Happy Ugadi dear viewers-2015-Recipes

HAPPY UGADI to All My dear viewers.

SRI MANMATHA NAMA SAMVATSARA begins on March 21,2015.

Enjoy the auspicious day with your friends and family with " special recipe of ugadi" ie,obbattu .

Healthy salad kosambari is perfect for any festival side dish.

Easy,instant puliyogare ,pineapple gojju and the south Indians favourite sambar completes the  festival meal.

obbattu recipe

Kosambari recipe

Easy puliyogare

Pineapple Gojju

sambar

 

 

Karnataka Special-Ragi Mudde video

Ragi Mudde or the steamed ragi balls...Hmm never heard of it before??Well some might have heard it.Karnataka people will sure know this...rite?.

I can introduce this as most powerful healthiest and easiest meal of Karnataka.Hardworking farmers in hot sun usualy eat Ragi Mudde and soppu saaru(spinach sambar recipe) for their lunch.This gives them a lot of energy to continue their work and refreshes their tiredness.

For those who don't know,let me list some of the benefits of this wonder crop-ragi.

Rich in fiber and helps lower cholesterol level.

Ragi is rich in calcium and makes your bones strong.

Very good source of iron and helpful for anaemia patients.

Good source of protein.

Good for migranes and diabetic patients as it controls blood sugar.

This nutritious grain is well suited for pregnants and kids.

Lets come back to ragi mudde recipe.

Here is what you need

2 3/4 cup Ragi flour
3 1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon ghee
thick bottom vessel
wooden stick                                                 


                                                                    VIDEO

                                              Part 1 -Adding Ragi flour to boiling water with ghee   

 

 

 

Part 2-Turning the wooden stick to form lump free smooth dough

 

 

 

 

Part 3 -Shaping the mudde

 

Here is how to do

Ragi mudde is very easy to make but you have to pay a lot of attention to get a lump free smooth well done mudde.

1)Lets add water  and ghee to thick bottom vessel and when it starts to boil add ragi flour little at a time.

2) Place the wooden stick in between and try to push the ragi flour down so u don't see any dry  flour on top.

3)Leave it for 4 min on medium flame.

4)Now comes the patience job.You have to use the wooden stick to turn around,back and forth for atleast 2 min till you get lump free smooth mixture without dry flour.

5)Lets close the mixture 3/4th not fully and allow it for 2-3 min in medium flame.

6)Scoop out the mixture and dip your hands in cold water frequently while making round shaped balls.Handle with care.Usually the round ragi balls are made when hot and ate when hot.

 Serving suggestion Before u eat ,make a hole in the middle ,add a teaspoon of ghee and pour spinach sambar around or mixed veg sambar.


How to eat:-)
Yes ragi mudde has a special way to eat.
1)Take a bite size piece.Press it in sambar,turn around press again.Now pressed mudde alond with sambar is swallowed .....hm interesting rite?yes you don't chew,you swallow!Once you get hang of it,u will be addicted to it.

EAT RAGI MUDDE ,SPINACH SAMBAR AND HAVE A ENERGETIC DAY.
 

HAPPY BHOGI AND SANKRANTI DEAR VIEWERS

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                                         "Wish u and ur family a very happy sankranti"

Here is the link for sankranti recipe khara pongal,side dish for khara pongal,sweet pongal,ellu bella

                                Sankranti Recipes

Sweet Pongal

Sankranti festival is not complete without sweet pongal and khara Pongal recipe.

Here is what you need.

Rice..........................................1 cup

moong dal................................0.5 cup

Jaggery roughly powdered......11/4cup.

whole milk...............................1/2 cup
pacha karpoora...................... ..a pinch(optional)

ghee..........................................2 Tbspn

elachi........................................3

cloves.......................................4

saffron strands..........................5-6

cashew pieces...........................1 Tbspn

raisin.........................................1 tspn

water to pressure cook and adjust consistency.

Here is how to do

1)Lightly roast moong dal in low flame for 3 min or till u get nice aroma.Dont make it black or brown.

2)Wash the rice and roasted dal and pressure cook with two times of water.Sometimes it may require a little more or less water depending on how old is the rice.Old rice requires more water.

3)In a thick bottom vessel,tranfer the cooked dal rice,add jaggery,milk,around half cup water.In a medium flame bring it it boil .Let the jaggery melt completely and allow few more minutes to boil.At this time u can check to see if u need some more jaggery next add a pinch of edible camphor.
.Also make sure u keep stirring now and then as it has high tendency to stick in the vessel and burn.

4)Now lets add tempering.Heat ghee once it melts add cashew,raisin,cloves,elachi.When cashew turns light golden brown and raisin swells up.Add it to pongal.

5) Give a good mix keep it in low flame for 3-4 min.

6)Sweet Pongal is ready to enjoy with khara pongal.


Note-Edible camphor/cooking camphor gives very nice aroma to the pongal.Make sure u add a pinch,just like u need hing/asafetida.In temple prasada they usually add pacha karpoora to sweet pongal.

You can opt out milk and add just water if u prefer.

Vegetable Churmuri/Easy Bhel-Healthy and Yummy

Whats this Churmuri??If u are not familiar with Bangalore/Mysore you probably will get this question.Churmuri can be called as instant bhel-you don't add chutneys to it.The ingredients is less but it tastes delicious.

