KUGAN'S KITCHEN PART 3

Selviem I am to happy that your family had a great day.
Also happy that your friends enjoyed the orange cake.
Thanks Selviem, Kugan98

Aarthii take care ma of Pranay. Aishu too is suffering from cold.
Its difficult when children are sick.
Take care of your self too.
Get better before coming to the forum.
The forum can wait.
Take care. Kugan98

Aarthi,

sorry to hear, take care of urself and pranay. i was searching for u, what happened.

thanks for ur wishes.

selvi

K, super busy Ny thaan unalukku...:)Cake looks superb...I should try my hands on icing too...

Suvai, attakaasamana menu...inge usual cooking with Mrs.Mano's jamuns & banana cake & a vanilla cake which i made... aprom friends,relativesku namma cake distribution...;) :lol: paavam makkal...adhaiyum saapitiu nalla irukunu pugalndhaanga...hehehe...

Aarthii, take care of urself & Pranay kutti... add pepper to ur food wherever possible... u can also add pepper & turmeric to pranay's milk...

Kugan nga...enaku kovil na i will drop everything to go ......got to tell u something that happened during my last trip to India...namma oorila thaan thirubara pakkam kovil irukey...so vandila pogum bothu naan epothum kovil paartha antha koburathuku oru kumbidu poduven....vazhi ellaam pottukitey varuven ...naan seivathai paarthitu en driver um kumbidu podaa aarambichaar...so if i have missed a kovil..looking at him & the direction in which he is looking i will a put a kumbidu too...so it was like never ending kumbidu show from us.....apadi naan oru kumbidu podum bothu driver paarthitu..."akka athu kovil ileenga athu police station" nu sonnaarey paarkanum :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: my family & myself burst into laughter....& its an on going joke in our family now....i am sure after reading this many will be smiling or chuckling too ;-)
glad i made u smile :mrgreen: for the New Year!!!

selvi....intha thadavai ilaaina enaanga....if meant to be ....we will surely meet & samaichitaa poguthu ungalukum/kugan /dev & the rest who are willing to dare taste "the cooking" :mrgreen:

aarthi...good to note that u both are now on the mend....nalla sathu ulla aagaram rendu perum saapitu innum better aagidunga seekiram.

dev...u mentioned u made mrs mano's gulabjamun...intha thadavai soft ah vanthichaa?
ahaa double cake panni guests & relatives ah asathitu...avanga veetukum cake pack panni koduponaanganaa athu kandipa thumbs up cake(s) ah thaan panni irupeenga..;-)

suvai,
really a good joke at the beginning of the year. i laughed and told the same to my kids, they also laughed.

thanks suvai, we will meet and we all will cook our special dishes.

selvi

Dev, glad everyone enjoyed your cakes.
Try pannugga icing varum.
Konjam vanilla cake recipeya podungga please.
Thanks. Kugan98

Suvai nga you are just like me.
I will remove my slippers in the car when I kumbidu the temple I am passing. Not only that, while watching T.V, if a temple scene comes, I will immediately remove my crossed leg. Every one in the house will make fun of me. Palgipoochu.

I must tell you all another joke, my grandmother for the first time visited India in the 1970s.
They were travelling from Chennai to Madurai in a car.
It was around 8.00p.m in the night when they came to Madurai.
In the town there was a very big crowd, beating drums, holding the lights and she could see a very beautiful decorated procession coming. She told the driver to slow done so that she could have a nice dhrashan of the God. The driver obeyed her without uttering any word.

She told me that she was shocked when the procession came near, as she could see a dead body made to sit decorated well and it was funeral. In Malaysia we do not have funerals after 4.pm
She scolded the driver and he said , he thought she wanted to see the funeral. We often relate this story and make fun of her.
Poor thing went to the Lord last May.

Thanks. Kugan98

[tscii]Nowadays seldom people make this curry vadagam.
Its easier to buy than to make. I make my own so that I use all clean ingredients and make it clean. I do it 6 months once.
My aunt makes a very tasty chutney using the ridgegourd skin and the vadagam. I will get the recipe soon.


CURRY VADAGAM

Ingredients:
250 grms small red onions
200 grms garlic pips
125 grms toor dal
20 grms urad dal
20 grms cumin seeds
20 grms mustard seeds
20 grms curry leaves
15 grms tumeric powder
¼ cup of oil
2 tbs of salt

Method:
Skin the onions and garlic, wipe them dry.
Chop both the onions and garlic into fine pieces
Chop also the curry leaves also into fine pieces
Grind the toor dal and urad dal into coarse powder.
Add all the other ingredients except the oil.
Crush them lightly so that they can be moulded into balls.
Dry them in the hot sun.

In the evening break all of them, add half of the oil and mix well.
Make them into balls again. Next morning dry them in the sun again.
Again in the evening do the same process using the other half portion of the oil.
Now dry the balls in the hot sun for about 15 days, till it becomes hard.
Store them in a air tight container.

NOTE: Normally castor oil is used. Since this oil is banned in Malaysia,
I use gingelly oil.


Last few Vadagams made 6 months ago:

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Vadagams made 4 days ago,still drying:

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