January 28, 2014

Black Urad Dhall spicy rice

     Recently i got some recipes using "Black Urad dhall" from my friend. As you all know, already have tried a dosa recipe which you can find HERE. Since i got some left over uncooked dhall, thought of trying another recipe which is slightly far away different from the original recipe. I never thought it will taste good and more over my lil was enjoyed with onion raitha. Here comes the recipe for you !

ALL YOU NEED:
Rice 1 cup
Black Urad Dhall 1/4 cup
Chopped Onion 1 No.
Chopped Tomato 1 No.
Ginger Garlic Paste 1 1/2 spoon
Turmeric Powder Pinch
Green Chilly 3 Nos.
Fennel Seeds 1 spoon
Mustard 1/2 spoon
Ghee 2 spoons
Salt To taste


METHOD:
     Soak rice and black urad dhall for 1 or 2 hours (make sure, skin of dhall SHOULD NOT come out). Heat a spoon of oil in a pressure, add mustard, once splutters, add chopped onion, slited green chilly, fennel seeds, saute it for a while. Now add ginger garlic paste, once done, add tomato, give hard sauting until oil oozes out. Now add 2 cups of water, add required salt. Stir it. Pressure cook it as your pressure. I kept it for 10 mins in simmer after a whistle. After pressure gets released serve hot with raitha.
♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 23, 2014

Uppu Orundai

     "Uppu Orundai" - Its our favorite evening snack. Sometime we can have it as breakfast as well. From this you can understand how much we like this. Eventhough it has quite simple procedure, its been long time since i prepared this. So, thought of preparing this as our evening snack. I was controlling my evening hunger by not chewing some junks. Finally, the dish was ready and to my surprise, it got vanished just in a moment of time. Here comes oru evening snacker for your views !!!


ALL YOU NEED:
Rice flour 1 cup
Salt To Taste
Water 1/2 cup
To Temper:
Chopped Red Chilly 2 Nos.
Mustard 1 spoon
Urad Dhall 1 spoon
Curry leaf 1 twig
Coconut Pieces 1/4 cup
Cumin 1/2 spoon
Oil 1 spoon
METHOD:
     Take a pan, heat a spoon of oil. Add mustard, once it splutters, add cumin seeds, urad dhall, chopped red chilly and chopped curry leaves, do fine sauting and put off the flame by adding coconut pieces to the oil. Allow it to cool. Now take a wide bowl, add sieved rice flour, pinch of salt, garnish items, mix it with hot water until it comes to rolling consistency. Now make it to small round balls and steam it for 10 to 15 mins. Now serve hot.

Note: You can also add chopped onion and Channa dhall for tempering.

January 17, 2014

Egg noodles

     Noodles & Fried Rice, this is the very simple and aromatic dish which can be prepared in easier and simplest way. But am not the noodles/fried rice lover due to its plain taste. Sounds contradictory right ! :P Being a eggeterian, i just want to try Egg Noodles which i can have it happily compare to the chicken noodles. Finally prepared it one day which was really yummy and the main wonder was my lil enjoyed having it !

ALL YOU NEED:
Hakka Noodles 1/2 pkt
Egg 3 Nos.
Diced Onion 1 No.
Chopped Carrot 1 No.
Chopped Garlic 6 Nos.
Diced Capsicum 8 Nos.
Pepper Powder 1 spoon
Garlic salt 1 spoon
Olive Oil 2 spoons
Salt To taste
METHOD:
     Bring 1 cup of noodles to boil by adding some cups of water and pinch of olive oil. Once done, strain it and keep it aside. Take a wide pan, add a spoon of oil, add 3 eggs and scramble it along with pinch of salt and pepper. Once done, transfer it to a plate. Now again add a spoon of oil in the same pan, add diced onion, chopped garlic once done, add chopped carrot and do sauting it with salt and pepper powder. Once done add scrambled egg and give a soft stir. Now add the capsicum, just toss it for a while. Now as a final note, add the cooked noodles, give hard stir without disturbing the shape, at the same time it should mix with the mixture. Now garnish with garlic salt and serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Note: Same procedure can be done as Fried rice by replacing noodles with boiled basmathi rice.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 12, 2014

