Rava Idli Recipe | Step By Step Pictures

     Rava idli is a renowned breakfast in South India.Rava idli is a type of Instant idli prepared with sooji/cream of wheat.There is no need of grinding or fermentation for making rava idli.To make the  idli fluffy you can add baking soda or eno fruit salt.Without baking soda or eno fruit salt (leavening agents) rava idli is going to be hard and rubbery, as opposed to being soft and spongy.

Punjabi Chicken Curry | Side Dish For Chapathi

       Punjabi Chicken Curry - rich chicken curry made with ghee,yogurt as the main ingredient. I didn't eat the curry,but i can see it in their eyes... how much they liked it.My dearies enjoyed the chicken curry  with chapathi and dosa.This is no regular chicken curry, its really different than others.After i saw it in sanjeev kapoor's book,i made it the same day.

Poosanikai Moru | Summer Drinks | Pumpkin ButterMilk

        Poosanikai Moru / Spiced buttermilk with white pumpkin,one of the easy and cost effective way to refresh yourself on a summer afternoon.Spiced moru is also called sambaram in kerala,majjige in andhra, neer mor in Tamil.

No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake | Individual Serving

    Strawberry cheesecake -easy dessert ,which doesn't need an oven(no bake).I made individual serving ,to control the amount that go in and also to reduce the wastage.
      I made this cake for the shh cooking secret challenge started by priyasuresh sis,This month my pair is mayuri,she gave me Oreo and strawberry as the secret ingredient.

Gujarati Kadhi|Side Dish For Roti

       Gujarati kadhi-is a yogurt based sweet and spicy curry with chickpea flour along with spices and tempered with ghee.Its an authentic Gujarati preparation served along with phulkhas,roti,kichdi etc.Even though there are varieties of kadhi's like Punjabi kadhi,rajathani kadhi.This Gujarati kadhi has it unique flavours and taste.If you have some leftover curd or at times when there is no vegetable available this Gujarati kadhi comes to rescue..
     My landlord is Gujarati and she makes many yummy Gujarati dishes, i never tried to make any of them..few days back when i wanted to make something with homemade curd which got little curdled not smooth, i thought about making this kadhi.This recipe is adapted from tarladalal but altered to our taste buds..
    This Gujarati kadhi is the base of any other kadhi recipe like kadhi pakora,kadhi bhindi,methi kadhi etc.This kadhi resembles few of the south Indian dishes like Moru curry a yogurt based curry
 with ground coconut and spices and a andhra yogurt curry menthi majjiga which is a tempered yogurt gravy.I love both these south Indian curries alike when it comes to rice. This Gujarati kadhi we had with methi thepla, its the best combo ever..If you want to have it for rice add more green chilies and avoid adding sugar to it.You should think of adding red chilies too while tempering.
   
Believe me its so tasty and will be ready in just 15-20 minutes.
 

How To Make Yogurt

How to make yogurt ?

       Most of you would have thought ,No big deal right? The reality is its not easy to make yogurt  in cold countries or in cold weather naturally.
If you ask me, So you never bought yogurt outside? Sometimes I do, But only when the weather was too cold for fermentation. To me store bought yogurt lacks in freshness and most importantly taste.
   This post will teach you a technique or two and a few tips on how to make yogurt at home even in cold weather and or cold countries.

So what it yogurt ?
    It is a product of bacterial fermentation of milk. Bacteria which makes yogurt is called "yogurt cultures".

So I made yogurt, now what do I do with it ?

Dishes using yogurt

• Prepare Gravies like yogurt gravy.
• Use it in chats like dahi vada,dahi poori.
• Use it in raita.
• Use it for preparing buttermilk 
• Prepare  lassi with it .
• Make Yogurt rice .
• Mix it with fruits and make Flavored yogurt.

Sweet Lassi Recipe/Peach Lassi

      Sweet Lassi is a flavored yogurt kind Indian drink ,which would be served along with a meal  in northern  parts of India.People are fond of  making lassi with mango, which is very popular and will be available in most Indian restaurants .
          We love to eat fruits as is .I don't do cakes ,slushes,milkshakes,lassi very often with fruits.But once in a while i do some of these to my daughter(she loves fruits in any form) .This peach lassi i did for one of our road trips ,because  i am not sure how to consume peaches.Peaches are very good fruit which gives lot of fiber, resembles apple.
        I used home made yogurt (with 2 percent milk)for making this sweet lassi .Do you see , it is little watery ?.If you use store bought yogurt ,lassi will be thick and creamy .If your kids love yogurt this is the best way to add some fruits to their diet .This lassi is sweet and tangy with tutti fruity its just good .

   Tip:
      You can do lassi with fruit like mango,blueberry.This will be a good quick snack or breakfast for kids that will be made in no time .You can  involve kids while you make them.

Preparation time:5 min

Serves:2

Moru Curry(Step By Step Pics) | Mor Kulambu

         I have a love towards mor kulambhu/Moru Curry and avial .I tasted Moru Curry when i was in my uncles house Chennai .I  did avial many times after i got married . This moru curry, i never tried .While i was going through a recipe book i mentioned about, i saw this moru curry with ash gourd recipe there and want to try immediately . I did the curry previous week.After i ate  ,my hand smelled like heaven .Just loving this Mor Kulzhambhu .
    Moru Curry and Beans paruppu usili is a very famous combo in Iyengar house.But we do Beetroot Usili(beetroot kola) as a sidedish(Instead of beans we use beetroot).
        I added just 3/4 cup of yogurt and 3 green chilies opposed to 1 1/2 cup yogurt and 4 green chilies mentioned in the book ,Thinking of it will be more for 3 of us .After we ate lunch  so much of  kulambhu was remaining so we had with dosa and it tasted amazing with dosa too  .If  you want  gravy/kulambhu to be tangy, use the day before yogurt .If you are making this curry for more than 4 people increase the yogurt and chilies used. you might want to increase coconut used as well .


Some wonderful kulambhu recipes

1. Curry leaves Kulambhu
2. Kola Urundai Kulambhu
3. Kathirikai Murungaikai Kulambhu

Preparation time:10 min
Cooking time:10 +15 min
Serves:3-4

Ingredients:

•  200 grams ash gourd/poosani kai
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 8 red onions/shallots
• 1/2 tomato/Thakkali.
• 3/4 cup yogurt/thayir

To temper:

• 2 tbsp oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp jeera/Cumin seeds
• few curry leaves/Karuvepilai

To grind:

• 2 tsp grated coconut
• 1 tsp jeera/Cumin seeds
• 3 green chilies/Pacha milagai
• 1 tsp toor Dal/Thuvaram parupu
• 1 tsp Channa Dal/Kadala parupu
• 1 tsp raw rice/Pacharisi

Method:

• Soak Channa,toor Dal and raw rice for sometime and grind it along with jeera,coconut,chilies.

• Clean the ash gourd and cut it in to small pieces.

• Pressure cook it along with onion and tomato for a whistle .
• In a pan add oil and add the tempering items when tava is hot .

• Add turmeric powder as well .
• Add the pressure cooked ash gourd and ground paste .
• Add the required salt and let it cook until it becomes thick .
• Make the yogurt to butter milk by churning it.If its too thick add little water .

• When the gravy is thick, add the thick butter milk .

• When the gravy boils switch off the flame .
• Serve it with rice and parupu usili .

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