Ideas for a wonderful home maker

Mathi Mango curry.

2011-12-06T11:34:00.000-08:00

Mathi Mango curry.

Ingredients

Mathi fish 1 lb cleaned.
Mango 1 cup chopped in big pieces.
Green chillies 2 slited.
Curry leaves few.
Chilli powder 1 tsp.
Coriander powder 2 tsp.
turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Methi seeds 1/4 tsp.
Tamarind water from one lemon size.
Shallots onion 7-10.
Coconut oil for tempering.
Grated coconut 2 tsp.

In a kadai keep cleaned fish,green chillies,curry leaves and pour enough water to cover fish and boil till fish is 3/4 done.
Grind onion,methi seeds,chilli powder,coriander powder,coconut,turmeric powder in to fine paste and mix with tamarind water.
Pour masala mix to kadai and add mango pieces bring it to boil till raw smell goes and mango is done.
Do tempering with coconut oil when its hot add few methi seeds and few curry leaves and pour in to curry and finish cooking.

Now your Yummy Mathi curry is ready to serve with hot white rice.

Dill leaves poriyal.

2011-12-05T19:57:00.000-08:00

Dill leaves poriyal

Ingredients

Dill leaves one bunch washed and finely chopped.
Half of onion finel choppped.
Red or green chillies 2-3 according to your spice level.
Mustard seeds.
Cumin seeds.
Hing powder one pinch (optional).
Curry leaves (optional).
Turmeric powder one pinch.
Oil for tempering.
Salt to taste.

In a kadai add oil ,when its hot add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
When mustard seed splutters add onion ,red chillies,curry leaves and hing powder .
Fry till onion is transparent.
Add Dill leaves and turmeric powder fry till its done.
If you want you can sprinkle water when needed to avoid getting burnt.
Add salt to taste .
Finish adding grated coconut if you like.I didn't add coconut.

Now your dill leaves poriyal is ready.Serve with rasam rice or sambar rice.

Egg masala

2011-12-02T15:56:00.000-08:00

Egg masala.

Ingredients

Egg 4 or 5.
Coconut 1/2 of small size or grated coconut 2 cups.
Jeera 2 tsp.
Red chilles 3-4 increase to your spice level.
Salt to taste.
Curry leaves few.
Mustard seeds for tempering.
Hing powder(optional).
Oil.

Hard boil egg and remove shell and cut egg in half.
Grind coconut ,jeera,red chilles in to paste.
Keep a kadai in stove add oil when its hot add oil for tempering.
Add mustard seeds when it splutters add curry leaves and Hing powder(optional).
Then add grinded masala.
Add one cup of water.
Boil till water evaporates and raw smell of masala goes.
Add egg now keep in low to medium flame cook for 5 min.

Now your egg masala is ready to serve with sambar rice.
Or any tpe of variety rice.

Channa pulav or Channa briyani.

2010-10-04T08:30:00.000-07:00

This is my method of making channa pulav.
Photo given is one with flash and another with out flash.

Ingredients

Channa one cup.
Basmati rice 2 cups.
Onion one chopped.
Green chilles 4 slited
Tomato 2 finely chopped.
Ginger garlic paste 1 1/2 tsp.
Chilli powder.
Coriander leaves and mint leaves together one cup chopped.
Fennel seeds 1/2 tsp.
Cloves 2
Cinnamon 1 inch.
Cardamom 2.
Anise flower one.
Bay leaf one.
Salt to taste.
Oil for tempering.

Soak channa for 6 hours or overnight.
Soak Basmati rice for 15 min.
Cook channa with water and salt in pressure cooker for 3 whistle.
In a big pan add oil or ghee when oil is hot add fennel seeds and all garam masala fry for 30 seconds.
Add chopped onion and green chillies fry till onion becomes golder brown.
Add ginger garlic paste fry till raw smell goes.
Add coriander and mint leaves fry for 2 min.
Add chopped tomatoes and little salt cook till tomatoes are smashed well.
Add chilli powder 1/2 tsp(as per ur taste) fry for 1 min.
Add cooked channa with out water fry for 2 min.
Add rice fry for 2 min and eradd 3 cups of water (water can be normal water or in which channa is boiled.).
Cook till rice is done .

Serve with raita .

Tomato Rice

2010-09-21T16:03:00.000-07:00

Tomato rice

Ingredients

Basmati or sonamasoori Rice 2 cups.
Tomato medium size 3 finely chopped.
Onion 1 chopped.
Green chillies 4
Ginger garlic paste 1 Tbsp.
Chilli powder 1/2 tsp.
Coriander leaves few chopped.
Fennel seeds 2 pinch.
Whole garam masala cloves,bay leaves,cinnamon,cardamom 2 each.
oil for tempering.

Soak rice for 15 min.
In a Pan or pressure cooker add oil for tempering when its hot add fennel seeds,whole garam masalas.
Fry for 30 seconds.
Add chopped onion and green chillies fry till onion is golden brown.
Add ginger garlic paste fry .
Add tomatoes and salt cook till tomatoes are smashed and cooked well.
Add chilli powder and coriander leaves fry for 1 min.
Now add rice with out water and keep flame in low fry for 2 min.
Add 3 cups of water and cook till rice is done.
If you like to cook in pressure cooker cook for 1 whistle.

Serve with potato fry or chips.

Tamil novels online.

2010-08-08T13:40:00.000-07:00

Hi friends i found a blog where u can read tamil novels.
Here is the link where you can read all kind of novels.
Tamil Novels

Spicy Fish Fry-Nethilli Fry

2010-07-16T15:18:00.000-07:00

SPICY FISH FRY
Smelt fish Fry

This is simple fish fry can do with Smelt(nethilli) or Sardines(Mathi).

Ingredients

Smelt fish or sardines 1 lb.
Chilli powder 2 Tsp.
Turmeric powder 2 pinch.
Salt to taste.
Rice flour 1 Tbsp
lemon juice 1 Tbsp(optional).
Oil for deep fry

Method:

Cut head part in fish and clean.
Mix chiili powder,turmeric powder,salt,rice flour,lemon juice in a bowl .
Marinate paste with fish and keep for 15 min .
Heat oil in fry pan.
When oil is hot add fish ,deep fry till golden brown.
Keep in paper towel to take excess oil.

Serve with rasam rice or sambar rice.

Ennai kathrikai curry

2010-07-02T08:20:00.000-07:00

Ingredients
1.Small Brinjal-6
2.Onion-2
3.Tommato-1/2
4.Tamarind-lemon size
5.Chilli powder-1Tsp
6.Coriander Powder-2 Tsp
7.Sambar Powder-1 Tsp
8.Fenugreek seeds
9.Cumin seeds
10.Mustard Seeds

11Shredded.Coconut-2Tsp
12.Oil
13.Salt

Frying Brinjal
wash the brinjal and slit half way in to four halves.Make a paste using chilli powder ,coriander powder,salt and turmeric.
Stuff the paste into Brinjal and fry these Brinjals in oil.
Fry till the skin of brinjal becomes a little brown.
keep it aside.

Making curry

Make juice from tamarind extract.mix all the powders in the extract.Use the same oil in the frying pan,add mustard seeds,curry leaves and fenugreek seeds.After they crackled add half onion and tommato.saute them till the onion becomes golden brown.And then add the tamarind mixture.let it boil..
Now make a paste with coconut,cumin seeds,onion.Mix this paste in the mixture..Allow it to boil till the raw smell goes away.Now add the fried Brinjals .Last add salt and coriander leaves.Switch off the stove imm ,when the curry starts boiling.
Serve it with rice.

Prawn Poori

2010-06-28T07:11:00.001-07:00

Poori dough:

250g wholemeal flour

60g ghee (clarified butter)

Warm water

Oil for frying

Spiced Prawns:

approx 500g raw king prawns

2 small tomatoes

1 med onion, finely sliced

2 large cloves of garlic, finely chopped

1 inch ginger

Mustard seeds

1/2 tsps of turmeric

1 tsp garam masala

1 tsp cummin seeds

2 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp chilli powder

Salt to season

A little oil or ghee (clarified butter) for frying

Some chopped coriander for garnishing.

Note: You'll need to prepare the poori dough at least 3 hours before you plan to make this dish.

Method

1. First prepare the poori dough. . Add just enough warm water to make a soft dough

2. Wrap in cloth and place the dough for at least 1 hours (longer would be better).

3. Just before you start preparing the spiced prawns, remove the dough from the fridge, cut into 6 slices and roll out thinly (about 10cm circles). Cover them with a cloth.

4. Fill a medium sized deep frying pan with oil (at least 3-4cm deep) and set aside for now (you'll use this for frying the poori)

5.Heat a little ghee or oil in a medium frying pan. Add the mustard seeds to the pan and fry till the seeds start to pop.

6. Add the onions and garlic and ginger to the pan and fry over a medium heat till lightly browned.

7. Add the rest of the spices along with the tomato and fry over a gently heat for a further 5 mins, stirring the whole time. Keep adding a little water to the mixture to stop it sticking (it shouldn't be too 'saucy', just moist )

8. Whilst the prawns are cooking, heat the oil for the poori.It should be very hot but not smoking.

9. Carefully lay one of the poori into the hot oil and fry for about 20-30 seconds on each side (they should puff up).

10. Allow the oil to drain off each poori before laying on some kitchen paper. Repeat with the rest of the poori.

11. Serve each poori topped with a little of the prawn mixture and sprinkled with chopped coriander.

Bittergaurd poriyal.

