KUGAN'S KITCHEN PART 3

[suvai]

kugan nga i can simply imagine yr grandmother telling off the driver to move as fast as he could from there...lol

paravaa ila enaku thunaiya intha ulagathila neengalum irukeenganu padikarthiley romba sandhosham ngo!!!...where kovil is concerned :mrgreen:

kugan...ur vadagam ingris sounds very interesting.....so ithai nalla sun dry pannitu porikanungala ennaila?

all the dals that u have used....should they all be powdered raw? or broil or fried slightly?
Enga oorila veyil jaasthi ila...but i can tell my family in india to make it ;-)

how do u use this vadagam athoda recipes um podunga plz & thanks

ahaaa selvi pasangalum sirichaangalaa police station kathai padichi...naanum sirichipen neenaivuku varum bothu.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
silly me!

[suvai]

kugan nga plz do ask yr aunt for the peerkangai chutney recipe...:-) also the vadagam

[kugan98]

Suvai nga, vadagams are used for seasoning in the gravy, poriyal,
kutoo and chutneys. vadagams give a special aroma and flavour for the dishes.
The dal are raw and ground into coarse powder.
Suvai nga when we want to cook a gravy, normally we will pour oil in the pot, then break up the vadagam into pieces, and use little or more according to the amount of gravy or poriyal you want to do.
these vadagams are only seasonings.

Suvai I will get the recipe from my aunt and post it for everyone.
you can mix the chutney into rice like puli saatham.
You can take the rice in a tiffin box for lunch to office.
Thanks. Kugan98

[suvai]

podunga recipe aunt ah kettutu......will surely take it for lunch ;-) kugan nga!

[suvai]

Thanks kugan nga for explaining how to use the vadagam....will surely give it a try...:-)

[dev]

:lol: @ Suvai & K...

Suvai, jamuns soft-aa irundhichu...but shape sariyay illai...meaning it balloonedup & then shrunk resulting in dented jamuns...en appadi aachunu theriyalai...have asked Mrs.Mano...

K, I used eggs in the vannila cake... venumna sollunga...recipe post pannuren...

Vadagam arumaiyay irukku...senju paarkanum...:)

Inga systemla konjam prob...have to give for service... so don't be surprised if I don't come for a week or so...

Take care pps...

[kugan98]

Dev, ungga vanilla cake recipe podungga.
I use 1/3 cup of apples sauce for 1 egg used.
The maximum I can use is 2/3 cups of sauce.
Or I will have to try using vinegar instead of eggs.
Eppadiyoh, cake do pannina, children mudichudovaanga :lol:
Thanks Dev, seekiram p.c repair pannungga.
As you know its you, Selviem, suvai and Aarthii are
the only people who make this thread lively.
Suvai vera India pooraanga :(
Thanks Dev, Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]

TENDER COCONUT RASAM

Ingredients:
¼ cup of toor dal
A pinch of tumeric
2 cups tender coconut water
1 cup tender coconut flesh cut into pieces

To roast and powder:
1 tbs coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
¼ tsp fenugreek seeds
3 dry red chillies
¼ tsp asafetida
1 tsp oil

1 tomato crushed
2 pips garlic crushed
6 pepper corns crushed
½ tsp tamarind paste
2 tbs coriander leaves chopped
Salt to taste

To Season:
1 tsp ghee
½ tsp mstard seeds
1 dry red chillie broken
1 sprig curry leaves

Method:
Cook the dal with 1 ½ cup of water with a pinch of tumeric powder.
Heat the oil and fry the ingredients to roast and powder.
Powder the ingredients into powder form.

In a thick bottomed pan add the cooked dal with its water,
Add in the crushed tomato, crushed garlic, pepper corns and tamarind paste. Let it boil once nicely.

Now add in the ground powder and cook further in medium flame
till it starts to bubble. Remove and add the tender coconut water and the tender coconut flesh. Garnish with coriander leaves ,cover and keep aside.

In a pan heat the oil or ghee ,add in the mustard seeds, let it splutter.
Add in the red chillie and curry leaves. Sauté well and pour it
into the tender coconut rasam. Cover and keep for ½ an hour to improve the taste. Serve with rice and papadams.

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[kugan98]

TENDER COCONUT PAYASAM

Ingredients:
1 cup tender coconut pieces. (cut into small pieces)
2 cups fresh milk
1 cup tender coconut water
5 tbs sugar
2 tbs condensed milk
1 tbs cashew nuts roasted
1 tbs raisins roasted
2 tbs ghee
Little cardamom powder

Method:
Wipe the tender coconuts a little dry.
Heat the ghee in a pot, add in the tender coconut pieces
and fry for a while.
Pour 2 cups of the milk into the pot and cook the tender coconuts.
Stir continuously as the milk thickens.

Now add in the sugar, condensed milk.
Add in the fried nuts and raisins
Add in the tender coconut water.
Let it boil once, add in the cardamom powder.
Remove from fire and cool.
It tastes best when chilled.

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[kugan98]

[tscii]

TENDER COCONUT SABJI

Ingredients:
1 cup of tender coconut cut into pieces.
10 cashew nuts ground to paste
1 cup chopped onions
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 tsp tumeric powder
2 tsp chillie powder more if you like
½ tsp garam masala powder
½ cup of chopped coriander leaves
Salt to taste
2 tbs of oil or ghee

Method:
Heat a wok, add the ghee and add in the chopped onions.
Sauté well till lightly brown,
Add in the tumeric powder, chillie powder and garam masala.
Stir well, add in the salt and the tomatoes.
Now add in the cashew nut paste and stir well.
Add in a cup of water the chopped tender coconut pieces
And the coriander leaves. Let it boil once and remove.
Serve it with pulao or chappati.
This dish has a unique taste of cashew, tomato and coconut.

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[dev]

K, tender coconutla u can make a poriyal just like the potato-brinjal poriyal using KMP I've posted...

[dev]

Suvai India poraangala!!!...sollave illai...;) Eppo poreenga Suvai?... Enjoy ur days in India... Enga ooru pakkam vandhaa sollunga...oru meet arrange pannidalaam...:)

K, laptop serviceku kuduthaachu...I'm using hubby's laptop...so weekdaysla access panna mudiyaadhu...hope he'll spare sometime in the evening...

[suvai]

ah ha oh ho nu ila neer kondu ivalo specialities ah......naan saapitathilai.....not even in india....recipes try pannaren angey time kidaicha..;-)

kugan nga....all yr 3 recipes look veryyyy yummy...

[dev]

Potato open sandwich:

1/4 kg potatoes - boiled, peeled, mashed
2 tbsp bengal gram flour- heat 2 tbsp ghee & fry the flour on low heat until flavourful & golden brown.

HEat oil. Add 2 finely chopped onion, green chillies & cook till translucent. Add 1/4 tsp each chilly pwd, pepper pwd, turmeric, salt,1/2 to 3/4th tsp garam masala. stir for few secs. Add in the potatoes & flour , lemon juice to taste. Mix well & adjust seasoning. Add cori leaves & take off flame.

Butter one side of bread. Spread the potato mix on the buttered side. sprinkle bread crumbs on it & press slightly. Cook on a tawa adding lil oil until nice & brown on the bottom side. pour some oil on the veggie side,turnover & cook till the veggie side is slightly brown. Serve with tomato sauce.

[dev]

[tscii:2d382f5174]Vanilla-lemon cake:

2 eggs
1 1/4 cup plain flour (maida)
1 level teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon soda bi-carb
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Method
1. Sieve the flour, baking powder and soda bi-carb together.
2. Mix eggs, melted butter, essence.beat well. Add 3 tbsp lemon juice & lemon zest grated from 1 lemon. mix. Add the flour & fold in.
3. Pour the mixture into a greased and dusted 150 mm. (6") diameter tin.
4. Bake in a hot oven at 180C for 30 mins
5. The cake is ready when it leaves the sides of the tin and is springy to touch. When ready, take out from the oven and leave for 1 minute and unmould.

This is Tarla Dalal recipe which I tweaked a bit adding lemon juice etc. Actuall I intended to make it into a lemon cake but since the flavour of lemon was too mild, I named it as vanilla cake... hehehe...[/tscii:2d382f5174]

[kugan98]

Dev, thanks for your potato sandwich.
I need recipes like this to make for my children to take to school.

I think I will make the paste, butter a bread slice, add the potato fillings, cover with another slice of bread.
Then give one press in a sandwich maker. It will be easy for them to handle.
Thanks Dev for the nice recipe.


I will also try the lemon vanilla cake.
Thanks too for the recipe.
Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]School starts today for the new year after a long break.
Its a practice in our home to have a special pooja before
the children go to school for the new term.
I decided to make motchai sundal for a change with ponggal.
Here is the recipe.


MOTCHAI SUNDAL

Ingredients:
1 ½ cups of motchai
A pinch of tumeric powder
Enough salt
3 tbs grated coconut
2 small shallots sliced fine
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp urad dal
2 dry red chillies cut into pieces
1 sprig curry leaves
A pinch of asafetida
1 tsp oil

Method:
Soak the motchai over night to prepare the sundal the next day.
Wash the soaked motchai, and cook in water
with the tumeric powder and little salt.
Do not over cook the motchai. Decant the water.

Heat up the oil and add the mustard seeds, urad dal, asafetida,
dry red chillie, sliced shallots and curry leaves. Sauté well.
Now add the coconut, very little salt and mix well.
Add in the cooked motchai and stir until well mixed.
Remove and serve.

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[suvai]

ahaaa kugan nga enaku sundal naaley romba pidikum nga ;-)

[kugan98]

Thanks Suvai nga, ennakkum sundal romba pudikum.
I like to try with different pulses.
Thanks. Kugan98

[sonu gopi]

Dev, thanks for your potato sandwich.
I need recipes like this to make for my children to take to school.

I think I will make the paste, butter a bread slice, add the potato fillings, cover with another slice of bread.
Then give one press in a sandwich maker. It will be easy for them to handle.
Thanks Dev for the nice recipe. Kugan98
Yes....that was wat I was thinking too...easier for the kids to handle and the fillings will not drop off easily... :D

[sonu gopi]

Kugan...is motchai our channa dhal?? :P

[sonu gopi]

[tscii]Nowadays seldom people make this curry vadagam.
Its easier to buy than to make. I make my own so that I use all clean ingredients and make it clean. I do it 6 months once.
My aunt makes a very tasty chutney using the ridgegourd skin and the vadagam. I will get the recipe soon.


CURRY VADAGAM

Ingredients:
250 grms small red onions
200 grms garlic pips
125 grms toor dal
20 grms urad dal
20 grms cumin seeds
20 grms mustard seeds
20 grms curry leaves
15 grms tumeric powder
¼ cup of oil
2 tbs of salt

Method:
Skin the onions and garlic, wipe them dry.
Chop both the onions and garlic into fine pieces
Chop also the curry leaves also into fine pieces
Grind the toor dal and urad dal into coarse powder.
Add all the other ingredients except the oil.
Crush them lightly so that they can be moulded into balls.
Dry them in the hot sun.

In the evening break all of them, add half of the oil and mix well.
Make them into balls again. Next morning dry them in the sun again.
Again in the evening do the same process using the other half portion of the oil.
Now dry the balls in the hot sun for about 15 days, till it becomes hard.
Store them in a air tight container.

NOTE: Normally castor oil is used. Since this oil is banned in Malaysia,
I use gingelly oil.


Last few Vadagams made 6 months ago:



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Vadagams made 4 days ago,still drying:



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What are these curry vagadams used for? Is it used for cooking purposes or eaten just like that. I have never come across these b4...adhaan asking..!! :wink:

Oops!! just read your posting again and realised its used for cooking dishes. I think it would be tasty too....vagadams ingredients are superb..!! ..yummy...yummmmy :D

[sonu gopi]

Suvai nga, vadagams are used for seasoning in the gravy, poriyal,
kutoo and chutneys. vadagams give a special aroma and flavour for the dishes.
The dal are raw and ground into coarse powder.
Suvai nga when we want to cook a gravy, normally we will pour oil in the pot, then break up the vadagam into pieces, and use little or more according to the amount of gravy or poriyal you want to do.
these vadagams are only seasonings.

Suvai I will get the recipe from my aunt and post it for everyone.
you can mix the chutney into rice like puli saatham.
You can take the rice in a tiffin box for lunch to office.
Thanks. Kugan98

Kugan....I just read this posting and now I got my answers to my earlier questions.....so vagadams are actually seasonings for gravy etc. Where can we get to buy them? How abt the Indian stores in Brickfields?

[sonu gopi]

kugan nga...onga temple visits & pulao (looks very yummy) ellaamey jor jor...:-) awesome that u visited a new temple.......
...pasanga santhosham thaan periyavanga santhosham...glad all the kids enjoyed & were up till early AM..;-)

Yes I must agree with you Suvai.....looks so tempting that I kept swallowing my saliva....sorry this makes me look like a big glutton... :oops:...I blame Kugan for this..!! :roll:

[kugan98]

Sonu thanks for all your posts.
Glad that you are active in asking questions.
Only then the thread will be active.

I doubt you can buy it in Brickfields, as Malaysians mostly
do not use this vadagam. I use as I am from India :lol:

Motchai is not channa dal.
Channa dal is chick peas, we call the big ones sudesi kachang,
and the smaller ones as kondakadalai.

