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Hi Kugans Kitchen thread friends,
I tried Enna Kathirikkai by Selviem , Pepper Rasam (ISKCON) by Nov and Sesame Cabbage Poriyal by Kugan. All bacame a hit and thanks for sharing the recipes :ty:
If anybody knows thoothuvalai thuvayal and rasam recipes means, pls post it. Thanks in Advance.
Kuganka,
Take care of ur health,Will miss u a lot.
My wishes for ur speedy recovery.
bkarthika, I don't have a recipe for thoothuvalai thuvayal. But amma makes a rasam using thoothuvalai and musumusukai leaves... very effective for cold. Amma adds thoothuvalai to the usual coconut chutney. They say thoothuvalai has a heating property and so it shouldn't be consumed in excess.
I found this thoothuvalai thuvayal recipe from google search... just chk it n see if it interests you...
http://homecookreceipes.blogspot.com...th-greens.html
Dear K,
Praying for you and your family. Have a safe trip to India. God will take care of all your health issues. Our prayers are with you.
Suja
kugan your post brought tears to my eyes. Why, kugan why.
You have been very generous with your recipes, and very prompt with your replies, then why? A very kind person that I know. Take care kugan, God will be with you. Our prayers are always with you. Take care, Rose75
Hi Kuganka,
First of all, my heartfelt congratulations for your new thread! Congrats too for your son's and nephew's success in UPSR. Send my regards to them.
So many new recipes and all seem to be so tempting :D Mango halwa looks absolutely :slurp: :thumbsup:
Didn't know you had problems with your kidneys. It's hard to guess when you're ever so accommodating and helpful in trying out new recipes and giving the same to others. And even with this health problems, you actually cooked 100 thosais for your niece's friends? :shock: hats off to you! :notworthy: :notworthy:
Don't worry about your health. God is there, looking out to kind people like you. I've not met you personally but i can sense your kindness and humbleness through all your posts. I'm very sure you'll recover fast and be back here in no time at all. Take care of your health. Have a safe and wonderful journey to India :D
Kugan I feel very sad to hear this. Our prayers are with you. Do not worry, see a good doctor and get treated. Take care Kugan.
dev,Quote:
Originally Posted by dev
Thanks for the link! I will check it out and try it in this weekend! Me and my son is having heavy cold. I heard of this thoothuvalai. So i thought i will ask recipes for this and try.
Karthika, if u r interested, I can get the rasam recipe from mom and post it...
dev,Quote:
Originally Posted by dev
No need to ask this question....Pls get the recipe from ur mom and post it. I will be very happy!....Thanks in Advance :ty:
Sure Karthika... will post the recipe soon...:)
K, tried bittergourd crispies today... Turned out good. Thanks for the recipe...:)
My Dear Friends, sorry I was out of town for 2 days.
My friends, I was speechless when I saw all your posts.
My tears were flowing, I am sure with all your nice blessings, wishes and prayers, nothing will happen to me.
God will surely hear all your prayers. I felt soo happy that I have so many friends to stick by me in my time of trouble.
I would like to thank, my NOV anneh. Dev, Selviem, Mrs.Mano akka, Tvshanker, Mayaa, Lakme, NM, Ksen, bKarthika, Aarthii, Suja, Tamby Audazjay, Rose and Gulabjamun
Thanks again, so many Anbu Ullanggal.
Kugan clasps both the palms and says again Thank you.
Take care my friends, I will be back soon. Kugan98
[tscii]Dev, here is the mixed vegetable recipe for you.
MIXED VEGETABLES
Ingredients:
150 grms broccoli cut into florets
150 grms cauliflower cut into florets
100 grms fresh button mushrooms, quarter them
1 medium sized carrot sliced
100 grms baby corn , cut into lengths
50 grms beans cut into lengths
50 grms snow peas, cut into halves
4 pips garlic minced
1 tsp ginger minced
1 tbs corn flour
¼ cup hot water
1 tbs oil
1 ½ tbs oyster sauce
1 tsp light soya sacue
White pepper to taste
Salt to taste
Method:
Heat oil in the wok till it starts to smoke.
Add in the garlic and ginger, sauté for a minute.
