Rava Idli

Rava Idli 
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Idli Rava -2 cups
Curd ( not too sour) sufficient enough to wet rava
mustard -1/2 tspn
Urad dhal -1/2 tspn
chanadhal or pottu kadala  -few
Red chillies slit -2 nos
curry leaves -few
chopped dhaniya leaves -few
Chopped carrot -2 tspn
small onion -2 tspn chopped
oil and salt as required
a pinch of cooking Soda.

Heat the rava in a nonstick pan just to warm them. Mix the curd and keep it aside. In a pan heat some oil, crack mustards, urad dhaal, chana dhal and add red chillies, onion, curry leaves and saute . once it is cool add to the rava mix and add chopped carrots and dhaniya leaves too.. mix using hand so that no lumps are formed. Can add water if required. Add salt too. finally mix a pinch of cooking soda into it.

Smear oil on idli pates ,pour this batter on the moulds and steam cook immediately or within 1/2 hr time. Dont keep this batter for long hrs as rava gets soggy and wont taste that good. .Serve hot with spicy chutney or sambhar.

Cherupayar Dosa -Green gram dosa

Conceived the idea from a friend of mine and made it according to my own taste. My Recipe goes like this:

1cup green gram whole allowed to spout
1/4 cup urad dhal.
soaked this for 1 hr. grinded the whole thing together with 1/2 inch ginger piece .allowed to ferment for 5 hrs. Made dosas out of the batter.

Soft dosas with garlic chutney

How to make soft dosas:
Using the same batter for dosa u can make this soft dosas. Pour one laddle of batter on medium heat tava.Do not spread too much.. make a small circle. Wait till bubbles pop up.. Before the upper side is fully cooked slowly turn the other side. This will help the lower side become softer and correctly cooked.. keep it for 2-3 secs and u can take it out.

Ingredients for garlic chutney:

Grated Coconut -1 cup
Garlic -3 cloves
small onion -3 nos
ginger 1 small piece
dry chillies -5
curry leaves-3-4 leaves
salt , oil and mustard as reqd
In a small kadai heat some oil and saute for 2- 3 secs onion, garlic, ginger ,dry chillies and curry leaves (no need to chop as we are grinding it anyways).
Grind it with coconut and reqd amt of salt in a mixer. Crack some mustard seeds in oil and pour it over the chutney. Believe me this is really yummy..

Rava Dosai

How to make crispy dosa out of Rava or semolina or suji ? Try this easiest recipe. It requires lot of patience and dont worry if it is a filure in the first time. You can get it right in the next time. Serve hot for better taste .If kept for a long time it will become soggy.

Crispy Rava dosa
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Procedure of making the batter is same except that While making rava dosa the batter has to be very much loose in consistency. so pour lavish amount of water and also have to mix the batter thoroughly every time u try to pour the batter.
Smear some oil on the pan, pour the batter over the pan using a katori. (dont use the laddle to spread. as the batter is too much watery it will spread by itself or slightly tilt the sides to get enough spreading. Add generous amount of ghee or oil and serve hot .

Cucumber dosa

You can see different varieties of dosas under this label.. This one is a unique variety called cucumber dosa. sounds healthy?? ah? so lets see how to make this.Tried this after tasting it from "Maiya's in Bangalore.

 
(grated cucumber on top of deep roasted dosas in ghee)

For the dosa batter:
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Soak 1/2 cup urad dhal and 1& 1/2 cup dosa rice separately for few hrs. Add a tspn of methi seeds to urad dhal. Grind seperately the dhal and rice . while grinding rice add 1/2 cup of poha too. Mix both the batters nicely using hand (while mixing do it in up n down strokes and not in circular motions as this will help in proper mixing as well giving good aeration.) Allow it to ferment overnight. Make dosas as normal.Add grated cucumber (peeled ) on top. pour 1/2 tspn of ghee around the sides of dosa and drizzles of ghee on top ..wait till cooked properly and Serve hot with chutney/sambhar.

Crispy Dried prawns

One more easier recipe from me..  

Dried prawns 1 cup
Onion -1 big
Curry leaves -few
Garlic- 10 cloves
Green chillies- slit into halves -2-3 nos
Red chillipowder -1/2 tspn

Method
Wash the prawns  and pat dry. In a kadai heat some oil and add the dried prawns. dry roast till crispy. keep on sauting to avoid charring. once it is half done add sliced onions, garlic, and green chillies. saute well. no need for the onion to turn crispy .just removing the raw smell is enough. 

Add the chilli powder and little salt. (remember in mind that the dried prawns itself have salt ocntent so no need to add more) ad curry leaves saute for a few seconds and serve hot with ric.
yummiest dry prawns.

Ginger Garlic fried Rice

Ginger garlic Fried Rice - with Egg malai and dried prawn fry
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A healthy rice recipe which is very tasty and I guess its a must try due to its goodness and taste.

Ingredients:
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Rice- 1 cup
Water -2 1/2 cups
Soak rice for 1/2 hr and cook rice in normal manner with salt.

Ginger -1/2 inch
Garlic -cloves of 1 pod full (small)
grind these coarsely in a mixer
Dhaniya leaves-few
Red chillies -3
soya sauce - few drops

Oil -1 tspn
Ghee-1 tspn

Heat oil and ghee in a kadai and add red chillies , saute for a while. Add ginger garlic mixture to this saute for few secs. Now add rice and drizzle few drops of soya sauce and mix well. Garnish with chopped dhaniya leaves.Cover for sometime and serve.