Motchai in englis is called vaal beans or field beans.
I will post a picture of it for you.
Thanks Kugan98

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[sonu gopi]

I will start a thing in my family that every month we visit one new temple around Selangor first.:D
Don't forget to visit me when you come to Subang Jaya Perumal temple. :D

Here's a sample list of temples in Selangor:


Sri Subramaniam Kovil Batu Caves
Sri Subramaniar Alayam Sepang, Selangor
Sri Sitthi Vinayagar Kovil P.J. Selangor
Sri Sakthi Easwari Kovil P.J. Selangor
Sri Shivan Temple Bukit Gasing,Selangor
Sri Subramaniar Kovil P.J. Selangor
Sri Subramania Swamy Kovil Klang, Selangor
Sri Sivan Kovil Kota Road, Klang, Selangor
Sri Maha Mariamman Kovil Klang, Selangor
Sri Selva Vinayagar Kovil Klang, Selangor
Sri Raja Rajeswary Kovil Ampang
Sri Sakthi Vinayagar Alayam Ampang
Sri Thruga Parameswary Amman Alayam Kampung Tumbuk, Tanjong Sepat, Selangor
Sri Subramaniaswami Temple Paribalana Sabai Kajang
Sri Sundaraja Perumal Kovil Klang, Selangor
Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Telok Panglima Garang, Banting
Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Klang (Istana)
Sri Vartharaja Perumal Temple SS 13 Subang Jaya, Selangor
Sri Verrakathy Vinayagar Temple Rawang, Selangor
Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, Subang Jaya.
Sri Murugan Tenmple, Persiaran Selangor, Shah Alam (CSR Sugar)
Sri Murugan Temple Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya.
Sri Vengadachalapathy Temple, Puchong, Subang Jaya.
Sri Maha Kaliamman Temple, Seafield, Subang Jaya.
Sri Subramaniar Aalaya, Semenyih.
Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, Ladang Rinching, Semenyih
Sri Veppilaikari Mariamman Aalayam, Sa-ringgit Est, Semenyih
Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, HICOM, Shah Alam.
Sri Maha Muneswaran Alayam(Jalan e3/1),Taman Ehsan kepong
Sri Rajarajeswari Alayam,Taman Sri Sentosa,Klang,Selangor
Sri Subramaniar Kovil,Port Klang,Selangor

Thanks Nov....its very thoughtful of you to give us the list of temples here in Malaysia....I got married at the old Sri Sitthi Vinayagar Kovil P.J. Selangor..now its much bigger after renovation.. :D

[sonu gopi]

Sonu thanks for all your posts.
Glad that you are active in asking questions.
Only then the thread will be active.

I doubt you can buy it in Brickfields, as Malaysians mostly
do not use this vadagam. I use as I am from India :lol:

Motchai is not channa dal.
Channa dal is chick peas, we call the big ones sudesi kachang,
and the smaller ones as kondakadalai.

Motchai in englis is called vaal beans or field beans.
I will post a picture of it for you.
Thanks Kugan98

Thanks Kugan....that means I have yet to taste these beans. Looking forward to your pic of this field beans.. :D

[sonu gopi]

Kugan...my frens call it Motchai kottai...is it the same?? They cook it with anchovies or dried Kurau fish. I have not tasted it anyway.... :D

[kugan98]

Sonu, I am sure you know what is motchai,
literally they call it " motchai kottai " :lol:

They use to add it to dried fish curry.
Kugan98

[NOV]

You're welcome Soni... another one bites the dust :lol:

[dev]

K, the sandwich filling won't fall off from the bread coz it'll be a tight filling due the use of flour. U can cut it into 4 small triangles so tht kids can handle it easily.... Or yes, u can make it into a sandwich using 2 bread slices... :) U can also add chopped cucumber to the filling...it'll give a nice crunch to the sandwich here & there...

I have posted a carrot sandwich loooong back...it's my fav sandwich... I'll locate the recipe for u if u want...

Another easy,tasty sandwich is capscicum-onion-cheese sandwich... Just saute the veggies for a min... let cool... Add grated cheese & make a sandwich using 2 bread slices & toast in a sandwich maker.... If u want it spicy, can add green chillies too...yum yum...

[Aarthii]

Dear Kuganka,Selvika,Dev,suvaika,
Hope u all might have missed me.I missed u all a lot.
Pranay is now feeling better.He is ok now.
It is passed to him frm his father only.But now my lil prince is ok.Athoda inag ulla climate vera serthukuchu.,Sarina fog northla,windy too.So it took some time for him to recover frm that.Now hez ok.

[Aarthii]

kuganka thanks for all the nice recipes.Have to try it out one by one.Thanks kuganka.
Pranay likes sundal very much.I am going to make ur motchai sundal for him soon.

[Aarthii]

Dev ,thanks for ur sandwich recipe.I have tried ur carrot sandwich recipe before which was posted by kuganka along with a snap.As u said it is a very tasty one .Will try out this potato sandwich recipe soon.

Do post some more sandwich recipes dev.

Dev i made ur rasam for the second time today.Nice and tasty rasam.Thanks dev.

[kugan98]

Thanks Dev, I will try your method first.
I will try your second method also.
It will be something different for them.
Kugan98

[kugan98]

Aarthii, how come we will not miss you?
I knew both of you are not completely well.
Thats why you were away from the p.c.

Aishu too is not fully recovered.
Its very difficult to give her medicine.

Take care Aarthii. Kugan98

[sudha india]

Ennai marandhadhen.....nenjame...... :musicsmile: :musicsmile: :musicsmile: :musicsmile:

Hello, vanakkam to all, Puthaandu vaazhthukkal.

[suvai]

Ennai marandhadhen.....nenjame...... :musicsmile: :musicsmile: :musicsmile: :musicsmile:

Hello, vanakkam to all, Puthaandu vaazhthukkal.


Hello nga sudha!! vaanga vaanga Happy 2010 to you & yours too!!
Hope u had a good start for this year!...paatu kooda paaduveengala?:mrgreen:

aarthi......good to know that yr little one is much better...hope u have also recovered well along with him ;-)

kugan nga....kavalai padaatheenga aiyshu will get better soon!! soups neraiya panni kodunga here is a simple veg soup...it tastes good especially when one is sick.

In a small pressure cooker...add 2 cups of water...add a pinch of turmeric....add 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste each..black pepper corns about 6...or more to yr taste....or green chillies .add one tomato...one small piece of cinnamon...one krambu...1/4 tsp powdered fennel seeds....now add in all cut vegetables...like carots/potato/green beans/motchai kaai/knol knol/peas....to this add enough salt.....now add karuvepilai & chopped kothamali (konjam tharalama use pannunga)...close the pressure cooker & cook it for up to 3 whistle or two....after cooling down open & serve with idly or thosai...nalla soak panni kodunga....she will love
it. U can also season it with jeeragam/onion fried in very little oil.
Hope i made sense.

Dev....hope u get yr pc back soon!!

selvi.....nalla irukeengala?

:-)

[Aarthii]

Aarthii, how come we will not miss you?
I knew both of you are not completely well.
Thats why you were away from the p.c.
Aishu too is not fully recovered.
Its very difficult to give her medicine.

Yes true kuganka.Hez not allowing me to sit infront of system at all.Since he was not able to breath properly hez suffering a lot.But now hez better than before.But yet to cure fully.I guess it will take one or two more days for him.

For me,am ok now.

Yes kuganka,giving medicines is really a big thing.Habba day to day am stuggling with him.

[Aarthii]

Sudhaka,New year wishes to u .

[Aarthii]

aarthi......good to know that yr little one is much better...hope u have also recovered well along with him ;-):-)

Suvaika ,am ok now.But my lil one still has cold and cough.I think it will take some two to three more days for him to recover.But he is definitely better than before.

[kugan98]

Sudha ma

" nenjam marappadhillai adhu ninavai izhakkavaillai
Naan kaaththirundhaen unggal posttai paatththirundhaen
kangalum moodavillai en kangalum moodavillai.

Happy New Year Sudha ma.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Thanks Suvai nga for the vege soup.
I will make it for all the children.
Thanks nga. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Aarthii, please take your time, do not worry about the thread.
It will keep going. Make the soup for Pranay also.
Take care. Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]I had this in my friends house, I asked for the recipe.
Here is the recipe.


SOOJI TOAST

Ingredients:

½ cup sooji pan fried
½ cup curds
2 tbs onion chopped fine
½ tomato remove the seeds, chop fine
1 green chillie chop fine
1 tbs coriander leaves chop fine
Salt to taste
Little water if needed
Little oil

Slices of bread cut into triangles.

Method:
Mix all the ingredients, sooji, curds, onion,tomato,
Green chillie coriander leaves and salt.
Add very little water and make into a thick batter.

Heat a dosai kal, dip each piece of bread in the batter.
Coat both the sides, see that the veges are sticking on the sides.
Or you can place a teaspoon of the mixture on top after dipping and placing the bread on the dosai kal.

Add ½ tsp of oil, place the bread slices gently.
You can add few drops of oil along the edges.
Cook on medium heat till the bread is a bit brown under.
Flip the bread and toast the other side for few minutes.
Serve with tomato ketchup.

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[sudha india]

Paattaale budhi sonnan
Pattale badhilum sonnaal..... (Kugan)

Hi everybody

Hello Suvai avargale.... Music keeps me going. Avlo pudikkum.

[dev]

Aarthii, glad to know u r all recovering well... Kutti will be ok soon...:) We all missed u...

As U & K have said, it's very difficult to give medicines to the kids... I've put my lil one on homeopathy especially to evade from this problem...also no side-effects...:)

Sandwiches... I have very limited sandwich recipes... I just put in whatever dhal/veggies I cook into the sandwich...;) the potato sandwich is a recipe I took from my cousin's cookery book...she has cookery class in her skol & all their recipes r easy & yummy... I'll chk my books & let u know If I have any tried & tested sandwich recipes...

Peas Sandwich:

My hubby makes this sandwich using frozen peas...yum!!!...

Just cook the frozen green peas in the mw for 3-4 mins, adding lil water...Heat oil...add chopped onions...cook for 2 mins... add turmeric, chilly pwd, pepper pwd, garam masala...mix well... add chopped tomatoes & fry till pulpy... Add the peas, salt & cook till it becomes a lil dry... mash the peas a bit if u wish to. Use it as a filling for sandwich...

This filling is good for sandwiches tht we eat immediately...but for lunch box, I think the bread will become soggy...

[dev]

This is a recipe I make from leftover tikkas...

Paneer Tikka Sandwich:

Cut the paneer tikkas into small pieces... Add some chopped capsicum, onions,green chutney & chaat masala... put this filling in between 2 bread slices & grill in a sandwich maker...\

any tikka would do...chicken/fish/paneer/potato tikaks... ellam nalla irukkum...

[dev]

Sweetcorn Sandwich/toast:

Saute onions,capsicum in oil till translucent. Add chopped g.chillies if u want it spicy & saute. let cool.
Mix together boiled sweetcorn kernels, sauteed vegs, pepper pwd, grated cheese,salt.

Apply butter on one side of the bread & spread this mixture on the unbuttered side. Toast in an oven until cheese melts & turns golden brown.

Serve with tomato sauce.

[kugan98]

Dev, thanks for all the sandwiches.
I will try them one by one.

Dev, I happen to meet a new friend in a function.
She is a brahmin girl. Got some vege sandwiches recipes.
Thats the one I tried today.
Will post few more of her recipes soon.

Praying for the early return of your laptop :lol:

Take care. Kugan98


P.S I think Selviem is still busy with her guests.

[dev]

K, I tried a similar sooji toast recipe from a friend's blog sometime back...it was good...:) Do post the sandwich recipes u have...

Thanks for the prayers K...;) I too am going mad without internet access... It has become such an important part of my life...:lol:

[suvai]

Hello Kugan nga!
onga sooji toast looks very simple & tasty too....try pannaren...thank u nga!

dev all yr sandwiches sounds easy to make.....awesome.....neraiya recipes innum try pannanum naan.

kugan u know which one i want taste ipo...NOW...ipudu????:mrgreen: :mrgreen: Tender coconut masala with cashew.....interesting combinations..

sudha nga......enjoy pannunga ;-)
Seems like u have brought out another talent that kugan has nga sudha .....she sings ;-)

[kugan98]

Thanks Suvai nga for the compliments.
Have you heard frog croaking, athu naan thaangga.

Medthuvaa, medthuvaa oru oru recipeya try pannungga.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]Well my new found friend has a treasure of recipes.
I will try my best to extract all from her.
She is a busy lawyer, so she has no time for our forum.
At least she has agreed to give her recipes.

Here is her avasara onion kulambu.

AVASARA ONION KULAMBU

Ingredients:
2 big onions sliced lengthwise a bit thick.
1 lime sizes tamarind soaked in 1 cup of water
3 tsp red chillie powder
¼ tsp tumeric powder
2 pips of garlic chopped fine
1 tsp ginger chopped fine
½ tsp mustard seeds
2 tbs oil
1 tsp sugar
Salt to taste.

Method:
Squeeze out the tamarind juice and keep aside.
Heat oil in a wok, add in the mustard seeds.
Let them splutter, add in the garlic and ginger.
Sauté well, add in the sliced onions, add salt.
Fry till the onions are limp, add in the tamarind juice.

Add also the chillie powder, and tumeric powder
Let the mixture cook for about 10 minutes.
There will not be the raw smell of the tamarind.
The oil will float on top. Add in the sugar, mix well.
Serve hot with rotis , dosai or idli.

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[kugan98]

Friends I do not know why, the Imageshack is not working for me.

My head was going round, for I hate to post a recipe without a picture.
Sorry, I found out the cause, enjoy the pictures.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]Another yummy recipe from her, simple keerai saatham.


KEERAI SAATHAM

Ingredients:
2 cups of basmati rice
3 cups of spinach chopped in big pieces
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
2 big onions chopped
2 big tomatoes chopped
1 tsp red chillie powder
¼ tsp tumeric powder
½ tsp garam masala powder
1 tsp aniseeds
1 piece of cinnamon stick
3 cardamom pods
4 cloves
2 tbs ghee
Salt to taste

Method:
Wash and drain the basmati rice.
Heat the ghee in a wok, add in the aniseeds, cinnamon stick,
Cardamom pods and cloves.
Let them splutter.
Now add in the chopped onions, ginger and garlic paste.
Mix well add in the tomatoes, red chillie powder, tumeric powder,
and the garam masala powder. Cook well till the tomatoes become mushy. Add salt and the chopped spinach. Give 1 stir remove.