2010-05-27T22:27:00.000-07:00

Bittergaurd poriyal

Ingredients

Bitter gaurd 3 chopped small peices.
Onion 1 chopped.
Green chillies 5 slit.
Grated coconut one cup.
Mustard seeds 1 tsp
Urad dhal 1 tsp.
Few curry leaves.
Oil for tempering.
Salt to taste

Method

Wash and soak chopped bittergaurd in water mixed with salt for 15 min and squeeze out extra water and keep it aside.
In a non stick fry pan add oil when its hot add mustard seeds when its splutter add urad dhal and curry leaves.
Add chopped onion and green chilles.
Fry till onion is light brown.
Add bittergaurd fry well with out water till its cooked well.
Keep stiring once in 2 min.
Add salt and once bitter gaurd is cooked well add grated coconut.
Fry for 3 min.

Spicy Chicken Fry

2010-05-19T09:14:00.000-07:00

Spicy chicken fry(chicken varuval)

Ingredients

Chicken 1/2 lb with bones.
Shallots 3-4 cut thin slice
Ginger 2 inch peice.
Garlic cloves 10-15 depends on size.
Green chillies 4.
Pepper 1 Tbsp
Cumin seeds 1Tbsp.
Turmeric powder 1 tsp.
Salt to taste.
Oil 1 Tbsp
Curry leaves few.

Method

Wash chicken and keep it
Grind ginger,garlic,green chilles,pepper,cuminseeds,turmeric powder with 2 Tbsp of water in to paste.
Marinade chicken with this masala paste and salt and keep for 1 hour or atleast 30 min.
In a pan pour oil when its hot add onion and curry leaves when its fried add chicken.
Fry for 3 min and add one cup of water and cook covered for 10 min.
Fry chicken till water evoporates and curry is dry.

Serve with rasam rice or sambar rice.

Karamani kulambhu(black eyed peas and potato curry)

2010-01-27T21:50:00.000-08:00

Karamani kulambhu

This receipe is Village receipe which I got from my grandmother.She is very good cook.In this receipe I made some changes from original one.

Ingredients

Potato 2 chopped in big pieces.
Karamani(Black eyed peas) 1/2 cup.
Pearl onion 8-10.
Tomato one .
Coconut grated 1/2 cup.
Tamarind one lemon size.
Sambar powder 1 1/2 Tsp or Kulambhu power(You can subtitute with 1 tsp of chilli powder and 2 tsp corriander powder.)
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp.
Salt to taste.
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp.
Urad dhal few.
Curry leaves few.
Hing powder.
Oil for tempering.

Method

Dry roast karamani in cooker for 2 min and add sufficient water cook for 3 whistels.
In a pan heat oil and fry onion,tomato when its fried add coconut and fry for 1 min finish and cool for 5 min and grind to smooth paste.
Open the pressure cooker and add this paste ,sambar power or kulambhu powder,potato ,salt to taste boil till potato is one now add tamarind juice boil till raw smell goes.
Last part is tempering heat oil in kadai add mustard seeds,ura dhall wait till it splutters,add one chopped pearl onion,curry leaves fry for 1 min add hing powder and transfer tempering to gravy.

Now your Gravy is ready Serve with White rice,or Ragi balls.

Sambar idly(Mini Idly)

2010-01-17T00:43:00.000-08:00

Today My post is Sambar idly which my son like very much.After seeing mini idlies my son stooped eating big idly.

Mini Idly.

Ingredients

Idly batter.

Method

Grease the mini ily plate with oil or ghee an pour one spoon of batter for each idly.
Steam like nornmal ily for 10 -12 min.
After take ily plates out an cool for 4 min .
With spoon take out mini ily carefully.

Simple Sambar

Ingredients

Thoor dhal one cup.
Vegetable like Carrot,Beans,Drumstick and Pumpkin chopped 1 1/2 cups.
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp.
Sambar powder 1Ttsp(You can Substitute with 1 tsp chilli,2 tsp dhania power).
Onion Chopped or you can use 10 pearl onion peeled.
Tomato 1 chopped.
Tamarind one small lemon size.
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp.
Urad dhal.
Curry leaves 3-5
Salt to taste.
Oil for tempering.

Method

Pressure cook toor dhal in cooker for 2-3 whistle mash.
In a sauce pan add oil when oil is hot a mustard seeds wait till it splutters,add urad dhal an curry leave fry till urad dhal is light brown in color.
Add onion fry till tender.
Add tomatoes fry till tomato is tender.
Add chopped vegetables, little salt and saute for 2 min.
Now add sambar powder,turmeric powder and mix saute for 1 min.
Now add little water add boil vegetables to half done.
Add cooked dhal and mix let it boil till raw smell of sambar powder goes.
Add tamarind water teken from tamarind .
Boil till raw smell of tamarind goes .

Now your Sambar is reay.
Take sambar in Bowl and add mini idlies to sambar let it stand for 3 min an serve hot.
Now your delicious sambar ildly is ready

Spinach poriyal(Spinach egg fry)

2010-01-07T21:47:00.000-08:00

I think i took a long break in blogging world.I was busy with some personal work.

Spinach poriyal.

Spinach one bunch chopped and cleaned.
Onion 1/2 chopped.
Green chillies 4 chopped.
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp.
Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp.
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp.
Salt to taste.
Egg 2 nos
Oil for tempering.

Method:

In a pan pour oil for tempering when oil is hot add mustard seeds and cumin seeds fry till mustard splutters.
Add chopped onion and green chillies and fry till onion is transparent.
Add spinach and saute for 30 seconds add turmeric powder,salt and keep pan closed with lid cook for 5 min.
Add egg to spinach and fry for 5 min in medium flame.
Switch of when egg is done.

Serve with rasam rice or sambar rice.

Mutton Kurma

2009-11-18T08:54:00.000-08:00

Mutton Kurma.

Ingredients

Mutton without bones 1 lb.
Onion one finely chopped.
Tomato one finely chopped.
Ginger one inch finely choppped.
Garlic crushed 3 pods.
Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp.
Pepper 1/2 tsp.
Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp.
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp.
Chilly powder 1 1/2 tsp.
Dhaniya powder 3 tsp.
Garam masala powder.
Cahewnut 5-8.
Poppy seeds 1 1/2 tsp.
Whole garam masala.
Salt
Oil

Method

Heat pressure pan and add oil,add cumin seeds and pepper and when its fried add chopped ginger and garlic.
Add Mutton and fry till moisture is gone from mutton and add water,salt and close pan and cook for 3 whistle.
Soak cashewnut and poppy seeds in hot water.
In a fry pan add 1 Tbsp of oil add garam masala(clove,cardamom,cinnmon stick).
Add chopped onion fry till its light brown and add ginger garlic paste and cook for 1 min.
Add chopped tomato and fry till tomato is cooked.
Add dry powders(chilli,dhaniya,garam masala powder) and fry for 1 min.
Add cooked mutton to this and mix well add salt to taste and cook till oil seperates at top.
Grind cashewnut and poppy seeds make a paste add to kurma.
Cook for another 7 min .
Finish it off adding cilantro leaves.

Serve with Roti,Chappathi or Briyani.

Mutton Elumbhu Kulambhu (Mutton and potato curry)

2009-10-27T20:45:00.000-07:00

Mutton Bone curry with Potato

This is my favorite curry in my childhood days because in those days I don't like to eat mutton and like to have curry with potato.

Ingredients

1/2 lb Mutton with bones.
Potato one big cut in to big cubes.
Pearl onion 12 peeled.
One small tomato.
Grated coconut one cup.
Ginger finely chopped one inch.
Garlic 3 pods chopped.
Cumin seeds 1 tsp.
Peppers 1 tsp.
Chilly powder 1 1/2 tsp.
Dhaniya powder 3 tsp.
Garam masala powder 1 tsp.
Turmeric powder 1 tsp.
Poppy seeds 1 tsp.
Fennel seeds 1 tsp.
Whole gram masala (clove,cinnamon,cardamon,bay leaves )each one .
Curry leaves.
Salt
Oil

Method

Clean mutton and cook in pressure cooker with cumin seeds,pepper,ginger, garlic,turmeric powder,salt and water for 4 whisles.
In a pan add 1/2 tbsp of oil when its heated add fennel seeds,poppy seeds after 30 seconds add peeled onion fry till onion is tender and add tomato fry well and add grated coconut and finsh in 2 min.
Grind this sauted onion masala.
Add this masala to cooked mutton,add potato,chilly powder,dhaniya powder,Garam masala powder and bring to boil till potato is done.
Last do seasoning with whole garam masala (cinnamon,clove,cardamom.bay leaf) each one and with curry leaf and add to gravy.
Keep this gravy closed until serving.

Serve with white Rice or Briyani.

CABBAGE KOFTA CURRY

2009-10-04T09:38:00.000-07:00

You all may find lot of version in cabbage kofta Curry,This is easy version of Cabbage kofta Curry.

