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Dev, thanks for your nice post.
I will post the recipe for gooseberries in brine soon.
They are very simple to make.
Here in Malaysia we get only the small ones.
I think they are called aranelli.
I thought of asking Sumi if she can get dry gooseberrie vatral there.
Some one showed me how to make your own hair oil.
Thanks Dev. Kugan
Suvai if I am not mistaken, I have already posted a kaddapa recipe.
Let me go through the blog and find out.
My blog is not updated for a long time:sigh2::sigh2:
Let me see what I can do.
NOTE: Long weekend, President Day ah, enjoy.
ZUCHINI MOTHAI
here is a simple zuchini mothai from my kitchen.
zuchini oru kai alavu cut into small pieces.
green chilli - 2 cut
tomatoes - 3 small or 1 big cut into small pieces.
onions - 1 cut into small pieces
3 or 4 cloves of garlic cut into small pieces.
mint & corriander leaves half a handful each chopped fine.
red chilli powd - 1/2 tsp or less
garam masala - 1/2 tsp or less (optional)
turmeric - 1/2 tsp or less
1 inch cinnamon
cloves - 2 nos.
jeera - 1/2 tsp
Oil & salt accordingly.
In a vessel, add oil....when hot add jeera / cloves/ cinnamon...now add onions fry for a bit add green chillies fry for a bit now add the tomatoes....water ellaam 3/4th evaporate aanathum....add red chilli powd...fry it now add turmeric...fry it....when oil floats add the garlic pieces....fry it for a bit now add the cut zuchini.....dont add water.....stir well till the masala gets coated on the zuchini....now add salt & cover & cook till the zuchini turns mushy & water evaporates.....only after which should you add the cut mint & corriander.......give it a good stir...(do all this in medium flame......till it all blends...now put off the flame....add the garam masala (optional) i added....tasty subji for chapathi or roti or even rice.
The Real Zuchini:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/6...81658332_z.jpg
The Zuchini Mothai:
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Suvai here is the kadappa recipe.
KADAPPA
Ingredients:
1 cup green gram dal soaked and boiled well
1 big potato boiled and mashed roughly
1 big onion chopped
4 pips garlic
2 one inch cinnamon sticks
3 cloves
½ tsp aniseeds
2 tsp oil
Little turmeric powder
Coriander leaves chopped
Lime juice to taste
Salt for taste
To grind to a fine paste:
1 tbs fried gram dal
1 tsp poppy seeds
8 green chillies
2 tbs scrapped coconut
4 pips garlic
Method:
Heat a wok with the oil, add in the cinnamon sticks, cloves and aniseeds.
When they splutter, add in the chopped onions, garlic and sauté.
When the onion turns golden, add in the cooked gram dal, and salt.
Add in about 2 cups of water, turmeric powder and let it come to boil.
When it boils, add in the potatoes, and the ground paste.
Let it boil well. Mix well, remove from the stove.
Add the lime juice, and garnish with the coriander leaves.
Goes well with rice, chappathi and bread.
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/3867/kadappa.jpg
Kugan thanks for posting the picture of real zuchini.
I will try out the recipe soon. Thanks Suvai for the recipe.
Hoping your aunt will response to your requset for bitter gourd thoku.
hello nga kugan,
correct ah zuchini padam pottu....mothaiyum senjiteengala? superrrr o superrrr....:-) thank u kugan for trying it out....hope you & your family enjoyed it too.
kadappa recipe muthalaiye pottuteengalaa...ooops...sorry to have given u the trouble to have gone thru threads to post it again....naaaney search panni irupeney....thank uuuuuuuu!!
neenga taste panni irukeengala intha thalapa..kadapavai? :noteeth:
kurma maathri irukumo?
Thank u for both the recipes nga kugan...:-)
rose try pannitu sollunga ongaluku pidichithaanu...:-)
k...engaluku inga family day...;-)
Pulut Kacau or Wajik.....ithuku oru recipe iruntha podunga K....:noteeth: hope there is no egg in it....
Kugan,Quote:
Originally Posted by kugan98
WELCOME BACK!!!! how r u? how is ur health now? I feel very happy now.....
kadappa looks like what my mum used to make for roti canai back in the 70s :happydance:
Mahashivaratri wishes to all !
Suvai, thanks for your nice post.
I had facetime with Meera, and she told me about the long week end.
I have posted the wajik recipe in Kugan's Kitchen 4.
I will repost it for you.
Kugan.
GLUTINOUS RICE PUDDING (WAJIK)
Ingredients:
500 grms glutinous rice over night
250 grms palm sugar chopped into pieces
200 grms soft brown sugar
400 ml thick coconut milk
150 ml thin coconut milk
100 ml water
½ tsp salt
4 screwpine leaves shredded and knotted
Method:
Drain the glutinous rice, place in a shallow heat proof dish.
