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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Idi Chakkai Thoran/Raw Jackfruit Curry
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Pineapple Kesari (Kesari Bath)
Its a sweet dish cooked with semolina(suji) and sugar. This recipe is in combination with pineapple. The taste is yummy.
Ingredients
Rava(Semolina/Suji) - 2 cups
Sugar - 2 1/2 cups (As per your taste you can reduce or add)
Water - 5 cups
Pineapple - 2 cups(Chopped finely)
Ghee(Nai) - 1 cup(you can add or reduce)
Pineapple essence - 1 tspn(Optional) I have not used
Cashews/Raisins - 2 tspns fried in ghee.
Saffron colour - a pinch
Preparation Method
Roast the rava with 1/2 tspn ghee till its little brown.
In a thick bottom kadai/pan/wok keep hot water little less than that of making upma. Add pineapple, colour and 1 tspn ghee. Wait till pineapple is half cook.
Once its done reduce flame, slowly add rava and mix well without allowing to form lumps.
Once this is cooked add sugar and mix well.
Add leftover ghee and mix well. Wait till no water is left.
Garnish with cashews and raisins.
This can be served as it is or with Upma.
Tip - When water is boiling add 1 tspn ghee so kesari won't stick on the bottom of the kadai.
Life - The leftover can be had within 2 days even without storing in refridgerator.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Capsicum Corn Rice
This is very delicious and simple rice. Its a non spicy rice. I usually prepare non-spicy food for my in laws. So this was a treat to them. We do not use garlic at home you guys must have seen it in optional. This is the first dish using garlic in my kitchen.
Corn - 2 cups (Fresh or tinned)
Capsicum - 2 nos (Sliced thin)
Onion - 2 nos (Sliced thin)
Tomato - 1 no (Sliced thin)
Green chilli - 2 nos(Optional)
Mint leaves(Pudina) - few leaves
Garlic - 2 nos(chopped finely)
Ginger - 1" piece chopped finely
Spices - 2 nos each(Elachi/Cloves/Cinamon/Star Anis)
Coconut milk - 1 cup
Oil - 2 tspns
Ghee - 1 tspn
Salt
Soak basmati rice in water for half n hour.
In a pressure cooker, put 1 tspn oil deep fry little onion in brown colour. Keep aside.
In the same cooker, now add ghee, oil, spices and saute.
Add onion, ginger, garlic, a pinch of salt and saute till onion is transperant.
Add tomato and cook till soft.
Add Capsicum and corn saute for few minutes.
Add rice, coconut milk, water, mint leaves, salt and stir well.
Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles.
Garnish with the deep fried onion.
This Recipe is going for EFM Variety Rice by Srilekha. My other recipe going is Curd Rice with Pomagranate.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Homemade Sweet Potato Chips
Potato chips are everyone's favourite. Sweet Potato Chips are very tasty and crunchy. It is very simple and easy to prepare. The texture of the sweet potato is different from normal potatoes.
This is one of the recipes of my Mother in law who is a good cook and my hubby's fav. Thanks to her.
Here you with the recipe.
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes - 4 nos
Oil for deep frying
Salt n Red chilli powder
Preparation Method
Wash, remove skin and slice the sweet potatoes into round thin pieces.
Heat a kadai with oil. Once its hot. reduce flame to medium-low and drop the potatoes slowly.Keep stirring and remove it when brown on a tissue paper. Repeat the process with leftover potatoes. (I removed some dark and light version and mixed)
Once all are done sprinkle salt and chilli powder and mix well. Store it in a air tight container.
Homemade Sweet Potato Chips is ready to eat.
This can be had as it is or for rasam rice.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Oats Feast Extended!!!
I am extending the Oats Feast Event till 31st Dec.
Do send in your entries for the event.
Thanks & Regards,
Saraswathi Iyer
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Cakes n Cookies Event Announcement!!!
Thank you for your support and participation in my events.
I am so excited that my blog has completed 3 years and but am celebrating it as my First Blog Anniversary. On the eve of Christmas and New Year am hosting an Event "Cakes n Cookies".