For Koftas,

Cabbage 1/4 portion Grated.
Onion finely chopped.
Chilly powder 1 tsp.
Garam masala powder 1/4 tsp.
1/2 cup Besan powder.
Salt to taste.
Oil for deep fry

Method

Grate cabbage and squeeze out extra juice .
Now add onion to cabbage mix well.
Add chilli powder,Garam masala powder,Salt and mix well.
Now add besan powder little by little to make dough so that we can make in to balls.
Roll dough in to small ball and deep fry these balls and keep it aside.

For curry

Ingredients

Onion one Chopped.
Tomato one chopped.
Cashew nut 4 .
Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp
Chilli powder 1 tsp.
Dhania powder 1 tsp.
Garam masala powder 1/2 tsp.
Cumin powder 1 tsp.
Heavy cream 1 Tbs.(or milk).
Oil.
Cumin seeds.
Poppy seeds 1 tsp.
Salt.

Method

In pan add oil 1 Tbsp when its heated add chasew nut fry and add poppy seeds and fry ,now add Chopped onion fry till its soft at lasat add tomato and fry till tomato becomes tender.
Cool this sauted mix to room temperature.
In a blender add this onion and tomato mixture and add chilli powder,dhania powder,cumin powder,garam masala powder,Ginger garlic paste and grind till smooth paste.
In Pan pour some oil and add cumin seeds when it fried and grinded paste,Salt and add little water with this according to your curry consistency.
Cook till oil seperates at top.
Now add heavy cream or milk cook for 3 min .
Add deep fried koftas and cook for another 5 min in sim.

Now your simple cabbage kofta curry is ready to serve with chappathi ,roti or pulav
This serve for 2.

KOLLU PARUPU AND KOLLU RASAM(Horse gram dhal and rasam)

2009-09-30T18:26:00.000-07:00

Kollu parupu kadaiyal and kollu rasam

Here i am going to post most authentic way of preparation of horsegram dhal(thokku) and rasam.This is the receipe from grandmother(my husbands grandmother),she is expert in cooking .I learnt most of kongunadu receipes from her.

For Dhal or thokku

Ingredients

Horsegram(kollu in tamil) one cup.
Pearl onion 8 four for boiling with horse gram and 4 for tempering.
Half of tomato.
Garlic 2 pods.
Pepper 1 tsp.
Cumin seeds 1 tsp.
Corriender seeds 1 tsp(if u don't have substitute with powder).
Red chilles 10 (change accoriding to your taste).
Salt to taste.
Oil

Method:

In pressure cooker add horse gram and 4 cup of water and add onion,tomato,Garlic and crushed spices(pepper,cumin,coriender).
Add half of the salt.
Cook in pressure cooker for 5 whistle it should be over boiled.
Now drain excess water and keep aside for rasam.
In a pan add oil and heat now add mustard seeds ,curry leaves and chopped onion and fry till it is light brown .
Add redchilles and fry well now add this tempering to Cooked horsegram and boil for 2 min and add salt to taste.
Mash Thokku with mashing tool

Now your spicy horsegram thokku or dhal is ready to serve.

For making rasam.

Ingredients:

For Mixing

Water in with horsegram is cooked.
Tamarind water from big marble size.
Turmeric powder.
Salt

For Grinding

One table spoon grated coconut.
5 -6 red chilles(Adjust to ur level)
5 pearl onion.
One small tomato.
Pepper 1 tsp.
Cumin seeds 1 tsp.
Coriender seeds 1 tsp

For Tempering.

Mustard seeds
Curry leaves.
One pearl onion crushed.
Garlic 3 pods crushed.
Hing powder 2 pinch.
Oil

Method

Grind things to be grinded with little water.
Mix Water(horsegram boiled water) and tamarind water,salt and turmeric powder.
Keep pan add oil add mustard seeds ,add pearl onion,curry leaves,Garlic,hing powder.
Add Mixture to this tempering and boil til raw smell goes 5 min.
Add coriender leaves after finishing.

Now your Horsegram rasam is ready to serve.

Serve these both with Rice and appalam.

Sending this for priya's kongunadu cuisine event

Kongunadu cusine

Kongunadu specials Eggplant chutney(Katharikkai chutney)

2009-09-30T17:22:00.000-07:00

In this post I am going to give rceipes for kongunadu special items.
Katharikai chutney.
EGG PLANT CHUTNEY:

Ingrdients

Egg plant 4 Chopped.
Potato small one chopped.
Pearl onion peeled 5.
Green chilles splitted 4
Toor dhal one Table spoon.
Red chilles 3
Tomato one small.
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp.
Mustard seeds,urad dhal and curry leaves for tempering.
Salt to taste.

Method

Soak toor dhall for 30 so that it get boiled soon or you can boil in pressure cooker.
Keep water in a sauce pan when it gets boiled add thoor dhal.
When dhal is 3/4 done add onion , green and red chilles,Chopped egg plant,and potato and tomato.
When all veggies are cooked add turmeric powder and salt to taste and boil for another 2 min and water is reduced.
If water is more drain that extra water and mash them well with tool whih we use for mashing dhal.
Now do tempering heat oil and add mustard seeds,urad dhal and curry leaves and transfer it to chutney.

Sending this for kongunadu cusine event.
Priya blog event Kongunadu cusine event

Kongunadu chicken fry

2009-09-29T06:56:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1.Chicken 500gm

2.Red chilli 10
3.Pearl onions 10
4.Ginger garlic paste 2 Tsp
5.Turmeric powder
6.Chilli powder(optional)

Method
Heat some oil in a pan.Add some mustard seeds and let it splutter .Add onion and fry till it becomes golden brown in color.Next add red chillies and fry for 2 min.Add Ginger garlic paste to it .put some turmeric powder and salt and saute them.
Now add the chicken pieces(cut it into small pieces) and saute with the above mixture for 5 min.
Then sprinkle some water and close the pan.
Let the chicken be cooked in a medium heat.Dont add water...remove the lid and saute the chicken in regular intervals.chicken should be cooked in the oil itself.
After the chicken is cooked well,add coriander leaves.
Serve it hot with rice,chappathi..
Note:
If u want the fry to be more spicy then add chilli powder.

Posting this receipe for Think of spice event
http://delightsofcooking.blogspot.com/2009/09/chillies-some-like-it-hot.html
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EGGPLANT FRY

2009-09-27T22:06:00.000-07:00

Eggplant fry

I am going to give receipe how my mom use to make this Eggplant fry(Katharikkai varuval).

Ingredients

Medium size Eggplant 5 sliced length wise.
Pearl onion 5 peeled and chopped finely.
Green chillies 3 or according to your spicy level.
Curry leaves 4.
Mustard seeds,Urad dhal,cumin seeds each 1/2 tsp.
Salt to taste.
Oil

Method

Keep pan in stove and add one tsp of oil ,add mustard seeds,urad dhal,cumin seeds and wait till it splutters.then add curry leaves.
Add onion and green chilles and fry till onion is light brown color.
Now add chopped eggplant and add salt and fry.
Fry in medium high flame .don't stir heavily
Finish it when eggplant is done.

Serve with sambar rice.

Spicy Mutton Chops

2009-09-25T09:54:00.000-07:00

Ingredients.

Mutton(goat or lamb) 1 lb with bone
Onion large onion.
Tomato one .
Ginger 1 inch size finely chopped.
Garlic 2 pods.
Ginger garlic paste 1 and half tsp.
Cumin seeds 1 tsp.
Pepper 1 tsp.
Chilli powder 1 1/2 tsp.
Dhaniya powder 3 tsp.
Garam masala powder 1 tsp.
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp.
Pepper powder 1/2 tsp.
Cloves 1,Cardamom 1,Cinnamn stick 1 inch,Fennel seeds 1/2 tsp and one small bay leaf.
Salt to taste

Method:

Wash mutton with turmeric powder and keep aside.
In pressure cooker pour 1 Tsp of oil and add cumin seeds,pepper and fry
Now add chopped ginger and and chopped garlic and 1Tsp of chopped onion and fry,Add mutton and fry till it turn color now add turmeric powder,Salt and Water close pressure cooker and cook for 3 whistles(I cook 5 whistle I prefer mutton to be soft).
In a pan add oil and add cloves,cardamom,cinnamon,fennel seeds and bay leaf and fry.
Add chopped onion and fry well till its turns light color.
Now add gingergarlic paste.
Add tomatoes and cook till tomatoes cooked now add all powders(chill,dhaniya,garam masala) and cook for 3 min .
Add cooked mutton with that water,Salt and add cook till masala smell goes and water should be evoporated.
Now add 1/2 tsp of pepper powder(I use crushed pepper) and cook for another 3 min.
Garnish with coriander leaves.

Now your spicy Mutton chops is ready you can serve with briyani or roti,chappathi.

Note:You can take Water in which mutton is boiled and make soups and serve your kids.

Those who have cholestrol I suggest not to use Mutton stock it will be full of fat.

