Thursday, September 24, 2009

CAULI FLOWER FRY


Ingredients
Translation

cauli flower - 1
cholo maavu (corn flower) - minimum 2 ullangai alavu
aachi chikkan masala - minimum 1 ulangai alavu
salt - needed
kadalai maavu 1 ullangai alavu

Preparation

1. pinch cauli flower in to small small pieces.
2. Boil water with salt, when it get heated (kothikum pozhuthu) pour the broken flowers into the water and drain immediately.
3. knead (pisai) all (corn flower, salt, aachi chikken masala powder, kadalai maavu)
4. heat the oil in a pan , after oil getting heated, fry flowers and drain oil before you and serve hot.

TIPS : Cauli flower must be white (and hard) in color.
Pour little oil (double the amount of usual frying oil)
Cauli flower absorbs oil much, so pour little

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

ரவா கேசரி serves 4

Ingredients
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rava/sojji - 100gms
sugar - 150 gms
water - 2 1/2 glasses - 3 glasses
cardamom - 5
cashew - 5
kesari powder - 1 sitigai
ghee - 50gms i used to cook - 100gms is maximum

Preparation

1. fry rava in a plain waterless pan with 2 spoons of ghee till it color turns to golden shade

2. boil water in another pan with kesari powder

3. mix the rava with boiling water ( at starting boiling stage) in one hand, and stir the pan with another hand, this is for preventing lumps (katti)

4. once sojji / rava get boiled mix rest of ghee and after some time mix sugar and stir. then add cardamom, powder

5. garnish with cashew at the end and serve

Tips

50 gms - 75 gms, i used for cooking then i applied ghee in the vessel on that i pour hot rava / sojji kesari and served in the plates after that.

100 gms rava/sojji will look little but once preparation finishes, quantity will increase.