Add in the mushrooms, stir fry for a minute.
Add in the cauliflower, carrot, beans and baby corn.
Continue to stir fry for 3 minutes, sprinkle little hot water.
Cover and cook for a minute
Add in the broccoli and continue stir fry.
Add in the flavourings and continue to cook, till the
broccoli is slightly limp. All the veges must be crisp.
Mix the corn flour with the hot water, add to the veges
to thicken the sauce.
NOTE: You can use less corn flour if you do not want the sauce to be thick. Use accordingly.
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Dev for the thattu iddli , you have to buy the utensil to steam the iddli. Or you can steam it in a plate.
As for the saiva meen kulambu, my aunt has a very good recipe. I have made it many times. I will come back and post it for you. They have this meen kulambu in all functions in India nowadays. Meena vida mudiyala :lol:
Thanks, Take care, Kugan98
Karthika, my aunt says the best way to consume the thoothu vala keerai is to do the tuvatlal. That way, you do not destroy all the nutrients in the keerai.
1 cup keerai chop it.
2 pips garlic chopped
4 shallots sliced
little oil or ghee.
heat a wok with the oil. add in the garlic and shallots,
stir fry well, add in the chopped keerai, little salt.
stir fry well, and serve with steaming rice immedeately.
you just penai with the rice and eat it.
Also she said, for rasam, we make like normal poondu rasam,
add in the keerai and no tamarind. Tamarind destroys the goodness in the keerai. if you want just add little lime juice just before consuming.
Lets see what Dev posts. My aunt might be wrong.
Take care Karthika. Kugan98
O.K friends, my flight is on Saturday morning, by Air Asia.
Will be back on the 30th evening.
If possible, I will post from India.
Otherwise, see you all on the 30th.
Thanks and take care, Kugan98
Our prayers are with you !
Thoothuvalai-musumuskai rasam(for cold):
Heat a tsp ghee. Add in pepper corns-to taste, jeera-1/2 tsp, cori seeds-1/2 tsp and let it turn brownsh. Add in 5 thoothuvalai leaves(remove the thorns) and abt 10 musumuskai leaves and saute till the leaves become limp.
Grind it along with raw garlic(1 0r 2 )and tamarind(optional- can use lemon juice/tomato instead)
Heat oil. splutter mustard, red chillies. Add asafoetida, turmeric. Add in the ground paste, salt, water(abt 200 ml) and let it come to the beginning of boil stage(or nuraichu varum stage). Switch off flame. If using lemon juice add it now.
Serve with rice.
Variation: (with tomato)
U can also use tomato instead of tamarind. In that case, mash the tomato and add it after tadka and let boil until raw smell goes off. Then add the paste.
Note:
Make this rasam a little hot(kaaram).
It is better to use lemon juice/tomato instead of tamarind whenever we cook greens as tamarind depletes the nutrients in the greens.
K, thanks a lot for the mixed veg recipe... :)
K, oru doubt- my pavakkai chips lost its crispiness today :( . yday it was very crisp n nice. any idea where the mistake lies?...
Reg thothuvalai- I have not tried the thuvattal. Amma says it's very heating and so we don't take more than 3-4 leaves/person a day...
take care K... don't worry abt KK... we'll wait for ur return...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by kugan98
K, the thattu idli I had- I am sure they had used yeast in it. the texture was diff from normal idli. So appadi edhum recipe irundhaal post pannunga.Quote:
Originally Posted by kugan98
yes, veg fish curry has become a regular... but still ppl like my dad avoid it just coz it's called meen kuzhambu... :lol:
Hello nga kugan,
Have a safe trip. A lot of prayers are being said for you....kavalai padavendaam..... nallabadi poitu vaanga.
Dev....onga amma's rasam naan kelvi pattathum ila saapitathum ila. Never even heard of musumuskai leaves......oru pic of the leaves iruntha podunga..plz......inga kandipa kidaikaathu....next trip will try it in India...ilaati onga doors are going get knocked :mrgreen:
selvi......did u make anything new?
Suvai, few pics of musumusukai here...
