Pakavada (Ribbon Fritters)

Ingredients :

* Rice flour - 2 cups
* Besan flour - 1 cup
* Salt - 1/4 tbl spoon
* Turmeric powder - 1/4 tbl spoon
* Asoefatida powder - a pinch
* Chilli powder - 1/2 tbl spoon
* water to make dough
* Oil

 Dough Preparation :

* Mix rice flour and besan flour in a bowl.
* Add salt, turmeric powder, Asoefatida poder and chilli powder in to the flour.
* Kneed the flour by adding water little by little until you get a smooth dough.
* Fill the seva/idiyappam mould with dough. Make sure you change the disc of seva to the narrow slit one.

Making Pakavada :

* Heat oil in a pan.
* Press the dough in to the hot oil and deep fry.
* Turn over the Pakavada to other side when it's cooked.
* Drain out the excess oil and serve.

                  Yummy Pakavada is ready to eat !!! Enjoy the snack.

Chana Dal Pancake ....For Sweet Lovers !!!!

Ingredients :-

Chana Dal : 1/2 cup
Sugar : 200 gms
Milk : 1/2 cup
Egg : 3
Salt
Cardamom Crushed : 3

Raw Cashew and Raisins 

Method :-

* Cook chana dal in a pressure cooker with a pinch of salt.
* Blend well the ingredients (dal, sugar, cardamom,egg and milk)
* Heat a pan and fry the cashew and raisins.
* In the same pan pour the blended mixture, cover it and cook for 15 minutes in a low flame.
* Spread cashew and raisins on the top once it start rising up.
* Transfer the pancake in to serving plate and cut in to small pieces.

Dried Prawns Chammanthi

Ingredients :-

Dried Prawns : 50 gm
Grated Coconut : 1/2 cup
Shallots : 3
Dry Red Chillies : 4
Ginger chopped : 1 tbl spoon
Tamarind : 1 small piece
Oil : 1 tblspoon
Curry leaves
Salt

Method of preparation :-

Heat oil in a pan and add dry red chillies, shallots, ginger and at last prawns. Saute for 2 minutes. Grind all the ingredients together without water. Prawns chammanthi is ready to eat. It goes well with rice.

New Year Cake @ Home

Ingredients :-

2 cups of all purpose flour
1 cup of corn flour
1 tb sp of baking powder
1 tb sp of  vanilla essence
3 cups of powdered sugar
1/4 cup of melted butter
3 Eggs

Method :-

• Seperate the egg white and yolk in to two different bowls
• Beat egg yolk by adding sugar and vanilla essence using a mixer or whisk until it turns to a consistent dough. set aside
• Beat egg white by adding a little sugar until it forms a snow texture.
• Add beaten yolk, mixture of all purpose flour and baking powder, corn flour and melted butter to the egg white.
• Mix gently. Do not over mix.
• Pour the batter to the cake mould and bake.

Icing :-

2 egg white
1 cup of powdered sugar
1 cup of butter
1/2 cup of cocoa powder

• Beat egg white by adding sugar until it makes a snow texture.
• Mix butter.
• For chocolate icing, mix cocoa powder with sugar and melted butter.

Happy New Year

Bell pepper Curry

Ingredients :-

1 Red Bell pepper chopped
2 Tbsp of tamarind juice
1 chopped onion
3 Dry red chillies
1/2 cup of chopped tomato
1 Tbsp of turmeric powder
Cumin seeds

Method :-

• Heat oil in a pan. Splutter mustard seeds, then add cumin seeds, dry red chillies, curry leaves and onion. Fry it.
• Add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, bell pepper, salt and tamarind juice. Allow it to cook by adding a little water.
• Once it is done, allow it to cool. Blend the mixture.

Masala Bread Snack

Ingredients :-

4 loaves of bread
1 Sliced Onion
1 Chopped  Tomato
I Tbsp of Grated Ginger
Chopped Garlic
Chilli powder
Turmeric powder
Coriander powder
Meat masala
Oil
Salt


 Method :-

•  Heat oil in a pan. Add ginger, garlic, onion and tomato. Saute well.
• Add all the powders and salt. Mix it.
• Spread this masala on one loaf of bread and cover with another loaf.
• Cut the bread diagonally and serve.