Shallot Thoran.

 

Ingredients:

Shallot.                          100gm

Grated coconut.           3 teaspoons 

Chilli powder.              1 teaspoon 

Turmeric powder.      1/4 teaspoon 

Salt.                                needed to taste 

Oil.                                  1 teaspoon 

Curry leaves.                 

Dried red chilli.              1

Slice shallots.

Heat a pan,add oil,add shallots,sliced red chilli ,curry leaves & fry.

Stir well. Add grated coconut,salt & stir.

Sprinkle a little water,cover with a lid & cook for 2-3 minutes. 

Serve hot with rice.

Do not be afraid.

"Do not be afraid, Abram.

   I am your shield,

   Your very great reward."

Genesis  15: 1

In the moments of your fear,God will stay with you.He will be your protection.He will defend.

He also promises great blessings, as he promised Abram "very great reward."

Bread Fry.

 

Masala Bread Fry.Mix half cup gram flour,one spoon maida,half spoon chilly powder,one spoon garam masala & a pinch salt,make a paste & keep aside for 15 minutes.Slice bread into pieces,dip in this paste & fry.Serve with sauce.🙂🙂

Black Forest Cake.

 

Ingredients.

Maida.                                 150gm

Sugar.                                  150gm.

Egg.                                      3.

Chocolate bar.                   100 gm.

Chocolate ganache.          50 ml

Sunflower oil.                      50 ml.

Vanilla essence.                 1 teaspoon.

Baking powder.                   1 teaspoon.

Baking soda.                        1/2 teaspoon.

Cocoa powder.                     2 teaspoon.

Whipping cream.                 100ml.

Cherry.                                   50 gm.

Sugar syrup.                         5 tablespoons.

Beat egg.Add sugar,beat well.Add vanilla essence.stir well.Add sunflower oil,mix well.

Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and sieve.Add this to the sugar -egg mix and beat well.Add cocoa powder,mix well.

Melt 50 gm chocolate and add to the batter.

Bake in a 180°pre-heated oven for 45 minutes.

Allow natural cooling.

Beat whipping cream to stiff peaks.

Layer the cake, soften with sugar syrup,apply whipping cream on the tops and allow to cool.

Top up with chocolate ganash on the sides.

Grate chocolate bar.Place them on the middle.Make flowers with suitable nozzles. Decorate with cherries.

Refrigerate for two hours to set the cake.

White Forest Cake.

 

Ingredients:

Maida.                                      150 gm.

Sugar.                                        150 gm.

Eggs.                                           3

Vanilla essence.                         1 teaspoon

Baking powder.                          1 teaspoons.

Baking soda.                                1/2 teaspoon.

Sunflower oil.                               100 ml.

Milk.                                               100 ml.

Vinegar.                                         1 teaspoons.

Beat eggs.Add sugar powder and beat again.Add vanilla essence,beat well.Add sunflower oil,milk and beat again.

Sieve maida and baking powder to the mix.Mix vinegar and baking soda and add to the batter,Mix all ingredients well.Bake.( 180° 40 minutes)

Icing:

Whipping cream.                   200 ml.

Grated chocolate (white).      100 gm.

Sugar syrup.                              50 ml.

Cherry.                                          5-6

Beat whipping cream to stiff peaks.

( Keep the bowl,blades etc ..to whip the cream in a refrigerator for one day to make it cool.Spread ice cubes in a bowl and put the cooled bowl over it to whip the cream.)

Layer  the cake into three.Apply sugar syrup,spread cream,spread grated chocolate.Repeat the process.Finally cover the cake with cream and grated chocolate.Garnish with cherry. Refrigerate for two hours before use.

Palappam and vegetable kurma.

 

PALAPPAM

Ingredients.

Rice flour                       1/4kg

Yeast                               1/2teaspoon

Light hot water              3/4cup

Sugar                                1teaspoon

Flour grain                       1/2cup

Water                                1 1/2cup

Coconut milk                   1/2cup

Sugar                                 2 desert spoon

Salt                                     accordingly

Method

Mix yeast, light hot water and sugar and keep aside for half an hour. Mix water and flour grain. Boil it to make a thick liquid. Allow it to cool. Add yeast mixture to the rice flour. Add thickened flour grain liquid and knead well. Add sugar and coconut milk and make it a soft liquid. Keep for four or five hours. Heat a pan. Pour the liquid with a ladle to make soft palappams one by one.

Vegetable Kurma.

Ingredients:

Potato.                                 1

Carrot.                                 1

Green peas.                        2 tablespoon. 

Salt.                                      needed to taste.

Water.                                  1 1/2cup.

