kugan98
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I am not. :irked:Quote:
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Originally Posted by NM
Vangga NM, ponggalukku engga threadukku vanthu irrukireengga. Ungal varavu nall varavu ahgatum.
Very glad that you decided to post something.
As I have said before the more the merrier.
We can exchange ideas and tips, and learn new recipes.
The contributors will feel happy if their contributions are appreciated.
O.K NM please kindly post your version of the plain cake.
Lets see where the mistake lies. We are not experts, but can
suggest if something is wrong.
I have posted few vegetarian cakes. I am also just doing little research in eggless cakes.
I will try and post a plain eggless cake for you soon.
Please do not disappear after one post.
Do post in your compliments or complains.
We will receive both with open arms, feel free to post.
On behalf of the Kugan's Kitchen we all wish you a very happy ponggal. Thanks. Kugan98
NOV anneh, I am very sorry.
What can this sister do?
You are staying so far away from my place. :cry2: :cry2:
Anneh I even feed the birds every morning.
Unggalukku kuduka maatenah.
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Thanks Mrs Kugan :).
Naan 1 post-ku appuram kaanaa pOyidelaamnu thaan nenechchen :)..
here's the recipe i used which i found in an old cutting i kept :
125 g butter
1 can condensed milk (397g)
225 g self-raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
125 ml coke, 7up or any gassy drinks
1 tsp vanilla essence
Preheat oven to 160 deg
Cream butter, condensed milk and essence until fluffy and creamy.
Sift dry ingredients into the mixture and beat until just mixed. Gradually add cola while stirring slowly. Beat until just combined.
Put the mixture in a cake pan (21 cm square / diam round) and bake in a pre-heated oven for 50-55 mins or until the surface is firm.
Ippadithaan senjengga, nalla irunthathu sooda irukkumbOthu. Next day or the day after, top surface konjam moist-a irunthathu. Otherwise, the cake was very spongy and yummy!
Try pannunggo!
Thanks for the wishes, too, Mrs Kugan.
Dear Kuganka,Selvika,Dev,Suvaika,Sudhka
Wish u all a very happy pongal.
Happy pongal to all the kugan's kitchen viewers.
NM yekkov, gud to c u after a looong time... ponnu epdi iruka?... Wish u all a very happy pongal on behalf of Kugan's kitchen...:)
Thanks for all the pongal wishes ppl... Wish u all a very happy pongal...&^ happy eating too....;)
Happy Pongal & Maatu Pongal !!!!! to everyone on here.......:-)
Kugan nga....thank u for saying kambu is millet....i thought as much but wasnt sure. Plz do post kambu dosai recipe & the rest of the kambu recipes that u might have...:-)..plz & thank u.
The picture of the paal pongal/sarkarai pongal/kuzhambu all look great I am sure people who ate it would have been more satisfied for such tasty spread ;-) kandipa ongala manasaara vaazhthi irupaanga!
thank u all for the Pongal wishes
vaanga ellaarum sernthu sathama sollalaaam
PONGALO O O O O PONGAL L L L L ...nu
kugan/dev/selvi/sudha/mahdu/aarthi...namma voices ku loud speaker eh vendaaam ngo!!!
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: ithiley oru man's voice ketkuthey....ohhh nammma nov ngov ah!!!:mrgreen:
vaanga NM.....:-) thank u too nga for yr pongal wishes!
Wish you too nga the same!
PONGALOOOOOOOOO PONGAL...:)
Super lunch today... overaa saapititen...:noteeth: Inniku ammavasai...so ammavasai prayer menu for lunch...menu: Sakkarai pongal, uppu paruppu, pavakkai-vendaikkai puli kuzhambu,pooshanikai thayir kuzhambu,paruppu rasam, avarakkai poriyal,pudalangai poriyal, paruppu vadai, pasi paruppu payasam, curd...aprom akkaravadisal from the temple... idhellam poga vayatril gap aagum podhu ellam fill panna laddu,rava laddu, badusha, kai murukku, kuchchi murukku...:P
Suvai, kambu dosai is simliar to ragi dosai... just soak & grind urad dhal , add to kambu flour, mix well adding req water,salt...let sit for 12 hrs or so...
If u get cleaned kambu(readyto use) u can make kambu saadham... adhula thanni oothi overnight vechu next day thayir/mor oothi saapita... aahaa... heaven!!!...;) :lol:
K, unga pongal kuzhambu recipela u've mentioned tamarind qty as one lemon sized... avalo puli podanuma?... I had plans of making it today but tamarind qtya paarthu bayandhu vittiten...coz ppl at home don't like much tamarind... enga veetil puli saadham kuda pulippillama thaan irukkum..:lol2: maybe some other time I'll try it for myself & hubby... we don't mild sour dishes...:)
its ok ma, we made our own :PQuote:
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Originally Posted by NOV
NM. I have never baked a cake with fizzy drink.
Your recipe is something new to me.
You see now I have a new recipe to try.
