Wheat flour(atta) 1/2 cup + little for dusting Besan(kadalai maavu) 1/4 Cup Rava|Sooji 2 tblsp Methi leaves a handful Ajwain (Omam) 1/4 tsp Red chilli powder 1/4 tsp Salt To taste Garam masala 2 pinches Sugar 1 tsp Oil to deep fry Method: In a wide bowl add all the ingredients except oil. Chop the methi leaves and add. Make it into a smooth dough. Do not make it too loose....
Mexican Shredded Beef I have a “thing” about shredded meats. I just love how it acts like a mop for sauces, so every mouthful is so juicy. From Shredded Chicken Tacos to Pulled Chicken Nachos, Shredded Beef Ragu Pasta and Chicken Pot Pie, Chicken and Rice Soup to Crispy Chinese Shredded Chicken, if the eating experience is better when the meat is shredded – I shred it. And Mexican Shredded Beef makes the cut – tenfold!...
Miso butter corn The world has David Chang to thank for the miracle that is sautéed corn with miso and butter. He wasn’t the first to make it but he was certainly the one who made it famous! In fact, it was so wildly popular at his New York restaurant that he took it off the menu because he became known as the corn restaurant that happened to serve noodles! Miso, in case you are new to it, is a soy bean paste that is probably best known as the base for miso soup (here’s my mum’s recipe)....
We make paruppu thogayal using toor dal. This recipe is similar to that using yellow moong dal. Thogayal is one of the staple dishes in most South Indian homes. We mix this with hot rice or even have this as an accompaniment for curd rice too. Moong dal paruppu thogayal is a very simple recipe and can be made in just 20 minutes. After a heavy dose of festive food, I want to eat a simple food....
This is a reader favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”. My best Vanilla Cake recipe is….. Plush, moist, fluffy crumb without being freakishly unnaturally so (as some store bought can be). No more dense cakes! Keeps near perfectly for 4 whole days. 100% fresh on Day 1, still 96% perfect on Day 4. That’s unheard of! Lovely vanilla and butter flavour without a greasy mouthfeel; Even, elegant crumb – no large tunnels or irregular, crumbly holes; Bakes perfectly flat – no levelling required!...
Nando’s copycat Peri Peri Chicken Burgers Nando’s is a global chain that is known for the Portuguese style flame grilled chicken cooked with their famous Peri Peri sauce. Here in Australia, it has a cult following! Since I created this copycat version, it’s been a favourite for outdoor BBQ gatherings, and for many several years it was one of my most requested recipes in my circles (until they tasted the Next Big Thing!...
This sorbet recipe is so easy to make that I kinda feel silly calling it a recipe. BUT since most sorbet recipes call for sugar, water/milk – I figure I should put my healthier version online too. The method that I use calls for just one ingredient: fruit. You can use any fruit you want – you just freeze it and blend. I used frozen mixed berries to make the sorbet in this picture, but I’m already dreaming of a frozen peach sorbet once I can get my hands on some farm fresh peaches....
Actually, I planned to post Cabbage kheer which I tasted at a friend’s house in Singapore. As Orange is available in season now, I thought I will share the recipe for the popular Assamese dessert Komala kheer. A perfect way to celebrate New year 2020. Orange kheer | komala kheer is made by reducing milk and cooling it well and adding orange slices to it. I was not sure how orange and milk will taste, but the kheer was out of the world....
I grew up being taught that instant meals were bad bad bad. The same applied to take out, frozen meals and canned meals. It wasn’t until I moved out of home and instant ramen became a regular in my midweek meal rotation that it dawned on me that my mum used to dish up ramen all the time – using instant ramen. “That’s against her rules!”, I thought. “What a hypocrite!...
——————————————————————————————— Hi! Dhriti here, and I am the runner-up of Suvai’s Little star chef competition. YIPPEE!! I am sharing the recipe. I am a picky eater and if I were to have a hate list, onions and garlic would feature on top of it. I dare not cook with them. My love for Paneer is endless. My favorite dishes are Palak Paneer, Paneer makhani, and Paneer Butter masala. The aroma of Paneer Butter Masala wafting from the kitchen will always melt my heart....
