Mrs.Mano's Tamilnadu Delicacies

can someone plmease send me Mrs.Manoo's collection of recipies on
bkjigna@rediffmail.com ...

thanks in advance

Hello BKJIGNA,
You can download all recipes of Mrs. Mano from following place.

http://forumhub.mayyam.com/contribs/...delicacies.doc
http://forumhub.mayyam.com/contribs/...f_Mrs_Mano.doc


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Nichiro

Dear Mrs. Mano,

Could you please post the recipe of 'Plum Cake'. The cake I'm talking abt is a dark brown, rich fruit cake with a lot of nuts, cherries and raisins in it. (not really sure abt plums :roll: ) It is available in most bakeries in Karnataka. I used to love it as a kid ( and I still like it now). I have searched for this cake recipe in a lot of baking books, but none seem to have the rich brown colour.
Appreciate it if you could help me on this.

Regards,
tomato.

Hello Nichiro!
Thanks a lot for posting the links for my recipes. It will be very helpful for the hubbers
who wish to have them.

Hello Ruby!
Thank you very much for the encouragement. You can see the links above for my recipes.

Hello Sangeetha!
As Kavitha Senthil informed, the ENNAI KATHTHARIKKAI CURRY is a fine accompaniment for the varieties of briyanis. I learnt this recipe from a muslim friend some 25 years back. This recipe is in my recipes collection.

Dear Sowmya!
Here I am re-posting my recipe, PAKALKAI PODIMAS for you!
BITTERGOURD PODIMAS [PAKAL KAI PODIMAS]:

Ingredients:
Big Bitter gourds-3
Bengal garm-1/2 cup
Shredded coconut- a handful
Green chillies-2
Red chillies-2
Fennel seeds- 2 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Split black gram- 1 tsp
Tomato-1 cup [crushed finely]
Onion- 1 cup [chopped finely]
Chopped coriander leaves-2tbsp
Enough oil
Turmeric powder-1 tsp
Salt to taste
Method:
Soak the Bengal gram in water for 1 hour and then grind with the coconut, 1sp fennel seeds and the chillies to a coarse paste. Heat a kadai and pour 2 tbsp of oil. When the oil becomes hot, add the ground paste with 1/4sp of salt and fry on a medium fire until they become like breadcrumbs and crisp. Cut the bitter gourds into small pieces and then fry in hot oil until they change their colour and take them away. Drain the excessive oil by keeping them on a kitchen paper towel. Again heat a kadai and pour 2tbsp of oil. When it becomes hot add the mustard seeds. When they splutter add the black gram and the fennel seeds. Then add the chopped onions and the tomatoes with the turmeric powder. Cook on medium fire until the onions and the tomatoes are well cooked and the oil floats on the surface. Now add the fried bitter gourd pieces, cooked Bengal gram and the coriander leaves with little salt. Mix well and cook for some minutes until every thing is well blended.

I am posting again a few recipes on PALAKKAI [TENDER JACKFRUIT].

PALAKKAI KURMA:

Ingredients:
Small tender jack fruit- 1
Bengal gram- a handful
Cinnamon- 2 pieces
Cloves-2
Chopped onions- 1 cup
Crushed tomatoes- 1 1/2 cups
Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
Oil- 5 tbsp+ 1 tsp
Coriander powder- 1 tsp
Chopped coriander leaves- 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Fry the following ingredients in a tsp of oil to a light brown colour and then grind to a fine paste:
Coconut- 1/2 [shredded]
Green chillies- 4
Gram dal- 1 tsp
Fennel seeds- 1 tsp
Poppy seeds- 1 tsp
Small onions- 8
Cashew nut- 5
Small Garlic flakes-6
Shredded ginger- 1 tsp
Method:
Clean the tender jackfruit and cut into 1 inch cubes. Cook them with the Bengal gram. Drain the extra water completely. Heat a kadai and pour 5 tbsp oil. When it becomes hot, add the cloves and the cinnamon pieces and fry for a few minutes. Then add the chopped onion and fry them until they become brown. Now add the tomatoes with the turmeric powder and the coriander leaves and cook for a few more minutes until they are mashed and the oil floats on the surface. Add the vegetables, cooked Bengal gram, ground vegetables and the coriander powder with enough salt and 4 cups of water. Cook the kurma for some minutes until they are well blended.

PALAKKAI VADAI-2:
Ingredients:
Small tender jackfruit- 1
Shredded coconut- 1 cup
Gram dal- a handful
Small onions- 10
Garlic flakes- 4
Poppy seeds- 1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds- 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder- 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Enough oil
Salt to taste:
Procedure:
Clean and wash the palakkai and cut into small pieces as it was explained in the previous recipes. Cook them and then mash them with the above ingredients and enough salt into a thick mixture. Do not add water when grinding these things. Make small balls, flatten them and fry the balls in hot oil to a golden brown colour.

Dear Tomato!
Thanks a lot for the feedback on microwave potato fry. Usually roast varieties can be cooked very nicely in microwave oven only. You can get 100% results on some sweet preparations also.
About the plum cake- it is the Christmas cake which has all the ingredients you have said. Normally, the plum cake does not have plums in it. If you wish to go for a try on Christmas cake, I can post a very good recipe on it.

Dear Nichiro

Thank u so much got the collection. Thank u Mrs. Manoo for nice work...Keep it up. I tried Gajar Ka Halwa in Microwave turned out very very nice and its very easy to make before this i never tried to cook in microwave but ur one recipie encouraged me to learn to cook in microwave..thank u so much...

I have question for Mrs.Manoo or anybody who knows about this.."Is it safe to cook in Microwave"

Thanks and greeting of love to all
BKJigna