Family Recipes

[bhargavi.raj]

This thread is for all those people who cherish and love their family recipes,those recipes that has been there for generations and still will be carried forward to the upcoming generation.

I always try to remember my grandmothers food ,even though its a very meek memory now,but somewhere I still can sense the taste and feel the essence of love and purity whenever I remember those days. The food used to be simple and use of vegetables and basic ingredients and ofcourse with the magical touch made it out of the world.

Please join this thread and contribute the recipes from your family. It will be a great start and a good medium to learn and cherish those people behind these recipes . Thus Bringing us together to lot of traditions and regional specialities that have disappeared for a long time in this busy schedule of our life.

Any recipe is welcome and there is no bar in the numbers either.

On behalf of all my forum friends and wellwishers

Bhargavi.Raj

[bhargavi.raj]

Let Me start with My grandmom's recipe


I don't know the english name for this.
1)Pudi khozakattai

You need
Rice 2cups
grated coconut 1cup
coarsely powdered pepper 2tsp
cashews 1tsp
urad dal 1tsp
red chillies 2/3
salt
Til Oil 2tbsp
mustard seeds 1tsp
curry leaves 5-7
hing a pinch



Method

boil 5cups of water .
Dry roast the rice in a kadai just to get it nutty around 4-5mins
coarse grind it in a mixie.
Heat a kadai,add oil next add hing,mustard seeds,cahsews,urad dal,red chillies and fry it splutters.
add the ground coarse rice and mix well to coat.now add salt req and then boiled water.
keep mixing the whole thing till it starts to leave the sides (almost like a halwa).
put of the flame and keep it to cool for 10mins.
mix the fresh grated coconut and pepper.
now form it like a khozukattai or golf ball .
form all of it and keep aside.
arrange all of this in a bowl and steam in the cooker (no whistle) for abt 10mins.
serve hot with sambhar or chutney.

Bhargavi.Raj

[R]

Atlast, we are here discussing our grandmother's famous and tasty recipes..

Here it is my contribution..My grandmother is from Tirunelveli and they have the habit of making ukkarai & maalaadu for every Diwali and now, my mother use to make without breaking that habit!!

Ukkarai:

Channa dal 3/4 cup
vellam 1 cup

Dry fry dal till it is red without getting burnt. Soak them for an hr. Grind it nicely sprinkling some water. Now, pat like a small small vada and steam them for 10 mts(shd not get stick if you touch it). Now, keep aside and with yr hands, crumble them well.

Now, comes to the syrup part-add jaggery in a pan, and add water till the vellam dips completely and let it boil. When you can make it like a round ball, then, it is ready to switch off the fire.

Now, add the crumbled mixture to the syrup, stir well. Meanwhile, fry 2 tbsp of cashew & grated coconut in ghee and add it to the ukkarai sweet. Add cardamom powder too and for extra taste, add 2 tsp more of ghee. Mix well.

Instead of cashew, can add peanut too. Ready to eat.

[bhargavi.raj]

Hi R,
I never knew about this recipe. This seems to be simple and tasty. Will try and let u know.
Goodness of gradmom's recipes
Bhargavi.Raj

[R]

Maalaadu:

Roasted gram(pottukadalai) 2 cups
sugar 1 cup depending on the sweet, can adjust..
cardamom powder 1 tsp

fry in a tsp of ghee:

cashew & raisins 1 tbsp each

Grind gram nicely and sugar separately. When comes to sugar, dont have it to be very nicely. If it is little coarse, that is ok. Becoz, in India, we have machine to grind.

Now, mix both of them with cardamom powder and add the nuts. Heat 1/4 cup of ghee till the smoke has started coming slightly(like mysore pak) and add to the flour mixture, mix well at the back of the laddle.

Adjust the ghee qty so that you can make balls from the mixture. For functions, the caterer makes this urundai more or less like an idly!!

[R]

Sure Bhargavi, pls try whenever find time.

And one more request-our grandmother & mother makes this healthy or homemade things like kashayam or anything related to the same? Can we include it here?

thanks for understanding..

[Seethab]

Hi R:

When you said kashayam , I remmeber the simplest and its a gas reliever from kids to grandold people and also any stomach related pain (specially menstrual pain).

Take a tablespoon of jeera and dry roast it till its dark in color(shdnt get burnt), Then add about 1.5 cups of water and boil it. Let it rest for about 5 mins. Decant the liquid and add a spoon of ghee and drink it.

Thanks

Seetha

[R]

Thanks for reminding, Seetha..I totally forgot this..

My mother use to add butter instead of ghee and also she would say that one can use when she is pregnant from 6th month onwards so that it will subsidize the other pains except for the delivery pain!! But, did not know that it is good for menstrual time too.

thank you so much.

[bhargavi.raj]

Any recipes,tips,medicines,legiyums,kashayams are most welcome..
Bhargavi.Raj

[bhargavi.raj]

2) Kashaya Rasam
This Rasam is usually made when someone is suffering from cold or fever.
This works for me 98 % of times.

You will need

Tamrind a very small amt soaked in hot water for 10mins
Tomatoes (optional) 2-3 chopped
Dal water 2cups
Lemon Juice 1/2tsp
Crushed green chillies 1-2

grind into a powder
Jeera 1tbsp
Ginger 1"
Pepper 1tsp
channa dal 1/2tsp
Neem flowers(vepampoo)1tsp
Methi 1tsp
Sundaikai 1/2tsp
Hing
curry leaves 10

Method
Heat the tamrind water along with tomatoes,crushed chillies ,salt and tumeric and bring it to a boil.
once the tamrind's raw smell has gone,add dal water and make it very thin like a soup.
Meanwhile,heat ghee in a kadai,add the ground powder. fry for a min (without browning or burning it).pour this on the rasam and allow it to foam just for 2mins (don't boil,or it may become bitter).
remove from flame and add lemon juice.
drink it directly or with rice.
You see that the body becomes free from aches.also cures stomach aches and gastric troubles
I like to make it once a month atleast.

Enjoy
Bhargavi.Raj