Pita Bread

Ingredients
2 tsp. dry yeast
1 cup warm water
3 cups flour
1 tsp. salt

Dissolve the yeast in 1 cup warm water. Sift together the flour and salt and mix the yeast and water. Work the mixture into a dough and knead for several minutes. Cover the dough with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place for 3 hours.

Preheat oven to 350°.

Divide the dough into 6 equal portions and roll into balls. With either your hand or a rolling pin, pat and press each ball of dough into a 5-inch circle about 1/2-inch thick. Place on an un greased baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes, or until the pita are light golden brown.

Rice pudding from Middle East

Ingredients
Condensed Milk or 794 g
5½ cups water or 1375 ml
¾ cup white rice flour or 105 g
1½ teaspoons vanilla powder
½ teaspoon rose water
½ teaspoon blossom water
½ cup almonds or 50 g, grated

Preparation

In a casserole, bring to boil Sweetened Condensed Milk with ¾ of the water.
In another bowl, dissolve the remaining water with the rice powder and vanilla powder.
Slowly pour the rice mixture over the hot milk constantly stirring and cook on low heat for 5 minutes or until the mixture thickens.
Add the rose and blossom water and mix well.
Pour the mixture into small bowls, and garnish with the grated almonds or pistachio.

Prawns in Spicy Onion and Gravy

ingredients
Prawns - 200 gms (cleaned and de-veined)
finely chopped onion - 300 gms
coriander powder - 2 tbsp
chilli powder - 3/4 tbsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tbsp
chopped coriander leaves, 3 tbsp
mustard - 1/4 tbsp
curry leaves - a few
oil - 3-4 tbsp
salt to taste


Preparation:
Cook the ingredients from 2 to 7 together in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles with salt and very little water as onions leave water after cooking. Then add the cleaned prawns to the cooked masala and stir it for 10 mins till the prawns are cooked. Heat oil in a fry pan and add mustard seeds, curry leaves and then the cooked prawn masala and keep stirring till the gravy is thick. Add little black pepper powder and chopped coriander leaves if required.

Prawn Masala

Ingredients
1/4 kg Prawns
1 Onions
6 tbsp Oil
2 Green Chillies
1 tsp Garlic paste
1 tsp Ginger paste
1 tsp Chilli powder
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
a bunch of Mint leaves
a few Fenugreek leaves
4 Tomatoes
a bunch of Coriander leaves
Salt to taste

Heat oil add onion, fry till slightly golden then add ginger and garlic paste, chilli powder, salt and chopped tomatoes then cook well till tomatoes are tender.
Add in prawn with half cup of water and cover cook till prawn are tender.
Add in green chillies and the remaining ingredients, stir well and remove.
Add lemon juice before serving.
Enjoy your Prawn Masala.

இறால் வடை

தேவையான பொருள்கள் :

இறால் - 10
உடைத்த கடலை - ஓரு ஆழாக்கு
பச்சை மிளகாய் - 5
வெங்காயம் - 200 கிராம்
சோம்பு - 1 தேக்கரண்டி
பூண்டு - 5 பல்
இஞ்சி - சிறிய துண்டு
கறிவேப்பிலை - 1 மேஜைக்கரண்டி
கடலை எண்ணெய் - 400 கிராம்
மஞ்சள் பொடி - 1/4 தேக்கரண்டி
உப்பு - - தேவையான அளவு

செய்முறை :

இறாலை உரித்துக் கழுவிச் சுத்தம் செய்து அதில் பாதி அளவு உப்பையும், மஞ்சள் பொடியையும் கலந்து 1 கோப்பை தண்ணீரில் வேக வைக்கவும்.வேக வைத்த இறாலை நன்றாக அரைத்துக் கொள்ளவும்.உடைத்த கடலையை சிறிதளவு தண்ணீர் சேர்த்து அரைக்கவும்.வெங்காயத்தையும், பச்சை மிளகாயையும் பொடியாக நறுக்கவும்.
இஞ்சி, பூண்டு, சோம்பு ஆகியவற்றை நசுக்கிக் கொள்ளவும்.
அடுப்பில் வாணலியை வைத்து, எண்ணெய் விட்டு, நறுக்கி வைத்துள்ள வெங்காயம், பச்சை மிளகாய், நசுக்கி வைத்துள்ள மசாலா ஆகியவற்றை அதில் போட்டு சிவக்கும் வரை வதக்கவும்.
வதக்கிய வெங்காயம், அரைத்து வைத்துள்ள இறால், உடைத்த கடலை, மீதமுள்ள உப்பு, மஞ்சள் ஆகியவற்றை ஒன்றாகப் பிசையவும்.
அடுப்பில் வாணலியை வைத்து, எண்ணெய் விட்டுக் காய்ந்ததும், பிசைந்து வைத்துள்ளதை சிறு வடைகளாகத் தட்டி எண்ணெயில் போட்டு சிவக்கும் வரை வறுக்கவும்.
இறால் வடை தயார்.

