Kesari Bhath
Ingredients • Plain rice – 1 cup • Sugar – 1 ¼ cup • Water – ¼ cup • Ghee – 1 tbsp • Saffron – little • Milk – 1 tbsp • Saffron • Cardamom powder – a pinch • Broken cashew nuts – 1 tbsp • Raisins – 1 tbsp • Kesari powder – as required (Food color) Variation: • In place of sugar, candied sugar which is powdered well can be used. Reduce powdered sugar candy to ¾ cup or 1 cup as...
Kara Vadai
Ingredients • Idli Rice – 4 cups • Raw Rice – ¼ cup • Black Gram – 1 cup • Green Chilly – 2 (finely chopped) • Curry Leaves – few • Orange Food Color – 1 pinch (if u need more color, you can add accordingly) • Salt – to taste • Oil Preparation 1. Soak Idli rice and raw rice together for an hour in water. 2. Soak black gram separately in another bowl for half an hour. 3. Wash the rice and grind...
Salted Rice
Ingredients • Leftover cooked rice – 2 cups • Preserved chilies – 3 or 4 (Vatral) • Salt – as required • Oil – 1 ½ tbsp • Cashewnuts – 3 to 4 For Seasoning: • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp • Bengal gram dhal – ½ tsp Preparation 1. Break chili into 2 or 3 pieces. 2. Squeeze water from rice, add salt and mix well. 3. Heat oil, add mustard...
Upma Kozhakattai
Ingredients • Plain rice – 1 cups • Tuvar dal – 2 Tbsp • Pepper seeds – 1 tbsp • Grated coconut – 1 cup • Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp • Split urad dal – 1 tsp • Red chilies – 3-4 • Salt as required • Curry Leaves – 4-5 • Asafetida a pinch • Oil – 2 tsp Preparation 1. Soak Plain rice and Tuvar dal for about 20 minutes wash...
Vangi Bhath – II
Ingredients • Long variety rice – 1 cup • Tender brinjals – ¼ kilo • Green chilies – 3 • Tomatoes – 3 or 4 • Oil – 2 to 3 tbsp • Salt – as required • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp. • Curry leaves – few Grind Together: • Red chilies – 6 • Cloves – 2 • Cinnamon – small piece • Ginger –...