KUGAN'S KITCHEN PART 3

[kugan98]

Madhu, thanks for trying the oats upma.
Madhu, the upma will not be that uthir uthir.
Neither will the upma be very soggy.

When you cook the oats you should use little water.
As the moong dal too will have little liquid in it.

Try dry roasting the oats before doing the upma.
Let us know how your usli turned out.
Thanks. Madhu. Kugan98

[sonu gopi]

I hope you like the spinach rasam.
I have posted lemon rasam somewhere.
I will and see and post the link.

All the best with your dinner on the 19th.
Take care Suja. Kugan98

There are so many varieties of rasam for us to choose from....aren't we lucky?? Have you given us the recipes for Nandu resam and the Parupu rasam as well? I have never made this resams b4 but would love to try it out if you could oblige Mrs Kugan..!!

[kugan98]

[tscii]Since the children are home for holidays,
Have to do something to please them.


SET DOSAI

Ingredients:

3 cups raw rice
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
¾ cup urad dal
¾ cup rice flakes or aval
Salt.

Method:
Soak the rice, urad dal and fenugreek seeds for 4 hours.
Just before grinding, soak the rice flakes for 20 minutes.

Add all the ingredients and grind the mixture to a dosai batter.
Add the salt, mix well and allow to ferment for about 8 hours.

Heat a dosai kal. Pour a ladle full of the batter on the kal.
Do not spread the batter. It will spread by itself.
It will look like a small pancake.
Drizzle little oil around the dosai.
You can see lot of bubbles on the surface.
Cook on low heat, flip to the other side and cook also.
Serve with any chutney or vegetable sagu.
This will be a soft spongy dosai.

Note: You need not flip over the dosai, if you do not like it.
Some people like to add curds and also eno fruit salt to make the dosai more spongy.


The Set Dosais Cooking:

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The Cooked Set Dosais

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[kugan98]

SAGU FOR SET DOSAI


Ingredients

1/2 cup fresh peas.
1/2 cup chopped carrots
1/2 cup cauliflower florets
1/2 cup diced potatoes
2 teaspoons oil
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1 onion sliced
salt to taste

To Grind:

1 tablespoon roasted channa dal
1 teaspoon poppy seeds
2 tablespoons grated coconut
3 green chillies
1 handful of cilantro
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
2 cloves
1 small piece of cinnamon

Method:
Heat little oil, and saute the green chillies,cloves, cinnamon.
add in the coriander seeds, and cumin.

Now add the other ingredients and grind the masala to a fine paste with just a little water. Keep aside

Now heat a pot, add oil to it. Splutter mustard seeds add the sliced onions. Saute well. Now put all the fresh veggies stir fry for 5 mins.

Add little water and cook till soft. Once the veggies are cooked add the ground masala. Mix the gravy well.

Add more water and bring to a boil. add salt to taste. The consistency should be creamy and thick.


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[sonu gopi]

Sonu, what happened to you?
Long time you are missing.
I just thought of you today, so long life for you.

Try the salsa and see, sometimes it will not be as tasty
as the store bought one. Since she is used to the salsa.
We all liked it, even my friend Selviem liked it.
So try Sonu and see.

Please come often, at times I miss you all very much
Take care. Kugan98

Yes I know Kugan....I have been hibernating and by the time I decided to look thru the recipes its far ahead from where I left....

My BIL passed away and I was so busy and upset that I forgot everything around me. My MIL is badly hit by the sudden demise of her youngest son and I had to be with her all the time taking her out to keep her mind a little free/relaxed. She is slowly coming in terms with our life cycle but kept saying why God had to keep her longer when her son needs it more..... I do understand her situation.....coz no parents would like to see any one of their children to go first b4 them... life is really such a sad tale...

Coming into the threads like this makes us forget most of our sorrows......thanks to you dear..!! :

[sonu gopi]

Dear Sonu, I can post the recipe for nandu rasam,
but what is paru rasam? Is it parupu rasam?
Let me know I will post it for you.
Thanks. Kugan98

Aiyo Kugan....I swallowed the "pu" at the tail end.... its parupu.....

[Madhu Sree]

The Cooked Set Dosais

K, I will definetely try it out soon

[sonu gopi]

Thanks for the Set Dosai Kugan. Why do they call it dosai when it looks like appam...

Btw can we add aval while making our normal dosai? What is the measurement we can follow? I do not like sour dosai...will aval make the dosai sour?

[kugan98]

Sonu I feel very sorry for your mother-in-law.
I know the pain she must gone through seeing her son no more.
Sometimes its difficult to understand Gods ways or "leelaikal"
Pray that his soul rests in peace.

Sonu, I dreamt of you yesterday, thats why I told you
I was thinking about you.

You looked a bit plump, fair with shoulder length curly hair.
You had a round face with little pimple marks on your cheek.
I asked you who are you and you told Sonu.
I chided you for being away from the Kugan's thread so long.
You just smiled. Do you look like that?
Sorry if I am wrong
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

Sonu, I am an expert in parupu rasam,
I will surely post the recipe for you.

I will have a word with my aunt before I answer
your question about adding aval to normal dosai.
Aval will not make dosais sour.
Do not let the flour ferment long time if you do not like sour dosai.

Thanks. Kugan98