Methi Pulav

Methi is rich in iron and minerals, but because of its slight bitterness many of us don't prefer much, specially kids.
     This recipe is an excellent lunch box special and I hope everyone would love it.

Ingredients :
Methi / Ventheyakeerai - 1 bunch
Rice - 1 1/2 cups
Onion chopped - 1 big
Peanuts - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 1 teaspoon
Oil - 2 or 3 teaspoons
Cardamon - 2 nos
Clove - 2 nos
Cinnamon - 1 stick
Sauf - 1 teaspoon
Red chili powder - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Water as required

Method :

* Heat pressure pan, add oil and ghee.

* Add sauf, cinnamon, clove, cardamon, peanuts then add chopped onions, saute well, add methi leaves, chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt mix well.

*  Add rice and water, stir well... pressure cook for 2 or 3 whistles.

*  Once pressure settles down... open and mix well.

Serve with curd or any raita of your choice.

Please try this recipe, and give comments. Thank you 

Chola poori

Chola poori is one of my favorite dish. Chola can be had like a chat or for batura, poori or even with plain rice or jeera rice. Let's see the ingredients.

Ingredients:

Chick peas  - 1 cup
( White)
Onion chopped - 1 big
Tomato - 2 nos
Ginger  - 1 bit
Garlic - 2 or 3
Jeera - 1 teaspoon
Oil - 2 or 3 tablespoons
Red chili powder - 1 /2 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Chola masala - 1 tablespoon
Bay leaf - 1 or 2
Tea bag - 1
Salt to taste

Ingredients for chola masala powder:

Clove - 2, cinnamon - 1small stick, cardamon - 2, coriander seeds- 1 teaspoon, cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon, sauf - 1 teaspoon, poppy seeds -1/2 teaspoon, pepper - 1/2 teaspoon, star anise - 1 or 2
Dry roast all above given ingredients and make a powder. You can store in an airtight container.

Method:
# soak Chick peas for 7or 8 hours.

# pressure cook chick peas for 6 or 7 whistles with tea bag or take a small muslin cloth put 1 teaspoon of tea powder and tie with a thread and put in the cooker with Chick peas.

# make tomato paste.

# heat a heavy bottom pan, pour 2 tablespoons of oil, once heated put bay leaf, jeera, chopped garlic ginger saute well, add onions fry well till the raw smell goes, add tomato paste, turmeric powder, chill powder, salt mix well and wait till the oil comes out.

# remove tea bag from pressure cooker, add boiled Chick peas to the gravy.

# once boiled well add chola masala which you have prepared. Let it boil for 3 min well if required add water according to the consistency you want.

# chop coriander leaves and garnish.

Ingredients to make poori:

Whole wheat flour - 1 cup

Oil required for frying

Salt to taste

Take whole wheat flour add salt, oil 2 teaspoon, sprinkle water and knead a stiff dough. Heat oil in a kadai, roll poori and fry in oil. Make sure you knead the dough just before frying so that it will not soak much oil and puff up well.

     Chola is a wonderful side dish. Please do try and give comments. Thank you 😃

Nei Appam for Krishna Janmashtami / Krishna Jayanthi

Nei Appam is a sweet recipe which is prepared during Krishna Janmashtami / Krishna Jayanthi.

Ingredients :

Rice flour - 2 cups
Whole wheat flour - 1/2 cup
Jaggery - 1 cup
Cardamon powder - 1 teaspoon
Ghee - 2 tablespoons
Oil as required

Method :

1. Dissolve jaggery in water...and filter the
     syrup.

2.  Mix rice flour, whole wheat flour,
      cardamon, in jaggery syrup.

3.   Consistency should be like Idly batter.

4.   Pour ghee to the Batter, and mix well.

5.   Heat Kuzhi Panniaram pan, pour oil, when it  is heated start preparing panniarams.

    

        

Please try this recipe, and provide  comments.
Thank you

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Salt Cheedai's for Krishna Janmashtami

This salt cheedai is one of my favorite recipe, which is also an important savouries made for janmashtami. I tried this recipe in Airfryer, which came out extremely well. These cheedai's can also be deep fried.

