Kugan's Kitchen Part 7

[dev]

K, ur fried rice looks so yummy...

Cucumber raita is a must try...I can have it as such....

[madhu]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8481218...ream/lightbox/

innaikku senja sesame rice picture post senja... yen theriyala ? yaarachum saptuttangala ?

[kugan98]

Kugan's Kitchen is offering this ellu saatham to Goddess Lakshmi.
Begging her to save all her Kugan's Kitchen's children, who are in India,
from dengue, chicken gunya , floods and the terrible current cuts.
Thanks ma





ELLU SAATHAM

Ingredients:

1 cup white rice cooked with salt and allow to cool

Dry roast and powder little coarsely:
1 tsp urad dal
2 dried red chillies
2 tbs white sesame seeds
2 tbs grated coconut (optional )

1 tbs oil
2 tbs peanuts
½ tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves

Method:
Heat the oil in a pan, add in the mustard seeds and allow to crackle.
Add in the peanuts and fry till roasted.
Add in the curry leaves, stir fry for a second.

Put the cooked rice in a big bowl.
Pour the tempering over the rice.
Add in all the powdered ingredients.
Give a good stir, and let the rice absorb all the flavours.
Offer to God and then enjoy.

[kugan98]

Kuganji..

sesame rice / எள்ளு சாதம் is available as prasadam in many Perumal temples on purattasi saturdays.
Its an offering to Devi on navarathri saturdays by my mom.

Madhu aanaa, I wanted you to post the recipe of your version of ellu saatham.
Aannaa, neenga supro super speedla padam potitinga.
Thanks aanaa, take care, Kugan

[kugan98]

K, I've had ellu saadham from our college canteen during my UG days... I used to hate it as it will have a slightly bitter taste...but on days we go late to the canteen, we'll get only this ellu saadham... guess it was on the hate list of many...adhaan kadaisiya ponaalum ellu saadham irukkum... Anyway, if ur aunt gives a recipe, it should be good... so try senju paarunga... canteen cooks are mostly ok-ok cooks,.adhanaal namma avanga senjadhai saapititu mudivukku vara koodathu...

Dev, I have posted my aunt's version of ellu saatham.
Aannaa konjam bayama irukku
Hope it is not like your canteen version.

Imm I too like cucumber raitha very much.
Thanks and take care, Kugan

[madhu]

Ayyang... my version is very very simple and Dev may come with a stick to beat.

ELLU SAADHAM

Ingredients:

1 cup cooked rice

Dry roast and powder little coarsely:
1 tsp urad dal
3 dried red chillies
3 tbs black sesame seeds ( karuppu ellu )
2 sprig curry leaves
pinch of asafoetida
salt to taste

1 tbs ginelly oil (nallennai)

Method:

Pour the gingelly oil in the cooked rice and then
add all the powdered ingredients..

Stir well. Garnish with few curry leaves
அம்புட்டுதேன்.. இது ரொம்ப ஜிம்பிள் குகன்ஜி !

[rose75]

Kuganka, thanks for the nice and simple ellu rice. You are great, praying for all your friends in India.
You have a very big heart Kuganka.
Thanks Madhu for you too for the recipe. Color of black ellu looks nice.

[dev]

Thanks K and Madhu anna... our canteen ellu saadham used to look exactly like Madhu anna's...

K and others, if u have a good recipe for curry leaves chutney and curry leaves kuzhambu, curry leaves rice pls post it... I feel really bad to see the curry leaves from our plants go unused...

[rajraj]

K and others, if u have a good recipe for curry leaves chutney and curry leaves kuzhambu, curry leaves rice pls post it... I feel really bad to see the curry leaves from our plants go unused...

Dev: Aunty suggests that you dry the leaves in microwave and powder it for later use in almost every dish you make!

[nithishri]

Dev: Aunty suggests that you dry the leaves in microwave and powder it for later use in almost every dish you make!

Very nice tip rajraj. My mom always dries the curry leaves during summer and powder it. And I can bet any dish that curry leaves powder is added tastes yummy