Kugan's Kitchen Part 2

[kugan98]

Thanks Selviem, me too once in a way do the pongal.
I am sure the family will enjoy variates when we do.
Thanks for the instant sweet dish too.
Take care. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Thanks Aarthii, for your nice feed backs.
You are just like me, I too will try out recipes
that come my way. Keep up Aarthii.
Take care. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Thanks Suvai nga.
Aamma engeh pooitingga?
Missing for some time, are you o.k?
Take care Suvai nga. Kugan98

[dev]

I tried a variation to the usual fried rice by adding few drops of lemon grass oil & it turned out to be so flavourful... maybe I should try LG oil in place of LG for thai curries...

[kugan98]

Try it out Dev, and let us know.
It will be very useful to people who cannot get fresh
lemon grass. Thanks, Dev. Kugan98

[kugan98]

A friend asked me as to why her upma is always very
kola-kola. She wants it to be uthir uthir.
I told her that we can make the upma in two consistency.
The very soft upma is normally served with kara chutney, or any hot chutney. I think it is also called bath.
The uthir uthir one is normally served with a sprinkling of sugar, banana or even with some gravy.
The trick in getting a good upma is to roast the rava with little ghee
until you get a very good aroma.

I am posting the two versions of the upma.


Rava Uppuma

Ingredients:

1 cup rava roasted nicely with little ghee
1/2 inch ginger chopped
1 onion chopped
3 green chillies chopped
Salt to taste
2 cups of water

To temper:
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp channa dal
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tbs ghee or oil
Lemon juice to taste optional

Method:
Heat a wok with ghee or oil. Add in the mustard seeds
Urad dal, channa dal, and curry leaves.
Saut nicely. Now add in the onions , ginger and green chillies.
Stir nicely , when the onions are a little brown add in 2 cups
Of water and salt. Let the mixture boil.
When it boils, slow the fire and add the rava little by little
Stirring all the time. See that no lumps are formed.
Stir nicely and see that the rava is cooked.
Remove from stove, sprinkle little lime juice if you like.
Serve with kara chutney

NOTE: If you want uthir- uthir uppuma, use only 1 cup of water for1 cup of rava As soon as you mix everything, keep the flame very very small.
Cover the wok and let it cook in its steam for a while. Then remove
The cover and break up the lumps nicely. They will be uthir uthir.

Another way is to add chopped carrot, capsicum, green peas and any
Vege of your choice to make vegetable uppuma. You can garnish with coriander leaves.


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[kugan98]

LEMON RICE NOODLES

Ingredients:

2 cups dry rice noodles or freshly made iddiappams (string hoppers)
cup frozen green peas
cup grated carrot
1 tbs peanuts
1 tbs chana dal
2 green chillies finely chopped
1 sprig curry leaves
tsp mustard seeds
tsp tumeric powder
1 tbs lemon juice
1 tbs oil
A pinch of asafetida
Salt to taste

Method:

Take enough water in a pot, add salt and boil.
When it begins to boil, add the rice noodles.
Turn the heat off. Keep it covered for 10 minutes.
Drain and keep aside. Let it cool. Skip this step if using iddiappams.



Heat oil in a wok, add the mustard seeds, chana dal,
And peanuts. When they turn lightly brown, add
The green chillies, asafoetida powder, curry leaves
And peas. Saute for a few minutes.
Add the rice noodles. Mix well.
Turn the heat off. Add the carrot and enough lime juice.
Stir nicely, check for seasoning. Serve hot


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[dev]

will ry it out soon Kugan...

Here r few more eggless cakes/cookies for u... http://food.sify.com/search_results/eggless/

[kugan98]

Dev, you are a gem, taking so much trouble for me.
I have to try out these cakes.
I only know one or two types of eggless cakes that are foolproof.
Thanks again Dev. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Another of DEV'S healthy recipe.



Mushroom curry.

Ingredients
10 large button mushrooms, each cut into 4
1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
2 tablespoons onion paste
1 teaspoon tomato puree
1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
3 tablespoons curds
1/4 teaspoon garam masala
1 tablespoon oil
Salt to taste
For garnish
2 tablespoons chopped coriander

Method
1. Heat the oil in a pan, add the ginger-garlic paste and the onion paste and saute for some time.
2. Add the tomato puree and chilli powder and stir for some time.
3. Add the mushrooms and saute till they are tender.
4. Finally, add the curd, garam masala and salt. Mix well.
5. Garnish with coriander and serve hot with chapathi

Instead of onion paste,tomato paste & gin-gar paste i chopped everything & sauted onion,gin ,gar in 1 tsp oil...& then added tomatoes..cooked for a min...took off the flame & let cool...& the ground it with chilli powder & added back to the pan & let boil for a while with little water & proceeded as given in the recipe. This way we can reduce the consumption of oil.Remember not to cook for a long time afer adding the curd...just mix it & take off flame...


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