Kugan's Kitchen Part 6

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Dev

Ungaluku intha thavala tholla thaanga mudiyalapOla

[dev]

aamam shivji... edhavadhu oru nalla vazhi kaatungalen indha frogai thurathuradhukku...

[dev]

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

K, U'll see mark as public on the right hand side in imageshack...I think under 'actions'...

[kugan98]

Sorry, Dev, I cannot see the mark on the right hand side.
I hope NOV anneh will look into this matter.
Thanks, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Dev, actually I have no mood to post with this frog.
What to do. Kugan98


MIXED VEGETABLE RAGI DOSAI

Ingredients:
1 cup raw rice
½ cup urad dal
½ cup ragi flour
Salt
Little oil

50 grms carrot grated
100 grm cucumber grated and squeezed
50 grms cabbage very finely sliced
1 medium onion very finely cut

Method:
Soak the rice and the urad dal for about 5 hours.
Grind to a smooth batter. Mix salt and the ragi flour.
The consistency should be like dosai flour.
Keep it over night to ferment, or ferment for about 8 hours.
After the flour has fermented, add in all the vegetables.
Heat a dosai kal and make dosais.
The dosai will not be very thin, a little like oothappam.
Serve with nice chutney.


NOTE: You can add any veges of your choice.
See that they are very finely cut.
I simply sprinkled some veges on top

[Roshan]

Hi K, made corriander chicken today for lunch .. super super ! thanks for the recipe.

Again, I can see only the frog picture

[Suja Rajkumar]

Hello Makkalae,
Long time. K how are you doing. Thanks for the recipes. Just finished making some boondhi ladoos for my friend. Could only make no tasting!! Sugar kidayathu ennakku. K and friends a small help. Kindly post all your tips to make soft chappathis. Tried out on Wed, they all came out like varatti. Don't know what I am doing wrong. Have been asked to stay away from white rice. Tired of eating Godhumai rice and dosai. So, please post your tips. Could never make good soft chappathis!

Suja

[dev]

Suja, I'll tell u how I make chapathis... just give it a try... I use reliance brand flour. U have to try diff brands and see which gives softer chapathis.

Take req qty of wheat flour in a big shallow bowl. Add a spn of ghee/oil, salt. rub well into the flour.
Now add water(approx 60% of flour) and mix it using a spoon. Once it starts coming together, use ur hands to knead the dough. Another trick is to add enough water at the start itself and not midway. Thanni jaasthi aagitaal, u can always add more flour. That's easier than adding water to tight dough. The dough should not be hard as a rock. it shouldn't crack when u try making a ball or roll. it should me smooth but not sticky. It should be easy to knead and not take all ur muscle power to knead.

Once well kneaded, let it sit for 10-15 mins. knead for a min again and then roll into thin circles.not paper thin though.
Heat a tawa to almost smoking point. flame should be medium high.
1.Place the chapathi on the tawa and turn over in say 5 secs.
2.Now let the other side cook until u start seeing nice bubbles.
3.now turn over again.Keep pressing the sides so they cook well. once the underside is cooked, take off flame.
4. keep it in a closed container.

As u become more comfortable, u can do step 3 on direct flame . This way the chapathi will puff up like a baloon and stay soft for long. use thongs to remove the chapathi from flame.

Whaterver method u use, remember to add enough water to make the dough and to cook the chapathi on med-high flame. If u cook on low flame(like how we cook roast), U'll only get a flying disc as more moisture will evaporate n the chapathi will become dry!!!... chapathi cooks in almost the same time as uthappams cook... it needn't be cooked for as long as we cook crispy dosai/roast...The trick is to cook it quickly so that u don't lose much moisture from the chapathi....only then chapathis will be soft. But if u cook on very high flame, the chapathi will be rough to touch.

For a good demo, just watch any of the roti/paratha/chapathi video by Mrs.Manjula on youtube... or on Manjulaskitchen.com

[dev]

Sorry, Dev, I cannot see the mark on the right hand side.
I hope NOV anneh will look into this matter.
Thanks, Kugan98

will take it to RR aswell....

[dev]

K, here is RR's reply to the frog issue...

dev,

imageshack has restrictions that I have no control over. I suggest to repost them using hub albums or attachments.