Tamarind Rice

Here is the recipe of the sour, hot, spicy Tamarind rice.

All u need...!!!
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1. Basmati Rice - 2 cups
2. Tamrind - 1 cup
3. Mustard - 1 tsp
4. Jeera - 1 tsp
5. Hing - 1 tsp
6. Chenna dhal - 1/2 tsp
7. Curry leaves
8. oil - 4 tsp
9. Red Chilli - 7-8
10. Peanut(optional)
11. Turmeric powder
12. Salt to taste

How u go on making it...
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1. Cook Basmati rice n keep it aside.
2. Soak tamarind and extract thick pulp out of it
3. Heat the pan. then add 3-4 tsp of oil.
4. Add mustard. When it splutters add jeera, hing, red chillies and curry leaves.
5. To the above add a pinch of turmeric powder and the extracted tamarind.
6. Heat the pan till the raw smell of tamarind eases and until it is thick(depends on the consistency of the extract)
7. Once this is done add this extract little by little to the rice along with salt.
8. Depending on the taste add tamarind extract n salt accordingly.
9. Add roasted peanuts.

Serve hot.

Tamarind extract can be refrigerated and stored for about 2-3 weeks.

Lemon Rice

Here goes the traditional south indian lemon rice...My moms recipe
All u need..!!!
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1. Basmati rice - 2 cups
2. Lemon juice - 2tsp (quantity depends on taste)
3. Turmeric powder
4. Mustard - 1tsp
5. Jeera - 1tsp
6. Curry leaves
7. Green chillies
8. Ginger
9. Cliantro
10. Urad dhal - 1/2 tsp
11. Chenna dhal - 1/2 tsp
12. 2 tsp of oil
13. Salt to taste
14. Roasted Peanuts(optional)

How u go on making it....
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1. Cook basmati rice and keep it aside.
2. When rice turns warm add turmeric powder and salt. Mix them well.
3. Add lemon juice to the above and mix well.
3. In a pan heat 2 table spoons of oil.
4. After it turns hot add mustard seeds.
5. Once mustard splutters add jeera, green chill, curry leaves, ginger, urad dhal, chana dhal n fry them until dhal turns brown.
6. Add these to the mixed rice.
7. Mix them well n finally dress it with peanuts & cilantro.

Sever hot with raita or any side dish.

Poli

Poli...1 of the south indian sweet..which we make on Sankaranthi..Ugadhi..Diwali...
My mom makes excellent poli's n now i learnt from her n tried...It came out well...
Here is my moms recipe...

All u need...!!!
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For Stuffing
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1. 1 cup chana dhal (Bengal gram dhal) soaked in water for 2-3 hours and drained.
2. 1 cup jaggery
3. 3/4th cup of Grated coconut
4. 1 1/4 cups of maida flour
5. Cardamon - 2-3 pieces
6. 1 tsp Ghee
7. Pinch of salt
8. 2-3 tsp of oil

How u go on making it...
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1. Pressure cook the chana dhal for 2 whistles. Dont overcook.
2. Add jaggery, coconut, channa dhal and grind them. Dont overgrind to a fine paste. It should be 3/4th ground.
3. Add cardamons to the prepared stuff.
4. Add a pinch of salt to them.
Prepare small balls of this stuffing and keep them aside.

5. For the batter add maida flour, pinch of salt, 2 tsp of oil and enough water to make a soft and sticky dough.

Grease ur hands with oil and take a small portion of the dough and flatten them to the size of ur palm. Now take 1 piece of the stuffing and place it in the middle of the flattened dough and fold them. C that the filling doesnt come out. They should be completely stuffed inside the dough.
Now roll out the dough into thick puris making sure that the filling doesnt come out.

Meanwhile take a non stick tawa. Keep them on a low flame. When it turns hot place the
poli on the tawa pouring ghee around it. Cook on both the sides until brown spots appear.
Serve hot.

Vegetable Cutlet

All thru' the years i've been thinking that cooking is difficult...n then came a day i stepped into the kitchen to try my hands on different recipes...only reason is now tht im married n im forced to..:)..Only after i tried certain dishes did i come to know that cooking is n art..n things seemed to be easier than i imagined...
Now tht i've got the interest in it..trying differnet dishes..sme seems to come out well too..than i imagined...
n sterday was when i tried veg cutlet n to my surprise it seemed to be dam easy n less time consuming...n here u go with the recipe..


All u need..!!!
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For stuffing
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Ur choice of vegetables..I used ..1 big potato, Cauliflower, beans, peas..can add carrot, paneer..
1 big onion chopped
Curry leaves
Green Chilli
Turmeric powder
Red Chilli powder
Garam Masala(Optional ...depends on ur tatste)
Cilantro
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp (optional...depends on ur taste)
Salt to taste
Oil

For Dip
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Maida flour - 4 tsps
water
Bread - 3 pieces

How u go on making it...
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1. Wash, cut and boil all the vegetables.
2. In a non-stick pan add 2 tsp of veg' oil. Add the chopped onions and fry them till golden brown.
3. Add curry leaves along.
4. Add Ginger Garlic paste along with it and fry till the raw smell eases.(This step is optional)
5. Add all the cooked vegetables with the fried onion and keep frying all of them for 5mins in low flame.
6. Add a pinch of turmeric powder and 1 tsp of red chilli powder(amt depends on ur taste).
7.Add 1 tsp of Garam Masala along with the other powder (optional..)
8. Add salt according to ur taste.
9. Keep frying all these for certain time till the raw smell goes.
Keep this stuffing aside n let them cool down.

10. In a bowl add 1 tsp of Maida flour and mix this well with 10 tsp of water.

11. Toast the bread and make bread crumbs by grinding them.

12. Now make small balls using the veg stuff n flatten them. Dip this in the maida flour and then roll them in bread crumbs. Make 4-5 pieces and place them in a roasting sheet and place them in oven in 400F for 45mins or until gloden brown.
U can deep fry them in oil, as u like.
U can also turn balls into different shapes as u wish.

Veg Cutlet is ready. Serve with tomato sauce or pudin chutni.