Ingredients :

Rice flour   - 4 cups
Roasted urud dhal powder - 1/2 cup
Unsalted butter - 75 to 100 grams
Asafetida - 1 1/2 teaspoons
Roasted jeera powder - 1 teaspoon
Roasted pepper powder - 1 teaspoons

Grated coconut - 1/2 cup

Oil - 2 teaspoons

Salt to taste and water to knead the dough.

Method :

#  Mix all dry ingredients with butter.
#  Consistency should be of a bread crumbs.
# Sprinkle water and knead the dough.
#   Make small balls out of the dough.
#    Preheat Airfryer at 180'c for 4 min.
#   place aluminum foil in the Airfryer and put the prepared ball.
# Airfry for 180'c for 7 min.
#  After 3 min, open the Airfryer brush oil and fry cheedai's for 3 more minutes.

Serve the cheedai's... will taste really delicious. Please do try and provide your comments.
Thank you!

Munthiri or Cashew Pakoda

Munthiri or Cashew Pakoda is  a perfect snack served for tea-time. An Airfried Pakoda made with gluten free.

Ingredients:

Munthiri/Cashew - 1/2 cup
Besan/gram flour - 1 1/2 cups
Rice flour                - 1 tablespoons
Finely chopped       - 3-4 nos
green chillies
Ginger                       - 1 tablespoon
Mint and coriander - Handful
leaves
Asafetida/hing        - 1 teaspoon
Oil                              - 2 tablespoons
Salt                             - to taste
Water as required

Method:

1. Preheat the Airfryer at 180 'c for 4 min.

2. Mix all dry ingredients together.

3. Heat 1.5 tablespoons of oil, pour it with the mixed ingredients.

4. Sprinkle water to make a rough dough. Do not knead.

5. Give a shape of pakoda's and put it in Airfryer. (180 'c for 7 min)

6. Inbetween check and brush some oil. 

Serve Munthiri / Cashew Pakoda's with green chutney or tomato sauce.
Pl. do try and provide your comments.

Thank you!

Puran Poli

Poli is an important dish which is made for festivals.

Ingredients :

For filling:
Grated coconut - 1cup
Jaggery               - 3/4 cup
Cardamon           - 1/4 teaspoons

Poli:

Whole wheat flour - 1 cup
Rava              - 1/4 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoons
Salt a pinch
Oil as required.

Method :
# clean the jaggery and make thick syrup,
    and let it boil well...add grated coconut
     and mix well on low heat. When it
     comes to ball consistency add
     cardamon powder and turn off heat.

#  To make dough take whole wheat flour, rava, turmeric powder, pinch of salt mix well... sprinkle water and knead a soft dough. Add little oil and make a soft dough. ( rest the dough for 20 minutes)

#   In a banana leaf spread oil generously

       take a lemon size dough and apply
      oil on your fingers and start to spread
       small chappathi...then keep the filling
       cover the filling well...again dip your fingers in oil 

       and prepare a small chapati size poli.

       

#      Heat a tava and sprinkle oil...
         put the Poli on the tava, cook both
         sides and serve.
#       ( when you knead the dough it has
          to rest for at least 15 to 20 min.
           And apply oil to the dough well.)
     
      Serve these poli's with ghee. Do try and provide your comments.

Thank you!

Chikki made of oats

This power pack chikki is a wonderful bar candy which kids love, instead of giving kids chocolate, you can try this candy.
   I am sure kids love it

Ingredients:

Oats           - 1 cup
Cornflakes- 1 cup
Raisins       - 1 tablespoons
Peanuts      - 1 tablespoons
Walnut         - 1 tablespoons
Badam         -  1 tablespoons
Sugar            -  1/2 cup
Honey           -  2 tablespoons
Butter            -  1 tablespoons

Method :

* Dry roast oats, badam, walnuts, peanuts
    separately.
*  Heat a pan pour sugar and stir slowly
    till it caramelized, add butter and honey.
     Stir well and turn off the stove.
*   Add roasted ingredients, cornflakes,
      Raisins and mix well.
*    Grease a plate or tray with oil or ghee
       And pour the mixture and level it.
*    With a knife make marks of square or
      Diamond shape, after 5 min  you can
       cut into pieces.
 
     This is a wonderful candy given to children when they ask u for sweets or chocolate.
      Please do try and give your comments.