Vanilla Cake Recipe

Ingredients :

White Refined Flour(maida) - 250 grams

Baking Powder - 1 tsp

Sugar - 250 grams

Unsalted Butter - 100 grams

Egg - 3

Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Milk - 100 ml

Oil - 2 tsp

Preparation :

• Take a bowl, add refined flour, baking powder and mix it well.
• Melt the butter in flame and keep it aside.
• Grind the sugar.
• Take a another big bowl, add sugar, melted butter, egg and beat it well using hand or electrical mixer in low speed.
• Then add the dry ingredients together and beat it well until its comes very smooth.
• After that add vanilla essence and milk and mix it well.
• Add oil in the pressure cooker and spread it over to all places in cooker. After that pour the batter into it.
• Now heat the cooker in low flame and close the cover. (remove the weight from the pressure cooker)
• Wait for 20 -30 minutes to cook the cake.
• If you want to know the cake is ready or not, then open the lid and insert the toothpick or knife into the middle of cake. If it has come clean then the cake is ready. Now you can switch off the flame.
• Wait for few minutes then insert the knife at the corner place evenly and transfer it to another plate.

Olai Kozhukattai Recipe | Panai Olai or Palm Leaf Kozhukattai Recipe

Ingredients :

Rice Flour - 2 cup

Grated Coconut - 1 cup

Sugar - 1 cup

Cardamom - 5 tsp

Broken Pachai Payaru / Green gram - 3 tsp

Palm leaf or Panai olai- 20 nos

Preparation :

• Heat the kadai, add broken green gram and saute it until the color become slight brown. Transfer it to a bowl and keep it aside to become cool.
• Add rice flour and roast it for few minutes. Keep it aside to become cool.
• Grind the cardamom.
• Take a big bowl, add rice flour, grated coconut, sugar, cardamom powder, broken green gram and mix it well.
• Make a dough by adding water little by little with the mixed flour. And It should be similar to poori dough.
• Clean the palm leaves and cut it into a 6 inch(length) pieces.
• Put the dough in the center of the palm leaf(olai) and cover it with another leaf. Tie it with a palm leaves thread.(Split the palm leaf to some 4 thin pieces and use it like a thread)
• Arrange it in a greased idli plate and steam cook it for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Now panai olai / palm leaf kozhukattai is ready to serve.

Note :

• Add sugar as per your taste.
• Don't add more water because the sugar will melt during steam cook.

Simple Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients :

White Refined Flour(maida) - 250 grams

Cocoa Powder- 3 tsp

Baking Powder - 1 tsp

Sugar - 250 grams

Unsalted Butter - 100 grams

Egg - 4

Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Milk - 2 tsp

Oil - 2 tsp

Preparation :

• Take a bowl, add refined flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and mix it well.
• Melt the butter in flame and keep it aside.
• Grind the sugar.
• Take a another big bowl, add sugar, melted butter, egg and beat it well using hand or electrical mixer in low speed.
• Then add the dry ingredients together and beat it well until its comes very smooth.
• After that add vanilla essence and milk and mix it well.
• Add oil in the pressure cooker and spread it over to all places in cooker. After that pour the batter into it.
• Now heat the cooker in low flame and close the cover. (remove the weight from the pressure cooker)
• Wait for 20-30 minutes to cook the cake.
• If you want to know the cake is ready or not, then open the lid and insert the toothpick or knife into the middle of cake. If it has come clean then the cake is ready. Now you can switch off the flame.
• Wait for few minutes then insert the knife at the corner place evenly and transfer it to another plate.

Olai Kozhukattai Recipe -2 | Panai Olai or Palm Leaf Kozhukattai Recipe -2

Ingredients :

Rice Flour - 1/2 kg

Karupatti - 1/4 kg

Grated Coconut - 1 cup

Cardamom - 5 tsp

Broken Pachai Payaru / Green gram - 50 gram

Palm leaf or Panai olai- 20 nos

Preparation :