I think that cake has too much sugar contents.
Condensed milk + fizzy drink.
When the cake has cooled it comes something like
sticky on the top.
NM I will post a simple cake for you soon.
Please try it out and see.
And please do not disappear after this.
Come often, share with us what ever you know.
Thanks. Kugan98.
Suvai nga Dev ellam unggalukku sollitaanga.
If you want detail recipe I will post it for you.
Kambu soru ah ah with urappu kulambu.
Try it when you go to India Suvai nga.
Thanks. Kugan98
You are right Dev, Ammavasai today.
Had to get up early morning to cook the lunch.
Few types of vege poriyal, pachadis, sambar, rasam,
payasam and vadai. Very tired.
Semma lunchu thaan unggal veetil
Dev, as for the kulambu, our Malaysian tamarind will have lots
of seeds and the juice will not be that sour.
Moreover this kulambu has, pulippu, urappu and little innippu from the pumpkins.
Dev, as I have said before the recipes are only guidelines.
Pulippu, kaaram and things you can adjust according to your family's needs.
Only in baking you must strictly follow the recipe.
Thanks, Dev Kugan98
NOV anneh your ponggal and the pot are awesome.
Nice ponggal.
Thanks. Kugan98
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NM inspite of my tight schedule, I baked this cake to see how it turned out.
EGGLESS PLAIN BUTTER CAKE
Ingredients:
2 cups self raising flour
2 tsp baking powder
A pinch of salt
1 cup fine sugar
½ cup melted butter
3/4 cup evaporated milk (little more if needed)
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp butter emulsion if available
1 tsp vinegar
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 degress C
Grease a cake tin with parchment paper
Sieve the flour with the baking powder twice.
Mix the sugar with the flour and salt.
Add in the milk, butter emulsion, melted butter mix well.
Add in the vanilla essence and mix well.
Lastly add in the vinegar and mix well.
The mixture should be of pouring consistency.
Add more milk if needed.
Bake the cake for about 40 minutes or till cooked.
Pierce a tooth pick at centre of the cake.
If it comes out clean, the cake is cooked.
Remove and cool. You can slice the cake when it is
completely cooled
THE BUTTER CAKE:
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K, urappu kuzhambu recipe post pannunga pls...
& as u've said, I always tweak the recipes to suit our taste...but since the qty of tamarind in pongal kulambu was huge, I was bit skeptical to try it with my measures...I can add a max of a gooseberry size tamarind only for tht qty... so thought it would change the taste of the kuzhambu totally... adhaan seiyalai...
cake recipe looks easy...will try it...:)
omg dev.......asatho asathiteenga pongal menu...adengappaaaa....ilaama poiteney onga veetu kathavai thattrathuku...... :mrgreen:
kugan nga.....neenga ivolo velaiku naduvileyum vidaama superrrrr ah samaichi thinam thinam pongal maathri asathareenga onga familya....awesome spirit!!!.... :thumbsup:
kambu dosaiku/idly ....measurements kodunga plz.....
nov ngov!......awesome that u also made sarkarai pongal....i love sarkarai pongal....never used to as a kid...but now.....bring em to me...thaan :rotfl:
Dev what is poosanikai thayir kuzhambu? is it like more kuzhambu? recipe podunga plz
also of ...kuchi muruku what is that?
neenga rendu perum supre menu pottuteenga pongaluku......waiting to hear from selvi/aarthi & ofcourse sudha avanga campus fun times pathi.
suja/nm....what was the menu in yr home for pongal ;-)
Suvai, kuchchi murukku is nothing but the murukku made in kuchchi shape mould... I think it's more popularly known as mullu murukku... just make tht murukku in stick shape instead of round shape...
Thayir kuzhambu is lil diff from mor kuzhambu... we use curd instead of mor & also the ingre also varies a bit...I'll post the recipe soon,..
Hello friends,
Hope all of you had a fabuous pongal time.
Suvai avargale...... nyabagama en fun times pathi ketrukeenga...... thanks
It was a real fun time in our campus. There was a small village set up with 3 small houses with thinnai and odu. there was a kangeyan kaalai brought and tied up. Pakkave it was so gambeeram and so different from normal kaalai maadu.
There were some goats and Hens (all fully grown) and cute chicks. A 5 mins Naattu kozhi sandai was demonstrated.
We had uri-adi game. The uri was tied up and the person was blind folded and asked to hit. Except 2 guys, all were going in some direction and aiming at the watching crowd. This was real fun.
There was a rangoli competition just 8 entries, but the presentation was awesome.
Food items were very few with Kambukoozh, neer mor and panagam and sakkarai and ven pongal. Later dinner was served from a hotel, a combo of godumai ravai upma, sambar sadam and parotta (enna combinationnu kekka koodadhu !) Oru paani poori stall was an added flavour.
Some music and dance and a short skit on katta panjayathu with one nattaamai. Thiruvilaiyaadal cinema on 35mm projector and a lucky dip draw. Dharumi episode mudinjadhum most of the people left and the place was nearly empty. So we stopped the movie and went home.
