Sunday, March 20, 2011

Vishu Recipes -Keerai chundal (Dry Leafy Vegetable Curry)


Ingredients

3 bundles chowli leaves

½ tsp. turmeric powder

1 ½ tbsp. curry powder

Salt to taste

For seasoning

1 tsp. mustard seeds

2 tsp. black gram dal

2 red chilies (broken)

2 tbsp. oil

Making

Clean, cut and wash chowli leaves. Heat oil and add mustard seeds, black gram dal and red chilies. When brown, add chowli leaves, salt and turmeric powder. Cook on a low fire till done .Add curry powder and cook for a few minutes. Serve hot.

Vishu Recipe -Mendhiya Keerai Chundal (Dry Fenugreek Leaf Curry)


Ingredients

3 bundles methi leaves

2 potatoes

½ tsp. turmeric powder

1 tbsp. curry powder

Juice of 1 lemon

Salt to taste

For seasoning

1 tsp. mustard seeds

2 tsp. black gram dal

2 red chilies (broken)

3 tbsp. oil

Making

Clean, cut and wash methi leaves. Peel and chop potatoes as for finger chips. Proceed as for keerai chundal, in following recipe .Add lemon juice before serving.

Vishu Recipe - Idichchakkai Poduthuval (Dry Raw Jack-Fruit Curry)


Ingredients

To pressure cook

1 ½ kg raw jack-fruit (kathal)

1 tsp. turmeric powder

Salt to taste

For Garnishing

½ coconuts (grated)

8 green chilies

For Seasoning

1 ¼ tsp. mustard seeds

2 tsp. black gram dal

3 red chilies

5 tbsp. coconut oil

Making

Peel and cut jack-fruit into big pieces (2 inches).Pressure cook along with salt and turmeric powder till done. Cool the vegetables .run the vegetables. A few pieces at a time, in a mixie till well mashed.

Heat oil and add mustard seeds, black gram dal and red chilies .when brown add vegetables and cook on a low fire till dry. Run the grated coconut and green chilies in a mixie for a minute and add to vegetables. Serve hot.

Vishu Recipe -Mezhukkuvaratti (Dry Mixed Vegetables Curry)


Ingredients
To pressure cook
¼ kg suran
¼ kg beans
3 raw bananas
100 gms green peas
1 tsp. turmeric powder
Salt to taste
For seasoning
4 tbsp. coconut oil
Making
Peel, cut and wash the vegetables. Shell and clean green peas. Pressure cook the vegetables together with turmeric powder and salt. Set aside .Heat oil and add the cooked vegetables. Cook on a slow fire till the vegetables are dry .serve hot.

Vishu Recipe - Vazhakkai Poduthuval (Dry Raw Banana Curry)


Ingredients

To pressure cook

8 raw bananas

½ tsp. turmeric powder

Salt to taste

For Garnishing

½ coconuts (grated)

6 green chilies

For Seasoning

1 tsp. mustard seeds

2 tsp. black gram dal

2 red chilies (broken)

4 tbsp. oil

Making

Peel and cut raw bananas into small pieces. Pressure cook along with turmeric powder and salt and set aside. Heat oil. Add mustard seeds, black grams dal and red chillies.when brown add the cooked vegetables. Cook the vegetables on a low fire till dry. Run the grated coconut and green chilies in a mixie for a minute and add to the vegetables. Serve hot

Ø You can substitute vazhakkai (raw bananas) with ¾ kg chenai(suran)

Vishu Recipe -Beans Poduthuval (Dry beans Curry)


Ingredients

To pressure cook

½ kg beans

½ tsp. turmeric powder

Salt to taste

For Garnishing

¼ coconuts (grated)

4 green chilies

For seasoning

1 tsp. mustard seeds

1tsp black gram dal

2 red chilies (broken)

2 tbsp. oil

Making

Wash and chop the beans into very fine pieces. Add turmeric powder and salt, then pressure cook. Set aside. Heat the oil and add mustard seeds, black gram dal and red chillies.when brown, add the cooked vegetables. Cook on a low fire till the vegetables become dry. Run the grated coconut and green chilies in the mixie for a minute and add to the vegetables. Serve hot.


  • You can substitute beans with cluster or string beans.
  • You can also add 100 gms shelled green peas along with the beans while cooking.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Semiya Payasam

Ingredients
Vermicelli/semiya – 200gm

Milk – 2 ltrs

Condensed milk – 1 tin

Sugar – 5tbsp

Cashew nuts & raisins – 1/2 cup each

Cardamom – 2 big, crushed

Ghee/clarified butter – 2 1/2 tbsp
Method of preparation
Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a bottom heavy pan and roast the semiya till golden brown. Add milk to it and cook on low flame till semiya is fully done. Keep stirring in between. Add condensed milk and sugar and stir, till it is well combined with milk. Add crushed cardamom and remove from fire.
Heat 1/2 tbsp ghee in a pan and fry the cashew nuts, when it becomes golden brown, add raisins. Add the fried cashews and raisins to payasam. Serve hot or chilled.

Note: Since one tin condensed milk is used, this payasam is rich and has a creamy texture.If you prefer less creamier payasam substitute condensed milk with 2 cups sugar.

Adjust the quantity of sugar and condensed milk to suit your taste. The quantity prescribed above gives a medium-high sweetened payasam.