Soup and juice event

2009-09-22T23:24:00.000-07:00

Banana Strawberry smoothie:
In A blender add 1/2 cup of milk,One cup of plain yogurt,2 banana chopped 2 inch and 4-5 starwberries top removed and chopped.1 or 2 TBspoon sugar or honey.Blend all this for 45seconds.You can serve for your Toddler.You can also add vannila essence for flavour

Mushroom Butter soup

Ingredients
1.Button mushrooms 10
2.onion 2tsp
3.garlic pods 2
4.Peper
5.Tommato 2Tsp
6.salt
7.jeera
Method
1.Heat some oil in a pan.
2.put some jeera seeds.
3.now add onions and fry them.
4.Add garlic pods and saute them.
5.now add tommato and fry for 2 min.
6.Add mushroom and fry for 3 min.
7.add peper powder and salt.
8.now add 2 cups of water.
9.keep the pan closed.
10.let it cook for 7 min.
11.switch off the stove
12.now add butter to it.
This dish is ver good for kids.this is a ver healthy soup.we dont add any sauces.it is a healthy soup for kids.

Posting these receipes for soup and juice event from momsreceipe blog
MOMS BLOG EVENT

Pavakkaai pakoda (Bittergaurd pakoda)

2009-09-22T13:55:00.000-07:00

Bittergaurd pakoda (Pavakkaai pakoda)
Ingredients
Bittergaurd 2 chop in thin round slice.
Onion finely choped 1/2.
Green chillies 4 finely chopped
Curry leaves chopped 10.
Besan flour 1 cup.
Rice flour 1/4 cup.
Chilli powder 1 tsp.
Gram masala powder 1/2 tsp.
Garlic pods 2 crushed.
Pepper cons 5 crushed(optionla
Salt to taste.
Oil to fry

Making pakodas
Chop bittergaurd and soak in salt water for 15 min to reduces bitterness.
Take a bowl add besan flour, rice flour,salt,Chilli powder,garam masala and mix well.
Warm 1 Tsp of oil ,add bitter gaurd,onion,chilles and curry leaves and crushed garlic,Pepper to this flour mix and add oil and mix well flour must coat bittergaurd.
Sprinkle little amount of water and mix well don't add too much water.
This flour masla should coat bitter gaurd.
Heat oil in pan and deep fry this by adding this pakoda flour as small lumps.
Serve for snacks.
You can also serve as side dish for any type of meal.

chettinadu chicken gravy

2009-09-21T15:29:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

Table 1

1.Chicken 1/2 kg

2.Onion-2

3.Tommato-1

4.Ginger-1inch

5.garlic-6 pods

Table 2

To roast and ground

1.Cloves

2.Cinnamon

3.pepercorns-1Tsp

4.Red chilli-8

5.Coriander seeds-2 tsp

6.jeera -1/2 tsp

7.cumin seeds-1/2 tsp

8.Coconut-2 Tsp.

Method.

Marinate the chicken with chilli powder,turmeric,salt for 30 min.

1.take a pan add oil.

2.Fry one onion,ginger,garlic.

3.grind it into a smooth paste.

4.take a dry pan,roast all the ingredients in table 2 and grind to a smooth paste.

5.take a pan,add little oil and fry the onion till it becomes brown.

6.now add the grounded powder mix to it.

7.fry for some time.

8.next add the onion ,ginger ,garlic paste.

9.now add tommto and fry all these things well.

10.now add the marinated chicken pieces to it.

11.mix it well.add salt

12.now add 1 glass of water and close it with a lid.

13.switch off the stove after 15 min.

14.garnish with curry leaves.

Mushroom butter soup

2009-09-21T15:11:00.000-07:00

Ingredients

1.Button mushrooms 10

2.onion 2tsp

3.garlic pods 2

4.Peper

5.Tommato 2Tsp

6.salt

7.jeera

Method

1.Heat some oil in a pan

2.put some jeera seeds.let it splutter for some seconds

3.now add onions and fry them.

4.Add garlic pods and saute them for 2 min.

5.now add tommato and fry for 2 min.

6.Add mushroom and fry for 3 min.

7.To this peper powder and salt.

8.now add 2 cups of water.

9.keep the pan closed and cook it for 7 min.

10..switch off the stove

11.now add butter to it.
12.serve for your kids .

This dish is ver good for kids.we dont add any sauces to this soup.

Omlet

2009-09-20T11:48:00.000-07:00

Spring onion omlet

Ingredients

Egg

Spring onion

Green chillies

Salt

Mix egg and chopped spring onion,chopped green chilles,salt and beat well.

Pour in a tawa and make omlet.

Muniyandi villas Karandi omlet (kadai omlet)

This karandi omlet is popular in nonveg restaurant in south tamil nadu.karandi is a big spoon or it is a small pan which we use only for doing tempering(thalipu in tamil).

Chopped onion

Chopped green chilles

Chopped curry leaves few

Jeera seeds few

Salt

Pepper powder(optional)

Mix all together and beat well.Pour one TSp of oil in kadai or small pan which we use for temering(thalippu karandi) and heat for few seconds.Now pour the mixture and cook in low flame untill egg is cooked well you can close the pan is u have lid.Don't flip this omlet .Garnish with cilantro leaves.

Now karandi omlet is ready to serve

Sending this two omlet to divya blog omlet event

show me your omlet event

VEG PULAV

2009-09-19T08:52:00.000-07:00

Vegetable pulav

Ingredients

Basmati rice 2 cups.

Chopped vegetables 1 cup (carrot,Beans,peas)

Onion one thin sliced.

Green chillies 4-5

Chilli powder 1/4 tsp(optional)

Dhania powder 1/4 tsp(optional)

Cumin powder 1/4 tsp(optional).

Cloves 3

cardamom 2

cinnamon stick 2 inch

Anan flower 1

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Bay leaves 3

GingerGarlic paste 1 1/2 tsp

Curd 1 tsp

Mint leaves 1 hand full.

Cilantro leaves one hand full.

salt to taste.

oil 3 Tsp

Method

Soak basmati rice for more than 15 min.

Now Cook vegetable in microwave for 3 min.

Keep heavy bottom vessel and add oil or ghee .when oil is heated add all whole garam masala and let it fry for 2 min.

Add sliced onion and sliced green chillies, fry till onion is light brown in color.

Now add Ginger Garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes.

Now add All powders and vegetable and mix well and then add curd ,fry this for 2 min.

Add mint leaves and cilantro leaves and mix well and fry for another 1 min .

Add rice to this mixture and reduce flame to medium low and cook for 2 min.
don't stir heavy... rice will break.

Now add 4 cup of water to this and mix well Add salt to taste and check for salt.

Make this boil till water is reduced when u can see only rice.

Close vessel with lid and cook in sim or low heat for another 15 min.

If you want to cook in rice cooker then after Adding water you can transfer to rice cooker and switch on cooker.

Note :You can add chasew nut with the spices.

Ginger rasam

2009-09-14T14:55:00.000-07:00

Ingredients

1.Tomatto-1(optional)
2.Ginger-1 inch
3.lime
4.tamarind juice
5.mustard seeds
6.jeera seeds
7.toor dal-1/4 cup
8.rasam powder.

Method
1.cook toor dal and tommato and mash it well.
2.crush ginger.
3.take oil in a pan and add mustard seeds,red chilli,jeera ,curry leaves and fry for 2 min.
4.now add the crushed ginger to it.
5.Add rasam powder.
6.next add tamarind juice.
7.when it is mixed well,now add toor dal mix.
8.bring it to a boil.
9.now add coriander leaves.
10.switch of the stove.
11.now add lime juice.
12.do not heat the rasam after lemon juice is added.

Egg kurma for Side dish.

2009-09-12T09:00:00.000-07:00

Reposting this Egg kurma for viki's side dish event for chappathi.
EGG CUBE KURMA
viki Side dish event

WaterCress chutney and Idly

2009-09-11T15:54:00.000-07:00

Watercress contains significant amounts of iron, calcium and folic acid, in addition to vitamins A and C.

Many benefits from eating watercress are claimed, such as that it acts as a stimulant, a source of phytochemicals and antioxidants, a diuretic, an expectorant, and a digestive aid. It also appears to have cancer-suppressing properties; It is widely believed to help defend against lung cancer. Due to its high iodine content, watercress has a strengthening effect on the thyroid gland , thus beneficial for suffers of hypothyroidism.

Tamil name for Watercress is ALIVIRAI or ATIVERAI.

In US you can get in Chinese market.

I Tried Chutney with watercress it came out good.

Watercress chutney

Ingredients:

Watercress one bunch.

Pearl onion 10 peeled

Red chillies 4 -5(according to ur taste)

Urad dhal 2 tsp.

Garlic 1 pod.

Grated coconut 3 Tsp.

Lemon one small marbel size.

Mustard seeds,Urad dhall for seasoning.

Hing powder one pinch.

Oil 2 tsp
Curry leaves 5.

Method.

Wash and clean Watercress and keep aside.

In a pan fry urad dhal with out oil til it turns light brown color keep aside.

In same pan add tsp oil and add red chillies and fry till color changes take from pan keep aside.

Now add garlic and onion and fry both turn light brown color

Add watercress and saute till it losses water may be 3 min.

Add grated coconut fry for 1 min.

Let all this fried items cool to room temp.

Grind urad dhal,Red chillies,Onion and watercress mixture,Tamarind pulp(or water from that)Salt.

Now for seasoning in a pan heat 1 tsp oil and add Mustard seeds,urad dhal after mustard seed splutters, Add red chillies 1-2 ,add pinch of hing powder,Curry leaves.