Basmati rice 1 cup Onion or Spring onion whites 1 Garlic 5 pods Ginger a small piece Green chili 1 Pineapple chunks 1/4 cup Roasted peanuts 2 tblsp Schezwan sauce 1 tblsp (optional) Cashew nuts 6 Soy sauce 1 tsp Carrot, green peas,capsicum and sweet corn 3 tblsp (all together) Salt as needed Pepper powder To taste * Oil 1 tblsp Spring onion greens few (to garnish) *I skipped this as i added the schezwan sauce....
This is an easy and fantastic snack recipe that perfectly suits a teatime snack or a kid’s lunch box. As far as I have seen among my kid’s friends, the South Indian kids don’t like to have idli in their lunch boxes. Whereas the North Indian friends finish the Idli milagai podi within no time. In this recipe, homemade mini idlis are tossed in homemade idli chili powder | gun powder....
Raw rice | pacharisi 1 cup Samba wheat | dalia 1/2 cup Moong dal 1/2 cup Channa dal 1/2 cup Coconut 2 tblsp Dry ginger | sukku 1 tsp (for 1/2 cup flour) Cardamom powder 2 pinches (for 1/2 cup flour) Jaggery 1/2 cup (for 1/2 cup flour) Video of how to make porivilangai urundai Method: In a pan dry roast the rice till it turns reddish brown colour. Roast this in a low flame....
Pork Tenderloin with Creamy Mustard Sauce With a sauce made from just cream, mustard and a pinch of tarragon, this is one of those recipes where I actually had to restrain myself from adding more ingredients. I thought, “It just looks too simple.” A ridiculous statement, I know. But if it were me reading this recipe, I would be suspicious. “How can such a simple sauce be as good as this lady says?...
Prawn dipping sauces It’s really worth making your own dipping sauces when you’ve invested in fresh juicy prawns. The jarred stuff lacks the fresh flavour of homemade seafood sauces and just doesn’t do prawns justice! A couple of weeks ago, we catered my mother’s annual Christmas party for 30 of her friends. I’ve noticed that we get approached to do this every 2nd year. I think that the organisers assume that we’re scarred by the experience (something to do with our bedraggled appearance at the end?...
A terrific almost no-cook meal option or a great summer salad for a crowd. This is also how I make prawns (shrimp) stretch further! Summer Salad – Prawns, Mango and Avocado! I’m a bit fussy when it comes to fruit in meals. I never got on board the pork with apple thing. I’m not really a big fan of fruity sauces with roasts unless it errs more towards savoury or tart than sweet....
Rava kesari | sooji ka halwa is a popular and simple Indian sweet. It is made with rava | semolina | sooji, and sugar. Though it is a very simple recipe, many people get lumps while adding water to the roasted semolina. Especially while scaling up the recipe and making it for a huge crowd, there are chances that you get lumps. This recipe is a foolproof Rava kesari recipe, made in a pressure cooker and a perfect one for beginners....
Kootu is a dal-based South Indian gravy, made with any veggies of our choice. In our house, we make kootu with avarakkai (broad beans), cabbage, mixed vegetables, drumstick, eggplant, chow chow, and spinach too. My mother-in-law makes beans poricha kootu also. The spices are usually freshly roasted and ground along with coconut. Sometimes we add sambar powder too for the kootu. Traditionally we don’t add onion or garlic to the poricha kootu....
We usually make different varieties of chutney for idli | dosa, but most of them used to be either coconut-based or onion tomato-based, or mint -coriander-based chutney. This one with a vegetable-based one. I am thinking to try out this mullangi chutney for a long time, finally tried it yesterday. It turned out very well and no one realized that it is mullangi. We usually use radish in sambar and parathas....
Making interesting items for lunch box is a challenging task for most of the moms. Thankfully both my kids love chole, rajma, and other legumes. The channa pulao is always a super hit in their lunch box. I always make rajma masala separately and make basmati rice and mix both and pack them in box. Recently when one of my friends was talking casually in a chat, she made rajma rice for her lunch box and mentioned she made it as a one-pot meal....
