Coconut Rice
Ingredients • Rice (Sona masoori or Basmati) (uncooked) – 1 cup • Coconut (grated) – 1 ½ cup • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp • Urad dal – ½ tsp • Cumin seeds – ½ tsp • Chana dal (kadalai paruppu) – 1 ½ tsp • Peanuts – 2 tsp • Cashew nuts – 10 – 12 • Red chilies – 3 (broken) • Green Chilies (Slit length-wise) – 3 • Curry leaves – 1 or 2 sprigs • Hing – a pinch • Coriander leaves...
Ribbon Pakoda
Ingredients • Rice flour – 1 cup • Besan (chickpea flour) – ¼ cup • Butter (unsalted) – ¼ tsp • Asafetida – ½ tsp • Chili powder – 1-2 tsp • Salt – as required • Oil for deep frying Preparation 1. Heat the oil for deep frying in a wide saucepan. 2. Mix rice flour, besan, chili powder, asafetida. 3. Cut the butter into small pieces,...
Masala Peanuts
Ingredients • Raw groundnuts – 1 cup • Besan – 2tbsp • Rice flour – 2 tsp • Red chili powder – 1 tsp • Salt – as required • Oil – 4-5 tsp Preparation 1. Smear water on groundnuts and make it completely wet. 2. Mix together besan, rice flour, chili powder, and salt. 3. Sprinkle mixture over the wet groundnuts and shake the vessel very well for them to get a...
Ulundu kozhukkattai
Ingredients For the outer covering • Rice flour – 1½ cups • Cooking oil – 2 tsp. • Salt – a pinch • Water – 3 cups For the stuffing • Urad dal – ¼ cup • Grated coconut – 2 tbsp • Green chilies – 1 or 2 • Salt – as required • Oil – 1 tbsp. • Mustard seeds – 1tsp. • Urad dal – 1tsp. • Hing...
Tomato Coconut Soup
Ingredients • Tomatoes – 1 ½ kilo • Coconut – 1 • Pepper powder – 1 tsp • Salt – as required • Soaked rice – 1 tbsp • Water – 3 cups • Corn flour – 1 tbsp • Butter – 1 tbsp • Sugar – 1 tbsp • Milk – 1 cup Preparation 1. Add one cup of water to the grated coconut, liquidize and strain. 2. In the coconut add milk...