MURUKKU

Ingredients:
Rice - 2 Cups
Urad dal (Black Gram) -1/2 Cup
Jeera - 2 tbl Spoon
Sesame seeds ( Til ) - 1 tbl Spoon
Asafoetida ( Hing ) - 1/4 tea Spoon
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fry
Method:
1.Wash rice and drain, then spread it on a clean cotton cloth to dry under shadow for 4-5 hrs.
2.Dry roast the rice and urad dal separately until it turns lightly golden in color.
3.Dry grind rice and dal together into very fine powder using grinder or in the floor mill. This flour is called chakli hittu("Hittu" in kannada means dry/wet flour)
4.Take flour, add salt, hing, jeera, sesame seeds and mix well
5.Now heat 3 tbl spoon of oil, pour on the flour. Mix the flour thoroughly by adding little water at a time till you get smooth but firm dough.
6. Heat oil. Put some dough into the chakli mould, press the chakli's on a plastic sheet.
7.Gently lift one by one and drop it into the hot oil. Deep fry in medium heat till golden brown in color. Remove, cool it and store it in an airtight container.

 

RAVE UNDE from Karnataka

Ingredients:  
Rava - 1 Cup,
Sugar - 3/4 Cup,
Ghee - 1 tbl spoon,
Cardamom powder - 1/4 spoon,
Raisins and Cashews - few
dry coconut - 1/2 cup
Milk - 2 tbl spoon  

Method : 1) Heat ghee, fry Cashews and raisins. Set aside.
2)In the remaining ghee roast rava till light golden brown in color.
3)when it still hot mix sugar, cardamom powder, dry fruits,dry coconut, hot milk and mix well. 4)Tightly pound the mixture into the vessel and let it sit for 5 mins.
5)Then shape into small balls. Once it is cooled store it in an air tight container.

Rava pongal

Ingredients :
moong dhal - 1 cup
rava            -  1 cup
oil --              50 ml
ghee - 100 gm
curry leaves - 1 sprig
chopped ginger  - 25 gm
jeera - 1tsp
pepper seeds - 1tsp

water- 8 cups
salt- as need

Method :

1. saute the moong dhal in a pan until the raw smell goes

2. make a tempering of oil, ghee, curry leaves, ginger, jeera and pepper seeds
3. Add the water to boil.
4. Now add the ground moong dhal and rava as like uppuma
5. Finish with salt and chopped coriander leaves







  

Andhra spicy pongal

sorry for not being in touch for long time. since I was hospitalised I am not able to do new posts.
But I am back again with some mouth watering tiffin recipes.

here is one of my favorite
Andhra spicy pongal

Ingredients:
Rice - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1/2 cup
Pepper seeds - 8 - grounded
Ginger - 1/2 inch - Chopped finely
Green chillies - 2 long - cut into thin circles
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Zeera - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Ghee - 1/2 tbsp
Salt
Water - 3 cups

Method:

• Heat the oil in a steel vessel and make a temperin g with zeera and curry leaves.
• Add ginger, chillies, pepper powder and saute.
• Now add pre-washed rice and dal mixture to this.
• Add water, salt and ghee.
• Put this  in pressure cooker and cook as you cook rice for 3 whistles.

You can do directly in Pressure Cooker/Pan also.

Serve this hot spicy pongal as it is or w/coconut chutney/pickle/rasam/chilli powder mix.