In a rice cooker add in the rice and cooked spinach mixture.
Add in 3 cups of water, give a good stir , close the lid and let it cook.
Once it is cooked gently fluff up the rice.
Serve with hot sweet potatoes.

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[Aarthii]

Dev u r exactly correct,taking them towards homepathy is the best.My Sister is also doing the same as like u only.she is also having a kid in the same age like pranay.But since here there is no such huge facility of hemopathy am not using it.
Dev thanks for all the nice sandwich recipes.Will try one by one and tell u the result.thanks dev

[Aarthii]

kuganka,thanks for the sooji toast as well as the two new recipes frm ur friend.Ask ur friend and post some more also kugnaka.

Enna oru involvement kuganka ungalaku cookingla!Chance illa kuganka.U r really great.

[Madhu Sree]

K ka :thumbsup:, Havent heard of this wonderful recipe, 'Sooji toast', :D

I will try it out soon and will post my feedback... :D

[kugan98]

Madhu, how are you?
Appa appa vangga intha threadukku.

There are many more nice sandwiches.
I will post them soon.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Thanks Aarthii ma for your nice compliments.
Do you remember asking me for sandwiches recipes,
while you were in Japan?
Well now make more and enjoy.

Sure I will get all the nice ones from her.
I like it so much because all are vegetarians.
Thanks. Take care. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Friends, for making perfect cakes, and other things,
we must have this simple things like measuring cups,
spoons and a good weighing scale.
Need not be very expensive, they even have them
in plastic. here are my things:

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[Selviem]

kugan,
nice to see the receipes, yea of course busy with the guests night i will just go through the messages, but not able to post.

all the receipes are too good. especially sooji toast is my favourite, searching for the receipe for long time. thanks for posting it, i will make that for tomorrow breakfast for my guests. i will let u know the feedback.

tomorrow i have 22 people for dinner, so busy with the kitchen.

i am preparing chicken drumstick grill, kunukku, salad, potato wedges, kadai paneer, aloo gobi, raitha, chapathi, veg macroni, mutton kuruma, veg pulao, gulab jamun, sweet pongal.

selvi

[Selviem]

Dev,
thanks for so many sandwich receipes, all are very interesting, it will be very useful for me. definitely i will try one by one and let u know.

[Selviem]

suvai,
how r u? i am busy with the guests. from sunday i will be free. then i can join the thread. but i am reading all ur messages. thanks for ur soup . i will try whenever i get time.

take care
selvi

[Selviem]

Aarthi,

how r u? take care of urself and pranay. homeo treatment is always good. i do take homeo treatment for my kids. no side effects. it is really good.

[dev]

Few interesting recipes I found in few blogs today...
http://mydhaba.blogspot.com/2006/01/chocolate-idlee_06.html
http://redchillies.us/2009/04/14/eggless-mango-cake/
http://thebuddingcook.blogspot.com/2009/10/savory-semolina-cake.html
http://redchillies.us/2009/03/02/savory-onion-cookies-baked-nippattu/
http://redchillies.us/2009/11/30/chilly-biscuits-spicy-crackers-masala-cookies/
http://thecookscollection.blogspot.com/2009/08/om-biscuit-south-indian-style.html

[dev]

Dev u r exactly correct,taking them towards homepathy is the best.My Sister is also doing the same as like u only.she is also having a kid in the same age like pranay.But since here there is no such huge facility of hemopathy am not using it.
Dev thanks for all the nice sandwich recipes.Will try one by one and tell u the result.thanks dev

Aarthii, U needn't have much facilities for homeopathy... If u can locate a good experienced homeopath, tht'll do... Most homeopaths prepare the medicine themselves... so u needn't even go searching for a homeopathy medical shop...

[dev]

Aarthii & Selvi, do try the sandwich recipes & give us the feedback...:)

[kugan98]

Selviem my head went round looking at the list of your menu.
You are great Selviem.

Selviem when you have the time please post your version of gulab jamun. I am sure it will be very helpful to many.

Take your time Selviem. Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Thanks for the nice links Dev.
I have started to make cakes, and our government has raised
the price of sugar :roll:

Let me try and see. Thanks Dev. Kugan98

[Selviem]

kugan,

sooji toast is simply superb. we liked it very much.
very easy to make. for the crowd it is really good. thanks for giving out the receipe. also i made gulab jamun with gits packet, with slight variation.

selvi

[Aarthii]

Thanks Aarthii ma for your nice compliments.
Do you remember asking me for sandwiches recipes,
while you were in Japan?
Well now make more and enjoy. 98

Eppadi kuganka,evalo sandwich recipes anupineenga.How can i forget those mails.Japanla irukum pothu mostly unga breakfast menus thaan veetla.

Thanks for the baking utensils photo akka.Definitley it is going to be very usefull for poeple like me whoz is new to baking.

[Aarthii]

i am preparing chicken drumstick grill, kunukku, salad, potato wedges, kadai paneer, aloo gobi, raitha, chapathi, veg macroni, mutton kuruma, veg pulao, gulab jamun, sweet pongal.selvi

Selvika,superb menu combinations.Nalla senchu aasthunga unga friends ellaraiyum.Selvika,sweet pongal enna recipe?is that sarkkarai pongal or something different?

yes,pranay is getting better selvika.Yes akka,as u said i have to think and start homepathy medicines only.

[Aarthii]

[Aarthii, U needn't have much facilities for homeopathy... If u can locate a good experienced homeopath, tht'll do... Most homeopaths prepare the medicine themselves... so u needn't even go searching for a homeopathy medical shop...

hmm,yes u r correct dev.I have heard these stuffs frm my sister once.She even told me,that frm her place she can even post the medicines to me.But en-nu theiryala apdiye vittu pochu dev.Have to search and find dev.

Thanks for the nice tips dev.

[Aarthii]

Aarthii & Selvi, do try the sandwich recipes & give us the feedback...:)

sure dev.Try pannama vida porathe illa.U know one more thing dev,once wen pranay gets completely well,am going to send him to a playschool (Already we got admission),so making sandwiches are quite easy for me to make him eat before going to the play school.
Thanks dev.

[dev]

K, increasing sugar prices is a worldwide phenomenon now... reason they say is poor crop output last yr...here the sugar prices was around Rs.25 during deepavali...now it's Rs.42-43... Better buy sugar company shares than making sweets... good for health as well as the pocket...;) :lol:

[dev]

Aarthii, so u now have another reason to try sandwich recipes...:) Hope kutti enjoys his play skol...it'll be a totally diff world for him...:)

Aarthii, if u don't mind letting me know where u live, I can ask my homeopath for contacts there... she might know someone there thru their doctors network...

[kugan98]

Selviem, I am very happy that sooji toast was of help to you.
I have to thank my generous friend.

I am posting anoter of her sandwich today.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Dev, nalla oru suggestion kuduteengga.
Share market ennga irrukkunu tedanum. :lol:
Thanks, Dev. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Aarthii, I just cannot believe my eyes that Pranay is going to play school. Time flies so fast.
Pillaikku neraya suthi podungga.
He is so cute.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]Here is her another sandwich recipe.

CAPSICUM SANDWICH

Ingredients:

1 onion chopped fine
½ capsicum chopped
1 fresh red chilly chopped
Little pepper powder
Salt
Few cucumber slices
Few tomato slices
Few slices of chedder cheese
Slices of bread
Little oil

Method:
Heat a pan, add ½ a tsp of oil.
Sauté the onions, red chilly and capsicum on high heat,
for a minute, add the pepper powder, salt and remove.

Heat a dosai kal, drizzle very little oil.
Toast one side of the bread slice, remove and place a slice of cheese
on the untoasted side.

Toast another slice of the bread in the same manner.
Put a tbs of the sautéed veges on the untoasted side.
Add the sliced cucumber and tomatoes.

Now place the bread with the cheese on top of the bread with veges.
Cut diagonally and serve.
If serving for small children, put it in a sandwich maker
for a minute, then serve.

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[kugan98]

Friends today I made our Hemantji's rasam saatham.
Thanks uncle Hemantjii for the recipe
It was very yummy, something very different.
Thanks Dev for the link.
My son commented that the rice should be a bit soft.
Try it out friends.

http://hemant-trivedis-cookery-corner.com/Ricedishes/dry-rasam.html

This is the link.

Rasam SAatham;

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[kugan98]

Well Ponggal is around the corner.
Friends what are your menus?

Again no Ponggal celebrations for us.
I will be cooking the paal ponggal, sakarai ponggal,
and the ponggal kulambu on the 13th to disturbute
to the people. Thats my in-laws thithi natchathiram day.

Next month I will cook the rasam saatham for them.

So please roll out your menus, so that we all can share.
We can also cook some of the items cooked that are
cooked in your homes.

Thanks. Kugan98

[dev]

K, glad u liked the rasam saadham... U can store the rasam gojju in the fridge for a few days... I even tried making instant rasam using the gojju & it did turn out yummy...:)

[Selviem]

kugan,
nice sandwich. i will try. sandwiches are most welcome. we love different sandwiches.

selvi

[Selviem]

kugan,
rasam satham is simply superb. picture is so tempting. simple rasam satham looks great in the picture.

[Selviem]

aarthi,
sweet pongal is sakkarai pongal. in our gang, one family is from mangalore , that friend wants me to prepare sakkarai pongal.

selvi

[suvai]

Hello nga kugan,
I have to admit that the sooji sandwich came perfecttttt!! thank u & yr friend for posting such interesting sandwiches..... :thumbsup:

Selvi....happy cooking for yr friends....I am sure u will come out a winner all the time with your specialities ;-)

Dev...neenga stock market player ah? nice to see other talents emerging on here ;-)

aarthi....hope u & yr little one are well!!

dev neenga potta links la mango cake onnu parthen......seems like a veryyyyy simple recipe using ricotta cheese....i had given the link to a friend to try it & she came out saying it turned out well pretty well....thank u for the links!

kugan nga...naaam ellaarum onnaa sernthom kitchenla....intha maathri thaan nadakum...

kugan/dev/selvi/sudha/madhu/shanthy(enga poiteenga romba naala kaanom/aarthi/sp/priya/nov ngov ;-)........ mattrum ellaaa rasigargalukum........

ongalukaaga

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bic633SUWb4


:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[kugan98]

Selviem, more sandwiches are coming, so make and enjoy.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Suvai nga happy you liked the sooji sandwich.
My friend told me that normally she takes tiffin to her work.
She does not eat out side food.
So she has collected lot of these type of simple recipes
from her friends and relatives.

Thanks for the kutti video .
Semma gallatta thaan.

Thanks Suvai nga. Take care, kugan98

[suvai]

kugan nga......u r most welcome!!

ongaluku evolo recipes onga friend share pannaraangalo avolo useful namaellaarukum..;-) podunga anaithaiyum....thank u nga!

[suvai]

kugan nga...what is stuffed ellurundai? nov ngov iniki breakfast ku saapitaaraam!! athan recipe yum podunga plz:-)

[kugan98]

Suvai nga, I am also surprised that even though she only knows me for few days, she has agreed to share all her recipes with me.

She too told me that normally she does not easily part with her recipes. There is some charisma in you, anyway you are doing a very good service.

OM AGATHISAAYA NAMA, what else can I say.


NOV anneh, intha Suvai nga oda peria pejar pochi

Kavallai pada theenga Suvai, recipe ya potuduren.
Thanks. Kugan98

[Aarthii]

Aarthii, so u now have another reason to try sandwich recipes...:) Hope kutti enjoys his play skol...it'll be a totally diff world for him...:)

Aarthii, if u don't mind letting me know where u live, I can ask my homeopath for contacts there... she might know someone there thru their doctors network...

hmm,yes dev,definitely enjoy pannuvanu ninaikaren.
Actually dev ,he was highly bored with seeing only me and his dad.Since we r living far aprt frm our both the parents.He used to see them once in a year.Here in aprtment life style neighbours are that much friendly.So in order to make him minkle with others,we decided to put him in a play school.Frm next week he will go dev.
Now itslef hez higly interested towards that,everyday he used to ask amma innaiku schoolku potta apdinu.

we r in delhi dev.The exact place is noida.

[Aarthii]

Dev share marketla ungalaku interest iurka?en husband enna kathuko,shares deals pannunu daily sollikitte iruparu.But ennaku eno antha pakkam pogava payama irukum.

[Aarthii]

Aarthii, I just cannot believe my eyes that Pranay is going to play school. Time flies so fast.
Pillaikku neraya suthi podungga.
He is so cute.
Thanks. Kugan98

yes kuganka,nearby my aprtmt there s one playschool.We registered him by last week.Since he got cold,we didnt send him immediately.Mabbe by next week anupanum kuganka.

Kuganka,pranayku actualla romba istama iruku,ange poi slide ,toys,ellam vachu vailliayaduvenu sollikitte irukan.Babies kooda villaiyaduvenu sollaren.

Let see eppadi poga poranu theiryala?Actally he wants to paly with kids kuganka,But here nearby no one this there kuganka.So it is best to put him in play school.Only morning session.by 10.00 he wants to be there.till 1 the school will be.

[Aarthii]

aarthi....hope u & yr little one are well!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

yes suvaika.we r doing well now.Pranay is also ok now.Thanks suvaika for ur sweet concern

[Aarthii]

aarthi,
sweet pongal is sakkarai pongal. in our gang, one family is from mangalore , that friend wants me to prepare sakkarai pongal.

selvi

okie.got it slevika.

If u dont mind unga menu dishes display ellam photo eudthu anupunga selvika.

[dev]

Suvai & Aarthii, I used to trade/invest in stocks... but not anymore... very difficult after the kid... in stock mkt, if we dont have enough time for research & analysis, its better to keep out of it coz mistakes can prove to be very costly... ippo hubby has left his IT job become a full timr investor...:)

Aarthii, gud to know pranav is so very interested to go to skol... it would sure be boring for him if he doesnt have anyone nearby to play with...

