Kugan's Kitchen Part 6

[dev]

K, super recipes post apnni irukeenga... but pics paarthu drool panna vidama indha frogs vandhu imsai kodukudhunga... let me take the issue to the admin...

[kugan98]

Selviem, naan kandu pidichiteneh
Of course with lot of neck pain

Here is the recipe.

Tiffon Sambar powder
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Kadalai paruppu - 1 cup
dry coriander seeds - 1 cup
Methi seeds - 1/4 cup
Dry red chilly - 25
In a pan put 2 tblsp of oil , in the slow fire fry the red chilly nicely. remove it and keep in a plate. Then in the same pan fry rest of the ingredients one by one nicely , remove it and let it comes to room temperature. Then grind coarsely in the mixier and store it in a air tight container to retain the freshness of the powder.

Preparation of pasiparru/toor dhal sambar for tiffon items:
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Pasiparuppu / Toor dhal - 1 cup soak in water for an hour so that it can be cooked very easily in the pressure cooker.
While cooking the dhal, just add a drop of castor oil and 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder, this helps to cook the dhal very soft and it will not come out of the cooker.
In a kadai put 1 tblsp of oil then add kaduku, urad dhal, one red chilly, hing . once the kaduku pops up add sambar onions 10 to 15 (slit lengthwise), curry leaves- a few, one green chilly (slit lengthwise) fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
Now add the vegetables carrot - 1 medium size (finely chopped),brinjals -2 (finely chopped), fry for 4 minutes. Then add tomato - 1 big size (chopped coarsely), fry for 2 minutes. Now add the dhal water to this cover and cook for 5 minutes. Once the vegetables are cooked add the tamarind extract from gooseberry size of tamarind. Let it boil for a while, then add the required salt, turmeric powder. once it comes to boil, now add the cooked dhal, sambar powder 2 tsp. Check for the taste, if u need more of sambar powder then u can add another 1/2 tsp. Allow it to boil for 5 minutes, add some fresh coriander leaves, then the sambar is ready. This goes with pongal,idli,dosa, idiyappam, vada, uppuma , wheat dosa, ragi dosa, kambu dosa etc.

For rava dosa we used to make toor dhal sambar, for that slight variation is there. when we cook toor dhal, just add 1/2 cup of chopped yellow pumkin without skin. Then follow the above procedure, finally we have add 1tsp of jaggery. Then we get perfect hotel sambar taste.

Optional: If we like garlic smell, then we add 2 garlic cloves crushed , when we r doing tadka for sambar.

Also if we dont have carrot and brinjal, we can use finely chopped potatoes.

[kugan98]

Suvai, thanks again for you nice post.
The cap is sitting in my hall. Thanks.

Suvai, once I off the pc, all the pictures will disappear.
So I will have to log on to Imageshack, with my name and password.
All the pictures will be back in the places.

Now I see that even others cannot see the picture
I do not know where is the mistake

Thanks for your nice pm. You are a gem.
I owe a lot to you Suvai. Thanks and take care, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Thanks Selviem for your nice post.
When I was in India my niece made a mixed vege dosai.
This is how she makes her little ones to eat the vege.
It tasted nice, I will soon post the recipe. Thanks, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Dev, thanks for your nice post.
You are our spokesman. Please resolve the frog matter soon.

What curry did you all make for the roti jala?
Dev, normally they will roll up the roti jala, like this for parties.
Served with chicken curry.

The Rolled Roti Jala:
Thanks to the net.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Kugan ka

Next week is Shivarathri, are you doing mass cooking again?

[dev]

Suvai, once I off the pc, all the pictures will disappear.
So I will have to log on to Imageshack, with my name and password.
All the pictures will be back in the places.

Now I see that even others cannot see the picture
I do not know where is the mistake

Kugan, My guess is... mark the images as private... that might make it viewable even if you logged out... Just try this and if it doesn't work, we'll ask RR...

[dev]

Dev, thanks for your nice post.
You are our spokesman. Please resolve the frog matter soon.

What curry did you all make for the roti jala?
Dev, normally they will roll up the roti jala, like this for parties.
Served with chicken curry.

The Rolled Roti Jala:
Thanks to the net.

K, I can only see a frog again...

Since we don't cook meat at home, I made egg curry using sakthi chicken masala pwd... and for the vegetarians, it was mushroom curry...

[kugan98]

P.S Tamby, no mass cooking for me.
Taking rest. Thanks Kugan98

[kugan98]

Dev, there is no place which says mark private. Naaneh or
who does not know much about all these things.
Hope everything will sort out soon. Thanks, Kugan98