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Its really glad to see you, replying to all the queries. Can u pls say how to make cabbage soup(The easiest way pls..).heard that cabbage soup helps in reducing weight.so i want to try it.
Thanku in advance
with regards,
Roopa

I have already given one recipe for Cabbage soup in Rasams under Chettinadu soups. I will post a slightly different version tomorrow.
Love,
Chithra.

Dear Chitra madam

I am reading all ur old posts one by one. In tips on vegetable curries I did not understand some names. Can u let me know what is cheppankizangu, avarakkai,chenai, kovakkai, and paruppusili. I know paruppu means dhal and what is usili. Answer when u r free.

With regards
Varudhini

I just got a glossary from a friend:
cheppankizangu is colocasia in english, arbi in hindi, chembu in malayalam,
chama dumpa in telugu, samagadde in kannada

avarakkai is broad beans in english, pedda chikkudu in telugu, chakkapparadavre in kannada

chenai is elephant yam in english, kanda dumpa in telugu (other name is arsaghna valukand), suran in hindi, suarna gadde in kannada

kovakai is tindli

Usili is the name of a dish & not vegetable. Paruppusili is a dish made with vegetable & dhal.
Love,
Chithra.

Dear Chitra,

Can I request you to post the two pending recipes under "snacks to be stocked for guests", if possible????
the two recipes are - nut cutlet & cabbage paneer potato cutlet.
Both sound interesting.

Also, do you have the recipe for samosa chole OR anything similar. would like to try something different.

I postponed trying strawberry trifle pudding to tomorrow for want of jelly & cake. will give a FB very soon. In the meantime, could you post some more trifles / pudding using diff fruits. Now that all kinds of fruits are available in abundant, it would be nice to use them.

Pls do reply ASAP.

Love & regards,

Dear Chitra,

I also need to ask you about the use of cheese. we have diff recipes with cheese as an ingredient. could you pls tell us as to which cheese to be used for a particular recipe???? It would be of great help for starters.

Love,

I am answering both your posts !
Nut cutlet is ready to be posted with photo. Cabbage-potto-paneer, I plan to ty this Sunday.
I am making a custard-freshfruit-trifle aso on sunday & will post it.
Samosa-chole is ready with photo - I made it last week. That was why I posted the photo of samosas ready to be frozen, in the tips thread.
Next I plan to try cutlet-channa !
For pizza use mozarella. For baked dishes & toasted sandwiches use cheddar - it is now available in cubes, easy to use. It will melt unlike processed cheese.
For topping soups & sandwiches , you can use processed cheese.
Love,
Chithra.

Dear Mrs. Chitra,

Thanks a ton for your immediate reply for the seppankizhangu roast recipe!

Dear Chitra,
I m planning to make dalmakhni for 30 ppls in my potluck. I need ur help in deciding how much quantity of dals shud i take. I ll tell u the whole menu.
idli chatni will be served as starter. dalmakhni, kadai paneer , dumaaloo, pulao, raita n puri will be the main course, then gulab jamun as sweet.
pls tell me for 30 guys how much dals shud i soak.
thanks

By pot luck, I take it that you mean, others are also bringing some dishes. In that case 4 cups of urad dhal should be sufficient. If nobody else is bringing anything, make it 5 cups.
Have a great successful party & become a "star hostess" !
Love,
Chithra.