[kugan98]

[tscii]Here is a simple keerai poriyal.
We cook keerai about 4 times in a week,
as poriyal or kadaiyal.
Keerai is a valuable source of nutrients


PONNANGANNI KEERAI PORIYAL

Ingredients:
1 bunch of ponnanganni keerai
2 red chillies broken
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp channa dal
½ tsp mustard seeds
2 tbs scrapped coconut
1 tsp oil
Salt as required

Method:
Remove the leaves from the stem.
Wash and drain and keep aside
Heat a wok with the oil,
Add in the mustard seeds, urad dal and channa dal.
Fry well, add in the broken red chillies, fry again.

Now add in the cleaned keerai and salt.
Stir well, cover with the lid and reduce the heat to low.
Stir now and then and cook till the keerai is cooked well.
Add in the coconut and mix well. Remove and serve.

PONNANGANNI KEERAI:

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THE KEERAI PORIYAL:

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[dev]

Vallarai chutney:

Vallarai leaves- around 30-35
5 baby onions peeled
1/4th coconut
lil tamarind & salt to taste
1 tbsp thuvar dhal
2 dry chillies

Dry roast the dhal & chilly until golden. Grind everything together. Goes well with lemon rice, coconut rice or with plain white rice.

[dev]

Suvai, glad ur friend liked the mango cake... should try it during mango season...

[dev]

suffering from a bad tooth ache... another reason to cut down on sweets... :roll: experiencing tooth ache for the first time in my life... I just couldn't believe I have tooth decay...:cry: :cry3:

[kugan98]

Thanks Dev, for the vallarai chutney.
I remember posting few vallarai recipes in Kugan 1.

Dev every saturday , I will buy the vallarai keerai,
Clean the leaves and the tender stems.
smash 2 shallots, 1 pip of garlic and a tiny ginger piece.
heat 1/4 tsp of oil, add in the smashed items.
Saute than add in the vallarai keerai and little salt
Stir fry till cooked and serve immediately to my children.
Only saturdays all the children will be together for lunch.

Thanks Dev, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Poor you Dev, I know the pain of tooth ache.
I suffered when I was a teenager, no more now.

Keep clove oil handy. Its very useful.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Dear Dev, first my sincere apologies.
I was scared that the filling might drop off.
You proved me wrong. Sorry.

Friends this is Dev's Potato Open Sandwich.
Try it out very tasty.
Thanks Dev. Kugan98


POTATO OPEN SANDWICH

1/4 kg potatoes - boiled, peeled, mashed
2 tbsp bengal gram flour- heat 2 tbsp ghee & fry the flour on low heat until flavourful & golden brown.

HEat oil. Add 2 finely chopped onion, green chillies & cook till translucent. Add 1/4 tsp each chilly pwd, pepper pwd, turmeric, salt,1/2 to 3/4th tsp garam masala. stir for few secs. Add in the potatoes & flour , lemon juice to taste. Mix well & adjust seasoning. Add cori leaves & take off flame.

Butter one side of bread. Spread the potato mix on the buttered side. sprinkle bread crumbs on it & press slightly. Cook on a tawa adding lil oil until nice & brown on the bottom side. pour some oil on the veggie side,turnover & cook till the veggie side is slightly brown. Serve with tomato sauce.[/quote]

Dev's Potato Open Sandwich:

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[kugan98]

[tscii]O.K friends another sandwich, of course my friend's.


CARROT TOMATO SANDWICH

Ingredients:

1 tomato chopped fine
1 small carrot grated
1 big onion chopped
2 green chillies chopped
1 tbs coriander leaves chopped
1 tbs mint leaves chopped
Little tumeric powder
Salt to taste
Little ghee
Bread slices

Method:

Heat little ghee in a pan, add the chopped onions.
Sauté well, add in the grated carrot and the chopped tomato.
Add in the salt, tumeric powder, mint, coriander leaves,
and the chopped green chillies. Fry for about 3 minutes, remove.

Take 2 slices of bread, apply little ghee on one side only.
Toast it on a dosai kal, remove and put 3 tbs of the cooked
mixture on one slice of bread.
Cover with another slice of bread, you can serve as it is.
Or cut into triangles and serve.

CARROT TOMATO SANDWICH:

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THE CUT SANDWICH:

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[kugan98]

[tscii]Something different from our usual dosai.


TOMATO DOSAI

Ingredients:
1 cup raw rice
1 cup boiled rice (pulungal arisi)
¼ cup urad dal

3 ripe red tomatoes
5 dry red chillies
½ tsp asafetida powder
¼ tsp oil
Salt to taste.

Method:
Wash and soak both the rice and urad dal for about 3 hours.
Clean and cut the tomatoes.
Cut the red chillies into small pieces.
Heat the oil in a pan, add the tomatoes and the red chillies.
Sauté well till the raw smell of the tomatoes goes.
Remove and cool.

Now drain the rice and the urad dal.
In a blender add the soaked rice, urad dal,
cooked tomatoes and the red chillies.
Grind to a smooth paste. The consistency should be like dosa batter
Add salt and the asafetida powder.
Let it ferment for about 6 hours.
Now make dosai the usual way.
Serve with tomato, onion or coconut chutney.

Note: My friend’s recipe was to add the chillies and tomatoes raw and grind with the rice.
I found that the raw smell of the tomatoes and chillies were over powering, when I made the dosai
This way you have a very good tomato dosai.


The Tomato Dosai Cooking On A Dosai Kal:

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Tomato Dosai With Onion Chutney:

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[kugan98]

[tscii]Suvai nga, I am posting what NOV anneh had for breakfast.
It is done in two methods.
The Chinese will use only the glutinous rice flour and their
filling will be always sweet black bean paste.
this kuih will be a bit chewy.

The Malays will always make with steamed mashed sweet potato,
plain flour, and some use little glutinous flour.
Their filling will always be sweet coconut filling.

This kuih is called kuih bom.
You are right bomb, as this kuih has the tendency to explode while cooking. The temperature should not be too high and do not fry them too long. The end result will be sweet :lol:

Here is the recipe:
STUFFED SESAME BALLS OR KUIH BOM

Ingredients:

For the sweet coconut filling:
150 grms sugar
150 grms palm or brown sugar
125 ml water
½ coconut only the white flesh scrapped
2 screwpine leaves
1 tsp corn flour + 1 tbs water

Method:
Combine both the sugars, knotted screwpine leaves and water,
in a pan. On low heat leave it to simmer until the sugars dissolve.
Add the grated coconut and stir well. Stir at all times and do not
leave the mixture to dry out.
While the mixture is still wet, add the cornflour, water mixture.
The filling will slightly be thick, turn off the heat and let the
filling to cool down completely. Shape into small balls and keep

For The Dough:
80 grms sweet potato steamed and mashed well
120 grms glutinous rice flour
20 grms all purpose flour
35 grms castor sugar
100 ml water
A pinch of salt

Sesame seeds for coating
Oil for frying

Method:
Mix all the ingredients to form a soft dough.
Divide into 12 balls.
Flatten each ball, place a ball of the sweet mixture filling.
Wrap it into a ball, now roll the ball onto the sesame seeds.
See that the ball is well coated with the seeds.
Deep fry over medium heat until golden brown .
Its best to deep fry the kuih immediately.
Remove and enjoy.

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[dev]

Kugan,

3 recipeun super-a irukku... sandwich looks very appetising...
for tomato dosai amma adds tomatoes & chillies raw...she also adds sombu,baby onions... somehow the dosai will not smell of raw tomatoes & chillies...

I'll try ur vallarai recipe next time I buy the keerai...it's becoming hard to find valaarai here these days... :(

Potato toast looks perfect... yes, it'll stick on well to the bread as it'll be a tight mixture coz of the kadalai maavu used...:)

Tooth ache...hmmm...:cry3: I'm using warm water with salt... will try clove oil, k...

[kugan98]

Dev, thanks for all the nice feed backs.

I do not know why I found the raw smell of tomato.
May be the tomatoes in India are different, sweet smelling.

Every one in my house enjoyed the tomato dosai.
Everyone is missing, may be busy preparing for Ponggal.

Take care Dev, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Suvai nga send me a kadamba kulambu recipe.
I am posting the recipe and the picture.
We do a kadamba kulambu, a bit different for Ponggal.
Using motchai and mixed veges.
No seasoning is done for the kulambu.


Suvai's Kadamba Kulambu:

here is another superrrr recipe from my kitchen.
it is called "Kadhamba Kuzhambu"
basically u can use all vegies like
murungai/poosani/chow chow/kathirikai/green peas/carrot/potato.
chop these into big pieces (1 1/2 inch alavu) ellam serthu two handful nu vachikongalen.

in the mean time in 1/2 tsp ghee fry....kadalai parupu 1 Tblspn, Dhania 1 Tblspn, 5 red chillies....fry these in low fire & allow it to cool

u will need about one handful of varutha coconut brownish color ( just as we use for coconut rice)

now mix this with kadalai parupu/dhania/milagai & add water & grind it nicely & keep aside.

In a paathiram....add little oil....add little mustard seeds/little venthayam/ little jeera & once the mustard splutters.....add chopped onions & 3 slit green chillies ( kaaram use as per yr wish) & mashed up riped tomatoes (this should be like 1 handful).

add turmeric & keep stirring after 3 minutes add all the vegies & coat it well in the tomato mix. Now add about 2 teaspoon full of rasam powder..(u can use MTR). mix this well & now add water & allow it to boil & let the raw smell of rasam powder goes...add salt.
& boil for about 10 mins. Now add the ground coconut paste & mix it & allow it boil & nalla kuzhamba sernthu varum....apo add chopped kothamalli to it & bring it down.

kathamba kuzhambu ready...Wink enjoy!! i am sure u will like the taste....its usually made for Thiruvadirai !!!

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[dev]

K, I finally decided to try my hands at bread... I've bought a pack of yeast which says it's dried yeast... is it the same as active dry yeast /instant yeast?... any ideas?....

[kugan98]

Dev, I think all dry yeasts are the same.
They will look like tiny granules.
To test wheather your yeast is active or not.
In a container, put some yeast, little sugar and warm water.
The water should not be hot, it will kill the yeast.
If the yeast mixture froths, then your yeast is fresh.
Happy baking. Kugan98

[dev]

Thanks for the tip,Kugan... planning to make ur coconut bun with some savoury filling instead... senju paarthittu feedback tharen...Is white flour aka maida diff from high protein flour use in tht recipe??

[suvai]

hello nga kugan!!!
ahaa ahaa kadhamba kuzhambu vaasanai inga adikuthu....perfect...ennai polavey senjiteengaley with kaN alavu measurements.....onga talent ku en thalai vanakam....;-)

Hope u all enjoyed it......:-) enaku romba pidicha kuzhambu becoz of the varutha coconut :mrgreen:
I am sure our ladies selvi/dev/ will surely give it a try.

acho dev pallu valiyaa....uh uh!!! that can be painful......oru clove eduthu entha pallu valikitho athuku pakathila or on the one that is hurting place pannitu...konjam konjama kadichikanum so that the juice of the clove will be absorbed & the pain should subside....but hope u went to the doc too!
unga laptop repair aagidichaa? good luck with the bread making.

kugan nga sandwiches looks delicious.....will try it out & give u a feed back too.

okay....would anyone know the recipe for "saravana bhavan channa (choley) masala recipe? irunthichina podunga plz.

kugan nga thanks for the sesame seed "bomb ball" recipe & picture :mrgreen: enaku sesame seeds romba pidikum athaan keten antha recipe...;-)

[kugan98]

Dev, normally high protein flour is used for making yeast based products. All purpose flour for cakes pastries and cookies.

A high percentage of protein means a harder (stronger) flour best suited to chewy, crusty breads and other yeast-risen products. Less protein means a softer flour, best for tender and chemically leavened baked goods, like pie crusts, cakes, cookies, and biscuits.

You can try with all purpose flour, still you will get good coconut buns.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Suvai nga thank you very much for your nice compliments.
Kan paarthaal kai seiyum :lol:

Seringga ungga veetula ponggalukku enna seireengga?

Nei manakka sakkarai ponggala?
There are many ways to do this sweet ponggal.

I will post how I will do.
Thanks. Kugan98

Note naama NOV annaneh kaanom?
Vera enna breakfast saapitaaru? :P

[kugan98]

[tscii] I think I owe this recipe for Dev, my aunt send me sometime ago.
I forgot all about it.
You can spread it on bread for sandwich also.
Here it is.

VADAGAM RIDGE GOURD CHUTNEY

Ingredients:
250 grms ridgegourd skin
60 grms vadagam
2 tsp tamarind paste
4 dried red chillies
2 tbs scrapped coconut
½ tbs oil
Salt to taste

To Season:
1 tbs gingelly oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
2 dried red chillies broken into pieces/

Method:
Clean the ridge gourd skin and sauté them with the red chillies in oil.
Fry the vadagam in few drops of oil and keep aside.

Now grind the ridge gourd skin, red chillies, vadagam, coconut,
tamarind paste and salt to a fine paste. Sprinkle little water if needed.

Heat a pan with the oil, add in the mustard seeds, let it splutter,
Add in the curry leaves, red chillies and fry for a minute.
Add in the ground paste and sauté well. Oil should separate.
Remove from the stove. Serve with steaming rice.

You can mix this chutney with rice like puli saathaam, or
like vatral kulambu saathaam. Can be packed in tiffin box,
for lunch in the office.

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[kugan98]

I hope you all will not run away after seeing so many sandwiches.
Many more to come. :lol:


GREEN CHUTNEY SANDWICH

Ingredients:

2 potatoes boiled and mashed well
Salt to taste
Little pepper powder
Little garam masala powder


Green Chutney:
2 tbs of coriander leaves
2 tbs of mint leaves
1 pip garlic
1 green chillie
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbs olive oil or vegetable oil


Sliced cucumber, onion and tomato
Bread slices

Method:
Mash the potatoes well, adding the pepper powder,
salt and the garam masala powder.

