Kugan's Kitchen Part 2

[dev]

Chickpea salad: U can add green chutney instead of the sauce... green chutney is nothing but cori, mint, g.chilly, baby onions, garlic/ginger(any or both),salt & lemon juice ground to a paste... adding boiled cubed potatoes to the chickpea salad adds to the taste in this case...

[Selviem]

kugan,
kugan i make wheat dosa like this.
wheat flour - 1 cup
powdered oats - 1 cup
rice flour - 1/2cup
besan (kadalai maavu) - 1 1/2 tblsp
grated carrot - 1/4 cup
then crushed ginger - 1 tsp
pepper, jeera - coarsely ground - 1 tsp
green chilly - 1 finely chopped
curry leaves - 1 tblsp finely chopped
coriander leaves - 2 tblsp finely chopped

mix with reqd salt and make like rawa dosa, it will be very crispy and very tasty.
same can done with ragi flour instead of wheat flour.
Also for rawa dosa also u can add oats powder. so it is very healthy.

selvi

[kugan98]

kugan,
my salad will not have any dressing. thats why i am not posting, we take ice berg lettuce, cucumber with some unsalted, no oil olives in the afternoon. Also sometimes , we have steamed broccoli with diced tomatoes.
In the night, i do with some sprouts (moong dhal, chick peas (black or white) kidney beans, kollu,etc ) either one of these with shredded cabbage, red,orange,green, yellow bell peppers, little white onion, little tomato, little olives, little corn. this also without salt and no dressing.
we started this habit for past 3 years, still now by god's grace we are eating. But if say suggest to some friends, they are making fun of me. Actually it will be difficult for first week, then u will be used to it. but it is very good for health and filling too. u try it kugan.

selvi

Aiyoh! Selviem ippadi oru healthy salad recipeyai keep pannikkitu,
friends make fun nu sollrengga.
Thanks Selviem, thats why I always tell even if I post any recipe, if you have a little variation of that recipe, please do post.
Lets enjoy a variety of healthy dishes.
Thanks Selviem.

You see you have given me a very good idea to make delicious goduma dosai. Thanks again. Keep posting.
Kugan98

[kugan98]

Dev, thanks a lot for the suggestions for godumai dosa,
and chick peas salad.

I will keep that in mind when I do the next time.

Appuram, the next Thai salads thaan.
I have asked my driver to get me a young papaya.
I will be posting it soon.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Try this Sambar saatham, not so healthy, neither too quick to cook.
You can cook this once in a way, for any potluck.
It will be tasty. Kugan98


SAMBAR SAATHAM
1 cup rice
1 cup toor dal
1 small lime size ball of tamarind
3 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons oil
2 teaspoons ghee
12 red chili peppers
4 green chili peppers
1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
2 teaspoon mustard seeds
12 cashew nuts
1/4 cup grated coconut
Turmeric powder
Curry leaves
Asafoetida

Fry coriander seeds and 6 red chilies fenugreek seeds, and coconut in 2 teaspoons of oil. Cool and powder.

In a large pot bring 2 cups of water to boil. Wash and clean dal and add to the water along with a pinch of turmeric. Wash and drain rice. When the dal is half cooked, add
Vegetables such as , drumsticks carrots, potatoes, chow chow, brinjal etc may be added.

Add 2 to 3 cups of boiling water to the pot and stir in rice. Keep stirring to prevent scorching. Prepare tamarind water by soaking the tamarind in a cup of water. When rice and dal is cooked and most of the water is absorbed, add the tamarind water to the pot along with salt and stir. Cook until most of the water is absorbed. Remove from stove.
(. Add tamarind only after the vegetables have cooked. )


Heat a frying pan and add oil. Season with mustard seeds, red chilies. Add green chilies and curry leaves. Add this to the cooked rice and dal. Fry cashew nuts in ghee, add the powdered masala and stir this into the rice and dal mixture. Dissolve asafoetida in a tablespoon of water and add to the pot. Stir and mix well. Let it cook for a couple of minutes. Remove from stove. Add coriander leaves. When cooled, the dish will attain required consistency.


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[suvai]

ahaaa nice recipes kugan nga.....
salad kandipa try pannitu solren nga.
dev onga salad recipeyum try panitu solren.

[Aarthii]

Selviemka,ur wheatdosa is reallya different one as well as it is healthy too.Thanks for such a healthy and quick dosa recipe ka.

As well as ur way of making salads are also very healthy recipes .Plz do post ur type of salads.

Thanks for the dosa, different & healthy salad ka.

[Aarthii]

kuganka,thanks for the chickpeas salad recipe as well as wheat dosa and sambar sadam.

will try ur smabar sadam soon and will let u know the feedback.

[Selviem]

kugan,
ok fine kugan. today afternoon salad in our house is , one layer of iceberg lettuce(7 big leaves, remove the center part and tear it with hands), on top 2 diced cucumbers, next comes the baby pink radish slices (7 pcs). This will salad will be crunchy and nice to eat. no salt and no dressing. Sometimes my husband will have this with salsa or chilli garlic sauce as a dip.

selvi

[Selviem]

Aarthi,
thanks a lot. ofcourse wheat dosa is healthy and tasty. nobody knows that i added powdered oats in that. Also i prepare chappathi, 1cup whole wheat, 1/3 cup of powdered oats, 1 tsp flax seeds powder mix it with warm water, 1 tblsp of skimmed milk. Chapathi will come very soft. Here i dont add salt.Finally after the dough is ready i add 2 to 3 drops of oil. keep this for 1/2 hour and make chapathi. It will come very nice.
selvi