Ribbon Bakoda

Its been a very long time since i blogged.I was bit busy with guests and travel.Have been to nagercoil,kutralam,kanyakumari for the vacation with my family and the trip was so memorable that i njoyed it to the fullest.Here posting my latest recipe,did this for the guests and writing it here as everyone said that it tasted good :)

Ribbon Bakoda:


Ingredients:

1.Besan flour..........2 cups


2.Rice flour............. 1 cup


3.Hing a pinch


4.Red chilli powder.........1 tsp


5.salt to taste


6.Butter.............. 4 tbsp


7.White sesame seeds..........1 tbsp(soaked and drained)

Procedure:

1.Sieve gram flour and rice flour in a deep wide bowl.Bring in the chilli powder,salt,hing and sesame seeds and give it a nice mix.


2.Later add butter and blend well.At last add needed water and make it like a chapati dough.


Note:If u r doing in a large volume,divide the dry flour into small portions.Use the wet flour immediately,otherwise the bakodas will turn too dark in color.

3.Put a small portion of it in ribbon press and press it in hot oil.Fry till it reaches the golden color or until the bubbles in oil settle down.

4.Remove excess oil and store it in an air tight container after it cools.


5.Can be stored for 2 weeks or more.A Good home-made snack is ready to make any evening really special.


U can do this for any family function(like seemantham,naming function etc)or for occasions like diwali,janmaashtami...so adding this to savouries n snack list.Njoy eating:)

Methi Paratha

Methi tastes great in any form.Say Methi-mung dhal gravy,methi raita,simple methi-coconut poriyal/palya or whatever it is,methi just stands out in taste.I wanted to try paratas with this combo,though this is not a new invention,wanted to give it a try,and it came out very well.Hope u all like my snaps :)..Come lets enter the kitchen :)!!!

Ingredients:

1.Whole wheat flour...............3 cups

2.Methi leaves(fresh)..............3/4 cup

3.Salt to taste

4.Ghee....1/2 tbsp

5.Water needed

6.Chilli flakes..........1/4 tsp(optional)

7.Ghee/ sun flower oil.....to toast

Procedure:

1.Firstly clean methi leaves and fry it with ghee and chilli flakes for 2 to 3 minutes.

2.Take deep-wide bowl,bring in wheat flour,salt and fried methi,give a good mix with ur palm.

3.Add sufficient water to make it to a soft parata dough.

4.Allow this to set for 2 to 3 hours.

5.Make small balls out of dough and spread it like paratas(round shapes),dust with dry wheat flour when needed.

6.Toast both the sides of paratha,with ghee or any desired oil(veg/corn/sunflower oil).

7.Serve with any rich gravy or simply with yummy jam or chutneys :)

Aval Puttu

Aval puttu is a simple and easy recipe.This doesn't need any special ingredients,can be made in minutes with what we have in our kitchen.Ok come on lets do it...

Ingredients:

1.Poha(thick)....1 cup

2.Jaggery ..........1/2  to 3/4 cup

3.Milk..........3 tbsp

4.Elachi powder.........a pinch

5.Scrapped coconut........1/4 cup

6.Water........1 cup

7.Roasted cashews......few

8.Melted Ghee.....1/2 spoon

Procedure:

1.Grind poha to a coarse powder.

2.Boil jaggery with little water(take less than quater cup) to make a sticky syrup.

3.Boil water nicely,pour it immediately on to the poha powder and close it with an air tight lid.

Note:  1 cup of powdered poha needs 1 cup of water.

4.After 10 minutes open the lid and mix it well.Add jaggery syrup,milk,scrapped coconut,elachi powder,roasted cashews and 1/2 spoon of melted ghee.

5.Give a fine mix and close it to set,for 5-10 minutes.

6.Serve n njoy.


Preparing time hardly takes 15 to 20 minutes.Children like this very much,the best-healthy snack for a hungry evening.

Spiced up Butter - Milk

Thinned Butter milk with a pinch of salt taste ultimate,cools even a deadly summer.Think how it wud be when spiced up with ginger,onion & mango...?Curious about the taste?!!Come lets beat this summer with spicy-tangy butter milk.Adding this to summer - fest beverages.

I always use thinned butter milk to get off the thirst and for the special,unique taste.I wud say,thick butter milk gives the taste of lazzy and it wont rises the taste when spiced up.Hence i use 1 cup of beaten curd  with 1 1/2 cups of water,this ratio really works and always tempts me to have some more... Pack this when u go out for shopping,u will feel completely energetic and refreshed.



Ingredients:

For making 6 cups


1.Beaten curd................2 cups

2.Water.................3 to 4 cups

3.Salt to taste

4.Grated Ginger ...............1/4 tbsp

5.Green chillies...................1/4 tsp(optional)

6.Finely chopped small onion............2 to 4 tbsp

7.Grated mango.............2 to 4 tbsp

8.Grated cucumber...........4to 5 tbsp

9.Hing/asafotida........2 pinch

10.Very finely chopped coriander........3 tbsp

11.Very finely chopped curry leaves........ 2 tbsp

12.Lime juice.........1 tsp(optional)

Procedure:

Mix up all the ingredients one by one,stir it and allow this to set for 15 to 20 minutes.

Note: If u can,use vadi kanji(rice porridge) instead of water,that will add more taste and very healthy too.

Serve chilled or unchilled.

Give a stir with a spoon before each sip so that u get the crunchy bite every time and also they don't settle / float in the glass.Fight this summer with such home made,natural,fresh beverages!!Njoy the summer :-)