Wednesday 12 May 2021

Tomatoes.

 


Beetroot Halva.

 




























Beetroot Halva
Ingredients:
1.     Beetroot                        - 1 kg
2.     Milk                                  - 1 litr/ (Instead of milk mix 100 gm cornflour with water to make a loose paste and add.)

3.      Sugar                              - 300gm
4.     Ghee/Vanaspati            - 100 gm
5.     Cardamom Powder       - 1 small spoon
6.     Dry fruits                         - 2 spoons


Method.

Grate beetroot. Add milk. Heat a vessel, put the mixture in it and stir continuously in low flame. After some time mix sugar and stir well. Add ghee bit by bit. Let the mixture dry well, add cardamom powder and dry fruits. Apply one spoon ghee in a plate and put the mixture in it. Allow natural cooling, cut into pieces, garnish and serve.

Thursday 6 May 2021

Potato Vermicelli Fry.






 







Potato Vermicelli Fry

Ingredients:
1. Potato                            - ½ kg.
   Salt and pepper            -1/2 small spoon
Filling:
2. Crushed garlic                - 4 pieces
3. Sliced onion                    - ¼ cup
4. Oil                                     - 2 spoons
5. Sliced beans, carrot &
     cabbage                            -3/4 cup
6. Sliced capsicum, spring onion
        & celery                                - ¼ cup
7. Salt & pepper powder             - ¼ spoon
8. Soya sauce                                - 2 small spoons
9. Egg                                            - 1
10. Broken vermicelli                   - 1 cup
Method:
Boil and mash potatoes. Mix pepper powder and salt and make lemon sized balls.
Heat oil, roast garlic and onion.
Add beans, carrot, cabbage and roast.
Add capsicum, spring onion, celery and roast.
Add salt and pepper powder.
Mix soya sauce and remove from heat.
Make a hole in each potato ball and fill the filing and again make them to ball shape.
Change them slowly to two-three cm. cylindrical shape, dip in whipped egg, cover with vermicelli and fry.

Thursday 29 April 2021

Red Velvet Cake.

 





































Ingredients.

All purpose flour.            150gm.

Sugar.                                150 gm 

Egg.                                     4

Sunflower oil.                      50 ml.

Curd.                                      50 ml.

Vanilla essence.                    1 teaspoon.

Baking powder.                       1 teaspoon.

Baking soda.                            1/2 teaspoon.

Red colour.                                 5 drops.

Frosting:

Whipping cream.                      200 ml.

Sugar syrup.                               50 ml.

Crushed cake( red).                  50 gm.

Beat eggs,add powdered sugar,beat well.

Add vanilla essence & beat well.

Add curd, beat.

Add sunflower oil,beat well.

Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda. Sieve.

Add this to the batter and stir well.

Add colour.Apply butter in a cake bowl.Place a butter paper.Pour the batter.Bake  180°/45 minutes.

Beat whipping cream to thick peaks.Layer the cake into three.

Crush some of the bits of this cake.(Top,sides,got while levelling.)

Arrange the layer.Spread sugar syrup, spread whipping cream.Repeat the process.place powdered cake on the top and sides.

Refrigerate for two hours.





Saturday 24 April 2021

Potato Jamun.

 











       1.Sugar.                    300 gm.

2.     Cooked & mashed
Potato                       - 150 gm

Maida                         - 100 gm
Baking powder           -1 pinch
Cardamom
Powder                        - 1 pinch

3.      Oil                                - needed to fry.

Method.
Add enough water to sugar to make it syrup. Mix potato, maida, baking powder and cardamom powder.Knead well. Make small balls. Heat oil and fry the balls till it becomes golden brown. Keep the fried balls in the sugar syrup, garnish and serve.

Friday 23 April 2021

Jackfruit Appam.