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speci...990&image_id=1
http://www.stockfood.com/image-pictu...29-872844.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14517290@N05/2166484356/
http://ayurvedamaruthuvam.blogspot.c...-pictures.html
The stem and the leaves have tiny hair like thing... musumusunu irukkum... adhanaala thaan musumusukaini pernu ninaikiren...
ahaaaa dev.....would this leaf be sticky when cut?? or bruised? i might be wrong....but thank u sooooooo very much for the pictures...:-)
the last link was very interesting.....evolo iruku naama innum therinjika intha ulagathiley...:-)
Illai Suvai... this leaf won't be sticky when cut... Inga ellam indha plant grows everywhere...esp during rainy season... Paarunga nature knows that we'll be in need of it more during rainy seasonnu...;)
Yeah, the last link is very interesting... lot of info... lucky tht we stumbled upon the blog...ungalukku thaan thanks sollanum... musumusukai pic theda poi thaan andha blogai paarthen..:)
Simple Zuchini Subji (suvai)
Iniki oru simple side dish panninen here it is:
zuchini - small ones 2 halved & cut into reasonable bite size
1 big juicy tomato chopped small one
2 green chillies or one according to yr taste
little corriander & karuvepilai chopped
1 garlic pod sliced
1 onion (small one is enough) diced
two pinches of garam masala (kissan)
(Only in medium fire ) In a kadaai...add 1 & a half tsp of oil, when hot add two pinches of jeeragam, to this add diced onions & green chillies..garlic.stir till onion is limp....now add tomatoes & a pinch of turmeric.......fry this for a bit now add in the bite size zuchini stir well /add salt & cover & cook till the tomatoes are well mashed & the zuchini is cooked....once this is done....stir it..kaai onnum paathiyaai irukanum....put off the fire....add in the two pinches of garam masala stir add in the corriander & karuveppilai (chopped) stir it goes well with chapathi or even little white rice or brown rice...:-)
I am sure a few of u already know about this side dish....... maybe some can try this for a varied taste....enjoy!
dev......kugan irunthaangana udaney ithai try pannitu pic postum panniduvaanga...
praying for her along with the rest of you...
Suvai, neengal mind-reader thaan! I have 2 zucchinis sitting in the frig,and was wondering what to make this time-tired of same old koottu!This will be our lunch tomorrow!
I'll post feedback after trying.
hello lakme.......i am not a fan of zuchini....but this type of preparation i dont mind hope it turns out well for u.....kaaram ethaa maathri pottukonga plz sareeya... :mrgreen:
Hi K, Prayers and Wishes for a very speedy recovery and to hit more centuries here in the hub with your mouth watering recipies. God Bless !!
Suvai, innoru rasam recipe paarthen... chk it out... http://indosungod.blogspot.com/2006/...nga-rasam.html
Easy recipeaa iruke Suvai...Inga zucchini avalova kidaikaadhu... adhukku badhila verai enna veg use pannalaa...:think: BTW, Kissanla garam masala ellam iruka?... never knew... Is it good Suvai?... I use MDH...
dev.......thanks for the rasam link too...:-)
oh ya zuchini ku pathil...chow chow....velarikaai...white poosanikai...capsicum....raddish...egg plant...ipadi ethu venumnaalum use pannalaam dev....but taste will differ according to the vegetable....closest is chow chow.....try panni paarunga :-)
garam masala mdh is good too but i like kissan becoz athu thaan iruku enkitey :noteeth:
omg this is another site to save dev...thank u..:-)
Vegetable Biriyani another version ( nov )
Here is another version of Vegetarian Biriyani from Nov ngov.....I have not tried it....but the proportions looks good & I will try it soon.....neengalum try pannunga.....cant upload the picture but it looks really good too.
Assorted vegetables-2 cups
Onion-3 big
Ginger-Garlic-2 tspn
Tomatoes-2 small
Garam masala- 1 tspn
Turmeric powder-1/2 tspn
Chilly powder-1/2 tspn
Coriander powder-1-1 1/4 tspn
Green chillies-5-8 (as hot as you like it)
Grated coconut-1/2 cup
Cashew nuts soaked in water-4-6
Curd-1/2 cup
Mint leaves-1/4 cup
Coriander leaves-1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Basmati Rice- 2 cups
In a mixer,fine grind coconut and cashew nuts.
