Kadalai Urundai / Peanut Balls

     According to me Kadalai Urundai = Everyone's childhood (G)Olden memories. Yes, there will be noone especially southindians, who never tasted this during their childhood days. I am a big big crazy fan of "Peanut Balls". Generally you know my way of eating this, it will bit Yuck but still will not leave without telling this :) First will lick completely the outer portion which is the jaggery, if i keep on do that, the peanut will automatically get loosen and finally will start chewing the peanut.. He he... Even now i follow this ;) Without taking much of your time, here comes everyone's favorite "Kadalai Urundai"

ALL YOU NEED:

Roasted Peanut	1 cup
Jaggery	1 cup
Cardamom Powder	Pinch
Dry ginger Powder	Pinch
Warm Water	1/2 cup
Salt	Pinch
Oil	To grease hands

METHOD:
     Take a bowl mix both jaggery and 1/2 cup of warm water. Keep mixing until the jaggery gets dissolved. Now take a non-stick pan, pour the jaggery syrup by filtering it. Let it boil, add dry ginger powder, cardamom powder and pinch of salt, just to enhance the sweetness. Keep on stirring inbetween. To check jaggery consistency, take a water in a small bowl, place a drop of jaggery mixture into the small bowl. If you could able to make it as small balls. Its the perfect texture. Put off the flame. Add the roasted and skinless peanuts, mix well with the jaggery syrup until it all coats the peanuts. Now grease your hand with oil, take some peanuts and make it as balls. Be careful, the mixture will be too hot. If its become hard to make balls, keep the pan in flame for 2 mins, it will get loosen. Now keep repeating the process. Store it in air tight container.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Nuttie Chocolate Fudge

     Recently i saw this recipe in a very famous TV channel which looks so easy with basic ingredients. Immediately that dish started calling to try at home. Will i deny a recipe call that too being a food blogger ???!! NEVER, checked my fridge and luckily got all the ingredients. Eventhough am happy about, i got all ingredients, i was bit worried about the outcome. Started preparing, OMG ! to my surprise it came out soooo perfectly and here comes for your views.

ALL YOU NEED:

Chocolate Chips	1 cup
Condensed Milk	1/4 cup
Unsalted Butter	1/4 cup
Mixed Nuts	1/2 cup

METHOD:
     Take a microwave safe bowl, add chocolate chips and place it microwave for 2 to 3 mins. If you are not owing microwave, you can melt it by double boiler method i.e. heat a water in idly pan, keep the chocolate chip bowl on top of it. Make sure it should not touch the bottom of idly pan. Keep stirring, you can see its starts melting down. Let it sit for a while. Now take a nonstick pan, heat the butter. Once it starts melting down, pour the melted chocolate, condensed milk and chopped nuts. Put off the flame. Keep stir for 2 mins. Now take a wide bowl, grease with some butter, pour the fudge mixture, spread evenly. All done, refrigerate for 1 hour. If you need you can garnish with some fine chopped nuts on top of it. If you don't like chewy consistency, freeze it for 30 mins. Even i followed the Freeze technique.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Baked Veggie Pasta

     Nowadays me started liking this pasta in any form. Due to that, my excavation also started by surfing my cobloggers space. When i was surfing for some pasta recipe for our evening snack, this grabbed my attention. Immediately checked my fridge for the ingredients. How lucky me ! I got all the ingredients and immediately tried for our evening snack. Now its for your views.

ALL YOU NEED:

Pasta	1 cup
Tomato chilly sauce	5 tsps
Cheddar Cheese	1/2 cup
Bread crumbs	4 tsp
Mixed Veggies	1/2 cup
Olive Oil	4 tsp
Herbs	2 tsp
Salt	To Taste

METHOD:
     Cook pasta along with oil and pinch of salt. Drain it. Now transfer it to a wide bowl, add salt, cheese (you can use mozzarella cheese too) tomato chilly sauce, mixed veggies (i used, carrot, capsicum, onion and tomato) and a spoon of bread crumbs. Give a mix. Now take the muffin tin, grease with oil and dust it with bread crumbs. Now fill it with the pasta mixture and sprinkle some bread crumbs and spray some olive oil. Once done, place it in the 350 F preheated oven. Bake it for 20 mins, till the bread crumbs turns golden brown. Let it cool and serve hot. Make sure there is a chance of breaking the cup shape while you are scooping it out.

Note: You can also use Mozzarella cheese.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Marshmallows Cheerios Balls

     My lil one will go crazy whenever she find Marshmallows in shop. You don't believe me, i have all types of marshmallows w.r.t shapes and flavors stocked up at home. But nowadays, since she got bored of eating all time, it like literally untouched sitting silently in my kitchen closet. Just to empty it, thought why shouldn't i try excavating some new kids delight muncher using marshmallows and oats cereals. Finally, this is the outcome. Likewise, its typically like "Rice Krispies treat" which is very popular in US.

