Sunday, April 29, 2012

Atta laddoo/ Godumapindi laddoo

INGREDIENTS:
1. Atta/ Godumapindi- 1 Cup
2. Ghee- 1tbsp
3. Sugar- 1 Cup
4. Milk- 1tbsp

METHOD:
1. Initially fry the atta for few mins and keep it aside.
2. Now add ghee , sugar and little milk to it and mix well.
3. Milk should be very little it is just for the sake of preparing laddoo's .
4. Now grease your hand with  little ghee and take little previously prepared mixture at a time and make it in to balls.
5. Now serve it and enjoy.

Boondi Laddoo






INGREDIENTS:
1. Besan Powder- 1 1/2 Cup
2. Sugar- 1 1/2 Cup
3. Milk
4. Ghee for frying
5. Water
6. Baking Powder- 1tsp
7. Kesar- A pinch
8. Cashews finely chopped- 2tbsps
9. Almonds finely chopped- 2tbsps

METHOD:
1. Initially take sugar in a bowl and fill it with water little more than the level of sugar and cook it .
2. Now heat the ghee in a pan.
3. Meanwhile take the besan powder in a vessel,add baking powder to that and also add milk in such a way that the paste should be thick.Mix properly.
4. Now by taking a vessel with holes prepare boondi and keep it aside and add finely chopped cashews and almonds to it.
5. Now after completion of all boondi add the initially prepared sugar syrup to it and keep it for 10 mins or till the boondi absorbs sugar syrup properly.
6. Now take 3 tbsps of warm milk and add it to the above made boondi with sugar syrup.
7. Now mix everything properly and  grease your hand with ghee and take little boondi at a time and make balls.
8. Now serve the laddoo's and enjoy

Friday, April 27, 2012

Vegetable Kurma

INGREDIENTS:
1. Carrots chopped finely- 1/2Cup
2. Beans chopped finely- 1/2Cup
3. Potatoes chopped finely- 1/2 cup
4. Green Peas- 1/2Cup
5. Onions chopped finely- 1Cup
6. Bay Leaves- 2
7. Cinnamon- 1piece
8. Cardamom- 2
9. Clove- 3  - 5
10. Oil- 1tbsp
11. Salt to taste
12. Red chilly powder- 1tbsp
13. Mustard- 2tsps
14. Cumin seeds- 2tsps
15. Asafoetida- a pinch
16. Cilantro/ Coriander leaves- 1tbsp

INGREDIENTS FOR GRINDING
1. One small Onion Chopped- 1/2 Cup
2. Ginger Garlic green chili paste- 2tbsps
3. Garam masala power- 1tsp
4. Turmeric- 1tsp
5. Poppy seeds/ gasagasalu- 1tsp
6. Coconut- 2tbsps

METHOD:
1. Initially pressure cook all four vegetables (carrots, beans, potatoes, green peas).
2. Grind all the ingredients that are for grinding and keep it aside.
3. Now heat the oil in a pan and add mustard to it after it splutters add cumin seeds and now add bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamom, clove to it and fry for few seconds.
4. Now add chopped onions to it and fry until the onion turns golden brown.
5. Now add the masala paste and cook till the raw spells is gone.
6. Now add the vegetables to it and add salt, chili powder and finally a pinch of asafoetida to it.
7. Garnish with coriander leaves.
8. Now serve hot with appam, chapati, poori, rice etc.

Appam

INGREDIENTS:
1. Raw Rice- 2Cups
2. Grated Coconut- 1Cup
3. Cooked Rice- 2tbsps
4. Yeast- 1tsp
5. Salt to taste
6. Baking powder- 1tsp

METHOD:
1. Initially soak the rice in water for 8hours.
2. Now grind the rice with coconut and by adding cooked rice to it.
3. Now after grinding it add yeast by mixing the yeast in warm water.
4. Finally add salt and baking powder to it and keep it for 8hrs or until it ferments.
5. Now take a round bottomed nonstick or any pan .
6. Add more water to the batter so that if we add to a pan it mount move around.
7. Now heat the pan and add 1 small amount of batter to it straightaway without adding oil or ghee to it and not rotate the pan so that the batter is spread all together and close the lid.
8. Keep it for 1min and if it is cooked properly remove from the pan and serve hot with vegetable kurma or pickle etc.