Kugan's Kitchen Part 7

[NOV]

Jelly is soft and requires refrigeration to solidify.
Agar agar solidifies in room temperature and is more firm.
Unless it has too much water.

[Madhu Sree]

Thanks NOV... appo agar agar and chinna grass differentaa... i thought both are same...

[madhu]

Thanks NOV... appo agar agar and chinna grass differentaa... i thought both are same...

chinna grass or china grass சின்ன புல் அல்லது கடல் பாசி ?
மயிலம்மா மாத்தி போட்டு ரெசிபி செஞ்சிட்டா ?

[kugan98]

Madhu Sree you must know the difference between the jelly crystals and agar2.

Jelly crystals are mostly sold in boxes with a flavor

JELLY CRYSTALS:




These are agar agar strands:



Let me give you a simple agar agar or china grass recipe:


.MILK JELLY

Ingredients:

25 grms agar-agar strands (china grass)
1000 ml water
400 ml evaporated milk
150 grms sugar (more if you like)
Few drops of pink colour
Little rose essence

Method:
Soak the strands of agar-agar in cold water for an hour.
Drain the agar-agar, put them in a pot.
Add 1000ml of water and stir constantly, while bringing
to the boil.

Add the sugar and keep stirring and simmering until all the strands
are completely dissolved.
Add in the colour , milk and essence.let it boil once.
Remove and pour into a tray that has been rinsed in cold water.
Allow to set, cut into diamond shapes.
This will be a firm jelly.





Best of Luck Madhu Sree.
Kugan

[uwitiusoj]

K i opened the forum to look at your spread for Aadi amvasai u r too quick. unga spreadku munadi mine too tiny. extra kootu pannalum hubby feels the lunch box is heavy. so mine is your karuvepillai kulambu and kovakai curry and mrs.mano kadalai paruppu payasam. innum naan taste pannala. iduke it took two hrs for me.

unga spread lam is feast for us. only if more members are there we can cook variety.

K ONE request ,i know earlier you have posted a sambar recipe where ghee and paruppu are mixed in rice and on top sambar is served like ur spread today. can u pls link me to that. i am searching for it but cannot find it.

[rajraj]

kugan,
My lunch:
One of ... one bagel with cream cheese or grilled cheese sandwich or cheese crisp,

One fruit....apple or banana or water melon or apricot or blueberries,
A few nuts....pistachio or almond or walnut or hazelnut or cashew or macademia
and
A cup of green tea!

Occasionally a piece of dark chocolate ( Godiva preferred) !

Here (in the US) lunch is light and dinner is heavy around 6 PM !

Thanks Rajraj uncle for your post.

Ithu ellam enggalukku simple lunchu thaan.

Uncle list out your menu for a simple lunch, at least I can follow that.

Thanks and take care, Kugan

[madhu]

Occasionally a piece of dark chocolate ( Godiva preferred) !

[rajraj]

I get the hint for Godiva!

[kugan98]

K i opened the forum to look at your spread for Aadi amvasai u r too quick. unga spreadku munadi mine too tiny. extra kootu pannalum hubby feels the lunch box is heavy. so mine is your karuvepillai kulambu and kovakai curry and mrs.mano kadalai paruppu payasam. innum naan taste pannala. iduke it took two hrs for me.

unga spread lam is feast for us. only if more members are there we can cook variety.

K ONE request ,i know earlier you have posted a sambar recipe where ghee and paruppu are mixed in rice and on top sambar is served like ur spread today. can u pls link me to that. i am searching for it but cannot find it.

Dear Sangeetha, thanks for your nice post.
For Amavaasai, I have to cook many items as we give food to about 20 people on that day.


Daily cooking I have feed 12 mouths.
4 workers and 8 house people.
So I have to cook, rice, kulambu, rasam, curds and 3 side dishes.
This is my daily routine, apart from this, breakfast different each day.

Now our children, their dinner they would not take rice, so noodles, pizza, spaghetti, parotta , idli, thosai and things,
daily have to change for them. Chapathi for the men of the house. If no maid, I am dead.


Inspite of all these, office work, accounts, banking, children's tuition.
My day starts at 4.00 a.m daily and ends at 12 or 1 in the night.
I am used to this life, happy to see when every one enjoy their meals.


Sangeetha let me see through the file, it will take little time.
I will give you the link as soon as I see it.

Thanks and take care, Kugan

[kugan98]

kugan,
My lunch:
One of ... one bagel with cream cheese or grilled cheese sandwich or cheese crisp,

One fruit....apple or banana or water melon or apricot or blueberries,
A few nuts....pistachio or almond or walnut or hazelnut or cashew or macademia
and
A cup of green tea!

Occasionally a piece of dark chocolate ( Godiva preferred) !

Here (in the US) lunch is light and dinner is heavy around 6 PM !

Rajraj uncle, how I wished I was in your place.
I used to take food, just like what you have said, while I was in US for holidays.

Breakfast: 1 glass of fresh milk, 1 small bowl of oats

Lunch: 1 fruit and 1 slice of bread with little cream cheese.

Tea: Plain water with a handful of low sodium mixed nuts.

Dinner: mushroom pizza, or sandwiches, at times outing to a vegetarian hotel.

Chocolate: touch panna matten

I love to look around the Godiva chocolate outlets




Thanks and take care, Kugan