Sunday 24 March 2013

Multigrain Kuzhippaniaram

This was a recipe I tried yesterday and it became an instant hit with the children and elders alike.

Ingredients:

Boiled rice - Half a cup soaked for three hours
Wheat Atta - 1/4 cup
Barley atta - 1/4 cup
Ragi atta - 1/4 cup
Rawa Sooji - 1/4 cup
Thick buttermilk - 1/2 cup
Salt -1 tsp
Onion - sliced fine -1
Green chillies - 2 cut finely
Ginger - a small piece cut fine
Curry leaves - few
mustard - 1/2 tsp
Cooking soda -1/4 tsp
Oil to temper
Oil for the kuzhippaniyaram - 1 tsp for each paniyaram

Method: Grind the soaked rice into a fine paste.Mix all the attas with the paste with the buttermilk and salt and soda to a idli batter consistency without lumps.Heat a little oil and temper with mustard.Add the onions, chillies, ginger and curry leaves to the oil and fry till onions become golden brown and add to the batter.Heat the kuzhippaniyaram pan. Add 1 tsp in each kuzhi and when heated, pour the batter in each kuzhi and cook as we cook kuzhi appams
Enjoy Multigran kuzhiappam.

Friday 8 March 2013

Raw Papaya Soup

Ingredients:

Raw Papaya - One half of a medium papaya ( not completely raw but yellowish in colour) cut into pieces.
Tomato - One big ripe one cut into pieces
Onion - 1 sliced
Peppercorns -  1 tsp.
Jeera - 1 tsp.
Coconut oil or ghee - I tablespoon
Salt to taste

Method:

In a pressure pan, heat the oil and put the pepper and jeera and let them splutter. Add the onions and fry for a minute or two. Add the tomato slices and cut papaya pieces and add two cups of water and pressure cook for ten minutes. When cool, blend in mixie, strain and add the necessary salt and heat as required and serve.