Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Rangoli / Muggulu /Kolam / Peacock rangoli / Rangoli 1


 
27 Dots 11 lines - till 11  (27 - 11 -11)

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Monday, December 26, 2011

Sooji ladoo , Ravva ladoo





Ingredients  : 


sooji /Ravva /Semolina - 2 cups

Sugar  - 1 1/2 cup

Milk  - 1 cup ( boiled )

cocunut - 1/2 cup (grated)

Cashew Nuts -  10 - 15

ghee - 1/4th cup

Method :

* put a pan on the stove add ghee  add cashew nuts fry them and keep aside.

* Add sooji to it and fry , then add sugar , coconut , milk and fry for some time until u get a nice aroma .add cashew

* After that make into round balls . thatsit sooji ladoo is ready to serve for ur guests . 

chama dumppala pulusu / Colocassia in Tamarind soup / Karunai kizhangu curry / Arvi subji



Ingredients :

colocasia - 250 gms (wash and peel them , if they r big cut into medium sized pieces )

Tomatoes - 1 or 2 ( cut into small or medium sized pieces )

Onions - 1 sliced 

Tamarind  - lemon size ( soaked in water , and ,made tamarind juice out of it .)

salt - as per ur requirement  ( generally for this type of curries u need to add average amount of salt )

Red chilli powder -  1  1/2 tsp

Turmeric Powder  - ( little bit ) 1/4 th tsp

Curry leaves

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp


Urad dal  - 1/2 tsp

Oil    -  1 tsp.


Method :


* Add colocassia , red chilli powder , turmeric powder , salt , tamarind juice , onions , tomatoes in a vessel .

* put the vessel on the stove and let it cook for 15 - 20 minutes, untill the colocasia cooks well  or untill the tamarind juice gets thicker ...

* check the salt  and put tadka  . keep a pan add 1 tsp oil in that add mustard seeds, uraddal , curry leaves to it.

* Add this tadka to the curry ...  and keep it on the stove for few minutes ...

* This curry will be good combination with white rice .....enjoy the recipe



Thursday, December 8, 2011

panchamrutham / prasadams for festivals / mixed fruits in milk and yogurt



INGREDIENTS :
 
 
Milk - 1 cup
curd - 1 cup
ghee - 1 tsp
honey - 3tsp
sugar -  4 tsp ( or as per ur requirement ).
fruits - 2 cups ( apple , banana , guava , pomogranate , orange ,e.t.c ) are cut into small pieces ....
 
METHOD :
 
Add all the ingredients in a bowl and mix it well .
check the sugar ... and finally it is ready to serve ...
 
in south india this is mainly used as prasadam for festivals and poojas ....
 
this can also be served as dessert or as yoghurt fruit salad ( wher you can use more amount of yoghurt ) ..
 
this is very good for health .