Black urad dhall dosai

     In general my all time favorite and savior recipe will be NORMAL, REGULAR dosai. Eventhough its my favorite, one point of time, am totally bored of usual one. Suddenly i got a many variants of dosai recipe from one of my friend. She got many and many varieties like ragi dosai, black urad dhall dosai, green gram dosai etc etc.
    Being a food blogger, do you think will i leave those versions ???!!! NOWAY!!! Asusual i looted the method from her :P Here comes my tried and tasted(ing) recipe....


ALL YOU NEED:
Idly rice 3/4 cup
Whole black urad dhall 1 cup
Fenugreek 1 tbsp
Salt To taste
METHOD:
     Soak black urad dhall + fenugreek and idly rice separately for 4 hours. Now wash it well and grind separately by adding required salt and water, as we do it for usual dosai batter. Allow it to get fermented and prepare the dosa by adding generous sessame oil and serve crispy dosa with coriander chutney !

Note: Dont soak black urad dhall for longtime as the skin will come off. In 4 hrs time, black urad dhall will not be fully soaked, but still you can grind it to a fine paste.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 6, 2014

Kaima Idli

     Its my long term wish(!) to try Kaima idli at home. Have googled many sites for the recipe, finally got the best recipe from one of my co-blogger's site. Luckily i got some left over idlies immediately by next day. But still i was in hesitation and a thing which pulled me back was, i thought idly will absorb lot of oil. But its 100% FALSE. Quantity of oil which i used for deep frying was in same quantity, even after frying it. Thanks God ! Finally, i prepared my very favorite dish and it was yummylicious too !!!

    OMG! its my 275th post ! How did i forget it :-( very bad memory !!!


ALL YOU NEED:
Left over idlies 7 Nos.
Sliced Onion 1 No.
Chopped Tomato 2 Nos.
Chopped beans 1/2 cup
Ginger Garlic 1 spoon
Tomato Ketchup 1 tbsp
Red Chilli powder 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander Powder 1 tsp
Diced Capsicum 6 Nos.
Coriander leaf 1/4 cup
Mustard 1 tsp
Salt To Taste
Oil Deep Fry


METHOD:
     Dice the left over idlies and deep fry it till it turns golden brown. Keep a pan, heat a spoon of oil and add mustard. Once it splutters, add sliced onion, saute it well. Now add ginger garlic paste, do fine sauting until raw smell goes off. Its time to add chopped tomato. Saute it well with red chilly powder, coriander powder and pinch of salt. Now add chopped beans and let it get cooked. Now add diced capsicum and tomato ketchup, fry for just 2 mins. Add the fried idlies just 10 mins before you serve and do a soft stir. If you like to have crunchy feel, add idli just a min before you serve. Garnish with coriander leaf and serve hot with raita.

    Can you see the nice golden brown colored omapudi in the image, in general i love the little browned snack all time, which is 100% false, actually i burnt it slightly :P

Note: Leftover idlies should be refrigerated, just to avoid oil absorption. Actually the original recipe has green peas instead of beans.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 2, 2014

Change over day !

    Before starting my recipe post, i would like to wish all my friends and co-bloggers a very very "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014"

    From the name itself you can understand today's post its going to be a different post but related to the FOOD. Now coming to the explanation of the change over: If its a weekend will plan for a different lunch which will be an unusual recipes.

    Eventhough its different and unusual, one day will get bored of that different, unusual recipes as well. Likewise, that bored day has come, was in panic mode on selecting the menu for my lunch. Suddenly i got an idea why i should not go for some variety rice excluding usual kozhambu, rasam and curd. So, i prepared some 5 dishes which are listed below.

