Birthday Party

Today is my litttle jyo's birthday. First time i thought i will give a try for making balloon arch using two colors. But it came out well.... :-)

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Healthy Modak

I have named this as healthy modak because of the stuffing with roasted green gram flour inside... :-)
For the dough:
Rice flour - 1 cup
Salt - as required
Warm water - to knead the dough
For the filling:
Roasted green gram flour - 5 tbsp
Roasted channa dal powder - 2 tbsp
Jaggery powder - 4 tbsp
Coconut - 2 tbsp, grated

1. Prepare the dough by adding warm water to rice flour little by little.
2. Dough has to be soft.
3. Prepare filling by mixing all ingredients.
4. Make modaks by stuffing the filling inside dough.
5. Steam for 5 minutes.
6. Healthy, yummy modak ready.

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Natural Food colored Play Dough

I have few plants [table rose] , which are nice pink color.

Thought of taking color from it and prepare play dough...

• Pluck only the petals from flower and boil with little water. see the first picture.
•  Prepared play dough.

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Sweet Appam

Wheat flour - 1 cup
Palm Jaggery -1 piece

Banyard millet rice flour - 3 tbsp
cardamom - 1, powder only by taking seeds
Baking soda -1/4 tsp
salt - pinch
banana - 1 big, mashed well
grated coconut - 2tbsp

1. Powder palm Jaggery and boil in water until it gets diluted.
2. Add wheat flour to bowl and add water and then add filtered palm jaggery water.
3. Now add rice flour, cardamom powder, soda, mashed banana and coconut.
4. Batter consistency should be thick like dosa batter.
5. Pour little batter in hot oil and check, if the batter spreads add rice flour and prepare appam.

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Pottukadalai Murukku

Rice flour - 1 cup
Pottukadalai  - 1/4 cup minus 1 tbsp
sesame seeds - 1 tsp
ghee - 1 tbsp
salt - as needed

Recipe source : sharmispassions

1. Grind pottukadalai and mix with rice flour, sieve it.
2. Mix flour , salt, sesame seeds, ghee.
3. Knead dough by adding warm water little by little. This is the first time am preparing murukku, thanks to sharmilee for this recipe.

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Paneer Bread Roll

Saw the recipe in cookingandme blog and changed it a bit.

Bread slices - 10
Paneer - 200 gms
Onion - 1 [Big]
Tomato sauce - 1 tbsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves - to garnish

Method:

1. Heat oil in kadai and add onion, wait until it turns color and then add ginger garlic paste.
2. After it gets cooked, add all spice powders and saute for a while.
3. Now add tomato sauce, saute for 2 minutes.
4.  Garnish with coriander leaves. Now stuffing is ready.
5. Cut the edges and roll like chapathi.
6. Now keep the stuffing and roll it.
7. Brush with oil/ghee and toast in dosa pan.

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How to make playdough - no cream of tartar, no cooking

All purpose flour - 3/8 cups
Table Salt - 1/8 cup
Water -1/8 cup
Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp
Food colors

 Method:

1.  Add salt, food color, water to bowl and mix well until salt dissolves completely.
2. Then add oil followed by flour.
3. Knead into dough. Sprinkle some flour/ water if needed.
4. Knead it for atleast ten minutes.
5. This measurement is for one color, repeat the same for others also.

 

• First photo is the recent one[ pink color using rose milk essence and brown is cocoa powder]
• Rest others are food colors bought from store.
  

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Gobi 65

Recipe source : Vahchef


Cauliflower - 1 [Medium sized]
Curry leaves - few, chopped finely
Coriander leaves - 1/2 Bunch, chopped finely
Salt
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Ginger Garlic paste -1/2 tsp
Maida - 3 tbsp
Corn flour - 4 tbsp

Method:

1. Put cauliflower in boiled water for ten minutes to remove worms.
2. Mix all the above ingredients.
3. Deep fry once and keep aside.
4. While serving, fry again with curry leaves to get more crispy cauliflower.

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Oats Idli

Here is the healthy and tasty recipe. When i was searching for oats recipes, i found this in sharmispassions website and tried.

Instant Oats - 1 cup
Wheat Rava - 1/2 cup
Fresh Curd - 1/2 cup
Carrot -1 (grated)
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Green Chilli - 1 tsp, finely chopped
Hing - 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves - 2 tsp finely chopped
Soda - 1/2 tsp

1. Dry roast oats and powder it. Keep aside.
2. Heat oil in kadai -> mustard seeds ->grated carrot ->Curry leaves and fry for few minutes.
3. Add oats powder, wheat rava, curd,  hing and soda.
4. Add water to make idli batter consistency and prepare instant idli's.

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Yam Varuval

Senaikilangu - 2 cups
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp

Roast & Grind:
Red chillies - 2
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp

Seasoning:
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - few

1. Boil water in a pan, when it starts boiling add turmeric powder and yam and cook for 10 minutes.[It should be crunchy]
2. Now filter yam, add the grounded powder and salt. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
3. Heat oil in a pan, do seasoning and add the marinated yam and fry.

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