Kugan's Kitchen

Sudha, I made mor char today & it tastes very good... neenga sonnadhu polave it's like a shortcut to thalicha thayir sadham when added to rice...:thumbsup:

Eppo poricha kootu recipe kidaikum?...

Thanks dev, aunty kitta oru replay kettutu post panren.

I always do many short cut samayal to suit my time and mood.

Here is a simple MOR KOZHAMBU :

Take 2 cups butter milk, little sour, not too watery. Add salt, perungayam. (turmeric - optional)

Grind little coconut, ginger, seerakam and vara milagai to a paste and mix it in the buttermilk.

Heat kadai with little oil, fry mustard and thin sliced oinion (big onion chopped).
Pour the mixed buttermilk and heat for just 2 mins. (Dont boil !)

Add curry leaves and malli to garnish.

Super mor kozhambu in less than 10 mins. (including preparation time) is ready.

The ginger added, will enhance the taste.

aunty kitta replay-a?... sari sari, adhu thaan engalukkum safe...;)

Mor kluambu looks very easy... will try it...we always make thayir kulambu at home... mor kulambu amma senju naan saapitadhu illai...But I like both...unga recipe-a senju paarkiren...

The few times I've had mor kulambu in my cousin's place, I've seen them using pearl onion or brinjal in it... verai enna veggies idhula use pannalaam?...

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Here is my mil's recipe for channa- koNdaikadalai- suNdal:

Soak channa overnight.
Pressure cook the soaked channa.
Heat oil in kadai and add chopped small onion and curry leaves and cooked channa and salt. Add to this a paste of these ingredients (prepared grinding in the mixie):
dhaniya seeds -2 tsp
cumin seeds -1/2 tsp
red chilli -2

Saute in slow fire till the gravy(paste) dries. Add coconut flakes and it is ready now to eat. A different, spicy favourite in our family.

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PP madam, I made your channa sundal.
My whole kitchen was filled with the aroma.
I have posted a picture of it.
You must tell me if I have done correctly.
Thanks. Kugan98

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Thanks Selviem for the nice feed back.
I am happy that you all enjoyed the dish.
Thanks again. Kugan98

Thanks Sudha for the mor kulambu recipe
See now you can post recipes.
Ask your aunty and give us all the vegetarian recipes.
I am sure every one of us will enjoy it.
Thanks . Kugan98

[tscii] At times I would do this slowly disappering item
for breakfast or tea.


UPMA KOLUKATTAI

Ingredients:

500 grms or 2 cups raw rice
100 grms coconut scrapings
5 dried mor millagai cut into pieces
1 green chillies chopped
1 tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp asafoetida powder
2 tsp oil
Few curry leaves chopped
Salt to taste
5 cups of water

Method:
Wash the rice and soak for an hour,
Drain and spread it on a muslin cloth and dry for few hours.
Coarsely powder the rice in a blender to resemble rava.

Heat oil in a wok, add the mustard seeds, let it splutter.
Add the asafetida powder, green chillie, curry leaves
And the cut mor milagai. Sauté for a minute.
Add in 5 cups of water, salt and the coconut.

When the water boils, slow the flame and add the rice rava.
Stit well to mix. Cover and let it cook on its steam..
Remove the cover and mix nicely. Off the flame.
Do not worry if it tastes a bit raw at this point.

Let the mixture cool, form it into small balls.
Put the balls in a steamer and steam for about 10 minutes.
Remove and serve with tomato chutney or dosa podi.

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Which kind of Rava should I use for the Rava Dosa recipe..the small type or the bigger upma rava?

