Friday, May 29, 2009

Broccoli Soup

Broccoli Soup

Ingredients

Broccoli Florets.........1cup
Chopped Onion.........1/4 cup
Chopped.Potato....... 1/4 cup
Garlic.........................3pearls
Salt and Pepper
Vegetable Stock..........3cups
Red Pepper Chopped....1/4 cup

Method

Heat a pan with two tsp olive oil add garlic and onion and fry them . 
Add potato and fry two more minutes. 
Then pour vegetable stock. 
Let it boil, add broccoli, salt and pepper.
After three minutes puree this. 
Take a bowl add this green colour broccoli soup and keep red pepper on the center and serve. 
Very healthy soup.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Chow-Chow Kootu (Chayote. Curry)

Chow Chow koottu
Chow Chow Koottu

Ingredients


  • Chow Chow(Bangalore Kathrikai)…..2
  • Grated Coconut………………………1cup
  • Red Chili……………………………….3
  • Cumin Seeds(jeera)…………………..1tsp
  • Mustard Seeds………………………..1tsp
  • Urad Dhal…………………………….1tsp
  • Chana Dhal…………………………..3tbsp
  • Salt to tatse


Method


  • Cut the chow chow into small pieces.
  • Heat a pan with 2 cups of water add the cut pieces, turmeric powder and chana dhal.
  • When the vegetable is cooked, add salt..
  • Grind coconut, jeera and chili into fine paste and add to the vegetable.
  • See that it should be thick. Mix well.
  • Heat a pan with 1tsp oil, ,add mustard seeds, urad dhal.
  • When the mustard splutters add to the curry.
  • This kootu is a tasty dish, eat with sambar/rasam rice or chapathis

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Ellu Saadam( Sesame Rice)



Ellu Saadam( Sesame Rice)














Ingredients 


  • Sesame seeds……1/4 cup
  • Rice…………...... 2cups
  • Urad dhal…….......1tsp
  • Chana dhal…….....2tsp
  • Red chili……….....3
  • Salt to taste
  • Curry leaves… few
  • Til oil(sesame oil)..2tsp
  • Jaggery……………..1tsp
Method


  • Cook the rice in a pressure cooker. 
  • Fry the chilli, dhals and,sesame seeds with little oil
  • and cool them then grind them with jaggery
  • Add oil to the rice and mix the ground powder and mix well . 
  • Add curry leaves.

Vegetable Aval Vadai( puffed rice vadai)

Vegetable Aval Vadai
 
Ingredients


  • Aval (Ppuffed Rice)………….............1cup
  • Besan(Chickpea Flour)…….............1/2 cup
  • Chopped,Carrot,beetroot,onion
  • Cabbage,Peas…….........................1cup
  • Green Chili (Chopped)……………2
  • Chopped .Ginger…………………1tsp
  • Boiled Potato……………………1

Method


  • Mix all together(don’t add water) and make small balls and deep fry them. 
  • Serve with chutney.