Kugan's Kitchen Part 2

[Aarthii]

kuganka,thanks for all the non veg recipes.

Akka,i tired ur soya varuval,which u have posted in kugan's thread 1.It came out nicely.we all liked it very much.

I made it as a side dish with ur tomato pulav for yesterday's lunch.rendum nalla irunthathu.Thanks kuganka.

[Aarthii]

kuganka,u have also posted the salna recipe.Thats great.Just now i have also posted.
Yes as u have stated both the recipes are bit different.Am going to try ur method soon.

Kandipa unga methodla taste rombava nalla irukum.

[Aarthii]

Suvaika,am happy that u liked the thuvaiyal recipe.

Thanks for trying it out suvaika.

kandipa ammakitta sollidaren suvaika.She will feel very happy.

[Aarthii]

To be frankly speaking all of our kugank's kitchen family members encouragements and postive feedbacks
are only making me to post new recipes.Am very happy abt that.Thanks a lot all of u.

[kugan98]

Aarthii ma thanks, thanks for all your feedbacks and very nice
compliments about all of us.
We are all very glad that we are all helpful to each other.
Thanks for trying the older recipes.
I am glad Pranay is enjoying his food.
Please sutthi podu for him often.
Take care. Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]

BANANA STEM KUTOO

Ingredients:
2 cups of chopped banana stem
½ cup toor dal
1 small tomato chopped
2 slit green chillies
Little tumeric powder
Salt as needed

To Grind:
3 tsp scrapped coconut
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 green chillie

To Season:
1 tsp oil
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp urad dal
1 dry red chillie broken
1 sprig curry leaves.

Method:
Take watery butter milk in a container.
Apply oil to your palms.
Cut the banana stem in round slices.
Remove gently the fibre sticking to the slices.
Then cut it into small pieces and immediately put them
in the butter milk.

In a pressure cooker add the dal, tumeric powder, tomato and the 2 green chillies, cook for 1 whistle.
After the pressure subsides, remove the lid, add in the squeezed
banana stem pieces. Let it cook on a medium flame so that most of
the water evaporates.

Now add in the ground paste and salt to the dal mixture.
Cook on low heat till the kutoo is dry as required.
In a separate pan add the oil and add the seasoning ingredients.
When the mustard splutters remove from heat and add the seasonings
To the banana stem mixture. Stir nicely.
Remove and serve with rice.

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[kugan98]

Friends, wednesday the 16th is a very auspicious day.
Ammavasai, Angineyar Jeyanthi and Guru perchi,
all on the same day.
In Brickfields in Malaysia they are having Homam at 3.00 a.m
Have to come home in the morning to cook.
banana leaf lunch for Ammavasai.

Suvai nga vaanga I will be making rava payasam and urad dal vadai.

Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

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TAPIOCA WITH COCONUT

Ingredients:
300 grms of tapioca cut into cubes.
Salt to taste
1 sprig curry leaves
1 tsp coconut oil

To Grind:
½ cup scrapped coconut
4 green chillies
3 garlic pips
¼ tsp cumin seeds
3 small shallots
Little tumeric powder
Grind all the ingredients to a coarse paste

Method:
Put the tapioca pieces with enough salt and water in a pot.
Cook till the tapioca is well cooked but not mushy.
Strain all the water.
In the pot now add in the ground paste, and curry leaves.
Cook it on a very slow flame for about 10 minutes.
Stir often while cooking.
Remove, add the coconut oil, stir and serve.

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[kugan98]

[tscii]This recipe looks very simple.
One has to taste it to enjoy.


STEAMED RIPE PLANTAINS

Ingredients:
4 ripe plaintains
1 ½ tbs ghee
½ cup brown sugar

Method:
Wash the plantains and trim off their ends.
Cut them into two- inch long pieces with skin intact.
Heat water in a steamer, place the plantains standing on end
in the steamer insert.
Dot the tops of the pieces with ghee and sprinkle them with
the brown sugar.
Cover and steam until the fruit is cooked through, about 10 minutes.
As they are steamed, the plantains will absorb the melted brown
sugar and ghee. Serve them warm or cold.


Note: Thanks Ammini akka.

BEFORE STEAMING THE FRUIT:

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AFTER STEAMING THE FRUIT:

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[dev]

wow, so many recipes... thanks u K & aarthii...

Suvai,Kugan, Selvi & aarthii, please post your version of murungaikeerai kulambu if it's diff from what I've post...

Aarthii, very glad tht kutti paiyan liked arisiyum paruppu saadham... u can try some variations like adding sombu, pattai,krambu etc... also u can substitute green moong/yellow moong dhal in place of tuvar dhal... ellam nalla irukkum...