Saturday 8 October 2016

FOXTAIL MILLET CURD MEAL

There are so many twists in making foxtail millet meal. One of these versions is foxtail millet curd meal. It goes very well with cabbage porial.

How to make?



















Ingredients:

Foxtail millet palin meal two cups
Fresh curd three cups
Shallots or bellary onion fine pieces one cup
Ginger gratings one spoon
Asafoetida one pinch
Red chillies three (split)
Curry leaves one sprig
Sesame oil one tablespoon
Mustard seeds one spoon
Cumin seeds one spoon
Cilantro leaves half cup
Salt to taste


Procedure:

Pressure cook foxtail millet with adequate water upto three whistles.
Keep aside to release the pressure.
Heat the frying pan wih sesame oil over medium flame.
Add mustard seeds to sputter.
When the mustard seeds starts to splutter, add shallots/bellary onions, red chillies, curry leaves and ginger gratings..
Saute until the onion turns transparent.
Add cumin seeds.
Add fox millet meal and salt together.
Incorporate all the ingredients together.
Sprinkle asafoetida over the meal.
Switch off the flame.
Wait for five minutes to cool down.
Add curd and mix well.
Finally add cilatro leaves.
Check the salt. 
Adjust the taste if salt needed.

Foxtail millet curd meal is ready to serve.
Cabbage porial is pairing very well with this meal.


KODO MILLET DUMPLINGS/VARAHU PANIYARAM

It is so simple to make. A versatile main dish that accompanies with any side dish!!!!
It replaces rice as it has low glycemic index and tastes excellent.




How to make?
Kodo millet flour is easily available in departmental stores.

Ingredients:

Kodo millet flour 500gm
Whole urad dal 100 gms
Fenugreek seeds one spoon
Sesame oil to drizzle
Salt to taste
Adequate water

Procedure:

Wash and soak urad dal with fenugreek seeds for three hours.
Grind the soaked urad dal and fenugreek seeds with adequate water into a smooth and soft batter.
Mix the flour and urad dal batter, salt and adequate water in a dry bowl.
Blend well to get a soft batter.
Cover with lid.
Keep aside to ferment overnight or seven hours.
Heat the paniyaram pan over a medium flame.
Pour half spoon of oil into every slot and pour the batter in every slot using a spoon
Cover with a lid.
Allow to cook for a couple of minutes.
Flip over the paniyarams to the other side.
Allow to cook until the paniyarams get golden brown all over the sides.
Transfer the Paniyarams to a dry serving bowl now, using a long needle.
The golden brown yummy paniyarams are ready in your table to have..!!!
A perfect pair with coconut chutney.


Friday 7 October 2016

PONNANGANNI THUVAYAL/COPPER LEAF CHUTNEY

The recipe that suits well with idlies, dosais and oothappams and rice..!

Ingredients:

Copper leaf leaves two cups
Garlic pods two nos
Tamarind one marble size
Bengal gram one tablespoon
Shredded coconut one cup
Salt to tsste
Asafoetida one pinch
Jaggery a small piece
Red chillies three
Sesame oil one tablespoon

Procedure:

Heat a frying pan with oil over medium flame.
Add red chillies, greens and saute for few minutes until the leaves shrink.
Add coconut gratings, bengal gram, garlic pods, tamarind, jaggery, salt and asafoetida.
Saute them together for a few seconds and switch off the flame.
Keep aside to cool.
Blend the fried ingredients with adequate water into a paste.

Transfer the thuvayal to a serving bowl.
Have hot steamed rice, greens,, chutney and a spoon of ghee - a great treat to your taste buds!

KODO MILLET OOTHAPPAM/VARAGU OOTHAPPAM

Ingredients:

Kodo Millet flour fresh 500 gms
Urad dal 100 gms
Fenugreek seeds one spoon
Adequate waterSalt to taste
Sesame oil to drizzle 

Procedure:

Wash and soak urad dal for three hours with one spoon of fenugreek seeds.
(It is suggested that when you grind for normal rice idlies or dosais, add extra 100 gms of urad dal and you collect two fistfuls of urad dal batter (soft and smooth) for varagu oothappam in a separate vessel)
Mix the flour, urad dal batter, required salt adding adequate water.
Let the batter consistency be normal rice dosa consistency.
Allow to ferment more than eight hours/overnight.
Heat the Dosa pan over a medium flame.
Pour the batter over a dosa pan and spread into a thick circle and drizzle sesame oil all over the sides of the oothappam.Cover with the lid.
After a few seconds, Take off the lid and notice the oothappam get numerous pores and soft upper side and golden brown bottom side.
Repeat the process according to your needs.

Varagu oothappams are ready to serve with coconut chutney/sambar/tomato chutney/any side dish of your choice.

Kickstart your day with this great breakfast..!














Tuesday 4 October 2016

HONEY AMLA

It is an excellent source of Vitamin C.
It helps in the absorption and assimilation of nutrients.
It helps flush out toxins through the urinary system
It is excellent for digestion
It is said to  relieve the pain of menstrual cramps.

Can you guess what is it? an amazing amla in honey!









When amla soaked in honey, it absorbs honey and becomes delicious, throwing its bitterness and leaching out water containing in it. .It has a wonderful quality to treat the anaemia.  Amla in honey base is being sold in grocery and medicinal shops costly. We can make this wonderful sweet amla in our home.