Thanks Kugan

Ahhha thread is so super active to see :D

Sudha ka , Mor kolambhu vasam Virginia varaikum varuthu pongu, Goood job ka .THumbs UP !!!!!! :)

Kugan ka .. here is the sweet recipe to celebrate my certification exam results.
I found this at the back of "richfood corn flakes cereal"packet. It looked very interesting and it turned out good too. Trust me . Hope u all will like it too

Here u goo

Corn Flakes Crunchies

Ingredients
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 veg shortening (dalda)
1 egg
1 tbsp milk
1 cup maida
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp grated orange peel
3 cups corn flakes cereal
1/2 cup chopped of mixed nuts(walnuts , almonds, pistachios)

Method
Preheat oven to 350 degree F . Lightly grease the cookie sheet
Beat the sugar and dalda until creamy.Next beat in the egg , milk and orange peel.
Stir in the maida and baking powder.
Now add the corn flakes cereal and mixed nuts and give it a nice stir
Drop by level tablespoons 2 inches apart onto prepare cookie sheet.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes until lightly brown.Let stand 1 min before removing racks to cool

Makes 3 dozens

Nutrition per cookie - 61 calories. :cheer:

kugan ka , i did the black bean and veg curry . I was realllyy reallly good. Thanks ka

Once again thank u all for the wishes . Hugs and kisses to u alll :)
It is really motivating . I feel at home :)


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Sinrultz you must use the small type one.
The bigger ones are good to make kesari.
Thanks. Kugan98

Nithi thanks a lot for the sweet recipe.
I hope everyone will try it.
As for me, you know I have to wait
Thanks. kugan98

Hi Kugan,

Its such a pleasure to see many more recipes from you & the rest of the friends!! Thank u all.
I still have a lot of catching up to do.....some of them have very interesting combination of ingri's.

Onga ridgegourd carrot curry ku u have used 2tbsp of curry powder....what type of curry powder is this? plz do tell us.

nithi...congrats!!

Hello to all....:-)

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Hello Suvai, thanks for dropping by.

well I used meat curry powder, (vegetarian thaan)
Or you can use a mixture of chillie and coriander powders
with little cumin powder. Or any masala powder.
Thanks. Kugan

Thank u nga kugan!! try pannitu solaren.
iniki thaan poi ridgegourd vaangitu vanthen to try it out....;-)
inga semma mazhai....:-) i love the rain...sooda pakoda/bajji nu iruntha innum santhosham thaan :mrgreen:

kugan....epo time kidaichaalum...never will miss out on kugans thread & food thread in general..:-)

Thanks Suvai, Kugan bows to Suvai.
If not for all your support, kugan would
have closed shop eppavo.
Thanks Suvai. Kugan98


Note: Nejama innaikku engga veetila
bajji thanga.

Hi nga kugan.....ahaaa angey bajji paneengalaa? hope u had one for me too! :-)

kugan.....iniki onga veetu samayal thaango!!
made ridgegourd curry/pavakai poriyal yr style/vazhakai (round round ah veti) onga recipe thaango!!
all the three turned out super....complients thaan!!! athu ongalai thaan cherum!! :-) thank u for all the lovely recipes nga kugan!!

hi....to selvi/madhu Shree/SuperS....also to everyone who visit this thread...:-)

oh i forgot to mention i also made yr red pepper chutney....kungan nga...that also turned out super o super ;-) thank u!

Hi Kugan, Dev, nithi and all
Thanks for your nice words. had been to chennai for 3 days and just back.

Chennaila poi rava dosai panninen. Romba nalla irundhudhu. Quantity kammiya pochu. So I could only have one piece. But en SIL veetla ellarukkum romba pidichudhu.

Thanks Kugan.

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There are many ways to do this vadai.
This is how I do.


MADDUR VADAI

Ingredients:

200 grms fine semolina
100 grms rice flour
50 grms plain flour
1 tsp red chillie powder
4 tbs hot oil for kneading
1 big onion finely chopped
½ inch ginger finely chopped
2 tbs of coriander leaves finely chopped
10 curry leaves finely chopped
2 green chillies finely minced
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method:
Heat the 4 tbs oil in a pan.
Mix the semolina, plain flour . rice flour , red chillie powder,
And salt in a bowl. Add the hot oil and mix nicely with a spoon.

Now add the chopped onions, ginger, coriander leaves,
Curry leaves, and the green chillies. Mix well.

