Simple South Indian Samayal

Tips:3

2009-09-01T08:53:00.000-07:00

To avoid chemical Bath room cleaner/Bleach for bath tubs and walls
In a wet tub spray baking soda (dry) then rub it with a brush or cleaning cloth.
Leave it for 5 min then rub with wet brush or cleaning cloth.

Tomato Pickle/Tomato Thokku

2009-09-01T08:29:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
Fresh tomato-4 cut in to small cubs
Oil-3 tsp
Mustard – 2tsp
Urad dal -1 tsp
Chenna dal -2 tsp
Red chilli powder -2 tsp
Curry leaves -10
Asofidita - 1tsp
Feenugreek seed -1tsp
Turmeric powder -1 pinch
Salt to taste

How to make:

In a small pan fry fenugreek seed and asafetida with out oil until brown and make a powder.
In a pan add oil then add mustard seed ,urad dal ,chenna dal and curry leaves.
Now add red chilli powder and turmeric then tomato and salt.
Cover it .Let it boil.No need to add water.
After 5 min mix it with a wooden spoon.
Once tomato is boiled well and it’s become semi solid. You can see the oil on top of the pan.
Add fenugreek–asafetida powder .let it boil for 2-3 min.

Match fixing:
Very good for idly and Dosa or chapatti. Plain rice with little ghee.

Plantain Fry (Green Banana Fry)

2009-06-09T11:06:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1.Green Banana/Plantain -2
2.Garlic paste - 3 tsp
3.Red chilli powder -1tsp
4.Salt
5.Termeric - 1pinch
For seasoning:
Oil -1 tsp
Mustrad seeds-1 tsp
Urad dal -1tsp
Channa dal -1 tsp
Curry leaves -1 tsp
Salt to taste
How to make:

Cut Plantain into small slices(very thin ) into a bowl of cold water.
In a pan heat oil then add all seasoning ingredients.
Add garlic paste,Termeric and Red chlli powder.
Add little water(1/4 of cup) and salt.Let it boil then mix well.
once the garlic cooked well then add the plantain.
cover it .mix well occacianlly.keep it in low flame.
let it cook well until soft.

Match Fixing:curd rice,White rice and Rasam with rice.

Sweet Pongal

2009-06-09T07:09:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1.rice -1 cup
2.Moong dal-1/2 cup
3.Jaggery(Sugar)- 1/2 cup
4.water -3 cups
5.Milk -1 cup
6.Ghee 3 tsp
7.Cashews-5-6
8.Raisins-10
9.Camphor-1 pinch
10.Cardamom powder -1 pinch
How to make:

In a pan, heat little ghee and fry cashews, raisins.Keep it aside.
Roast moong dal for a few minutes in the same pan.
Cook rice and moong dal along with water and milk till soft.
Melt jaggery in a pan with little water. Strain to remove any impurities.
Mix the jaggery with the cooked rice and moong dal.
Add remaining ghee and stir.
Add Roasted cashew nuts and raisins,then cardamoms and edible camphor.

Match Fixing: eat along with spice pongal

Pongal (Spice)

2009-06-09T06:44:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:
1.Rice -1 cup
2.Yellow moong dal -1/2 cup
3.ghee -4 tsp
4.Ginger -1 inch piece chopped.
5.Cumin seed -1 tsp
6.Pepper (crushed)-1tsp
7. Salt to taste
8. Water -4 cups
9. Turmeric-1 pinch
How to Make:

Roast moong dal for a few minutes.In a pressure cooker. add rice ,dal ,ginger,water and salt.Let it cook for 3 whistles. Or You can use electric rice cooker .but keep mix it once in a while.
In a pan heat 1 tsp of ghee then add cumin seed,pepper .Add these mix into cooked riceand dal mix.and add
remaining ghee.

Match fixing:Cocunut Chatney ,Sambar

Cracked Wheat Upma

2009-06-09T06:16:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1.Rava (cream of wheat) - 1 cup
2.water - 3and 1/2 cups
3.Onion -1 finely chopped
4.Tomato -1 chopped
5.Green chilli -3 chopped
6. Grated Carrot – ½ cup(optional)
For seasoning:
Oil -1 tsp
Mustrad seeds-1 tsp
Urad dal -1tsp
Channa dal -1 tsp
Curry leaves -1 tsp
Salt to taste
How to make:

In a pan heat oil then add mustard seeds,urad dal, channa dal,curry leaves.
Then add green chili and onion.
Let it fry well ,now add tomato and carrot(optional).
Add water then salt. Cover it .
when the water started boiling ,add carked wheat let it cook for 4-5 mins.
Now Upma is ready.