Ingredients:

Honey 500 ml
Amla fruits/Indian gooseberry  10 nos


To make Amla sweet, 

Wash the amlas and pat dry them.
Cut the wedges and remove the seed.
Steam them for 8 minutes.
Allow to cool and dry.
Transfer them to a glass container and pour honey over them.
Fill the container with honey so that the steamed amlas immersed into the honey.
Close with the lid and keep them in direct sunlight for three days.
Wait for the time that all the honey absorbed by the amlas.
Take off the soaked amlas separately from the container and transfer them in another dry glass container.
Again pour fresh honey  again to immerse the amlas.
The process is over and preserve .

We can have one fistful of honey amla in the morning regularly.














cover with the  airtight lid and leave it for 24 hours.
After one day, the amla wedges absorb the honey and settlled at the bottom of the container. 

Drain the amlas  and transfer them in a separate dry glass container. The honey turned thin and you can have it as  juice.

Pour fresh honey over the wedges.




Have the honey amla after one day to enjoy its wholeness.
You can enjoy without further waiting!

NAVRATRI SPECIAL COW PEAS SUNDAL

Cow peas are termed as Thattai payaru/karamani in Tamil. Making sundal is very simple and easy. It is a healthy evening snack  reducing cholesterol levels, rich in antioxidants, low in fats.
This recipe is dedicated to the Divine Maa of the Universe.



Ingredients:

cow peas 100 gms
Bellary onion small one
Green chillies two
Curry leaves 10 nos
Ginger gratings one spoon 
Coriander leaves half cup finely chopped
Sesame oil two spoons
Mustard seeds one spoon
Asafoetida half pinch
Coconut gratings half cup
Salt to taste

Procedure:

Soak cow peas for six hours.
Drain the water.
Steam the peas on a white wet cloth spread over the idli mould plate for 20 minutes
Heat the frying pan with sesame oil.
Add mustard seeds
When the mustard seeds popped up, add onion, green chillies, curry leaves and ginger gratings.
Saute the ingredients till the onion turn translucent.
Add the steamed cow peas and saute for a while.
Sprinkle asafoetida and salt to taste.
Simmer the flame.
Add coconut gratings and cilantro/coriander leaves and mix well. 

Cow peas Sundal is ready to offer and serve.





Monday 3 October 2016

FOXTAIL MILLET MEAL

Foxtail millet has been used in our food from the time immemorial. There is an evidence in our ancient poems and literature about the usage of Foxtail millet. In Tamil, it is named as THINAI. It is the  favorite grain for Lord Muruga and Shri Valli. 

Like all the little millets, this is also having low glycemic index and many nutrients and dietary fiber.
Foxtail millets are cheaper than any other rice and other grains. They are low in fat and rich in many
minerals and nutrients. The foxtail millet is a  perfect filling meal. It has iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium and carbohydrates. it doesn't have sugar in any form. Consuming organic Thinai /foxtail millet is overall good for health since it is free of pesticide remains. Reducing the risk of heart attack:
Helps in weight loss. High antioxidants. Reduces gastric problems.







How to make Thinai plain meal?

Simple to make. It is a delicious meal when combined with sambar/rasam/curd/buttermilk, I am sure it will make you a millet lover.

Let us rediscover the cooking methods of Thinai/Foxtail millet.


Ingredients:

Foxtail millet 250 gms




Adequate water

Procedure:

No need to soak this millet.  Wash and add adequate water and pressure cook with three whistles.
Simmer for two minutes. Switch off the flame .Wait until the entire pressure releases.

.


 




CORN STIR FRY

Corn is known by scientific name called Zea mays.  This moniker reflects its traditional name as maize. In the amazing yellow corn , antioxidant carotenoids beneficial for eyes are present in high amounts. It is a high source of dietary fiber and gives the chewing satisfaction. As it is a good source of carotenoids such as lutein and zeaxanthin, yellow corn promotes eye health. it is moreover a rich source of many vitamins and minerals, it is considered as a  whole food or complete food. Health benefits of corn include controlling diabetes, lowering hypertension and prevention of heart ailments, good for skin, hair, and total body health.


Now we are getting ready to make a delicious delicacy now using this corn kernels.

Ingredients:

Corn kernels two cups
Salt to taste
Black pepper one spoon
Red chilly powder half spoon
Asafoetida a generous pinch
Curry leaves few 
Bellary onion fine pieces
Cilantro leaves half cup
Sesame oil to stir fry

Procedure:

Pressure cook the corn with ears for three whistles.
Keep aside to cool down.
Heat the wok and add oil.
Add onion pieces, curry leaves and saute for thirty seconds.
Add the kernels, salt and pepper
Saute again for a while.
Sprinkle red chilly powder, cilantro leaves over the corn kernels.
A splash of asafoetida is followed.

Spicy corn kernel stir fry is ready to serve hot.
You could serve this at once.
Soft spicy corn stir fry is ready to serve as side dish for any variety rice, sambar meal or rasam meal.












Featured post

IRRESISTIBLE CARROT MASAL STIR FRY

Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking time: 6 minutes Serves: 2  Ingredients: Carrots 8nos  Peanut oil one tablespoon Mustard ...