Cook the above ingredients in a pressure cooker.

Coconut.                              3/4 cup 

Green chilli                         3 

Garlic.                                  1 teaspoon.

Ginger.                                 1  teaspoon.

Cuscus.                                 1 tablespoon./ 

                                                 Nuts 5

Fennel seeds.                      1 teaspoon.

Water.                                  Needed to grind.

Grind all ingredients well.

Oil.                                           1 teaspoon.

Cardamom.                            4 

Cinnamon.                             1 inch piece.

Curry leaves.                         Needed to taste.

Sliced onion.                          1

Sliced tomato.                       1

Salt.                                          Needed to taste.

Heat a pan.Add oil.Add cardamom and cinnamon, fry.

Add curry leaves, stir.

Add onion, fry. Add tomato and salt, stir to fry.

Add cooked vegetables, mix well. Allow to boil.

Add ground coconut mix.

Add water if you need more gravy.

Close the pan with a lid, cook for five minutes.

Carrot cake.

 

Carrot.                             100 gm
Maida.                            100 gm.
Sugar.                             200 gm.
Butter.                            100 gm.
Vanilla essence.           1teaspoons
Baking powder.            1 teaspoons
Baking soda.                1 teaspoon
Egg.                               3
Nuts, raisins.               50 gm.
Beat egg.Powder sugar.Mix well both.
Mix maida,baking powder & baking soda.
Grate carrot.
Blend all well.
Move the batter to a greased cake tin,garnish with nuts& raisins.
Bake for 40-50 minutes.

Vegetable Rolls.

 

Ingredients:

Maida.                          200gm.

Knead maida with luckwarm water and enough salt. Keep aside for 20 minutes.

Sliced vegetables : cabbage,carrot,onion, capsicum,spring onion, beans, each 50 grams.

Ginger.(chopped)                     1 teaspoon 

Garlic ( chopped).                     1 teaspoon 

Green chilli ( chopped ).          2

Sesame oil.                                 1 tablespoon.

Soya sauce.                                1 tablespoon.

Heat a pan. Heat  sesame oil.Add onions, ginger, garlic, chilli, chopped vegetables, stir to fry.

Add needed salt. Add soya sauce  stir, remove from heat.

Make small balls with the kneaded maida, flatten to make like thin round sheets.

Heat a pan, put the flattened sheets in it,turn upside and down fot 2-4 seconds.

Place 2 teaspoons vegetable mix in the flattened sheets in one end, roll it and seal it.

Coconut oil.                Needed to fry.

Heat oil in a pan.

Put vegetable rolls and fry till it becomes golden brown, turning upside down.

Serve with tomato sauce.

Dal Vada.

 

Ingredients:

Dal.                             1 cup 

Shallots.                     10/ onion - 1

Green chilli.               3

Ginger (sliced).          1 teaspoon 

Curry leaves.              5 

Salt.                               needed to taste 

Asafoetida powder.     1/4 teaspoon 

Oil.                                  needed to fry 

Wash dal, soak for 2 hours.

Drain and grind to a coarse paste.

Add sliced shallots/ onion,chilly, ginger, curry leaves,salt and asafoetida powder.

Mix well.

Make small balls and flatten to an oval/round shape.

Heat oil in a pan.

Deep fry in medium flame.

Turn both sides till it becomes golden brown.

Serve with tea/ coffee.

Vegetable Kurma.

 

Ingredients:

Potato.                                 1

Carrot.                                 1

Green peas.                        2 tablespoon. 

Salt.                                      needed to taste.

Water.                                  1 1/2cup.

Cook the above ingredients in a pressure cooker.

Coconut.                              3/4 cup 

Green chilli                         3 

Garlic.                                  1 teaspoon.

Ginger.                                 1  teaspoon.

Cuscus.                                 1 tablespoon./ 

                                                 Nuts 5

Fennel seeds.                      1 teaspoon.

Water.                                  Needed to grind.

Grind all ingredients well.

Oil.                                           1 teaspoon.

Cardamom.                            4 

Cinnamon.                             1 inch piece.

Curry leaves.                         Needed to taste.

Sliced onion.                          1

Sliced tomato.                       1

Salt.                                          Needed to taste.

Heat a pan.Add oil.Add cardamom and cinnamon, fry.

Add curry leaves, stir.

Add onion, fry. Add tomato and salt, stir to fry.

Add cooked vegetables, mix well. Allow to boil.

Add ground coconut mix.

Add water if you need more gravy.

Close the pan with a lid, cook for five minutes.

Black gram vada.

 

Ingredients :

Black gram.                      200 gm.