Transfer this seasoning to chutney.

Serve with idly Dosa .Can also have with rice.

IDLY:

Making Idly batter

Soak 4 cups of Idly rice Seperately. for 6 hrs

Soak 1 cup of urad dhal(if splitted) or 3/4 cup if whole(not splitted) with 1 tsp of methi seeds. for 6 hrs

Grind urad dhal and methi seeds until fluffy.

Then Grind Rice and mix rice batter and urad dhal batter in a big vessel with salt mix well with fingers .

Keep for fermenting in oven surface light on for 10 hrs.

If you are in warm weather you can keep outside the oven.

Making Idly.

Grease idly plate with oil.

Mix batter well and check for salt.

Now pour batter on idly vessel and steam for 10 min.

Now your sppongy idlies are ready to eat with chutney or sambar.

Microwave cooking event

2009-08-30T10:16:00.000-07:00

This receipe goes to Microwave cooking event from cooking for all season

Spinach masala rice

Microwave cooking event

Entries for Breakfast event

2009-08-30T08:55:00.001-07:00

I am posting the following receipes for breakfast event for simpleindianfood blog.

STEAMED POMFRET

2009-08-27T11:23:00.000-07:00

Ingredeints

Silver pomfret 2 head cut and cleaned.

one tsp of ginger garlic paste.

2 tsp of lime juice.

chilli powder 2 tsp.

salt to taste.

pepper powder (optional)

Method.

Wash fish and make slits on both sides of fish.

In bowl mix chilli powder,lime juice,gingergarlic paste,Pepper powder(optional) and salt .

Apply mixed masala on fish apply in deep in the slit so masala spread evenly inside.

Apply masala even inside fish.

Let the fish be in marination for one hour keep fish refrigerated.

After one hour roll fish in foil sheet or in banana leaf and steam in idly vessel for 20 min.

After steaming take fish out let it cool for room temperature.

Now apply some oil that keep fish not to stick in fry pan and keep fish and fry .

Each side should be fried for 2 min or 1 min.

Now you healthy steamed pomfret is ready to eat.

Steamed pomfret is good because cooking with less oil

I am posting this receipe and following entries for spotlight fish event.

Spicy kerala fish gravy

Fish gravy

These three receipes goes to SPOTLIGHT FISH event
SPOTlIGHT FISH EVENT

TOFU SCRAMBLE

2009-08-27T09:19:00.000-07:00

Tofu is made from soybean.Its like panner.Its high in protein and calcium.

This tofu scramble is one of my family's favorite dish so i thought of sharing this receipe.

Ingredients

One pack of firm tofu 14 oz.

One big onion finely chopped.

Four green chillies.

one tsp chilli powder.

One tsp ginger garlic paste.

curry leaves 3.

Mustard seeds one tsp

cumin seeds one tsp.

Salt as required.

cilantro leaves few.

Method

take tofu out of pack squeeze it softly till water is drained from tofu and cut tofu.

In a pan pour oil add mustard seeds and cumin seeds when oil is hot wait till splutters.

Now add finely chopped onion and splitted green chillies , curry leaves and fry till onion is golden brown.

Now add ginger garlic paste(optional) fry till raw smell goes.

Add chilli powder fry well.

Now add chopped tofu it will be soft when u fry it will break and look like egg scramble.

Now add salt to taste fry well till this masala coats tofu well it takes 10- 12 min.

If u want you can cook still more time till tofu becomes dry.

Garnish with cilantro leaves.

Serve with chappathi or rice as side dish.

Thair Semiya

2009-08-21T13:18:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

Semiya-1 cup

Curd -2 cups

Mustard seeds

Coriander leaves

red chilli -2

pomegranate seeds

rasins

Cashewnuts

Method

pour some oil in a pan and slightly fry the semiya

now add 2 cups of water and cook it.

take the curd in a bowl

add the cooked semiya to it

Take a pan pour a little oil and put some mustard seeds,red chilli.

After mustard splutters add it to the curd.

Fry the rasins and cashews and add to the mix.

Add pomegaranate seeds,corainder leaves also

Add necessary salt to it.

Tasty thair semiya is ready.

KIDS SNACKS YOGURT POPS,PANNER PAKODA,SMOOTHIE

2009-08-17T10:10:00.000-07:00

Yogurt pops with berries,

Add one cup of yogurt to a bowl beat it well till smooth now add half cup of chopped berries (strawberries,Blueberries) and beat well now add sugar to taste this mixture should taste with more sugar.

Now pour this mixture in ice mold,and freeze for 5 hours

Now healthy home made fruit pop is ready.

Note :Yogurt should not be sour.

Strawberry and banana smoothie:
In blender add 2 chopped banana.Add 1/2 cup of milk,half cup of plain yougurt,8 chopped strawberries,Add honey or sugar as required.Blend for 45 seconds now you can serve for your toddler.
Note:
For low calorie diet you can add low fat milk and low fat curd.
Serving for under weight toddlers you can add whole milk and full fat yogurt.

RAGI PANNER PAKODA.
Pakkodas are snacks made in india.We used to make pakkodas using gram flour,rice flour..i want to try something healthy and also a good snack. So i just tried .this recipe.....and it really comes good.Ragi is rich in iron and calcium so its good for kids.
Ingredients:
ragi Flour 1 cup

rice Flour 1 TSP

Salt

Oil

Chilli Powder.

Jeera seeds 1/2 tsp

paneer(indian cottage cheese)
Method:
Mix ragi flour and rice flour with waterMake a thick batter of it.Now add salt,chilli powder,jeera seeds.keep the paste aside for 15 min.Cut paneer in to small pieces and mix it with the batter.Now heat oil in a kadai.Take care abt the temperature of the oil.It should not be so hot .The oil should be in a medium heat.Take batter(small size) and fry it in oil.Serve with chutneys or ketchups.Good for an evening snack
I am posting this three receipe for divyas blog cooking for kids event

Cooking for kids event divya blog
Sharmi blog

MINT RICE-PUDHINA SADHAM

2009-08-12T07:40:00.000-07:00

MINT RICE:

Ingredients:

Rice one and half cup basmati or sonamasoori.
Mint leaves one big bunch.
Green chillies 3
Grated coconut 1/2 cup or 3 tbsp.
Red chilles 2.
Tamarind water from big marble size tamarind pulp
channa dhal.
Chashew nuts few.
Mustard seeds 1 tsp.
Urad dhal 1 tsp.
Salt to taste.
Oil or ghee for seasoning.
Half onion.

Method:

Take mint leaves from stem and wash and keep ready.
Cook rice and keep reeady.
In a pan add one tsp of oil add mint leaves saute till it shrinks.
Add green chilles and fry ,now add grated coconut,fry for 2 min and let this cool to room temp.
Grind mint leaves ,coconut,green chilles and tamarind water in blender untill smooth.
In a pan add oil or ghee for seasoning, fry chashew nuts and keep it.
In same oil add mustard seeds,urad dhal,channa dhal let this fry ,next add red chilles,add onion and fry till golden brown.
Add grinded paste let this paste cook for 5 min add little water for cooking.
Add salt to taste now once this mint is cooked add cooked rice and mix well.
Cook this in sim for 3 min .
Granish with chashew nuts and fries peanuts.

Serve with chips or potato fry.

Spicy Kerala Fish Gravy

2009-08-11T11:03:00.000-07:00

FISH CURRY

Ingredients

Any type of fish with or with out bone we use tilapia fillets 3 no.
Sambar onion 10-15 no.
Small tomato one.
Coconut grated one cup.
Methi seeds 1 tsp
Curry leaves 5 no.
Coconut oil 1 tbsp
Chilli powder 1tbsp
Dhaniya powder 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp.
Tamarind one lemon size.
Salt to taste.

Method

First fry peeled onion in oil,Add chopped tomato and last add coconut and fry for 1 min.
Grind this onion tomato mix and keep it.
Clean fish and cut keep it ready.
Now keep kadai add coconut oil,when oil is heat add methi seeds and fry for min and add curry leaves.
Now add grinded masala to it and add chilli powder ,dhania powder and turmeric powder and cook this masala till this raw smell of masala goes.
Now add tamarind water from lemon size tamarind.
Let this cook for some time till oil floats on top or till raw smell of tamarind goes.
Now add fish to this masala and add salt to taste.
Let fish cook for 7 to 10 min.
Once fish is cooked you can finish it by adding one spoon of cocnut oil at last

Serve with Rice.

Note :You can Store this for 2 days.You can also serve with dosa.

Adai,Aviyal

2009-08-11T10:00:00.000-07:00

Adai

Ingredients:
Rice-1 cup
toor dal-1/4 cup
channa dal-1/4 cup
urad dal-1/4 cup
moong dal-1/4 cup
Small onions-5
red chilli-5
ginger-1 small piece
Coconut-1 Tsp
jeera seeds-a little
turmeric powder
salt

Method

Soak rice and dals seperately for 4 to 6 hours.
Grind them coarsely along with onions,red chilli,ginger,coconut,jeera.
Mix turmeric powder,salt.
Now take a dosa pan.
pour a spoon of mix.
Spread it.
Sprinkle oil over it.
Wait till it is cooked.
Super adai is ready.
We want a side dish for this super adai..right??it will be surely avial.

