Kugan's Kitchen Part 7

[Roshan]

Roshan, nice to c u here...

Poha is beaten rice...they call it aval in tamil...

Oh aval'a? Thanks Dev.

[kugan98]

Thanks Dev, for your nice post.
Dev, valavanukku oru valavan irupaan thaaney
I have heard about the sugar substitutes
Do not know about the fresh herbs.
I do not like the after taste of the sugar substitutes.
Sure they will have their side effects.

Dev, thanks for clearing the doubts for Roshan.
Thanks and take care, Kugan

[kugan98]

Thanks Roshan for your nice post.
How are you? It,s a long time since you came to the forum.
Do drop in when time permits.
Do try out the dosai, when you have the time.
Take care, kugan

[kugan98]

Thanks NM for your nice post.
Glad that I was little help to you.
Suvai asked for many types of fried idli.
I have posted several types.
The latest type was very yummy, sweet,sour and hot taste.
Thanks NM. Take care, Kugan.

[kugan98]

Suvai a simple recipe for you.
Enjoy, Kugan


DAL WITH BOK CHOY

½ cup toor soaked for 15 minutes
¼ tsp tumeric powder

2 tsp oil
¼ tsp mustard seeds
¼ tsp urad dal
¼ tsp asafoetida powder
2 dried chillies broken

1 onion chopped
1 tomato chopped
3 green chillies sliced
Salt to taste

3 cups of bok choy chopped
A pinch of sugar

Little lime juice
1 sprig curry leaves

Method:

Cook the toor dal with the tumeric powder.
Do not over cook the dal with lot of water, remove and keep aside.

Heat a pan with the oil, add in the mustard and urad dal.
Let them crackle, add in the asofoetida powder and red chillie.
Stir for a moment, add in the chopped onions.
Saute well, add in tomato green chillies and salt.

Stir fry well, add in the chopped bok choy and sugar.
Stir fry for a moment, add in the cooked dal.
Let everything cook well for 10 minutes.
Add in the lime juice and curry leaves. Remove and serve.

[dev]

Hi K, stevia is a natural sweetner...not the usual chemical laden sugar substitutes...just add the powdered leaves of stevia plant to sweeten stuffs... but it takes few secs for us to feel the taste unlike the normal sugar where we can sense the taste the moment it hits the tongue... I bought some stevia sug tabs 2 days back and we use 50-50 of stevia n sug... I did some research on google and found that it's widely used in Japan and few otehr countries...in japan it occupies 40% of the sweetener market...there are no known side effects even if it's consumed everyday they say... they say it's even good for diabetics as it enhances insulin secretion... so dhairiyama use pannalaamnu ninaikiren...

[Roshan]

Thanks Roshan for your nice post.
How are you? It,s a long time since you came to the forum.
Do drop in when time permits.
Do try out the dosai, when you have the time.
Take care, kugan

I am doing good, K, Thanks . Hope you are keeping well.

Yes I am planning to try out the crispy Dosai coming week end. Fortunately I have some aval which I had brough from Sri Lanka.

[Aarthii]

Dear kuganka and friends ,
How r u ?Was lil busy these days
My son was down with viral fever.Last four to five days he was sufferring from fever.Yet to recover fully.
Kuganka thanks for the nice recipes.

[rose75]

Thanks Kugan for the tasty sambar. It was very nice with iddli.
Every one enjoyed it in our house.

Aarthii, hope your son gets better soon.
Rose

[groucho070]

Hi Kugan sis,

How have you been? Hope you and your family are fine. I still need to catch up with back pages of this thread - remba neglect pannittEn.

Need an idea from you: Can we keep Sambal (ikan bilis, in my case) for long term, like our pickles? Scoop it out as and you feel you need it that day? What say you?