Green Gram Sweet Kuzhi Paniyaram

Ingredients

Sprouted green gram – 1½ cups
Raw rice – ½ cup
Grated coconut – ½ cup
Grated jaggery – ½ to ¾ cup (depending on the sweetness of jaggery)
Cardamom – 4 no
Ghee/oil – 1 table spoon for cooking paniyarams

Soak rice for half an hour; grind green gram, cardamom and rice smoothly.
Add coconut, jaggery and grind to a fine paste; this should be like idli/dosa batter; keep it for 30 minutes.
heat paniyaram mould, grease with some oil or ghee; pour the batter and as it gets cooked it starts leaving the sides.
Turn and cook the other side also; to check whether it is cooked insert a tooth pick; if it is cooked the tooth pick should come out clean.
Green Gram Sweet Kuzhi Paniyarams are ready. Serve it for any meal.

Tips
This paniyaram will be softer as rice is very less and green gram is more.
Cook in low flame for better results as jaggery tends to brown quickly.

Vegetable Kurma

Ingredients :

Potatoes 3 Nos Peeled .
Peas 1/4 Cup.
Carrots 2 Nos.
Green Beans 10 Nos Each cut into four pieces.
salt To taste.
Yogurt 1/2 Cup.
Any Flour 1 Tsp. rice/corn/AP flour.
Butter 1 Tbsp.

Grind to Paste :

Coconut 1/4 Cup
Poppy seeds 1 Tsp.
Cashew nuts Raw 8 Nos.
Onion 1/2 No.
Garlic 1 No.
Cilantro leaves few.
Green Chillies 3 Nos or To Taste.

Soak in water for few minutes , grind to a paste & reserve.

Method

Cut all the veges into similar sizes.Cook in a cup of water till almost done.
Mix salt,flour ,paste & yogurt in a bowl.Add to the veges & stir for a few minutes.
Add Butter & adjust the seasonings.Serve with any variety of rice/rotis.

Palgova

INGREDIENTS
1 can condensed milk
1 spoon curd
1 spoon ghee

METHOD
Pour condensed milk in a big microwavable dish.
Add 1 spoon curd and 1 spoon ghee.
Mix it well and keep it in the microwave.
Stir it, every 2 minutes.
Keep it for for 5 minutes and cool to serve.

Apple Jam

Ingredients:
Apple - 3 (Medium sized)
Sugar - 1 ½ cups
Lime juice(freshly squeezed) - 1 ½ tsp

Cut Apple into small cubes.
Boil water in a pan. Add Apple cubes and Cook for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and allow this to cool for 5 to 10 minutes.
Drain the water and grind the cooked apple cubes in a blender nicely.
Heat the ground apple mix in a pan. Add Sugar and Lemon juice to it. Keep the stove in medium heat.
Stir this mix frequently to avoid spilling out and burning the bottom. Stir this mix till it becomes thick(like jam). This may take 20 to 25 minutes.
Then remove from heat and let it cool completely. After that store the jam in sterilized jars and refrigerate.

Mango Jam

ingredients
1 big, ripe mango
(Peeled and cut into small cubes - 1½ cup of cut fruit)
¼ cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of lime juice

Take them all in a clean pot. Cook on medium heat, stirring in-between. The sugar will melt and the fruit will break down. Within 15 to 20 minutes, The soggy, watery mass will come together into solid, moist lump, like halwa or kova and set. Turn off the heat. Let it cool completely and store in a clean jar.

Potato Chips [French Fries ]

Ingredients:

2 Potatoes
Flour 2 tablespoon
Breadcrumbs 1 1/2 tablespoon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Oil for deep frying

Wash, peel and cut the potatoes in the shape of french fries,boil it for 2 minutes then keep it in cold water for 5 minutes... Mix flour, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper in a bowl...Now mix it well with the potatoes...Heat oil in a frying pan and put the potatoes in it, cook them until they have Golden brown color...Serve hot with ketchup or chutney...

ULLUNDHU VADAI

Ingredients :

Ullundhu (Full) - 2 cups
Green Chilli - chopped 1 tsp
Onion - chopped - 1 cup
Ginger - chopped - 1 tbsp
Curry leaves few
Salt to taste
Oil to fry - 3 cups
Kayam a pinch

Preparation :

Add water to ullundhu and let it soak for 1 to 2 hours Then drain water and put in a jar to grind. Add little water to grind. Till you get a smooth texture. Dont add more water, it will spoil the vadai.You can take the ground paste in a bowl and add chopped onion, chilli, ginger.Then add salt, kayam and curry leaves.In a pan, heat the oil. Check whether it is ready to fry.Now with your hand touch water and then take the batter, make a hole in the center drop in oil. If you dont get the hole, you can use a zip lock cover or a banana leaf. Just apply little oil, drop the mix and make a hole and then drop in the oil. Fry till it is light brown. Take out from the oil and drain the oil in a tissue.
Serve it hot with chutney. Yummy yummy! Enjoy !