Kugan's Kitchen

[suvai]

To anyone who knows how to.....Dev nga or Nov ngov,
quick question for you. If I want to print out all the recipes in this thread, how should one go about it? If you could kindly let us know I am sure a lot of us would be thrilled to have the recipes to follow easily at home too
Thank u in advance.
Regards,
s

[Selviem]

suvai,
surely, i will post some of my receipes.

[nithishri]

kugan ka , last week only my akka told me to try potato raitha and she told me that it was very good .. , so i was planning to post that recipe in the thread
enna coincidence o therila na seiyalam nu nenaikradhu namma thread members senjudranga ,... I am highly shocked

selvi ka ,, corn crunchy salad epdi panrathu
post it when u have time ka

[suvai]

hi kugan nga!
onga sambar podi rasam podi & other podi recipes yum mudinthaal podunga thread la...
thank u!

[kugan98]

Superspiczy thanks for your chicken recipe.
The picture too looks beautiful.
I will try with mock chicken.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Selviem your spread sounds very nice.
Sure all your guests would have enjoyed your spread.
Potato thoku sounds new to me.
I do make kunukku.
Please post all your recipes when you are free.
Thanks. Kugan.

[kugan98]

Dev, sorry nga. I am still new to cooking.
I also laughed at her when she wanted to cook cucumber.
I will post her recipe soon.
She is very fond of bittergourd.
Too many dishes with it.
I am getting worried as she will return to India soon.
Try to get as many recipes as I can.

Thanks for your tips about potato dish.
Kugan98

[kugan98]

Nithi and Suvai, thanks for your comments and feedbacks.

Suvai, I will post my my podi recipes soon.
Thanks. Kugan98

[Selviem]

Nithi, here is the corn crunchy salad

Sweet corn - 1 cup
baby corn - 10 pieces, blanch or steam and cut in 1 cm length
cucumber - 2 medium size, cubed
tomato - 1 medium size, remove seeds, cubed
green capsicum - 1/2, remove seeds , cubed
red capsicum - 1/2, remove seeds, cubed
orange capsicum - 1/2, removed seeds , cubed
white channa - 1/2 cup (soak overnight, cook for a whistle)
Red kidney beans - 1/2 cup (soak overnight, cook for a whistle)
Apple - 1/2 cut in to cubes
Raw mango - 1/4 cup chopped finely

For dressing I normally use, french and greek dressing without fat. So for the party,
i used 2 tblsp of each dressing, little thyme, little oregano, 1 tblsp of olive oil mix all this thoroughly.

Now place all the beans, corn , veg in a bowl, on the top pour the dressing and mix nicely. In a salad plate or bowl, arrange lettuce leaves (keep the lettuce leaves in ice cold water for sometime, so that it will be crunchy)
then arrange the mixed vegetables, beans. Garnish with, non oil, non salt black olives. keep in the refrigerator for 4 hours, then serve.

[Selviem]

Potato Thokku:
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this is not new to everyone, the way i make i will not use much oil in my cooking. This is a favourite dish for my kids and husband.

Potato - 3 medium size, peeled, cut into small cubes. In a vessel keep in water, once it comes to boil, add potato cubes cook till it is 75% done
onion - 2 big, finely chopped
garlic - 6 to 8 cloves finely chopped
ginger - 1 tblsp finely chopped
tomato - 1 big size finely chopped
green chilly - 1 finely chopped
red chilly powder - 1 tsp
garam masala powder 1/4 tsp (optional)
fennel seeds powder - 1/4 tsp (optional)
Both garam masala powder and fennel powder is optional or u can use either one of these.
dhania powder - 1/4 tsp (optional)
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
salt - reqd

Seasoning:

oil - 2 tblsp
kadukku - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
curry leaves - few

In a iron kadai, do the seasoning with the seasoning items, then add onion, garlic, ginger , green chilly fry nicely till onion turns golden brown, cook in the slow fire throughout this procedure. Then add tomato, salt and all the powders, cook for a while, so that it will come like a thick thokku now add the potato cubes, stir nicely so that the potato cubes is covered nicely with the thokku and cook till the potato pieces becomes crispy, this will take nearly 15 to 20 minutes. We need patience, donot stir frequently. This comes nicely in iron kadai. Serve it with sambar rice, curd rice etc