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  1. vidraghu

    vidraghu Platinum IL'ite

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    Chow Chow Outerskin Thogaiyal:

    Ingredients:
    Chow Chow Outer skin: 4 vegetable’s outer skin
    Red Chilly: 2 No.s
    Getti Perungayam: A piece
    Urad Dal: a spoon
    Tamarind: A piece
    Salt: To Taste
    Oil: A spoon
    Method of preparation:

    • Take a dry kadai and fry the chow chow skin.

    • Then in the kadai, add a spoon of oil and getti perungayam. After it gets hot, add mustard.
    • After mustard splutters, add urad dal. Fry it till it becomes golden brown in color.
    • Then, in the mixer add chow chow outer skin, chilly, getti perungayam,tamarind piece and salt.
    • Grind it till it becomes a smooth paste. Finally, add urad dal to it and once again grind it.
    • Since the skin of the vegetable has water in itself, urad dal will help the paste in becoming thicker.
    • Finally season it with a spoon of coconut oil and mustard.
    • Tasty Thogaiyal is READY!!!

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    Bread Upma:

    Ingredients:
    Bread: 10-12 Slices
    Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp.
    Channa dal: 1 spoon
    Tomato: 1 No.
    Big Onions : 2 No.s
    Green(or) Red Chilly: 1(or) 2 No.s
    Salt: To Taste
    Curry, Coriander leaves: To garnish

    Method of Preparation:

    • Take a kadai, add oil to it and when hot add mustard. When it splutters, add chillies and channa dal to it.
    • Fry channa dal till it changes to golden brown.
    • Next, add onions to it. fry it well.
    • Then, add tomato, bread slices and turmeric powder. Mix it well.
    • Keep the kadai closed for 4-5 mins.Let it come to a upma consistency.
    • Then add salt to taste.
    • Garnish it with curry and coriander leaves.
    • Ready to serve.
    P.N: Instead of chillies, we can use dosai milagai podi also. It will give a different taste.

    Vegetable Pulao:

    Ingredients:
    Rice: 800 gms
    Brinji Leaf: 1
    Big Onion: 3 No.s
    Beans: 7 no.s
    Mutter: 1 handfull
    Avarakai: 7 No.s
    Green Capsicum: 2 No.s
    Turmeric powder: 1/2 tsp.
    coconut milk: 1 tumbler
    Ghee: 100 gms
    Oil: 50 ml.
    Pudina leaves: 1 handfull.
    Soya Balls: 5 No.s (optional)
    Lemon: 1 No.
    Bread: 4-5 slices
    Corainder and Curry Leaves: To garnish

    For the masala:
    Poppy seeds(kasakasa): 50 gms
    Cashew: 7-8 No.s
    Ginger: 1 bit
    Green chilly: 2 No.s
    Coconut: 4-5 bits.

    Method of Preparation:

    • Soak the measured rice in proportionate qty of water and keep it aside for abt an hr.
    • Make a paste with the help of a mixer — Masala Items(mentioned above).
    • Take a kadai, add oil and transfer the paste into it. Fry it for 3-4 mins
      and then add all the vegetables.Add turmeric powder to the mixture of vegetables.
    • Then, steam the vegetables mixture.
    • After that– add salt, lemon juice, and cocount milk to it.
    • Transfer the rice and vegetable mixture to a pressure cooker
      and have it cooked upto 5 whistles.
    • After that, in the kadai, add ghee- In that add bits of bread slices and pudina leaves. Fry it well.
    • Finally add the fried bread slices and pudina into the cooker which is ready with cooked rice and vegetables.
    • Garnish it with Coriander and curry leaves.
    • Yummy Pulao is ready to serve.

    Side Dish for Pulao: Thayir Pachadi

    Ingredients:
    Big Onion: 3 no.s
    Tomato: 1 no.
    Ginger: 1 bit.
    Green Chilly: 2 no.s
    Oil: 2 Tsp.
    Mustard, Urad dal: 1 spoon
    Curry, Coriander leaves: To garnish
    Curd: 1/2 ltr.
    Salt: To taste
    Coconut: 4-5 bits(optional)

    Method of Preparation:

    • Cut onions into long thin slices.
    • Grind ginger, coconut bits into a paste and mix it with curd.
    • Cut green chilly, Tomato, coriander leaves– then mix all the items with curd.
    • In a kadai, add 2 tsp of oil. Add mustard to it. After mustard splitters, add curry leaves and urad dal to it.
    • Fry urad dal till it changes to brown color and then mix it with curd.
    • Add appropriate amount of salt to taste.
    • Finally, sprinkle asafoetida powder(a) perungaya podi. Mix it well.
    • Ready to serve..





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    Hi ,

    Good ones!

    Regards,

    Abha.
     
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    hi,

    Interesting receipies..:thumbsup.thanks for sharing..
     
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    @abha,@roopanair: Thanks for adding ur views!!!
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