Taro masiyal (seppang-kizhangu!)

One of my favorite food! This is made out of taro root which U get in almost all stores...American, Indian and Chinese stores. Tastes yummy with ghee rice and curd rice.

Masiyal

Hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend and happy that work week is going to be short! Have a great week.

Easy Channa recipe and tough murrukku recipe!

After so many years, atlast I got a taste for Channa and here is the easy recipe for the busy moms! I would say this as South Indian Channa as I like the taste of the gravy with saambaar powder and chilli powder. Here are the detailed pictures...
Channa Masala
Only if U have passion, patience and time, you may want to try the below recipe, but no harm taking a look at the pictures!
Murukku

Have a great week......

Curry leaves kulambu

Before I start with the recipe......Good or bad, I have to admit that I am the photographer for 99.9% of my blog pictures! This morning I took them in a hurry, so bear with me.

Most of you might be making this recipe already, so for the others.....
I know in some places it is hard to get curry leaves, but if you have a Chinese store or Indian store, you will get it. Curry leaves is suppose to be good for our hair, but with this recipe not sure how much nutrients is exhausted! Here are the pictures...

Curry Leaves Kulambu

Recipe:

1. Take one bowl of curry leaves and wash well.
2. Soak little tamarind, chop onion, garlic.
3. Add curry leaves, 1 red chilli, 1 spoon salt, little jeera, pepper and grind in mixie with water.
4. Add oil to tava, then add mustard and jeera
5. Add onion and garlic and fry for sometime.
6. Then add the ground paste and tamarind water.
7. Boil well and serve with idlis/dosas/rice.

Hope you enjoy, have a great week!

Mushroom-Tofu Masala

Tastier way to eat mushroom and Tofu...I know most people eat for the sake of it being healthy. I guess this one will be close to any spicy porial you make. Since I made it for a get-together, the quantity is high. You could use just one pack mushroon and half bar Tofu.

Here are the detailed pictures...

Mushroom Masala

Recipe:

1. Wash mushroom well and chop into small cubes
2. Strain the water from the tofu bar
3. Chop onion, tomato
4. Add oil to tava, then season with mustard, urad and big jeera.
5. Add onion, fry for sometime and then add tomato and fry for few minutes.
6. Add turmeric, chilli powder and saambaar powder.
7. Add the chopped mushrooms, cook well, add salt.
8. Saute tofu cubes in one spoon oil in a separate pan
9. Add it to the mushroom fry.
10. Turn off and garnish with Cilantro.

I used 'Extra Firm Organic Tofu - Twin pack' from Trader Joes.
Enzzzzzoy and have a great week!

Bhel Puri or Salad Puri!

Bhel Puri

My favorite food since college days. Still remember the days we used to try in so many chat corners in Madras and even some places in US. Finally I am making it for the past year or so......and seems to be my favorite recipe now! Requires lot of prep work but very minimal on the stove. U may want to make this only if there are atleast 8 people.

And I cannot call it a Bhel puri as I have some people close me who hate it! (so the alternate name - salad puri)

Have a good week!

Carrot Rice

In case U are looking for a way to use lot of carrots, then this is the recipe! I use about 1 bowl of shredded uncooked carrot for 1 bowl of cooked rice. So that is a lot of carrots.

Recipe...

1. Soak 1 cup basmathi rice for an hr and cook it separately.

2. Peel and grate 7 or 8 big carrot(12 small carrots).

3. Dry fry - 4 red chillies, little dhania, chana dhaal(kadalai parruppu) and jeera. Let it cool and grind into fine powder.

4. Chop half onion

5. Add oil to tava, then add mustard and urad dhaal.

6. Then add the onions, fry for 2 mins. Then add the powder and carrots.

7. Add half cup water and mix well. Close lid and cook for sometime.

8. Then add 1 spoon salt and cook for few mins.9. Once carrots are 3/4th cooked, then add the rice and mix well.

Server hot with raita or masala! And here are the detailed pictures...

Carrot Rice

Hope U enjoy.....have a great week.

Tomato Dosa

A quick recipe for US people...best part...you don't have to ferment it.

Source: Raji's mom!

You could add more tomatoes, I was running short, so used little. And also grapevine tomatoes will add more color, so try using them. In future, I will try to put the recipe steps here itself, so it will be easy to get it...instead of surfing thru the pictures to get it.

Tomato Dosa

Note: If U like more dosa taste, add just one spoon toor dhaal and then half cup urad dhaal.


Don't forget to smile! Have a great week.