CHOCOLATE CHEESE SANDWICH | GRILLED CHOCOLATE SANDWICH

Grilled  chocolate cheese sandwich , the  combo of cheese and chocolate will be very nice. I have read about this combo a long back but never tried at home. As kids have holidays, i want to make this for them as i have both the cheese and chocolate at home. Today morning when i told them that chocolate cheese sandwich is your breakfast my little one was quite disappointed. He told me amma please do not try any weird combos and i am sure it won't be nice. I said you please wait and let's see how it turns out. Still he was not convinced and me as a typical mother ignored it and started making this sandwich and quickly clicked too. then i gave him a small bite sized piece for taste. He reluctantly had it out of compulsion but after tasting hugged me and told it was awesome. Varsha too loved it very much. So moms who are looking for interesting recipes for children during their summer vacation can try this chocolate sandwich recipe. Even you can try paratha with this combo too.

ALOO TAMATAR SABZI | ALOO TAMATAR RECIPE | NO ONION NO GARLIC RECIPES

Aloo tamatar sabzi is a super quick and simple recipe made with potato and tomato as main ingredient. I have given this recipe in Aval Vikatan supplement which got published in august 2014. Since it is navratri fasting for many North Indians, i thought it is the right time to post this recipe. I am sure about the exact rules and regulations followed during navratri but as i know onion and garlic will not be included in the food. Even if you don't have any vegetable at home simple potatoes can make this yummy sabzi. Aloo tamatar is a  perfect side dish for poori, chapathi|roti, and jeera rice or any pulaos.

KAMBU KOOZH | BAJRA MILLET PORRIDGE | INSTANT PEARL MILLET PORRIDGE

Kambu koozh is a perfect summer cooler. During our childhood days though amma makes it sometimes but i never liked it that time. But when i did this kambu koozh for the mangayar malar supplement book in Dec 2014, this millet recipe was one among them. I somehow liked it very much and it's an instant version of this pearl millet porridge. I used the bajra flour instead of whole bajra. Try this for your breakfast and you will be refreshed for the whole day. I made this not too thick but if you want you can make it as  thick koozh .
  The cute pots suresh got me during his recent trip to Chennai.

SATHU MAAVU KANJI RECIPE | MULTI GRAIN PORRIDGE RECIPE

Sathu maaavu kanji is one we used to have everyday during our childhood days. Amma used to make an awesome kanji maavu . Also she makes a semi solid khoozl out of it smeared with ghee ,and me and my sister sitting on the stair case used to lick this with this fingers. Whenever amma returns from office and was in a confusion on what to make for us to satisfy our hunger cravings, this will be the handy one for her. Also ragi puttu is one more which  she used to make for us and we love the most. Will blog that soon.
   This process of making kanji can be done in Microwave too. Use a wide microwave safe bowl for this.

VAZHAKKAI CURRY RECIPE | CHETTINAD STYLE VAZHAKKAI FRY

Vazhakkai curry i posted in a traditional way some time back. This chettinad way of making Vazhakkai curry, i tried using fresh mochai. I wanted to post with mochai but before that the season got over. This recipe was shared by my friend from whose mother in law i learned the Kadalai paruppu chutney. This turned out very well and we had with morkuzhambhu on a weekend lunch. Try out this Vazhakkai curry | chettinad style vazhakkai poriyal at your home this weekend.

Vazhakkai curry

  Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 20 Mins |Serves: 3-4

    Raw banana    1 big
    Onion    1
    Tomato   1
    Shallots | sinna vengayam   3
    Coconut grated   1 tblsp
    Sambar powder   1 tsp
    Turmeric powder    1/4 tsp
    Salt    as needed
    Oil      2 tsp
    Mustard seeds    1/4 tsp
    Curry leaves     few
    
     

Method:

• Peel the skin of the vazhakkai and cut the raw banana into big cubes.
• Slice the onions and tomatoes into thin long slices.
• In a pan add oil and add in the mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add the onions and cook in a medium flame till it turns translucent.

• Add the tomatoes and cook till it becomes mushy. Add the sambar powder, turmeric powder and salt.

• Add in the cut vazhakkai and sprinkle little water to this and mix well. Cook this till the vazhakkai becomes soft . Stir this often and sprinkle little water if needed.

1. Grind the shallots and coconut coarsely. You can add very little water if you want.

• Add this to the cooked vazhakkai mixture and mix evenly and carefully.
• Cook for 2 minutes in a medium flame and switch off the flame.

• Chettinad style vazhakkai curry is ready.

Check out my 

• Chettinad Urulai Biryani
• Chettinad Cauliflower Soup
• Chettinad Yam kola urundai
• Yam curry

Notes:

1. You can add fennel seeds | sombu while adding mustard seeds or it can be added while grinding with coconut.
2. You can replace vazhakkai with dried peas and fresh mochai or green peas.
3. Sambar powder can be replaced with red chili powder.
4. You can lessen little sambar powder and add few pepper corns while grinding.