Steam rice over rapidly boiling water for 20 minutes.
Now add in the 150 ml thin coconut milk.
Mix nicely and steam again for 20 minutes.
Fluff up and keep aside.
Put the water and both the sugars and screwpine leaves,
in a wok, stir and cook over low heat until sugar dissolves.
Strain the syrup.
Place the syrup, coconut milk and salt in a wok.
Cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly until,
mixture is thick . the surface will be full of bubbles.
Test a little with two fingers, it would be sticky.
Now add the steamed rice. Stir constantly until mixture is thick and sticky.
The wajik will form a ball while stirring, also quite gooey.
Turn mixture into a shallow tray, lined with a banana leaf.
Allow to cool and harden, then cut them into serving size pieces.
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Welcome, welcome bkarthika, :pink::pink: so glad to see again in the thread.
Hope every thing is fine with you.
Thanks for all your wishes and prayers.
Do drop in when time permits.
Try out the simple recipes.
Thanks and take care. Kugan
Dear Dev gooseberry in brine is very simple.
This is how my aunt makes it in India.
Are they in season now?
Here it is:
GOOSEBERRIES IN BRINE:
Ingredients:
1 clean glass jar with cover
20 gooseberries cleaned and dry
enough water to fill the jar
salt to taste
little vinegar
3 green chillies, slit length wise
Method:
Boil the water with salt, and let it cool a bit.
add in the gooseberries, slit green chillies, little vinegar.
taste for salt, let it cool completely.
close the lid and keep for a week.
your gooseberries are ready to use.
Thanks For The Picture:
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Dear friends, yesterday was Mahasivaratri. Thanks P.S brother.
Usually after prayers, I will be hopping from one Sivan temple to other with friends.
Ending with Sentul Sivan temple for the last puja.
This year due to my health, had prayers in the house and went to sleep.:fatigue:
I hope every one had a good time yesterday.
Today is Ammavasai, another hectic day.
Take care friends. Kugan
NOV anneh, thanks for your nice post.
Yes, anneh, my grandmother too will make something like that minus the strong spices.
Every time chapathi, sure to have this whole moong dal curry:)
That was my grandma's trade mark.
NOV anneh please ask amma for all her simple recipes.
I am sure, they must be very yummy.
Moreover, old is gold. We do not want to forget, old recipes.
Thanks anneh. Take care. Kugan
Dear Rose, here is your request.
Try it at once and give your mom.
It was really very, very yummy. Kugan
BITTERGOURD THOKKU
Ingredients:
4 tbs oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urad dal
1 sprig curry leaves
¼ kg long bittergourd cut into cubes
¼ tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp salt
3 big onions sliced fine
4 ripe tomatoes chopped fine
2 tsp chillie powder
1 lime size tamarind, take 1 cup juice
Jaggery to taste
Salt to taste
To Roast and powder fine:
1 tsp raw rice
2 tsp tur dal
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 sprig curry leaves torn with fingers
Method:
Heat oil and add in the seasonings, fry well.
Add in the cut bittergourd pieces, fry again well.
Add in the tumeric and salt, add in the onions, saute well.
Add in the chopped tomatoes, chillie powder and cook till mushy.
Add in the tamarind juice, add in the jaggery. Taste for salt.
Cook till thick and oil rises, add in the roasted powder.
Stir fry well, add in the torn curry leaves and remove.
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Hi Kugan,
What a surprise??? I am able to see all the pictures!!!!.. I hope u remember that once i complained that I am not able to see all the pictures posted in this thread...Even till yesterday all the pictures are visible.....Today I got it...Really I am very happy to see the pictures......Really Kugan, if we see the picture, I feel how the taste it will be!!!!! By seeing the picture itself I am satisfied!!!!!!
Take Care!!! Bye.
Kugan, I do not know how to thank you for the bitter gourd recipe. My mom was so glad.
She said the picture looked the same.
I will cook it for her and give you the feed back.
Thank you, thank you Kugan. You have made an old soul happy.
Rose
Thanks a lot for the gooseberry in brine recipe... gooseberries season thaan... arainellikayum kothu kothaa paarka mudiyudhu ella marathiayum... but not many seem to make good use of it... paadhi keezha thaan vizhundhu kidakkudhu...:( can we preserve arainelli also in brine?...
Kugan, unga kai pattal pavakkai kuda inikkum pols irukku...;) pic looks sooo tempting...
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii kugan akkka, how are youuuu??? Glad to seee u back here :)
Dear bkarthika, I am so happy for you.
I too will feel something missing if there is no picture.
The picture will give you an idea how the dish would look like.