• Heat the kadai, add broken green gram and saute it until the color becomes slight brown. Transfer it to a bowl and keep aside to become cool.
• Add rice flour and roast it for few minutes. Keep it aside to become cool.
• Grind the cardamom.
• Heat the kadai now, add water and karupatti allow it to boil. Once the karupatti is melted then switch off the flame and strain it.
• Take a big bowl, add rice flour, grated coconut, cardamom powder, broken green gram and mix it well.
• Make a dough by mixing the karupatti syrup little by little with the mixed rice flour. It should be similar to a chapathi dough.
• Clean the palm leaves and cut it into a 6 inch(length) pieces.
• Put the dough in the center of the palm leaf (olai) and cover it with another palm leaf. Tie it with a palm leaves thread.( Split the palm leaf to some 4 thin pieces  and use it like a thread)
• Arrange it in a greased idli plate and steam cook it for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Now panai olai / palm leaf kozhukattai is ready to serve.
  

Note :

• Add karupatti syrup as per your taste.
• You can use Jaggery instead of karupatti.

Ragi Dosa Recipe

Ingredients :

Ragi Flour - 4 cup

Urad Dal - 1 cup

Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp 
Onion - 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
Green Chilly - 2 (finely chopped)
Coriander Leaves - few
Curry Leaves - few
Oil - for making dosa

Salt - as required

Preparation :

• Wash the urad dal and soak it in water for 3 hours. Grind it to a smooth paste. Keep aside for 3 hours to ferment.
• Take a bowl, add urad dal paste, ragi flour, salt with enough water and mix it well without any lumps. It should be similar to dosa batter.
• Then add cumin seeds, chopped onion, chopped green chilly, coriander leaves, curry leaves and mix it well.
• Heat the tawa or non-stick pan and spread a tsp oil in tawa.
• Pour the batter and spread it on tawa.
• Sprinkle 1/2 tsp of oil on the top of dosa.
• Cook both the sides.
• Now ragi dosa is ready to serve with chutney.

Aval Payasam Recipe

Ingredients :

White Aval - 1/2 cup
Milk - 2 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Cardamom Powder - a pinch
Cashew Nuts - 5
Ghee - 1 tsp
Grated Coconut - 1 tsp

Preparation :

• Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a pan, add cashew nuts and fry it until it become slight brown color. Keep it aside.
• Then add white aval and roast it until it become slight brown color. Keep it aside.
• Take milk in thick bottomed pan and boil the milk. Once the milk is boiled then reduce the flame. Then add sugar, cardamom powder and mix it well.
• Now add the white aval and boil it for 10 - 15 minutes in low flame.
• Once the aval turns soft then add grated coconut and switch off the flame.
• Now add fried cashew nuts and mix it well.
• Serve it hot or chilled.

Note :

• You can use coconut milk instead of grated coconut.
• Add the sugar as per your taste.

Aval(poha) Kozhukattai Recipe

Ingredients :

White or Red Aval(poha) - 1 cup
Water - 1 cup
Grated coconut - 2 tsp
Salt - as required

For the seasoning :

Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Dry red chilly - 1 (cut into small pieces)

Preparation :

• Grind the aval coarsely and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds when its popup then add urad dal, curry leaves and dry red chilies.
• Now add 1 cup of water and boil it.
• Once it starts boiling then add aval mixture, required salt and mix it well in low flame.
• Cook the aval until it absorbs all water.
• Then add grated coconut and switch off the flame.
• Keep it aside for few minutes to become cool. (not very much)
• Make a cylinder shape balls by pressing it with your fingers.
• Arrange it in a greased idli plate and steam cook it for 5 to 7 minutes.
• Serve it hot with any chutney.

Ragi Dosa Recipe - 2

Ingredients :

Ragi Flour - 1 cup
Rice Flour - 1 cup

Urad Dal - 1/2 cup

Oil - for making dosa

Salt - as required

Preparation :

• Wash the urad dal and soak it in water for 3 hours. Grind it to a smooth paste. Keep aside for 3 hours to ferment.
• Take a bowl, add urad dal paste, ragi flour, rice flour, salt with enough water and mix it well without any lumps. It should be similar to dosa batter.
• Heat the tawa or non-stick pan and spread a tsp oil in tawa.
• Pour the batter and spread it on tawa.
• Sprinkle 1/2 tsp of oil on the top of dosa.
• Cook both the sides.
• Now ragi dosa is ready to serve with chutney.