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CORN CHEESE PARATHA | EASY PARATHA RECIPES

Corn and cheese is always a winning combo and i already posted corn cheese balls recipe but this corn cheese paratha i gave for Kungumam Thozi magazine. It got published in first week of March. Parathas will be in the lunch box menu of kids every week. Mostly i make aloo paratha or gobi paratha for them. When i made this one day for dinner both my kids loved it and requested to make the same for the lunch box too the next day. Liking a same dish by both kids is not easy at my home. I think moms with 2 grown up kids will vouch for it. Try this easy paratha recipe at home and i am sure your teenage kid or the little one will enjoy this corn cheese paratha.

KUTHIRAIVALI MURUNGA KEERAI ADAI | MILLET RECIPES

Kuthiraivali | Barnyard millet adai i tried for the first time few months back when i was making supplement book for Mangayar malar themed "Millet recipes". Murungakeerai | Drumstick leaves we generally make poriyal. My mom adds this to adai and we all are a great fan of murunga keerai adai. We have a murunga maram at our backyard from where we get fresh leaves and fresh drumstick (organic too) whenever we want. Even in the entire street they take drumstick leaves from our house. And during the drumstick season, amma will give drumsticks to all the friends as we get most and more of drumstick from the tree. Whenever i cook murngakeerai i have memories of my childhood related to it. I will be the person who will go to the terrace and pluck the fresh leaves from the tree for the adai or poriyal.
  Kuthiraivali adai with murunga keerai was a  wonderful combo and i had this for breakfast today with a glass of neer mor too. You can have adai with aviyal too.

Kuthiraivali adai 

  Preparation Time : 15 + 2 hours soaking | Cooking Time : 5 mins per adai  |Makes: 5-6

     Kuthiraivali arisi | Barnyard millet   1/2 cup
     Channa dal       1/4 cup
     Toor dal      1/4  cup
     Poha | Aval    1 tblsp
     Red chili    2-3 
    Asafoetida   a pinch
    Shallots | small onion    7-8 (sliced)
    Murunga keerai |drumstick leaves   one hand ful
    Salt     as needed   
     
  

Method:

• Soak the kuthiraivali millet and poha together . In another bowl soak the channa dal and toor together. Soak this for 2 hours.
• Meanwhile slice the onions and keep it for adai just before grinding.
• Grind the rice and poha together into a fine paste.

• Grind the toor dal, channa dal and red chili together into a coarse paste. Add asafoetida and salt.

 

• Mix both the ground mixture together. Add the shallots and drumstick leaves. No need to cut the leaves. Add as it is.  Mix well . No need to ferment. Batter is ready for adai.

• Heat a pan and when it is hot pour in a ladle full of batter and spread this into thick adais. Make a hole in the center and drizzle oil around the adai. 
• Cook on both sides till it becomes golden brown.
• Cook in a medium flame only.

• Adai is ready to serve.
• You can have this as it is without any chutney or molaga podi. If needed you can have with jaggery | vellam.

 
Notes:

1. Adding poha will give softness to the adai.
2. You can add 1 tblsp of urad dal to the dal mixture to give more softness to the adai.
3. Big onions can also be added to this , but small onions enhances the taste.

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PUNJABI SAMOSA RECIPE | PUNJABI ALOO SAMOSA WITH VIDEO

Punjabi samosa, the name it makes us to salivate for us. I have already posted a triangle samosa recipe but making this punjabi samosa was my dream. A friend in our apartment used to make this everyday and gives them to the nearby shop . If we order with her in advance she will make for us too. I tasted it once in a party, but got many good feed backs from my friends who regularly buy from her. I asked her one day can you teach me how to make the shapes of punjabi aloo samosa. She immediately said whenever you want you come. So one fine evening i went to her house and learnt the shaping of samosa. She patiently explained me and cleared my silly doubts too. Even before making this yesterday and send few doubts over whats app messages and she explained to me. Here you go, i finally made the punjabi samosa and given the recipe with step wise pictures and video of shaping the samosa too. It needs practice and also not very difficult as we think. do try this at home, as home made ones are always the best. Waiting to hear from you.

Check the video below as how to shape the samosa.

BROWN RICE PULAO | EASY VEGETABLE PULAO

  Brown rice recipe i posted yesterday, and as told posting the recipe of easy vegetable pulao using brown rice. It tasted very nice and even kids too loved it. Now i am super excited to make recipes using brown rice . As brown rice is very good for health, we can slowly shift to brown rice based recipes.

HOW TO COOK BROWN RICE| BROWN RICE IN PRESSURE COOKER

This post on how to cook brown rice is a long due for me. I got the brown price from the fair price shop here last month itself but somehow couldn't try it. As my mom always say, the auspicious time to cook that hasn't come yet . lol.!!. Finally i cooked it yesterday and wanted to post the recipe yesterday itself. But it was too busy yesterday and i couldn't sit and write a post on it. I made the brown rice in pressure cooker. As we Indians are highly dependent on pressure cookers, and without the whistle of it our mornings will never be complete.There are so many varieties of brown rice available in market and basically each one takes it own time to cook. I have used 2 varieties of brown rice so far and both were extremely different. So unlike normal white rice, i can't give exact measurement but few tips may give you an idea of how to cook brown rice. The water quantity i have given is for the brand i used. It consumed very less water whereas the one i used last time consumed more water.
   Brown rice are high in fibre, it promotes weight loss too. It is good for diabetic people too And also helps to lower cholesterol too