Thursday, June 7, 2012

Bread Bonda


Bread Bonda

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Ingredients :-

• Bread ( Preferrably white bread) - 10 Slices with corners removed.

• Bread Powder - 1 cup (You can heat the bread corners that is removed, heat it to remove moisture and grate it in a mixer.)

For filling :

• Potato - 1 big

 • Carrot - 1

 • Green Peas - as required.

 • Onion ( chopped ) - 1 medium

 • Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp

 • Green chilli - 2

 • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

 • Salt to taste

 • Curry leaf

Preparation :-

Filling:

• Cut the potato, carrot into small pieces and cook it in water with a pinch of salt.

• Once boiled, drain the water completely.

• Heat oil in a pan, and cook onions until translucent. Add curry leaves.

• Add the green chillies, ginger and garlic.

• Add the boiled vergetables.

• Add turmeric powder and salt & cook for a min.

• Mash the fillings and keep this aside.

• Pat a little water on the bread on both sides.

• Place a small amount of filling onto the bread slice.

• Roll the bread slice and make it as a ball, the bread should completely
cover the filling.

• Place the ball onto the bread powder and gently roll it. Remove excess bread podwer, by gently patting the ball.

• Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the bread bonda.

Taste good when hot.

Carrot Milk Shake

Carrot Milk Shake

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Ingredients :-

• Milk - 1 cup

• Carrot - 2 ( small )

• Sugar - 1 tbsp ( as required )

• Cardamom powder - small pinch

Procedure :-

Put all the ingredients into the juicer & blend well....

Serve cool...
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Ingredients:-

Pumpkin (Mathanga) - 1/2 kg

Green Chillies - 5

Small Onion (Sliced) - 10

Grated Coconut- 1 cup

Curry leaves - one spring

Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp

Black Beans - 1/2 cup

Mustard seeds- one pinch

Turmeric pdr - 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil

Preparation:


* Cook the black beans with salt and keep it aside .

* Remove the skin of pumpkin and cut it into small cubes.

* Cook it in water and mash it well.

* Grind grated coconut, sliced onions, green chilly, cumin seeds & turmeric powder.

* Add this mixture to mashed pumpkin with black bean & add required salt.

* Boil it till the gravy becomes thick.

* Heat oil in a pan, season mustard seeds and curry leaves and pour it on to the cooked pumpkin curry.

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Beetroot pachadi

Beetroot pachadi

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Ingredients:-

• Beetroot - 1 ( finely chopped )

• Onion - 1 ( finely chopped )

• Ginger - 2 tsp

• Green chillies - 4 Splitted

• Curd - 1 cup

• Curry leaves

• Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp

• Shallots -2

• Oil

• Red chilli - 1


Preparation:-


• Heat oil in a pan & saute finley chopped onion,ginger & green chillies .Saute it well for 2 minutes

• Add finley chopped beetroot & saute it again for 2 minutes.

• Cook it in medium flame by adding 1/4 cup water.When it is cooked remove from fire

• Let the mixture cool ...& then add thick curd to it & mix it well.

• Heat oil in a pan & add mustard seeds,curry leaves.when it splutter add red chilli & shallots

• Pour this over the beetroot & combine it well!!

Ada Pradhaman

Ada Pradhaman

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Ingredients:-
• Ada - 1/2 cup

• Jaggery - 1/2 cup or to taste

• Coconut milk (thin, randam pal) - 2 - 21/2 cup

• Coconut milk (thick), onnam pal) - 1 cup

• Cashews, raisins, - 2 tbsp each or as desired

• Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

• Ghee - 1 tbsp or as required

Preparation :-
• Heat ghee in a pan. Fry the raisins, cashews one by one & drain on to a paper towel.

• Now add the ada & saute in ghee for 3-4 mts. Add more ghee if required, at medium heat.

• Add water & cook it in water for around 20 mts or until it becomes soft.

• Add the melted jaggery, cook at medium heat & continue stirring in between.

• When it thickens, add the thin coconut milk.

• Bring down the heat to medium-low and cook until it thickens, continue stirring in between

• Now add the thick coconut milk. Mix well & add the cardamom powder.

• Mix well, cook for 1-2 mts at low heat and switch off.

• Garnish with the fried cashews, & raisins.

• Serve hot or cold.



Manga Chammanthy / Mango chutney

Manga Chammanthy



Ingredients:-
• Raw mango - 1

• Coconut - 1/2 cup ( grated)

• Green chilly - 3 to 4

• Ginger - small piece

• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

• Shallots - 3 to 4

• Curry leaves - few

• Salt to taste


Preparation:-
• First grind the sliced mango, then add the coconut, chilly, shallots, curry leaves , turmeric pwr ,salt & ginger. Grind it well to make manga chammanthi


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Serve with rice :)

Kozhukatta / Sweet rice balls

Kozhukatta

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Ingredients:-

• Rice flour - 2 cup

• Coconut - 1 cup

• Sugar - 3 Thsp ( as required)

• Water - 2 cup

• Salt to taste

Preparation :-
• Mix together rice flour & salt.

• Boil water and pour it into the rice flour little by little.

• Mix well with a spoon. After cooling down, add the grated coconut, sugar & knead it well.

• Make medium sized balls (kozhukatta) from this & steam it in a steamer for 10 to 15 mins.


Kozhukatta is ready ..Serve it hot :)

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