Saturday, July 23, 2011

Chola /Sorghum/ Jowar Paniyaram/பனியாரம்/சோள பணியாரம்

Ingredients:

Table 1
3/4 cup Solam/Sorghum
1/4 cup Raw Rice
1/4 cup Urad Dal
1 tsp Methi seeds
to taste Salt


Table 2
1, medium size  Onions
2 Green chillies
few  Curry leaves
few  mustard seeds
a pinch  Asafoetida powder
Few  Coriander leaves
1 tablespoon  Oil 
1/2 tsp  Cumin Seeds

Method:
  1. Soak the ingredients in Table 1 overnight.
  2. Grind it to a fine paste and allow them to ferment.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and allow mustard seeds to splitter in it.
  4. Add curry leaves, onions, green chillies, asafoetida and fry for few minutes until  onions turn golden brown.
  5. Then mix this, crushed cumin seeds and coriander leaves with the batter.
  6. Heat the paniyaram pan and apply little oil in each of the holes.
  7. Once it is hot, pour the dough and allow it to cook on both sides.
  8. Serve hot with coconut chutney or Sambhar.
  Note:
 You can make சோள தோசை/Sola Dosai with the same batter( with or without ingredients in Table 2).


Kambu Paniyaram/Bajra Paniyaram/பனியாரம்/கம்பு பணியாரம்

Ingredients:

Table 1
3/4 cup Kambu
1/4 cup Raw Rice
1/4 cup Urad Dal
1 tsp Methi seeds
to taste Salt


Table 2
1, medium size  Onions
2 Green chillies
few  Curry leaves
few  mustard seeds
a pinch  Asafoetida powder
Few  Coriander leaves
1 tablespoon  Oil 
1/2 tsp  Cumin Seeds


Method:
  1. Soak the ingredients in Table 1 overnight.
  2. Grind it to a fine paste and allow them to ferment.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and allow mustard seeds to splitter in it.
  4. Add curry leaves, onions, green chillies, asafoetida powder and fry for few minutes until  onions turn golden brown.
  5. Then mix this, crushed cumin seeds and coriander leaves with the batter.
  6. Heat the paniyaram pan and apply little oil in each of the holes.
  7. Once it is hot, pour the dough and allow it to cook on both sides.
  8. Serve hot with coconut chutney or Sambhar.
 Note:
 You can make கம்பு  தோசை/Kambu Dosai with the same batter( with or without ingredients in Table 2). Kambu is already dehusked.









Thursday, July 21, 2011

Winter Melon Juice /நீர் பூசணி / வெள்ளை பூசணி

Ingredients:
 
2 cup Winter Melon
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
to taste Salt
2 tbsp Yogurt/Curd  

Method:

1. Remove the outer skin in Winter Melon and cut it into pieces.
2. Grind the pieces, cumin seeds , salt and yogurt  in a mixie.
3. Add water to make it to desired consistency.
4. Winter Melon drink is ready.






Thursday, May 19, 2011

Pottu Kadalai Maavu Urundai /Pottu Kadalai Urundai /பொட்டு கடலை மாவு உருண்டை

Ingredients:

1 cup Pottu Kadalai/ Split roasted gram
1 cup Powdered sugar / Jaggery
¼ cup Ghee
¼ tsp Cardomom powder (optional)
Few cashews (Optional)

Method: 
  1. Roast Split roasted gram in a pan till light brown and let it cool.
  2. Grind Split roasted gram into fine powder and sieve it.
  3. Mix the powdered sugar, Split roasted gram powder and Cardomom powder.
  4. Fry the cashews with a tsp of ghee.
  5. Heat 2 tbsp of ghee and add little by little to the mixed powder and make them as balls immediately. 
  6. Add one piece of cashew to each ball. 
  7. Store it in a air tight container.

Paasi Paruppu Urundai /Payatham Urundai / Moong dhal balls/ பாசி பருப்பு உருண்டை

Ingredients:
1 cup Moong dhal/ Paasi Paruppu
1 cup Powdered sugar / Jaggery
¼ cup Ghee
¼ tsp Cardomom powder (optional)
Few cashews (Optional)
 
Method: 
  1. Roast moong dhal in a pan till light brown and let it cool.
  2. Grind moong dhal into fine powder and sieve it.
  3. Mix the powdered sugar, moong dhal powder and Cardomom powder.
  4. Fry the cashews with a tsp of ghee.
  5. Heat 2 tbsp of ghee and add little by little to the mixed powder and make them as balls immediately. 
  6. Add one piece of cashew to each ball.
  7. Store it in a air tight container.

Poori masal / பூரி மசால்

Ingredients:
2 nos Potato - medium
1 tbsp Oil 
1/4 tsp Mustard 
1 tsp Urad dhal 
1 tsp Channa dhal 
3 Green Chili 
Few Curry Leaves 
a pinch Asafoetida 
1 Big Onion 
Few Pieces Tomato
1 inch Fresh Ginger 
1/2 tsp Turmeric 
to taste Salt 
Few coriander Leaves 
1tbsp Gram Flour 

Method:
  1. Cook the potatoes and peel the skin and mash it.
  2. Cut the onion lengthwise.
  3. In a pan, add Oil.
  4. Add Mustard seeds and as soon as,it starts spluttering, add Urad dhal and Channa dhal.
  5. As they turn golden brown, add Green Chili, Curry Leaves and Asafoetida.
  6. Add the Onion immediately and fry till it turns golden brown.
  7. Add chopped ginger and the tomatoes and cook till tomatoes are soft.
  8. Add Turmeric and Salt.
  9. Mix the gram flour with little water.
  10. Add the mashed potatoes along with the water, gram flour paste and cook for 5 mins.
  11. Add the chopped coriander leaves.

Paasi paruppu Payasam/ Moong dal payasam /பாசி பருப்பு பாயசம்

Ingredients:

1 cups - cooked Moong dal / Paasi paruppu
1 cup Jaggery
1/2 cup Milk
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
8 nos Cashews
Few Raisins
2 tsp Ghee
2 tbsp Coconut grated
1 tbsp Raw rice (soaked)

Method:
  1. Mash the cooked dhal well.
  2. Grind the soaked raw rice, grated coconut and Cashews.
  3. Add the paste to the mashed dhal and cook it for 5 to 7 mins.
  4. Add the jaggery and let it melt.
  5. Add the milk and cook it for sometime.
  6. Fry the cashew and the raisins and add it to the payasam.