ALL YOU NEED:

Oats Cereals	1 cup
Marshmallows	1 cup
Butter	1 spoon

METHOD:
     Take a heavy bottomed pan, melt a spoon of butter. Now add a cup of marshmallows (i used vanilla flavour). It will starts melting within couple of minutes. There is a chance, it gets burnt, so be careful on it. Once its melted, add a cup of oats cereals, give a quick stir and switch of the flame. Allow it cool until it reaches warm enough to roll it. Once its warm, grease ur hand with butter and take the mixture and roll it to lemon sized balls. Even you can place it in a butter greased bowl and you can cut into cubes, as we do it for burfi.

Note: You can use any types of cereals instead of oats cereals.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Kaara Bhoondi

     I should definitely say this to you all. This term "Kaara Bhoondhi" is a big magical word to my kid. Yes, she is the most addicted person for this tea time muncher. She was bugging me all these days to prepare it at home. Since i don't have bhoondhi karandi at home and even i can buy one in my current place, it was dragging. Suddenly and finally i got this from my friend and tried my kids favorite snack. Now it comes for your views.

ALL YOU NEED:

Besan Flour	1 cup
Rice Flour	1/4 cup
Chilly Powder	1/4 tsp
Bakind Soda	Pinch
Garlic Extract	1 cup
Hing	Pinch
Salt	To Taste
Oil	To Depp fry

To Garnish:

Chilly Powder	1/2 spoon
Pepper Powder	1/4 spoon
Crushed Garlic	7 Nos.
Peanut	1/2 cup
Cashews	1/2 cup
Curry Leaf	3 Twigs
Salt	Pinch
Oil	2 spoons

METHOD:
     Sieve Besan flour and rice flour. Place it in a wide bowl, add chilly powder, baking soda, hing and required salt. Mix it. Once done, add garlic extract/water (Grind garlic in a mixer by adding some water and filter it. This is to add some aroma) Mix well without any lumps. You can also add water, if garlic extract is not sufficient. Actually it should be bit thinner than bhajji batter consistency. Meantime heat oil for deep frying, once done, take the bhoondi ladle and a normal ladle to spread the batter. Take a ladle of batter and pour it on the bhoondi ladle and spread it. Turn the bhoondi evenly and let it be in flame until it comes to golden brown. Place it on tissure paper. Repeat the process until you finish off the batter.

     Now take a frying pan, heat 2 spoons of oil, add crushed garlic, curry leaf, cashews and peanuts. Saute until the garlic and curry leaf becomes crunchy. Now add chilly powder, pinch of salt, pepper powder to the kaara bhoondhi and also add the garlic, curry leaf and peanuts. Mix well, without breaking the bhoondi shape.



Note: Actually i made a mistake in my batter consistency. Thats why most of the bhoondi are with tails :P

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Lemon Semiya

    I am a big lover of all tangy dishes. But somehow Lemon Rice was the first thing in my "Not likey" list. Still i couldn't find out the reason. In recent days, to my surprise, me became a super fan of lemon rice, me started to buy 3 to 4 lemons weekly that too will use it for preparing lemon rice. Now i didn't know, how this lemon rice fever affected. Sounds silly is it ?!?! Even me in the same boat. Fine, coming to this recipe, i got some leftover lemon juice mixed up with turmeric powder. Don't know how to empty that. As usual surfed some blogs and finally end up with this recipe.

ALL YOU NEED:

Roasted Semiya	1 cup
Lemon juice	1/2 cup
Turmeric Powder	Pinch
Ginger	1/2 inch
Green chilly	1 no.
Urad dhall	1 spoon
Channa dhall	1 spoon
Red chilly	1 no.
Curry leaf	1 twig
Mustard	1 sp
Peanut	1 spoon
Hing	1 sp
Salt	To taste
Oil	4 spoons

METHOD:
    Take a heavy bottomed pan, heat 3 cups of water, pinch of salt a spoon of oil. Once done, add a cup of roasted semiya. Allow it to cook. Make sure, it should not be messy. Strain it once its cooked. Once all the water got strained, spread the semiya in a wide plate.
    Meantime, heat a pan with 2 spoons of oil, add mustard, urad dhall, channa dhall and hing. Give a saute. Now add slited red, green chilly, ginger and curry leaf. Add peanut and give a mix and transfer it to a bowl. Now in the same pan, pour the lemon juice, pinch of turmeric powder, let the flame be in medium. Once it starts boiling, put off the flame.
     Now check whether the semiya is partially cooled, once its done, pour the tempered items, mix gently without breaking the shape of the semiya. Now pour the boiled lemon juice, give gentle stir again, do this until the semiya got mixed up with the lemon juice. Now serve with spicy sidedish like Mushroom masala or Potato fry.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Idlypodi Potato Fry

    Couple of days back prepared idly podi at home. Being a huge idly podi lover, started tasting it every hour/whenever i enters into the kitchen. Also, nowdays started eating with steamed rice by adding a spoon of ghee ( Mouthwatering now :P). For my lunch, planned to prepare some potato fry, at the same-time, since i got bored of usual potato fry, thought why not adding idly podi to the potato fry. There comes this crunchy fry...