    1. Tomato Rice
    2. Coconut Rice
    3. Veg fried rice
    4. Mint Chutney
    5. Potato fry
    6. White Rice


    You know it was tasted really yummy ! Henceforth, have planned to try this monthly rice. Have you ever tried before ??!!
Note: All unlinked recipes will be posted later.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 28, 2014

Black Urad Dhall spicy rice

     Recently i got some recipes using "Black Urad dhall" from my friend. As you all know, already have tried a dosa recipe which you can find HERE. Since i got some left over uncooked dhall, thought of trying another recipe which is slightly far away different from the original recipe. I never thought it will taste good and more over my lil was enjoyed with onion raitha. Here comes the recipe for you !

ALL YOU NEED:
Rice 1 cup
Black Urad Dhall 1/4 cup
Chopped Onion 1 No.
Chopped Tomato 1 No.
Ginger Garlic Paste 1 1/2 spoon
Turmeric Powder Pinch
Green Chilly 3 Nos.
Fennel Seeds 1 spoon
Mustard 1/2 spoon
Ghee 2 spoons
Salt To taste


METHOD:
     Soak rice and black urad dhall for 1 or 2 hours (make sure, skin of dhall SHOULD NOT come out). Heat a spoon of oil in a pressure, add mustard, once splutters, add chopped onion, slited green chilly, fennel seeds, saute it for a while. Now add ginger garlic paste, once done, add tomato, give hard sauting until oil oozes out. Now add 2 cups of water, add required salt. Stir it. Pressure cook it as your pressure. I kept it for 10 mins in simmer after a whistle. After pressure gets released serve hot with raitha.
♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 23, 2014

Uppu Orundai

     "Uppu Orundai" - Its our favorite evening snack. Sometime we can have it as breakfast as well. From this you can understand how much we like this. Eventhough it has quite simple procedure, its been long time since i prepared this. So, thought of preparing this as our evening snack. I was controlling my evening hunger by not chewing some junks. Finally, the dish was ready and to my surprise, it got vanished just in a moment of time. Here comes oru evening snacker for your views !!!


ALL YOU NEED:
Rice flour 1 cup
Salt To Taste
Water 1/2 cup
To Temper:
Chopped Red Chilly 2 Nos.
Mustard 1 spoon
Urad Dhall 1 spoon
Curry leaf 1 twig
Coconut Pieces 1/4 cup
Cumin 1/2 spoon
Oil 1 spoon
METHOD:
     Take a pan, heat a spoon of oil. Add mustard, once it splutters, add cumin seeds, urad dhall, chopped red chilly and chopped curry leaves, do fine sauting and put off the flame by adding coconut pieces to the oil. Allow it to cool. Now take a wide bowl, add sieved rice flour, pinch of salt, garnish items, mix it with hot water until it comes to rolling consistency. Now make it to small round balls and steam it for 10 to 15 mins. Now serve hot.

Note: You can also add chopped onion and Channa dhall for tempering.

January 17, 2014

Egg noodles

     Noodles & Fried Rice, this is the very simple and aromatic dish which can be prepared in easier and simplest way. But am not the noodles/fried rice lover due to its plain taste. Sounds contradictory right ! :P Being a eggeterian, i just want to try Egg Noodles which i can have it happily compare to the chicken noodles. Finally prepared it one day which was really yummy and the main wonder was my lil enjoyed having it !

ALL YOU NEED:
Hakka Noodles 1/2 pkt
Egg 3 Nos.
Diced Onion 1 No.
Chopped Carrot 1 No.
Chopped Garlic 6 Nos.
Diced Capsicum 8 Nos.
Pepper Powder 1 spoon
Garlic salt 1 spoon
Olive Oil 2 spoons
Salt To taste
METHOD:
     Bring 1 cup of noodles to boil by adding some cups of water and pinch of olive oil. Once done, strain it and keep it aside. Take a wide pan, add a spoon of oil, add 3 eggs and scramble it along with pinch of salt and pepper. Once done, transfer it to a plate. Now again add a spoon of oil in the same pan, add diced onion, chopped garlic once done, add chopped carrot and do sauting it with salt and pepper powder. Once done add scrambled egg and give a soft stir. Now add the capsicum, just toss it for a while. Now as a final note, add the cooked noodles, give hard stir without disturbing the shape, at the same time it should mix with the mixture. Now garnish with garlic salt and serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Note: Same procedure can be done as Fried rice by replacing noodles with boiled basmathi rice.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 12, 2014

Black urad dhall dosai

     In general my all time favorite and savior recipe will be NORMAL, REGULAR dosai. Eventhough its my favorite, one point of time, am totally bored of usual one. Suddenly i got a many variants of dosai recipe from one of my friend. She got many and many varieties like ragi dosai, black urad dhall dosai, green gram dosai etc etc.
    Being a food blogger, do you think will i leave those versions ???!!! NOWAY!!! Asusual i looted the method from her :P Here comes my tried and tasted(ing) recipe....


