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6. Continue cooking on a low flame, stirring constantly. When the mixture leaves the side of the vessel, remove and spoon
contents into a greased thali.
7. Smoothen with the back of a flat spoon. Garnish with varak, almonds and pistachios.
8. Cut into diamond shaped pieces and serve.
200. Dryfruit Halwa
INGREDIENTS :
Cashewnuts, Walnuts, Almonds and Pistachios - 100gms. each (coarsely ground)
Milk - 1 glass
Sugar - 300 gms.
Khoya - 400 gms.
Black raisins - 50 gms.
Ghee or oil - 1 cup
Cardamoms - 2 (ground)
METHOD :
1. Heat the ghee and fry the khoya stirring all the time till it turns a light brown. Keep aside.
2. Boil the milk and add the sugar. Stir till the sugar dissolves.
3. Remove from heat and mix well with the khoya. Add the dryfruits , raisins and cardamom pwd. and mix well.
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4. Spoon the mixture into a greased plate and smoothen with a flat spoon.
5. Cut into diamond shaped pieces and garnish with almonds and pistachios.
201. Dal Payasam
INGREDIENTS :
Moong Dal (lentil) - 1 cup
Coconut - 1/2
Jaggery - 2 cups (grated)
Cardamom powder - 1 tsp.
Cashewnuts - 1/4 cup
Raisins - 1/4 cup
Ghee
METHOD :
1. Wash and drain the dal. Fry it in hot ghee for 2-3 mins. Keeo aside.
2. Fry the cashews and raisins in ghee and keep aside.
3. Cut 5-6 coconut rings and chop it further to small pieces. Fry it in ghee and keep aside.
4. Grate the remaining coconut and grind it with 1 cup hot water.
5. Drain and reserve the coconut milk. This will be thicker.
5. Again add 1 cup hot water to the ground and drained coconut and grind.
6. Squeeze the milk out and reserve in a separate bowl from the previous.
7. Add this second milk to the fried dal and pressure cook it.
8. In the meantime, boil 1- 1/2 cup water and add the jaggery to it.
9. Boil it till the liquid obtains a thick consistency. Pour this into the boiled dal mixture and stir well.
10. Cook for a few mins. Add cardamom pwd. and the fried cocunut pieces, cashews and raisins.
11. Keep strring all the time. Add the thick coconut milk and mix well. Remove from heat and serve hot.
12. It tastes great if eaten cold too.
202. Red Beet Paratha
Ingredients
2 cups wheat flour
2 tbsp chana flour
1 red beet
1 bunch of coriander leaves
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp red chilli powder or 5 to 6 green chillies (optional)
1/2 tbsp haldi
1/4 tbsp asafoetida and salt to taste
Method
Grate the red beet and finely chop the coriander.
Add all the above listed ingredients and make a dough out of it.
Take a small portion of the dough and roll them into parathas.
Roast them onto the tava by adding little ghee to it .
Delicious Parathas are ready and tastes very good with spicy tomato chutney.
203. Green Onion Bhurji
Ingredients
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4 small bunches of green onions (onion bulbs with the leaves on)
3 eggs
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
Salt
Oil
Method
Clean the green onions and cut the onion bulbs from the green leaves and chop the bulbs finely.
Keep aside
Chop the leaves finely.
Take oil in a wide mouthed pan and saute the chopped onion bulbs for some time till they
become soft.
Add the chopped leaves and mix well.
Close with a tight fitting lid. Decrease flame and let it cook till the leaves become soft.
After the leaves get cooked thoroughly , add chilli powder and turmeric powder. Mix well.
Beat the eggs and add to the pan. Mix the whole mixture well till the eggs get cooked and the
mixture is dry.
Add salt to taste . Serve piping hot.
Note : Do not add any water to the onion leaves. They should cook in their own juice.
204. Mysore Bonda
Ingredients
1 cup All purpose flour
2 Green chilies (finely chopped)
1 small onion ( finely chopped)
1 big spoon full of rice flour
Sour curd ( to make the batter)
Salt to taste
A pinch of baking soda
Chopped coriander leaves (optional)
Method
Mix all the above ingredients using the curd to a bajji dough consistency. Keep this aside for 3
hrs.
Heat some oil in a frying pan. When the oil is hot enough, drop the batter in oil and deep fry them
till golden brown.
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Serve hot with green chutney or ketchup.
Make sure the curd is sour enough. These bondas are very crispy and tasty too.
205. Dahi Wada
Ingredients
For the wadas
Udad dal (Black gram dal) 1 cup
Mung dal (Green gram dal) 1/4 cup Salt to taste
Method for Wadas
Soak the two dals for 7-8 hours or overnight.
Grind it to a smooth paste.
Add salt to taste.
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