Now add water slowly and knead the dough to a thick paste.
Smear oil to your palms, take a small amount of the dough.
Shape it into thin vadai shapes and deep fry it in oil.
Remove when they are golden in colour.
You can just eat it as it is, or serve with chillie sauce.

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Thanks Kugan. I like vadais and this one is quite different from the normal ulungthu/dhall vadais. But my question is will this vadai turn hard since semolina and rice flour is used? Do you need to soak the semolina in a little water for sometime to soften it first before mixing with the other ingredients? Anyway its almost tea time and I wish I could just grab a few for my tea shortly..!! :lol:

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[tscii]Here comes the PULI CURRY.

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itha enga oorula vengaaya vendhiya kuzhambunu solvaanga :) :slurp:

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It looks so tempting...feel like having it for dinner...a spoonfull of rice with fried karuvadu (dried fish), omelette and vege. :D

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[tscii] The month of Aadi is coming soon. The first day is a Friday.
I do maa villku and offer prayers on all the Aadi fridays.


MAA VILLAKKU

Ingredients:

300 grms rice soaked
150 grms fine brown sugar
2 tbs honey
2 tbs coconut scrapings
2 tbs ghee
½ tsp cardamom powder

Method:
Soak the rice for about ½ an hour.
Drain well and spread on a cloth to dry a little.
Grind the rice in a dry grinder and sieve the flour.
Add the brown sugar , honey, coconut scrapings
And the cardamom powder. Add little ghee if you need it to bind the flour.
Mix well and shape this dough into a lamp.
Put it on a plate, pour ghee and place a wick.
Put it in your alter and light the wick.
Offer prayers to God.

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Kugan can you explain to me why brown sugar and honey is added to make this maa vilakku? Doesn't it attract the ants and other crawlies? :confused2:

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[tscii]Here comes the PULI CURRY.


VENGAYA PULI CURRY

Ingredients:

10 small shallots, whole
5 pips of garlic, whole
2 dry red chillies cut into pieces
Little tumeric powder
Little asafoetida powder
1 lemon size tamarind soaked in 4 cups of water
2 tbs masala powder add water to make a paste
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp fenugreek seeds
½ tsp urad dal
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tbs gingelly oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Squeeze out the juice from the tamarind and keep aside.
Heat a wok, add in the oil, mustard seeds, urad dal and fenugreek seeds.
Add in the onions, garlic, red chillies and curry leaves.
When the onions turn little brown add in the masala paste,
Tumeric powder, asafoetida powder and salt.
Stir fry the ingredients until oil separates.
Now add in the tamarind juice, let it boil on low flame till the raw small goes. Once the curry is slightly thick, remove and serve with rice.

Note:You can use coconut milk if you want.
The consistency of the curry is your choice.

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Thanks Kugan as I have mentioned earlier...this is really mouth watering.... :wink:

Sudha, chennaila poi cook panni kalakuneengala???!!!... Ganesh kaetaal aanandha kanneer viduvaar...;)

Suvai thanks for the nice feed back.
You made my day.
En samayal endalum samithathu unggal
ponnana kaikal allava.
Atharkku oru thani rusi irrukkum.
Thanks. Suvai, anbudan kugan98

Sudha thanks for the feed back.
How is Chennai now?
Its 6 months since I went there.
Thanks, try more recipes and post
more recipes :lol:
Thanks. Kugan98

.[/quote] Thanks Kugan. I like vadais and this one is quite different from the normal ulungthu/dhall vadais. But my question is will this vadai turn hard since semolina and rice flour is used? Do you need to soak the semolina in a little water for sometime to soften it first before mixing with the other ingredients? Anyway its almost tea time and I wish I could just grab a few for my tea shortly..!! :lol:[/quote]



Sonu avargaleh, neraiya post panni ennai asathitingga.

As for the vadai, the one I made was not very hard nor very soft.
Since we are using onions and water to mix, the dough will
be soft. The semolina will become soft as you knead the dough.
Anyway the vadai is tasty when eaten suda, suda.
If you like you can reduce the rice flour.


