Monday, May 11, 2015

Soppu Kaayi tari idli.... :):)

He he he he.. I know name sounds a lil strange.. But trust me this is one of my Mom's delicacies which i will treasure for life... Idli is so Yummmm soft and smells sooo nice... Slurp Slurp...

Ingredients:

Akki Tari( Broken Rice used for Idli) - 2 cups
Little Milk to soak Rice

Chop it fine:
Sopsige soppu(Dil)- 1
Onions- 2 (finely chopped)

To Grind:
Kaayi (Grated Coconut)- 1 cup
Hasi menasina kaayi(green chillies)- 6
Pudina- 1/4
Ginger- small piece
Kotambari soppu(Coriander)- 1/2
Jeera - 1 spoon


Soak Akki tari in water and little milk and leave it to soak for half an hour...
Grind all the above ingredients (Little coarse)..
Add the grinded ingredients to Rice mix and finely chopped onion and Soppu ... Add salt for taste and keep the idly mix in plates or Idli stand and steam it well...

Eat it with Kaayi chutney and Lots of Ghee.... Tastes YUMMMMMMMMMM......


Saturday, April 25, 2015

Gajar ka Halwaaaa.....

Gajar ka halwa... What's the first thing comes to your mind when you hear it... I had always eaten it.. But till now never tried to make it on my own..
Friends visit.... That was enough a reason to give it a shot.. Making of Gajar Halwa..

Ingredients..
Carrot - grated 4 cups
Milk- 2 cups
Sugar- 2 cups
Khova- 1 cup
Cashew n raisens
Ghee

Grate carrot... Make it 4 cups.. Start boiling 2 cups of milk.. Once it starts boiling, add grated carrot... Let yne carrot bake properly.. Add sugar once its done.. Now it becomes little diluted.. Boil it further.. Add kbova and boil.. Add elaichi powdered..
Fry cashew n raisons in ghee. Garnish the carrot halwa with it..
Yummy delicious halwa all ready to eat. Eat it hot,cold... Dessert of a kind.



Saturday, April 18, 2015

pani puri....

Yup as I speak mouth waters just hearing it... Pani puri is such a yummy dish..

Finally I decided one day to make it myself.. THE PANI PURI....
 
Ingredients for pani:

Pudina
Coriander
Green chilli
Jeera

Method:

Add the ingredients in mixer and make fine paste. Add suffiencient amount of water ,salt and chat masala and mix it in a vessel.

Get readymade puri

For filling
Boil potatoes and add salt,chat masala and chopped coriander. Finely chopped onions and some sev




Prepare sweet chutney:
Saok some tamarind and soak it well in 30 mins in hot water. Get the pulp of tamarind and add some jaggery to it and boil it.. Once the mixture is cooked.  sweet chutney is ready...
 Crack open the puri.. Fill potato mixer, chopped onions, and sev..  Serve it with pani and sweet chutney...