ALL YOU NEED:
Idly rice 3/4 cup
Whole black urad dhall 1 cup
Fenugreek 1 tbsp
Salt To taste
METHOD:
     Soak black urad dhall + fenugreek and idly rice separately for 4 hours. Now wash it well and grind separately by adding required salt and water, as we do it for usual dosai batter. Allow it to get fermented and prepare the dosa by adding generous sessame oil and serve crispy dosa with coriander chutney !

Note: Dont soak black urad dhall for longtime as the skin will come off. In 4 hrs time, black urad dhall will not be fully soaked, but still you can grind it to a fine paste.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 6, 2014

Kaima Idli

     Its my long term wish(!) to try Kaima idli at home. Have googled many sites for the recipe, finally got the best recipe from one of my co-blogger's site. Luckily i got some left over idlies immediately by next day. But still i was in hesitation and a thing which pulled me back was, i thought idly will absorb lot of oil. But its 100% FALSE. Quantity of oil which i used for deep frying was in same quantity, even after frying it. Thanks God ! Finally, i prepared my very favorite dish and it was yummylicious too !!!

    OMG! its my 275th post ! How did i forget it :-( very bad memory !!!


ALL YOU NEED:
Left over idlies 7 Nos.
Sliced Onion 1 No.
Chopped Tomato 2 Nos.
Chopped beans 1/2 cup
Ginger Garlic 1 spoon
Tomato Ketchup 1 tbsp
Red Chilli powder 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander Powder 1 tsp
Diced Capsicum 6 Nos.
Coriander leaf 1/4 cup
Mustard 1 tsp
Salt To Taste
Oil Deep Fry


METHOD:
     Dice the left over idlies and deep fry it till it turns golden brown. Keep a pan, heat a spoon of oil and add mustard. Once it splutters, add sliced onion, saute it well. Now add ginger garlic paste, do fine sauting until raw smell goes off. Its time to add chopped tomato. Saute it well with red chilly powder, coriander powder and pinch of salt. Now add chopped beans and let it get cooked. Now add diced capsicum and tomato ketchup, fry for just 2 mins. Add the fried idlies just 10 mins before you serve and do a soft stir. If you like to have crunchy feel, add idli just a min before you serve. Garnish with coriander leaf and serve hot with raita.

    Can you see the nice golden brown colored omapudi in the image, in general i love the little browned snack all time, which is 100% false, actually i burnt it slightly :P

Note: Leftover idlies should be refrigerated, just to avoid oil absorption. Actually the original recipe has green peas instead of beans.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

January 2, 2014

Change over day !

    Before starting my recipe post, i would like to wish all my friends and co-bloggers a very very "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014"

    From the name itself you can understand today's post its going to be a different post but related to the FOOD. Now coming to the explanation of the change over: If its a weekend will plan for a different lunch which will be an unusual recipes.

    Eventhough its different and unusual, one day will get bored of that different, unusual recipes as well. Likewise, that bored day has come, was in panic mode on selecting the menu for my lunch. Suddenly i got an idea why i should not go for some variety rice excluding usual kozhambu, rasam and curd. So, i prepared some 5 dishes which are listed below.

    1. Tomato Rice
    2. Coconut Rice
    3. Veg fried rice
    4. Mint Chutney
    5. Potato fry
    6. White Rice


    You know it was tasted really yummy ! Henceforth, have planned to try this monthly rice. Have you ever tried before ??!!
Note: All unlinked recipes will be posted later.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