ALL YOU NEED:

Boiled Potato	2 Nos.
Chilly Powder	1/2 spoon
Turmeric Powder	1 cup
Idly Podi	3 spoons
Salt	To Taste
Oil	3 spoons

METHOD:
     Dice the boiled potatoes. Heat 2 spoons of oil in a pan, add the diced potatoes, add 1/2 spoon of chilly powder, pinch of salt and turmeric powder toss it well until it mix up with the oil. Toss it gently until its half roasted. Once done, add 2 or 3 spoons of idly podi by adding a spoon of oil. Toss well, until it becomes golden brown color and crunchy texture.

Note: This can be done using oven.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

French Fries (Oven Style)

    Who will say NO to potato recipes that too if it comes to French fries. Surely am the one :P Yes, am a crazy fan of all potato recipe but when it comes to french fries, am bit down due to its plain taste and In my current location, i can buy french fries anywhere and anytime as we get Bhajji, Bonda in india. Its time long time plan to try this in oven. So, planned a day and tried it finally ! You can also check deep fried french fries Here.

ALL YOU NEED:

Potato	2 Nos.
Pepper Powder	Pinch
Pizza Seasoning	Pinch
Salt	To Taste
Oil	1 spoon

METHOD:
     Peel the potato skin, Place in cold water for 5 mins and drain it completely. Make it as thin strips and place in a wide bowl. Now add a spoon of olive oil, salt, pepper powder and pizza seasoning. Mix until it coats the potato strips. Take the oven plate, cover it with aluminium foil. Now arrange the potato strips in the oven plate. Meantime preheat oven at 350 F. Once done, place the plate into the oven and let it be in same temperature for 30 to 35 mins. Keep tossing using fork inetween some 10 to 15 mins. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Killu Vadam

    Its my long time plan to make vathal at home. When i was in chennai, there is no demand for "Hot Sun" to dry/make vathal but in my current place, i'll get Hot Sun max of 1 or 2 hours but still i didn't leave my hope on trying this. At the same, my main intention is not to waste any, due to lack of sun. So, planned to try this using leftover rice. Not bad, it came out very well. Since i didn't get proper heat here for drying, it tooks more than a week just to dry 2 cups of vathal batter.

ALL YOU NEED:

Cooked Rice	3 cups
Chopped Small Onion	7 Nos.
Green Chilly	3 Nos.
Cumin Seeds	1 1/2 tsp
Hing	Pinch
Salt	1/4 tsp

METHOD:
     Take cooked rice in a mixer, blend it until it comes to a smooth paste. DONOT add water. Now transfer it to a bowl. Take 2 Nos. of green chilly in a mixer and lend it again. Transfer it to the cooked rice bowl. Now add remaining ingredients like hing, chopped small onion, chopped 1 green chilly and cumin seeds. Once done, take a white cloth or even a polythene sheet, take small spoon (use kids spoon) of the batter and place it evenly on the sheet. Once done, leave the sheet/cloth in sun, until it gets dried completely, there should be any moisture. Make sure you keep tossing on each day until it gets dried. Once its dried, fry it and enjoy.

Note: You can also add tomato puree or carrot puree or spinach puree, just to add an extra taste.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Vaangibath

    When i first heard this name, thought its a very complicated, technical recipe. In curiosity, thought to surf about its preparation method. Once done, finally concluded, in a simple term it can also be called as "Brinjal Rice". Even-though its simple, still i had a fear to try it b'cos the horoscope between Me and Brinjal was very bad most of the time. Somewhat i'll get that raw brinjal smell here and there. But still being a food blogger, i got some guts and tried the rice. To my surprise, horoscope ends up with positive note. Yes, dish was totally yummy !

