Kugan's Kitchen

[tscii]For a change try this custard slices.

CUSTARD SLICES
1 cup custard flour
1 cup sugar
3 ½ cup coconut milk

Method:
Mix everything nicely.
Put on fire and stir till it is thick and cooked.
You must keep on stirring or the flour will settel down.
Pour in tray. Cool and cut.
Chill and serve.
This is a very simple dessert, but tasty.
No salt, no essence. It has everything in it.

Note: For variation you can add 1 tbs of cream of corn.

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Hi Kugan,

I once had some steamed mixed veggies at a friend's house in malaysia... it lookd like plain steamed veggies but had a slight sour taste & salt added to it... If you have the recipe for any such recipe, please post it here...

Thanks...:)

Dear Dev, steamed mix vege ,if I am not mistaken is a Chinese stir fry dish. They do not steam but quick stir fry in high flame.
Moreover I have not heard of vinegar being used in stir fry vegetables. ( I might be wrong )
They only use garlic and soy sauce or oyster sauce.

I am wondering if you are thinking about our Malaysian achar, which has cucumber, carrot, beans cauliflower fresh red chillie, long beans and so on all soaked in vinegar and little sugar, with little tumeric added. Later it is served with sprinkling of sesame seeds.
I might be wrong Dev, if this the dish pls let me know I will give the recipe.
If no then I am very sorry Dev.

Kugan,

It's not the chinese stir fry... I've tried it already...

Malaysian achar-la edho red sauce maadhiri irukkume!!!... this looked like plain steamed veggies... anyway, please post the recipe for he achar... I like it too!!!...:)

Thanks a lot Kugan for the wheat Halwa recipe. I am going to try it out and will let you know how it turned out.

Suja

DIAMOND CUTS

Ingredients:
500 grms all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp sugar
2 tbs butter
2 tbs of coriander leaves cut very fine
3 birds eye chillie ground very fine
4 small red onions ground fine
Salt to taste
Water to knead
Oil to fry

Method:
Mix all the above ingredients in a large bowl.
Use minimum water and knead like a chappati dough.
Keep it aside for about 20 minutes.
Roll into chappatis and cut into small diamonds.
Fry in hot oil till crisp.
Cool and store in air tight containers.

A tip given by my grandmother.
After rolling into chappati, just put it on a dosa kal
For a second on both sides.
It would be easier to cut into diamonds.


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Dav there are many ways to do this vege., achar.
I will give you two types, one with chillie paste
and the other with out.

Ingredients:-

2 cucumber - seeded and cut into fingers
2 carrots - seeded and cut into fingers
5 long beans - cut into fingers
6 leaves of cabbage - cut into squares (about the size of the rest of the veges)
2 red chillies - halved lengthwise and cut into 3 each
3 cups water
3 1/2 cups vinegar
1/2 cup cooking oil
4-5 tbsp sugar to taste
2-3 tsp salt to taste
1 cup roasted peanuts - skinned and crushed
2 tbsp sesame seeds - roasted
Spices to be grounded :-

15-20 dried chillies - soaked until soft
1.5cm knob fresh tumeric
2 stalks lemon grass - sliced
3 slices galangal
3 buah keras
20 shallots
2 cloves garlic

Method :-

Mixed 2 tsp salt to the cucumber and carrots. Leave for 2-3 hours.
Boil water with 1 cup of vinegar and 1 tsp salt in a sauce pan.
Blanched vegetables before spreading them on a clean tea towel to dry at least 1 hour.
Rinse the cucumber and carrots well, drain and spread on another clean tea towel to dry.
Heat up the coking oil and fry the ingredients for 10 - 15 minutes.
Add in the remaining vinegar, sugar and salt to taste. Stir until sauce thickens.
Add in the peanuts.
Turn off the heat and mix in the air dried vegetables. Lastly the sesame seeds.
Dish out. Preferably to be eaten at least six hours later.



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This is another method.

ACHAR
Ingredients:
500 grms cucumber quartered lengthwise, ( remove the soft centre)
Cut into 4 cm strips
150 grms carrots cut into 4 cm strips
150 grms long beans cut into 4 cm in length
150 grms cabbage leaves cut into 2.5 cm squares
200 grms cauliflower cut into small pieces
3 red and 3 green chillies cut into 4 cm strips
4 small red onions halved
4 tbs roasted sesame seeds for garnishing

For scalding vegetables:
600 ml water
400 ml vinegar
2 tbs salt
2 tbs sugar.
Little fresh tumeric or tumeric powder

To fry:
3 small red onions sliced finely
2 tsp of oil

Method:
Sun all the cut vegetables for about 2 hours.
Bring the water,vinegar, sugar and salt for scalding
The vegetables to a rapid boil. Blanch the vegetables
One type at a time, cabbage and cucumber for about
3 seconds. The rest of the veges except the chillies and onions
For about 10 seconds. Drain vegetables at once in colander.

Heat oil in a wok and fry the sliced onions. Add in the halved
Onions and the cut chillies. Now add in the scalded vegetables.
Give a nice stir. Add sugar, salt and vinegar to your taste.
Remove and store in a glass jar. When about to serve add in the sesame seeds.



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Thank you Kugan for the redang recipe....:-)
I dont get most of the ingridients here....but will make do with whatever available....& will let u know.............:-)thanks once again.....

Thanks a lot for the achar recipes kugan... Have a doubt... what is buah keras ? Is there a substitute for lemongrass & galangal?