Match fixing :Sugar (for Kids),coconut chatney.

Rava Upma

2009-06-09T05:52:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1.Rava (cream of wheat) - 1 cup
2.water - 2and 1/2 cups
3.Onion -1 finely chopped
4.Tomato -1 chopped
5.Green chilli -3 chopped
6.Ginger -1 inch piece finely chopped
7. Grated Carrot – ½ cup(optional)
For seasoning:
Oil -3 tsp
Mustrad-1 tsp
Urad dal -1tsp
Channa dal -1 tsp
Curry leaves -1 tsp
Salt to taste
How to make:

In a pan add 1 tsp of oil fry rava well.Keep it aside.
In a pan add remaining oil and add seasoning ingredients.
Then add green chili and onion.
Let it fry well ,now add tomato and carrot(optional).
Add water then salt. Cover it.
Let it boil, then add rava make sure there are no lumps.

Now hot hot Rava upma is ready.

Match fixing:
seasoned yoghurt,coconut chatney ,sugar(for kids)

Rava Kesari

2009-06-09T05:44:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1.Rava (Cream of wheat)– 1 cup
2.Sugar - 1 cup
3.Water 2and ½ cups
4.Ghee – 5 tablespoons
5.Cashew nuts – 10
6.Raisins - 10
7.Cardamom powder – 1 pinch
8.Kesari colour(orange or yellow) – 2 pinch
How to Make:

In a pan add little ghee ,cashew nuts fry it until golden brown then add raisins.Keep it aside.
In the same pan add rava and fry it .
In a medium size pan add 2 ½ cup water add Cardamom powder and color.
When it’s started boiling, add rava and mix well.
Keep mixing then add sugar and mix well with out lumps.
After 30 secs turn off the stove.
Garnish with fried cashew nuts and Raisins.

Tips:
While mixing rava and sugar keep the stove in low flame.
Match fixing :
After meals. Or Evening spice snacks.

Tips of the week: 3

2009-05-08T04:49:00.000-07:00

Natural face Cleanser:
Apply unboiled milk on your face ,neck and hands.
Massage 2-3 mins.
In the middle of the massage wet your fingers with milk.
Using cotton balls wipe it out the milk on your face,neck.
or simple wash your face (No soap)...

Lemon Rice

2009-05-07T06:21:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
1. Cooked rice- 3 cups
2. Lemon -1
3. Turmeric -1 pinch
4. Peanut -2 tsp
5. Mustard – 1 tsp
6. Chenna dal -1 tsp
7. Urad dal -1 tsp
8. Red chili/Green chili -3 (cut into pieces)
9. Curry leaves -10 leaves
10. Coriander leaves -3 strings
11. Oil – 1 tsp
12. Salt to taste
How to make:
· Squeeze the lemon well before cut, then get the juice.
· In a small pan heat oil add mustard, chenna dal, urad dal, peanuts then chili and curry leaves and turmeric.
· In a wide open bowl add cooked rice let it cool for few seconds.
· Add lemon juice and salt to the rice and Mix well with spoon.
· Add the seasoned mix to the rice and mix well.
· Finally add coriander leaves.

Match Fixing: seasoned yoghurt, Potato curry.

Tips of the week: 2

2009-05-04T05:54:00.000-07:00

Storing Green chilli :
Remove the top portion of the green chilli and wash it. Use towel to dry the water .Then keep this in an air tight box with paper towel.
It will come more than 10 days.

Chenna curry for chappati and puri

2009-05-04T05:47:00.000-07:00

We eat rotis but to make a matching curry is a big head ache...
I normally use one grain per week in our weekly cooking.
This week special “ Chenna”.
Ingredients:
1. Chenna – soak it over night and pressure cooks it for 3 whistles.
2. Onion -1 Chopped
3. Tomato-1 Chopped
4. Ginger – ½ inch chopped very tiny
5. Garlic -3 pieces chopped very tiny
6. Green chilli-2 chopped very tiny
7. Turmeric -1 pinch
8. Curry powder -1 teaspoon
9. Oil – 1 teaspoon
10. Salt to taste
How to make:
· Heat oil in a pan , add onion and green chili. Fry this till onion turns into brown.
· Add chopped ginger ,garlic then salt, turmeric and curry powder.
· Add chopped tomato. Let it cook until tomato cooks.
· Mix with spoon. it will become like a paste.
· Add boiled chenna with water.
· Let it boil for 3 mins.