Aviyal

Ingredients

Bean-10
carrot-2
Drumstick-1
Pumpkin-a small piece
plantain-1/2
Coconut-4 Tsp
green chillies-3
jeera-1/2 Tsp
curd

Method

Grind coconut,green chillies,jeera into coarse mixture.
cook all the veggies seperately.
take a pan ,pour some oil.
Add mustard seeds.
now add the grounded mixture.
Fry for 2 min.
Then add the veggies.
Mix it well.
When the raw smell goes away ,add 2 spoons of coconut oil.
Keep it for another 5 min.
Switch off the stove.
Let it cool.
now add 4 Tsp of curd.
Mix it well.

Serve it hot Adai.It will be really good breakfast.

Vegetable Dishes for Kids

2009-08-06T06:51:00.000-07:00

Kids should be given vegetables daily.vegetables contains a lot of nutrients necessary for their growth.To protect our kids from lots of diseases we need to teach them a good life style.Make them to eat daily Veg and Fruits.We will see how to prepare each veg in a different way,so that our kids likes them

1.BeetRoot Salad

Ingredients:

Beetroot:1 cup

Onion :2tsp

Red chilli:1

Curd :1 cup

Method:

Cut the beetroot into small pieces or you can grate it.

Take a kadai and pour little oil.

put some onions,red chilli.

then add beetroot.

let it be cooked.

after it is cooked pour the curd over it.

Add salt.

mash it well.

serve it with rice.The color itself attracts u r kid.

Oats Kanji

2009-08-06T05:40:00.000-07:00

Oats are ver good for our health They have a lot of health benefits.Some of them are exciting.

1.Oats are significant sources of dietary fibre.It contain beta-glucans which has proven effective in lowering blood cholestrol.

2.Oats can spread the rise in blood glucose levels for a long time.oat beta-glucan slows the rise in blood glucose levels following meals and delays its decline to pre meal levels.So very good for Diabetic People.

3.Oats reduce persons risk of getting cancer.

4.Oats reduce blood pressure.

5.Oats helps to reduce obesity.

oats play a major role to have a healthy life.So we will try to have it atleast thrice a week.Here is different recipe using oats for indians .

Ingredients

Oats 1/2 cup

Milk 1 cup

Water 1cup

Garlic 3 pods

Onion 2 tsp

Red Chilli

Curry leaves

Coriander leaves

Method

1.Mix water and milk

2.Boil it.

3.Now add oats and keep stirring.

4.Add little salt.

5.Boil the mixture till the oats are cooked.

6.Take a kadai and pour little oil.

7.Put Mustard seed,curry leaves ,redchillies.

8.Now add onions ,garlic.

9.Saute them for 5 min.

10.Mix it with Oats.

11.garnish with coriander leaves.

The taste will be good.you will eat a healthy porridge with good taste also.

Ramanichandran Novel

2009-08-04T13:07:00.000-07:00

Hi gals I am a big fan of ramanichandran novels.After coming away for india i am unable to get her novels.So i was searching for her novels online .At last i found this blog where lots of people write stories.If you friends like ramanichandran novels i hope you all like this also.
visit this blog and this site
http://amuthas.8m.net/
www.chillzee.com

thanku amutha for a wonderful blog.
Hi,
u can download RC novels in this link..
please visit
http://www.indusladies.com/forums/book-lovers/75071-ramanichandran-novels-free-download.html
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TODDLERS FOOD FRUIT SMOOTHIES

2009-07-30T21:40:00.000-07:00

Some parents may be worried about their kids diet .In this article I am going to write about how to make your kids eat healthy food.

Get them involved in your cooking and ask your kid to choose Veggies from a list of veggies.
If your don't like fruits you take them to nearby farmers market or to nearby farm for fruit picking .They will get Interest in fruits.
If you kids don't like to take fruits as such you can try giving them as fresh home made smoothies and juices.
You can add fruits in pancakes.

Fruit smoothie Receipe

Banana Strawberry smoothie:

In A blender add 1/2 cup of milk,One cup of plain yogurt,2 banana chopped 2 inch and 4-5 starwberries top removed and chopped.1 or 2 TBspoon sugar or honey.Blend all this for 45seconds.You can serve for your Toddler.You can also add vannila essence for flavour.

Banana vannila smoothies:

In blender add 2 scoop of vannila ice cream.Add 1/2 cup of milk.Add 2 chopped banana,Add honey.Blend for 45 seconds now you can serve for your toddler.

Note:

For low calorie diet you can add low fat milk and low fat curd.

Serving for under weight toddlers you can add whole milk and full fat yogurt.

EGG CURRY(EGG CUBE CURRY) OR EGG KURMA

2009-07-29T21:15:00.000-07:00

Photo Egg kurma with Multi grain chappathi.

EGG CUBE KURMA

INGREDIENTS

FOR EGG CUBE

Egg 4.

Chopped onion 2 table spoon.

2 green chillies.

one tsp of cumin seeds.

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Salt.

FOR KURMA.

One big onion finely chopped.

Tomato one finely chopped.

Whole garam masala(cloves,cinnamon) for seasoning.

Ginger garlic paste 1 Tbspoon.

Chilli powder 1 1/2 spoon.

Corriander powder 3 spoon.

Turmeric powder 1/2 spoon.

one Tb spoon poppy seeds.

8 cashewnuts.

Grated coconut 1 cup.

Method.

For making Egg cubes.

Beat eggs

Add chopped onion,green chillies,cumin seeds,turmeric powder and salt mix well

Grease inner side of Bowl with oil,pour egg mix to the bowl.

Steam this mixure like Idly in a closed container till its done .

Cool to room temp and cut with Knife as cube like panner cubes.

For making Kurma base.

Heat oil in pan,Add 2 cloves ,Cinnamon stick 1 inch,Fennel seeds,Cardamom 1,wait till its fried.

Add finely chopped onion,Fry till its light brown,Add little salt to cook soon,Add turmeric powder.

Now Add 1 table spoon ginger garlic paste,Fry till raw smell goes.

Now Add tomatoes and fry well .

Add Chilli powder 1 an d 1/2 spoon of chilli powder(Adjust According to you spice level) ,3 spoon of coriander seed powder Fry for few seconds and add water let this masala cook till masala smell goes.

Now Grind poppy seeds and cashews and coconut in blender.(poppy seeds and cashews must be soaked in water for 10 min)

After this masala is cooked Add Coconut paste to it cook till oil floats on top(don't over cook coconut).

Add Egg cube to it and finish it off .

Garnish with Coriander leaves (sorry I didn't add this In photo) .

Note :This is great food for parties.Serve with Chappathi,Roti or Rice.

OATS CARROT DOSA

2009-07-27T11:45:00.000-07:00

Oats is low in Saturated Fat,and very low in cholesterol and sodium.It is also a good source of Dietary fiber .I like to have Oats for my breakfast.Some time i get bored with oat meal.So i thought let me do some different receipe with oats.I tried dosa with oats and it came out good.

Let me share this receipe for all who is health conscious.Hope you all like this.

Ingredients

Regular Oats one and half cup.
Idly or dosa batter one cup.
Carrot grated half cup.
2 or 3 green chillies
cilantro Leaves few.
Salt

Method

Soak oats in water for 15 mins
Grind oats in blender adding little water till smooth.
In a bowl add oats batter and add dosa batter and add salt mix well.
Now add gratted carrot ,finely chopped green chillies,cilantro leaves and mix well.
Keep batter for 5 min check consistency it should be like dosa batter consistency.
Heat tawa(non stick) and pour one and half laddle of batter and spread as you do for dosa.
Pour 1/2 tsp of oil wait till tht side became light brown.
Flip dosa and make other side to cook.

Take dosa and serve hot with onion chutney.Hope you all like it.

I posted this receipe for padmas dosa corner

Dosa Corner

SOUTH INDIAN BREAKFAST VENPONGAL

2009-07-26T21:54:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

One cup Raw rice.

1/4 cup moon dhal.

1/4 tsp turmeric powder.

one tsp cumin seeds.

one tsp Mustard seeds

Urad dhal few

Channa dhal few.

15 pepper cons.

one inch ginger skin peeled and finely chopped.

Curry leaves 4.

Cashew nuts 8-10

One Tbs of ghee

Method

pressure cook rice and dhall with water,salt and turmeric powder, rice and dhal must be over boiled

Now heat ghee and fry cashew take cashew and keep it .

In ghee add ginger and fry well till light brown,Add mustard seeds,Cumin seeds,Pepper,urad dhal,Channa dhal, fry well add curry leaves.

Add this mixure with ghee to cooked rice and dhal.

Mix well add cashews.

Serve hot with coconut chutney and sambar.

I am posting this for shanthi kumar state special event.

State special event

Spinach Salad

2009-07-23T04:15:00.000-07:00

Ingredients

Spinach

onion -1

Red Chillies -2

Mustard seeds

Cumin seeds

oil

curd

Method

Take oil in a pan.Heat it for 2 min.Now add mustard seeds and wait till it splutters.

then add cumin seeds and red chillies.

Now add onion and saute for 2 min.

then add spinach and cook it for 5 min.

