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Hi Yamuna,
I have tried freezing vadas for Dhahi bhalle. The reheating process is simple. You fill a skillet, with water. Arrange the frozen vadais, in a single layer, and heat it. Just before the water begins to boil, switch off the stove, flip the vadais, and close the skillet with the lid. After five min remove the vadais, squeeze well, add to yogurt mixture. They turn out pretty good.

To make medhu vadais crispy add a 1tsp of rice flour to 1 cup of urad dhal batter. I have refrigerated the vadais, and reheated them in the oven. Results were pretty decent. If you want the real authentic taste, fry it 1-2 hours before your company arrives. Hope this helps.

Suja Rajkumar

Thanks Suja; will try the rice flour tip.

Dear friends ,
I heard deep frying in Canola oil is not good,but cooking in Canola oil is good for health.Pls. give me your suggestions...
thanks
ammu

Can anyone post some broccoli recipes?

Kz

Hi:
I once bought a packet of soya beans(not chunks or anythings but real white dry beans) after hearing a lot abt the goodness in Soya.
But i don't know how and what kind of dish i can do with this.
So can anyone pls guide me with some real good recipe.
I have 2 kids (6 yrs and 18mths)...i wanna make them consume this soya bean. So some recipe plsss...

Thanks in advance,
Kala

hi kz,

i didn't find any recipe using broccoli alone but here's one simple bhaji recipe using broccoli and cauliflower.broccoli and cauliflower seem to go together in most dishes.

cauliflower and broccoli pcs(bitesized)- 2cups each
grated garlic-3 large
green chilis-2
oil for cooking-2 tbsp

besan-1 tbsp
garam masala-3/4 th tsp
cumin pwdr-1 tsp
salt- to taste

heat the oil in pan and fry garlic and chilis for a few seconds.add the vegs and stir fry on med-high heat until specks of brown start showing.mix the remaining ingredients together and sprinkle evenly on the vegs.stir. then bring the heat to low,cover the pan and cook for 5 min.
open the pan.if the vegs lack water sprinkle some water.stir,cover and cook for furthur 3 min or until the vegs r done.take care the vegs don't get burned at the bottom of pan.serve.

cheers.
rain

Hi

I bought this custard powder a few days back. I made fruit custard using many fruits. Is there any other receipe with this custard powder ??

Hi Rain,
thankyou for the recipe, will try it.

Kz

Hi,
I have become an addicted viewer of the hub forums recently....and was busy going thru' Mrs.Mano's and Mr. Hemanth Trivedi's topics. Just today i read that Hemanth ji wld no longer participate in the food section. Is it true!
Can anyone pls tell me what abt the site he was to host called NAIVEDHYAM.COM also can anyone pls mail me a copy of his collections to vekala@gmail.com.

Thanks,
Kala

Hi,

Can anyone let me know what amaranth (chawli) leaves is called in tamil/english/chinese?... a pic of it too would be helpful...