Crispy Puffed Rice Snack with Fried Cashews and Green Peas
In Indian bazaars, it is a familiar sight to see men puffing rice. A sand-filled karai is placed over glowing coals, and when the coarse sand is hot, rice is added. Using a long paddle, the sand is patiently stirred, until one by one, the rice grains pop into long pointed puffs. With nothing more than straining it through a fine sieve, hot puffed rice, called moori, is ready to be sold in recycled newspaper bags. Like everything in...
Soft Cashew-Studded South-Indian Steamed Semolina Breads (Rawa Idli)
Ingredients Split urad dal, soaked in warm water for 2 hours – 2 tbsp Large dried red chili, sliced – 1 Raw cashews, chopped coarsely 2 tbsp Black mustard seeds – 1½ tbsp Ghee – 3 tbsp Coarse semolina – 1¼ cups Baking soda – 1 tsp Paking powder – ¾ tsp Salt – 2 tsp Yogurt – 1¼ cups Warm water – ½ – 1 cup Ghee or oil for greasing the moulds Preparation Heavily oil the...
Kanjeevaram Idli
Ingredients • Par boiled rice – 1 cup • Raw rice – 1 cup • Split black gram or urad dal – ¾ cup • Dried ginger (sukku in Tamil) – small piece • Asafetida – 2 pinch • Cooking soda – pinch (optional) • Salt – as per taste For seasoning: • Mustard – 1 tsp • Urad dal – 1 tsp • Bengal gram – 1 tsp • Chopped cashew nut – 1 big tbsp • Crushed pepper – 1 tbsp • Cumin seed...
Cauliflower and Peas Bhath
Ingredients • Rice – 1 cup • Tomatoes – 3 big • Cauliflower – 1 medium sized • Fresh peas (shelled) – ½ cup • Red chili powder – ½ tsp. • Salt – as required • Garam masala powder – ½ tsp • Finely cut coriander leaves – 1 tbsp • Oil – 2 tbsp • Lemon – 1 Grind Together: • Green chilies – 4 • Ginger – 1 inch piece • (Fry chilies in half tsp. of oil and then grind it...
Sahai Uppama
Ingredients • Cream of wheat – 2 cup • Butter-milk – 2 cup • Coconut milk – 1 ½ cup • Green chilies, chopped – 6 • Urad dal – 2 tbsp • Curry leaf – 5 – 6 • Sugar – 2 tsp • Cashew-nut – 10 -12 • Ghee – 3 tbsp • Oil – 4 tbsp • Asafetida – ½ tsp • Salt – as required Preparation 1. Sift cream of wheat. 2. Roast cream of wheat in 1 tsp Ghee...