Tips , tips , tips.

Carrot Sandwich - ideal for packed snacks !

Buy any FRESH SANDWICH bread – it can be wheat bread, mixed grain bread etc.
This can be prepared & kept wrapped in clingfilm, in a box to preserve freshness.

Very finely grated carrot - ½ cup

Finely grated processed cheese - 2 tbsp

Butter - 2 tbsp

Salt

Blend cheese & butter well.

Add carrots & pepper powder.

Use as sandwich filling, rather thicker than usual.

 

Dear Pavithra,
Thankyou for joining me in this thread.
You will enjoy the interaction in Ask chitvish -ask your queries here, as well as post your comments thread also !
Now a days, who remembers or follows echil & pathu ?
Old items are likely to perish faster; so must be kept separately.
Curd, pickles are all kept away, because, pickles have to last long.
Items like payasam also are kept separately so that any drop of a savoury item may not fall inside & spoil the dish.
Just follow the general "common sense rules".
Your F B is very warm, thankyou.
Love,
Chithra.

 

Coconut Milk Extraction:

If the coconut is very tender, we will not get good milk.

Use only the white part of the coconut. Frozen coconut must be thawed well, befor extracting milk.

For thick, medium & thin milk - as for coconut milk payasams
For this you need minimum 2 cups of coconut.
First milk - Add just ¾ cup of water & blend for a mte. Strain squeezing it well.Do not boil after adding this milk.
Second milk - To the residue add 1 cup warm water, blend & strain.
Third milk - 1 ½ cups warm water.

For cooking pulaos, sabjis etc:
To 1 cup of coconut, add 1 – 1 ½ cups of warm water (as the case may be) & extract just one milk.
In this, if you need just little coconut milk for flavour, squeeze the coconut first with hand & use it, before adding water.

 

Dear Veena,
Sorry, I missed out your query. Please post only inth allotted threads & not "respective" threads, so that, the queries will not miss my attention.

Preheating means this - as soon as you start getting the ingredients for the bake, beating etc, heat the oven , rather switch it on, so that it will be hot & would have reached the right temp for baing when you keep the biscuit or cake inside.
I always say, Veena, no doubt is silly. That only shows your eagerness to learn. A teaspoon is 5 ml. A tablespoon is 15 ml, three teaspoons.
I am very happy to know that you have been successfully trying out my recipes. If you send F Bs. others will feel more confident & inclined to try it.
Please stay tuned, Veena.
Love,
Chithra.

 

Dear Shobha,
Welcome to I L & to this forum.
I am just overwhelmed by your kindness.
The suggestion to write a book, has come to me from so many quarters !
But let me tell you, Shobha, in India, the market is flooded with cookery books. Nobody now bothers to look at them except Meenakshi Ammal's & perhaps now the younger generation go in for Tarla Dalal's.
Already my thread Old is Gold has come out in pdf form, thanks to kb2000.
So, I will request her to gradually convert all threads, over a period of time, o pdf files so that you can take a print out.
Thanks for your nice words - I am blessed to be at the receiving end of such nice words.
Love,
Chithra.

 

Dear Shanthi,
If it were an easy job to publish a cookery book, I would have jumped at that idea ! But the woes are too many !! I am not at a stage of life when I want to take up hassels, in fact far from it.
Investing money on a project is not on my agenda anymore, in my life. I just want to share my recipes, shlokas, thoughts happily in I L with all of you & be done with the satisfaction I derive from nice F B s.
Please, do not lead me into temptation, sweet talking !
Love,
Chithra.