Grind the ingredients in green chutney using olive oil.

Lightly toast two slices of bread on one side only.
Apply green chutney on one bread slice.
On the other slice of bread apply the mashed potato mixture.
Top it with slices of onion, cucumber and tomato
Place the bread with the green chutney on top of the other bread,
with the potato mixture.
Cut into triangles and serve.

The Green Chutney Sandwich:

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[kugan98]

I would like to wish my NOV anneh, my dear friends of the Kugan's Kitchen, Suvai , Selvi, Dev, Aarthii, Sudha, Madhu, Sonu, Shanthy, Nithi, SuperSpicy , Hemantji uncle , Mrs. Mano , (please forgive me if I have left out any one) a very happy ponggal.

Happiness and Peace must boil over in each and every home of my dear friends, just like how the milk boils over.

HAPPY PONGGAL

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[kugan98]

[tscii]

Its coustomary in our house to cook the paal ponggal, sakkarai ponggal and the ponggal kulambu.
All our relatives cook the ponggal kulambu the same way.
We normally do it in our front yard.
This year its a quiet one and cooked in the kitchen.

Here is the sakkarai ponggal.


SAKKARAI PONGGAL

Ingredients:

1 cup raw rice
¼ cup moong dal roasted until you get a good aroma
¼ cup of ghee
3 cups of water
2 cups of milk
1 cup jaggery more if you like
6 cashew nuts roasted in ghee
1 tbs of raisins roasted in ghee
2 cardamom pods crushed

Method;
Wash the rice and the moong dal, soak them for about 30 minutes.
Put the rice and the dal in a thick bottomed pot.
Add the milk and the water. On a low fire cook the rice and dal.
You have to keep on stirring in between so that it does burn.
(Or you can cook it in a pressure cooker for 4 whistles)
The rice and dal have to be cooked well, then mash it .

Put the jaggery in a pan add water to cover it.
Boil in a low flame till it melts, then filter the syrup.
Now boil again for about 5 minutes.

Now add the hot syrup to the hot cooked rice.
Add in the crushed cardamom pods, let them boil .
Keep stirring it, allow them to boil, now add in the ghee little by little.
The mixture must come together, add in the roasted nuts and raisins.
Mix well, and remove. The ponggal will thicken when it gets cold.

Note: The rice will stop cooking once you add the jaggery.
So your rice dal mixture must be well cooked before adding the jaggery. Also do not skimp on ghee and jaggery

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[kugan98]

[tscii]

PAAL PONGGAL

Ingredients:

1 cup raw rice
2 ½ cups of milk
2 ½ cups of water
Little salt

Method:
Wash and soak the rice for about 30 minutes.
In a thick bottomed pot, add in the milk and water.
Let it simmer for a minute.
Add in the drained rice, salt and cook on low heat.
You have to keep on stirring so that the rice does not burn.
The rice should have cooked to a ponggal consistency.
Remove and serve with the ponggal kulambu.

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[kugan98]

[tscii]
PONGGAL KULAMBU

Ingredients:
½ cup of toor dal soaked and boiled till cooked
1 orange size tamarind soaked in water

To roast and grind into powder:
2 tsp channa dal
2 tsp raw rice
2 tbs coconut scrapings
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp black pepper

½ tsp tumeric powder
3 tbs chillie powder
Salt to taste
1 sprig of curry leaves

Veges:
2 plantains cut into cubes
2 cups of yellow pumpkin cut into cubes
1 cup broad beans cut into 1 inch pieces
1 cup of brinjals cut into cubes
1 cup of yam cut into cubes
1 cup of tomatoes cut
2 cups of motchai soaked and boiled till cooked
( Its customary to use fresh green motchai)

Method:
Squeeze about 2 cups of tamarind juice.
In a heavy bottomed big pot, add in all the vegetables, and cooked motchai.
Add enough water to cover the vegetables.
Add in the tumeric powder and salt, let the vegetables cook.
Cook on medium heat, when the veges are half cooked, add in the
tamarind juice and the chillie powder. Let it boil.

Now add in the cooked toor dal, mix well and boil again.
By now the vegetables would have fully cooked.
The pumkin and yam all should look a little smashed.
Add in water if you feel the gravy is very thick.
Normally the gravy should be neither watery nor very thick.
Add in the ground powder, mix nicely and let it boil once.
Remove and garnish with the curry leaves.
This kulambu has kaaram, pulippu and ennippu.
No oil and no seasonings. Tastes heaven with the paal ponggal.


Ponggal Kulambu:

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[Selviem]

kugan,

nice to see so many sandwiches. i will try one by one. vadagam ridgegourd chutney is tempting. sure i have to try that. from today back to routine. school started for kids. so i get time for myself.

thank u and wishing u a happy pongal.

selvi

[Aarthii]

kuganka,thanks for the ponnagani keerai poriyal recipe,all the sandwich recipes as well the sesame sweet recipe.Thanks a lot

Kuganka,tried ur badusha recipe for my guests yetserday.It came out very well.The taste is good.I have one thing to ask u akka,the badusha's are lil hard,can u tell me why it was like that?
Not too hard,lil hard only.The taste was too good.

[Aarthii]

suffering from a bad tooth ache... another reason to cut down on sweets... :roll: experiencing tooth ache for the first time in my life... I just couldn't believe I have tooth decay...:cry: :cry3:

Dev ,tooth ache ippo eppadi iruku?

Aiyoo dev,i can very well realise the pain.Dev wen i was pregannat i experinced this tooth ache in my life for the first time.As u all know,we can't take any other mediction during all the trimesters.I suffered a lot dev.Habba still now i used to say entha paina venalum thangikalam ,intha tooth ache thavira.really very worst pain.
Hope u will get alright soon.

Kuganka,do u remeber , wen i was in japan i suffered frm the sam pblm again ,even i cant take of pranay also.I got the tooth repairment after 6 months for pranay.

[Aarthii]

Dev,thanks for the valalrai chutney recipe.Amma used to make this often for my brother during his school days.Stating that it will increase the memory power.Thanks for the healthy chutney recipe dev.

[Aarthii]

Suvaika,ur way of making kadamaba kulambu is same as mom's style.Amma used to make like this only.But i dont know the method.Will try it once with ur recipe suvaika.
Kuganka thanks for posting it with a picture.

[Aarthii]

kuganka,unga sarkkari pongal,pongal kulambu,paal pongal,ellame nan try panni iruken.ellama nalla recipes.Already intha pongalku unga menus thaannu nan decide panitten.

Nice and tasty dishes kuganka.

[dev]

K, thanks a lot for the pongal & kuzhambu recipes... I've not tasted the pongal kuzhambu...will try it this time...

[dev]

Aarthii, toothache is said to be next to labour pain in terms of severity of pain... but ennai kaetaal labour pain lasts for only few hrs...or max a couple of days only... Indha pallu vali 3-4 naalai kodumai paduththudhu... anyway, I'm feeling much much much better now...:)

I'm too scared of dentists...so decided to see my homeopath...:) Hope she can save my tooth from all the drilling & filling...:lol:

[dev]

Suvai, kadhamba kulambu pongal oda saapidanuma or with rice?...

[dev]

Aarthii, pregnancy timela toothacheaa?... kodumai... eppadi thaan samalicheengalo... esp when u don't have anyone for help...

[Hemant Trivedi]

Kugan98,

Hello Madam,

I need help.
A chilli called "Goronong" grows in Malayesia.
Have you seen this chilli pepper?
If yes, is it possible to get seeds?

I will be very grateful if you can throw some light on local hot peppers with snaps if possible.

Hemant Trivedi

[kugan98]

Uncle, I will try to find out for you.
Any way would these be any help to you.
Thanks Kugan98

Malaysian GoronongMalaysian Goronong: Most likley the only habanero from Malaysia/Indonesia. Bright yellow/orange pods that have the most odd shapes. Flavor is sweet and hot! Currently the only source of these in the United States and the only source we could find on the web. 10 seeds for $10.ghost pepper seed sale1


Contact Jims phone# : 619-504-9777 Jims e-mail : jpdherb@cox.net


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[kugan98]

[tscii] I made this spiral curry puff for tea.
Its very simple to make.


SPIRAL CURRY PUFF

Ingredients:

Fillings:
200 grms potatoes cut into cubes
100 grms sweet potatos cut into cubes
150 grms big onion sliced
½ tsp garlic and ginger paste
1 tbs meat curry powder
1 tbs chillie paste
1 green chillie sliced
Little coriander leaves chopped
2 tbs oil
Little lime juice
Salt to taste

Method:
Heat the oil, add in the sliced onions, and ginger garlic paste.
Sauté well, add in the chillie paste mix well.
Now add in the cut potatoes , sweet potatoes and the curry powder.
Sprinkle little water and mix well, cover and cook on low flame.

Stir now and then, add in the green chillie and salt.
Fry every thing till fragrant. Add in the coriander leaves,
fry till dry, remove and add the lime juice. Leave aside to cool.

Water Dough:
400 grms all purpose flour
225 ml water
¼ tsp salt
2 tbs margarine

Place flour in a mixing bowl, add the salt to the water.
Now rub the margarine into the flour.
Slowly add in the water little by little and knead to a smooth dough.
Keep aside for about 10 minutes. Divide the dough into 24 equal portions, shaping into a ball. Keep aside.


Oil Dough:
200 grms plain flour
100 grms margarine

Rub the margarine into the flour to form an oily dough.
Knead and leave aside for 10 minutes.
Divide the dough into 24 portions shaping into a ball.

Making the pastry:
Flatten one water dough, and wrap one oil dough into the water dough.
Do this to all the doughs. You will get 24 balls.

Now take one dough and flatten it length wise with a rolling pin.
Now roll it up like a swiss roll.
Repeat the process one more time.
Roll it again into a swiss roll, then cut the roll into 2 equal parts.
You can see the circles in the cut halves.

With the cut side on the table, roll the dough into a circle and fill
with a spoonful of the fillings.
Wet the outer rimr of the circle and fold into half.
Flute the edges. Deep fry the spiral puffs in medium hot oil.
Drain and serve.


THE SPIRALS BEFORE FRYING
Can you see the spirals?

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[kugan98]

Thanks Selviem, please take your time, no hurry.
I know the difficulties with having school going children.

What are your plans for Ponggal?
Do you all make special lunch or something like that?

Take care Selviem, thanks Kugan98

[kugan98]

Dear Aarthii ma, thanks for all your kind compliments,
and also for your nice feed backs.

Aarthii I would say you are very lucky to have made nice
badushas for the first time , even though they were a bit hard.
These sweets all need a bit of practise several times.
By trial an error only you can make perfect sweets.
May be your curds were very thick?
You should not also knead it a lot.
The syrup too should not be very thick, or it won't absorb.
Aarthii after mixing the dough you have to rest the dough for about 1/2 an hour.
Anyway I must congratulate you on your success.

Aarthii I had to make mysore pak so many times to get the perfect patham, the same with athirasam.
Now I make perfect mysore pak gulab jamun and also athirasam.

So cheer up aarthii, success will come soon.
Take care. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Dev, try the ponggal kulambu and see.
I am sure you will get fresh green motchai in India now?

I was in India last December with my grandmother.
That was her last trip, which I fullfilled
Brought home fresh green motchai and used it for
last year's ponggal. Painful memories. sob, sob.

Thanks Kugan98

[Hemant Trivedi]

Uncle, I will try to find out for you.
Any way would these be any help to you.
Thanks Kugan98

Malaysian GoronongMalaysian Goronong: Most likley the only habanero from Malaysia/Indonesia. Bright yellow/orange pods that have the most odd shapes. Flavor is sweet and hot! Currently the only source of these in the United States and the only source we could find on the web. 10 seeds for $10.ghost pepper seed sale1


Contact Jims phone# : 619-504-9777 Jims e-mail : jpdherb@cox.net





Hello Madam,

I know about the link you sent. I am interested in getting seeds from the Native country only. I do not trust US sources.
Thanks . I will wait till you can get some info.

HT

[suvai]

hello nga kugan,
Thank you kindly for your Pongal Wishes & I also take this to Wish you & all at home & also dev/selvi/aarthi/sudha/madhu/ss/nov/& all others who contribute/smile/try out recipes/ HAPPY PONGAL O PONGAL~!!

Dev....kadhamba kuzhambu can be eaten with plain rice or chapathi.....or kali.....i have never tried it with pongal...i am sure it will taste good ;-)
Hope u get better with yr toothache.

aarthi....glad that yr mom makes similar kuzhambu...ya try it see if it tastes the same.

kugan nga....namma veetila pongal annaiki...ven pongal/kathirikai gotchu/sarkarai pongal with vellam ofcourse.

[suvai]

kugan nga...spiral curry puff looks very tempting.......never seen an upper shell like that...truly flaky & spiral thaan :-)

nov ngov engey kaanom!!??

thank u nga kugan for all yr lovely recipes!!

[Aarthii]

Dev,innaiku morning unga potato sandwich thaan.kalakiduchu ponga.Good taste.Thanks dev.do post all ur sandwich recipes.
kuganka thanks for the picture.

[Aarthii]

.Aarthii I would say you are very lucky to have made nice
badushas for the first time , even though they were a bit hard.
98

kuganka,ivalo matters iruka sweet panrathula.Ok then am happy with my badushas .
Will try it one more time also.

[Aarthii]

kugaka,spiral curry puff looks tempting.Thanks kuganka

[Aarthii]

hello nga kugan,
aarthi....glad that yr mom makes similar kuzhambu...ya try it see if it tastes the same..
yes suvaika,definitely am going to try it.

[Aarthii]

Aarthii, pregnancy timela toothacheaa?... kodumai... eppadi thaan samalicheengalo... esp when u don't have anyone for help...

