Drumstrick puli kulambu Recipe

Ingredients :

Drumstick - 1 or 2

Brinjal - 1
Tomato - 1

Sambar onion - 5 no.

Tamarind - lemon sized ball

Chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 3 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Coconut -3 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Salt - as required

To Temper :

Oil - 2 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 tsp

Curry leaves - Few

Preparation :

• Soak tamarind in a cup of warm water. Extract the juice from the soaked tamarind and throw away the pulp.
• Grind coconut and cumin seeds with enough water to make it as smooth paste.
• Chop the sambar onion into half and chop the tomato, brinjal  and keep it aside. 
• Now cut the drumstick into small size(3 or 4 inch) pieces and keep it ready.
• Heat oil in kadai/pan, add mustard seeds, when its popup, add fenugreek seeds and curry leaves.
• Then add sambar onion and saute it for a minutes.
• Now add chopped brinjal, tomato, drumstick and saute it for 2 minutes.
• Then add tamarind extract, chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt as required.
• Boil the curry until the vegetables are cooked.
• Then add coconut paste and boil for another 10 minutes. Now Switch off the flame.
• Now drumstrick puli kuzhambu is ready to serve with hot rice.

Ada Dosa Recipe

Ingredients :

Raw Rice - 1 cup

Bengal gram(kadalaiparuppu) - 1/4 cup
Toor dal - 1/4 cup

Urad dal - 1/4 cup
split moong dal - 1/4 cup
Dry red chilly -  4-6
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Coconut - 2-3 tsp
ginger - 1 small piece
Coriander leaves - few
Hing - 1/4 tsp
Onion - 1 (finely chopped)

Oil - for making dosa

Salt - as required

Preparation :

• Wash all dals and rice then soak it in water for 3 hours. Grind it to a smooth paste. Keep it aside.
• Put the coconut, dry red chilly, cumin seeds, ginger and coriander leaves in a blender with enough water and grind to make fine paste. 
• Heat oil in kadai, add chopped onion and saute until it turns to golden brown color.
• With dosa batter add the coconut paste, roasted onion, salt(required) and hing then mix it well.
• Heat the tawa or non-stick pan, spread a tsp of oil in tawa.
• Pour the batter and spread it on tawa.
• Sprinkle 1/2 tsp of oil on top of dosa.
• Cook both the sides.
• Now ada dosa is ready to serve
• Good to have with coconut chutney, onion chutney & red chilly chutney
 

 

 

caramel custard recipe in pressure cooker

Ingredients :

Milk - 500 ml

Egg - 2

Sugar - 10 tsp + 3 tsp of sugar for caramel
Vanilla Essence -  1/2 tsp

Preparation :

To Prepare Caramel :

• Take a dry pan, add 3 tsp of sugar and 1 tsp of water in slow flame, It will start melting.
• Wait until its turn slightly brown.
• Pour the sugar syrup into moulds or ramekins immediately, so that  it spreads evenly over the base of the moulds.   

Prepare Vanilla Pudding Using Pressure cooker

• Mix the 10 tablespoon of sugar with milk and boil for 5 minutes. Then keep it aside to become cool.
• Beat the egg very well together with vanilla essence.
• Pour the cold milk into beated egg and mix it well.
• Now pour the milk egg mixture into the prepared ramekins (moulds).

• In a pressure cooker, add enough water and keep ramekins inside.
• Close the pressure cooker with lid and remove the weight from the pressure cooker lid.
• Cook it in low flame for 20 - 30 minutes.
• After 20 minutes open the lid and test the center of the caramel pudding with a knife. If the knife comes out clean, the pudding is done otherwise you will have to cook for some more time.
• Take the pudding out of the cooker and keep it aside to become cool.
• After some time keep it in refrigerate for an hour.
• When you want to serve, Get it from refrigerator turn it upside down into a plate then serve it nicely.