Carrot Cucumber Kosumalli (Salad)

Carrot Cucumber Kosumalli ( Salad)

Carrot Cucumber Kosumalli is an South Indian spiced salad prepared for functions or for any special occasions. This is a simple salad with carrot, cucumber, grated coconut, moong dhal and tempering with mustard seeds. 

You can add lemon juice and green chillies for seasoning but today, I am adding raw mangoes and crushed pepper.

Ingredients:
Yellow Moong dhal (Pasiparu) - 1 cup
Carrot (finely chopped) - 1 cup
Cucumber (finely chopped) - 1 cup
Raw Mango (finely chopped) - 1/4 cup
Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
Crushed pepper -1 tsp
Salt to taste
Chopped coriander leaves

Tempering:
Oil - 1/2 tsp
Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Method:
# Wash and soak moong dhal for 30 minutes.

# Drain water from moong dhal, add carrot, cucumber, grated coconut, raw mango, chopped coriander leaves, crushed pepper, salt.

# Tempering should be done with mustard seeds.

# Mix everything well and serve.

Do try this health recipe and provide your comments.

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Banana Bread (whole wheat & eggless)

Banana Bread (whole wheat )

Banana Bread is one my favourite tea-time cake with moist, delicious and super soft texture. This is an eggless recipe with whole wheat flour.....as the same recipe can be prepared with maida / all purpose flour.
For this recipe you need well riped bananas.... today I am using small yellow bananas (puvam pazham in Tamil).

Ingredients:
Whole wheat flour - 1 cup (120 grms) approx
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Well riped - 4-5 small yellow bananas
Refined Oil - 1/4 cup ( 70 ml)
Condensed milk - 200 ml (1/2 tin)
Milk - 2-3 tablespoons
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp

Method:
# Sieve your flour, baking powder, baking soda together for 3-4 times (dry ingredients)

# Mash your bananas well.

# Mix oil with condensed milk well. It will take approximately 3-4 minutes. 

Add vanilla essence, mashed bananas to the mixture. ( wet ingredients)

# Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients in small batches. Add milk in your mixture to get a thick batter consistency.

# Preheat your microwave convection mode 180'c

# Grease your baking tin with oil or butter.

# Pour your mixture in baking tin and bake @ 160'c for 35-40 min.

# Insert tooth pick or knife to check whether it is baked or not. Give some testing time before you demould.

# Loosen your cake tin with knife and demould it. Allow it to cool on a wire rack. Once it cools slice your banana bread.

*This can be baked in pressure cooker....
add salt in the bottom of the cooker and preheat on medium flame for 15 minutes. Keep a ring mould in the pressure cooker.... place your baking tin and bake on low- medium flame for 40-45 minutes.... without gasket and whistle.

* Airfrier - preheat @ 180'c for 5-10 minutes. Bake @ 170'c for 15-20 minutes.

Serve it for tea-time.
Do try this recipe and provide your comments.
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Maa Ladoo ( Fried Channa Dhal Ladoo)

MaaLadoo ( Fried Gram Dhal Ladoo)

MaaLadoo / Maladoo is a South Indian Special, which is prepared during Diwali. This is a healthy & protein pack laadoo's  made with roasted gram dhal / pottukadalai and with minimum ingredients. These ladoos can be stored for couple of weeks in an airtight container.

Ingredients:
Potukadalai (roasted channa dhal) - 1 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Ghee - 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon
Cardamom - 4-5 pods
Cashew - 7-8 nos

Method:
# Powder roasted gram dhal / pottukadalai in a mixie.

# Powder sugar and cardamom together.

    ( you can even sieve both powdered sugar and roasted channa dhal together...so that you get a fine texture)

# Mix  powdered sugar and powdered roasted channa dhal together.

# Fry cashew's in little ghee and mix it with powdered sugar and gram dhal mixture.

# Heat ghee in a kadai / pan...it should be very hot...pour it  on gram dhal & sugar mixture.
(when you pour ghee in mixture there should be a sizzling sound)

# Mix everything well and start preparing ladoos.

* Once you add hot ghee in mixture and mix well...it will be very hot, just give a resting time for few seconds then prepare ladoos.

* when the ladoos come to room temperature can store it in an airtight container.

MaaLadoo / Potukadalai ladoo's are ready to serve. Do try this health, delicious, power pack laddoo's and provide your comments.
Thank you!