Kanchepuram Idli

  Ingredients - For the batter Raw rice - 1 cup Boiled rice -1 cup Whole urad dal - 6 tablespoons [little less than 1/2cup] Curd - 1 tablespoon Salt Ingredients - For tempering Gingelly  Oil - 2 teaspoons Ghee- 2 teaspoons Ginger -2" piece Broken cashew - few Pepper corns - 10 to15 Cumin Seed - 11/2teaspoons Channa dhal  - 2 teaspoons Urad  dhal - 2 teaspoons Mustard seed-1teaspoon Method Wash and soak the rices together for 6 hours. Wash and soak the urad dal for 11/2hours separately. Grind the rice with little...

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Mushroom Matar

Mushroom Matar with pav bhaji masala & half n half..weird?? Nope...its yummy-o-yummy!   Ingredients Button mushroom-6 Frozen peas -1/2cup Half n half milk-3 tablespoons Onion-1 Green chilly-1 Tomatoes-2 Pav bhaji massla-2 teaspoons Turmeric powder-1/8teaspoon Fennel seeds-1/2 teaspoon Salt Oil Method Clean and cut the mushrooms. Chop the onion,green chilly and tomato. Heat oil,add the fennel seeds. Let them splutter, add the onion-g.chilly and fry for a few minues.(till the onions are transparent) Now...

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Phirni /Chawal ki kheer/Rice kheer

Glad to see you all after a break..let me start the blogging with a sweet dish! :)  Ingredients Raw rice /Basmati Rice - 1 fist full Milk -2 cups Water -1/2cup Sugar -1/2cup [adjust to your taste] Cardamom - 2 Ghee -1teaspoon Method Wash the rice, and fry it with a teaspoon of ghee. Once the rice has slightly puffed up, add 1/2 water + 1/2cup milk. Reduce the flame to medium low after the milk started boiling. Stir it occasionally and keep adding milk, 1/4cup at a time, till the rice gets cooked. The quantity of milk may vary...

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