Aiyoo dev,pattanu padu,lifela marakava mudiyathu adha.One week romba kasta patten.Then my gyna gave me DOLO to take.After that only i felt ok.But one more dentist askd me to keep one gel which makes the place senseless.I used that one till delivery wenever i feel a lot of pain.

My sister used to tell me in Homopathy there are good medicines for tooth decay.So it would be defintiely better if u go for that.

[Selviem]

kugan,
nice spiral puff, read the method, it needs lot of patience. i have to try. spiral can be seen nicely. can we bake this kugan, so that i can make it any time.

selvi

[Selviem]

kugan,
tomorrow i am trying ur ridgegourd vadam thovayal. i will give u the feedback tomorrow.

selvi

[Selviem]

kugan,
for pongal i prepare ven pongal, sakarai pongal, pongal kulambu and valakai pepper curry. early morning itself i will prepare. we eat this for lunch.

selvi

[Selviem]

suvai,

thanks a lot for the pongal wishes. i will try ur kadama kulambu for chapathi.

selvi

[Selviem]

Dev,
how is ur toothache? homeo treatment will give u relief. as u said, it is horrible. any other pain we can tolerate. toothache is worst. clove oil will give u relief.

take care
selvi

[Selviem]

Aarthi,
how r u? lil pranay? nice to see all ur feedbacks.

selvi

[sudha india]

Hi everybody,

Wishing you all a very happy pongal festival day, and delicious pongal.

(Dev, toothache adhukulla sari pannidunga !. nanum sema paadu patruken adhuvum veli naattula thaniya !! Apram India vandhu wisdom vendamnu pidunginadhum it is ok so far )

Enga campusla we are going to celebrate pongal in gramathu style. 4 pm lerndhu we have planned music, dance, and many native games like uri-adi, gilli, bambaram, goli, adupuli attam, etc. native food stalls followed by screening of a classic tamil movie. All in a village set-up.

All are welcome !! Kovai makkale...try to come and have fun!

[kugan98]

Suvai nga thanks for the comments.

Kathirikai gotsu is made in many ways.
Ungga recipeya meduvaa podungga.

Thanks nga Suvai.

Note; ellaar veetuliyum poi sakkarai pongalai oru pidi pidikunum pola irrukku. :wink:

Kugan98

[kugan98]

Thanks Aarthii for all your nice posts.

Intha varusham, hubby , Pranay kuda Poggalai
jamachidungga.
I am sure little cutie will shout ponggalo ponggal.
Enjoy ma.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Selviem, thanks for all the nice posts.
Selviem, making the spiral is not that hard.
Once you try ,you will know how easy it is.
Yes Selviem you can bake the spiral curry puffs.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Sudha, nice to see your post. Thanks.

I am sure you will enjoy the ponggal celebration in your campus.
I love the village style of celebration.
Missing all those after coming to Malaysia.

Have a nice time Sudha, padam irunthaal podungga.
Thanks. Kugan98

[dev]

hi ppl, en pal vali odiye poidichu...without any formal treatment... now I need to find out if it really is tooth decay or some other gum problem... Thanks for all your concern...:)

Sudhaka, kalakkunga... Enakku vara aasaiyay irukku...aanal mudiyumanu theriyalai... neenga enna panna poreenga?...paata danceaa?...:P

Suvai, kadhamba kuzhambu try pannuren seekirame...:)

K, andha peerkangai recipe Suvai thaan ketu irundanganu ninaikiren...not me...

[dev]

I take this chance to wish Kugan,Suvai,Selvi,Aarthii, Sudha,Nov & all other visitors of Kugan's thread a very happy pongal!!!... :D

[kugan98]

Dev, glad that you are o.k now.
So enjoy the ponggal.

Sorry Dev, I thought you asked for it.
Anyway it does not matter. Nalla irunthaa sollingga.

Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]This is how I make my own chillie sauce.
Economical, clean and tasty.



HOMEMADE CHILLIE SAUCE

Ingredients:

100 grms of dried red chillies
3 small shallots chopped
1 red tomato chopped
2 pips garlic chopped
1 small piece of ginger chopped

2 tbs oil
Sugar to taste
Salt to taste
Enough vinegar

Method:
Cut the red chillies and soak them for ½ an hour.
Wash nicely , removing seeds as much as you can.

Now in a blender add the red chillie, shallots, tomatoes,
garlic and ginger.
Using some water grind everything to a smooth paste.

In a deep pan add in the oil and the ground chillie paste.
Add ½ cup of water, on a low flame sauté the chillie paste
till the raw smell goes. You can add more water if you feel
the sauce is very thick.

Now add in enough sugar, salt and vinegar.
Stir nicely, let the sugar melt and mix nicely with the chillie.
Taste for salt, sugar and sourness of the vinegar.
Remove cool and bottle when cold.

This sauce goes well with fried meats, chapattis,
pakoras or any thing that needs chillie sauce.

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[dev]

Mushroom using KMP:

Clean & tear 1 pkt sippi kalaan(oyster mushroom) into strips... Add some water & cook till 3/4th done... Add salt,KMP & turmeric pwd & cook till done... make sure u have some water left even after all the cooking... eat it on its own...

This is best done with wild mushrooms tht we find in the farms after rain... next best alternative is oyster mushroom aka sippi kaalan...

[Selviem]

kugan,

thanks for ur suggestion, i will try out ur sprial.
want to try after pongal.

selvi

[Selviem]

dev,
thanks for the mushroom receipe with kmp. nowadays in my cooking, i am using kmp. definitely it gives a nice and different taste. sambar is the best.

selvi

[Selviem]

dev,
thanks for the wishes and wishing u the same.
selvi

[dev]

Another recipe using bread... would say it's very yummy...but definitely better than eating plain bread...

Bread toast(Recipe courtesy:Menu Rani Chellam)

mix curd,chilly pwd,garam masala,gin-gar paste,salt... Butter the bread slices... dip it in the batter & imme toast it on a well oiled tava till golden on both sides adding oil as required... take care to cook on low-medium heat...

[dev]

Selvi, thanks a lot for the wishes...

glad kmp has found a strong place in ur kitchen...:)

[kugan98]

Dev, thanks for your mushroom and bread recipes.
Very simple and easy to try.

Dev, wild mushrooms brought back sweet memories of my childhood.
My grandmother had a very big garden or "kaadu" as they call.
After a heavy rain with thunder, she will always ask s to go the next day to the garden, to collect the wild mushrooms.
sure enough you can see a blanket of mushrooms all buds grown in the garden. How is this possible?
Thanks Dev, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Selviem give a try to the chillie sauce once.
you can make with 50 grms of chillie first for trial.
I am sure you will like it.
I do not buy chillie sauce now.
Kugan98

[suvai]

kugan nga......chillie sauce looks like dynamite o dynamite ;-) romba kaaramo??? slurpyyyyy slurp. Is there a substitute for vinegar kugan?

dev...glad u got rid of that toothache ;-) thanks for all the sandwich recipes.....:-)

selvi.....plz share yr pongal kuzhambu too...if u havent. Give the kadamba kuzhambu a try...tastes good with rice & ghee...maNamo maNam ;-)

sudha nga.....that is an interesting concept that is going to take place in your campus....is that a university campus? omg top spinning used to be my fav game.... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: THanks for sharing such a wonderful theme with us too....naan imagine pannikiteyyyyyy iruken...innum food stall pakkam varalai...let us know what type of food they served nu?
Enjoy & think of us too nga! ;-)

kugan nga thanks for letting us know that spiral puff can be baked ....time thaan ila ithanai recipes try panna....pongal saapidum bothu engalaiyum neenaichikonga :-)

[sudha india]

Kugan, Dev, Suvai ....
Thanks for your nice words. Iam also looking forward to enjoy the village flavour.
Food itemsla - we have requested a mess people to have a stall with - paniyaram, ragi dosai, kambu dosai, puttu, etc etc.
Photos anupparen.

Dev, you are the only one here who can participate. Please try to come by 4.30 - 5.00 pm. Great time assured.

[Aarthii]

Intha varusham, hubby , Pranay kuda Poggalai
jamachidungga.
I am sure little cutie will shout ponggalo ponggal.
Enjoy ma.
Thanks. Kugan98

Yes kuganka, as u said,kandipa pongalo pongalnu solla poran.

Kuganka i tired ur tomao-carrot sandwich for today's breakfast.It turned out good.Thanks kuganka for the nice recipe.

[Aarthii]

Sudhaka,nalla pongala enjoy panna poreenga .Aasthunga.Ensoi!

Happy pongal sudhaka.

[Aarthii]

Aarthi,
how r u? lil pranay? nice to see all ur feedbacks.

selvi

we both r doing good selvika.He got completely cured frm cold.Now he is well.What abt the pongal celebrations there?Has it started?

[Aarthii]

hi ppl, en pal vali odiye poidichu...without any formal treatment... now I need to find out if it really is tooth decay or some other gum problem... Thanks for all your concern...:).

Great Dev.I think u have to chk over the root cause of it.
Epdiyo dev,formal treamentla irunthu thapicheenga.
Thats good dev.

[kugan98]

Suvai nga do not be scared, the chillie sauce is not hot.
You will be removing the seeds while you wash the soaked chillie.
You are also adding tomatoes so it will not be hot.

Commercially made chillie sauces use stabiliser and edible gum.
I have no idea for what to use instead of vinegar.
I do not know if lemon juice will be o.k
I have not tried Suvai nga.

Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Sudha ellameh healthy foods
I love the kambu kool :wink:

Enjoy Sudha. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Aarthii, thanks for all the nice posts.
If possible take some snaps and send.
Thanks ma, enjoy the ponggal.
Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]Try this simple brinjal poriyal from my friend.

BRINJAL PORIYAL

Ingredients:
500 grma brinjals cut into cubes
¼ tsp tumeric powder
Little salt
2 tbs of oil

To fry and grind to powder
½ tsp urad dal
½ tsp channa dal
½ tsp coriander seeds
4 red chillies

To season:
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp urad dal
A pinch of asafetida powder

Method:
Heat oil in a wok, add in the seasonings.
Let them splutter, add in the cubed brinjals,
tumeric powder and salt. Mix well and let it cook on a low flame.
Stir slowly once or twice.
When the brinjals are cooked ,sprinkle the ground powder.
Stir for about 2 minutes, till the masala covers all the brinjals.
Remove and serve with roti, or rice.

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[sonu gopi]

[tscii]This is how I make my own chillie sauce.
Economical, clean and tasty.



HOMEMADE CHILLIE SAUCE

Ingredients:

100 grms of dried red chillies
3 small shallots chopped
1 red tomato chopped
2 pips garlic chopped
1 small piece of ginger chopped

2 tbs oil
Sugar to taste
Salt to taste
Enough vinegar

Method:
Cut the red chillies and soak them for ½ an hour.
Wash nicely , removing seeds as much as you can.

Now in a blender add the red chillie, shallots, tomatoes,
garlic and ginger.
Using some water grind everything to a smooth paste.

In a deep pan add in the oil and the ground chillie paste.
Add ½ cup of water, on a low flame sauté the chillie paste
till the raw smell goes. You can add more water if you feel
the sauce is very thick.

Now add in enough sugar, salt and vinegar.
Stir nicely, let the sugar melt and mix nicely with the chillie.
Taste for salt, sugar and sourness of the vinegar.
Remove cool and bottle when cold.

This sauce goes well with fried meats, chapattis,
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Kugan...I think using fresh red chillies would give us the effect of the original chillie sauce from the supermarket....however, its a matter of taste. :D Thanks for the recipe... :2thumbsup:

[Selviem]

kugan,
sure i will try chilli sauce. thanks a lot for the brinjal receipe. coz i had it in one restaurant with roti. it was very tasty. ur dish looks the same what i had. tomorrow i will try it and give u the feedback.

[Selviem]

kugan,
today i made ur peerkangai kootu and peerakangai skin vadagam thogayal . both are awesome. my elder son enjoyed the thogayal. It is very tasty than the other version u posted earlier. very very super. he enjoyed with steam rice.
thanks kugan

[Selviem]

Suvai,

i will post the pongal kulambu receipe at the earliest.

[Selviem]

Aarthi,

here no great celebrations for pongal. coz it is coming on weekdays, i cant invite friends. just distribute to builing friends.

selvi

[Selviem]

sudhaka,

enjoy the pongal celebrations in kovai on behalf of us.
happy pongal

[kugan98]

Sonu thanks for your tips.
You can use the fresh red chillie, if you are using the edible gum to make the chillie sauce.

If you visit a sauce making factory, you will never ever use the sauce again.

Are you celebrating ponggal?
I wish you a very happy ponggal.

Do come often to the thread. Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Selviem, I am glad your son liked the vadagam chutney.
I will be doing the ponggal to morrow to distribute.
I will post the ponggal kulambu picture tomorrow.
Thanks Selviem take care. Kugan98

[dev]

Dev, thanks for your mushroom and bread recipes.
Very simple and easy to try.

Dev, wild mushrooms brought back sweet memories of my childhood.
My grandmother had a very big garden or "kaadu" as they call.
After a heavy rain with thunder, she will always ask s to go the next day to the garden, to collect the wild mushrooms.
sure enough you can see a blanket of mushrooms all buds grown in the garden. How is this possible?
Thanks Dev, Kugan98

K, engalukkum mazhaiku aduttha naal kaalaila idhu thaan velai... we'll strat our search early in the morning coz the wild mushrooms tend to go bad(worms vanthidum) very soon...nothing like fresh wild mushrooms...:)

[dev]

K, how long can we store the chilli sauce?...

[dev]

Peanut Butter:

I make peanut butter at home just coz I can control the amt of oil that goes into it...