Sometimes u don't have chutneys handy and u r lazy enough to make one then churmuri is the best quick fix.

I miss those park days in Bangalore,Cubban park,sanky tank.The most exciting moment in the park was to have churmuri.And the way they pack is so tempting...news paper and on top of that banana leaf,make a big cone and fill it up.Just can't wait for my next trip.

Also if you know any other best places to eat churmuri in Bangalore please post in comments...

Recently I tried adding extra vegetables to the original one you get in streets.And it turned out too yummy and definitely healthy.

Here is what u need:

Murmura/Kadlepuri-6 cups
1 big tomato or 2 small tomato chopped
1/2 big onion or 1 small chopped
red round raddish finely chopped -3
green onion finely chopped-3
cucumber peeled and finely chopped-3 Tbspn
lemon juice-1 Tbspn
sugar powdered-1/4 tspn
chaat masala-1 tspn
green chilly finely chopped-2
Cilantro finely chopped-2 Tbspn
Mixture/Namkeen-1 Cup
chakkli pieces/kodbale pieces(optional)-1 Tbspn (tastes great)
salt to taste

Once the cutting work is done ....churmuri is almost done!Isn't it easy??

How to Make:

1.Lets mix all the ingredients in a very big bowl except for mixture/namkeen.

2.Use your clean hands and give a good mix by pressing the ingredients so it turns it a little juicy.Continue for 2 more times.

3.Now add namkeen.Next comes murmura, make sure its crisp.You can microwave it for a minute or keep it in sunlight or carefully roast it in low flame

4.Give it a good mix in hand.

5.Adjust salt and sugar.

6.Enjoy with a cup of tea .

Note:I like more vegies in my churmuri..you can add extra murmura if u don't like it.Also u can be creative and make your own variation by adding boiled potato pieces,raw mango pieces,pineapple pieces.Let me know what u tried.


 

Happy Deepavali- Snacks recipes

 To All My dear viewers ,Happy Deepavali/Diwali.

Here are few snacks and the detailed recipe I made yesterday for my family and friends.Enjoy your deepavali with these snacks

Easy Chakkali/Murukku 

 

 Besan Ladoo



Poha chivda



Iyengar bakery style mixed veg puff



Stuffed Capsicum Pakoda chaat


 

Iyengar bakery Vegetable Puffs

Its Bangalore....

Its Evening....

And the streets are filled with the aroma from iyengar bakeries...:-)

It usually used to pull me daily for the hot crispy veg puffs...

Just cannot forget the taste of variar bakery (rajajinagar )and V B bakery in vv puram.

For those of you around rajajinagar visit variar in the evenings for their yumm puff.Their address: No 68 ,Near ESI hospital, 12th Main Rd, 2nd Block, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560010, India

For those in Bangalore and looking for baking supplies and pastry sheets u can try General food Additive stores in sheshadripuram...special store for baking.
Here is the address No.175/3, 1st Main Road, Seshadripuram, Opposite To HDFC Bank, Bangalore - 560020  +(91)-80-23367878, 23360517    www.generalfoodadditives.in .Call before u go for timings!

In US you can find puff pastry sheets in publix,walmart,kroger,meijer or any other grocery store in frozen section.

Remembering all my childhood memories of India...decided to make puff.It was super hit almost tasted like variar bakery one:-).Try it out and ur family and friends would love it.

Here is what u need:

1)Puff pastry sheet.
2)Filling:You can be  creative and make make ur own creative crazy fillings.It could be sweet cream and dry coconut,salty potato or spicy mixed vegetables.Leave me a comment if u have any other creative suggestions.

For iyengar bakery mixed veg filling u need:

2 big potatoes boiled  and mashed
finely chopped cabbage-1 cup
finely chopped carrot-1/2 cup
boiled green peas-1/2 cup
chopped capsicum-1/2 cup
green chilly-2
garam masala-1 tspn
rasam powder-1/2 tspn
oil-1 Tbspn
salt to taste
turmeric-2 pinch
hing-2 pinch
mustard seeds-very little it should not be seen-less than 1/4 tspn
jeera-very little it should not be seen-less than 1/4 tspn
coriander leaves/cilantro-1 tbpsn chopped.

 How to prepare the filling

1)Heat oil in a deep pan.When hot add mustard seeds,jeera,hing,turmeric.When mustard seed crackles add all the vegetables other than mashed potatoes.Fry for 2 min  add 1-2 tbspn water to aid the cooking process,add salt and let it cook.

2)Now add the masala,cilantro,potatoes,adjust salt.

3)Mix well.

How to make

1)Puff pastry sheets are frozen ,keep them outside and let it thaw for 5 hour.Keep an eye on it.Don't thaw too much it makes it sticky and difficult to handle.You can also transfer from freezer to fridge area the night before so it gets thawed.

2)Cut them into desired size.I made them a little small-9 pieces in a  sheet.You can try 6 pieces if u want them big bakery way.

3)Make cylindrical shape balls.I try to use more filling as I like it that way.

4)Press the edges .Grease the baking tray and arrange the puffs.leave enough space between two as it puffs up and becomes bigger than original size.

5) Preheat the oven for 400F.

6)Place the trays and bake them for 25 min.

7)Keep a close eye after 20 min as some oven takes a min or two less.

8) Once its golden brown its ready ..Fresh hot crisp yum vegetable puff.