Tips:
When you boil the chenna add little salt and enough amount of water.
You can use sprout chenna. It will be healthier than the normal one.
Match fixing :Chappati and puri

Tips of the week:

2009-04-24T10:22:00.000-07:00

Using a handful of Baking soda will remove the odor from the dust bin/Trash can.

Mint /Coriander Chutney

2009-04-21T07:41:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
Mint or coriender - 1 bunch
Onion - 1 cup (cut into Cubes)
Tomato - 1
Red chillies or green chilli- 4
Grated coconut - 2 tbsp
Tamarind – very little
Urad dal-1 teaspoon
Chenna dal – 1teaspoon
Salt to taste
For Seasoning:
Oil-1 tsp
Cumin Seed- 1 tsp
Mustard – 1tsp
Urad dal -1 tsp
Red chilli-1
Curry leaves -10 leaves
How to Make :
1. Clean the mint leaves.If you use coriander leaves cut the leaves with stem 1 inch pieces .
In a kadai put the oil add urad dal ,chenna dal then add onion,red chillies fry these for few mins.
2. Now add tomato and fry for few mins.
3. Add the leaves and saute for 2 mins.
4. Now coconut ,tamarind and salt.
5. Let it cool for few mins then grind like a paste.use less water.
Seasoning: In a small pan heat oil then add the seasoning things that mentioned above.
Tips : To clean the mixi jar add more water then use this water for making rasam.
Match fixing : Hot rice .

Tomato Rasam (Porritha Rasam)

2009-04-21T06:45:00.000-07:00

Ingredients: Tomato -3
Termaric - one pinch
Asafoetida - one pinch
Salt - required amount
Coriender leaves - 6 strings
Dal water- 1 cup
Fry and Grind: red chilli -3 ,pepper - 1 tsp , Urad dal -1 tsp ,Chenna dal -1/2 tsp ,shredded coconut-2 tsp
For Seasoning: Oil-1 tsp Cumin Seed- 1 tsp Mustard – 1tsp Curry leaves -10 leaves
How to Make:
1. Fry the thing that mentioned above until it turns into brown. (No oil needed).
2. Grind the fried ingredients adding little water like a paste.
3. In a Pan take 1and half cup water squeeze the 2 tomatoes.
4. Cut another one tomato into pieces and add these into the squeezed tomato.
5. Add salt, turmeric and Asafoetida into the tomato water and boil it.
6. Check the tomato once its boiled then add Dal water and the paste.
7. Mix it ..Turn off the flame once its started boilng.
8. In a small pan heat little oil then add cumin seed, mustard and curry leaves.
9. Add the seasoning mixer into the rasam .
10. Finally add the coriander leaves.
Tips: After adding the paste ,don’t boil the rasam much.
Match Fixing: Hot Rice and Pappad....

Simple Rasam

2009-04-21T05:35:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:
Tamarind - lemon size
Ripe Tomato - 1
coriender leaves - 5-6 strings
Garlic -4 pieces (with skin)
Pepper corns - 10
Cumin seed (Jeera) -2 teaspoon
Red chilli -3
For Seasoning:
Asafoetida - one pinch
Oil-1 tsp , Mustard – 1tsp, Urad dal -1 tsp, Red chilli-1, Curry leaves -10 leaves

How to Make:
1. Soak the tamarind in Hot water . Squeeze it and filter it with hand .Add 2 cups of water.
2. Add tomato and coriander in the tamarind water . Squeeze it with hand.
3. Add Salt in the tamarind water
4. Use crusher to crush the Red chilli first then pepper +Jeera and Garlic .(don't remove the skin).(Crush it ,if you use mixer ...but don't grind it like a paste)
5. Heat the pan with 2 teaspoon of oil then add Seasoning things one by one .
6. Add the crushed things fry this for few mins.
7. Now add the tamarind,tomato water into this.
6. Check the salt and the sour.If you want add water or salt based on the taste.
7. Don't mix it unit boiling . then once its boiling turn off the flame.