ALL YOU NEED:

Cooked Rice	2 cups
Diced Brinjal	2 Nos.
Chopped Onion	1 No.
Sambar Powder	1/2 spoon
Curry Leaf	1 Twig
Coriander Leaf	2 Twigs
Cumin Seeds	Pinch
Peanut	6 Nos.
Cashews	5 Nos.
Mustard	1 spoon
Salt	To Taste
Oil	1 spoon

VAANGIBATH POWDER

Coriander Seeds	3 spoons
Bengal Gram	2 spoons
Grated Coconut	2 spoons
Sesame Seeds	1/4 spoon
Urad Dhall	2 spoons
Red chilly	2 Nos.
Hing	1/4 spoon

METHOD:
     First to prepare vaangibath powder, heat a pan, dry roast all ingredients under "Vaangibath Powder" (except hing, if you r using powdered one) for 5 to 6 mins. Let it cool down and powder it coarsely y adding hing. Keep aside. Now in the same pan, heat a spoon of oil. Add mustard, once splutters, add cumin seeds, peanut, cashews, curry leaf, coriander leaf and chopped onion. Saute it well. Once done, add diced brinjal, turmeric powder and samar powder. Allow it boil by closing the pan with lid. DONOT add water. Keep tossing inbetween and adjust the salt as well. Once its cooked. Put off the flame.
    Take a wide bowl, add cooked rice, brinjal mixture and pinch of salt. Mix well until the brinjal coats the rice. Make sure while mixing you should not break the rice shape. Now add 2 spoons of vaangibath powder. Keep mixing and add salt if required. All done now, serve with some pappad.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Masala Peanut

    Wow ! the name itself tempting me to munch it right now with a cup of hot masala tea. According to me this is the best tea time muncher. Whenever we buy this, me the one who gobbles most of the count. I'll not leave even the peanut skin, which tastes more than the masala peanut. Since its not available in my current location, thought why not i try at home. Finally tried and here comes.....

ALL YOU NEED:

Raw Peanuts	2 cups
Besan Flour	1/2 cup
Chilly Powder	2 spoons
Food Color	Pinch
Rice Flour	1/4 cup
Fennel Seeds	1 spoon
Garlic	7 to 8 Nos.
Hing	1/2 spoon
Salt	To Taste
Oil	To deep fry

DEEP FRIED VERSION:
     Take a wide pan, add raw peanut (use either with skin or without skin), besan flour, rice flour, hing, red chilly powder, salt and food color, mix all the ingredients without adding water. Now take a mixer, add garlic cloves and fennel, grind it coarsely and mix with the peanuts. Now sprinkle some water, make sure the mixture should not be watery and it should be in rava ladoo mixture consistency. Adjust with salt. Now heat oil for deep frying. Once done, take handful of mixture and drop evenly, try not to put it as lumps. Keep the flame in medium and toss evenly and let the batch be in flame for 3 mins max.

MICROWAVE VERSION:

    Even i tried roasting it in microwave. For which, take a plate add a cup of peanut mixture (mixture of all the ingredients) and add a spoon of oil to the mixture. Mix well. Now evenly spread the mixture on the plate and microwave it for 5 to 6 mins. Make sure, you toss the mixture inbetween. I personally liked microwave version when compare to the deep fried.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Chilly cheese toast

     As I told in my previous post on bread snack, I found this recipe too, while googling which is a very easy and simple toast which can be prepared using in-house ingredients. If taste heavenly only when we eat it right from oven (!) I used to prepare this whenever i feel like munching any snack. So, friends why don't you try and let me know your feedback as well.

ALL YOU NEED:

Bread Slices	3 Nos.
Chopped Green Chilly	2 Nos.
Coriander Leaf	1/4 cup
Chopped Onion	1/2 Onion
Cheddar Cheese	1/2 Onion

METHOD:
    Pre heat over in 350 F for 10 mins. Meantime, cut bread slices diagonally. Add on some shredded cheddar cheese on top of the slices, again add some chopped coriander leaf, onion and green chillies here and there. All set now. Place it in over for 10 to 15 mins. Once done serve hot. So simple is it !

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Pasta in Red sauce

     "Pasta" - Its was a real "Greek and Latin" word when i entered into this blog world. Even now its like "Greek" rather telling as "Greek and Latin" which means, now i know some dishes using pasta :P Now coming to the dish, This i purely made for my lil one. Instead of adding spices, i added only cheese and Tomato ketchup to this dish. Since it has only countable ingredients, preparation time is just 5 mins excluding pasta cooking time. I can proudly say this is one among my "Newly Excavated" dish :P which gives real meaning to my Blog title "RECIPE EXCAVATOR". Fine, without any further delay here comes !!!

                                    

ALL YOU NEED:

Pasta	Fistful
Flavored Cheese	2 spoons
Tomato Ketchup	2 spoons
Olive oil	1 drop
Water	2 cups

METHOD:
     Take a wide bowl, add pasta, pour water and add a drop of olive oil. Leave it in flame until it gets cook. If required you can give a stir just to avoid the stickiness. Once done, drain the excess water completely. Now keep a pan in a flame, add the flavored cheese (I used Garlic and Onion flavor). Allow it to melt, now add the pasta and 2 spoons of ketchup. Just give a quick toss. Put off the flame. Serve hot.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