As for the maa villakku, the dough will be like athirasa maavu.
After lighting the lamp with ghee, you have to wait
till all the ghee burns off. Then the villakku is broken into pieces
and given as prasad. You cannot use white sugar for prayers.
So far no ants or anything came to disturb my lamp in the alter.
I am sure everyone does pongal and offer it to God.
That is we place it in the alter to pray.
I am no expert, this is what I know.
Thanks for your kind feed backs, I am grateful.
Thanks Sonu, keep writing.
Kugan98

[tscii]
What about home made pizza for dinner?


VEGETARIAN PIZZA

Ingredients:

PIZZA DOUGH
150 grms high protein flour
130 grms plain flour
½ tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
3 grms dry yeast
15ml olive oil
160 ml lukewarm water

PIZZA SAUCE
1 onion chopped
1 ½ tbs olive oil
6 large red tomatoes chopped fine
3 pips garlic chopped
15 fresh mint leaves chopped
2 tbs coriander leaves chopped
1 small piece of cinnamon stick
2 cloves
3 tsp red chillie powder
¼ tsp cumin seed powder
Salt to taste

PIZZA TOPPINGS
1 capsicum cut into slices
2 green chillies cut into thin slices
1 small onion cut into thin slices
2 pineapple rings cut into cubes
1 tomato remove the seeds and cut into cubes
6 tinned button mushrooms sliced
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese

Method:
Pizza Dough:
In a mixing bowl, add the two flours, yeast, sugar and salt.
Add water and the olive oil and knead for 10 minutes,
Until the dough is smooth and elastic.

Lightly grease a bowl with the olive oil, put the dough and cover.
Set aside in a warm spot until the dough has almost doubled in volume. Divide dough into 2 equal portains.
Flatten out to form a dics. Use a rolling pin to stretch out the disc.
Use this as your base for the pizza.

PIZZA SAUCE
Heat the olive oil, add the garlic, onions, cinnamon stick, and cloves.
When the garlic browns , add in the mint leaves.
Fry for a minute, add in the tomatoes, and coriander leaves.
Fry for a second, add in the chillie and cumin powders.
Add salt and sauté well. Remove from the stove and cool.
Blend to a smooth paste.

Now spread the sauce over the pizza base.
Now add little of every thing of the toppins on the pizza.
Now sprinkle the grated mozzarella cheese on the pizza.
Bake in a oven pre heated to 400 deg., fah. Till the crust is crisp
And the cheese melts. Serve hot.


Note; I made thin pizza base, you can make it thick if you like.
You can use shop bought pizza sauce if you find it diffcult to make
This sauce. Nothing like home made sauce.


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KARAMANI IN MASALA

Ingredients:

200 grms karamani beans soaked over night and boiled till tender
1 big onion sliced
1 big tomato chopped fine
1 tsp garam masala powder
½ tsp tumeric powder
Little coriander leaves
A pinch of jagger (optional)
Salt to taste

To Roast And Grind:

1 tbs oil
1 tsp channa dal
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp coriander seeds
1’2 tsp fenugreek seeds
5 dry red chillies
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 onion chopped
3 tbs scrapped coconut

To Temper:

1 tbs oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
A pinch of asafetida powder

Method:
Fry all the ingredients under roast and grind in oil.
When cool grind to a fine paste.

Heat oil in a wok, add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and asafetida.
Give a stir, add in the onions, tomatoes, garam masala powder,
Tumeric powder , the ground paste and salt.
Sauté well till the raw smell goes and oil separates.
Add in the boiled karamani and little water .
Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove and garnish with cut coriander leaves.
Serve with bread or rice

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Suvai thanks for the nice feed back.
You made my day.
En samayal endalum samithathu unggal
ponnana kaikal allava.
Atharkku oru thani rusi irrukkum.
Thanks. Suvai, anbudan kugan98

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:lol: :lol:
i agree...ovoruthar kaiku oru thani suvai thaan.
aanaalum....ongaloda tried & tested recipes are a sure success..;-)
thanks ngo!



sudha india ....nga...........hello!!
India poi namma kugan recipe(s) kodi kati paraka vitutu vantheengala? :thumbsup:

have to share this with u all...i had learnt to make vegetable biriyani from my dear aunt.....so one day i had invited her over to eat the same that I had made......after eating she said..."intha biriyani romba nalla irukey...enaku recipe kodu "....i told her it was her own recipe..:rotfl: :rotfl: ..rendu perum vizhunthu vizhunthu sirichom.......:-)

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Suvai thanks for the comments.