Switch off the stove and allow the spinach to cool.

Take curd in a bowl.Add Spinach to it.Add the required salt and mix it well.

Healthy Spinach Salad is ready.

Emergency Precautions for your babies.

2009-07-16T06:21:00.001-07:00

There are certain situations when we should act so fast.If we have a child,it is better to have ideas about all emergency situation.CPR is an medical emergencyprocedure to rescue life.

CPR means Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation.This is an lifesaving step to rescue the child if she/he stops breathing .In emergency Call For Doctor imm.Before help comes ...we can do this.

CPR for Infants (Age <1)

	1. Shout and Tap Shout and gently tap the child on the shoulder.If there is no response, position the infant onhis or her back
	2. Open The Airway Open the airway using a head tilt lifting of chin. Do not tilt the head too far back
	3. Give 2 Gentle Breaths If the baby is NOT breathing give 2 small gentle breaths. Cover the baby's mouth and nose with your mouth. Each breath should be 1 second long. You should see the baby's chest rise with each breath.
	4. Give 30 Compressions Give 30 gentle chest compressions at the rate of 100 per minute. Use two or three fingers in the center of the chest just below the nipples. Press down approximately one-third the depth of the chest.
	5. Repeat Repeat with 2 breath and 30 compressions. After two minutes of repeated cycles call 911 and continue giving breaths and compressions.

For more details visit the following website.
http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/

Healthy Eating for babies and Toddlers

2009-07-16T05:52:00.000-07:00

There are some foods which should be given carefully to babies and toddlers and untill they reach age 4.

Beacause they dont know to chew completely,so extra care should be taken while eating.

Otherwise it results in choking hazards..so better to be careful.

1.Apple:

Slice the apple into thin pieces or make it as a juice.dont give them as big pieces.

2.Grapes:

Dont give them as a whole.Cut into small pieces or puree them.

3.Raw vegetables:

Instead of giving raw veggies,you can cook them (For eg:carrot,beans,cauliflower..)for 4to5 min and give them.

4.Chips:

crush them into small pieces to eat.dont give it as whole.

5.Popcorns:

Since it is a dry food,kids will find it difficult to eat.

6.Candy:

Ever kid likes a candy..but allow them to eat under your care.

7,Avoid large quantities of food at a time..give them little by little.

Food for picky eater(Toddlers)

2009-07-15T11:06:00.000-07:00

My son is picky eater,His meal is a big war for me.Now a days he is slowly coming out of it.
Good idea is to make your toddler eat food by making them participate in your cooking proccess.
I use to make my son son help me doing scrambled egg which he likes so much.He likes to help in beating eggs (they will messup palce but its ok no problem i can clean).Then i will show him how i cook carrot rice and beetroot rice so he started eating that also.So i thought of posting this receipes which can help some mums who are struggling with picky eaters.

Scrambled egg
Beat 2 eggs with 1/4 cup of milk(whole milk),salt for taste,And if your kids like pepper powder add one pinch.Beat it well with whisker.Now add 2 spoons of butter in pan and add this egg mixure and fry it till done.
This is good food for breakfast.

Beetroot rice:

Beetroot grated half cup.
Cooked rice one cup
Onion Chopped 2 spoons.
Green chilles or red chilles one or 2 according to spice level you prefer.
Salt to taste.
Mustard seeds,cumin seeds for seasoning.
One spoon of ghee(any oil u prefer)

In a pan add ghee and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds .wait till it splutters.Now add onion and chillies,fry well then add grated beet root, fry well and cook with little water .After beetroot is cooked add cooked rice ,salt and mix well.Cook for 2 more min and finish it .

If u like to shorten the cooking process cook grated beetroot in microwave for 2 min and add to seasoning and mix with rice.

Note:Same way you can make carrot rice.

My son don't like to eat vegetable. so i used to prepare for him these dishes ...so in some way or other he will eat veggies.

Mixed veg Rice for one year Baby

2009-07-15T10:07:00.001-07:00

Take 1/4 cup of rice and One hand full of toor dhall or moong dhal soak for 5 min after rinsing.Now chop veggies which ur kids will like carrot(2 inch),beans(3),potato (half).Pressure cook rice,Dhal,And veggies with salt pinch of turmeric powder,few cumin seeds and 2 pepper,tomato one small peice,small onion and garlic one pod.Cook for 3 whistles .Mash It with spoon itself
Add ghee when serving.

Note:If your kid like spicy food you can add one inch of red chilli while .You can mix and match veggies .

Spinach masala rice

2009-07-15T06:20:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

Spinach

Onion-1

Tommato-1

Green chilli-1

Ginger,garlic paste.

Chilli powder-1/2 Tsp

Coriander powder-1 Tsp

Garam Masala- 1/2 Tsp.

Basmathi rice-1 cup

Method

1.use a Microwave Safe bowl for cooking.

1.Pour oil in the bowl and heat it ,for 30 sec in High power.

3.Put some mustard seeds ,keep in oven for 30 sec.

4.let it splutters.

5.Now add onions ,mix well and cook for 2 min.Then add ginger garlic paste ,saute well.

6.Next add tommatoes,green chilli and mix well ..then cook for another 2 min.

7.Now add all the powders and mix well.

8.cook it for another 1 min.

9.Next add spinach and cook for another 2 min.

10.finally add Rice and water (1 and half cup water)with this mixture,mint leaves,coriander leaves,and check for salt.close the bowl tightly.

11.cook for another 15 min(Depends on your rice).

12.standing time is 5 minutes.

13.remove from the oven and add little ghee.

14.serve it with raita,chips.

Ragi..paneer pakkoda

2009-07-15T06:00:00.000-07:00

Pakkodas are snacks made in india.We used to make pakkodas using gram flour,rice flour..i want to try something healthy and also a good snack.

So i just tried .this recipe.....and it really comes good.

Ingredients:

ragi Flour 1 cup

rice Flour 1 TSP

Salt

Oil

Chilli Powder.

jeera seeds 1/2 tsp

paneer(indian cottage cheese)

Method:

Mix ragi flour and rice flour with water

Make a thick batter of it.

Now add salt,chilli powder,jeera seeds.

keep the paste aside for 15 min.

Cut paneer in to small pieces and mix it with the batter.

Now heat oil in a kadai.

Take care abt the temperature of the oil.

It should not be so hot .

The oil should be in a medium heat.

Take batter(small size) and fry it in oil.

Serve with chutneys or ketchups.

Good for an evening snack

Multi grain roti or chappathi

2009-07-13T09:07:00.000-07:00

Here I am going to give you a receipe for multi grain chappathi using Atta flour(kothumai), Jowar flour(cholam) ,Bajra flour(kambu).This receipe is good for people who likes to eat healthy ..This roti is good for health.

Ingredients

1.One and half cup Atta
2.One hand full Jowar flour
3.One hand full Bagri flour.
4.Salt.
5.One spoon oil(Olive oil) I prefer
6.Water to knead

Method

Mix all flour in a bowl and add salt to taste.

mix well ,now add enough Water for kneading.

Kead till its soft like chappathi dough.Now add spoon full of oil and knead the dough.

Keep it closed for 5 min .Make balls with dough.

Take each ball and Roll like chappathi using dry flour for dusting.

If you don't like dusting then u can roll by keeping dough in between 2 plastic sheets.

Take out rolled disc and put it in Hot tawa

if you like you can add oil on the top and flip it on after 1 min.Cook both side and now your healthy multi grain chappathi is ready.

You can serve with curries like egg masala,Chicken curry,For veg Serve with vegetable kurma.

Note :Serve it immediately for soft chappathis or you can keep in airtight container

Snake guard curry(Pudalankai kootu)

2009-07-08T22:13:00.000-07:00

Today i made snake guard curry, my hubby liked it very much .So i thought of sharing this receipe with u ,so that you can impress your loved ones.

Ingredients

Snake guard one
Half cup bengal gram.
Turmeric powder 1/2 spoon
Salt
Onion half if its big.
Coconut grated one cup.
Green chillies 4
Red chillies 2

Soak bengal gram for 30 minutes.Cook bengal gram in cooker for one whistle.

Chop snake gaurd and onion into small pieces.

Heat oil in the pan and and do seasoning using mustard, urad dhal,fennel seeds .

After it splutters add red chillies and then add onion,fry till onion turns brown in color.

Now add snake gaurd and fry for 2 minutes.

Add water and bengal gram and boil till veggie is 3/4 done.

Now grind coconut and green chillies and add it to cooking veggie .

Now add turmeric powder and salt.Boil till snake gaurd is cooked .Gravy should be thick, if it is watery boil till its thick

Now your curry is ready you can serve it with rice or chappathi.

Decorated Photo frame

2009-07-05T12:03:00.000-07:00

In this post I am going to give ideas for making decorated photo frame

Things needed.

1.Wooden photo frame.

2.Color sand .

3.Colored clay for making models.

4.Whit glue.

Apply white glue on wooden frame .

Apply sand on it, after 1 min keep frame straight so that extra sand that is not stick will fall down.

keep it for drying over night.

With colored clay make flowers and stick in corner (what ever u like u can do stars ,flowers,etc ) Make stem and leaf and stick to frame and let it dry for overrnight.Now your decorated frame is ready.You can hang it with your photo.

