Mrs.Mano's Tamilnadu Delicacies - Part 2

[suvai]

Hello nga mrs mano,
oh yes nga i had a fabulous time....time ponathey therila.....sometimes i wish i could turn back the clock

[sinrultz]

Thanks a ton maa'm..Will try out soon

[Mrs.Mano]

I have prepared a tasty dish a few days ago. I would like to share it here with my friends.

TAMARIND KICHADI:

Ingredients:

Raw rice- 1 cup
Thuar dal-1/2 cup
Tamarind- a big lime size
Thinly Sliced onion-2
Finely chopped tomato-1
Mustard seeds- ½ sp
Cumin seeds- ½ sp
Turmeric powder-1/2 sp
Chopped coriander-1/4 cup
Curry leaves- 1 arc
Oil- 2 tbsp
Ghee- 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Asafetida powder- ½ tsp

Dry roast the following ingredients to golden brown and powder them finely:

Red chillies-3, coriander seeds- 1 tbsp, Bengal garm-1 tsp, fenugreek seeds-1 tsp

Procedure:

Soak the tamarind in 2 cups of warm water for half an hour and extract its juice. Wash the rice and the dal, add 3 to 4 cups of water and pressure cook them for 5 whistles. Heat a pan and pour the ghee and the oil. When they become hot, add the mustard seeds. When they splutter add the cumin seeds and the curry leaves and then add the onion, tomato, turmeric powder and coriander leaves. Cook on medium fire until all of them are mashed well and the oil floats on top. Add the tamarind extract and boil it for some minutes. When it slightly thickens, add the fried powder and cook on slow fire for a few minutes. Now add the cooked rice and dal with enough salt. Mix well on slow fire for a few minutes.

[selvieam]

aunty,
i tried tandoori fish today, it came out very nicely. vishal liked it very much. he never like fish. this preparation he liked it.
thanks a lot aunty.

[selvieam]

last week my neighbour made ur crab masala. i tasted the curry it was very nice. kids had food in their house they also liked it very much.

thanks aunty

[suvai]

hello nga mrs mano.....nalla irukeengala?
I tried your horsegram masiyal & it turned out well nga....thanks for a super recipe!

[Mrs.Mano]

Dear Selvi!

I regret for the delayed reply.
I felt happy to know that Vishal liked the Tandoori fish very much though he never likes fish. That is a credit for me. Say my thanks to him. Last month, my daughter in law also ate the fried fish [viral meen] and liked it very much though she never likes the fish!!
And thanks a lot for the feed back on Crab masala also.

[Mrs.Mano]

Dear Suvai!

Thank you very much for the nice feedback on Kollu masiyal. I am ok. I am tied up with extra work loads as my grandson and daughter in law are coming next week.

[Mrs.Mano]

Dear Sindura!

Here I am posting a few soup recipes for you!

SWEET CORN SOUP

Ingredients:

Vegetable stock or water-8 cups
Corn cooked with salt-2 cups
Sugar- 1 tbsp
Aji-no-moto-a pinch
Corn flour-3 tbsp
Soya sauce- half sp
Salt to taste

For Stock preparation:

Small Capsicums, chopped-2
Medium potato, chopped-1
Raw rice- 3 tbsp
Water- 10 cups
Onion chopped-1
Salt to taste

Procedure:

For stock:

Combine all the ingredients in a sauce pan. Cover and bring it to boil. Let it boil until the rice and the vegetables are cooked. Strain the stock.

For the Soup:

In a sauce pan combine the corns and 4 cups of stock. Boil it for 10 minutes on medium fire. Crush finely half of the corn mixture in a mixi and again pour it to the corn mixture. Mix the remaining stock well with the corn flour and bring it to boil in another saucepan. Stirring all the time, cook it until it becomes transparent, and add the corn mixture, salt and the sugar. Cook until it starts boiling and then put off the fire. At the time of serving, add the aji-no-moto and the soya sauce. Serve hot with chilli vinegar and chilli sauce.

Note: For extra taste, 1/4tsp of white pepper powder and 1/4tsp of ginger paste can be added when the soup is boiling. Beaten white egg can be poured in the last stage.

SWEET AND SOUR SOUP:

Ingredients:

Salad oil or olive oil- 2 tbsp
Finely shredded mixed vegetables like spring onion,
Cabbage, beans, carrot, mushrooms – 2 cups
Soy sauce- 2tsp
chilli sauce- 1 tbsp
crushed garlic and ginger- half sp
aji-no-moto- 2 pinches
Pepper powder-1/4 sp
Sugar- 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Corn flour- 2 tbsp
Stock-8 cups
Vinegar- 1 tbsp

Procedure:

Heat a pan and pour the oil. Add 1/4sp of garlic-ginger, vegetables, a pinch of aji-no-moto and salt. Toss them on high fire for 5 minutes and take them away.
Add 7 cups of stock, soy sauce, pepper powder, vinegar, sugar, salt and the remaining aji-no-moto and ginger-garlic. Boil the soup for 2 minutes. Mix the corn flour with the remaining stock and pour it slowly to the boiling mixture stirring continuously. Add the vegetables and boil for 2 minutes on medium fire.


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[suvai]

hello nga mrs mano.....muthukuviyal la neenga varaintha padam paarthu migavum asanthu poiten....super expression on the kid....