Kugan's Kitchen Part 7

[suvai]

nov ngov....thank u for a nice idea... grilled cheese sandwich panni romba naal aachi
beautiful pics nga

madhu avargaley....panni = senji....
intha jenmathiley vegetarian thaango adutha jenmamum...vegetarian request pottu varen

[madhu]

nov ngov....thank u for a nice idea... grilled cheese sandwich panni romba naal aachi
beautiful pics nga

achachO... Non veg sandwich ellam sapduveengla ?

[suvai]

achachO... Non veg sandwich ellam sapduveengla ?

sareenga madhu athai pannini nu maathidavaa...

[rose75]

Kuganka, do you have a nice vegetarian soup recipe for a starter?
Take your time ka, no hurry.
Thanks.

[gulabjamun]

Kuganka, thanks for all your nice recipes. My relative told me that you must add,
grated coconut and powdered groundnuts for sesame urundai.
Is it true, sorry akka for asking this.

[kugan98]

Thanks friends for all your wishes for our DEV.
I am sure she is in celebration mood some where.

Thanks NOV anneh for the grilled sandwich for our DEV.
I will try and post with picture.
Thanks NOV anneh.

Suvai, thanks for your nice feed back.
I feel so happy that you enjoyed the dish.
Try the ellu urundai, very easy and simple.
Thanks Suvai


Thanks Rose for your post.
I will post a nice soup recipe for you.
Thanks Rose.


Dear Gulabjamun, thanks for your post.
Gulabjamun I am not an expert in making sweets.
This is how my grandma, and great grandma used to make.
This is a simple healthy , village sweet.
Adding coconut and groundnuts are individual wish.
You can add if you like.
Thanks Gulabjamun.

[kugan98]

Dear Rose, I am posting a simple vegetable soup for you.
You have to cut the veges, very small for this soup.
My maid cut them a little big
Thanks. Kugan


VEGETABLE SOUP

Ingredients:

2 tsp oil
2 red chillies
4 pips of garlic

1 onion chopped finely
¼ cup carrots chopped fine
¼ cup cabbage chopped fine
¼ cup cauliflower chopped fine
¼ cup beans chopped fine

3 cups of water
¼ tbs sugar
2 tbs soy sauce
Salt to taste

1 tbs corn flour
½ cup of water

Little chopped spring onion

Method:
Grind the red chillie and garlic to a fine paste.
Heat the oil in a wok, add in the ground paste.
Sauté on low flame till nice aroma comes.
Add in the chopped onions, sauté for a minute.

Add in the chopped vegetables and sauté for another 5 minutes.
Add in the 3 cups of water, and allow to boil till the veges are cooked.
Add in the soy sauce, sugar and the salt.
Now mix the corn flour with the water, to a smooth paste.

Pour this to the above soup and allow to boil for about 3 minutes.
Remove and garnish with the spring onions.
Serve in bowls as a starter, piping hot.

[madhu]

Kuganji..

In ellu urundai if you want to add coconut is it not necessary to light fry it in ghee or something ?
If you put directly will it not become stale in a day ?
( I can understand only cooking methods of routine items and not these special recipes.. moreover Mayflower is busy and hvnt answered this question till now )

[kugan98]

Kuganji..

In ellu urundai if you want to add coconut is it not necessary to light fry it in ghee or something ?
If you put directly will it not become stale in a day ?
( I can understand only cooking methods of routine items and not these special recipes.. moreover Mayflower is busy and hvnt answered this question till now )

Thanks Madhu anna for your post.
I am really surprised at your cooking skills.
You are right, you have to roast the grated coconut in little ghee, till lightly golden,
Or you can use dessicated coconut.
The groundnuts too, you have to roast ,remove the skins and pound it coarsely before adding.
Mayflower anni must be busy, ask this sister if you have any doubts.
I will try to answer to the best of my abilities:
Thanks and take care, Kugan

[nithishri]

Thanks for the Veg soup ka. Delicious one

Dear all,
Here I come with a recipe for Palak Paneer. After several attempts in making it, I finally mastered after I spoke to the North Indian Chef in the Indian Restaurant.

Palak Panner
Ingredients
Spinach(Palak) - 1 bunch
Onions - 1
Garlic pods - 5
Paneer (Fresh or deep fried) - 150 gms
Kasturi methi (optional)
Coriander leaves - few
Coriander powder - 4 tsp
Red chillie powder - 2 tsp
butter - 1 tsp
oil - 1 tsp

Salt - to taste

To Garnish
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Green chillies - 2 big
Red Chily with Seeds - 1
Chopped onions - little
Lime juice
Method
1) For palak paneer the key is to blanch the Spinach without overcooking. For this watch the Spinach leaves and leaves all the stems. Use the Leaves only (Mandatory)
2) Boil water in a wide mouthed pan. When the water just starts to boil, throw in the spinach leaves. Cover the lid and leave it for not more than 1- 2minutes.
3) Immediately refresh these leaves by transfering into cold water. This stops any overcooking.
4) Allow to cool and add few coriander leaves and make a fine paste of these 2 greens.
5) Heat half the butter and oil in a pan. When it is hot, add the chopped onions, salt followed by the finely chopped garlic pods.
6) When the onion turns translucent and the garlic gells well with the onion add the chillie powder, coriander powder and cook till the raw smell disappears.
7) Now add the panner and greens paste and cook until the oil oozes out. Note that greens should retain the color.
8) For garnishing, add the remaining oil and butter. Splutter the cumin seeds and Green chillies (whole) and pour it into the palalk paneer just like chutney thalippu. Add chopped onions before serving.
9) This is a mild dish. If you prefer a more spicy one add 2 green chillies while grinding the greens.
10) The chef also suggested to add some yogurt for garnishing. I skipped it.
10) Goes well with roti and rice. I relished it with Radish chapathis.