Selviem, I am glad that you liked the rava roti.
Has your son come back from the trip?
What did you cook for New year?
Thanks and take care, Meerra
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Selviem, I am glad that you liked the rava roti.
Has your son come back from the trip?
What did you cook for New year?
Thanks and take care, Meerra
WOW! NOV uncle, the tayir vadai looks fanastic.
I was just drooling over the picture.
I will just hop over to Saravana Palace, when I yearn for tayir vadai.
Sure to try the recipe, one of the week ends.
Thanks uncle, Meerra.
Enna Madhu uncle, orediya bayam kaatureenga.?
Avala periya gunna?
Tayir vadai recipe potta kutrama?:rotfl::rotfl:
Thanks uncle Madhu, take care.
Note: Gun pathiram.
My frienzs, a ridgegourd was sitting in my fridge, and starring at me.
Do I decided to make it into a masiyal, and the skin into togayal.
The problem with me is I only cook on weekends and stock up for the whole week.
Here is the masiyal
RIDEGOURD MASIYAL
Ingredients:
1 tsp of oil
¼ cup toor dal
2 dry red chillies broken
1 big ridgegourd remove skin and cut into small cubes
1 tbs oil
A pinch of asafetida powder
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp funugreek seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
1 red chillie broken
5 pips garlic chopped
10 shallots chopped
¼ cup tamarind juice from a small ball of tamarind
¼ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp sambar powder
Salt to taste
Method:
Heat a tsp of oil, add in the toor dal and the broken red chillies.
Fry till the dal gives a nice aroma, remove.
In a pressure cooker, add in the roasted dal, chillie and the ridgegourd.
Add water till the dal is immersed, pressure cook dal, as you would normally.
Remove and smash the dal and the ridgegourd well. Keep aside.
Heat a pan with the oil, add in the seasonings, and let them crackle well.
Add in the chopped garlic and shallots, sauté well till it turns brown.
Add in the tamarind juice, turmeric powder, sambar powder and salt.
Add ½ a cup of water and allow it to boil.
Now add in the cooked dal, and allow it to boil.
Once the masiyal is little thick, remove and serve with rice or roti.
The masiyal looks a bit dark due to the tamarind paste that we get here:roll:
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Thought of making chettinad mushroom fry today but as my luck would have it, the power went off,,,:( so started off with the mushroom fry with no solid recipe in mind and it did turn out well...
Yummy No-recipe Mushroom Fry:
1. Clean n slice the mushrooms- 1 pack white button mushrooms
2. Heat 1 tbsp oil. Add 1/2 tsp saunf(sombu), pattai-1 piece, 1 each of krambu and elaichi
3. Once flavourful, add 1 sliced onion, 2 cloves garlic and saute till golden.
4. Add in one small tomato chopped, turmeric pwd, salt, chilly pwd. Search for garam masala and find the packet to be empty ;). Think... look for KK masala and find no sign of it in the pantry:sigh:
Find a packet of aachi sambar powder. Add 1/4 tsp of it and saute till the tomato turns pulpy.
5. Add the mushroom and mix well, sprinkle lil water and cover with a lid and cook till 3/4th done.
6. . Did a taste tes and found it to be spicy. :think:
7. Grate 1-2 tbsp of coconut and add it to the curry and saute till dry.
8. Did a taste test... still a lil spicy.
9. Add some coconut oil/any vegetable oil and curry leaves and mix well.
10. Taste test... yummm!!!...;)
11. Take in a plate and taste test a few more pieces...;)
12. Serve the rest...Goes well mixed with plain rice, curd rice as well as bread. I tried all these combinations today. I'm sure it'll taste good when made into a dosa /chapathi roll.
Glad to c u after a long time, Suvai... things are fine here...:)
Do drop in whenever u can...:)
Meera, masiyal looks interesting... thanks a lot for the recipe...
Nov Anna, super thayir vadai...:)
meerra , my son came back safely. but he was sick, coz of food poison. today he is feeling better. so i didnot cook anything special. i baked plum cake and all pathiya samyal for him.
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Originally Posted by dev
Thanks Dev, for the super recipe.
By the time I finish cooking your style, of cooking and tasting,
nothing will be left on the pot I believe, I will taste huge portions:-D
Thanks anyway, Dev, I too had Chettinad mushrooms in mind.
Let me see how mine turns out.
Thanks and take care, Meerra
Thanks Selviem for your nice post.Quote:
Originally Posted by selvieam
Poor thing your son, food poisoning is a horrible thing.
Let him rest nicely, give him lots of fluids.
Thanks and take care, Meerra
Come on guys, what happened to every one?
Still in the New Year mood?
Lathz, Priya, Lakme, Mathu Sree, Thiru, P.S, Rajraj uncle,
Suja, Ramrish, Groucho uncle, NM, Roshan, Nithisri and every one.
Aarthii is holidaying in India, Suvai, well she has to find her time.
Thanks friends take care, Meerra
Dear Priya, still in the subject of aluminium containers.
I went shopping the other day, and look the aisle full of aluminium containers.
Each for different uses. Here in US, they like to cook and throw away the container, instead of cleaning:-D
Thanks and take care, Meerra.
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:rotfl: avaru uncle ileengaQuote:
Originally Posted by meerra
Do post the chettinad mushroom recipe if u happen to try it... I'll pm u the version I wanted to try... maybe u can pick some points from there aswell...;)
my lil one liked this version of mushroom fry a lot... so it'll be regular at home...:)
Not a great fan of sweets. but liked "Vattilappam". Does any 1 know how to make one pls ?
Raj Kachori...
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Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
P.S , Kuganukku Groucho annana, Meeravukku uncle thaan.:-D
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Originally Posted by dev
Thanks Dev for your nice post.
