Monday, November 29, 2010

Dum Aloo recipe, Side dish for roti

   Dum aloo  recipe a popular tomato and yogurt based gravy, pairs well with jeera rice and chapati. I  wanted to try Dum aloo recipe for a long time and when i saw cute little baby potatoes in the market i bought it without giving any second thought. If you don't get bright red ripe tomatoes in your place,  i highly recommend the usage of tomato puree since it gives a great taste and nice colour. Let's see how to make dum aloo.
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dum aloo

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Beans curry recipe | beans poriyal

    Beans Curry recipe| Beans Poriyal recipe, South Indian version of beans curry, the addition of cooked toor dal enhances the taste of the curry. This beans curry is a quite common one in our house and pairs well with Sambar, Rasam and Vathakuzhambu too. Generally we don't add cooked toor dal to beans curry. We just temper with mustard seeds and red chili and cook the beans and add coconut in the last. But if we don't have coconut in stock or not allowed to take coconut due to any health reasons, you can add some cooked toor dal to the curry.
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beans curry

Thursday, November 18, 2010

PORI URUNDAI RECIPE | KARTHIGAI PORI URUNDAI

    Pori urundai we always make for karthigai deepam, i am sharing the recipe of PORI URUNDAI today.
For Karthigai deepam, we also make Paruppu Payasam,and appam. Check my complete collection of Karthigai Deepam recipes . Follow Jeyashri's kitchen on facebook for latest updates.

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Check out the video of how to make Nel pori urundai. Follow this link for detailed recipe - Nel pori urundai 
 
INGREDIENTS:  YIELDS: 14 BALLS

PORI(PUFFED RICE) 3 CUPS
JAGGERY 1 CUP
DRY GINGER 1/4 TSP
ELACHI POWDER 1/4 TSP
COCONUT PIECES 2 TBLSP
GHEE 1 TBLSP
WATER 1/2 CUP

METHOD:
  • In a kadai, add ghee and fry the coconut pieces until golden brown.
  • Keep it aside.
  • Melt the jaggery in water and filter it to remove impurities.
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  • Now in the same kadai, add the coconut pieces and the filtered jaggery water and bring it to boil.
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  • Take a little water in a small bowl. This is to check the consistency of the jaggery.
  • Just add a few drops of nicely boiling jaggery into the water.
  • Add the dry ginger powder and elachi powder at this stage.
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  • If you could able to make it a hard ball,then switch off the gas.
  • Otherwise allow it to boil till u reach the consistency.
  • Keep the pori in a wide bowl and pour the jaggery to it.
  • Mix it nicely with a ladle.
  • Greese your hands with a drop of ghee and make it balls when it is warm.
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  • This measurement yielded me approximately 14 urundais.
Pori urundai

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Akaara adisal recipe with Sugar

   Akkara adisal is  a sweet dish which i wanted to try for a long time. Finally i made it this weekend and it came out very nice and i love the creamy texture of the dish.
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akkara vadisal
INGREDIENTS:
RAW RICE 3/4  CUP
MOONG DAL 1/4 CUP
WATER 4 CUPS
MILK 3 CUPS
SUGAR 1 CUP
GHEE 2 TBLSP
CASHEW NUTS 10 NOS.
ELACHI POWDER A PINCH
EDIBLE CAMPHOR(PACHHA KARPOORAM) A PINCH(OPTIONAL)
I didnt use the pressure cooker method, though i used a pressure cooker, instead of a heavy bottomed kadai.

METHOD:
  • Wash the rice and moongdal and soak it in 3 cups of water for 1/2 an hour.
  • In a heavy bottomed kadai/pressure cooker, add a tsp of ghee and fry the cashew nuts till it turns into a nice golden colur.
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  • When it is done keep it aside and add the rice and moongdal (keep the water aside)
  • Fry for a minute
  • Add the water and milk to this.
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  • Allow it to cook, by stirring in between.
  • Allow the rice and dal to cook very nicely.
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  • In a  kadai add the sugar and add 2 tblsp of water.
  • When it comes to one string consistency switch it off and transfer the sugar syrup to the cooked rice and moong dal .
  • Add ghee and the fried cashew nuts , elachi powder and mix well.
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  • IMG_4264 If using pachha karporam add it at the last stage and mix well.
Akkara adisal
Note:
  1. Sugar can be replaced with jagerry also.
  2. You can also keep the rice and moongdal in a vessel and pressure cook it.
  3. If  you are cooking in a pressure cooker, keep the mixture in a big vessel ,otherwise the milk will come out and the rice wont get cooked.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

PAV BHAJI RECIPE

 Pav bhaji recipe with step by step pictures.  Pav bhaji is a popular Mumbai street food. I learnt the recipe of Pav bhaji form my cousin. The first time when i attempted to make pav bhaji at home everyone appreciated me a lot. Sharing with you all the recipe of how to make Pav bhaji. Check out my no onion no galic pav bhaji recipe with video. Try this butter delicious pav bhaji and surprise your family with home made pav bhaji.

pav bhaji
Since we don’t get pav buns here i made with the Burger buns.