Just grind & scrape sides & scrape sides & grind & grind enough roasted groundnuts,karumbu sakkarai & salt(all ingre to taste) until the groundnut starts to leave oil... U can add lil oil to help in grinding... what I do is I make a smooth but tight paste(can't spread on the bread easily) ... I store the PB in the fridge & when needed, I take out just the req qty of PB & add lil warm water to it & mix it with a spoon... tht way I get PB of spreading consistency... aprom enna...spread the PB & jam/banana slices onto bread slices & eat...Yum...

Another added benefit is groundnut + brown sugar is said to help increase good cholesterol... storebought ones use white sugar & lotsa preservatives... max time taken to prepare the PB is 5 mins or so...

[Suja Rajkumar]

Wishing Kugan and all the readers and contributors of this thread a happy Pongal. Pongalo Pongal.

Suja

[dev]

Sudhaka, will call u if I plan to come...:)

[suvai]

helooo kugan nga!
Will try out yr chilli sauce with lemon juice...;-) good idea. I know it might not have the authentic taste but I think we can make do ileengala!
Wild mushroom na vudan...thicket...moist floor...tall trees....us ladies with picking baskets.......thaan mind ku varuthu.... :mrgreen:

sudha nga.....awesome menu on the list.....kambu dosai......hmmm interesting!! kugan nga recipe iruntha podunga plz :-)....
sudha nga oru write up koduthidunga of the etc etc items also ;-)

selvi.....i totally know how difficult it is when a feast day falls on a week day...:-( i am with u on it.

kugan/sudha/dev/selvi...what is kambu in english plz pic iruntha yaaraavathu podunga plz

kugan nga u mentioned kambu koozh....athoda recipum podunga plz!

aarthi...enjoy pongal with praney...involve him in everything u do they love it..;-)

Happy Pongal to u too nga suja!

[kugan98]

Dev, you can store the sauce in the fridge for more than a month.
Since you are using vinegar, it has no chance to spoil,
unless you use a wet spoons.

Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Dev, give me a five.
You are just like me also, I too make my own peanut butter.
Slightly different from you.
I will post the recipe after ponggal.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Suja, thanks a ton for your kind wishes.
I was very glad to see your post.

Please come often to this thread.
we all feel very happy to have lot of friends.
Nice to exchange ideas and tips.

Thanks Suja, we all wish you a very happy ponggal.
Thanks. Kugan98

[NM]

hello mrs kugan, dev, sonu akka and :slurp: nga... i just love this thread...romba naala silent-read-a irunthuttu, innikki veliyE varanumnu thOnuchchu...

great recipes, Mrs Kugan and all.. i love them. I am going to try some in the coming weeks.

Does anyone have vegetarian plain cake recipe? I have tried 1 - it comes out nice and spongy but a bit wet at the top ... any tips??

Unggal ellorukkum Iniya Ponggal Vazhthukkal!

love,
nm

[kugan98]

Suvai nga kambu in english is called millet, or pear millet
It will look something like our kevoor.
The colour will be little yellowish.

You can do dosai , idli , kool , bread , and even cook it as rice.
Kambu kool is very refreshing to drink the hot season.
Athu ellam India voda pochi. sigh.

I will post the recipes soon for you.


Here is the picture of kambu
Thanks to the net.

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[kugan98]

Dear friends as I told ealier, today I cooked 2 big pots of paal ponggal, 1 big pot of sakkarai ponggal and a big pot of ponggal kulambu.
Distributed to about 30 people and just came home.
I feel very satisfied.

Here are the pots of the food.
Thanks. Kugan98

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[NOV]

I feel very satisfied.I am not. :irked:

[kugan98]

hello mrs kugan, dev, sonu akka and :slurp: nga... i just love this thread...romba naala silent-read-a irunthuttu, innikki veliyE varanumnu thOnuchchu...

great recipes, Mrs Kugan and all.. i love them. I am going to try some in the coming weeks.

Does anyone have vegetarian plain cake recipe? I have tried 1 - it comes out nice and spongy but a bit wet at the top ... any tips??

Unggal ellorukkum Iniya Ponggal Vazhthukkal!

love,
nm



Vangga NM, ponggalukku engga threadukku vanthu irrukireengga. Ungal varavu nall varavu ahgatum.

Very glad that you decided to post something.
As I have said before the more the merrier.
We can exchange ideas and tips, and learn new recipes.
The contributors will feel happy if their contributions are appreciated.

O.K NM please kindly post your version of the plain cake.
Lets see where the mistake lies. We are not experts, but can
suggest if something is wrong.

I have posted few vegetarian cakes. I am also just doing little research in eggless cakes.
I will try and post a plain eggless cake for you soon.

Please do not disappear after one post.
Do post in your compliments or complains.
We will receive both with open arms, feel free to post.

On behalf of the Kugan's Kitchen we all wish you a very happy ponggal. Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

NOV anneh, I am very sorry.
What can this sister do?
You are staying so far away from my place. :cry2: :cry2:

Anneh I even feed the birds every morning.
Unggalukku kuduka maatenah.
Thanks. Kugan98

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[NM]

Thanks Mrs Kugan :).
Naan 1 post-ku appuram kaanaa pOyidelaamnu thaan nenechchen :)..

here's the recipe i used which i found in an old cutting i kept :
125 g butter
1 can condensed milk (397g)
225 g self-raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
125 ml coke, 7up or any gassy drinks
1 tsp vanilla essence

Preheat oven to 160 deg
Cream butter, condensed milk and essence until fluffy and creamy.
Sift dry ingredients into the mixture and beat until just mixed. Gradually add cola while stirring slowly. Beat until just combined.
Put the mixture in a cake pan (21 cm square / diam round) and bake in a pre-heated oven for 50-55 mins or until the surface is firm.

Ippadithaan senjengga, nalla irunthathu sooda irukkumbOthu. Next day or the day after, top surface konjam moist-a irunthathu. Otherwise, the cake was very spongy and yummy!

Try pannunggo!

Thanks for the wishes, too, Mrs Kugan.

[Aarthii]

Dear Kuganka,Selvika,Dev,Suvaika,Sudhka

Wish u all a very happy pongal.

Happy pongal to all the kugan's kitchen viewers.

[dev]

NM yekkov, gud to c u after a looong time... ponnu epdi iruka?... Wish u all a very happy pongal on behalf of Kugan's kitchen...:)

Thanks for all the pongal wishes ppl... Wish u all a very happy pongal...&^ happy eating too....;)

[suvai]

Happy Pongal & Maatu Pongal !!!!! to everyone on here.......:-)

Kugan nga....thank u for saying kambu is millet....i thought as much but wasnt sure. Plz do post kambu dosai recipe & the rest of the kambu recipes that u might have...:-)..plz & thank u.

The picture of the paal pongal/sarkarai pongal/kuzhambu all look great I am sure people who ate it would have been more satisfied for such tasty spread ;-) kandipa ongala manasaara vaazhthi irupaanga!

thank u all for the Pongal wishes

vaanga ellaarum sernthu sathama sollalaaam
PONGALO O O O O PONGAL L L L L ...nu

kugan/dev/selvi/sudha/mahdu/aarthi...namma voices ku loud speaker eh vendaaam ngo!!!
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: ithiley oru man's voice ketkuthey....ohhh nammma nov ngov ah!!!:mrgreen:

vaanga NM.....:-) thank u too nga for yr pongal wishes!
Wish you too nga the same!

[dev]

PONGALOOOOOOOOO PONGAL...:)

Super lunch today... overaa saapititen...:noteeth: Inniku ammavasai...so ammavasai prayer menu for lunch...menu: Sakkarai pongal, uppu paruppu, pavakkai-vendaikkai puli kuzhambu,pooshanikai thayir kuzhambu,paruppu rasam, avarakkai poriyal,pudalangai poriyal, paruppu vadai, pasi paruppu payasam, curd...aprom akkaravadisal from the temple... idhellam poga vayatril gap aagum podhu ellam fill panna laddu,rava laddu, badusha, kai murukku, kuchchi murukku...:P

Suvai, kambu dosai is simliar to ragi dosai... just soak & grind urad dhal , add to kambu flour, mix well adding req water,salt...let sit for 12 hrs or so...

If u get cleaned kambu(readyto use) u can make kambu saadham... adhula thanni oothi overnight vechu next day thayir/mor oothi saapita... aahaa... heaven!!!...;) :lol:

[dev]

K, unga pongal kuzhambu recipela u've mentioned tamarind qty as one lemon sized... avalo puli podanuma?... I had plans of making it today but tamarind qtya paarthu bayandhu vittiten...coz ppl at home don't like much tamarind... enga veetil puli saadham kuda pulippillama thaan irukkum..:lol2: maybe some other time I'll try it for myself & hubby... we don't mild sour dishes...:)

[NOV]

NOV anneh, I am very sorry.
What can this sister do?
You are staying so far away from my place.its ok ma, we made our own :P


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[dev]

NOV anneh, I am very sorry.
What can this sister do?
You are staying so far away from my place.its ok ma, we made our own :P




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[kugan98]

NM. I have never baked a cake with fizzy drink.
Your recipe is something new to me.

You see now I have a new recipe to try.
I think that cake has too much sugar contents.
Condensed milk + fizzy drink.
When the cake has cooled it comes something like
sticky on the top.

NM I will post a simple cake for you soon.
Please try it out and see.

And please do not disappear after this.
Come often, share with us what ever you know.
Thanks. Kugan98.

[kugan98]

Suvai nga Dev ellam unggalukku sollitaanga.
If you want detail recipe I will post it for you.

Kambu soru ah ah with urappu kulambu.

Try it when you go to India Suvai nga.

Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

You are right Dev, Ammavasai today.
Had to get up early morning to cook the lunch.
Few types of vege poriyal, pachadis, sambar, rasam,
payasam and vadai. Very tired.

Semma lunchu thaan unggal veetil


Dev, as for the kulambu, our Malaysian tamarind will have lots
of seeds and the juice will not be that sour.
Moreover this kulambu has, pulippu, urappu and little innippu from the pumpkins.

Dev, as I have said before the recipes are only guidelines.
Pulippu, kaaram and things you can adjust according to your family's needs.
Only in baking you must strictly follow the recipe.
Thanks, Dev Kugan98

[kugan98]

NOV anneh your ponggal and the pot are awesome.
Nice ponggal.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]


NM inspite of my tight schedule, I baked this cake to see how it turned out.


EGGLESS PLAIN BUTTER CAKE

Ingredients:
2 cups self raising flour
2 tsp baking powder
A pinch of salt
1 cup fine sugar
½ cup melted butter
3/4 cup evaporated milk (little more if needed)
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp butter emulsion if available
1 tsp vinegar

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180 degress C
Grease a cake tin with parchment paper

Sieve the flour with the baking powder twice.
Mix the sugar with the flour and salt.

Add in the milk, butter emulsion, melted butter mix well.
Add in the vanilla essence and mix well.
Lastly add in the vinegar and mix well.

The mixture should be of pouring consistency.
Add more milk if needed.
Bake the cake for about 40 minutes or till cooked.
Pierce a tooth pick at centre of the cake.
If it comes out clean, the cake is cooked.

Remove and cool. You can slice the cake when it is
completely cooled


THE BUTTER CAKE:

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[dev]

K, urappu kuzhambu recipe post pannunga pls...

& as u've said, I always tweak the recipes to suit our taste...but since the qty of tamarind in pongal kulambu was huge, I was bit skeptical to try it with my measures...I can add a max of a gooseberry size tamarind only for tht qty... so thought it would change the taste of the kuzhambu totally... adhaan seiyalai...

cake recipe looks easy...will try it...:)

[suvai]

omg dev.......asatho asathiteenga pongal menu...adengappaaaa....ilaama poiteney onga veetu kathavai thattrathuku...... :mrgreen:


kugan nga.....neenga ivolo velaiku naduvileyum vidaama superrrrr ah samaichi thinam thinam pongal maathri asathareenga onga familya....awesome spirit!!!.... :thumbsup:

kambu dosaiku/idly ....measurements kodunga plz.....

nov ngov!......awesome that u also made sarkarai pongal....i love sarkarai pongal....never used to as a kid...but now.....bring em to me...thaan :rotfl:

Dev what is poosanikai thayir kuzhambu? is it like more kuzhambu? recipe podunga plz
also of ...kuchi muruku what is that?

neenga rendu perum supre menu pottuteenga pongaluku......waiting to hear from selvi/aarthi & ofcourse sudha avanga campus fun times pathi.

suja/nm....what was the menu in yr home for pongal ;-)

[dev]

Suvai, kuchchi murukku is nothing but the murukku made in kuchchi shape mould... I think it's more popularly known as mullu murukku... just make tht murukku in stick shape instead of round shape...

Thayir kuzhambu is lil diff from mor kuzhambu... we use curd instead of mor & also the ingre also varies a bit...I'll post the recipe soon,..

[sudha india]

Hello friends,
Hope all of you had a fabuous pongal time.
Suvai avargale...... nyabagama en fun times pathi ketrukeenga...... thanks

It was a real fun time in our campus. There was a small village set up with 3 small houses with thinnai and odu. there was a kangeyan kaalai brought and tied up. Pakkave it was so gambeeram and so different from normal kaalai maadu.
There were some goats and Hens (all fully grown) and cute chicks. A 5 mins Naattu kozhi sandai was demonstrated.
We had uri-adi game. The uri was tied up and the person was blind folded and asked to hit. Except 2 guys, all were going in some direction and aiming at the watching crowd. This was real fun.
There was a rangoli competition just 8 entries, but the presentation was awesome.
Food items were very few with Kambukoozh, neer mor and panagam and sakkarai and ven pongal. Later dinner was served from a hotel, a combo of godumai ravai upma, sambar sadam and parotta (enna combinationnu kekka koodadhu !) Oru paani poori stall was an added flavour.
Some music and dance and a short skit on katta panjayathu with one nattaamai. Thiruvilaiyaadal cinema on 35mm projector and a lucky dip draw. Dharumi episode mudinjadhum most of the people left and the place was nearly empty. So we stopped the movie and went home.