Suvai ungga aunty's vegetable biyani
recipe ya post pannungga.
Nanggalum try panni pakirom.
Thanks Suvai. Anbudan Kugan98

Suvai..nga... Naan India vaasi than. Chennai poi Kugan recipe - Rawa dosai - use pannen.

Y/day it was action replay in my house. On instruction from my hubby, added few pepper corns (crushed) to the rawa dosa batter.
So ippo naanum expert (konjam than !!)

Nice suggestion Sudha, must try it.
Thanks for the nice tip.
Kugan98

[tscii] This jack fruit dish is really tasty.


GREEN JACK FRUIT MASALA

Ingredients:
1kg young jack fruit cut into cubes.

Gravy:
2 onions make into a paste
1 tbs chillie powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
Salt to taste
2 tbs oil

For marinade:
2 tbs onion paste
3 tbs curds
2 tsp garlic paste
2 tsp ginger paste
½ tsp tumeric powder

To season:
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 bay leaves

Method:
Boil the cubed jack fruits with little salt.
See that the cubes are not over cooked.
Drain and add the marinade and keep aside for 30 minutes.

Heat oil in a wok, add the cumin seeds and the bay leaves.
Add the onion paste and sauté till oil separates.
Add in the marinated jack fruit cubes and salt.
Also add in the chillie powder and garam masala powder.

Lower the heat and sauté till the masala is cooked.
Sprinkle little water if the gravy sticks to the wok.
When cooked remove and serve with roti or rice.
This is a dry dish, but will be moist.

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Naan for dinner


NAAN

Ingredients:
2 cups plain flour
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp yeast
1 tsp salt
2 tbs oil or ghee
3 tsp curds
A pinch of baking soda
¾ cup warm water
Melted butter to brush.

Method:
Mix the yeast, sugar and little warm water and keep aside.
In a bowl, sift the flour, stir in the salt and ghee.

Add in the yeast mixture, mix gradually adding the curds.
Add the warm water little by little and mix until the dough
Starts to leave the sides of the bowl and comes together.

Transfer the dough to a greased surface. Oil your hands and
Knead for about 10 minutes. Keep the dough covered in a bowl
For about 3 hours.

Take out the dough and knead for about 5 minutes
Divide the dough into about size of tennis ball ,
Roll out each round into a big round with ½ inch thickness.
Place them on a greased tray, brush them lightly with melted ghee.

Preheat the oven to 425 F, bake the naans for about 10 minutes.
You can see brown spots appearing here and there.
Do not over bake. Remove and serve with chickpeas curry
Or mint sauce.

NOTE: I tried with my dosa kal, it turned out well too.


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Sudha avangga signature, ammaadi.
Ennakku pul arikkuthu.

Thanks Sudha. Kugan98

K, I make home made naan in a similar fashion except for some small variations. :D

Use butter instead of ghee.

After dividing the dough into small balls, leave it for another 30 mins - the dough will rise again.

When you roll, use minimum pressure and always roll in one direction and on one side only.

Also you can use the thOsai kal but there is a procedure... put at minimum heat and use a large cover to contain the heat. wait till the kal is hot before you place the dough and keep the opening/closing times to barest minimum

Brush with butter the finished product.


By the way, I use the same recipe for Batura, deep frying the dough instead of baking.
Needless to say, it tastes even better. :slurp:

Thanks NOV anneh for your tips and guidance.
Adthu bathura thaan engga veetule

Thanks again NOV anna.
Kugan98