Now the simple rasam is ready .
Match Fixing:
Hot rice with Pappad.

Peanut Chutney Recipe

2009-04-21T05:20:00.000-07:00

Peanut Chutney Recipe:
Ingredients:
Peanut - 1 cup
Red chilli - 4
Garlic - 1 Piece
Salit - required qanitity
For Seasoning:
Oil-1 tsp
Mustard – 1tsp
Urad dal -1 tsp
Red chilli-1
Curry leaves -10 leaves
How to make:
1. Heat the pan, add Peanut and red chilli fry it until roasted.(No oil needed).... let it cool.
2. In the mixer add peanut ,red chilli ,Garlic and salt.
3. After 2 - 3 rounds of mixing add water grind it untill paste.
For Seasoning:
Heat oil in a small pan add muster ,urad dal then red chilli then add curry leaves.
Add this into the Chutney bowl.
Now you can have this chatney with Idly and Dosa.
Match Fixing : Idly ,Dosa

Onion Chutney Recipe:

2009-04-02T10:24:00.000-07:00

Onion Chutney Recipe:
Ingredients:
Onion - 1 (med Size)
Tomato – 2
Red chili – 4
Garlic – 2 pieces
Salt – based on the taste
For Seasoning:
Mustard – 1tsp
Urad dal -1 tsp
Red chilli-1
Curry leaves -10 leaves
Oil-1 tsp

How to make:

Cut the Onion and Tomato into small pieces.
Heat a pan with little oil.
Add Red chili fry 5 sec then add onion and garlic.
Add little salt, once the onion becomes golden brown, the add tomato.
Mix this very often.(don’t add water).
After tomato becomes soft turn off the stove.
Grind this in a mixer once its cool.

For Seasoning:

Heat oil in a small pan add muster ,urad dal then red chilli then add curry leaves.

Add this into the Chutney bowl.
Now you can have this chatney with Idly and Dosa.
Match Fixing : Idly ,Dosa

BreakFast Tiffan- Idly Tamilnadu

2009-04-02T08:52:00.000-07:00

Break Fast Tiffan- Idly.

Idly and sambar is meant for Tamil Nadu...

Here are the steps to make Tamil Nadu Idles...

Ingredients:
Idly rice -4 cups.
(If you don't have Idly rice try to use parboiled rice).
No raw rice please.
Urad Dal -1 cup.
Fenugreek seed -1 spoon.

Soak rice and urad dal+ Fenugreek seed separately for 3-4 hours.
Grind urad dal+ Fenugreek seed in a grinder (or mixer) add water by little.
Add water frequently.
After it become like a paste keep it in a big bowl.
Then Add Rice to the grinder and grind it add enough water.
After it become smaller than Rava (not like paste)
Pour it into the bowl.
Add salt and mix it with your hand (not with spoon)
Keep this dough for 12 hours (overnight) out side Normal temperature.
Add little or ghee on the idly plates and makes small layer so that idly will not stick into the plates.
Mix the dough and pour it in the plate and steam it for 15 mins.
After that let it cool for 3 mins then use spoon or knife to remove the edges.
Now we the hot idly is ready for eating.

Match fixing: chutney and sambar…

Coconut Chutney Recipe

2009-04-02T08:26:00.000-07:00

Coconut Chutney Recipe:
Ingredients:
Shred Coconut -1 cup
Roasted Channa – ½ cup
Red Chili or green chili -3 count
Garlic -2 small pics
Ginger -1 small pic (1/2 inch)
Salt Then transfer into a bowl add water to clean mixer
For Seasoning :
Mustard – 1tsp
Urad Dal -1 tsp
Red chili-1
Curry leaves -10 leaves
Oil-1 tsp
Preparation:
Add all the ingredients into the mixer and grind it for couple of seconds.
Add water then grind it for 2mins until soft.
Add transfer into a bowl
Clean the mixer with little water and this water to the chutney bowl.
For Seasoning :
Heat oil in a small pan add muster ,urad dal then red chili then add curry leaves
Add this into the chutney bowl.
Now you can have this chutney with Idly and Dosa.

this is my first blog

2009-04-01T11:03:00.001-07:00

this is my first blog