5 pm to 10 pm was a real time. Apram angeye konjama pongal seidhu, pasu maadukku poojai pottanga around 9.00 p.m.
Ippadiyaaga pongal celebrate pannom..

(no no no...yaarum J padakkoodadhu, especially dev...)

[kugan98]

Dev, thanks for all the nice posts.
Lap top vanthudichaa?

Dev, befoe I used to enjoy kambu rice with hot dried fish curry,
brinjals and motchai.

Ippa ellam only hot puli kulambu.
If someone comes from India, they usually bring the cleaned
kambu, and the kambu flour.

Thanks, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Suvai nga thanks for all your nice posts and comments.
I will post the detailed recipes for dosai and things.

Paarungga Suvai, Dev, laddu, badusha rave laddu ellam senchi
saapitu irukiraanga.

Let her enjoy, namma saapita mathiri irukatum :lol:

Thanks Suvai nga, Kugan98

[kugan98]

Sudha, I am very happy that you had a wonderful time in your campus.
Neeram pohnathey teriyathu.
Nice games, nice menu.
Thanks Sudha for sharing your happiness with us.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]This is how I make my own peanut butter.

HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER

Ingredients:
4 cups shelled roasted peanuts
½ tsp salt
¼ cup brown sugar
1/3 cup canola oil

Method:
In a dry grinder powder the peanuts first.
Then in a food processor, mix the ground peanuts,
salt sugar and oil.
Process the mixture until very smooth.
You will have to stop and scrap the mixture few times.
Remove and store in an airtight container.
You can store it in the fridge for about 2 months.
( That is if you still have them)

Note: It will harden a bit if kept in the fridge.
Remove it for about 20 minutes and you will have
A spreadable consistency.


THE INGREDIENTS FOR THE BUTTER:

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[dev]

Suvai, neenga cbe vaanga...idhai vida super virundhu yerpaadu pannidurom...:)

Sudhaka, sry... vara mudiyalai... glad u had a very nice time...neenga enna sonnalaum ennala J podaama irukka mudiyaadhu...so JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ...:P

K, ella sweetsum naan senjadhu illai... veetil badhusa mattum senjom... laddu & rava ladoo was from cousins...

Peanut butter sooper... mine too is same except for lil less oil & naan mixiela ellathaiyum onna pote oru vazhiyai senjiduven peanut buttera...:lol:

& for those who like chunky peanut butter, just add in some crushed peanuts at the end & mix...

[dev]

Suvai, idho thayir kuzhambu recipe... this kuzhambu is usually made when u have lotsa curd leftover from teh previous day. If u don't like sour curd, u can use fresh curd. But I like slight sourness from the curd.

Thayir kuzhambu:

Grind 4 tbsp coconut,2 garlic, 1"gin,1tsp jeera & 1/4 tsp mustard seeds with req green chilly, lil salt to a paste adding very lil water if req.

cook 1/4 kg ashgourd( vellai pooshanikai), cut into fingers, with salt & water. Once cooked drain any excess water & let it cool.

Add the veg & the paste to 1 cup of slightly sour curd(beat slightly so tht the curry is not lumpy). Adjust salt.

Season with mustard,urad,dry r.chilly & curry leaves. You can also add chopped baby onions fried until pinkish but I don't. The onions give a nice crunch to the kuzhambu.

[suvai]

kugan nga....thanks for the peanut butter....recipe & method looks very simple......dev...thank u too !!

kugan nga...when u get time plz post the kambu /dosai/ idly & ofcourse if u know of any other recipe with it also plz. (take yr time nga no rush).

amaamnga kugan when i read the menu that dev prepared... i was thinking adengappa....i am sure she must have invited family & friends over too....avolo variety....
dev awesome that u made badhusha!! ;-)

dev ...neenga anba koopitathey....manasum stomach um nerainji poidichi......cbe vantha meet paniduvom :-)

sudha nga....thank u for so kindly writing about the pongal treat at yr campus....kangeyan na ennaanga? is that a town or city that is famous for Bulls...just like jersey cows?.
aduthu....i loved the uri adi part....that would have been real fun.....i bet everyone who visited must have a good time :-) thanks once again for sharing the write up.

dev...thayir kuzhambu....recipe sounds interesting....do u really cook the kuzhambu on fire or not..... cooking time solalaiye? how long to cook it.? Would the kuzhambu look watery or thick?

oh kuchi muruku ...now i know which one u mean.. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: here i was thinking it is a different muruku recipe... :mrgreen:

[dev]

Suvai, u shouldn't cook the thayir kuzhambu... just mix the raw masala paste to the curd and add boiled vegs & season it... avalo thaan... the kuzhambu should neither be watery nor thick... senju paarthu sollunga... very easy & tasty...idhu innoru kongu specialityoo ennavo theriyalai... I thought this curry too should be well known just like mor kuzhambu!!!...

here is a pic for ur reference...

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[kugan98]

Thanks Dev, for the nice words.

Thanks for the tayir kulambu recipe.
Dev, the tayir kulambu looks like poosani tayir pachadi for me.
Thats how we do tayir patchadi.
Anyway I will cook the dish and post the picture.

Thanks Dev, kugan98

[dev]

Oh, so it's known by some other name-aa?... theriyalai... we call it thayir kuzhambu here...:)

[kugan98]

Thanks Suvai nga, I will post the kambu recipes for you.

Too much of ponggal fares, so today I fried noodles for dinner.
I will post the recipe and picture.
Thanks Suvai nga, counting your days I presume.
Take care. Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]Too much of ponggal, so today is noodles.


NOODLES WITH RED SAUCE

Ingredients:
100 grms dried vege noodles
2 tsp of oil
3 tbs red sauce
1 tsp soy sauce

1 tbs chopped spring onion

Steamed veges:
3 leaves of a cabbage
½ a carrot cut into fingers
4 beans cut into 1 inch in length
6 small florets of cauliflower
2 baby corns slit into 4 then cut into fingers
5 small florets of brocooli

Steam all the veges with little salt and peppe
Do not over steam them


Red Sauce:

10 dry red chillies soaked in hot water
5 fresh red chillies sliced fine
3 white part of the scallions
2 tbs of coriander leaves
5 coriander stems
5 pips og garlic
2 small shallots
3 tbs of vinegar
Salt to taste
A pinch of sugar

Method:
Drain the soaked chillies, add all the other ingredients.
Grind to a smooth paste.
Heat about 3 tbs of oil in a wok, add the ground ingredients.
Cook on low flame till oil separates.
Remove, cool and store in a container.

To Assemble The Noodles:
Cook the noodles in boiling water, as soon as it is cooked,
drain and rinse the cooked noodles, and keep it aside.
Do not over cook the noodles.

In a wok add the 2 tsp of oil, add about 3 tbs of the red sauce.
Stir well, add in the cooked noodles and the soy sauce.
Mix gently with 2 spoons so that the sauce gets well mixed
with the noodles. Off the stove.

In a plate line the cabbage leaves. Put some noodles on the
cabbage leaves. Garnish with little steamed veges and spring onions.
Serve while hot.

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[kugan98]

In India, the front portion of ground near our gate will be all sand.
So it will be nice to make kolam early morning.

In Malaysia, normally all will be tarred.
I still follow the practise of sprinkling water early in the morning
and making a kolam in front of my house.
One kolam I made today.
Thanks. Kugan98

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[suvai]

ahaaaa kolam looks superrrrrrr kugan nga!....i heard that kolam podarathu romba nallathu veetuku...actually in those days they used arisi maavu....so that ants & insects are also fed. But times are different i guess arisi vikara vilaiki?eh?

noodles looks yumz..will have to try it one of these days.

dev potta thayir kuzhambu is pachadi..like kugan said...no wonder no cooking.....will surely try.

[Selviem]

kugan,
back to the thread. busy with pongal and had guests at home. noodles looks very yummy.
kolam is so good. in our apartment, myself and my neighbour drew big kolams on pongal day and mattupongal day. we did colour also, kids enjoyed. so many people from our building came to see that.

really it is nice to put kolam everyday like india.

peanut butter receipe looks very easy, i have to try that.

selvi

[Selviem]

dev,
ur thayir kulambu, i will prepare for adai. coz my kids like that, they call as pumpkin aviyal. it is very tasty too. i will cut the vege very small pieces.

ur menu on the day of pongal, omg thalai suthuthu, how u made all those.

i made early morning little and prayed to god. after that i made full swing menu for distribution.
selvi

[Selviem]

suvai,
eppadi irukinga. pongal celebration eppadi irrunthathu. hope everybody enjoyed pongal.

selvi

[kugan98]

You are right Suvai nga, kolams are meant for ants and insects.
Nowadays the kola maavu is made of fine white powdered sand.
I used to carry back kilos of the powder.

During the last month, my sister gave a bag to my worker who was coming from India to give it to me.
She had put a kilo of the kola podi in the bag, which my worker did not know.
After scanning the bag, the officer pulled him aside and question him as to what he was carrying in the bag.
That boy simply tiru tiru muli and said that the bag belonged to his boss. They opened the bag threw out all the things, after examining the podi many times only they allowed him to board the plane. Poor boy he was very badly shaken.
So please do not carry kola podi in your luggage.

Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Thanks Selviem, I too at times make colour kolams.
Ippa muthalukkeh mosam.
Engeh poi kola podi theduven.
Back to old style of using rice.
I doubt one can get kola podi in Malaysia.


Good Selviem you are back for duty after guests and things.
We start again with our cooking adventure.
Tomorrow is Dev's tayir kulambu.

Take care. Kugan98

[Selviem]

Oh my god, big story for the kolam podi. poor guy, i feel pity for him. two years back i went to india in the month of january. my kids stayed with my parents, everyday my mom drew kolam (margali masam) and did colouring too. so my sons packed kolam powder, colour too. we were caught in the airport. i explained the custom people. they checked and they refused. my sons told, uncle that is drawing powder we dont get in our place. we want to carry it with us. then they allowed to carry. so i drew only on the function days. i keep the kolam for a week.

selvi

[suvai]

vaanga selvi....onga veetu samayal kattula urita satham thaan ketichi...enna menu poteenga onga guest ku ..;-)
naan nalla irukenga...missed u here!
wonder if aarthi is okay too...aala kaanomey!?
Shanthi missing for many many days o days.
sspicey also missing for months now i must say..hope she is okay too!

oh no kugan nga...paavam worker got caught with kola podi...nowadays they are veryyyy veryyyyy stringent in what we carry on board.

kugan nga i am sure u can get kolapodi in malaysia...namma nov ngova kelunga oru list of store names koduthiduvaar :mrgreen:

selvi...pongal was good here nga thank u :-)
menu namma dev maathri ellaam ila...etho simple o simple thaan ;-)

[Aarthii]

wonder if aarthi is okay too...aala kaanomey!?


Suvaika,idho vanthutten.Nalam thaan.
Weekendkiranala Koncham busy suvaika .Had thidir guests at home. so athaan browse panna time kidaikala.

H r u doing?pongal nalla celebrate panni irupeenganu ninaikaren.

Here we enjoyed in a simple manner suvaika.Made kuganka's paal pongal,pongal kulambu,my mom's kalkandu pongal.Thats all.

[Aarthii]

kugnaka made paal pongal,pongal kulambu on pongal day.everything turned out well.Thanks kuganka.

Thanks for the peanut butter and noodles recipe.

Kuganka,kolam photova post panni u have made look back to my school days.U know onething kuganka,during my school days ,hmm,i mean frm my 9 th to 12th std specifically,my mom used to wake me up in btw,5.30 to 6.00Am and she will ask me to clean the front part(Vasal) and put the kolam.

Time thaan mukkiyam ammaku,time dealy aachu apdina ,sridevi veetuku varamatta,apdi,ipdinu sart panniduvanga.Veetla tapela suprabatham padutho illaiyo amma pada aarmbichuduvanga.

nanum kanna lesa mudikitte,thookam kalaiyama kolatha pottukittu,thirumba vanthu paduthuduven.

Since she cant bend after her operation that's the only work she will ask me to do daily.Apart frm that no work for me.Nice mom.

Now missing her a lot after marriage,have to do all the works.Akka,amma teach panni kolam pottu niraiya prize ellam vaangi iruken.Thanks for making me remember those pleasant and sweet days akka.Thanks a lot.Am very happy today.Illati inge irukura busy workla athu ellam pathy ninaika neram irukathu.

[Aarthii]

dev,kalakal menu thaan poonga unga veetla pongalku.Nalla ensoi panni irukeenga.

Dev en husbandoda cousin sister unga oorla thaan iruka.Avakitta pesara pothu ninaichu kitten ungala.

Kutti eppadi ensoi pannina pongala?Nalla enjoy panni irupanu ninaikaren.

[Aarthii]

Dev amma used to make thayir kulambu as like u only.

But i have never tried that.will try it out with ur recipe soon.Thanks dev.

[Aarthii]

Selvika,so u r finally free now.H r u n family doing selvika.

Neenglum kolam ellam pottu nalla enjoy panni irukeenga.Thats great selvika.

[dev]

dev potta thayir kuzhambu is pachadi..like kugan said...no wonder no cooking.....will surely try.

Oh,seri...appo peyarai thayir kuzhambu patchadinu maathiduvom... :P

[dev]

dev,
ur thayir kulambu, i will prepare for adai. coz my kids like that, they call as pumpkin aviyal. it is very tasty too. i will cut the vege very small pieces.

ur menu on the day of pongal, omg thalai suthuthu, how u made all those.

i made early morning little and prayed to god. after that i made full swing menu for distribution.
selvi

Selvi, glad u enjoyed pongal with kolam & all... enakku 4 pulli kolam mattum thaan theriyum...:P ;) :lol:

thayir kuzhambu will go well with dosai too. But traditionally ppl eat it with rice only...

Pongal menu... that is our usual menu whnever we do ammavasai prayers... cooking ellam amma...naan just helper... :)