channa vadai

Ingredients

Channa dhal - 1cup

Rice - 2tsp

Red chilli (dry) - 2nos

Hing - little

Curry leaves - little

Corriander leaves - little

Salt - as needed

Cabbage or onion - 1/2 cup

Oil - for deep frying

Method

1. Soak channa dhal and rice together for 8hours.

2. Grind it with chilli, hing and salt. Transfer it into a big bowl. To it add cut onions or cabbage, curry and corriander leaves.

3. In a kadai add enough oil for deep frying and once hot, take a small batter of the above said, shape it into small balls and flaten with hand and drop in oil. Turn both sides and remove when it is golden in color. Serve hot with chutney or sause.

Coral and green rice

It is nothing but our tomato rice with a little modification.

Ingredients
Basumati rice - 1cup
Green pepper - 1no
Onion - 1no
Pepper - 2tsp
Cloves - 3nos
Cinnamon - a small stick
Oil - 6-7tsp
Tomato - 2nos
salt - as required

Method
1. Wash rice and soak in water for 10min.
2. Make a puree with tomato by adding little water.
3. Heat a kadai, add oil and once hot add cloves, cinnamon and ground pepper. Then add onion and green pepper cut into small pieces. Fry for a while.
4. Drain the rice and add it to the above mixture and mix thoroughly till the rice is dry. Remove from heat and transfer into electric rice cooker. Add salt and then the tomato puree. Once ready garnish with cashew and corriander leaves and serve hot. 1 cup rice - 2cup tomato puree.

Coconut Rice

Coconut is bad for health, especially for people with cholesterol, bp and diabeties. But occationally we can make it for the taste.

Coconut rice wtih pudina togayal and babycorn,cauliflower fritters.

Ingredients
Basumati Rice - 1 cup
Grean peas - 1/2cup
Onion -2 nos
Green chilli - 2nos
Cardamom - 1 nos
Cloves - 2-3nos
Cinnamon - a small piece
Sombhu - 1/2tsp
Khus Khus (optional) - 1/4tsp
Coconut milk - 1 cup
oil - 4tsp
Cashew - 5nos
Corriander leaves - little


Method
1. Wash and soak rice for 15min.
2. Grind cardamom, cloves, sombhu, cinnamon, green chilli and little onions.
3. In a heated kadai add oil and then onion and saute for 2-3min and add the above mixture, saute thoroughly.
4. Then add the rice without water. Saute. Add green peas. Saute and remove after 3min.
5. Put the rice mixture into electronic rice cooker and add salt. Then add 1 cup of coconut milk and 1 cup of water. Mix and close it. Garnish with cashew and corriander leaves and serve hot.

coconut-cashew cake

Ingredients

Cashew - 1 cup

Besan flour - 1 cup

Coconut - 1 cup

Milk - 1/4 cup

Sugar - 2 1/4 cup

Ghee - 4tsp

Cardamon - 2nos

Method

1. Grind cashew into a nice paste with little milk.

2. Dry roast besan flour till the raw smell disappears.

3. Put coconut and cardamom in a blender and grind just for a minute.

4. Add everything in a kadai and mix thoroughly. Grease a plate and keep ready. Once the mixture turns into a ball pour into the plate and cute it into diamonds.

Chocolate Banana Kulfi

We went out on our wedding day for dinner and when we were ordering food, my daughter saw kulfi in the menu card and asked me what it was and how it would taste. So i ordered it and she liked it very much and wanted me to make it. After few days, i searched the internet and i came out with this recipe. It turned out to be delicious too!!!

Ingredients
Condensed milk (low fat) - 1tin
Thick cream - 1 (tub or bottle)
Evaporated milk - 3/4tin
Badam, cashew - 1onos
Saffron - few strands
Milk - 2tsp
Banana - 1/2
Choclate sauce - little

Method
1. Soak saffron in milk and set it aside. Otherwise you can grind saffron with a tsp of sugar.
2. In a big mixing bowl, add condensed milk, cream and evaporated milk. Mix thoroughly. Add chopped badam and cashew. Then add saffron milk. Mix well.
3. Take few plastic tumblers or cups as you desire and fill them with the above mixture.

4. Then cover the mouth of the tumbler with silver foil tightly and store it in the freezer for 10hours.

5. While serving take a plate and pour choclate sauce and dice the banana and keep them on the sides and microwave for 10-15sec. Then remove the kulfi from freezer and using a knife spade through the sides of the tumbler and turn it upside down. Then cut it into rounds and keep them in the center of the plate and decorate it with choclate sauce. The delicious kulfi is ready to eat.