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    Gol Papdi - Just under 10 mts

    Wheat flour - 1 cup

    Ghee - 8 tbsp

    Powdered jaggery - 2/3 cup

    Cardamom powder - ½ tsp

    Keep a greased tray & powdered jaggery mixed with cardm powder ready.

    Mix wheat flour & ghee.

    Fry in a kadai on low heat.

    When the colour becomes light brown, remove, quickly add powdered jaggery mixed with cardm powder & mix well.

    Immediately transfer to a greased plate & cut when cool.

    For the same recipe in M W please go to
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    Banana-Bread Balls - an interesting taste, quick to make !

    You can use milk bread, wheat bread or whole wheat flour bread.
    Chop the bread into fine cubes.
    Chop the bananas also into fine cubes – do not grate or mash.

    Bread cubes - 1 cup

    Banana cubes - 1 cup

    Besan - 1 tbsp

    Rice flour - 1 tbsp

    Green chillies - 3,4 ( or to taste: chop fine)

    Salt - a pinch

    Sugar - 2 tsp

    Oil - to deep fry

    Put the bread cubes in the mixie &make crumbs.

    Knead together all ingredients to a dough, without adding water.

    Heat oil to medium.

    Roll into small balls & fry on a low fire to prevent the colour turning dark brown.
     

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    Oats – Atta Oothappam - jiffy + health combine !

    <!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->Wheat flour - 1 cup

    Oats - ¼ cup

    Powdered sugar - 4-5 tsp

    Milk - ½ cup

    A pinch each of cardamom & Cinnamon powders

    A pinch of salt

    Oil - 1tsp

    Eno’s fruit salt - ½ tsp

    Low fat butter - to cook

    Combine all ingredients, except fruit salt, adding enough water to a smooth batter, blending very well.

    Add fruit salt just when you start making oothappams, mixing well.

    On a non-stick tava, make small oothappams, using butter for a good taste.

    Serve with honey or jam.
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    Cabbage Stir–Fry - cruncy with dhal, all the way !

    <!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->The only point to remember is to soak moong dhal fot atleast 30 mts – 1 hour.
    It can be blanched as given below. The alternate method is to soak for 2 hrs, when it can be strained & added directly in the stir fry. It is crunchty & very tasty.
    Cabbage must be shredded thin.
    Cook on a high flame definitely.

    Shredded cabbage - 1 1/2 cups

    Moong dhal - 2 tbsp ( less by choice)

    Grated coconut - 2 tbsp

    Chopped coriander - 1 tbsp

    Salt

    To temper:

    Oil - 2 tsp

    Jeera - ½ tsp

    Green chillies - 2, slit lengthwise

    Soak moong dhal 30 mts & drain well.

    Boil 1 cup of water & add dhal.

    Allow to boil for just 3 mts & immediately strain.

    Heat oil in a kadai & temper.

    Keeping the flame high, add strained dhal, cabbage & salt.

    Cook for 3 mts on a high flame, stirring continuously.

    Switch off; add coconut & coriander.
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    Serve hot.
    The same way, carrot stirfry can be made.
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    Jain Channa-Palak Stirfry - Make in 5 mts with preboiled channa

    If you keep cooked channa ready, this can be made in a jiffy.
    Boiled channa - 1 cup

    Finely chopped palak - 2 cups

    Tomatoes - 2, chopped

    Green chillies - 3, 4, slit into 2

    1” ginger - cut into thin juliennes

    Ajwain (omum) - a pinch ( optional)

    Channa or chole masala - 2 tsp

    Oil - 1 tbsp

    Salt

    Heat oil & temper omum.

    Fry green chillies, ginger & cpalak.

    Stir fry on highflame for 3,4 mts.

    Quickly add all other ingredients & again stir fry for 3 mts.

    Serve immediately.

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    Cheese Toast - one of many recipes, but no butter !!

    You can use any bread for this, like whole wheat bread, ragi bread, 7 grain bread etc.
    I used Cheddar cheese.

    Bread slices - 4

    Mix to a thick paste:

    Cornflour - 2 tbsp

    Grated cheese - 2 tbsp

    Red chilli powder - to taste

    Mustard powder - ½ tsp

    Salt - very little

    Milk - just sufficient to hold all the above (excep bread) to a thick spreading consistency.

    Toast the slices till light brown.

    Spread the chees mix on them & grill till the top sizzles.
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    Simple Kuzambu - we also call it "Easy kuzambu" !

    Onions - 3 – chop fine


    Tomatoes - 3 – chop fine

    Potatoes - 3 ( peel, cut into ½” cubes, steam)

    Drumstick - 2 – cut 2 “ long ( steam)

    Tamarind paste - 2 tsp

    Red chilli powder - 2 tsp

    Dhaniya powder - 1 tsp

    Haldi, salt

    To temper:

    Oil - 1 tbsp

    Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

    Jeera - ½ tsp

    Methi seeds - ½ tsp

    Saunf - ½ tsp

    Curry leaves - few

    Heat oil & temper all given ingredients one by one.

    Then add chopped onions & fry till colour changes.

    Add chopped tomatoes & fry till it becomes pulpy.

    Now add water, tamarind paste, all masala powders & steamed vegetables.

    When everything boils together, remove & add coriander leaves.

    Goes with rice as well as tiffins.
     

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    Aval Kesari - as well as Aval Sakkare Pongal.

    We call this aval sakkare pongal if jaggery is used & aval kesari, if sugar is used.

    Aval sakkare pongal recipe was given to me by my Bangalore friend – hence “ sakkare pongal” !

    It is better to use medium or thick aval.

    Poha (aval) - 1 cup

    Milk - 1 cup

    Jaggery - 1 cup ( or sugar – 1 cup)

    Ghee - ½ cup

    Cashews chopped - 1 tbsp

    Raisins - 1 tbsp

    Cardamom Powder - ½ tsp

    Saffron - a pinch ( warm & powder)

    Soak poha in milk.

    Boil jaggery with 1 cup of water till it dissolves & strain.

    Boil again till it becomes a light syrup.

    If you are using sugar, do the same way.

    Pour in it, soaked poha with milk.

    Add ghee & cook till the mass leaves the sides of the vessel.

    Add spices & cashews & raisins fried in little ghee.

    Remove & serve hot.


    This is a quick & easy sweet.

     
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    Exotic Vegetable Toast - a real treat !


    <HR style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->Brown bread slices - 4

    Pizza cheese - 5-6 tbsp, finely grated

    Small potatoes - 2, boiled & sliced

    Tomatoes - 2, sliced

    Butter - 2,3 tsp

    Salt, pepper

    Heat butter in a pan & lightly brown the potato slices on both sides.

    Butter the bread slices lightly.

    On each place 2 each of potato & tomato slices.

    Cover with grated cheese completely.

    Grill till cheese melts & bread turns a little crisp.
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    Oats Oothappam & Cutlet - Delicious, quick & easy !

    The proportion is the same for oothappam & cutlet.

    For oothappam, vegetables need not be added (optional) & the dough can be loose as for oothappams. Make small oothappama like carrot oothappam.

    Oats - ½ cup

    Bread crumbs - ¼ cup

    Fried gram powdered - ¼ cup (pottukadalai mavu)

    Chopped onions - ¼ cup (optional)

    Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

    Chopped coriander leaves - 1 tbsp

    Salt

    Frozen boiled vegetables - ½ cup

    Oil - to make

    Mix all ingredients to a cutlet-like dough, adding very little water if necessary.

    Shallow fry cutlets on a tava.

    I am posting the photo of oats oothappam as well as cutlet.
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