Mrs.Mano's Tamilnadu Delicacies - Part 2

Mrs Mano,

Could you please post some recipes with prawns like Prawn Varuval, Prawn Masala whenever you find time .

Thanking you,
Sindura

Thanks for the Onion Samosa recipe M'am.

Dear Mrs Mano
I am doin good . Thanks
Thanks for posting the idiyappa recipe. I will try it soon .
Regards
Pr

Dear Mrs. Mano,

How are you? Though I don't write very often I keep following the threads almost every week. It's become one of my past times now.

Yesterday, I tried your Chicken Masala and it was superb. My son and husband liked it very much. Thanks for the yet another winner.

One more request, recently I had attended a birthday party and the caterer had made a nice vegetable pulav. It was white in colour with different coloured vegetables. He had added cut mint and coriander leaves. The best thing was its taste was so good like a brinj sadam. Can you please let me know this recipe, if possible.

Thanks,
Hulda

Hi Mrs Mano,

Can you please tell me in general to make biryani with 1 cup rice how many cloves,elachi,star anise,cinnamon do we need?.I'm trying to find this for a long time now.
I can to US in 2004 and found this site and i have been trying your recipes since then.I have tried lot of ur recipes and my very very favorite is kofta pulav,ennai kathirikai gravy,mysore rasam,rava dosai..... .Thanks a ton for posting recipes for all of us.

Regards,
sk

Hi Mrs.Mano,

Recently I tried a very tasty kootu kind of dish which had ladiesfinger & dhal(yellow moong I guess)... Can u please post a recipe for it if you have one?

Dear Sindura!

I couldn’t understand your query about cubing the chicken pieces. About Prawn varuval and prawn masala- I have already posted these recipes and you can find them in the index

Dear Dev!

Here are the recipes of Ragi idiyappa kitchadi, Dal ragi idiyappa kitchadi and Ragi idiayappa briyani. I will post the vedaikkai koottu later.

RAGI IDIYAPPA KITCHADI

Ingredients:

Ragi idiyappams- 10 [separate them like noodles when they are cooled.]
Sliced onions- 2 cups
Crushed tomato- 1 cup
Ginger paste- 1 tsp
Garlic paste- 1 tsp
Chopped coriander- half cup
Shredded carrot- half cup
Green gram- 3 tbsp
Finely chopped green chillies- 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder- half tsp
Shredded coconut- half cup
Fennel seeds- half sp

Procedure:

Cook the green gram until it is almost done. Pour the oil in a pan and heat it. Add the onion and fry it for a few minutes until they turn golden brown. Then add the pastes and fry them for a few minutes. Then add the tomato with the turmeric powder and the coriander leaves and fry them until the oil floats on the surface. Grind the coconut with the fennel seeds coarsely and add it along with the green gram, carrot and a little salt and fry them well on slow fire for a few seconds. Add the ragi idiyappa noodles and mix well for a few minutes on slow fire.

RAGI IDIYAPPAM DAL KITCHADI

INGREDIENTS:

Ragi idiyappams- 10 [separate them like noodles when they are cooled.]
Sliced onions- 2 cups
Crushed tomato- 1 cup
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Split black gram- 2 tsp
Asafetida powder- half sp
Salt to taste
Curry leaves- a handful
Chopped coriander –half cup
Shredded coconut- half cup
Turmeric powder- half sp
Tuar dal- half cup
Bengal gram- 1 tbsp
Black gram- 1 tbsp
Green gram- 1 tbsp
Red chillies- 4
Oil- 4 tbsp

Procedure:

Soak the dals along with the red chillies for an hour. Then drain the water and grind them coarsely with a little salt. Steam the batter for 15 minutes and crush it finely when it is cooled. Mix with the shredded coconut, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Heat a pan and ad the oil. Add the mustard seeds and when they splutter add the black gram with the asafotida powder and fry them for a few seconds. Add the sliced onions and fry them until they turn golden brown. Add the tomato with the turmeric powder and fry it well until the oil floats on the surface. Add the idiyappa noodles and mix well. Then add the dal mixture and mix well.

RAGI IDIYAPPA BRIYANI:

INGREDIENTS:

Ragi idiyappams- 10 [separate them like noodles when they are cooled.]
Sliced onions- 2 cups
Crushed tomato- 1 cup
Ginger paste- 1 tsp
Garlic paste- 1 tsp
Chopped coriander- half cup
Chopped mint- half cup
Turmeric powder- half sp
Salt to taste
Coconut milk- quarter cup
Ghee- 2 tbsp
Oil- 2 tbsp
Grind the following ingredients coarsely:
Cardamom-1, cinnamon-1, clove-1, fennel seeds- half sp, green chillies- 2

Procedure:

Heat the oil in a pan, add the onion and fry well. Then add the pastes and fry them for a few minutes. Then add the tomato with the turmeric powder, mint leaves, and the coriander leaves with a little salt and fry them until the oil floats on the surface. Add the idiyappa noodles and mix well on slow fire. Sprinkle the coconut milk and mix well.

Dear Sk!

Thanks a lot for the compliments! These kinds of feedbacks and appreciations always encourage and inspire me to post more and more tasty recipes!
Regarding your query about briyani- for 1 cup of rice, you can add 2 cardamom, 2 cloves, half star anise and a big piece of cinnamon.

Respected Mrs.Mano,
Can you please post the recipe for therakkal,vengaya kose,kosu malli please