Thanks bkarthika, please come to the forum when time permits.
Thanks and take care. Kugan.
Thanks Rose, waiting for your feed back.
Take care. Kugan
Thanks Dev, for your nice post.
Dev, you can preserve aranelli in the same way.
Here in Malaysia, they will add sugar to the brine.
They sell them in the shops here.
I am looking for gooseberry vatral to make hair oil.
It seems the hair oil will prevent hair greying:roll:
Try out the bitter gourd recipe and let us know.
Credit should go to my aunt.
She has mailed me a simple potato thokku.
I will post it soon.
Take care. Kugan.
Nithiiiiiiiiiii, so glad to see you in the forum again.
Thanks for all your kind wishes.
Please come often to the forum, when time permits.
Try out the recipes and give us the feed back.
Post simple recipes that you have. Thanks, take care. Kugan
Friends, I made this pakoda for tea.
Try it out friends. Kugan
ONION PAKODA
Ingredients:
(A)
1 cup channa dal
1 tbs rice flour
½ tsp chillie powder
½ tsp aniseed
A pinch of asafoetida powder
Salt to taste
(B)
2 green chillies chopped fine
2 tsp ginger chopped fine
2 tsp coriander leaves chopped fine
1 sprig curry leaves chopped
2 big onions sliced
(C)
2 tbs hot oil
Little water
Method:
In a bowl, mix all the ingredients in (A) well.
Now add all the ingredients in (B) to the bowl.
Using your hand knead all the ingredients well.
Add in the hot oil, and continue kneading.
The onions will release some water while kneading.
Sprinkle very little water to bind everything well.
The mixture will be little sticky.
Heat oil in a wok, pinch a small amount of the mixture,
And drop in hot oil on medium heat and fry till golden.
Serve hot as a snack with a hot cup of tea.
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kugan, pakoda is tempting. will try out for a party.
Hi Aarthi, I tried ur Vendaikka kulambu and it tasted sooooo good!!!... thanks a lot for the recipe...do come to the hub often...:)
pakoda 1 plate parcel pls...;)
Selviem, thank you very much for your post.
Please try out the pakoda, very simple and tasty.
No need for any sauce for dipping too.
Thanks Kugan
Dev, thank you very much for your nice post.
Try out the onion pakoda Dev, very simple and tasty.
Dev, my now worry is about Aarthii.
She is not the type to keep away from the forum.
At least she will mail me her reasons.
I know her from the time she was staying in Japan.
Let us all pray that she is well and good with her family.
Thanks. Kugan
Well friends I was a bit busy cooking things for my niece,
who had the "manjal neeratu Villa " in her house for her daughter.
Well, I cooked, rava biryani :roll:
Urad dal kali, onion pakoda and seeni vadai.
Since my maid, made the batter for seeni vadai a bit watery,
I had to fry them into balls.
I will redo the seeni vadai and post the picture.
I will post the recipe for the above , if any one is interested.
I also made, puttu, methu vadai, urad dal kangi and kesari.
I have posted the recipes for all these in our forum, before.
Thanks, Kugan
RAVA BIRYANI:
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URAD DAL KALI:
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SEENI VADAI:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7065/6...30ea1593_z.jpg
ONION PAKODA:
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Kugan, I just do not know how to thank you.
Mikka nantri, my mom loved the bitter gourd thoku.
I will try the onion pakoda too, looks very nice.
Please post all the recipes that you cooked for your niece.
Seeni vadai is something new to all of us.
So is rava biryani and urad dal kali.
Waiting for your nice recipes.
Will pray for our Aarthii.
Rose75
Kuganka, thanks for all the nice recipes.
I too tried the bitter gourd thoku, turned out super.
Please post all the recipes, seeni vadai, kali and rava biryani.
Akka your concern about Aarthii shows your good gentle heart.
We all will pray for her. Gulabjamun.
K, indha onion pakodava readymade bajji maavila senjaal nalla irukuma?... I have a big pack of leftover bajji maavu from the housewarming... not many takers for bajji at home...:(
Dear Rose, thanks for your nice post.
I will post soon the recipes for you.
I am very glad that your mom liked the bitter gourd thokku.
You know, urad kali, urad dal kanjii, are all disappearing recipes.
We must not forget all these recipes.
Thanks and take care, Kugan
Thanks Gulabjamun for your nice post.
I did not know that there will so much response for disappearing recipes.
I received few pms requesting for the recipes.
Please do not be silent readers. Post your comments in the forum.
I will feel happy to read and reply your queries.
Thanks. Kugan
Thanks Dev, for your nice post.
Dev, you can use the bajii flour.
Add little more rice flour, and all the other ingredients.
If the smell of asafoetida is not enough, add little more.
Try and let me know.
Thanks. Kugan