Onion.                               1 (sliced)

Green chilli.                     4 (chopped)

Ginger ( Sliced)                 1 teaspoon. 

Curry leaves.                   5-6 (chopped)

Salt.                                   needed to taste.

Oil.                                     needed to fry.

Wash the black gram well and soak in water for 4 hours.

Drain it, add sliced ginger and grind well.

Beat well the mixture.

Add sliced green chilli,  onion, curry leaves and salt.Mix well.

Heat oil in a frying pan.

Make small balls with the mixture, then slightly flatten.

Press with your thumb in the centre and fry.

( Apply some water in your hands in order to avoid stickyness while making the balls, flattening and pressing in the centre.)

Caramel Pudding.

 

Ingredients:

Egg.                            2.

Milk.                          250 ml 

Sugar.                        4 tablespoon.

Vanilla essence.        1/2 teaspoon.

 

To caramelize:

Sugar.             3 tablespoon

Water.          

Heat a pan,Add sugar and water.Boil to golden colour to caramelize.Remove to the pudding mould.

Beat eggs,add sugar,milk and vanilla essence well.Pour the mix over the caramelized sugar.Steam to cook.

Allow to cool.Turn it upside down to a plate.Garnish according to your taste.(Here sliced badam is spread over the top.)

Sprouted green gram curry.

 

Ingredients:

Sprouted green gram.             200 gm.

Grated coconut.                        50 gm.

Chilly powder.                          1 teaspoon.

Turmeric powder.                   1/4 teaspoon.

Small onion( sliced).               1 teaspoon.

Garlic ( sliced).                         1/2 teaspoon.

Pepper powder.                        1/4 teaspoon.

Curry leaves.                             6-8

Oil.                                               2 teaspoons.

Salt.                                             One pinch.

Steam sprouted green gram to cook.

Heat oil in a pan.

Add oil.

Add onion,garlic, curry leaves.Fry.

Add chilly, pepper, turmeric powder.Stir.

Add coconut.Stir.

Add cooked green gram,salt.Stir well.

Serve hot.

Pineapple Cake.

 

Ingredients:

Pineapple.                                  1- 2

Maida.                                          120 gm.

Sugar.                                           100 gm.

                                                        ( for cake)

Sugar.                                          100 gm.

( for pineapple glaze,pineapple syrup, pineapple paste & pineapple mix.)

Egg.                                                3 

Vanilla essence.                           1 teaspoon 

Baking powder.                             1 teaspoon 

Baking soda.                                  1/2 teaspoon 

Sunflower oil.                                 100 ml  

Cornflour.                                        2 teaspoon.

Whipping cream.                           200 ml 

Permitted food colour.                 Yellow/ orange 1-2 drops. 

Slice pineapple.Make 100 gm pineapple mix.( Boil pineapple pieces in sugar & mash in grinder.)

Make 100 ml thick pineapple paste.( Boil pineapple juice with sugar to a creamy consistency )

Make 100 ml pineapple syrup.( Boil pineapple juice and sugar to a honey consistency.)

Make 100 ml pineapple glaze. ( Boil 100 ml pineapple juice with enough sugar and 2 teaspoon cornflour to a loose thick consistency.)

Beat eggs.Add vanilla essence, beat well.Add sugar powder,beat well.Add pineapple paste, sunflower oil, beat again.Add dry ingredients,mix well. Bake in a 180° pre heated oven for 45 minutes.

Beat whipping cream to stiff peaks. 

Layer the cakes to three equal parts.Spread pineapple syrup , apply whipping cream,spread pineapple mix.Repeat the process.Cover the cake with whipping cream.Allow to set , keeping in refrigerator for 2 hours.Pour pineapple glaze from the top, keep in refrigerator for 1 hour to set.Decorate with whipping cream.

Badusha - Indian Sweet.

 

Ingredients:

Maida.                           200 gm 

Ghee.                              5 tablespoon

Curd.                               4 tablespoon

Salt.                                 1/4 teaspoon 

Sugar.                              2 tablespoon 

Baking soda.                  1/4 teaspoon 

Oil.                                    Needed to fry 

Mix curd , soda powder and sugar.

Add maida,ghee and salt. Knead well to make the dough. Add water if required.

Make small balls and flatten it.Press with your thumb in the centre.Heat oil and fry.Allow to cool.

Sugar syrup:

Sugar.                         1 cup 

Water                          1 cup 

Lemon juice.              1/2 teaspoon 

Boil the ingredients to make a honey consistency syrup.

Allow to cool.

Soak the badushas in sugar syrup.

After soaking arrange them in a tray.Garnish with crushed badam.