Note:Use photo as giude

Tamil Books

2009-07-04T05:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.sangapalagai.com

This website contains stories of the famous writers RamaniChandran,Kalki,Parthasarathy,Lakshmi, etc.

Broccoli Stir fry

2009-07-02T09:59:00.000-07:00

Broccoli is high in dietry fibers,vitamim A,C and K.It also contains anti cancer properties.
Here We are going to give you simple Receipe with broccoli.
Ingredients

1.Broccoli one big flower.
2.Chilli powder half tea spoon.
3.Pepper powder or crushed pepper one spoon.
4.Salt
5.Mustrad ,urad dhal,fennel seeds( if u don't like fennel seeds u can use cumin seeda or u can skip both) for seasoning.

Method

1.Cut the florets .You can also use the stem part by peeling the outer skin.

2.Rince broccoli in running water and put it in microwave safe bowl .

3. just sprinkle little water on broccoli(don't add too much water so that broccolli will not be crunchy)

4.cook it in microwave for 3 min.( if you don't like crunchy ones, you can cook for 2 more min)

5.Now in a fry pan and add olive oil(I prefer) or whatever oil you use .

6.when oil is heated add mustard seeds,urad dhal,fennel seeds and wait till it spluters .

7.Add cooked broccolli andfry for 30 seconds and add salt, chilli powder(skip this if u don't like spicy food),pepper powder and fry for 2 mintutes.

8.Now your Helathy broccolli fry is ready.

Baby Food from 8 Months

2009-07-01T18:14:00.000-07:00

Ask doctor before you start any new food.

Rice Kanji-2
Rice -1 cup
Urad dhal - 1/4 cup
methi seeds - 1/2 teaspoon.

Method

Rinse rice ,urad dhal and methi seeds in water and keep in sunlight for drying .Those who dont get enough sunlight u can fry it in pan for 2 minutes.Put in mixee an make powder and store .
1. Boil one and half cup water in a sauce pan .

2.Add 1 table spoon powder and add sugar or salt which your baby likes.

3.Boil for 15 minutes keep stirring.Bring it to room temperature before feeding.
Note:
This food is good for Summer.Ask your doctor when to introduce dhals and give this nutritious food for your kuttis.

Baby Food From 6 months

2009-06-30T03:19:00.000-07:00

We can start semi solids for our little ones at six months or even earlier ,if your doctor advice you to do so.

1.Start with one food at a time .Give enough gap between introducing different food.Some food may cause allergy. so if your kid develop allergy ,consult with your Pediatrician and stop the food which cause allergy.

2.Ensure your baby is sitting upright position while eating.

3.Introduce new foods during the morning or early afternoon. .

4.Don't force your baby to have food.

5.When your baby is hungry offer her breast milk for few minutes and then give her solids.

6.Don't get upset if your baby is not ready to finish her meal. In the first day, baby will eat only 1/2 a table spoon.then gradually you can increase quantity.

Give your babies home made foods,which are healthy and nutritious.
First we will start with Rice kanji which I gave for my daughter as first food.

Rice kanji-1

Method

Grind Rice and pottukadalai (ratio 4:1) into fine powder.
Take 2 TSP of powder and pour 1/2 tumbler water.
Mix Well and make it to boil.
The Kanjis Consistency should be semisolid.
Now add sugar or jagrgery .
Add a little bit of salt.
Feed u r little one this sweet kanji.
She will get a healthy food.

Ragi kanji

This is a best home made baby food.Nutritive value of Ragi is so good.100 gm of ragi's nutritive value is as follows

Protein-7.3g

Fat-1.3g

Carbohydrate-72g

Minerals-2.7g

Calcium-3.44g

Fibre-3.6g

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragi

Method

Take 1 tumbler of water in a pan.

Boil it slightly.

Now add 2 TSP ragi powder.

Mix it well.

Boil the mixture till ragi is cooked.

Now add sugar or jaggery.

Cool the mixture and feed this healthy food for your kid.

Ragi Powder Preparation

Healthy Zucchini Raita

2009-06-29T18:51:00.001-07:00

The zucchini vegetable is low in calories and contains good amount of folate,potassium and Vitamin A.We can have a healthy raita using it.

Ingredients

1.Zucchini - one grated.
2.Curd -one and half cup (low fat or no fat curd for low calories diet).
3.green chilli -1
4.Salt.
5.Cilantro

Method

Grate zuccini .

Beat curd with spoon and add zuccini to the curd

Add finely chopped green chilli,salt and cilantro to it

.Serve with paratha or with spicy briyani.

Fish Gravy

2009-06-29T08:40:00.000-07:00

Ingredients

1.Salmon Fish -250gm

2.Onion -1

3.Tommatto -1 small

4.Green chilli -2

5 ginger small piece

6.Chilli Powder -1TSP

7.Coriander Powder -2 TSP

8.Turmeric Powder -a pinch

9.Tamarind Pulp

10.Mustard seeds

11.curry leaves

12.Fenugreek seeds -1/4 Tsp

Method

Pour little oil in kadai.When the oil becomes hot,put some mustard seeds.Let it splutters.

After that add red chilli,fenugreek seeds,curry leaves.Fry for some time.Then add onion.saute till it becomes brown in color.now add tomatto and cook it for some time.Then add all the powders.

Saute them till the raw smell goes.

Now add the turmeric pulp and salt.Let it boil for 3 minutes.Then add fish pieces.

cover it with a lid and cook it for another 7 min.

when the gravy boils add green chillies and ginger.

cook it for another 3 min.

Boil till the gravy becomes thick.

Note:Do not over boil the gravy.

If u want the flavour of coconut add 1/2 tumbler coconut milk in the last.simmer it for another 4 min .

A super fish gravy is ready.

Serve it with rice,Fish Fry.

Garlic Gravy(POONDU KULAMBHU)

2009-06-28T09:24:00.000-07:00

Ingredients

1.Pearl onion(small onion) 10 numbers
2.Garlic Pod 10-12
3.Tomato small size 1
4.Tamarind small lemon size
5.chilli powder
6.Dhania powder
For tempering
Methi seeds,Mustard seeds,urad dhal,Curry leaves 4 pepper.

Method
In kadai pour oil and put methi seeds ,Mustard seeds,urad dhal wait till mustard splutters then add curry leave and pepper wait for 20 seconds now add onion chopped in lenthwise and garlic pods.fry till garlic is light brown in color.Now add finely chopped tomato and fry well for 2 min.Add chilli powder 1 spoon(according to ur spicy level u can increase),Dhania powder 2 spoon and fry for seconds and pour some water make it boil till the raw smell of masala powder goes and now make tamarind juice from lemon size tamarind and add to this gravy then make it boil till oil separates.If you want your gravy to be more thicker u can add spoon rice flour to water and add to gravy boil for 2 min
Serve with Rice.

Note :You can store this gravy for 3 days refrigerated

tamil Online Newspapers

2009-06-27T14:26:00.000-07:00

Some of the favourite newspapers online..

1.http://www.dinamalar.com/

No subscription fee..totally free

2.http://www.dinakaran.com/

Here you can read kungumum weekly also.

Low Cost International calls

2009-06-27T06:28:00.000-07:00

Most of us feel so sick ,when we are not able to talk so frequently to our loved ones in India.But there is a good news for us.There are Voip phones ,having a very low cost.

Below are some of the websites of these voip phones.Enjoy talking.

1.www.mediaringtalk.com

2.www.voipraider.com

Baby food from 0-6 Months

2009-06-26T16:50:00.000-07:00

Hi New moms

Food for your new born baby is your Milk.Breast Milk is the best food for our little babies.Breast milk contains all the vital nutrients neccessary for our little one.Feeding helps to improve our little ones immune system.

So feed your baby ....so that they will be healthy kids.

For more information on Feeding go through the following websites.

1.http://www.breastfeeding.com

simple flower vase

2009-06-24T20:29:00.000-07:00

Hi friends We are going to give some ideas for home decoration.Some simple craft work which all can do easily with less cost.

Flower Vase

Thing needed

1.Plain vase

2.Glitter glue

3.Rubbing alchol

4.Tissue paper

Procedure.

Wipe the plain glass vase with rubbing alcohol or with plain water.Let it dry.Take some glitter glue in cone or u can just use pointed bottle tip.Draw whatever designs you want.all over the glassLet it dry overnight.You can use it as flower Vase.Fill colored sand up to half of the vase and this will be more attractive.

Tamil Online FM

2009-06-24T06:22:00.000-07:00

Here we provide you the list of online tamil FM.

Enjoy music online.....

1.http://www.tamilfms.com

2.www.tamilradios.com

Tamil Magazines

2009-06-24T06:21:00.000-07:00

Reading tamil magazines is a wonderful hobby....most of us would have enjoyed it. taHere we will provide you the online sites of some tamil magazines.

1.www.vikatan.com

vikatan is one of the best tamil magazine groups.This is a paid online magazine.

we can read all publications of vikatan family viz ,junior vikatan,aval vikatan,sutti vikatan,nanayam vikatan,etc.

2. www.kumudam.com

Kumudam is also a paid website.But good to read.

3.http://www.sangapalagai.com

This contains Kalki,MangayarMalar,Gokulam magazines online.