More Kozhambu

This is one of my mom's dish ! so my fav too. Most bachelors will like this simply because it tastes better after couple of days. I prefer to make it on a weekend and enjoy the whole week. Not much cooking to do ! A boon for the lazy people! And it goes well with a King Fish fry...yummy !

Ingredients

For Grinding

2 small cups of grated coconut

2 red chillies

1/2 spn jeera (cumin)

1/2 spn pepper corn (mizhagu)

1/2 spn raw rice

1/2 spn toor dal

1 garlic

small piece of ginger (1/4 inch)

little turmeric

For Kozhambu

3 cups curd

1/2 red chilli, lil jeera, 2 pepper corn, lil curry leaves

Procedure

Grind all the ingredients mentioned for grinding nicely in a mixer. Now put curd to this mixture and add salt and water as required. It should be slightly watery consistency.

Heat 1and 1/2 spn oil in a pan. Saute with mustard seeds, 1/2 red chilli, lil jeera, 2 pepper corn and curry leaves. Now add the curd mixture to the pan and mix nicely till it boils. When the mixture boils stop cooking. Cooking time is approx 10-15 mins only.

Note: When the curd mixer is boiling, constant stirring is required. Else the curd will break.

Dosa de Tomato

No no no! its not at all a french dish..its a typical southindian dosa species. For all those who are fed up of making Idlis and Dosas all their life...here is a change - with style!

I am sure this tangy tomato with mint chutney or coconut chutney will add up to ur fav's list ..Lets see how to make it easy way -dats ma way!

Ingredients

1 cup rice (idli rice)

1 big tomato

1/2 spn Jeera (cumin)

1 red chilli

Few Curry leaves

Salt 1 spn

1 medium onion -finely chopped

Little coriander leaves (koththamalli) - finely chopped

Procedure

Wash the rice well and soak for 2 hrs.

Grind nicely in a mixie the following - soaked rice + tomato + jeera + red chilli + curry leaves + salt

Heat 1 spn oil in a pan and saute the finely chopped onions.When its slightly done, add coriander leaves and saute for 2-3 mins. Add this to the above dosa mixture. Your dosa batter is ready to make dosas.

Note: Mix enough water to get the right batter consistency. If its slightly watery, it tastes good.

Kheer

I never thought cooking will be so easy. Indian spices and masalas really make every dish unique and gives the food a natural flavor and taste. In India, we start all good things with a sweet - believing it will be sweeter forever after that.

So not ignoring my old custom, here I am starting my first recipe with Kheer. 90% of Indian population is crazy for this food - except if they are diabetic.

So here we go with the simpler steps to make the most delicious Kheer. Its my way !

Ingredients

1/2 cup raw Rice ; 1 and 1/2 cup water ; 1 and 1/2 cup milk ; 2 cups milk separately; 1/2 cup sugar ; lil cashews and raisins

Procedure

Cook Rice + Water + Milk in a cooker for 2 whistles. Pour this cooked rice into an open pan and add 2 cups of milk. Boil nicely and let it condense to half. Add the sugar and boil for 5-10 minutes.

Fry cashews and raisins separately in 1 tsp ghee and add to the kheer finally.

Optional : You can also add 1/2 cup milkmaid and Kesar for a much richer flavor.

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