Heat oil in a pan and add cut onions.When they turn golden brown,add ginger-garlic (crushed or paste).Saute for few minutes until the raw smell is gone or until they start turning brown.Now add split green chillies.Add vegetables.Add coconut -cashew paste and saute for few minutes until the gravy thickens and the raw smell of coconut is gone.Now add all spices-garam masala,turmeric powder,chilly powder,coriander powder.Saute again for 2-3minutes.Now add diced tomatoes,curd,coriander leaves and mint leaves.Keep stirring carefully.Add salt according to taste.Add 3 1/2 cups of water.When it comes to boil,add washed basmati rice and cook on low heat.Add little ghee and serve hot with curd salad and Pappad..mmm…Pickle too is unavoidable..
Thanks Suvai... I'll try with the vegs u've mentioned...:) Veg biriyani looks interesting... let me add it to the TO DO list(which is already too long... :lol:)...
Suvai, u can find some kongunadu recipes in that blog...very traditional ones...:)
aamaam dev....bookmark panniten ;-) a very interesting site for sure :-) ty
Hello K and KK's friends,
Menu is finalized. Here is the list,
Wed Dinner-Peas pulao, pepper chicken, Mango paruppu, mixed veg khorma, and potato fry.
B-fast1-idili, vadai, sambhar, p-nut chutney, pineapple kesari, thakali thuvaiyal.
Lunch 1-Mutton briyani, Tandoori chk, Bagara baingan, Pachadi, Cumin rasam, egg masala, and custard payasam
Dinner-1-Sambhar, Kadhamba poriyal, mutton fry, morekulambu and beans puttu and mango ice-cream
BF 2-French toast, Semiya uppuma, coconut chutney, and paniyaram
Lunch 2-Fish curry, Tuna puttu, Cabbage poriyal, tuna cutlet, potato chips
Dinner-2-Kushka rice, mutton urundai Kulambu, Chicken vepudu, beans potato and peas fry, Rasam and thalicha more, and Gulab jamoon.
B-fast 3-uttapam, cinnamon rolls, Rava kitchadi, coconut chutney and one more chutney to be figured out.
Lunch 3-Chkn curry, Spinach with dhal, Seppankilangu fry, paruppu rasam, carrot poriyal, and fish fry.
Dinner 3-Bisibelebhath, Thayir sadham, Masal vadai, Papdi chat and Bhel poori
Brunch-4-Poori potato, pongal and Kathrikai Kadyal, p-nut chutney, and lemon Semiya.
Kugan, Dev, Nov Anna, Suvai, Aarthi and other friends thanks for all your suggestions with the menu. Already made, Chkn vepudu, mutton fry, chkn curry, fish curry, Mango Ice cream, Gulab Jamoon and Sambhar. Decided to make the more complicated dishes ahead and freeze them. Will make the poriyal and rice dishes on that day. Wish me luck friends. Will keep you posted.
Suja
Suja.....read your menu for the days & asathalo asathal thaanga............i am sure your guests are not going to have the heart to leave your home.... :mrgreen:
Wish u the very best nga!!!!!
may the force of the karandi's / paathirams / everything in yr kitchen be with u......... :noteeth:
Dear Suja -
ungal recipe-laam paarthathum, vaayuruthu-ngov!
All the best!~ am sure your guests will ove every dish.
Take care.
p/s - oru extra head-ku saapadu irukkumaa? naan varalaamnu nenekkiren :). :lol:
[quote="dev"]Thanks Suvai... I'll try with the vegs u've mentioned...:) Veg biriyani looks interesting... let me add it to the TO DO list(which is already too long... :lol:)...
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: ingeyum athey case thaan dev :noteeth: :noteeth:
NM nalla irukeengala?
Hi Suvai - naan nalamE. Been extremely busy at work and now that all the audits are over, am looking forward to our vacation in India !
List has become too long for me too. I wish there was a 'download' button for every recipe - so that as soon as we read one, we click this button and save it on our 'receipe' disk :) ..... :lol: