Kugan's Kitchen

Hi Kugan!!!
Nala irukeengala? Happy New Year to u.

can u give a nice samosa (veg) filling....(south indian)
thanks in advance.
suvai

Kara chutney/mixed chutney
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Dry red chilly - 4
Kadalai paruppu - 2 tblsp
urad dhal - 3 tblsp (white splitted)
sambar onion - 15
ginger - 1"
garlic - 4 cloves
tamarind - 1"
tomato- 2 med
salt reqd
in a pan add 1 tsp of oil fry the above ingredients one by one except salt. Firt grind both the dhals and chilly , coarsely without water. then add onion, ginger , garlic and grind with little water. Then add tomato, tamarind grind to a chuntey consistency. Mix with salt.
Now give tadka as usual with oil, kaduku, urad dhal, hing , curry leaves. mix the chutney nicely.
This is the basic recipe.
Now the variations i will give.
1. we can add coconut , 2 to 3 tblsp fry separately for a min in oil and grind with the above ingredients. If we add coconut u have to finish the chutney in 2 days. otherwise it will stay for 3 to 4 days.
2. we can also add the leaves like coriander, curry, pudhina. All one handful each, wash and saute in oil for 2 to 3 mins.
this will give a different taste.
3. Also any 2 leaves. curry - coriander/curry - pudhina/ pudhina- coriander. Each combination will give different taste.
4.. Also only one leaves we can use. Whatever it is wash and drain and then saute for 2 to 3 mins.
5. Also we can reduce the quantity of dry chilly and increase the quantity of ginger, this will give different taste.
This chutney is healthy, coz dhal, leaves is there, good for digestion, Everybody likes it.
This will goes very well with idli, dosa, uthappam, appam, idiyappam, rice roti, rice puri etc.
This can be done in huge quantity very easily.

[tscii]Suja thanks for the concern about my nephews.
They are fine.

Here is the coconut bun recipe that you requested.
Hope it comes out well for you.

COCONUT BUN

Ingredients:
Dough:

3 cups high protein flour
1 ½ tsp active instant yeast
¼ cup sugar
½ cup milk
½ cup warm water
1 ½ tbs butter
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt

Coconut filling:
1 ½ cups grated coconut
¾ cup brown sugar or palm sugar
½ cup water
1 tbs plain flour

Method: Dough
Combine the ingredients for the dough and mix well.
The dough needs to be somewhat supple for stretching.
(Add little more water if necessary )
Knead the dough until smooth and shiny.
Lightly oil a large bowl. Transfer the dough to the bowl.
Lightly oil the top of the dough, cover and let it double in volume
For about 1 to 1 ½ hours.

Coconut Fillings:
Mean while heat the water and the brown sugar. Strain for sand and
Things. Now heat again the syrup, add the grated coconut and flour.
Stir constantly until the mixture becomes soft paste.
Remove and cool.

Now punch down the dough and knead gently on a slightly
Floured surface. Portion the dough into 50 grms pieces.
Flatten each ball and fill with the completely cooled filling.
Seal the bun neatly. Rotate the bun until it forms smooth
Balls. Place each bun into a greased baking dish.
Cover the dish and let the buns rise again in a warm place.
It should be nearly double in size. It will take about 1 hour.
Now bake in a preheated oven for about 25 minutes at 190
Degrees centigrade.

Note: If yu like you can egg wash the buns before baking.


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Selviem you are a real saviour.
Thanks for posting recipes in my absence.
One more thanks for the healthy recipe with variations.
With your basic we can prepare so many varities.
Thanks again Selviem

Dev, here is the red bean paste recipe.
This was taught to me by my Chinese friend.

RED BEAN PASTE

Ingredients:
500 grms red beans soaked over night.
400 grms sugar
1 cup vegetable or peanut oil
1 tbs of plain flour

Method:
Clean and boil the beans on a medium heat.
Cook until the beans are very soft.
Strain the water from the beans and blend them
Into a puree in a blender.
Press the puree through a sieve, discarding the skins
Which will be left in the sieve.
( You can skip this step if you do not want a smooth paste)

Now place the thickened puree in a wok with the sugar.
Flour and oil.
Over a slow flame keep on stirring until it becomes a thick paste.
Stir and scrape vigorously, so that it does not stick to the bottom.
Remove from heat, cool and use as called for in the recipe.


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[tscii]Suvai, this is the recipe I use when I make samosa.

FILLINGS FOR SAMOSA

Ingredients:
300 grms potatoes boiled till cooked the diced
1 onion finely chopped
1 tbs steamed peas
1 green chillie finely chopped
1 tsp chillie powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tbs chopped coriander leaves
1 tsp lemon juice
½ tsp cumin
Little tumeric powder
Salt to taste
Little oil

Method:
Heat oil in a wok, add the oil and the cumin seeds.
Add in the onions and green chillie, sauté well.
Now add all the other ingredients, except the lemon juice
And coriander leaves.
Sauté on alow fire till dry. Add in the lemon juice
And coriander leaves. Remove and cool.


Fried samosas

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Hi Kugan

Coconut bun recipe is nice. Can we use the same recipe for butter bun or sweet bun? Does it need eggs? Please post recipes for any variations of sweet bun or tea bun when you have some time.
Regards
Shanthy

Shanthy try this sweet bun.

SWEET BUN

Ingredient A :

500g high protein flour
25g milk powder
75g sugar
10g instant yeast
1 teaspoon bread softener
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt

Ingredient B :

250ml water
75g butter


Method :

1. Mix well ingredients A.
2. Add in water and knead till a soft dough is formed.
3. Add in butter and knead again till soft and elastic.
4. Divide the dough into 50g balls.
5. Shape the dough to your liking.
6. Leave to prove till double the size.
7. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree celcius till golden brown.
8. Once out of the oven, brush some butter on top.


Note: For butter buns you can reduce the sugar

You can add little mashed potato and do the potato bun.
I will post the recipe for the potato bun.
You can make cheese buns
Or scatter some dried fruits in the dough and make fruit buns.
Shanthy you can create different types of bread using the basic dough.

Kugan, thanks a lot for the red bean paste recipe... Hope to find read beans here in India...

BTW, is the method the same for making sweet corn paste tht's used in sweet corn buns?...

Hello Kugan,
Glad to know your nephews are doing good. Thanks for posting the recipe. I have one question. What is high protein flour? Can you please clarify. Thanks again.

Suja