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dear chitra

thank you very much for the adai receipes. Even without trying them out I can say they are wonderful because all your receipes turn out that way. I have tried adai receipes from many sources but not happy so far.

I really admire your enthusiam and promptness in replying . I will try the adai receipe this weekend and mail you the feed back.

thanks once again.
shubha.

Hi friends,

Tried the first recipe of adai varieties and it was simply excellent. Just follow whatever Mrs.Chithra has mentioned and will get the result easily!!

And, recently, passed on the recipe of pulikatchal to my friend. She had many problems in making the same and atlast, got a successful recipe becoz of our great person, Mrs.Chithra!!! So, whoever has not tried, pls do give it soon.

Only one doubt, Mrs.Chithra, I just put jaggery to my own measurement. But, is there any measurement for putting vellam? When my cousin or friends were asking me, could not tell as am not sure. Adding in extra will collapse the taste, so pls do help me out..

Yes., night tried pomegranate raita with coriander leaves and instead of boondi, added mixture and it was simply superb. I am planning to do the same again today.

Thanks a bunch.

A small request to everyone-it would be better to open a new thread just to post our comments alone so that everyone will come to know whatever others tried and it is very helpful for everyone to try the tested recipes first. Posting comments in different areas which is really difficult to find out. Will any of you consider??

Rgds.

Dear Chithra Madam

Tried Tea Masala,Pineapple Rasam,Ginger Thokku and Tomato rice.All were Great!!!

Ginger Thokku reminded me of my mother's Puli Inji.Tea Masala-WOW!!!!Now that it is becoming chill here,this masala is just what we need.It's like having masala chai in Kodai or Ooty...

divine

I have some doubts...

1. Pineapple Rasam-is there another version for this..without sugar syrup...just wanted to know.
2. Tomato Rice-should the grains be separate or should it be like bisibela/pongal etc.Since the tomatoes I used were quite juicy,I reduced the water considerably.Still the grains were not separate.They were sticking to each other.Is this how it should be?

Hi Mrs.Chithra,

Tried tomato rice & keerai kadayal, both of them were so great. With simple ingredients, can anyone get a nice and tasty recipes?? Yes, only, you can!!!

Thanks for sharing..

Rgds.

Thanks for the prompt response, Mrs.Chithra.

Dear Sunitha, Thankyou for the feedback.
For pineapple rasam sugar syrup can be omitted. Use fresh, ripe fruit chopped fine & try.
If tomato rice was mushy, probably the rice used does not take much water. This is a grainy rice. So,fry tomatoes also, till fairly dry & try using less water as well.
Regards,
Chithra.

Dear Ami, Thanks for the feedback. Your feedbacks encourage me to share more & more.
Regards,
Chithra.

That is so nice of you, Mrs.Chithra.

Anyways, prepared besan sambar tonight for dinner with rava dosa for dinner. I had already besan sambar, but this time, as you said, substituted 50/50 with besan & mel kootu maavu and hence, the result came out good.

And, for rava dosa, it was really great. And, the taste is like hotel dosas only!! My son enjoyed on seeing such a big dosa. But, have some queries.

What is the normal time or should I keep the flame in high or medium? Since the batter is very watery, the shape is not coming perfect round like our regular dosa. Is that how it will be? Initially, added oil all over the edges just to get the brown color; but, later, realized that it came out without adding that much of oil. So, what is the exact procedure? As my dosa tava is very big, it looks like that I can pour more than a karandi; but, when I do like that, the center portion is getting more batter and came out little thicker at the center (but, edges were cripsy)for a couple of dosas.

Sorry to load you up with too many silly doubts.

Thanks for yr time and patience.

Dear Ami, There are just one or two nuances, in making rava dosai. I shall post the same in tips, since everybody can see it.
Regards,
Chithra.

Hi Mrs.Chithra,

Prepared the podi for vazhakkai curry and it tasted very authentic or closer to the marriage preparation curry!! Whatever it may be, many thanks for making my daughter too to taste it.

Also, one of my folk tried yr adai recipe and she said that it was much much better than the usual ones.

Rgds.