5 pm to 10 pm was a real time. Apram angeye konjama pongal seidhu, pasu maadukku poojai pottanga around 9.00 p.m.
Ippadiyaaga pongal celebrate pannom..
(no no no...yaarum J padakkoodadhu, especially dev...)
Dev, thanks for all the nice posts.
Lap top vanthudichaa?
Dev, befoe I used to enjoy kambu rice with hot dried fish curry,
brinjals and motchai.
Ippa ellam only hot puli kulambu.
If someone comes from India, they usually bring the cleaned
kambu, and the kambu flour.
Thanks, Kugan98
Suvai nga thanks for all your nice posts and comments.
I will post the detailed recipes for dosai and things.
Paarungga Suvai, Dev, laddu, badusha rave laddu ellam senchi
saapitu irukiraanga.
Let her enjoy, namma saapita mathiri irukatum :lol:
Thanks Suvai nga, Kugan98
Sudha, I am very happy that you had a wonderful time in your campus.
Neeram pohnathey teriyathu.
Nice games, nice menu.
Thanks Sudha for sharing your happiness with us.
Thanks. Kugan98
[tscii]This is how I make my own peanut butter.
HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER
Ingredients:
4 cups shelled roasted peanuts
½ tsp salt
¼ cup brown sugar
1/3 cup canola oil
Method:
In a dry grinder powder the peanuts first.
Then in a food processor, mix the ground peanuts,
salt sugar and oil.
Process the mixture until very smooth.
You will have to stop and scrap the mixture few times.
Remove and store in an airtight container.
You can store it in the fridge for about 2 months.
( That is if you still have them)
Note: It will harden a bit if kept in the fridge.
Remove it for about 20 minutes and you will have
A spreadable consistency.
THE INGREDIENTS FOR THE BUTTER:
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Suvai, neenga cbe vaanga...idhai vida super virundhu yerpaadu pannidurom...:)
Sudhaka, sry... vara mudiyalai... glad u had a very nice time...neenga enna sonnalaum ennala J podaama irukka mudiyaadhu...so JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ...:P
K, ella sweetsum naan senjadhu illai... veetil badhusa mattum senjom... laddu & rava ladoo was from cousins...
Peanut butter sooper... mine too is same except for lil less oil & naan mixiela ellathaiyum onna pote oru vazhiyai senjiduven peanut buttera...:lol:
& for those who like chunky peanut butter, just add in some crushed peanuts at the end & mix...
Suvai, idho thayir kuzhambu recipe... this kuzhambu is usually made when u have lotsa curd leftover from teh previous day. If u don't like sour curd, u can use fresh curd. But I like slight sourness from the curd.
Thayir kuzhambu:
Grind 4 tbsp coconut,2 garlic, 1"gin,1tsp jeera & 1/4 tsp mustard seeds with req green chilly, lil salt to a paste adding very lil water if req.
cook 1/4 kg ashgourd( vellai pooshanikai), cut into fingers, with salt & water. Once cooked drain any excess water & let it cool.
Add the veg & the paste to 1 cup of slightly sour curd(beat slightly so tht the curry is not lumpy). Adjust salt.
Season with mustard,urad,dry r.chilly & curry leaves. You can also add chopped baby onions fried until pinkish but I don't. The onions give a nice crunch to the kuzhambu.
kugan nga....thanks for the peanut butter....recipe & method looks very simple......dev...thank u too !!
kugan nga...when u get time plz post the kambu /dosai/ idly & ofcourse if u know of any other recipe with it also plz. (take yr time nga no rush).
amaamnga kugan when i read the menu that dev prepared... i was thinking adengappa....i am sure she must have invited family & friends over too....avolo variety....
dev awesome that u made badhusha!! ;-)
dev ...neenga anba koopitathey....manasum stomach um nerainji poidichi......cbe vantha meet paniduvom :-)
sudha nga....thank u for so kindly writing about the pongal treat at yr campus....kangeyan na ennaanga? is that a town or city that is famous for Bulls...just like jersey cows?.
aduthu....i loved the uri adi part....that would have been real fun.....i bet everyone who visited must have a good time :-) thanks once again for sharing the write up.
dev...thayir kuzhambu....recipe sounds interesting....do u really cook the kuzhambu on fire or not..... cooking time solalaiye? how long to cook it.? Would the kuzhambu look watery or thick?
oh kuchi muruku ...now i know which one u mean.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: here i was thinking it is a different muruku recipe... :mrgreen:
Suvai, u shouldn't cook the thayir kuzhambu... just mix the raw masala paste to the curd and add boiled vegs & season it... avalo thaan... the kuzhambu should neither be watery nor thick... senju paarthu sollunga... very easy & tasty...idhu innoru kongu specialityoo ennavo theriyalai... I thought this curry too should be well known just like mor kuzhambu!!!...
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