RULES
1. Use the link in your post and use the Logo.
2. Post a recipe Dec 5th to Jan 30th. Bake a cake or cookies and send it. Eggless is preferred vegetarian friends can try but Eggs are allowed only to cakes. I have heard you can bake a cake without an oven thats pressure cooker method. If anyone tries you can send that too.
3. Email me at simplysara07@gmail.com with Subject Cakes n Cookies and following details.
- Your Name
- Blog name
- Recipe Name
- Recipe URL
- Picture with size 300 x 300 pixels
4. Archived entries should be reposted with event linked back.
5. Non-bloggers too can participate in this event, send in your recipe by email with or without a photograph.
6. Multiple entries are accepted.
7. Round up will be posted in February.
Feel free to leave your comments. Hope you enjoy the participation @ Sara's Corner.
Looking forward for your support and participation.
Cheers,
Saraswathi Iyer
Saturday, December 5, 2009
My First Blog Anniversary!!!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Entries reposted for Events
Pav Bhaji
Churmuri/Bhel Puri
Masalapuri
Tikki Puri
RCI Mumbai by Lakshmi and Veggie Cuisine.
Veg. Sandwich
Lakshmi Venkatesh's Cooking for Kids Veggie and Fruits started by Sharmi.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Karthigai/Thiruvannamalai Deepam Appam Pori Recipe!
Thousands of people visit Thiruvannamalai temple to see the Deepam(Lamp) lit in temple which is in Tamilnadu and offer prayers for the well being of families.
House is decorated with decorative lamps and prasadams are offered to god. Pooja is performed in the evening with Pori, Appam and Adai as Neivedyam.
Traditional Festive Food without onion and garlic is prepared includes special Vella Aval Pori Urundai(Sweet Beaten Puffed Rice Balls), Nel Pori Urundai(Puffed Rice Balls made from Paddy), Appam and Adai.
I am giving recipes for Vella Aval Pori Urundai(Sweet Beaten Puffed Rice Balls) and Nel Pori Urundai(Puffed Rice Balls made from Paddy)
Ingredients
Pori - 400 gms
Vellam(Jaggery) - 3 cups(1.5 paavu)
Fresh Coconut - 1 cup(cut into tiny pieces)
Fried Groundnut(Varutha Verkadalai) - 1/2 cup(Optional)
Sukku Podi(Dry ginger powder) - 1/2 tspn
Elakkai Podi(Cardamom powder) - a pinch
Checkout my recipe for
Adai.
Appam /Nei Appam
Banana Appam
Salt Appam (without onion)
Note - If you cannot make balls take little rice flour(Arasi Maav) apply to your hands and make balls. Sometimes after doing this too you cannot make balls its because of mistake in the Vella Paggu so have as it is....
Happy Karthigai!!!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Tikki Puri | Bengaluru Style Street Food
Ingredients
Puris - 7 nos(per plate) or as you wish(Homemade or Store bought
Puffed Rice(Pori) - 1 cup
Grated carrot - 2 tspns
Finely chopped onion - 2 tspns
Finely chopped tomato - 1 tspn
Green chutney - 1 tspn (for recipe click here )
Sweet chutney - 1 tspn (for recipe click here )
Chaat masala - 1/2 tspn
Salt a pinch.
Plain Sev or Mixture - for garnishing(I ran out of it.....:-))
(You can change the quantity of the ingredients as per your taste)
Preparation Method
Place all the Puris on a plate. Gently press in the centre and make hole.
Now add all the ingredients one by one in it.
Finally garnish with Puffed Rice and Mixture.
Enjoy Streetside Tikki Puri. Eat one whole Puri....at a time....
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Apple Juice and an Award:-)
Health Info - Next to water, fresh fruit juices mix with blood within 6 hours. You might have heard this "An Apple a day keeps the doctor away". If you eat an apple in the morning it keeps us active throughout the day.
Recipe for the Juice
Take 1 big red apple remove skin and seeds. cut into small cubes. (If you dont remove skin filter it after blending)
In a mixer add apple, 1 glass water and 1 tspn sugar. Blend well. (Add water if its thick and blend again)
Apple Juice is ready to serve.
Now its Award Time:-)
I thank my dear friend Rekha for passing this award to me. I would love to pass this to all my bloggers friends who have not received this award.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Vegetable Upma!
Water - 5 to 6 cups