Kugan's Kitchen

[Thalafanz]

Kugan sir,
Just a quick question. R u a catherine student ??? Or ur profession is related to cooking???

[kugan98]

[tscii]Try this rava puttu.


RAVA PUTTU

Ingredients:

2 cups rava
1 cup coconut
½ cup sugar
1 tsp salt

Method:

Roast the rava dry in a pan. Add salt and let it cool.
Mix the coconut scrapings with the sugar.
When the rava is cool, take some water and sprinkle
Over rava occationally and rub so that it becomes
Like crumbs. Every time you sprinkle about 1 tbs of water
Otherwise it would have big lumps.

When it looks like breadcrumbs, stop the process.
Now take the puttu mould and add a little coconut mixture.
Then the rava which looks like breadcrumbs. Top it again
With coconut mixture. You can make two layers.
Close the lid of the puttu jar. Cook for about 5 minutes
After you see the steam from the upper lid holes.
Remove from stove. Unmould the puttu.
Enjoy with sweet bananas.

Note: You can even mix some coconut scrapings to the
Rava which look like breadcrumbs.

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[kugan98]

Yoga, you were the first person to acknowledge my post.
I am very grateful to you.

I am neither a catering student nor a professional.
Just an ordinary person who loves cooking.
Thanks.

[Thalafanz]

Yoga, you were the first person to acknowledge my post.
I am very grateful to you.

Appadi ellAm sollAthEngga... Infact, I'm too excited to read all ur posts (recipes).

I am neither a catering student nor a professional.
Just an ordinary person who loves cooking.
Thanks.

I guess its hobby.
Keep posting....

P.S Bachelors sattunu senju sAppidura mAthiri ethAvathu recipes irunthA sollungga...

[kugan98]

[tscii]

Try this mutton varuval



Mutton Varuval:

Ingredients:

Mutton - 750 gms
Onions - 3 medium
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic - 4 cloves
Cinnamon - 2 pieces
Cloves - 6 nos.
Cardamoms (green) 2
Cardamoms (black) 4
Pepper - 1 tsp.
Green chillies - 2
Kashmiri chillies - 4
Poppy seeds - 1 dsp.
Cashewnuts 8-10 nos.
Curd ¾ cup (thick)
Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
Salt to taste
Oil or ghee

Method:
Clean and cube mutton and keep aside. Chop one onion fine. Cut the other two roughly. Chop ginger, garlic and soak poppy seeds in a little warm water for 15 mins. Blend ginger, garlic, rough-chopped onions,de-seeded kashmiri chillies, and green chillies ,pepper, turmeric, cashewnuts and soaked poppy seeds in a mixer till smooth.Heat ghee or oil. Add finely chopped onions and fry till transparent. Then add the cleaned mutton and fry overmedium fire till the meat is brown. Add whole spices and fry for a few minutes. Add the ground mixture and fry again till the mixture is dry. Add salt and the well beaten curd, along with 2 cups of water. Pressure cook for 10 minutes, or till mutton is tender. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with rotis or rice.

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[kugan98]

[tscii]
DRUMSTICK LEAVES ADAI

Ingredients:
250 grms raw rice soaked for 2 hours
100 grms tur dal soaked for ½ an hour
2 tbs urad dal soaked for ½ an hour
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 big onion chopped
10 dried chillie cut into pieces
2 sprigs curry leaves
½ cup of drum stick leaves
Salt to taste
A pinch of asafetida
Oil

Method :

Grind the rice with dals, and all the other spices
Except the drumstick leaves.
Grind the batter to a little coarse dosa consistency.
Remove the batter and add in the drumstick leaves.
Taste for salt.
Heat a dosa kal, pour a sppon of the batter and spread
To a small dosai. Pour little oil around and top of the adai.
Cook on both sides and remove.
Serve hot with a chutney or sambar.
I made garlic chutney.
Drumstick leaves are good for health, full of iron.

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[Anoushka]

kugan: how do make garlic chutney? Do you have the recipe of red garlic chutney?

[kugan98]

[tscii]Anu, there are two methods to do the red garlic chutney.
Sorry my red chillies were not that red.


RED GARLIC CHUTNEY

Ingredients:

20 pips of garlic
12 dry red chillies or as per taste
1 tsp tamarind paste
Little jaggery
¼ tsp urad dal
1 sprig curry leaves
½ tsp mustard seeds
1 tbs and 1 tsp gingelly oil
Salt to taste

Method:
Heat the tsp of gingelly oil.
Now add in the garlic pips and roast nicely. Remove.
Now add in the red chillies and roast. Remove.
Let it cool then , grind the red chillie first.
Add a little boiled water if needed.
Then add the roasted garlic, tamarind paste, jaggery and salt.
Grind to a smooth paste.
Now heat the 1 tbs of the gingelly oil.
Add the urad dal, followed by the mustard seeds
Then the curry leaves.
Now add the chutney paste, stir for a minute and remove.
Serve with dosa or iddli.

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[kugan98]

Another method is,

2o pips of garlic
15 dry red chillies
1 tsp tamarind paste
little jaggery
salt to taste
2 tbs of oil

Method:
soak the dry chillies for 1/2 an hour.
Squeeze the water, then grind everything except the oil.
Then in a pan fry the paste till all the moisture evaporates.
Then add in the oil, mix nicely. Remove and serve.

[kugan98]

[tscii]Quick meal for batchelors.

FRIED PENNE

Ingredients:
2 cups penne
1 onion chopped
1 tomato chopped
2 pips garlic chopped
1 green bell pepper cut into small cubes
4 tsp tomato sauce
1 tsp meat masala powder
3 tsp oil

Method:
Boil the penne with salt till cooked
Drain and rinse in cold water.
Add ½ tsp of oil to the cooked pasta
To keep them separate.
Heat 3 tsp of oil in a wok.
Add onions, garlic and sauté till the onions
Are transparent. Add in the bell pepper, tomatoes
Sauté for about 2 minutes. Add in the tomato sauce
Salt, pepper powder and the meat curry powder.
Fry for a minute, add the cooked pasta.
Mix well with the masala. The pasta is ready to serve.



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