More kozhambhu

Ingredients :-                                                          

Buttermilk -2 cups
Coconut gratings - 1 cup
Green chilli - 3
Jeera - 1 tblsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tblsp
Tamarind - small piece
Rice - 1 spn
Mustard - 1 spn
Fenugreek seed - 1 spn
Red chilli - 1 Salt to taste

Method :-

1. Whisk the buttermilk well.Add turmeric powder to it and keep aside.

2. Grind coconut gratings, tamarind, fenugreek seed, green chilli, rice with little water.

3. Mix the grind paste to buttermilk.

4.Now take a pan add oil,when it's hot add mustard, red Chilli.

5. Now add the buttermilk mixture, add salt.

6. Just bring to a boil and turn off the heat.

7. Serve with hot rice.

Tip:-                                                     

1. After the initial tempering you can add any vegetable.The vegetables that go well for this dish are ladies finger, taro root, pumpkin.

2. This goes well with white rice and Rice Sevai.

Peach Pudding

Ingredients : -

Peaches - 2 (Sliced)
Milk - 3 cups
Rice - 4 tbsp
Sugar - 3/4 cup
corn starch - 1 tsp
cardomom powder -1 tsp
Almond slices for garnishing

Method :-

1. Soak the rice for 15min and grind the rice with little milk.
1.Take a heavy bottomed pan and boil the milk. Keep stiring in the middle.
2.Once the milk is boiled well, add the grinded rice mixture to it and keep stiring.Boil for another 6 to 7 min. The milk gets thickened.
4.Meanwhile grind the sliced peaches,corn starch together and keep aside.
5.Once the milk is getting thick add Sugar, cardomom powder and boil for another 5 min.
6.Turn off the heat and add the grinded peach to it. Dont stir them , just fold it gently so that they get even spreaded.
7.Transfer the contents into a glass bowl or cup and refrigerate for atleast 8hrs.
8.Serve chill by garnishing it with sliced almonds.

Pasta - Indian Version

Pasta - Indian Version

                                                                        

Ingredients :-

Pasta Any variety - 2 cups
Onion - 1 (sliced)
Tomatoes - 2 (chopped)
Capsicum - 2 (chopped)
ginger garlic paste - 1 tblsp
green chillies - 2
cumin powder - 1 tsp
pepper powder - 1tsp
tomato ketchup - 2 tbsp
kasthuri methi - 3 tsp (These are called Italian herbs)
salt to taste
oil - 3 tblsp (olive oil prepferably)

Method :-

1.Boil 6 cups of water in a deep pan.Add salt and 1 spoon oil to it.Now add the pasta to the boiling      water.Once the pastas are cooked drain them and keep aside.
2.Simultaneously take a non stick pan, add oil, onion and start frying.
3.Once the onion is transperant add ginger garlic paste,green chillies and saute for 2 min.
4.Add tomatoes and saute.Cover the pan and cook for 3 to 4 min in medium heat.
5.Once the tomoatoes blend nicely, add chilli powder, pepper powder, kasthuri methi, tomato ketchup and mix nicely.Cover and cook for 5 min till capsicum is cooked.
6.Finally add the cooked pasta ,fold everthing well gently for a minute.Turn off the heat.
7.Serve hot with shredded cheese at the top.

Tips:-

1.Try to cook the pasta and the sauce simultaneously so that once the pasta is cooked you can add it to the sause and mix.
2.Time taken for the pastas to cook differ from each vareity.So check for the directions in the box for their cooking time and follow accordingly.Below shown Macroni pastha takes 15 min to cook whereas the pasta in the above pic takes only 7 to 8 min.
3.Try to use olive oil while cooking pastas as it gives good flavour to the dish and healthy too.

                                           

Eggless Chocolate Cake

Ingredients :-
All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
baking soda 1 tsp
salt - a pinch
oil - 5 tblsp
lemon juice - 1 tblsp
cocoa powder - 3 tblsp
vanila essence - 1 tsp
cold water - 1 cup




Method :- Preheat the oven at 350 degree F

1.Take a mixing bowl and all the dry ingredients together.Make sure to seive the flour and cocoa powder well without any lumps.
2.Now start adding the wet ingredients. (oil,vanilla essence,lemon juice,cold water)
3.Blend everthing well using hand/electric blender.
4.Grease a pan and pour the cake mix.
5.Bake it for 30 min.

Tip :-
1.Insert a toothpick and check if it comes out clean,if sticky then keep for few more min and check.

2.If you want you can layer a chocolate frosting and make the cake more delicious.Below photo is with chocolate frosting.I used store bought frosting.

Eggless Banana Cake

Eggless Banana Cake :-

Ingredients:-

Riped Banana -  2 (big size) or 3(small size)
Wheat  flour / All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cup
Butter - 1 stick
sugar - 1/2 cup
baking powder - 1 tsp
baking soda 1 tsp
salt - a pinch
milk - 4 tablesp.
Vanila essence - 1 tspn
Cashews - Optional

Method :-  Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.

1. Mash the bananas ,add vanilla essence to it and keep aside.
2.Mix all the dry ingredients together.(Flour,baking powder,baking soda,salt.
3.Take a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together. (Butter should be in room temperature).
4.Add the mashed bananas to the butter sugar mixture.Mix them well.
5.Add the dry ingredients slowly and mix them well without any lumps.
6.Finally add milk and blend them well.Sprinkle cashews at the top which is optional.
7.Greace the baking pan and pour the mix into it and cook it for 45 min.

Tips :-

1.For heathy option,Use wheat flour to make this cake.i made the above cake with wheat flour.Its yummy :)
2.You can reduce the quanity of butter and increase the quantity of milk if you are diet conscious.Add milk atlast until you get the cake mix consistency. It should in semi liquid state.
3.Insert a toothpick and check if it comes out clean,if sticky then keep for few more min and check.
4.To get a soft spongy cake you need to  sieve the flour nicely.