Kugan's Kitchen Part 7

[kugan98]

VEGETARIAN THAI GREEN CURRY

Ingredients:

4 tbs Thai green curry paste
400 ml coconut milk
½ cup water

1 cup Chinese cabbage shredded
½ cup carrot cut into sticks
½ cup red capsicum cut into strips
½ cup button mushrooms sliced
½ cup baby corn cut into fingers
½ cup tofu cubes, that have been pan fried

1 tbs fish sauce or to taste
Little palm sugar to taste
Salt to taste

¼ cup Thai basil leaves
1 fresh green chillie diagonally sliced

Method:
In a pot, add in the coconut milk, water and green curry paste.
Stir well and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes.

Now add in all the vegetables, seasonings and simmer for about 5 minutes.
Cook until the vegetables are cooked and not mushy.
Turn off the heat, sprinkle the Thai basil and the green chillies.
Serve with steaming jasmine rice.


NOTE: You can add in chicken pieces , or sea food if you like.


THANKS TO THE NET FOR THE PICTURE:

[kugan98]

Dear friends, do you all remember the sponge cake that got " oothikichi "
Made fun by my little one?
Well I have got an perfect cake this time.

Try it out friends. Kugan



EGGLESS SPONGE CAKE

225 grms all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda

400 ml condensed milk
100 grms melted butter
4 tbs well beaten yogurt
2 tsp vanilla essence

200 ml milk

Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
Grease and flour a 9 inch baking pan.

Sieve the flour, baking powder and baking soda 3 times.
In a bowl, whisk the melted butter and the condensed milk.
Add in the yogurt and vanilla essence.
Whisk again until you get a smooth mixture.

Now add 1/3 of the flour , to the butter-milk mixture and fold slowly.
Then add a little bit of the milk and fold again.
In this way, add the flour and milk alternatively, until the entire flour is finished.
Be careful with the milk, the consistency should be dropping only.
YOU NEED NOT ADD ALL THE MILK

Pour the mixture into the greased cake pan.
Bake for about 30 minutes or till the cake is cooked.
Remove and cool for 10 minutes before removing from tin.
A very nice cake to ice for birthdays, it slices well.



THE SPONGE CAKE:




SEE HOW IT CUTS:



NEAT SLICES:

[Madhu Sree]

Madhu Sree, dan,danu recipes er shoot pannureengga.
Very simple, and nice change from the usual rice dosai.
I am sure it will taste yummy with a nice special chutney.
Thanks Madhu for every thing. Keep writing.

Madhu, I remember posting a similar besan dosai, recipe given by my friend.
She calls it Chilla, but the ingredients are little different.
She has added little grated veges into the batter.
Let me locate and repost it.
Thanks and take care, Kugan

Hi K... veetla thaniyaa irukken, pozhudhu pogala adhaan ipdi
I usually make this as a side dish main dishaavum seyyalam as u said it will taste very good with chutney...

[Madhu Sree]

Guys,

veetla mixie laam illa... kai odanjaapla irukku... if u hv any recipe (gravy type without anything to grind n put), please post it.
Grind pannaama endha recipe seyyalaamnu think panni think panniye grey hair vandhiduchu

[Madhu Sree]

Today I prepared this yummy milagu kozhambu(chettinad kind of style). Please try this, it tastes yummy...
My aunt use to prepare this.

Potato Milagu kuzhambu:

Onion: 1
Tomato: 2 medium
Potato - 4 small ones or 1 big one or 2 medium ones
Red Chilli - 3 long one
Garlic - 4 - 5
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
Curry powder - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Tamarind - kuttiyaaa oru lemon ball size.
Mustard seeds
Channa dal - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves.
Oil

Method:

Extract nearly 3/4th cup of tamarind juice. Fine chop onion and tomato. Chop potato to have medium slices.
Heat a wok with oil. Put mustard seeds and let it splutter. Add channa dal fry till it turns brown.
Now add red chillies and garlic. Fry for 1/2 minute, then add onion, fry till it turns brown.
Add tomato, fry till it becomes little mushy. Now, add salt, and the remaining powders, give a good mix.
Add coriander leaves, potato, and 1 cup of water. Let it cook for 5 minutes. Now, add the tamarind water and mix well.
Keep it for about 10 - 15 minutes. The milagu kuzhambu is ready to eat.Mix with hot rice and eat. .

posted a pic taken when i was packing it in my lunch box pic may not be attractive...

[Madhu Sree]

The thai green curry looks tempting K, am happy that there is nothing to grind. Have to try this . Thanks.

[crazy]

Dear Crazy, thanks for your nice post.
Well at times my conscious will keep me awake, saying that I have not posted,
anything in the forum. So I will be up and start doing my job
Moreover, I am up every day at 4.a,m in the morning.
Enough time for prayers, cooking for take away lunch for school.
Sending the kids out by 6.30 in the morning.
This is my daily routine. Thanks and take care. Kugan.


Crazy, I love your stupid questions.
At times they are very useful to many.
Crazy, you can just grind ginger and garlic seprately and keep in the fridge and use.
Or you can do it as I do.
Here is the method:


.GINGER GARLIC PASTE:

300 grms garlic pearls cleaned and dry. (Use freshly peeled garlic)
200 grms ginger cleaned cut and dry
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp kosher salt
3 tbs vegetable oil or more.

Method:
Heat the oil in a pan till very hot. Keep aside to cool.
In a food processor, or mixie pluse all the remaining ingredients.
Slowly keep on adding the oil till all the ingredients are well mixed.
Remove and store in a GLASS container with an airtight lid.
It will stay good for a month or more.
It will not turn green.


Store it in the refrigerator . Use only a dry spoon.
Immediately put it back in the fridge after using.
Turmeric and oil serve as natural preservatives.

Wonderful! Thanks for the recipe, akka! From now on I will make the paste and keep it for a month in the fridge!

[Roshan]

Madhu Sree, many thanks for the spinach rice recipe. I tried it today for lunch and also made the same for dinner. It was lovely. Very easy to make and quite healthy too..

[Madhu Sree]

Madhu Sree, many thanks for the spinach rice recipe. I tried it today for lunch and also made the same for dinner. It was lovely. Very easy to make and quite healthy too..

welcome roshan, ya it is very easy and healthy... try this milagu kuzhambu too, today I had for lunch, it was really good...

[Ramrish]

Kugan,eggless cake looks yummy..always love eggless bakes..have tried eggless cake using condensed milk but without yogurt..have to try this..