Saturday, April 30, 2011

Mango pickle

Ingredients:
Mango-1 big
chilly powder-1/4 tespoon
salt -1/2 tespoon
musterd-1/4 tespoon
oil-1 tespoon

Method:
1.cut the mango in small pices
2.then add chilly powder and  salt
3 mix alltogether in a bowl
4.take the pan  and seasoning the oil in musterd turn off the stove
5.put the mango pickle it is tasty.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Quick Eggplant Fry

Ingredients:
Eggplant - 1 1/2 Lb
Onion - 1 big
Tomato - 1 big
Chilli powder
Dhaniya powder (or Sambhar powder) - 3 spoons
Salt to taste

Preparation:
1. Take a pan and add two spoons of oil. Add mustard seeds, urad daal and cumin seeds for seasoning.
2. Add the cut onion and stir till the onion turns light brown
3. Then add the eggplant and stir for a few minutes
4. Add the tomato at the end and stir in medium heat.
5. Add chillipowder, salt and dhaniya powder
6. Stir till the eggplant becomes soft.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Paruppu payasam

   Paruppu payasam is one of my quick to make sweet that my family loves to have on a special occassion or even on any sundays. It is simple to make and hope you enjoy :)

Ingredients:
Moong daal - 1 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup (I generally use half-and-half or regular milk is okay too)
Jaggery - 1 cup
Cardomom - a few
Cashew - a few
Ghee - 3 tsps

Preparation:
1. Boil the moong daal in water for about 15 minutes (when I use pressure cooker, I let it go for 1 whistle),
2. Add jaggery powder to the boiling daal,
3. Add cardomom powder and milk to the above
4. Take a pan and fry the cashew in the ghee,
5. Add the fried cashew to the moong daal mixture above
    
Serve hot and add sugar if you need more sweet. Yummy payasam is ready !!