 


















Ingredients:

(Ripe) Jackfruit (cook & make to pulp)        - 1 cup
Rice flour                                                             -1 cup
Jaggery                                                                 -3/4  cup
Grated coconut                                                   -1 cup
Cumin seed powder                                           -1 pinch
Cardamom powder                                            - 1 pinch

Mix all the ingredients well. Take some leaves of the knotty tree (‘Laurus Cassia’).Fold the leaves, pin it with the mid-rib of coconut leaf and fill the mixture. Steam for 30 minutes to cook. Allow to cool. Garnish with nuts and serve.

Thursday 22 April 2021

Callisia Repens- A Beautiful Hanging Plant.

 





















Callisia repens, ( creeping inchplantBolivian Jew or turtle vineis a succulent creeping plant .


Saturday 10 April 2021

Tender Jackfruit Thoran.(A vegetable curry.)

 









Ingredients:

Cleaned & sliced tender Jackfruit.         250 gm

Grated coconut.                                          100 gm 

Pepper powder.                                1/2 teaspoon 

Chilli powder.                                     1 teaspoon 

Turmeric powder.                               1/4 teaspoon

Garlic- sliced.                                       1 teaspoon

Onion - sliced.                                        1 teaspoon

Oil.                                                     2 teaspoons 

Curry leaves.                                    5-6

Salt.                                                     A pinch.

Water.                                                  1cup 

Cook tender Jackfruit with salt and water.

Mash it well.

Heat oil in a pan.

Add garlic,onion & curry leaves.

Stir well to roast.

Add pepper powder,chilly powder & turmeric powder.

Add grated coconut. Stir well.

Add mashed tender jackfruit.Stir well.

Close the pan for two minutes to cook.

Remove from heat.

Serve hot.


                                                 

                                                 







 

Tuesday 30 March 2021

Spinach - Drumstick leaves Thoran.(A vegetable curry)

 











Ingredients:

Spinach.                   1 cup 

Drumstick leaves.   1 cup 

Grated coconut.        1/4 cup 

Small onion.                2

Chilli powder.              1 teaspoon

Turmeric powder.        1/4 teaspoon 

Pepper powder.            1/4 teaspoon.

Salt.                                  A pinch 

Coconut oil.                     1 tablespoon.

Heat a pan.pour oil.When it becomes hot add sliced onions,roast,add chilly powder and turmeric powder,stir well,add sliced spinach, drumstick leaves, grated coconut & salt.Stir to cook for 2- 3 minutes.Serve hot.


Saturday 13 March 2021

Carrot- Milk Halva.

 









Ingredients:

Carrot.                400gm.

Sugar.                  200gm.

Ghee.                    3 Tablespoons.

Cardamom.          2

Raisins.                 20 gm.

Nuts.                      20gm.

Cornflour.               2 Teaspoons.

Milk.                        1 cup

Water.                      1/2 cup.

Grate carrots.Heat a pan,add ghee,add sugar,stir well,add water,add grated carrots,stir to cook.

Mix half of the milk with cornflour.Add the remaining milk to the cooked carrot,stir to make it thick.Add cornflour- milk mix.Add cardamom powder.When it becomes thick, remove from heat.Apply some ghee in a tray, Spread raisins and nuts.Layer the carrot mix, level well,Spread raisins and nuts on the top to garnish.Allow natural cooling,cut into pieces.


Wednesday 10 March 2021

Orange Cake.

 

























Ingredients:

Orange.              1kg.

Sugar.                  150gm

Thick curd/

Condensed milk.    1/2 cup

(or eggs 2)

Orange zest.             1 teaspoon.

Melted butter.            1/4 cup

Flour.                            150 gm.

Baking powder.            1 teaspoon.

Baking soda.                1/2 teaspoon.

Orange juice.                 1/2 cup.

Orange food colour.       Few drops.

Grate orange and take orange zest.After, take the juice and keep aside.

Beat sugar with curd/ condensed milk/ eggs.

Add orange zest and butter,beat well.

Add flour, baking powder,baking soda.

Add orange juice.Mix well.Add colour too.

Pour the batter to a greased cake bowl.

Bake 180°c/ 40 minutes.

Decorate with icing cream and orange syrup.