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 !