Sure I will post the version as soon as I cook.
I will try your version too. Kids in my house do not like anything spicy.
So I have to be careful as to what I cook.
Slowly introducing spice in my cookings:)
Thanks and take care, Meerra
P.s nothing great about vatttilappam, try to post a recipe soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Meerra
NOV uncle never heard about Raj katchori.
The picture looks good, what it is made off?
Thanks and take care, Meerra
O.K Rajraj uncle as per your wish, first Italian dish tadaa!!!
I made a little change by adding steamed vegetables to make it wholesome.
AGLIO OLIO
Ingredients:
100 grms broccoli cut into bite size
100 grms carrot cut into small rounds
500 grms Angle Hair pasta
1 tbs oil
¼ cup olive oil
6 pips garlic thinly sliced
½ tsp red pepper flakes
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste
1 tbs fresh Italian parsley chopped
½ cup grated cheese
Method:
Steam the broccoli and carrots and keep aside.
Bring a large pot of of water lightly salted, to boil.
Add in the tbs of oil, cook the Angle hair pasta in the the boiling water.
Strring occasionally until cooked through, but firm to the bite.
Drain and transfer the pasta to a bowl. Retain ¼ cup of the pasta water.
Combine garlic and the olive oil in a cold pan, cook over medium heat to,
slowly toast garlic, about 5 minutes, reduce heat to medium low when olive oil begins to bubble.
Cook and stir until garlic is golden brown, remove from heat.
Stir red pepper flakes, black pepper , the steamed vegetables and salt into the pasta.
Pour in olive oil and garlic, and sprinkle on the Italian parsley , and 2 tbs of the pasta water.
Sprinkle half of the grated cheese and stir until combined.
Serve pasta tipped with the remaining grated cheese.
ANGLE HAIR PASTA:
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AGLIO OLIO:
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Oh apadi vareengala :lol2: I yaam escapU :yessir:Quote:
Originally Posted by meerra
AGLIO OLIO looks yummy !
This looks so colorful n yummy,Meera... Kugan has posted this recipe for me but without veggies... n also ur method is slightly different... will try this version for sure...
I had something called Gongura idli in a food outlet yday... it was tasty and my guess is that u just have to saute onions(very finely chopped and also a lot-like 1 big onion for 6 mini idlis) until transparent...then add some gongura pickle(storebought) and mix well...maybe sprinkle very lil water if the pickle is too thick... then add the idlis and mix well... That's it... Since I don't have gongura pickle on hand, I couldn't try it out imme... once I make it, I'll post the exact recipe...
You can add some mustard and urad dhal for tempering and also some broken cashews to make it more attractive...
Dev...
It just looks like How I prepare poondu idlis with garlic pickle ( sauted onion, mustard and urad dal ) which is very good while travelling :yummy:
MAdhu anna
Neenga smayal kooda pannuvEla ? :shock:
PS.. :rotfl:
already yaraavadhu senju vacha idli-yai ippadi ellam vidha vidhamaga value addition senju saapduven.. thats all :thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by madhu
:rotfl:
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Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
P.S on second thought, P.S Kuganukku tambynaa, appa Meeravukku:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Thanks for the compliments for Agilio Olio.
Meerra
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Originally Posted by meerra
I yaama a thamby for all :lol2:
Thanks Dev for your nice post.Quote:
Originally Posted by dev
You see, Kugan knows only to go straight. I try little like this and like that.
Ellam ratham illaiya, Ops, if Kugan reads this she might come after me, appadinaa naan enna kilaviyaanu:-D
I am sure the Gongura idli will be yummy.
Please post the recipe, we can get gongura leaves in Lotte Mart.
Or can buy the gongura pickle in one of the Indian grocery shops.
Something different, instead of the same idli and chutney.
Thanks Dev, take care, Meerra
Thanks Madhu uncle for the nice idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by madhu
Saturday naama veetula idli thaan.
Sure to try your poondu idli
P.S, konjam ungga veetula poondu pickle eppadi seirathunu oru vilakam.
Thanks and take care, Meerra
O.K frienz, I made some potato patties and cranberry chutney to go with it.
Every one enjoyed it.
Let me post it for every one.
Thanks and take care, Meerra
Here in UK, never heard of Cranberry chutney. But there are cranberry juices. Love the taste and it is an excellent antioxidant and is very good for your kidneys!Quote:
Originally Posted by meerra
And kuzhandhai for me ! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
POTATO PATTIES
Ingredients:
1 onion finely chopped
1 green chillie finely chopped
1 tsp ginger finely chopped
1 tbs coriander leaves finely chopped
2 big potatoes, skinned and grated
2 tbs grated parmesan cheese
3 tbs all purpose flour
A pinch of black pepper powder
Salt to taste
Method:
Mix every thing in a bowl.
Add little water and make it into a thick batter.
Heat a non – stick griddle , pour a big ladle of batter on it.
Spoon a little gingelly oil around it.
Once cooked flip it over and cook on the other side too.
It has to be brown on both sides.
You can serve it with tomato ketchup
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Thanks Meera for the Italian recipe. Aunty makes Lasagna when the boys visit us. May be, I can ask her to write the recipe down to be posted here! :)
Aunty also makes something like a salad with cranberry during Thanksgiving holidays. I will ask her!
kugan calls me uncle. That means you are my pEthi. Welcome to my pEthi club! :lol:
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Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
P.S I usually buy a big bag of dried cranberries.
I use it with my oats, make cakes and muffins for the children.
I read about Priya making chutney with fresh cranberries.
I tried out my own method of chutney, it turned out awsome.
Good on bread , patties and even with rice.
I will post it tomorrow.
NOTE: Office time:shhh::shhh:
Meerra
meera potato patties receipe is different for me. will try