Kugan's Kitchen Part 6

[kugan98]

NM, very happy to see your post in the forum.
Its nothing, all day to day cooking only.

Only when our friends request, I will ask my aunt for the recipe.
( Bless her she is already 82 )

NM slowly try out the recipes that you like.
Please come to the forum when you are free.
At times I feel so lonely. Thanks and take care.
Kugan98

[kugan98]

Suvai, today I cooked the sorakkai ulunthu kutoo.
Very easy , simple and tasty.
The urad dal gives a very nice taste.
Try it out friends. Kugan98


SORAKKAI WITH ULUNTHU

Ingredients:

500 grms sorakkai (bottle gourd) cut into cubes.
30 grms urad dal soaked for 10 minutes
2 tsp chillie powder
3 tsp coriander powder
½ tsp turmeric powder
150 grms tomatoes chopped
150 grms onion chopped
4 pips garlic chopped
1 tsp asafoetida powder
2 green chillies chopped
1 sprig curry leaves
Salt to taste


1 tsp tamarind paste mixed with ¼ cup water


2 tbs oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
2 dried chillies
1 sprig curry leaves

1 tsp coarse black pepper powder
2 tbs grated roasted coconut
Little cut coriander leaves.

Method:
Cut the bottle gourd into 1 inch cubes.
Soak and wash the urad dal.
Now put all the ingredients from sorakkai till salt in a pressure cooker.
Add in 2 cups of water and pressure cook for 3 whistles.

Release the pressure, add in the tamarind water and simmer
for about 5 minutes.
Heat a pan with the oil, add in mustard seeds, dried chillies
and the curry leaves. Sauté well and pour into the pressure cooker.

Mix well, add little water if the gravy is very thick.
Lastly add in the, roasted coconut and coarse pepper powder, mix and remove.
Garnish with cut coriander leaves.

[dev]

Suvai, kuttiku innum dress,bag, shoes ellam tharalai... ellam may-la thaan tharuvaanga... will def take loads n loads of pics...

K, sorakkai ulunthu kootu rombe diffa irukku... will try it sometime...

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Amazing dishes Kugan akka , keep it up

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Kugan ka

neenga Pattuku Pattu thread pakkam ellam varuveengala

[suvai]

hello nga kugan.......tamarind rind picture is also new to me....never heard of it....kokum kelvi pattu iruken...ty for posting the pictures..........urad dal kootu....try pannaren....


onga chocolate cake was a big hit....recipe kodu kodu nu pichitaanga athai saapitavanga ellaam
hope its okay if i share it with friends too!

nm..... nalla irukeengala.???....................i agree with u 100% by the time u decide on one recipe.....there will be many more to choose from...........noteeth icon pottukonga lol
methuvaa try pannunga...ellaamey super duper recipes......

dev...ohh inimel thaan stuff ellaam kodupaangalaa.....so the school supplies !! that is neat!
namaku micham velai...

[kugan98]

Dev, I know how excited you will be with kutti going
to school for the first time. Take some nice snaps of her
for remembrance.
I will normally do a sweet ponggal, have a prayer in the morning
before sending them for the first time to school.

Dev, try out the bottle gourd urad dal kutoo.
Just get ready everything dump them in a pressure cooker,
you are done. That easy. Take care, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Thanks Tamby, for your nice compliments.
Samayal ellam sahajam appa

Ennathu, paata
I do not know the ABC of cinema songs.
Thevaram, Kirthanai yes, little bit.

Thanks Tamby, take care, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Suvai, you gave me a very good feed back.
If only you are near me, appadiyeh katti pidichi
aadiyirupen

Thanks Suvai, as for your veeveekam, my aunt gave me two ways to do it.
One is to use just the idlli flour, add sugar, then steam with the moong dal and coconut.

The other is to grind the iddli flour with little moomg dal, then add sugar and things.
I am posting the second method for you.
Today, I am making cashew nuts banana muffin for the children.
Thanks and take care, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Here Suvai, hope this is the recipe you are looking for.
Thanks, Kugan98.


SWEET IDLLI (VEEVEEKAM)

Ingredients:

1 cup raw rice
½ cup urad dal
¼ cup moong dal
1 cup jiggery or more to taste
½ tsp cardamom powder
3 tbs roasted moong dal, boil till half cooked, drain.
¼ cup grated coconut
¼ tsp salt
2 tbs ghee

Method:
Soak the rice and two dals over night.
Grind it next morning to a smooth thick batter.
Add the ¼ tsp salt mix well and allow to ferment .

Now dissolve the jiggery in ¼ cup of water, allow to boil.
Filter and add in the cardamom powder.
Now add in the syrup to the fermented batter.
Add also half of the boiled moong dal into the batter.

Grease the idlli plates with the ghee.
Pour in the batter, sprinkle little coconut and the boiled dal,
on each idlli. Now steam it in a idlli cooker for about 15 minutes.
Remove the iddli from the steam and serve hot